The lights in the castle were extinguished again, and the commotion of the castle of Karin caused by Franz's sudden visit had been restored to its quietness, as if no one had ever visited that night.

When Swain returned to the room, Sophia had been woken up by the movement in the castle, stood up sideways, looked at her brother sleepily and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, don't worry, sleep. Swain sat on the edge of the bed, gently stroked his sister's long hair, and whispered comfort.

"Hmm. Sophia nodded meekly, then lay down again.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, the faint scent of lavender on the quilt drilled into Swain's nostrils, which was Sophia's favorite perfume smell, and every day the maid of Jericho's family would sprinkle a little bit after changing the sheets.

"Brother," Sophia opened her eyes again, her bright eyes shining like stars in the dark, "There seems to be something different about the bed?"

"Huh?" Sven leaned down and sniffed at the sheets, but didn't smell anything, "Yes?"

"Yes!" Sophia frowned, the tip of her small nose wrinkled tightly, "It seems to smell like another girl." ”

Swain was stunned, and he remembered that Princess Celestia had indeed slept in this bed yesterday.

"Brother?" Sophia looked at Swain, who didn't have any suspicions at this point.

"Maybe it's because you've been living at school this week, and the maid got the sheets wrong. Swain rubbed Sophia's head, "I've been restless lately, and I'm back, so let's get some rest." ”

"Hmm. Sophia rubbed the back of her brother's hand with her cheek.

Looking at Sophia with her eyes closed, Swain's heart couldn't help but think of the news that Franz had revealed to him just now.

Queen Anna was killed by Karin's pistol, the one I gave her.

Sven's eyes narrowed slightly, but he still stroked his sister's hand gently.

In this way, this matter may eventually implicate me, but this sentence...... Is it implying that he was killed by Karin's pistol instead of being killed by Karin?

Swain turned his head and looked out the window at the dim moonlight.

Metternich is Metternich in the end, and his ability to play dumb riddles is really a little bit!

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The next morning, another visitor arrived at Karin Castle.

Victoria sat in the parlor of Karin Castle, a little nervous, for this was the first time she had taken the initiative to visit her brother, or to be precise, the Ernest family, who had taken the initiative to visit Swain.

With Ernest's temper, he would never let his daughter take the initiative to visit Swain, even if his other daughter was by Swain's side and was obsessed with this brother. So, this visit was completely Victoria's own idea, although sometimes confused, even a little stupid, but Victoria is not a fool.

Maybe...... Right?

Ramrem stood behind Victoria, and the maid was much calmer than her own young lady, whether it was the magnificence of Karin Castle or the servants of Jericha's house, Ramrem only looked at it coldly, and did not take it to heart.

Victoria, on the other hand, probed her brain, touching the castle decorations from time to time, and whenever someone looked at her, Victoria immediately retracted her head and pretended to sit neatly all the time.

Ramrem looked coldly at what his young lady had done, but he didn't say anything, just stared at Victoria with a slight disdain.

It didn't take long for Swain to arrive at the parlor.

Before entering the parlor, Swain secretly looked at the sister at the door, although it was not the first time they had met, but he had no actual understanding of the girl for Victoria, except for some hearsay and written descriptions.

Of course, you probably don't need to know too much, Victoria's simple head is too easy to understand.

"It's an honor for you to visit. After observing for a while, Swain paced into the parlor and slowly walked to the sofa opposite Victoria and sat down, "You woke up early today, it's only half past eight." ”

Victoria wanted to get up when she saw Swain come in, but when she saw Swain sit down quickly, she immediately moved her newly raised ass back to the couch.

"Hello, uh......" Victoria looked at Swain, hesitating for a moment, as if struggling with what to call him.

"Brother. ”

Sven raised his eyebrows slightly, then nodded and said, "Yes, my sister." ”

Victoria felt very awkward inexplicably, she was still not used to the existence of an older brother, especially since this brother was still in opposition to her father.

"I'm here today," Victoria took a deep breath, trying to keep herself as calm as she could in the face of Swain, "for the sake of Baron Deniz." ”

This point did not surprise Swain, Victoria came to no more than two possibilities, one is to come for Sophia, but Sophia has always been here, Victoria can come at any time, judging from the situation of being in the imperial capital for three months, Victoria's miss for her sister is obviously not afraid of Swain, and she has never taken the initiative to visit Sophia, so this possibility is relatively low in Sven's opinion.

And the second possibility is what Victoria is talking about Baron Deniz now.

"Oh. Swain nodded, but Victoria couldn't make out Swain's thoughts from his expressionless face and inaudible response.

This is something that Sophia may not be able to do either.

"So, what are you going to say?"

Victoria opened her mouth, but she still hadn't made up her mind how to speak, and for some reason, every time she faced Swain, she felt inexplicable palpitations, even though she had never faced Swain before.

