Attack on Titan's Silent Watch

Lots of opportunities to meet.But she wondered why Icarus, who is the 'fiancé', didn't come to Dai'er's birthday party, but she came instead?

A gust of wind blew through, and a gap was opened in the clouds, and the overflowing sunlight just shone on Daier, and her black hair reflected a ruby-like light.Vanessa was taken aback, "Your hair is so beautiful."

"A lot of people say that about my hair..." Dai'er squeezed her temples unconsciously after being praised, "Look, it's Uncle Howard here." Dai'er's attention was caught by the newcomer The guests attracted the past and 'slid away' from Vanessa.

Just when Vanessa thought she could enjoy herself at Del's birthday party today, her father called her to his side, took her hand and left.

"Father, don't we stay?" Vanessa asked strangely.

"I have other things to do, you go home first."

During the conversation, they had already walked out of the Morrison family's mansion.At the door, a tall man in black with a wide-brimmed hat exchanged glances with Earl Sterling.Vanessa recognized the man she had seen in the chapel where the King spoke.

The moment he saw this man, Earl Sterling pulled Vanessa to him forcefully, urging her to get into the carriage, as if he didn't want Vanessa to have any contact with this man.

Vanessa looked at the back of the tall man through the carriage window.Suddenly, that person seemed to know that someone was looking at him, turned his head, and grinned at her.

From a child's point of view, this person does look a little scary.But Vanessa didn't admit it, and stared back with her eyes wide open.

That man may not have been glared at by a child before, "Yo yo yo, Miss Noble has such a temper."

Vanessa puffed her cheeks and ignored this person.

……

"Miss, it's not good." The servant hurriedly interrupted Vanessa, who was studying in the afternoon, and told her the shocking news that Morrison's house caught fire, and except for Dai, her parents and all the servants were killed in the flames.

"What?" Vanessa sat by the window and thought for a long time. It's only been a few days, why suddenly...?And even if there was a fire, it wouldn't mean that all the servants were burned to death. Even if they didn't put out the fire, at least they could escape.

You also have half of the blood of the Morrison family... The property of the Morrison family can only be inherited by our Sterling family...

Suddenly, what my father said before rang in my ears, and a drop of cold sweat fell from my forehead.Vanessa suddenly felt that the sun was icy cold. Is all this a coincidence or premeditated?

cause (3)

Within two years, my father suffered a sudden emergency and was bedridden. The reason was that the parliament approved the proposal of the Central Gendarmerie to form an anti-personnel combat force, which required the development of a three-dimensional mobile device for anti-personnel combat.To develop new devices, it is necessary to have a batch of prototype three-dimensional mobile devices as the starting point for research and development.But for the sake of confidentiality, these three-dimensional mobile devices must flow in through unverifiable channels.

The Morrison family, which controlled one-fifth of the property in the factory city, was supposed to be fully responsible for this task. However, something happened to the Morrison family years ago, so they could only split up and assign all tasks to other families.The Sterling family is responsible for the secret procurement of prototype three-dimensional mobile devices.

Earl Sterling contacted the chamber of commerce colluding with the Gendarmerie, and wanted to buy the spare supplies of the Gendarmerie, and the place of transaction was the underground street.But the transaction was disturbed by a group of gangsters in the underground street, not only lost several sets of three-dimensional mobile devices, but was also discovered by the military police.In order to prevent the news of the anti-personnel combat troops from leaking, Earl Sterling was charged with illegally buying and selling military supplies.

Not only did he fail to complete the task, but he was also accused of committing a crime. Earl Stirling was so anxious that he fell ill.On the hospital bed, he did not forget to order his subordinates to "teach" the nosy gendarmerie captain and drive him to the field.

"Dolores..." Before his death, his father patted Vanessa's hand lightly. His face was more than ten years old due to illness, and even his voice sounded like an octogenarian.

Vanessa sat up straight and held her father's hand, "Father."

"I have already made a will, dividing one-tenth of the Sterling family's estate to you, plus the property and title of the Morrison family, you will definitely be one of the richest people within this wall in the future. So , I hope you can help your brother well in the future..."

"It's... Father." Vanessa responded without emotion.She doesn't care about how much money she can get, what she cares about is that she is better than her younger brother in all aspects, why can't she become the head of the Sterling family?Wouldn't it be good to entrust the task of continuing the bloodline to that stinky brother who only knows how to have fun?

