No one understood Claire better than her own father.
“See him? No need, I still have other things I need to do.” Claire cleaned while chatting with her father.
Lately, her father’s illness has been acting up again, just a while ago he could still barely walk for a bit, but now he couldn’t even get off his bed anymore, which made Claire worried.
He’s been regularly taking medicine yet he hasn’t been getting better, why? Claire couldn’t find an answer and could only visit him often and talk with him.
“Are you really not going? Cough… strange, that doesn’t seem like you.”
It was like her father was more concerned with Lin Xiao than she was, he thought a bit and tried asking, “Are you perhaps, embarrassed?”
“What am I embarrassed about? I said what I needed to and he understands my feelings.”
“Then why aren’t you going?”
“I can, but I don’t need to.”
Claire shrugged and told him about what happened.
“According to Deborah, Lin Xiao was ambushed, but he beat them away with eighth-level magic. ShenDai Ying was injured but she’s receiving treatment from Saintess Snow, so they should be fine.”
“So you already know?”
George realized it wasn’t that his daughter didn’t care, but she already understood what happened, so she didn’t go to him, she was probably worried about annoying him.
“Sigh, you were so unruly and thoughtless when you were younger… now I’ve never seen you treat me so well.”
“Old man, what are you getting jealous of over a boy?”
“How can I not worry when my daughter is about to run away with that stinking brat!”
“Who’s going to run away? We’re still far from that.”
“Tsk, tsk, already saying we?” George coughed and then seriously asked, “But was what you said true? Lin Xiao really can cast eighth-level magic?”
“Un.” Claire nodded. Speaking of it, that information also frightened her.
She’s aware of how strong Lin Xiao is, but this time she still found it hard to believe. How strong was eighth-level magic? Claire wasn’t a magician so she couldn’t precisely pinpoint it, but as a representative ruler, she understood what it meant. That level of magician was akin to a national treasure, on the battlefield, they can single-handedly level a city and was stronger than any army!
But Lin Xiao was just sixteen, how could he possibly be so strong? No matter how gifted, he was still a human, and his strength already surpassed human limits, even songs minstrels sang of didn’t have anyone like him in it.
But the truth was placed right in front of her and he sent a cult leader running, which made Claire remember something that Grand Marshall Barrett once joked about.
Perhaps Lin Xiao was possessed by something and he may look young, but he was actually a monster!
Claire just laughed, but… it might be true!
“A sixteen-year-old that can cast eighth-level magic…”
Claire was worried about Lin Xiao himself, but George was worried about his effect on his kingdom. Now he was just happy that the kid wasn’t an enemy and another good thing was that he good friends with Claire.
“Sigh, it seems I had a lapse in judgment…”
When he finally realized how strong that kid was, he couldn’t help but sigh and recall what had happened.
Before Lin Xiao left, Claire acted on her own initiative and gave the precious Gotham’s dragon to Lin Xiao. At that time, he thought Claire was carried away with her own emotions and did something that rash.
But now his thoughts completely changed, it seems like Claire had the foresight to see that Lin Xiao wasn’t normal and was worthy.
If it wasn’t for her giving it to him beforehand, if they waited until now after his strength was exposed, he would just think they’re just flattering him.
“It seems like I really am old.”
George shook his head and silently decided to not get involved with Claire’s business anymore, if she likes Lin Xiao, then as long as he treated her well, he would accept him.
“Speaking of it, what’s the situation with the rebels? Are the front lines fighting again?”
“No, they’re still taking care of the negotiations.”
Based on the plan they decided, Barrett would avoid fighting but secretly train his forces to be prepared. Ont he other hand, finance minister Taike lead a thousand officials and used the excuse of negotiations to buy time.
“This was all thanks to Lin Xiao, if it weren’t for him standing up against everyone and deciding on the plan, we wouldn’t be in such a good spot.” Claire couldn’t help but subconsciously smile.
“Sigh, okay, okay, he’s the best! He’s not only strong but also smart, and mature, other than not being handsome, he’s the perfect man.”
“No, he’s perfect… he’s also handsome.”
“A stinking kid that you can’t pick out of a crowd is handsome? … Cough, cough, okay.” George was speechless and didn’t know why his cough was getting worse. Claire remembered it was time for his medicine so she quickly brought it over and fed it to him which relieved him a lot.
“Sigh, when is this coughing going to get better?”
Claire couldn’t help but feel heavy after watching her father recover a bit after drinking the medicine. She was confused about how her father was getting worse even when taking his medicine on time. At first, she suspected poison, but she investigated all the possibilities and didn’t find anything.
Then could it be the medicine? No, it was specially prepared by the royal family’s doctors and Claire even got people to look the prescription over and there were no signs of anything.
“Sigh, forget it, a day is a day… it’s enough if I can just make it until that Reese comes back.”
“Father!”
Reese was Claire’s older brother, the eldest son. Although he was arrogant, unruly, and not liked, he was still family, and since George was about to die, he still wanted to see his son at least once.
“Father, I already have people looking, but they can’t find anything, it’s like he just vanished.”
“Forget it, he’s probably hiding from me.”
George sighed and didn’t want to continue on that topic, so he just waved his hands to let Claire leave.
“Then father, I’m leaving…”
“Go do what you need to do. Oh right, get someone to bring some sweet pear pudding.”
“Sweet pear pudding? Father, you’re so sick, are you still eating deserts?”
“Ah, what’s wrong with that, I already have nothing I can do, can’t I at least have some pudding?”
“But…”
“Don’t worry, the doctor already said that it’s fine if I eat it, and it can help with my coughing.”
“Help with your coughing? Why does it just feel like it’s getting worse…”
Claire just quietly muttered before calling someone to bring her father’s favorite sweet and then silently left.
“I don’t know if Lin Xiao is awake yet… maybe I should go visit him.”
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