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20、If you won't leave, then I will.
update icon Updated at 2023/7/2 12:10:12

The non-committal attitude of Lilica, as if everything has nothing to do with her no matter what you say, annoys Landon.

Helena's delicate hand, delicate like white jade, gently tapped on the armrest.

"What has this to do with Lilica? Don't change the subject. We are discussing about Cain now-even though for some reason; he's been your servant for a decade and you want to lay him off based on a prophecy that has yet to manifest. Isn't that too harsh? Have you thought about what this might entail?”

Landon countered, "What can happen to him?"

Helena sighed, "You probably don't understand. If a servant like him, who has vowed loyal to a family since childhood, got fired at this age, it’s almost hard for him to find another family to serve. Some people might even insidiously infer that he was dismissed for reasons more serious, and the family didn't want to tarnish their name…”

Of course, Landon understood!

Otherwise, now that Cain has betrayed him so many times, does he just dismiss Cain?

He's no Saint!

That's what he thought, but Landon couldn't confess it so easily: “Flora made the prophecy in front of many people. They all know why he was laid off. No one would misunderstand."

Even though he fired Cain as the first reaction after hearing about the prophecy, it was clear proof though that Cain didn't win the trust of the family. Otherwise, he would not have been so quick to it.

Helena shook her head, "Landon, the prophecy. The saintess is probably just teasing you... Don't you remember what you had done to the saintess? She's so mad she wants to set boundaries with you."

Landon calmly replied with a question-mark, "What did I do to her?"

Helena made it sound reasonable, "You had been harassing her under the pretense of giving her presents, even at the expense of her dignity in front of other people, hadn’t you?"

"I..."

Landon almost subconsciously wanted to explain, but suddenly realized he habitually fell into the trap of trying to persuade Helena again.

In fact, there is no need for this right now. This habit really needs to change.

If it was not that he didn’t want to make the atmosphere at home awkward because of ignoring Helena, so that the servants were all on edge and even affecting the entire family's atmosphere, he would not have even intended to deal with Helena.

After he figured it out, Landon felt relieved and directly bypassed Helena's inquiry: "I can't be bothered to explain, Cain is my servant, I can replace him whenever I want, you can have opinions, but they can only be opinions."

Helena's face quickly fell: "Landon, don't be too willful. When you used to be wilful, it affected a limited range, but now it affects the entire family!"

Landon took a deep breath and suggested, "If you care about the family so much, you might as well go back to the Stuart Duchy."

The original Stuart residence in the empire was just built by the Stuart family for its gifted descendants to study conveniently.

Since the establishment of the Imperial Magic School, the Emperor has worked hard to enact a royal decree.

Temples throughout the empire will test children for magic talent for free. Anyone with magical talent must be reported and sent to the Imperial Magic School for study depending on the circumstances when they reach the right age.

What's more, the emperor went even further, declaring that anyone not certified by the Imperial Magic School cannot call themselves a magician and is forbidden from using magic at will.

Obviously, the civilians had no opinions because they couldn't learn anything or even use magic if they didn't go to school considering their knowledge.

However, the decree caused a great stir in the aristocracy.

Because it's clear that this is limiting the power of the nobility and even forcing them to send their talented offspring to the empire as quality—originally, with the background of the nobility, they could learn magic normally even without going to school!

Despite some resistance, the decree was actually implemented after being postponed for a while.

Probably it’s due to the fact that the then emperor himself was the strong magician of the time, had a longer lifespan than ordinary people due to elf blood, and a few more magic books from the royal collection appeared in several major noble families…

Anyway, Helena didn't study at the Imperial Magic School but didn't stay in the Duke's duchy. Instead, she came to the empire. The initial reason used was to take care of Landon.But Landon has never thought he needed such care.

"After all, you're not needed here anymore. You can go back to the Duchy. It's convenient for you to handle those cases."

"Impossible!"

Helena firmly refused: "You are still too young, and I'm not at ease letting you handle those political affairs without my being there."

Landon was expressionless.

He had always been somewhat apprehensive.

After all, no matter what, Helena is his adopted sister who has been kind to him since their childhood. She is also one of the female protagonists of the game. If he annoys her too much, she might just kill him, so it's better to maintain harmony on the surface...

But Helena's obstinacy has drained all his patience.

So what if she's the female lead in the game?

If you look closely, what part of Helena now, aside from her face, resembles the female character he once had a crush on in the game?

With such a drastic change, it's unlikely that the male lead in the game would fall for Helena, so why should he be apprehensive?

Would it be better to die of anger than being killed by the male lead in the game?

"You're not leaving, are you?"

Landon stood up and nodded politely: "Then I'll go."

Helena looked at Landon in astonishment, and subconsciously stood up: "Where are you going?"

"That's none of your concern. At worst, I'll stay at school. You can stay here -- Butler, please organize today's documents. I will send someone to fetch them later."

Anyhow, the school already lets him come and go as he pleases. Helena's wish to confine him to school will always just be a wish. He had already met with Rowland before he came home today. He came back just wanting to see the documents, but they can be relocated, they are not pinned to the Duke's mansion.

Realizing Landon was serious, Helena seemed to finally understand, Landon was never compelled to live at the Duchy.

He could just simply never set foot in this home ever again.

She, who can't easily enter the school and has to wait for Landon here, might not be able to see Landon even once in a month.

Helena got a little panicked and reached out to pull Landon: "Wait... wait a minute! Are you leaving home just because you want to fire Cain?"

How could it be? She had imagined all kinds of reactions from Landon, but she was never ready for Landon to move out!

Landon raised his arm, avoiding Helena's hand, and said seriously: " It's not because I want to fire Cain. It's because of you -- your existence makes it impossible for me to call this place home."

Helena's beautiful face turned extremely pale in an instant, and even her originally rosy lips lost their color.

Her eyes widened, appearing as if glimmers of tears flashed across them, yet on closer inspection, it seems to be only fanatical possessiveness born of staring too intently at Landon.

"I... I was only doing it for you..."

"What I hate the most is hearing you say that." Landon accepted the cloak handed over by the maid, coldly and politely said, "Have a pleasant dinner with Lilica."

"You're leaving now? Are you going back to school? The dormitory at your school is not suitable for storing important documents... Lilica! What do you think, Lilica?"

Helena was still unwilling to give up, even asking for advice out of panic.

Lilica, who was leaning on the sofa with a low presence, seemed to be pondering over the purpose of Helena suddenly calling her name.

A second later, Lilica nodded her head.

"Um, indeed... Landon, would you like to stay at my house?"