Feeling unwilling, Vanessa came to the study, and took out the account book that recorded the family's "business" according to the method in memory.

'Since you want to assist that stinky brother, of course you must first be familiar with the family business. Vanessa thought deceitfully. At this time, a more terrifying idea had already sprouted in her heart, but this idea was so terrible that she couldn't even say it silently in her heart.

After looking through the ledger, Vanessa's hands trembled for a long time.She now knows that the family's source of income is not only from the taxes of farmers and merchants in the territory, but also from the family's "business"... Law is one of the compulsory subjects for nobles, and doing such things within this narrow wall belongs to the family. Violating Article [-] of the "Human Charter", it is not an exaggeration to be executed for the crime of 'prioritizing personal interests over human existence'.

"That's right, how can a few villages alone cover such a large expense." When Vanessa put the ledger back to its original place and was about to restore the picture frame, Niobe pushed the door and walked in, his eyes instantly filled with Hostility, "How do you know?"

"Father told me." Vanessa replied calmly, but she was complaining in her heart why she forgot to lock the door.

"Really?" Niobe clenched the feather fan tightly in his hand. "It seems that your father's old problem has fallen again. How can you let an outsider know such an important secret?"

Niobe's words angered Vanessa, "I also have the right to inherit the Sterling family's property, you are the outsider."

Unexpectedly, Vanessa would say such a thing, and Niobe felt threatened like never before.It must have been something Vanessa's father said to her that gave her the confidence.

"I hope you will remember that your brother Icarus is the only heir to the family." Niobe spread out the feather fan to cover the lower half of his face, hiding his gritted teeth expression behind the fan.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first." Vanessa walked out of the study quickly, passing Niobe, and a silent contest officially kicked off.

away from home (1)

Recalling the conversation in the study, Vanessa really regretted why she exposed her true thoughts so easily, so that she was forced to fight against her stepmother and younger brother by joining the army.

Niobe's first attack on Vanessa was after her father's funeral. The lawyer's will read out in public was completely different from what her father had promised, and she only allocated some money as a dowry.This dowry is a huge sum of money for commoners, but it is very shabby in the eyes of other nobles.

Vanessa glanced at Niobe. Although she was unmoved, she did not hide the tricky smile in her eyes.Without property, it is equivalent to breaking a leg, and it will be even more difficult to move around in the aristocratic circle.

But Vanessa remembered that she still had the right to inherit the property of the Morrison family, so she went to the Gendarmerie to inquire in private, and found that Niobe had long delayed her inheritance on the grounds that Delise Morrison might still be alive Time for the Morrison family property.

In the days that followed, Vanessa was forced to meet some aristocratic men who were as powerless as her.Niobe's intentions are self-evident.Vanessa did not give in, and could always find various reasons to reject those people's marriage proposals, and other close relatives of the Sterling family were also unwilling to have Vanessa's marriage so hastily, so Niobe's plan has never been successful. succeed.

One day, Vanessa came back to her room after entertaining a noble man and found that the room had been turned over. Her favorite book of fairy tales was torn apart. After asking the servants, she found out that Icarus had visited her. Room.

According to her father, that book was bought by her mother before she was born.At that time, her mother still imagined that she would be able to read the stories in the book to lull her to sleep in the future.Looking at the fragments all over the floor, Vanessa picked up an incomplete page with tears in her eyes. Her innocent thoughts dissipated with the broken fairy tales, and she had no power or power and could only be slaughtered.

Just as he was about to cry, he suddenly heard Icarus gleefully laughing while hiding outside the door.Vanessa couldn't bear it anymore, and ran out of the house alone, riding a horse and running aimlessly, she just wanted to stay away from that 'home', and didn't want to see those people again.

I don't know how long the horse ran on the plain, and finally stopped outside a pasture panting.Vanessa was also tired. Seeing no one around, she tied the horse to the fence of the pasture, slipped into the warehouse of the pasture and cried.

"Dolores? Why are you here?" A gentle voice sounded above her head.

Vanessa raised her head. It was Frida wearing a straw hat, a bag, and a long shirt and skirt.She immediately got up and wiped away her tears, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't intend to trespass into your territory. It's really rude for you to see me now." She didn't expect that she would run to Reis, which borders her family's territory on home grounds.

Frieda lifted Vanessa's shoulders, "There are no outsiders here, so don't be so reserved. Has someone bullied you?"

Vanessa nodded, but did not elaborate, after all, it was a conflict within the family.

Frida didn't get to the bottom of it,