Chapter: 679

“Ecklen?”

Vellian looked a little nervous.

For a moment, Astelle looked at him in surprise as well, wondering what was going on.

Count Ecklen is the Minister of Military Affairs and the adoptive father of Sir Seibel.

‘Is there something going on at the border?’

Kaizen turned to Astelle and stood up.

“I’ll be right back.”

After he left with Vellian, only Astelle and the duke were in the pavilion.

The Duke of Reston looked at Astelle and clicked his tongue.

“I have no idea why the emperor is so obsessed with you.”

“What happened to Count Ecklen?”

“Well, there must have been some disturbance in the North or something. It shouldn’t be a big deal.”

Astelle asked anxiously, but the Duke of Reston waved his hand as if nothing had happened.

“By the way, you did a good job with the Croychen family this time. Very well done.”

“I thought you’d be disappointed that you couldn’t kill him.”

“I don’t even need to kill him. The Marquis Croychen was a man of great influence among the emerging aristocracy. Killing him would have brought everyone’s big grudge. It’s a good thing he ended up expelled from the capital.”

Astelle did not expect to be praised for doing such a thing.

She wasn’t happy at all even though she was praised.

“Fritz will be back soon. Everything is going smoothly.”

Astelle listened to her father and thought about the things she had asked her brother to do.

She couldn’t wait to get rid of her father. It shouldn’t be difficult if Fritz did the job right.

“Mom.”

After a while, Theor entered the pavilion with Astelle’s maternal grandfather.

“Father.”

The Duke of Reston smiled warmly at the Marquis of Carlenberg, but the Marquis ignored him and approached Astelle.