before he was crowned king

Beautiful things are often fatal.

At this time, in Sean's eyes, Lilian was no longer a harmless girl, but a mysterious and dangerous elf.

Compared to the joy of reuniting after a long absence in Lilian's heart, Sean's heart is only cold and wary.He looked around, and his eyes finally fell on the drawing board in front of Lilian.

This is an unfinished oil painting.

On the canvas, the sky and the ground are dark brown, and there is only one apple tree with thick paint standing upright. The lush round crown is like a big umbrella, and a vague figure that has not yet been painted stands below.

"Did Oscar the Duke tell you?" Sean looked away, and hearing the other party's determined tone, he could basically guess the origin of some of them.

"Yeah." Lilian nodded, fixed her eyes on the handsome and tall man in front of her, and said softly, "Xion, you have really changed so much that I almost didn't recognize you anymore. The hair is different, the height is different Same, legs..."

"Duke Oscar asked you to come for something?" Sean asked directly, interrupting Lilian.If possible, he doesn't want to talk to anyone about the embarrassing memories of the past.

"My father didn't ask me to come. I wanted to see you." Hearing the man's cold and distant words, Lilian trembled and put down her brush. Although she was ready to be ignored, her The heart is like a sponge filled with water, as long as it encounters sadness, it will overflow continuously.

The gap is too big, like falling straight from heaven to hell.She couldn't help but think back, a year ago, no, half a year ago, she still had all kinds of tender care from a man, but now it has become an existence that she can't expect.

The brown-haired girl turned her head to hide her gaffe, she raised her hands to cover her face, a slender and soft arm was inadvertently exposed under the violet satin sleeve, Sean saw the black and blue mottled marks on it.

The room was very silent, and there were intermittent sobbing sounds.Lilian tried her best to calm down her emotions. She knew that she was not qualified to cry and be wronged, but after seeing the person she missed deeply, her emotional nerves had already lost control.

Sean stood by the side silently, he couldn't understand why Lilian was in such pain.There was no comfort, let alone a hug. At most, he handed the other party a clean white handkerchief out of education.

"Thank you." The moment her fingertips touched, Lilian's heart beat violently. She subconsciously wanted to keep him, and grabbed the man's sleeve.

Sean frowned and was about to speak, but Lilian's shoulders shrugged and she couldn't cry.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Sean, I'm really sorry, I know I made an unforgivable mistake, I am willing to use anything to make up for it, just, just please... don't do this... just call my name , please...don't treat me like a stranger..." Lilian was full of despair, and the man's indifferent attitude made her heart almost dry.

"Lilian, I forgive you." As she wished, a deep and gentle voice sounded above Lilian's head, but before her emotions recovered, the man sentenced her to death again with the next sentence, "Because I hope The name En Kabede is in the past."

Lilian's pupils shrank.

"I won't expose you, I won't hate you, and I won't take revenge on you. This is the only remaining friendship between the two of us." Sean's voice was very clear, "It is also my last forgiveness to you."

Lilian's eyes were a little dark, she felt her heart was being kneaded and stirred wantonly by something, her nails sank into the flesh, only the pain kept her awake.

"You can't forgive me. It was I who harmed you. I helped Madam Mary to harm you. You can't—" Lilian hesitated to speak, she didn't think that Sean would not even give her a chance to redeem herself.

"I have my own judgment, the price you paid is enough." Sean took the sleeve from Lilian's hand, and his voice did not fluctuate, "Also, I hope you can help me keep this secret, and it is best not to come to me in the future, It's not good for you or me to be seen in such a meeting."

As if they had never seen each other before, Sean bowed to the girl sitting there and saluted. After saying goodbye, he pushed open the studio door and left without hesitation.

Push the door open and close.The studio was empty and only the young girl was left, as if her soul had been taken away, she sat there in a daze like a stone statue, then picked up the brush and tried to depict the boy sealed in her heart.

Scrape, scrape, scrape... She redraws again and again, until the blade cuts a hole, and she can't paint anymore, and she cries again, tears falling silently along the contours of her cheeks.

Can't draw anymore.

She let go of her hand weakly, and the paintbrush fell to the ground with a bang, and the girl's clean skirt was stained by the rising paint, stained with black marks.

"Lambert, you're here." Mars put down the documents in his hand, leaned on the back of the chair and exhaled softly, and looked at the person who walked in, "Can you make me a cup of black tea?"

"Of course." Lambert leaned slightly. He has served His Highness for many years, and these trivial matters have long been handy. "Xion, why didn't I serve you today?"

"Sean...he seems to be helping Fiona with the budget." Mars' fingertips gently touched his swollen temples.

