The Sacred Celebration is a celebration of the establishment of the Holy Alliance, and is held in the capital of the Holy Empire of Fields.

This grand ceremony, which takes place every ten years, is like the most solemn festival in the northern continent, and all the five countries of mankind will contribute manpower, material and financial resources, and it must be held in a solemn and grand manner.

Therefore, Xia Dong had the intention to see and see, because with the arrival of the ghost scepter, he began to feel more and more that the time for him to leave this world was getting closer and closer.

After a brief chat with Jie Liya, because Minaya did not appear for a long time, the other party couldn't help but ask the reason curiously, and after learning about the situation, he consciously got up and said goodbye.

After she left, Xia Dong entered the front yard of the villa and informed the Pearl couple of the good news of their daughter's return, which immediately made the two tremble with excitement, and almost trotted to witness the authenticity.

Night, restaurant.

Mr. and Mrs. Pearl, Xia Dong, and Minaya rarely got together to dine, in the past, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl had a separate table, and Xia Dong and Mina opened another table.

Sitting in the middle position, Rui Qiu looked at the various delicacies on the table with some discomfort, because her sense of taste had not yet recovered, and everything she ate was light and tasteless, and on her left hand, the Pearl couple lowered their heads a little stiffly to eat, even if they had been together for so long, they would still be uncomfortable in front of Xia Dong.

On the right-hand side, Xia Dong and Minaya, one is leisurely, the other is elegant and generous, and they don't seem to be eating with relish like others.

Rui Qiu, who didn't need to eat for the time being, couldn't help frowning when she saw this scene, what happened to her sister? Don't you see the embarrassing state of your parents?

But now that Xia Dong is present, she can't say anything.

After a while, Mina suddenly picked up a small piece of meat steak dipped in juice and handed it to Xia Dong's mouth as if she was very familiar, "Brother, you taste this, it seems to taste better than Ruhr juice." ”

Unappetizingly, he opened his mouth to bite down on the meat chops, Xia Dong chewed twice, shook his head slightly, and forked the cut meat chops on his plate, "I still like Luer, maybe you didn't like it when you ate it a little thicker last time, Remoore said that this time I put the aftertaste flower to taste, you try it." ”

Hearing this, Minaya leaned over the head of the mantis, opened the cherry mouth and ate the meat without any scruples, and nodded thoughtfully, "Well, it's really good, I'll do it next time." ”

Hearing her words, the butler who was standing next to him immediately bowed, "Yes, Miss." ”

At this time, the stunned Rui Qiu finally reacted, she first swept her eyes over her parents who were eating with their heads down, as if they hadn't seen anything, and then scolded loudly, "Mina, you...... Outrageous! ”

Blinking her eyes, Minaya's expression was a little innocent, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

However, Xia Dong immediately understood, and immediately coughed again and again, "Ahem, that, I'm full, everyone use it slowly." With that, he got up at once, and before the servant could pull out his chair, he sprang out of the room in three steps and two steps.

He didn't react until he left the restaurant, huh? Why should I run? I'm fine? Why do you want to act like a thief?

Alas, it's really depressing, I'm usually used to being casual with Mina, but she was caught by Rui Qiu, I guess now she thinks she has something bad for Mina, right?

Inside the restaurant.

Seeing Xia Dong's appearance of leaving with some embarrassment, Rui Qiu didn't continue to reprimand, Minaya had already started to complain, "Sister, what were you doing just now?" You see my brother was scared away by you. ”

His eyes widened, but Rui Qiu's anger was even greater, "You still dare to complain?" Are you a girl, do you understand? How can you be so intimate with a man? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? ”

Minaya's face on the opposite side suddenly sank, and a momentum that had gradually formed recently began to spread outward, "Sister, what are you talking about?" I'm just intimate with my brother, why is it so ugly? ”

Although she was a little surprised by her changes, Rui Qiu had mastered the Ghost Scepter for so long, so her current strength was not weak, but she was not afraid, "Brother? He is not your own brother, besides, even if he is a brother or sister at your age, you must pay attention to avoid suspicion. ”

Hearing their quarrel, Pearl and his wife glanced at each other, then tapped the plate with a silver fork, "Okay, what a mess, it's a good day, eat well." ”

Faced with her father's order, Rui Qiu immediately shut her mouth, but Minaya didn't give up, "You don't have to avoid suspicion with your brother, what do I want for you?" ”

Looking at the helpless Pearl, Rui Qiu's voice couldn't help but be a little louder, "Just because I'm your sister, you're still young and ignorant, I can discipline you, Dad has already said to eat, now give me peace of mind!" ”

Slapping the knife and fork on the table, Minaya picked up the silk scarf and wiped the corners of her mouth for a long time, "You discipline me?" I'm not sensible? Who is gone and never returns, leaving a whole bunch of creditors to come to the door? Who let us live in the Two Rivers district? Who is it that keeps us hungry? Who made me be bullied every day? ”

This questioning suddenly made Rui Qiu full of shock, and she turned her head to look at her father in disbelief, "Dad, is what Mina said true?" ”

Throwing down the silk scarf, Mina stood up with some resentment on her face, "You ask your father yourself, and see what kind of life we have lived in the past few years, right?" After a pause, she turned her head again and ordered, "Mosha, let the kitchen prepare another dinner, the stone-patterned beast steak with Ruer sauce, add some lingering flowers, and send it to the back garden." ”

Stunned to watch her leave with an extremely unfamiliar and elegant gesture, Rui Qiu and the Pearl couple fell silent together.

After a long time, Rui Qiu said in a bitter voice, "Dad, is what Mina said just now true?" ”

With a reluctant smile, Pearl clenched the silver fork in his hand tightly, "Hehe, it's not as difficult as Mina said, but it's really a lot worse than now." ”

Although the youngest daughter's words were aimed at her sister, why didn't they stick to his heart?

As a man, he actually let his wife and daughter fall to that point, isn't Pearl himself sad? Now that the family is clinging to Xia Dong like a parasite, how can he face others generously?

It's a pity that he doesn't have the ability, he will never be able to let Mina live the life she is living now, he can't make Mina an apprentice of the Azure Dream, he can't make Mina a female archduke with half of the Belize Plains, and he can't make Mina the first genius and the first beauty of the kingdom.

He can't even deal with the scoundrels who come to him!

So he can only forcibly suppress the pain in his heart, pretend to live as if nothing happened, and even turn a blind eye to watching people do something to his daughter!

For a father, this kind of depression is no less than being tormented by a terminal illness, it is a kind of depression that longs to be relieved by death.