As soon as he finished speaking, the tense atmosphere around them vanished instantly, like morning mist dissipating in the sunlight.
But the Marquis seemed unaware of all these changes.
His face remained gloomy, his brows furrowed, and he slowly raised his head, his gaze lingering somewhat blankly on Liya in front of him.
And, there was a giant bear-man standing behind Lia, looking remarkably calm.
Holy crap!? When did this bear-like creature appear?
How can such a big bear walk without making any sound?
Wait a minute, what happened to those footsteps that sounded like an earthquake?
This filled the Marquis with awe, and a look of surprise and bewilderment appeared in his eyes.
Seeing that the other person seemed a little frightened, Lia quickly explained:
“Helnarson, Marquis Sanchet is not used to tea.”
She gave the instructions softly.
"Go and get a new pot of coffee."
Hainersen responded to the request with a polite bow, followed by a soft hum:
"Yes, Master."
Only then did he straighten up again.
He stretched out his huge, rock-solid hand and deftly picked up the tea tray with two fingers.
He then collected the cups in front of the two of them before leaving quietly.
All its movements were incredibly light and agile; despite its enormous size, it seemed as if it had no weight at all.
Even a rigorously trained human might not be able to match this bear-man.
As he watched the bear-man's departing figure, Lia's voice pulled him back to reality.
"You just said that the tea didn't suit your taste, so I was thinking of changing it to coffee."
Faced with Liya's sincere smile, the Marquis's tension finally eased a little.
"That's true, thank you so much for your hospitality, Miss Lia."
Although Lia nodded slightly in politeness, she couldn't help feeling confused.
Do all the people in your kingdom have some kind of problem?
First it was a forbidden love between vampires and humans, and now it has turned into feelings between humans and demi-humans.
She almost couldn't resist letting Helnason use his silent knife on her.
Fortunately, the other party spoke up quickly, otherwise all her plans would have fallen through.
Lia intended to use this opportunity to declare that the Clavenna family had nothing to do with the Shulbon territory, thus enticing the kingdom's nobles to spend money to buy the right to contest the territory.
By the time they were preparing to target Priscilla, Victor would be almost back.
Shur was a territory that the kingdom had promised to Viktor, which was the reason that the nobles had always used.
With Victor gone, the territory should naturally revert to the kingdom.
But Lia plans to use Victor's return to turn the tide against the kingdom.
When the true owners of the territory return, they will have no way to complain and will be extorted.
Their family earned money twice in one go, which is a win-win situation.
However, Marquis Sanche's words surprised Lia.
Your son likes demi-humans? What do you mean? What does that have to do with me?
She initially thought the other party intended to arrange a marriage with the Clevina family.
This made the Shulburn territory nominally owned by the Clavner family and their Bryant family.
In this way, the nobles within the kingdom would have no reason to covet Shulbon.
But if we were to choose a marriage partner, who else could we marry besides her?
How could Leah possibly choose to marry out? That's why she was angry.
However, it seems the other party... never even considered this?
For a moment, Lia was also somewhat puzzled and could only listen to the other person continue speaking:
“As a marquis, I also employ some demi-humans in my household... but rest assured, they all have formal employment contracts.”
He paused, then continued:
“One of the female demi-humans has been working in my house since my son was twelve years old.”
"It wasn't until I was urging my son to get married that I realized they had been in love for ten years."
The Marquis sighed, looking very distressed, as if lamenting the misfortune of his family.
“In the past, I was always puzzled as to why my excellent son had never been in a relationship, or even had a specific sweetheart.”
"He clearly has so many suitors."
In the Kingdom of Kant, where military might reigns supreme, the sons of marquises are naturally no less capable.
Especially since he was the Marquis's only son, choosing a spouse should have been an easy task.
But she fell in love with a demi-human.
“He told me that he only wanted to marry that demi-human and vowed never to marry anyone else.”
The Marquis's tone was tinged with helplessness, "I once berated him and tried to arrange blind dates for him."
However, his son firmly stated that he would rather elope and die out there than fall in love with anyone else.
The Marquis took a deep breath, then sighed and looked up at Lia.
Please forgive my emotional fluctuations.
Lia responded with a warm smile:
"It's alright, please continue."
She could deeply understand the marquis's breakdown; after all, his only son was the future heir to the family headship.
In a country that had long enslaved demi-humans, the son of a marquis married a demi-human.
If this gets out, it will surely become a laughing stock in aristocratic circles.
"He told me that I didn't understand the love between them."
"So when I saw you, I thought of you, Miss Leah."
At this moment, Marquis Sancher looked earnestly at Leah, his tone even carrying a hint of pleading:
“I think you and my son are about the same age and are both still unmarried at this age.”
"Perhaps you have similar reasons to my son."
In a world where family values are extremely important, it is extremely rare for nobles to be unmarried at the age of thirty, especially for women.
According to aristocratic tradition, women were usually expected to marry around the age of eighteen when they reached adulthood.
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