"Duke Nuken?" Lycia looked at her father to confirm that it was not a slip of the tongue.

Duke Mixiu nodded and took a bunch of grapes from the manservant's hand. "Taste it, Lycia. ”

Duke Nuquen was forty years old, and his father left a forty-year-old man alone with Ash, who was only nineteen.

"I'll go up and have a look. Lycia pushed the grapes away.

"Sit here and eat grapes. Duke Michaeu shoved a few crushed grapes into Lycia's hands, and the juice stained Lycia's hands and skirt.

Marianne, who had come with black tea, saw it and quickly took a clean handkerchief to wipe Lycia's hands.

Lycia was a little scared of her father, who had not been treated well at home as a child, and now the father-daughter relationship has warmed up as she became heir, but it still makes her walk on thin ice.

When Marianne helped her wipe her hands, she wanted to cry all the time.

The Thorn Empire is still a feudal empire after all, the first seventeen years were a good life, and the posture of being at the top of society made her forget that this world is still extremely backward in thought, and she has sold her daughter to gain social status, in less than two months, she has seen it twice, and both of them happened in high-ranking aristocratic families.

"Miss, they really just play chess, I've been up and seen it. Marianne crouched beside Lycia and wiped the back of her calloused hand clean, and she wanted to fight, she felt that she would be better off with her heir and a fledgling young lady than she had been the bedside of the Campbell family before she had been old and decrepit.

"Shut up!" Duke Michaeu's temper was always at a critical point, and the servants of the house and Lycia all felt similarly, and at the slightest dissatisfaction, the Duke would immediately get angry.

"Lycia, you will become the heir of the Campbell family in the future, and you want to show tenderness to this little thing, not to mention that Duke Nuken is much better than the child of the baron's family. Duke Michau picked up the towel on the cart next to him and wiped his hands.

"Marianne, please help me get a copy of today's newspaper. ”

Marianne, who had been afraid to move because of the Duke's silence, smiled gratefully at Lycia, then tucked the veil into the pocket of her skirt and stood up.

"Since you're back today, stay at home for dinner and get to know Duke Nuken, who is about to be promoted to the head of the Potions Supply Committee. "Duke Michau ate a piece of totogua.

"Hmm. Lycia nodded. "I'll go back to the academy tomorrow. ”

"Has anyone been disagreeing with you in the school for the past ten days?" Duke Michaeu may have felt that his previous attitude was too bad, and he suddenly changed his fatherly appearance.

"No one dares to insult me to my face, after all, I am always with Her Royal Highness the Princess now. Lycia moved Tata out, though she hadn't been trying to please the princess lately, as Her Royal Highness's favorability for her had remained at a high level, which made her feel like she didn't need to waste her experience to maintain the relationship.

"Of course, you need some close friends, and Her Royal Highness must be the best candidate. But, Lycia, you need to know a gentleman as good as the Duke of Troy. Duke Michaeu hunched his back slightly, and his sitting posture changed from tense to relaxed.

"After all, there aren't that many girls in the Thorn Empire who can be heirs. Mishew looked at Lycia with a charity as he spoke, as if to say, look at you, how lucky, you should be very content.

"Thank you for the suggestion, Dad. Lycia took the newspaper and put it on her lap and began to read.

Lycia was reading the report that the banker Sisby had gone bankrupt because of his divorce when she heard very heavy footsteps.

"Oh, hehehe, tiger father has no dog girl, Brother Mixiu, your daughter's chess skills are indeed superb. A middle-aged man of medium stature and proper grooming, Duke Nuken, walked downstairs with Ash's wrist in his hand and muttered to Duke Michau in a neutral voice.

"Nuken, man, you must have taken a few steps. ”

Lycia followed her father and greeted Duke Nucqueen.

"Good afternoon, Uncle Nuken. Lycia's brain twitched, and she wanted to stimulate Duke Nuqueen, so she deliberately used the title uncle.

Unexpectedly, Duke Nuken was not angry. "Oh, Lycia, she has grown so big, she deserves to be the pearl of our Thorn Empire, and it is becoming more and more eye-catching. ”

Lycia watched as Ash gently wrenched Duke Nucqueen's hand away, and then stood aside with her head down.

"Well, are you still used to life in the Academy? We have a good relationship with the Potions Division, and I occasionally visit your dean at the Academy, and if you have any problems, just tell your uncle. If it weren't for the fact that this middle-aged man had other thoughts, Lycia might have thought that he was a good elder.

"Well, I'm used to it. Lycia nodded.

Mishew saw that Lycia looked like she was ignoring her, and she immediately became a little angry.

"Oh, let me see, what did Brother Mixiu have in store for me?" Nuken laughed and walked ahead of the restaurant.

Lycia and Ash sat together, and she finally had the time to observe the favorability of the people at the table.

Mixiu is about 10 percent, which is the value of normal elders.

His father was thirty percent, and Ash's favorability was fifteen.

"Ash, how are you doing this week?" Lycia ate a slice of sliced egg.

"Not bad. From time to time, Ash looked up at Duke Nucque, who was talking and laughing with his father. "You don't need to look at me again. She finished a piece of chicken, then pursed her lips to the left side of her cheek and said to Lycia.

"If you don't want my mercy, don't be at home and don't dare to ask for anything, like a quail. Lycia poked a muscle with her fork and ate it with black pepper juice.

"Goddess, you actually eat chicken with black pepper juice?" Ash paused, and turned to criticize Lycia's way of eating.

"Chicken and black pepper juice are meant to be eaten, why not. Only you will feel that the red tape of the aristocracy is right. Lycia adjusted her sitting position and straightened her back.

"Yes, yes, you're right. Being as rude as those civilians will indeed make you look silly and cute. Ash said sarcastically, but the favorability above his head kept rising.

Lycia didn't want to waste any more time arguing with her. "Listen, Ash. She whispered that the voices of the two dukes opposite were loud enough that she was not afraid of being overheard.

"If you don't want to do anything, you can discuss it with me, although I probably don't bother to help you, but I should consider telling you how to resist. Lycia whispered, and took a sip of the wine in front of her.

Ash took a deep breath and glared at Lycia with an angry look. "You're so self-inflicted. ”