Chapter 155.

It was hard to believe that I had said something like that, and the Duke looked at me with a shadowy gaze of surprise. I opened my mouth calmly.

“Finally, I have found my own daughter after all these years.”

“Penelope.”

He asked skeptically, with that incredibly serious expression he had just worn.

“Can you bear to let that child stay at home?”

“Of course.”

“Thank you for getting my opinion. But it doesn’t require my consent.

Blue eyes froze in shock and bewilderment at my answer. Despite being mentally broken by Ikris’s betrayal, the other party is still a “Duke”.

-When I heard that it was really my daughter who had returned, was it appropriate to impersonate her?

And I want to escape completely before the standard mode starts. Because I knew this was going to happen from the beginning. Because there were no expectations.

The Duke scanned me with ever-deepening eyes as if he was watching my mind.

“Next Duke’s order.”

I said something unexpected to his deadpan response. I drooped my eyes and looked straight at him. Even after being stomped on like that, Shakura still expects a weak head.

However, what was confronted was the Duke’s extremely complicated and fatigued expression.

At that point the sharp-eyed me could only reflexively comprehend.

“Are you serious?”

“Yes. I’ve been agonizing all night.”

“But I’d rather be separated until I’m sure she’s the real Iben than to keep messing around in this house.”

“Dad.”

I cut the Duke off mid-sentence. Why did he say such a thing with worry.

Barely moving my stiff face muscles, I forced a smile.

“If you’re going to make a ducal order, I’ll go.”

” … Penelope.”

“Even if she really is his father’s own daughter, that won’t cause much of a ruckus.”

His words to continue this were directed entirely at me

“Don’t worry about hurting her. Because it’s fine,” the Duke’s shoulders scrunched at my words. He shakes his head hastily.

“It’s not that…”

“That’s why new guards were arranged. Regardless of being at home. ……”

Hearing my words, the Duke’s mouth closed with a single word.

Because Penelope’s war record is very brilliant, it’s understandable to be concerned about this kind of worry. It’s because in the general mode, she tried to poison her family many times due to her jealousy of their care and that of the male leads.

Thus, in a way, the Duke’s reaction was justified. And, of course, there could be no such reason.

“Don’t worry, Dad…”

I repeated back with a desperate smile.

“The favors bestowed on me so far have been appreciated enough. It’s not a child anymore, it’s at an age where you don’t make bad intentions without understanding.

Hearing my words, the Duke, who had been silent for a long time, moved his lips and said: “Then why ……

May be uncomfortable in the heart, he immediately mute. In the end, he still can’t listen to the words, the day before yesterday when he brought Iris, was asked “why so arrogant”, he has no reason not to understand.

I slowly wiped the smile from the corners of my mouth.

But don’t put together what little I have to show her.

“What ……”

“Ikris was brought here by me, my escort, father.”

“If the interrogation is over, give him back to me.”

The most important thing for me right now is not Ibn’s entrance or the shift in the Dukes’ posture, but that guy.

Despite the mess he’s made of the situation, he’s still 98% of my bread master.

Hearing my firm voice, the Duke’s face froze. He replied with a sigh.

“Hey, that kid. It looks like he really wants to put that guy in my middle. Since it’s a very low place, it seems like it needs recognizable faces.”

“Yeah?

“Penelope.”

To me who asked the question exceptionally rhetorically, the Duke gently retained

“Father …… I really don’t like him.”

“Did you commit adultery with a slave of the same origin?” But this was consistent with Ikris’s statement.

“It’s not like that.”

That was the unacceptable reason. As soon as I looked at him with an incomprehensible expression, the duke shook his head. He made a helpless note to my gaze that egged him on to hear the answer

“… Before he executed the slaves, he heard their strange voices.”

“Oh, voices?

“As the slaves agonized over how to raise the funds for their escape, they asked him to prescribe them a herbal remedy. It’s yours.” I scoffed at that statement.

Just speculated… It wasn’t?

The more he sells the more he strikes out at the guy, the following duke gives you goosebumps.

Since when exactly.

The Duke seems to be struggling as well, putting on an inscrutable expression. I managed to hide my trembling lips and said.

