Shut Up, Young Lady, Obediently Hand Over The Money And Don't Confess!
Chapter 346 : What a Coincidence, Your Daughter Also Likes Felyn
Aurelian, one of the members of the Elder Council of the Church of Truth.
As one of the three major churchs in the world, the Church of Truth's territory was relatively small.
But because the sigils it developed had become an indispensable tool in this world, it controlled immense wealth.
Once the Church of Truth stopped supplying sigils to a certain country, that country's military power would decline rapidly, making it vulnerable to invasion by other countries that possessed sigils.
No country wanted to have a conflict with the Church of Truth.
The Sivishus Empire was special. According to the provisions of the "Treaty of the Sivishus Empire," its status was equal to that of the Churchs.
Therefore, on the surface, Silafiel and Claude's status was the same as Aurelian's.
"Lord Aurelian, I didn't expect to meet you here."
When the king had private discussions with Aurelian, he would occasionally ask Silafiel and Claude to join them.
"Mhm, besides attending the event, I'm also here to see my daughter."
Not long after Aurelian walked in, the sound of salutes came from outside the door.
The king had arrived.
Amidst the salutes of the guards, the large doors with golden patterns were slowly pulled open.
The King of the Sivishus Empire, the man at the pinnacle of power in this country. He was wearing his coronation robes today, and several maids behind him held staffs inlaid with magic crystals, following behind the king with their heads bowed.
The king was a middle-aged man in his prime, with regular features and a prominent jawline.
"You are all here."
He waved at the three of them, motioning for them to sit down.
The difference in status made the room feel a bit dull.
"What were you talking about just now?" the king spoke first.
"We were talking about my daughter. My daughter has grown up and won't stay at home anymore," Silafiel replied.
When the topic of daughters came up, the atmosphere immediately became lively.
Because it just so happened that they all had daughters, which was a common topic for middle-aged men.
"Her Highness's personality is really good," Silafiel said. "Although I've only met Princess Dorothy a few times, I can feel that she is a gentle and kind girl, and she speaks very logically."
"Gentle?" The king waved his hand. "That girl is not gentle at all. It's just that you're not familiar with her yet, so you don't know her true face. I won't say more. If she finds out, she will definitely blame me behind my back." The king smiled, seeming a little afraid of his own daughter.
He touched his chin with his hand and then said, "I'm actually quite envious of you two. Miss Viloti and Miss Adeline are both the future pillars of our country. By the way, regarding your daughters' marriages, do you have any candidates in mind?"
"Candidates..." The two nobles both lowered their heads, each calculating their own little plans in their hearts.
"Lord Aurelian, I remember you also have a daughter, right?" Seeing that the two didn't respond, the king turned the topic to Aurelian.
"Mhm, and it's all thanks to everyone's care. I plan to take her back tonight. I've troubled you all during this time."
When the topic of daughters came up, the few of them obviously had a lot more to say.
Silafiel complained that his daughter didn't like to talk to him at all, which made Aurelian and the king empathize deeply.
In contrast, Claude was a bit smug. His daughter would chat with him and also cared about him.
If there were other people in this room, they would inevitably guess who these great figures' daughters would end up with.
But they would never have guessed that all of these great figures' daughters were connected to a certain young man.
"Alright, it's getting late. I'll take my leave first." The king placed his hands on the chair and stood up from the stool. "Everyone, have a good time tonight."
As the door closed, only the three fathers were left in the room.
"We've said so much, but when it comes to my daughter falling in love, I'm really a bit reluctant," Silafiel said, raising his champagne glass and taking a sip.
"Hm? Lord Silafiel, does your daughter have a boyfriend?" Aurelian asked casually.
Silafiel gave a wry smile. "Not yet. Viloti doesn't like to talk, so she probably isn't very proactive. Only I, her old father, can help her. Tonight, I will publicly announce him as a candidate for my son-in-law. This will probably bring their relationship much closer."
Claude raised an eyebrow. He hadn't forgotten what his daughter had asked of him.