"I want to ......," Victoria gritted her teeth, and finally felt that she had her own heart, and said it, "I want you to give an explanation, why did you leave the retainers who have been loyal for forty years behind?"

"Leave it alone?" Sven leaned sideways, stirring the coffee the servant's offer, and when he heard Victoria's words, he squinted his eyes and glared at his sister, "Do I have it?"

"That Baron Deniz is so badly wounded, and at that age, and you have been ignoring him, don't you leave him alone!" Perhaps irritated by Swain's calm attitude, Victoria said indignantly, "My mother and I are very willing to take care of this old man, and my father admires him, so we are not trying to shirk our obligations and not save him, but we really can't stand your behavior—if you treat your retainers like this, how can you ask them to be loyal to you?" You didn't give them a commensurate return!"

Sven looked at Victoria silently, that calm face made Victoria's newly ignited heart of justice die down again, facing that face, she would be inexplicably bottomless in her heart, and even began to wonder if she had just said something wrong.

"Miss Jericho," Swain put down his coffee, still showing no joy on his face, "and you seem to have a good idea of how to deal with your retainers, do you want to teach me, the Earl of Midnight, how to deal with your relations with your retainers?"

"Huh?, no, this, uh...... This, this, this, this, this......" was forced to look at by Sven, Victoria herself panicked, and she didn't know what to say, her tongue would only knot vigorously.

"Count Jericho is a new earl, which is unique in the history of our Jericho family, but he will be very troubled about the succession, right?"

Swain's words made Victoria stunned again, she had never thought about it, and although she and Lady Jane were happy that Ernest had been knighted, Ernest himself did not seem to think so.

"Earl of Glamorgan, if this title is to be passed on by Jericho's surname, it will probably have to be changed to become Countess of Glamorgan, do you say," the light in Sven's eyes was dim, and Victoria felt a little furious in his heart, "It seems that he has been prepared for a long time - Jericho...... Miss?"

"Yes...... Ah, no!"

Because of Swain's pause, Victoria subconsciously replied, but after a while, when she read Swain's words in her head, she immediately reacted again.

Victoria's face flushed, like a goldfish out of water, and her cheeks kept opening her mouth, as if she was trying to breathe, but no sound came out.

"What's not?" Swain picked up his coffee again, though he wasn't a very interesting person, but he was still a little amused to his sister.

"Yes...... No, uh, no, it should be yes, no, I don't mean ......" Victoria said, and she spun herself unconscious, her eyes full of "yes" and "no" swirling.

"Yes?" Sven took a sip of his coffee, "or not?"

"Yes!" Victoria bit hard, "not either!"

"Uh-huh?" Swain put down his coffee cup, and suddenly he realized that teasing Victoria was a particularly interesting thing to do.

"Yes and no!" Victoria, who couldn't stand it anymore, simply slapped the table, stood up and shouted loudly, "Yes and No!"

Sven turned his head sideways and looked at Ramrem, who had been standing behind Victoria, for a moment, until Victoria's face was almost red, and then he said slowly, "Ah, I see what you mean. ”

Victoria finally breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to sit back on the couch.

"But are we talking about this topic?"

Victoria fell to the ground.

She struggled to prop herself on the table with her hands, lifted her body first, and looked at Swain with a red face and anger.

"As my sister," Swain looked at Victoria with a little more seriousness in his eyes, "you're lovely indeed. ”

"I think by 'cute' you mean stupid and cute, right?" Victoria stared at Swain.

"Nope. Swain shook his head solemnly, "Being able to understand this means that you are not that stupid." ”

For some reason, Victoria's reply always made Victoria unhappy.

And being stirred up like this, the atmosphere for continuing to talk is gone, at least Victoria can't continue to talk to Swain about Baron Deniz as seriously as she did just now.

"I'd like to meet Sophia, can I?" Victoria said a little tiredly, waking up so early today had already conflicted with her schedule, and a conversation with Swain made her feel inexplicably tired, "If you're not stingy, I might have to have lunch here." ”

"Welcome. Swain nodded, then looked at Ramrem, "If you don't mind, allow me to borrow your maid so that the kitchen can prepare some dishes to your liking." ”

Victoria turned her head and looked at Ramrem.

"I see. Ramrem still had a cold face, she didn't speak today, which is very abnormal, at least in Victoria's understanding, her ugliness just now should have been harshly teased by Ramrem.

"Then please. Swain stood up and walked to the door to lead the way for Victoria, "You're here early today, so Sophia hasn't gotten up yet, I hope you don't mind." ”

"Don't mind, don't mind. Victoria hurriedly waved her hand, if it wasn't for Ramrem picking her up from bed on time, she would definitely wake up later than Sophia.