"That's not the reason for him to leave without authorization." Lambert served the teacup with a serious face.

"Lambert, take it easy. You are my servants, not my pet dogs." Mars picked up the teacup and said, "People's hearts cannot be forced. I have never put you on a chain, have I? ?”

"Yes." After a moment of silence, Lambert's eyelids drooped, "I heard that you also used your connections for Sean Miller, and asked Executive Webb to approve a special privilege document."

"That's right, what's wrong?" Mars admitted generously.

"Although it will be unpleasant for you to hear. But I still want to say that you have indulged Sean Miller too much." Lambert said with a serious look, "No matter what you think of him, you shouldn't be in behavior Showed such affection."

"Did you hear any scandals?" Mars said lightly.

Lambert didn't say a word. After he returned to the capital, he soon heard from others that His Royal Highness Mars kept commoner students by his side, and even let him stay in the bedroom after the dinner.

Lambert certainly didn't believe it when he heard it for the first time.However, when he learned that his servant was replaced by Sean Miller, the reality made him have to think more.

"Answer me, Lambert." Mars' voice was slightly low.

"I have indeed heard something about you." Lambert's voice was a bit difficult, "I know that I have no right to judge your private life, but Your Highness, your reputation is far more important than this matter itself. "

"Is reputation important? As far as I know, my brothers and sisters, except for Raphael, have more or less unpleasant gossip in the court." Mars smiled, "By the way, even the first knight Woodhees, in the rumors, will still be the role of my mother's secret lover."

"Your Highness..." Lambert didn't know why Mars said this, and his throat couldn't help rolling.

"Do you think these are believable?" Mars asked with a smile.

"Naturally...unbelievable." Lambert lowered his head, "I understand, Your Highness, please forgive me for talking too much."

"Of course I don't blame you, Lambert. You have always been loyal to me, and I understand that." Mars raised his hand and turned to the topic, "Half a month has passed, Earl Shelter has Did you find anything?"

"That's exactly what I came to talk to you about." Lambert said seriously, "Father sent someone to inquire about all the mercenary groups that have been active near Nexco Village recently, among them there is a mercenary group named Vulture and His Royal Highness Fern has contacted."

"Oh? Where are these people now?" Mars raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I'm wandering around the outskirts of the capital. This time they were attacked by sub-orcs in Nexco Village, and they suffered heavy losses. I guess there may be a disagreement with His Royal Highness Fern on the commission." Lambert said, "Those People are all wicked, and my father is going to detain these people before His Royal Highness Fern."

"Okay, very good." Mars nodded, "Leave this matter to Earl Shelter. If these people can be controlled, then we will have all the evidence we want."

"You're right," said Lambert.

"As the future heir, you dare to blatantly violate the laws of the empire." Mars chuckled, "What does my mediocre brother think?"

"Greed is the scariest thing about human beings," Lambert said softly.

"That's right, but since he's on the road to perdition, I won't give him any chance of turning around." Mars' eyes flashed with cold hostility.

After returning to the dormitory and closing the door, Sean put the dessert on the table and called "Helaire" in a low voice.

This is probably the trick that Sean discovered. It is useless to pray to the gods.Only preparing the "tribute" in advance is the key to making the opponent show up as soon as possible.

"What are you doing?" Beautiful rose-colored pupils emerged from the shadows.

"It's nothing, please enjoy." Sean sat down and pointed to the "tribute" on the table.

"Stop doing this." The black cat snorted softly, sticking its fluffy head into the paper bag. "By the way, Oscar asked how you plan to deal with that mine? One mine and hundreds of workers, not to mention document records, There wasn't even a scrap of paper in it."

"This is normal. Most of the gold mines mined by this mine, Mrs. Mary, were sold privately to Grand Duke Henry at a low price," Shine said.

"You mean the transaction of minting private coins?" Heller finally recalled.

"Yes, the reason why Madam Mary refused to give in is because the Sislin Mine is an important link between Rose Manor and Grand Duke Henry."

"You want to expose this matter?" Herrell understood, "But if you let Oscar force this mine, doesn't it mean that you have reminded the other party, and now the relevant records may be burned by fire. gone."

"No, I haven't planned to turn over this card yet." Sean shook his head, "This mine has other uses."

"Other?" Haral was puzzled.

"Nexco Village reminds me of a past event. Six months ago, because of Erics, I bought a large number of sub-orc slaves for the Sislin Mine. Thinking about it carefully, it was the time when the new tax law was drafted." Xi Xi En's eyelids lowered slightly, "Do you think this is a very interesting thing?"