"Silafiel, there's no need to be in such a hurry. Marriage is a serious matter and should be handled with caution. If you make such a casual decision and it makes Miss Viloti sad in the future, it will be troublesome."
Silafiel shook his head. "That guy won't. I've been in contact with him for a long time, and I know a little about his character. Otherwise, how could I easily entrust my daughter to him?"
"But you clearly have better choices."
"The one my daughter likes is the best. And Felyn is actually not bad either. He's very serious about his work, he just lacks an opportunity..."
He hadn't even entered the family yet, and Silafiel was already starting to show off Felyn's good points in front of Claude.
Claude listened with a dark expression. Didn't you just complain about working for Felyn and Felyn stealing your daughter? Why are you starting to show off now?
Aurelian was also getting more and more confused.
Felyn... isn't he my daughter's boyfriend?
How is he about to marry Silafiel's daughter?
"Silafiel, alright, alright, we get it. You don't need to say any more." Claude waved his hand, interrupting Silafiel. "Can you just not announce it tonight?"
"Hm? Why?" Silafiel keenly sensed the abnormality in this sentence.
Since when did Claude care about such things?
Seeing that Silafiel was getting suspicious, Claude decided to be direct. "Tonight, my daughter Adeline is going to be Felyn's partner. If you announce it publicly, it will be a bit... awkward for my daughter. Why don't you postpone it for a while? For example, after the school festival ends?"
"Oh?"
Silafiel's eyebrow twitched. He turned to look at Claude, the corner of his mouth twitching.
No wonder Claude kept trying to persuade him. So it was because you want your daughter to be with Felyn, right!
"Claude, but I've already made the arrangements. I don't want any mistakes when it comes to my daughter's affairs."
Aurelian's gaze shifted between the two of them. Seeing that neither was willing to back down, he sat down between them to mediate.
While Aurelian was easing the tension between the two, he was also thinking about Felyn in his heart.
Felyn, you said that day that you were entangled with several young ladies. Are two of them Claude and Silafiel's daughters?
And you have five or six other girls like them around you?
Aurelian couldn't help but want to see what this Felyn guy was really like in private.
"Claude, then as you said, I won't do anything before the school festival ends." Silafiel took a step back. If Claude really tried to stop him, it would become troublesome even if he had to resort to force.
Silafiel really hadn't expected Adeline to have a relationship with Felyn.
Now he had to quickly tie Felyn up and bring him back to the manor, so that his eyes would only have Viloti's figure.
After the school festival ends, after Felyn leaves the school, he would have them make their move.
While the three great figures were arguing about Felyn in the room, the school gate once again became lively because of the appearance of one person.
The founder of Serafina, Serafinia.
After bidding farewell to Felyn last time, Serafinia had been thinking about him constantly.
She felt that she had indeed wronged Felyn.
In addition, Serafinia felt that Felyn had been very well-behaved towards her over the past few years, not doing anything offensive, so he had passed her assessment. She wanted to establish a long-term contractual relationship with Felyn, which humans called marriage.
Under various factors, Serafinia came to the school festival this time, wanting to take the initiative to ease the relationship with Felyn and make him stop being angry.
To encourage nobles and commoners to get along, the school festival proposed a partner system.
Nobles and commoners would form pairs and participate in the school festival activities together.
Partners were not limited to students of the school; nobles like Serafinia could also participate.
Serafinia was also using this opportunity to publicly declare that she was responding to the school's call, and privately...
She would walk around the school with Felyn, buy him some things, and coax him, and they would probably make up.
Serafinia came to the classroom for partner registration and frowned at the slip of paper the staff handed her.
"Did you write this wrong?"
This slip of paper had a long list of names. All these people wanted to be Felyn's partner.
"I'm sorry, this student, Felyn, seems to be... quite popular, so you might need to wait in line, or discuss with the others to see if you can... share?"
Share?!
Serafinia looked at the four names on the slip of paper.
Viloti, Adeline, Zervanie, Dorothy.