"Hmph, so you are a womanizer."

However, despite the explanation, Grand Duke Melos was still unforgiving.

"How can a chick soar in the sky without experiencing wind and rain? The wanted order I issued is just enough to add some little trouble to her while she is outside and sharpen her temperament."

"Let her know what is dangerous outside."

I have to say that his idea does make some sense. After all, before Ariel left home, many of her impressions of the outside world came from books, or simply adventure novels.

With her inexperienced temperament, she really needs to experience and see the world outside. Plus, with the reputation of the Melos family behind her, there won't be any real danger.

From this point of view, the arrangement of the Grand Duke of Melos can indeed be regarded as the best of both worlds.

"Yes, yes, it's me, a woman who is troubled."

After many years of married life, Mrs. Melos obviously has a deep understanding of her husband's temper. In fact, as long as she follows his temper, the other party is often very easy to talk to.

"Since Master, you have already made arrangements for this, why don't you arrange for someone to call Ellie back? After all, the day of the festival is coming soon, and it is better for the family to be reunited."

But her words made Grand Duke Melos silent for some reason. After a while, he spoke slowly.

"As for Ellie, it just so happens that Fitch is in the imperial capital. I will arrange for someone to notify him and ask him to persuade Ellie to come back, but that girl is usually well-behaved."

"But once she decides to do something, she probably won't listen even to Fitch."

"Then what should we do? Master."

These words did make Mrs. Melos a little worried. After all, she knew her daughter well. Although compared to her peers, Ariel has indeed been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child.

But it is this sensibility that also means the girl's precocity and independence. Thinking of this possibility, she couldn't help but suggest.

"How about you let me go to the Imperial Capital? I'll try to persuade Ellie to come back..."

"Will she listen to you?"

But Grand Duke Melos's rhetorical question stopped her in an instant. One person said that this really made her feel a little unsure. With Ariel's temperament, she really didn't know whether to listen to her or not.

"So what's the point of going? Besides, it's a long way to the imperial capital, and it's inconvenient for you because you don't have the strength to restrain a chicken."

"This...can Fitch alone bring Ellie back?"

In the end, what Mrs. Melos is worried about is whether her precious daughter will come back.

"If he can't bring Ariel back, I will go to the imperial capital myself."

Noel Melos sighed lightly, and finally said something in a deep voice that made the beautiful woman look stunned. Facing her surprised gaze, Duke Melos also raised his eyebrows and explained again.

"There's another thing I didn't tell you before. This year's morning light ceremony in the imperial capital. Your Majesty has already rumored that I must go there. I'm afraid there is some important matter that needs to be discussed with me."

"So if Fitch can't bring Ariel back, I will personally take action and bring her back by the way."

Having said this, he glanced at Mrs. Melos' expression before continuing.

"But for this year's morning light ceremony, I guess Ellie Fitch and I won't be able to come at home. I'm afraid you will have to be at home alone to handle the ceremony."

"Of course, if you don't want to do it alone, it's the same as leaving it to the people below."

"Is that so...I understand."

After hearing this, Mrs. Melos was a little frustrated when she thought that she would be the only one to celebrate this year's festival. But she didn't say much. After all, it was Emperor Steer who spread the word, so this was exactly what happened.

"But Master, you must bring Ellie back after the ceremony."

"I've taken action myself, are you still worried?"

These words made Noel frown, as if he was a little dissatisfied with her distrust.

"Of course not. It's just that if you can use force against Ellie, you'd better try not to use force. I think that girl's temperament is more or less up to you."

"If you force her to come back, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive. You'd better be patient and persuade her more. I believe Ellie is so sensible and will agree to come back."

"Humph! Then she must be obedient."

Grand Duke Melos doesn't have much hope in verbal persuasion. After all, he is not a good talker.

"Okay, okay, can my daughter still be disobedient?"

The beautiful woman just took his words as a tough talk and didn't think much about it, and changed the subject with a smile.

"Master, please finish these side dishes and chicken soup quickly. If you don't eat it, it will be cold."

"Um."

…

Ariel, who was still in Tower Academy at the moment, obviously didn't know that her biological brother was in the imperial capital like herself, and was about to receive an order from her family to take her home.

What she didn't even know was that her father would also participate in today's imperial capital ceremony, and even planned to take her back in person.

