Even Mrs. Hilda, who was the most difficult to conquer in the Boreas family, finally took more than two months to be conquered by Wood after Wood knew the reasons why she hated her.
The reason why Alice's mother Hilda hates Wood is because her own children are now being raised by others.
Originally, there were men in the Boreas family, which meant that Alice actually had an older brother or younger brother.
However, according to the rules of their family, Philip lost when he competed with his brother for the position of heir, which also resulted in his son needing to be adopted by the other party and raised by his brother.
This is probably a kind of "hostage" in disguise. In short, this is the rule between noble families.
No mother would bear to have her child separated from her, raised by someone else, and called another woman mother.
It was also for this reason that Hilda had always harbored a grudge against Philip. When Wood came to take care of the family, it aroused Hilda's strong dissatisfaction.
Originally, the people eating at the same table with them should be their children, but now their children are raised by others, and they are raising other people's children. Is there anything more ironic than this?
Whenever she sees Wood, Hilda will think of her children who are not around.
The more outstanding and sensible Wood was, the more uncomfortable Hilda felt. She always felt that if her own children were around, she could educate them as well as Wood.
Mrs. Hilda liked flowers and walked in the garden every day.
After figuring out the reason, Wood would place a bouquet of flowers in front of Mrs. Hilda's window early every day, and attach various small notes of blessing.
At first, Mrs. Hilda was naturally ungrateful and even asked the maid to throw away the flowers sent by Wood.
But Wood was not discouraged and continued to send flowers day after day as usual.
Until one day a few weeks later, Hilda woke up at the usual time, but did not find Wood's flowers at the window, and she couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
At first, Hilda thought that it was because of her continuous efforts to make things difficult that Wood finally gave up.
However, when he was having breakfast, he found that Wood was not there that day, so he couldn't help but ask more questions.
"Mr. Wood went out very early this morning. At this time, he should have been back.
But today, since Mr. Wood went out, I haven’t seen him come back yet.”
Because there was no trace of Wood in the entire mansion, Hilda quickly found the guard guarding the door, and the other party truthfully reported the situation.
"He is a child under eight years old. He went out alone early in the morning, and you actually let him out. What if something unexpected happens!"
I don't know why, Hilda used to hate Wood, a kid who wandered around in front of her from time to time.
However, after learning that Wood was missing, Hilda unconsciously became anxious and nervous.
Because Alice had been kidnapped not long ago, Hilda's whole heart twitched when she thought that the child who had been sending her flowers and was extremely polite might also have suffered a murderous attack.
In response to Hilda's scolding, the guard looked helpless. He had naturally tried to stop Wood before, but he was no match for Wood.
And after Wood went out alone many times and returned safely, the guards became accustomed to it.
"But Mrs. Hilda, Lord Wood goes out every morning.
And with Lord Wood’s strength, I think there won’t be any accidents, so..."
"Is that why you turn a blind eye? Even if he is powerful, he is still just a child under eight years old!"
Hearing the guard's excuses, Hilda became even more furious and even wanted to fire the guard in front of her immediately and send other guards at home to look for the person.
However, just when Hilda was preparing to send out her family's guards to look for Wood, Wood came back on his own.
However, compared to the usual Wood, who just came back from outside today, he obviously looked a little embarrassed.
Not only did the expensive clothes on his body become tattered, but there were even a few very obvious claw marks on his chest.
"Sorry, I came back late today and made everyone worry about me."
The boy was obviously still seriously injured, but the first thing that came to his mind at this moment was to apologize to everyone for worrying him.
As for Hilda, who was already full of anger, she originally wanted to blame Wood for running around, but when she saw the young man in front of her, she suddenly fainted without warning.
And when the young man fell, everyone finally discovered that Wood's hand hidden behind his back actually held a bouquet of flowers that shone with golden light, as beautiful as starlight.
"This flower is the 'Light of Morning' because this flower only blooms at dawn. If it is not picked and preserved in time, it will quickly wither.
It is also for this reason that this flower is also called the child of the morning sun. Although it is extremely short-lived, it also symbolizes hope.
But if I remember correctly, this kind of words should only be found in deep forests full of magical beasts, and they are extremely rare."
Because he is an orc and has lived in the forest since he was a child, Kirenu quickly recognized the bouquet of flowers in Wood's hand that shone with the morning light.
As soon as Kirenu finished speaking, Hilda on the side froze on the spot as if she had been struck by lightning.
She was not a fool. Recalling the bouquets of flowers that Wood had placed at her window every day, Hilda suddenly realized at this moment that the flowers in the bouquets that Wood had sent were all flowers she had never had in the garden of the mansion.
Then combined with the gatekeeper's statement that Wood would go out every morning, Hilda still didn't understand what happened.
The child in front of her, in order to cheer her up, actually ventured to the countryside to pick flowers for himself every day!
The Fitoya territory is divided into urban areas and suburban areas. Compared with the central town, the suburbs are undeveloped, and there are often some wild beasts and even dangerous monsters appearing in the suburbs.
Especially in the forests on the outskirts, although there are many rare resources there, they are also full of dangers.
Generally speaking, those who go there for activities are adventurers registered with the union.
Hilda should have discovered long ago that the flowers bought in the town were not as bright as those sent by Wood.
That child goes to the dangerous suburbs to pick flowers for herself every day just to make herself happy, but what did she do!
She has been trampling on that child's good intentions, and more than once threw the flowers he picked at the risk of his life into the trash can!
When she thought of this, Hilda trembled all over, feeling more and more that she was a vicious woman.