Edith returned to the castle, where Duke Calvin was waiting for her in the hall.

"You're only staying in Eternal Night City for three days, if I'm not mistaken, this mission takes time to ferment, and you don't need to rush back immediately, so why don't you stay a little longer?"

She frowned, "Father, you sent someone to eavesdrop on my conversation?"

"If I had asked you directly, would you have explained it to you?" said the duke, blowing his beard and glaring, "I learned this trick from you—rather than wait for an answer, find out for yourself." ”

"Poof," Northland Pearl couldn't help but laugh, "Congratulations, you've finally made some progress, so I can save myself the effort of worrying about you in Wudong." ”

The Duke said angrily, "You haven't answered my question yet, just go by yourself, and want to bring Lance with you—is that Wimbledon so attractive to you? But he would rather marry a witch than marry the Kant family, I really don't understand, what kind of thing is it to carry Golon's child out!"

"It seems that you have a complaint about my inability to ascend to the throne," said Edith, "or do you really care only about whether my unborn child can take the crown?" I have not forgotten what you said to me when Tifeko first came to the North, and do not think that I do not know what advice you made to your majesty. ”

Calvin's momentum was suddenly suppressed, "I...... I'm just thinking about you, don't you think it's unwilling, let that wild woman's seed come out of the limelight......"

Edith sighed secretly, she couldn't say that her father was lying, this sentence was at least eighty percent true for her sake, but in terms of results, it was not a good idea. Calvin Kant might have been a good father, but he could have been a lord in charge of a land, but the disadvantages were somewhat obvious.

Fortunately, the generation of nobles in the north is not very good, or in other words, the level of most nobles is very low, and it is no wonder that His Majesty does not want to continue the aristocratic system. In other words, if she were to be the king, I am afraid that she would not be able to accept a group of idiots squandering her property.

Because everyone is at the same level, she should comfort her father well, but Edith can't. She prefers to turn words into blades, and even better if they bring pain and suffering—both to others and to herself.

"No, you are wrong about your father, it is no accident that she was taken by Goron Wimbutton. "What that woman lacks is just an identity, and if she had been born into a noble family in the Northlands, she might have been much better than you, and as for my two younger brothers, they are even less worth mentioning." In fact, what you need to thank the most is the ancestor of the Kant family, if you don't have the count, let alone climb to today's position, you may not even be able to compare with the ordinary businessmen on the street. ”

As she had expected, her father's expression suddenly became unsightly.

Although she was reluctant at first, after making up her mind, she immediately confessed to those who might harm her, and in this regard, the woman was really a little decisive. Assuming that Golon's child takes over the reins in the future, do you think she will attack me, who has persecuted her?, I think there is a good chance," Edith chuckled, "As for the means, of course, how to get rid of hatred, after all, it is the woman herself who knows women best, right?"

"Enough...... I know it's wrong," Calvin finally couldn't resist and raised his hand in surrender, "Can you stop saying that?"

"Phew," Edith sighed in satisfaction, "so he will never succeed to the throne, and even if His Majesty does not mean it, I will not allow it." She stroked her long hair and walked to her father's side, "Let's get back to business, I don't want to leave too much behind when I go back as soon as possible - Neverwinter is changing with each passing day, and it has been a long time since I left the center of power for half a month, and if it weren't for His Majesty's explanation, I wouldn't want to make such a trip at all." As for the third brother...... I seem to have written in my letter that I would send him to Neverwinter when he became an adult, but your memory is so bad. ”

"But if even Lance sends him away, the North doesn't—"

"There is no heir?" interrupted Edith, "the knighthood has now become a purely honorary title, and if the juniors are stupid, do you think they can really gain a foothold in the town hall? I took him for the future of the Kant family—there are so many new things to learn that if you don't want to be eliminated, you have to fit in." ”

The Duke was still a little hesitant, "Didn't Your Majesty Roland say that there are extremely terrible enemies in the wilderness?

"It's very simple, even if you have a dozen heirs, it doesn't make sense back then. She spread her hands lightly, "And we should be thankful that the devil is." ”

"What...... Calvin wondered.

"I have a vague hunch that if there were no devils, Your Majesty would have turned the four kingdoms upside down......," the Northland Pearl pouted, "The current stability is just to fight the devil, but the day of upheaval will come sooner or later, so in the final analysis, it is not an exaggeration to say that the devil has bought us time." You only get a once-in-a-kind chance, so you know what to do, right?"

The Duke was silent for a long time before sighing, "Give preferential treatment to those teachers sent by Neverwinter, open more elementary education classes, continue to send people to study in the West, and listen to the advice of the officials of the city hall...... You've mentioned it many times in your letter, and my memory isn't that bad. ”

"Just remember," Edith patted her father on the shoulder, and walked upstairs, "I'll catch up on some sleep, and I'll have to get down to business in the evening." ”

"Wait......" Calvin turned and called out to her, "Wild girl...... The last question Livia asked, I'm curious, how did you answer that?"

"Rather than wait for an answer, find out for yourself—" Edith smiled slightly, "You've made progress just now, so keep it up now." ”

"Hey, that's just me talking casually, wait...... Did you deliberately not make a sound?" the duke opened his mouth wide, as if he realized something, "deliberately led me to say that just to gag me?

"Don't worry too much, father, because it doesn't matter. She paused, "I wish that was the case, but unfortunately ......"

"What's the pity?" Calvin asked.

However, the Northland Pearl did not answer, just waved her hand and disappeared at the end of the stairs.