On the new day, Ramrem wakes up early, starts to put on his maid outfit, and then prepares for the day's work.

After washing, she took the props she had prepared and went to wake Victoria up.

"Miss Victoria. Knocking on the door, Ramrem's voice was still as cold as ever, "It's time for you to get up." ”

There was a rustling sound in the room, presumably Victoria turning over to look at the alarm clock.

"Now it's ...... Seventy-forty-three!Ramrem, why are you waking me up so early!" Victoria's grumbling came from inside the door, and at least she was quite energetic to hear the voice.

"Today the master is going to the barracks, you should send him. ”

There was another round of complaints in the room, followed by the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, although it was a girl, Victoria herself may not even pick out good clothes.

"Ramrem," Victoria opened the door, because she was at home, she was dressed very casually, even too casually, and only had underwear on her body before she came out to open the door, "help me pick out a set of clothes." ”

Ramrem walked into Victoria's room and closed the door.

"Please pay attention to your manners," she glanced at Victoria's figure in only underwear, and frowned slightly, "Even if it's big, it's not taken out to show off like this." ”

Victoria had a question mark on her head, not understanding what Ramrem meant.

"Please move quickly, the master is about to leave. Ramrem snatched the garment from Victoria's hand and began to look through the closet for the right outfit.

At this point, Victoria really doesn't look like a girl, maybe she was dressed up by her mother when she was a child, and she almost lost her instinctive judgment of women's dressing, and she was completely left to Ramrem to fiddle with and put on a whole dress.

"Please wash up quickly. Ramrem pointed to the bathroom in Victoria's room, and glanced at the clock in the corner, "It's past eight o'clock, and hopefully you'll be in time for breakfast." ”

Victoria grimaced, and was herded into the bathroom by Ramrem. And taking advantage of this, Ramrem went to the balcony and looked out at the street, as if waiting for something.

After Victoria finished freshening up, Ramrem didn't even give her time to catch her breath, and urged her to go downstairs. This made Victoria complain about who was the maid and who was the master between them.

"If you have a little bit of self-consciousness as a young lady," Ramrem sarcastically said again at the hearing of Victoria's complaint, "then I don't have to work so hard, I have to remind you of this all day." ”

Victoria's face suddenly turned bitter again.

Although Victoria and Ramrem have always maintained such a special relationship, in fact their relationship is much better than it seems, this family is not very big, so everyone, even the maid Victoria will be very familiar, there is not too much distance between each other, especially Ramrem, to Victoria, almost like a sister.

When they arrived at the dining room, Ernest and Mrs. Jane were already seated at the table. Breakfast at the Ernest house was simple, with fresh croissants baked from the nearby bakery and freshly squeezed orange juice not much to accompany the meal.

Lady Jane smiled heartily at the sight of her daughter getting up so early, and she was overjoyed to find that Victoria seemed to be much more sensible lately, and was able to give up her sleep and get up in the morning to send her father to work, and to know that she had visited Swain and Sophia the other day.

"Victoria," Lady Jane beckoned to her daughter, "sit down, what are you wearing today, culottes?"

Victoria nodded awkwardly, she was really not used to wearing skirts.

Ernest picked up his glass, glancing at his daughter's clothes before drinking the orange juice.

"Wouldn't black culottes be too old-fashioned? And now that it's hot, it's going to be hot in black. ”

Victoria tugged at her hakama unnaturally, and sat down awkwardly with her legs crossed.

The family sat together, but the atmosphere was strangely silent, Ernest was a quiet man, much like Swain, but he was less verbal than Swain.

"This time you will probably stay in the barracks for about a week, and you will take care of yourselves. Ernest said calmly to his wife and daughter as he chewed on the croissant.

"Why do you suddenly have to take it in the barracks for so long?" asked Mrs. Jane, although her husband had always been very busy before, he rarely left home for so long, not to mention that now that the fighting around Deweide had stopped, there should be no urgent work left for the imperial capital guard troops.

"This is an order from the Palace of Tiamat. Ernest explained, "During this time, I have to strengthen the patrol work of the imperial capital, so I must go to my post, and the security of the imperial capital is not very good now, so you yourself must be careful." ”

Victoria was stuffing bread into her mouth, not paying attention to her father's words until she noticed that her father was looking at her, Victoria nodded quickly, and a few syllables came out of her stuffed mouth.

Ernest couldn't help but frown as he looked at Victoria.

"During my absence, you have to be honest and don't let me hear any more complaints in school. Ernest's eyes stared at Victoria, she couldn't help but wince, she was afraid of her father's appearance, "Also, I heard that you went to Karin Castle before, where did you go and what were you doing?"

Although Ernest's gaze did not become more severe because of these words, Victoria's heart was inexplicably tense. She knew that her father did not have a good relationship with her brother, and she was afraid that he would lose his temper because he had run away to Karin Castle without permission.

"I, I'm going to go and talk to Swain about the old man who stayed in our house, he's so pitiful......"

