When Ligeia went out, she saw Yanis standing at the door waiting for her.
Yanis waved for Ligeia to come over, and then led Ligeia into the study.
Ligeia went in, found a seat and sat down, and asked carelessly: "What do you want from me?"
"Why are you staring at them in the room?"
Yanis did not answer, but asked instead.
Hearing this, Ligeia immediately became happy: "Hey, this is something... I'm just watching them."
"What are you looking at?"
"It would be bad if I accidentally got pregnant."
Ligeia said without hesitation: "Her Majesty the Queen has not been officially crowned yet. According to the formal etiquette process, it will have to be next summer, and her belly will be pregnant by then. This will definitely be unseemly."
"It makes sense for you to be worried...but what are you afraid of? Lily isn't watching from inside?"
Yanis sighed helplessly: "Don't worry about it until you see Lily being kicked out."
"ha?"
Ligeia asked back: "Isn't Lily the boy's personal maid? I remember she was the one who initiated Aiwass... The boy must have been thirteen or fourteen years old at that time."
Hearing this, Yanis was stunned for a moment: "Is there still such a thing? It's impossible."
"She said it herself. It seems to be some kind of tradition, but I am a village girl and I don't understand this."
Ligeia shrugged: "Although I have known for a long time that all the big families like Avalon are quite chaotic, I never thought that personal maids still have such a tradition..."
"……Tradition?"
Yanis repeated.
Her expression suddenly became strange.
Ligeia noticed her expression and was a little confused: "What's wrong?"
Yanis asked in return: "Did she tell you that maids provide enlightenment to noble young men to prevent them from falling in love outside and giving birth to illegitimate children?"
"...That's indeed what you said. Is there a problem?"
Ligeia responded.
Yanis burst out laughing and slapped Ligeia on the shoulder.
"I told her this," Yanis frowned, "but I made it up."
"ah?"
Ligeia was stunned for a moment.
"Use your brain," Yanis couldn't help but say, "If Avalon really has this kind of tradition, where did Lily herself come from? Do you think the Drost family is short of maids?"
"...Not necessarily."
Ligeia crossed her arms, nodded her arms and retorted: "Perhaps this is all he needs?"
"That can't be the case for everyone, right? If there really is such a rule, then shouldn't the eldest son who inherits the family business and the name of knight be paired with a maid? It would be more dishonorable for them to give birth to illegitimate children than to give birth to illegitimate children who have no right to inherit.
Bar?
"In fact, this is the tradition of the Star Antimony people. The nobles there are not like the Avalon people. Each descendant can only have one servant, and of course there is more than one personal maid. The nobles there can also have male servants.
maid.
"Tracing back to the origin, this comes from the research of scholars during the imperial period - at that time, they had not yet understood the principle of Taolu Impulse, and regarded it as a curse for illegitimate children. They believed that illegitimate children were more likely to go crazy, so they were born from maids.
Give birth to a child, and then kill the child to lift the curse.
"The scholars of later generations also understood that there was no 'curse of illegitimate children' at all, but Star Antimony and Iris still inherited part of this tradition. The nobles over Star Antimony had a large number of maids, and they gave birth to the most illegitimate children.
, also to vent the impulses of the road, because there are many political marriages in Xingzhi, and the couples are basically based on interests and have no emotional basis.
"In the Iris Kingdom, they don't call them 'maids' at all, but 'guardian knights'. Even noble ladies occasionally like to recruit their own 'knights', who are actually lovers. This happens occasionally in Avalon.
, but it’s definitely not common. Otherwise, how could Lily dare to directly introduce herself as Aiwass’s personal maid when she was at school?”
Yanis smiled and reached out to rub Ligeia's little round head: "Besides, that is the Moriarty family, why are you afraid of illegitimate children?"
"...Yes."
Ligeia suddenly reacted.
There is no such thing as an illegitimate child in the Moriarty family——
According to the rules of the Moriarty family, even biological children who are married and have children cannot inherit the family business and surname. Only an adopted son who has been raised can inherit the family. The issue of illegitimate children does not matter at all.
"You, a ninety-year-old spinster, must not understand this."
Yanis smiled evilly: "Which one do you think has the strongest desire, between the age of thirteen or fourteen or the age of seventeen or eighteen? After tasting meat at the age of thirteen, I stopped eating meat at the age of eighteen. Is it possible?"
"How can I be ninety years old? I am less than one year old this year."
Ligeia responded subconsciously, but as soon as she said the words, she suddenly reacted: "How do you know that Aiwass hasn't eaten? Could it be..."
"I watch it every night. The elves don't have to sleep anyway." Yanis said confidently.
"Why are you peeking at this little boy sleeping?!"
"Keep him safe," Yanis said seriously. "Aiwass has been attacked more than once while sleeping, right? Oswald is not here. If I don't be more vigilant, he will be killed one day and none of you will."
