Chapter 33 Chapter 33 'I want to show Errol the result...
Capet Manor is located in the southeast corner of Grae City. The main castle is made of jade and carved with railings, and its shape is magnificent. It is surrounded by lush vegetation, which is full of vitality.
The path leading to the door was covered with a red carpet. The maid supported "Miss Capet" and dodged the scattered pink and white petals, taking small strides towards the four figures at the end of the carpet.
Even though he had seen their portraits in the information provided by the devil, Lin Miao still felt surprised——
In this sacred continent where everyone has light hair and eye colors, except for Duke Capet himself who has blonde hair and blue eyes, Mrs. Capet and her three children all have black hair and black eyes, and have hardly inherited any characteristics of the Duke.
Errol didn't even have to change her hair color; he just cast a small blurring spell on her face, which was enough to make it look real.
Lin Miao stopped three steps away from the Duke and his four companions, bent down, and performed a five-minute quick, standard lady's greeting: "Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, good day."
"Oh, Leah, my dear daughter, you are finally back." A kind and gentle voice sounded, and the face of the lady with black hair tied into a bun was full of joy and cherishment.
"Good boy, you have suffered over the years."
Judging from Mrs. Capet's appearance and skin condition, you can't tell that she is 47 years old. Instead, she looks like a young girl in her twenties or thirties.
She reached out and hugged Lin Miao tightly, whispering with heartache: "Why are you so thin?"
Lin Miao buried his face in Mrs. Capet's shoulder, his body trembling slightly, and acted as if he was at a loss and could not hide his excitement when seeing his mother for the first time, with a look of mockery that could not be concealed.
If you really care about your daughter, how could you throw Yulia into the village for seventeen years and hardly care about her because of the absurd assertion that "it is not suitable for her to grow up in wealth"?
Lin Miao narrowed his eyes as he glanced at the black silk dress that Mrs. Capet was wearing, and the coldness in his eyes became even stronger.
"Now that you are back, you should make up for the etiquette and common sense you have lacked over the years." Mrs. Capet finally let her go, and the Duke's stern words fell beside her.
The First Duke had a handsome face, but the gloomy and harsh look between his brows and his increasing age diluted his handsomeness.
Although he is only three years older than his wife, they look very different.
His face betrayed no trace of tenderness for his youngest daughter, and he was reluctant to even pretend, only blatantly exploiting her. "Before you enter the palace, a nanny will be there to instruct you on etiquette."
"You must not bring shame to my Capet family, otherwise..."
"Liya just got home, why are you saying these things?" The woman said softly, gently interrupting the threat he was about to make, but there was not much accusation in her voice.
The Duke shut up.
Lin Miao's eyes swept over the man, then glanced at the ground, and froze slightly; after a few seconds, they quickly moved away and fell behind the couple.
Miss Cape's brother and sister both have outstanding looks and demeanor like their mother, and always remain silent when their parents speak.
Perhaps seeing his "sister" looking towards them, the eldest son of the Capet family was the first to speak: "Welcome home, sister."
There was a dead look in his black pupils and his tone was flat, like a clockwork robot or the most basic AI, performing a "welcome" task in a methodical manner.
In addition, there is no trace of the care that a "brother" should have for his sister under normal circumstances.
Then, her sister delivered the exact same speech: "Welcome home, sister."
Compared to her brother's stiffness and dullness, the second Miss Capet's expression was a little more flexible, but she could not escape the general expression of "submission".
Both children greeted their sister. Mrs. Capet nodded with satisfaction and exclaimed exaggeratedly as if she had just remembered, "Oh, why are you still standing at the door? It's noon now, Leah must be hungry, come in and eat!"
A cold and smooth touch suddenly hit Lin Miao's wrist. If she pushed the puff sleeve up a few inches, Errol's flower-shaped mark would be revealed.
Lin Miao's arms instantly covered with goose bumps, and he calmly pressed his wrist.
She tilted her head slightly and saw the woman's pale hands holding her, with a happy smile on her face, like the true feelings of a mother and daughter reunited after a long separation.
Lin Miao followed her pull and stepped into the castle. The more numb her expression was, the more she wanted to use her great power as a complainer.
The barrage in my mind is like:
'Just out of the wolf's den, into the tiger's den'
If a hard life is a gift
"I wanted to show off my skills to Errol, but ended up tearing my pocket."
If there is a competition where the opponent is unlucky, then she will definitely be the champion.
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At the dinner table, there is the indifferent father, the dramatic mother, the wooden brother, the obedient sister, and the broken her.
Lin Miao had never imagined that a meal could be eaten with the beauty of mourning. In a trance, she even thought she was eating her own meal. When Mrs. Capet served her food for the fifth time, Lin Miao could no longer bear it.
"Mom, Dad, I'm full." She stood up and said with an observant look in her eyes.
The Duke said nothing. Mrs. Capet gave her a few token words of persuasion. Seeing that she was determined, she turned to her second daughter at the other end of the table and said, "Daisy, take your sister upstairs to her room."
There was still most of the food left in Daisy's bowl. Upon hearing this, she put down her knife and fork without hesitation and nodded to Lin Miao.
"Sister, come with me."
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Lin Miao followed Daisy up the spiral staircase, and after going through many twists and turns, they finally stopped in front of a door.
This is almost the deepest room on the fourth floor.
Lin Miao stared at the black hair of Miss Cape that fell to her waist, wondering how to ask her questions so as to get the information she wanted without arousing her vigilance.
"This is your bedroom," Daisy said calmly. "Mother has already had it cleaned. You can move in directly."
"What about Mom, Dad, and your bedroom?" Lin Miao asked with a curious and cautious tone. "Can't I live with you?"
