Li Ai-Li didn't take Lady L's words to heart.
Honestly, if that Marquis Marina could single-handedly get me a divorce, the land, and leave, I'd be thanking her profusely.
During dinner, the Duke suddenly said, "I have no relation to Marquis Marina."
Li Aili paused in her hand, holding the butterfly lamb chop, and looked at the Duke at the other end of the banquet table in confusion. "Huh?"
Duke Leng Fei Cui picked up his glass of red wine, took a sip, and said with an inscrutable expression, "It's nothing."
Li Aili buried her head and continued to eat diligently.
Today's main dish in the North Kitchen is Valley Dwarf Stew, served with cream bread from the Elf Forest – it's absolutely delicious!
When it comes to stews, dwarves are experts.
"The roses in the back garden are in bloom; it's a beautiful sight," the Duke added abruptly.
Li Aili, having eaten her fill, was leaning back in her high-backed chair, pondering how to digest her food, when she heard the Duke's words and immediately sat up. "Oh dear, I'll go for a walk in the back garden then~"
However, what she thought of as a walk was a solitary stroll under the moon.
However, the reality is...
A tall, handsome man walked beside her.
Under the moonlight, their reflections overlapped, making it appear as if they were holding hands.
“If it’s inconvenient to live in the South District, you can move to the North District,” the Duke said calmly, looking at the sea of roses.
Li Aili was admiring the roses under the night sky when this sudden remark nearly made her fur stand on end.
"No, no, no, I'm living very well in the South District!"
Arthur Cold Jade: "..."
"Oh dear! It's so late. I'm going back to sleep now. Goodnight~"
Then she lifted her skirt and ran away in a flash.
For the next two days, the two played hide-and-seek in a huge castle.
As breakfast time approached, Li Aili plunged headfirst into the Alchemy Room.
After the Duke went to the Knights in the morning, he sneaked out and went into the North Kitchen to eat.
At lunchtime, she went into the Alchemy Room, perfectly avoiding having lunch with the Duke.
In the afternoon, while the Duke was handling official business with the ducal officials, she slipped away into the kitchen again…
This game of 'hide-and-seek' lasted for two days.
On the third day, Arthur Cold Jade cornered her at the door of her room.
A tall, handsome man in full armor stood at the doorway, completely blocking Li Aili, the 'little kitten'.
He said in a nonchalant tone, "I'm going to war." He didn't mention a word about the 'hide-and-seek' of the past two days.
"Ah, another war? Where will it be fought?" She recalled something she had overheard earlier: before the autumn harvest, the knights of the duchy wanted to start another war.
Upon hearing this, the man's lips curled into a slightly eerie smile. "The Earl of McWell."
Li Aili: "..." After demanding the ransom, they start a fight. Is this really okay?
The two stared at each other in silence for a few seconds, and finally, Arthur Cold Jade turned and left without saying a word.
Li Aili ran to the window and watched as the duke, clad in armor, mounted his warhorse.
A group of knights stood around him, holding up banners.
In that instant, Li Aili felt that their worlds were two completely different worlds.
One is filled with iron and fire, the other only desires pastoral idylls.
Therefore, their relationship should be limited to transactions and nothing else should be involved.
Before putting on his helmet, Arthur Cold Jade glanced back and his eyes met those of Ellie Li.
Li Aili waved to him subconsciously.
The Duke smiled.
Although it was only for a moment, his handsomeness was breathtaking.
Li Aili clutched her slightly racing heart and took several steps back.
She didn't return to the window until she heard the thunder of horses' hooves.
"A wise person does not fall in love... especially not with a man like this."
The castle's owner has left.
Li Aili has returned to her previous life.
Every day, he harvested the back garden, made alchemical potions, researched new alchemical potions, and handed over the failed 'new products' to the minotaurs.
Three days passed just like that.
That day, bored out of her mind, Li Aili finally couldn't resist and decided to take action against the roses in the back garden.
She really didn't have any bad intentions; she just wanted to cut some to decorate her bedroom and collect some for a rose petal bath.
'Click, click...'
Li Aili, holding a small pair of scissors, experienced the joy of being a hairdresser in the Duke's back garden.
However, the sea of flowers she 'visited' was like the top of a middle-aged man's head, full of 'crisis'.
"Madam! Madam! Something terrible has happened!" Joanna rushed over, lifting her skirt.
Li Aili accidentally cut off the Duke's favorite 'Rose King' with a tremor in her hand.
Faced with the 'tragic death' of the Rose King, Li Aili paused for a moment and began to consider the feasibility of using glue to salvage it.
Joanna ran out of breath, "Oh no! Husband... Oh my God! This isn't the Duke's favorite..."
Li Aili changed the subject with a serious expression, "What did you say that's not good?"
Joanna remembered the important matter: "The Lord of the Demon Tower has fainted!"
Li Aili calculated the time; the old man had been sitting by the wall of ice and fire for about a week, right?
Li Aili exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, he's really tough!" From now on, if anyone says that mages are fragile, she'll be the first to object.
Joanna: "..."
Li Aili calmly placed the 'Rose King' into her flower basket. "What I mean is, let's go check on the old man quickly! May the God of Light protect him and make sure nothing bad happens to him."
Joanna asked uncertainly, "Would the God of Light be willing to favor a magician?"
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