Now that the girl knows these things, it is estimated that she cannot live such a leisurely life. Instead, she should panic? Of course, the panic is not because she is afraid that she will be taken home.

But she was afraid that as mentioned before, her arrogant and powerful father would conflict with Bai Qi, or even start a fight. Thinking about that scene, she felt a little panicked.

The most important thing is that if these two men fight, she really can't stop either of them...

Time flies by, and the dinner party between the Wanwan group and Nia happened a few days ago.

After leaving in embarrassment that night, it took a long time for Ariel to react belatedly. At that time, she invited Wanwan again and wanted to talk about serious things at night!

So after realizing this, the girl immediately wanted to ask the other party out to talk again. However, she was troubled by things these days, and she was pulled by Cecil to exchange magic.

It wasn't until today that she finally had time to get away. No... whenever she had time, she came to the library again to look for Wanwan.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, and I thought you would be wise enough in this short period of time to stop bothering me. I didn't expect you to come again so soon."

This sounds like words that make you want to hit someone, and of course it was just what he said.

Even Ariel, who was used to his character to a certain extent, couldn't help but twitch her eyes when she heard this, her hands were itchy for some reason and she had the urge to hit him.

"Can you speak normally?"

She complained in a particularly speechless manner, when will this guy learn to be gentle with his words?

"Okay, then why did you come to see me?"

Bai Bai asked the girl straightforwardly about the purpose of her visit. However, his tone sounded a bit perfunctory, very similar to saying something quickly and leaving quickly after saying it.

"Hey, hey, hey! I just silently slandered you a few days ago. Do you still hold grudges now?"

The perfunctory meaning in his words made Ariel feel a little hurt, and she immediately said aggrievedly.

"..."

Hearing this, Huan Bai was silent for a moment, and then sighed inexplicably.

"You misunderstood. I'm not angry with you or holding a grudge against you. I'm just...a little confused."

"What's wrong?"

The inexplicably heavy tone made the girl instantly worried, and she forgot her own grievance for a moment and asked.

"...Come with me, let's go outside and talk."

After a moment of silence, the pale man perhaps chose her to speak clearly. After the words fell, he put down the ancient book in his hand again and walked towards the small pavilion where the two of them usually ate.

"Can we talk now? Bai Bai, what's wrong with you?"

After arriving at the pavilion and sitting down, Ariel took the initiative to ask out of concern.

"With the relationship we are familiar with now, I have not hidden many things from your thoughts and needs, so I will make it clear to you here."

His pale expression was inexplicably solemn.

"Do you think the relationship between us is a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing, why do you ask..."

The girl was a little confused by his question.

"But I don't think that is a good thing. On the contrary, it is destined to be a tragedy that cannot be achieved."

He frowned, his expression seemed to have never been so complicated.

"Actually, I'm not angry about what you said last night. I just think that sentence just woke me up."

"Because according to my original rationality, I should have gone directly back to the library to read. Being thirsty for knowledge is what I should do, but at that time... I actually hesitated."

"Is this why you're confused?"

Ariel was a little confused when she heard this, but then she felt that this was not a bad thing, or wasn't this what she wanted?

"But this should be considered a good thing, right? Doesn't this just mean that you are really slowly accepting and adapting to the relationship between us?"

"From your point of view, this is indeed a good thing."

Bai Bai took a deep breath and said slowly.

"But don't forget, I was not optimistic about your so-called feelings from the beginning. Do you know why?"

"Didn't you say...because the gap between us was really too big before?"

The girl pursed her lips, her expression somewhat depressed. Even though she has worked very hard now, she has become a legend even at a young age. She is a rare genius.

But the huge gap between her and the pale body was still like an abyss, making it almost impossible for her to see her head.

"Indeed."

Bai Bai nodded, with an unspeakable solemnity in his expression.

"I think you may not understand the gap I told you clearly enough. Otherwise, you may not understand what I mean by tragedy."

Facing Ariel's somewhat gloomy gaze, he continued to speak again.

"I will give you a very simple example, leaving aside the differences in life span and life form. If we are really together, will you follow me to my world, or will I stay in your world?"

"I can go to your world with you, as long as I can come back."

The girl who heard this immediately replied firmly.

"You may be thinking too simplistically about traveling the world. With your physique and strength, if you want to travel across the world, even if I help protect you, you are still more likely to die."
Chapter completed!