Got it. You don’t think Shadow Demon’s protection is really safe, do you? Graham wouldn’t have survived that time alone.”
"...That's okay. No, Yanis - why did you tell this lie then?"
Ligeia asked dissatisfiedly.
Yanis was also confident: "That was the first time Aiwass met Isabel. I had to test him to see if he was a playboy? Didn't you also find out his pile of romantic debts?
?”
"It's said to be a romantic debt, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with him."
"Yes."
Yanis commented: "His own attitude is not important, but as long as he has so many suitors, he will definitely bring trouble to Isabel. I just wanted Isabel, who was still a princess, to stay away from him. Such a man
She can't control it.
"Because when faced with this kind of topic, regardless of whether you explain it or not, points will definitely be deducted from Isabel's side. Maybe it can calm her down - two people who have never met or gotten along with each other are just in the promotion ceremony.
It's too outrageous to fall in love with someone after just one meeting. If you were in my position, you would stop me."
"That's true," Ligeia nodded slowly, "Indeed... and now I also feel that Isabel may not be able to control that kid."
Yanis crossed her arms and added: "Also, Ligeia Lily, she has learned the "Night Rabbit Tantra", you know? This is the inheritance of the Narcissus Principality. Only virgins can transform into those who can eat normally.
The original werewolf who drinks flesh and blood - this is a restriction from the path of love. The Children of the Moon also have similar taboos. This is enough to prove that she was lying at the time."
Ligeia smacked her lips: "Tsk..."
"What are you smacking?"
Yanis said unceremoniously: "Lily is not the type to lie out of shame. The little fox must have hinted her to lie. It's not so much what I did, but what you did."
"I didn't do anything..."
Ligeia made a childish voice and cried innocently.
She really couldn't remember what she said at that time.
It seemed like they were urging marriage? Anyway, we were just chatting instinctively at the time, without thinking about it at all, and I really can’t remember it.
"But since Lily lies so smoothly, she has deceived you too."
Yanis narrowed her eyes slightly: "I think she probably also likes Aiwass. But it's not surprising, that little fox is very lovable. Not to mention that we have been together for so long.
"Lily and he are indeed very close. After all, she was the personal maid who helped Aiwass bathe when he was a child. When Aiwass had difficulty moving before, Lily must have helped him bathe. But maybe it was because she was so familiar that she could
Act so nonchalantly."
"……broken."
Ligeia slapped the back of her hand and said in a panic: "I told Isabel about this at that time!"
"What did you say?" Yanis asked.
"I'm just going to tell you the truth..."
Ligeia jumped up from her chair anxiously and circled around Yannis: "Then am I lying? I need to explain it to Isabel?"
"...No, I'm not in a hurry."
Yanis thought for a moment, then stretched out her hand to hold Ligeia down: "It may not be a bad thing."
"you sure?"
"Well. Although Isabel looks soft and weak, our little queen is actually very aggressive subconsciously. She actually cares about the things she values very much and must get them. And the closer she gets to losing it, she
The more persistent she becomes. It's just that she is used to failure... If she is not in a hurry, she will hesitate to take action, and only takes action if she wants to win 100%.
"I wanted to make her fail once before, and that's why. She is the kind of character who is soft on the outside but strong on the inside. She will wake up once she is pushed into a hurry."
The elf painter analyzed his student: "But this situation is different now. Aiwass used Lily to resist your urge to marry, which shows that he doesn't have so many ideas. In other words, Isabel likes Aiwass, but Aiwass
Si doesn't like her that much yet.
"If she continues to hesitate at this time and wants to wait for Aiwass to start liking her before confessing to her... maybe it will cause trouble. After all, it is not an exaggeration to say that the little fox is a heartthrob. With Lily, this is
Isabel will start to get anxious when things push her hard - she has to be anxious to a certain extent before she dares to act.
"Rather than losing something completely, it takes heartache to really grow up and become mature. It's better to continue like this. If she feels that she is sure of victory, she may become hesitant again."
Yanis concluded: "Anyway, don't tell Isabel yet."
Ligeia sighed: "Forget it, I don't have any brains, so I'll just listen to you first. This is also my fault... Anyway, don't let it slip."
On the other side, Aiwass sighed silently as he watched Isabel sitting on his quilt still clumsily handling political affairs that were not too troublesome.
Forget it, let’s teach him this slowly for now. Anyway, Avalon isn’t so anxious now.
Although she is still a little immature, she is still better than the "Flower Queen Isabel" who truly grew up and became mature and rational after losing everything completely.
The spirit of enduring suffering is worthy of praise, and the queen who rises from suffering is worthy of admiration. But suffering itself is not worthy of praise.
Suffering is suffering.
Since Aiwass came to this world, he cannot come in vain.
It's not for justice, or to save the world. It's just that it's within his reach and within his capabilities. As a person with a weak heart, he can't bear to see so much wailing and misery.
——It’s okay not to want that kind of bloody growth.