"Their bedroom is on the second floor, and Purley and I are on the third," Daisy answered quickly and without emotion, as if reciting a speech. "Mother said that my sister just came back and needs time to integrate into our family, so she's giving her some space to herself and living farther away."
"If my sister is not satisfied, she can go and talk to mother."
"Integrating" into the Capet family...
Lin Miao didn't say whether she was satisfied or not, and looked towards the stairs inconspicuously: "Does our castle have a fifth floor?"
"Yes. But the fifth floor has been in disrepair for a long time and no one cleans it. It's better for my sister not to go up there."
Daisy said, "If you want to walk around the manor, you can come find me. With me by your side, you won't get lost."
Lin Miao paused, didn't ask any more questions, and naturally raised a shy smile: "Thank you, mother and sister, for your concern. Sister, please thank mother for your consideration when you go downstairs."
She pushed open the door and found that the room was fully equipped, just like the boudoir of an ordinary noble lady.
The footsteps in the corridor gradually faded away. Until he was sure that Daisy had left the fifth floor, Lin Miao still did not dare to relax at all.
She pretended to appreciate the new room, walking around the bedroom in circles, touching the bookcase, looking at the vase, rummaging through the drawers, leaving no corner untouched, and finally lifting the bed sheet and shaking it.
The level of caution is multiplied to the Nth power compared to that in the Cerberus Castle.
——Of course the mighty Cerberus wouldn't bother with these little tricks, but that doesn't mean people like Cape wouldn't do them :)
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Lin Miao sat down on the bed and went through his memories from the moment he met the Capet couple. He wanted to laugh when he came to those weird details one, two, three, four, and five.
Has it fallen into disrepair and no one cleans it?
It really doesn't taste like salt at all.
The Capet family knew whether they were accompanying her or monitoring her, whether they were afraid that she would get lost or "accidentally" stray into some shameful places.
Treating her like a child like this, either means he thinks Yulia, who was raised in the countryside, is too naive and stupid to notice, or...
They were confident enough that even if she noticed, it wouldn't cause much of a stir.
Judging from Mrs. Capet's obvious histrionic personality, it was undoubtedly the latter.
Lin Miao pinched his eyebrows with a headache.
It's true that she likes to spy on secrets and likes the thrill of adrenaline rush; but the problem is that this time she has a mission, and she entered the Capet family on behalf of Julia to target the Seventh Prince and the royal family, not to play games with the Duke's Mansion!
How can you hide from the rain in a temple and then have the temple collapse?!
Lin Miao kicked his legs weakly, knowing that in the absence of concrete clues, entering the palace through "marriage" was still the best way to search;
But her intuition reminded her that the Capet family was full of problems and that there might not even be a normal person.
To plot against Capet is like trying to get the skin of a tiger.
Lin Miao forced herself to calm down and began to brainstorm the "paradox" that concerned her most.
The stack of documents clearly stated that Koros was originally just an ordinary marquis with a bad temper. He was a playboy and a dissolute man in his youth. He became a general by accident and led his army to defeat the invading tribes and bring the North River area back to the Krez Empire. He was then promoted to the first-class duke.
Mrs. Capet Thetis was the only daughter of Cabinet Minister Lugo before she got married.
Like most noble ladies in the kingdom, she was gentle, kind, and even cowardly. It was only after Capet became Duke that she married the latter, acting as a "moderator" between the new and old factions of nobles.
As a staunch supporter of the theory that "it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature", Lin Miao does not believe that a person's character will change "rationally" or "consciously" after adulthood.
In her imagination, the Capetian family should be a power structure in which the patriarchal and domineering Koros is dominant, and Thetis is a "vassal" and "submissive".
The Capet couple's performance today greatly subverted her imagination.
Whether it was that Titlis was always in the lead in the conversation, a single interruption could shut Koros up, or... that glance she cast at the ground—
Madame Capet stood in front, and the Duke was half a step behind her.
They all point to the conclusion that "Thetis is the real master of the Capet family."
Lin Miao deliberately put "mother" first in her address. The traditional aristocrats Duke Cross and Daisy, who valued "etiquette and rules", did not react at all; Daisy kept saying "mother's intention", which further confirmed her conclusion.
If it is difficult for people to change consciously, then it can only be the influence of external forces.
external force……
The coldness and sense of incongruity that Mrs. Capet brought to her could not be faked. She was 100% sure that she was the most problematic person in the castle and the one who posed the greatest threat to her. However, as Miss Capet's mother, Lin Miao could not avoid contact with her.
And there’s the fifth floor where you shouldn’t go up.
Could it be that hiding the secret on the castle's top floor is some unspoken and unavoidable choice among all races?!
Lin Miao habitually opened the panel in her mind, wanting to sort out her next course of action and plans to deal with risks based on her "assets".
However, his thoughts went against his owner's rationality and drifted mischievously to the three-headed dog.
The puppy had been separated from her for less than a day.
She actually rarely faced difficulties with the devil.
He went to "rescue" her or she went to rescue him, but they never stood on the battlefield together. Every time the trouble was over, he was always left in a mess, as if his strength was enough to shake the Styx and slash monsters, but he would mysteriously disappear after encountering something related to her.
But this does not prevent——
It doesn't matter. As long as she thinks of him, she will feel at ease.
If the sky falls, there will be someone taller to support it. In front of the powerless and extremely weak human Lin Miao, there is also a demon who blocks the wind and rain, murderous intent, and arrows.
Dependence is an excuse for cowards. Lin Miao doesn't consider himself a coward, but he can't get rid of this "illusion" for a while.
For example, now, she had a certain idea that it should be this way -
Isn't the devil also her 'asset'?
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