“Folks are working in harsh conditions. I had confided in him, and was I not advised to take good care of myself the day before ……”

“It’s odd to hear that things are sitting pretty well on that farm.

The Duke replied with an expression of surprise. A clear thought arose. Bringing a copy is another matter.

Maybe guy was planning this from the start. To get rid of the slavery.

“You’re right. I’m just doing it for the sake of helping.”

My Duke nodded frequently as I faced him. I sound different.” Even if it’s a more miserable situation, for the sake of this trash who betrayed even his fellow countrymen!” .

“This fellow appears on the surface to have taken great credit for snitching on the bad guys,” the Duke continued as he recited his thoughts.

“And the little daughter I’ve been searching so hard for has been brought in.” Eclipsing Eckhardt

“So in the early hours of the morning Derek asked what he wanted as compensation.”

“…… What did he want?”

I waited nervously for Duke’s off-the-cuff remark.

“That. Don’t kick him out of the house, and let him learn more swordplay .”

But hearing his answer, I was immediately baffled. I half-heartedly asked back.

“Geez… isn’t …… a knighthood?”

“Yes.”

What was that guy’s reason for betraying his fellow countrymen when he couldn’t even feed himself to me?

Then again, as the duke said, it’s really a male daughter, and he could ask for ten thousand dollars of his family’s fortune

Not too long ago we said we’d run away together, so let me stay at the duke’s house now…?

There’s no telling what’s in his mind. Planting your eyes in the troubled heart, as if empathizing with my feelings, the Duke squirmed.

“You know, its a fledgling that has no idea what it means.”

He asked again in a voice filled with resentment.

“Do you have to get that kind of joke out of the way?”

“Did that fellow …… do it out of intention?”

“Penelope.”

The Duke called to me as if in warning. I don’t know why he stopped me, but it didn’t matter to me. I had to look at guys.

“Well, let’s meet.”

“No way.”

“Dad, please.

It was heartbreaking to see the Duke’s attitude cutting down like a knife.

“The day after tomorrow is your Bar Mitzvah.”

Depressingly left with no choice, the Duke took a hard roaring breath behind his back.

“Since everyone is impressed with Eckhardt, how can you stand it!”

Nonetheless, the Duke for his part went ahead and told the story of the Bar Mitzvah that he had wanted to tell.

“Well, the answer is set.”

I wiped the look of pleading with him off my face and straightened my posture. I had two finals with him today. One, to be allowed contact with Ikris.

“Cancel my bar mitzvah.”

“Penelope!”

The Duke burst into a rage at my words.

“Is it still necessary for the army to have sexual acquaintance at this sensitive time, when it might become a mouthful?”

It was a last resort that I had thought of earlier. Ikris, even if I catch that damn guy and struggle to see the end, there’s still a chance that this could happen. I need the next best thing. If the realization is held like it never happened at all, or if it’s delayed…will the start of the normal pattern be delayed.

Even if this doesn’t work, it’s just a cover-up. I want to escape from here.

“Is the adult ceremony even canceled because of a slave?”

The Duke spewed out with hot breath. I froze and looked at him, then left.

“Exactly, it’s not just this one slave.”

“What?”

“How ridiculous the feast would be if the rumor was that the real Duchess had returned, Father.”

“What nonsense.”

The exasperated duke suddenly spread his temper at my face.

“Why do you have that look…

He suddenly wanted to ask something, but ended up straining to keep his mouth shut. I took a bite of English and felt my face with one hand. But the palm of my hand didn’t even get watery, it was still dry. Cocking his head.

The Duke said in a more or less tired voice.

“… Saying this so you don’t worry…”

I feeed my mouth. Didn’t want to go public until I was sure.

“I already live in a residence, how can I stop the sound of a leak?”

“Do you know how much work went into your Bar Mitzvah? The invitations have already been sent out to the palace. It absolutely cannot be canceled, so let’s do it.”

Hearing those decisive words that seemed to have made up their mind, a gap appeared in the distance of disappointment. I looked at the mellow Duke and quietly muttered.

…. I understand the request, but he didn’t grant my request.

“Penelope.”

“Just stand up.”

I stood up in a flash before he could be retained

But it was a mere wishful thinking. . to his courteous bow and curtsy as he left his office in public office.

I was not retained.