Chapter: 680

“Here you are.”

“I’m resting for a while because it’s so hot.”

Now it occurred to her that she should leave her father here and go somewhere else with her grandfather and Theor.

Astelle was about to get up from her seat, but just then, an attendant walked over.

“Duke.”

As soon as the attendant greeted him, the quick-witted Duke of Reston rose from his seat.

“I have someone to meet for a while. Let’s talk again in the evening.”

Astelle didn’t even want to ask who he was going to meet.

It was certain that he took this opportunity to befriend the nobles.

The duke walked into the garden with his attendant.

The Marquis of Carlenberg looked at him displeasedly and murmured.

“Your father is really…… What curse did I receive? My daughter and granddaughter……”

The Marquis muttered sadly, blurring the end of his words.

Astelle could catch on to the next words.

Maybe it’s a curse because his daughter and granddaughter are all married to men they don’t like.

“You said my mother married father because she liked him.”

He said so when little Astelle asked about her mother’s marriage.

He said her mother wanted the marriage first, so he allowed it.

“Yes, your mother accepted the proposal.”

After the Marquis said that, there was a glimmer of sadness in his eyes.

Astelle just remembered and said, “His Majesty has left for a while because Count Ecklen asked for an audience.”

“Who asked for an audience?”

“Count Ecklen, the Minister of Military Affairs.”

Sir Seibel’s adoptive father, Count Ecklen, the Minister of Military Affairs.

Astelle had invited him to the Empress Palace a long time ago, but in the meantime, things kept going wrong, so there was no time to formally meet him.