After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

The woman holding the girl saw the girl's legs hanging, swinging freely like two thick ropes, and she tried to pinch the girl's legs with her long nails.

The girl felt nothing at all and just stared blankly at the woman's actions.

"Oh ma'am, she has no feeling in her feet at all."

The hired woman's face was full of distress, and she followed Nora's report.

"From the looks of it, he must be a born cripple."

The on-board doctor gave her a cursory examination and found that the girl's lower body was paralyzed, but her body was otherwise healthy.

The girl with dull eyes just stared blankly at the Duchess of Impers standing in front of her with her blue eyes.

She moved her lips:

"pretty."

Nora was surprised by this situation. She looked around:

This is a very desolate and remote ferry port. She wanted to come here for a boat ride to recuperate in order to avoid Haines' surveillance.

Apart from the poor people who make a living by picking up garbage here, no one would think of coming to this place.

Not to mention abandoning children.

"It takes a day's walk to the nearest village."

An old man who was scavenging here interjected,

"And we only heard her crying recently, which means she must have come here with all the garbage that was transported here."

what?

"Follow"?

Nora completely ignored her skirt that was stained by garbage. She turned around and looked around.

These garbage should be the food wasted by those extravagant nobles. They couldn't finish eating it but didn't want to give it to anyone, so they spent some money to throw the garbage here.

As for the girl in front of him, she might be the illegitimate daughter born by a maid in a noble family, who was thrown into the garbage to avoid being discovered by her master.

Or maybe she was the illegitimate daughter of some nobleman, who abandoned her own flesh and blood in order to prevent his wife from discovering his infidelity...

Nora really couldn't imagine why there were such cruel people in this world.

"certainly,

The nobles are only concerned with having fun all day long, so they have no mood to care about the feelings of the lower classes."

Nora almost fainted from the stench of garbage.

But she was surrounded by scavengers who were trying to survive due to hunger or picking up edible food, and she knew she couldn't fall down.

After listening to the doctor, Count Connor tried to touch the girl's leg:

There was really no feeling at all.

He stepped back to Lady Nora, shook his head and sighed:

“It’s really not easy for this child to live to this day, she was really born with a cripple.

“There are very few nobles... I mean, if it were me, I wouldn’t be able to accept that my daughter is a cripple.

"But I can't abandon my own flesh and blood."

After Nora heard what Count Connor said, she lamented the cold-bloodedness of the nobles, but also sympathized with the girl in front of her.

No matter whether the child was born by accident or abandoned because she was crippled, she should not be the one to suffer.

Ugh...

Suddenly I thought of my daughter who was killed by Lisa.

Nora clenched her fists and put them on her skirt, biting her lips lightly:

"I want to take her back and adopt her."

Count Connor's pupils were shocked.

Of course, since Nora was ill, he also felt that this should be an auxiliary means.

So, while Nora went to her temporary residence to change her soiled skirt, the Count ordered his men to wash the girl.

The cleaned-up girl, with her lavender hair loose and big blue eyes, was carried to a wheelchair by a maid.

Seeing how well behaved and calm he was, the Earl felt sorry for him.

But there are also some speculations - this girl may be the child of a noble.

She looked up at the count standing opposite her and asked in a low voice:

"What should I do?"

"Uh,"

The Count covered his face with his hands and sighed.

But for the girl's future well-being, he still secretly told her:

"Listen little girl, if everything goes well, you will become Impes's adopted daughter."

"From now on, you won't have to stay in the garbage dump for three meals a day. You can eat fresh bread and meat like the nobles. You can also learn knowledge and skills like them..."

The girl stared at the count blankly:

"How can I not be hungry?"

The Count was stunned for a moment.

As if the word "food" was all the girl needed to understand how lucky she was: being adopted by the Duchess of Impasse...

"Yes,"

The Count nodded solemnly before her.

"But being an adopted daughter is not easy. If you want to continue to have delicious food and a happy life, you have to contribute to Impes. This is an equal exchange."

"Do you know what equal exchange is?" the count asked repeatedly.

"If a garbage collector finds some rare and beautiful boxes, he can sell them for money. Does that count?" the girl replied.

"Calculate."

The Count heaved a sigh of relief.

Very good, this child is a seed with potential. Although the lady is ill, her vision is not wrong...

The air in the south is too polluted. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to take her to the north to grow up slowly.

The Earl said calmly:

"You will have to come back to the Duke's Mansion with us in the next few days. Only with the Duke's approval can you become an official member."

"You don't have to be vague. Being more straightforward will gain the Duke's approval..."

After the group returned to the Duke's Mansion, the maids dressed the girl up very cutely.

Because she is the only girl (the key word is 'little girl') in the entire Duke's Mansion.

The girl sat in a wheelchair and was slowly pushed into the Duke's office by the butler.

"Yeah, it's a girl."

When the Duke (James) saw the girl being pushed over, he asked the butler to go out and leave. There were only the Duke and the girl in the room.

The Duke sat on a wooden chair so that the girl's neck wouldn't have to ache from looking into his eyes.

The girl trembled when she saw the Duke's stern face.

"The Earl didn't tell me that the man who adopted me was the Duke of Impers, who was at the pinnacle of power in the northern part of the empire..."

And there have been rumors in the south that this man is the "Devil Duke" because he got the title by killing his family.

"No wonder Nora offered to adopt you. Of course I won't refuse."

The Duke said calmly,

"Think of it this way. You are able to remain calm in front of strangers and even show a sense of stability that your peers don't have. In addition to the many hardships you have experienced, your mentality has also been tempered over the years.

“You must have heard a lot of rumors in the south, but you didn’t even tremble when you saw me.

"You're a very special girl. With a little training you should be able to make a difference."

Although what he meant was "you will get Impes's last name", it always felt like he was testing the girl.

(And Nora had warned James not to scare the little girl, so naturally James didn't dare to move.)

"Thank you for your evaluation, Duke." The girl said lightly.

"Since you are new here, I will first explain to you the nature of our family. The person who proposed to adopt you is the mistress of Impes, who is my spouse.

"I am the master here. In my territory, my word is the law."