Hearing Victoria say that he went to find Swain for Baron Deniz, Ernest's face dissolved slightly, although he had a deep hatred and resentment towards Midnight Castle, but for the old man who helped him since he was a child and taught him swordsmanship, Ernest still admired it a lot, so he agreed to his wife to take in Baron Deniz and took care of him all the time.

"So, what did you say to him?"

Victoria secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, it seemed that her father would not be angry.

"I asked him what he was going to do about it, but ......," Victoria frowned, thinking back to her conversation with Swain, and she suddenly noticed that nothing seemed to be going on in the matter, "uh—nothing came of it." ”

Seeing his daughter scratching her head and being ashamed, Ernest sighed slightly. He knew his daughter, and when it came to real events, she was still reliable, just like the last time the rebels hit the Browning district, Victoria didn't panic at all. But usually, this guy is too confused, and always does something ridiculous.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, I will deal with it, if you have this heart, you can focus on your studies. ”

"Yes......" Victoria hung her head listlessly, she didn't like to hear her parents say things like "focus on studying", but she didn't dare to contradict her father.

Ernest stood up, Mrs. Jane immediately understood, took the coat and put it on for her husband, although it was a hot time in June, but as the commander of the imperial capital garrison, Ernest must not lose his demeanor in front of his subordinates.

Mrs. Jane repeatedly reminded Ernest if there was anything wrong with me, and Ernest had no impatience with his wife's concern, which was the best consolation for his soul.

Lady Jane and Victoria sent Ernest to the door, as it was still early, and although the sun was shining, the morning temperature was not so hot.

Just as Ernest was about to board the carriage, a carriage came galloping towards the gate of their house.

Ernest stopped, held his hand on the door of the carriage, and stared at the carriage with a grim expression.

On the side, Lady Jane and Victoria's eyes were also attracted by the galloping carriage, to be precise, by the golden family crest inlaid on the carriage.

It was the Midnight Raven – the coat of arms of the Jericho family.

Who could it be?

The moment the door opened, Victoria even held her breath.

The carriage door opened, Swain walked down with steady steps, and then stretched out his hand, and the gentleman helped his sister Sophia out of the carriage, his movements were like the most old-fashioned imperial capital gentleman, and his every move revealed the elegance of the nobility.

Sophia stepped out of the carriage with her brother's support, then looked up at her sister, her mother, and ...... Father.

Never before have the Jericho family come together like they do today.

Seeing Sophia, Mrs. Jane couldn't help but be excited and wanted to step forward to hug her daughter, but Victoria grabbed the corner of her clothes on the side, although most of the time Victoria seemed to be dumbfounded and didn't know how to think, but at critical times, her thinking was very clear, and her judgment of the situation was quite accurate.

Thinking brought Sophia this time, definitely not because of such a simple reason as wanting to see her mother, it can be seen from the time that she deliberately chose such an early time, that is, to catch up with the moment when Ernest has not left home yet.

"Looks like I'm still on time. Swain pulled his pocket watch out of the inner pocket of his jacket and proofread the time, "If it's a little later, I'll probably have to run for nothing." ”

Ernest subconsciously reached out and touched her waist, but now she had neither a gun nor a sword, and even the clothes on her body were just ordinary civilian clothes, not the military uniform of the imperial capital garrison.

So he withdrew his hand and fixed his eyes on Swain as if it were his sharp blade.

"Won't you let us in and sit down for a while?" Swain continued, though he didn't speak, but he wasn't embarrassed, "and though Jericho is rarely visited, we're not in the habit of neglecting our guests. ”

"Then go in and get it. Ernest's voice was cold, although his face was still so serious, but it no longer had the warmth at the table just now, "As a guest." ”

"Thank you very much. Sven didn't seem to hear the thorn in Ernst's words, took Sophia's hand, and walked straight inside.

"It's been a long time, and I'm relieved to see that you're still so healthy. Walking up to Mrs. Jane, Swain bent down, took her hand, and kissed her lightly on her middle finger, "May the Lord bless you." ”

Lady Jane didn't have any rejection of Swain, and when she saw Swain kissing her finger, she smiled and stretched out her arms.

At this time, Victoria tugged at the hem of Lady Jane's garment, and Sween took a step back without a trace.

Lady Jane, who had wanted to hug Swain, snorted, and reached out to Swain's head instead, stroking him twice on the head.

Then Sophia also walked up to Mrs. Jane, and when she saw her mother, Sophia's eyes were still red.

"Mother's ......"

This time, Mrs. Jane hugged her daughter directly, and tears couldn't stop flowing down the corners of her eyes.

Looking at the scene of the mother and daughter meeting, the others were silent, and among the people present, probably only Mrs. Jane still didn't understand the situation.

"Victoria," Swain whispered as he walked over to Victoria, "we meet again." ”

Victoria felt a little uncomfortable inexplicably, she felt very strange, Swain seemed to be too kind today, whether it was his mother, or to herself, or ...... For his father, Swain's performance today is weird.

Only Ramrem was in the corner, watching all this with cold eyes.