Thales took a deep breath and said carefully:

"Can I ask..."

But Hilley chuckled:

"Do you know, the Karabiyan sisters who are close to you, the devil twins from the Vola leader, or rather, the singing and dancing twins?"

"Actually, I'm not familiar with them..." Thales defended in a low voice.

But Hilley ignored him and kept to himself:

"They are considered to be the best among the ladies from the famous families in the entire South Bank. They are noble, gorgeous, unbridled, flamboyant, deviant, and trend-setting. Many ladies want to get involved with them and enter their circle, but few people know:

The only friends of the devil sisters are each other."

Thales couldn't help but frown when he thought of Kasha and Qina.

"And I'm the only one who doesn't buy their fault," Heeley's eyes flashed when he said this. "In fact, I told them to stay away."

"Well done," Thales said helplessly, "I don't have the courage."

"No, it's not that you don't have such courage," Heilai looked at him with a sharp look in his eyes, "You don't have such a need. Your Highness, do you dare to yell at your nanny and guard captain and tell him to get away?"

Captain of the nanny guard?

Thales raised his head and looked at Mallos, who was standing not far away, and was suddenly speechless.

"Of course," Shilai turned her head, "When I was young, their favorite thing to do was to exclude me, make up bad things about me, and give me nicknames behind my back. Those silly girls with empty brains only knew how to giggle along with them.

We, haha..."

"But you are Kevin Deere, the Duke's daughter."

"So what?"

Hilley sarcastically said:

"Bloodline, surname, status, dowry, these things are all prepared for my future husband."

She was a little lost:

"That is a game that only you have the right to play, but it is not ours. Unless I become someone's wife, I can wave and cheer after you play this game, pretending that I am also playing, just like all the unmarried people in the world.

Just like my daughter."

Thales thought of Miranda and frowned:

"Maybe, well, not all."

Hilley narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, not everything," she approached him, her eyes threatening, "but is it important?"

Thales quickly shook his head:

"No, it's not important."

Hilley snorted coldly.

"So, what's the difference between being a Duke, an Earl, a Viscount, a Baron, a Lord, a knight, or the daughter of a merchant, farmer, and craftsman," Healey sneered. "In the end, it's not about changing it to someone else's surname, or at least letting it change to someone else's surname.

Children follow other people's surnames. In this era, the daughter of a farmer may rise to a high position, and the daughter of a duke may marry into a high family and a lowly family."

"Normally not." Thales felt unnatural all over, but he couldn't explain where this feeling came from, so he could only try to change the topic. "Every marriage between the Duke family must consider interests, and birth and reputation are also important."

A kind of benefit.”

Xi Lai glared at him:

"I'm not here for political lessons."

Thales bowed his head in embarrassment:

"Feel sorry."

On the stage, Origi finally closed his eyes in the arms of his lover, the chorus sounded, and the play gradually came to an end.

"The mothers told me that at banquets, one of the things ladies like to do most is to compare a woman's situation before she gets married and after she gets married. And the most popular topic of conversation, well, of course is that so-and-so becomes a lady.

At that time, you were very proud and proud, but in the end you married a useless man with no future. After marriage, you became a cheap wife and a poor wife. You borrowed jewelry and clothes on credit to attend banquets. They would flatter your husband and put him down based on his status, and they took pleasure in it.

.”

Hilley sarcastically said:

"If a duke's daughter, like me, marries an incompetent husband, oh, it would be even worse. They would be so happy that they would tell it to themselves on Queen's Day every year, telling it to themselves as a family heirloom.

My daughters-in-law, granddaughters, and grandsons-in-law listened to it, and even when they took it to the grave, they wrote it on the epitaph.”

For some reason, Thales suddenly remembered the story of "Shrewd Queen" Rosanna that Miranda had told him.

"So every woman wants to marry high," Shilai glanced at him. "It's best to marry a prince. In this way, when you become the talk of the dinner party, you will not only be envied by others, but at least you will not be laughed at."

"

Thales felt extremely embarrassed.

"But tell me, Your Highness," Hilley said coldly, "does it make any difference to me whether they talk about my marriage and husband with ridicule or envy?"

"In comparison, I would rather be talked about by them because I pretend to be a ghost and scare people. At least the props are made by me."

At that moment, Thales felt that Xi Lai's eyes were extremely sharp.

"I understand." He said with difficulty.

"you understand?"

Hilley smiled.

"I'm very doubtful, Thales Bright Star, when you came to the Emerald City with all the courtesy, claiming to come to the Emerald City for marriage and to marry me," Miss Kevin Dill shook her head, "You really

Do you understand me and the problems I face?"

Thales was silent for a while.

"No, not at all, maybe I will never understand," the prince sighed and shook his head, "but I hope I can understand."

Xi Lai looked at him deeply and stopped talking.

When the play came to an end and the curtain call began, the actors of "The Butterfly" stepped onto the stage one after another to accept the applause and cheers from the audience.

But at this moment, Thales looked down from above and noticed an acquaintance: he was responsible for his security (or surveillance). In the past few days, whenever Thales left the palace, he would never leave the prince's side.

Kaguire vigilance officer.

At this moment, in the dark theater, Caguire was hiding behind a curtain, talking to another well-dressed audience member. The latter was dancing, while Caguire looked back carefully from time to time, as if he was afraid of being discovered.

Similar.

Thales frowned. He stood up and leaned on the railing, pretending to see the actor's curtain call clearly, but in fact, he called the Sin of the Hell River and listened to Kaguire's movements.

"I don't understand, why do you have to say it now and here?" The voice of the Kaguire security officer was somewhat dissatisfied.

"I would rather say it elsewhere!"

The spectator's back was to Thales, but his voice was very familiar to the young man: "But look at you, Officer Kaguire, your rise to prominence is no longer what it used to be. How can you still have time to have a drink with your old friends?

Can’t I just come here to find you?”

"We've stopped talking to each other for a long time! I don't have any money to lend you to gamble," Caguire said in a cold tone, rejecting others. "I'm on official duty. No matter what happens, wait until I get off work or my shift."

The security officer turned around and left after speaking.

Just when Thales thought this was a show about a poor relative coming to borrow money, the audience member said a cold word, which made the prince's nerves rise:

"The Case of Diop."

Kaguire had a terrible meal.

In the hell sense, Thales heard the spectator take a deep breath: "In the trial hall, including the guard hall, they want me to be the defender of the deceased."

Caguire slowly turned around and spoke cautiously:

"Really? That's a coincidence."

Advocate...

Thales remembered something and instantly recognized the identity of the spectator.

"What a coincidence, they want me..." the audience groaned, "I read the files and checked the court records of the debtor Lord. Diop was not killed by him, let alone a burglary, right?

"

"So what? We all know what you are capable of, Manny. Isn't it the end of the world to convict that Lord? Isn't that why they are looking for you?"

The man called Manny sneered:

"Stop pretending, Caguire, others don't know, but we all know what Diop does! You must have received money from him, right?"

Caguire was stunned and became nervous:

"I, I don't know what you are talking about..."

Thales's brows furrowed even more tightly.
To be continued...