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"Why did you refuse, Madam? I also want to have physical contact with Levi~"
"Are you shy? Your face is red."
"No way, a beautiful boy and a young woman? Wow, this is too romantic."
Not far away, two young maids who were cleaning gathered together, hid behind the wall, and watched with their small eyes, discussing in whispers. Then, they were each slapped in the face by the housekeeper Lena who approached from behind.
"You two, clean up properly and don't make trouble!"
"Alas." With a mixed sigh, the housekeeper followed her master and Aya upstairs.
The reunion of mother and daughter was very touching. Operan and Angelina hugged each other and cried for a long time. Angelina was particularly emotional. Although Operan also shed tears, he quickly controlled his emotions and kept comforting his daughter.
During this time, Aya had been standing behind and watching. She felt a little touched by the deep love between mother and daughter, and her favorability toward Operan increased.
Love for the person and love for the dog. Now Angelina seems quite cute, although there is still a big gap between her and her daughters.
However, good feelings are good feelings, and things that should be counted still need to be counted clearly. After giving the Duchess and her daughter enough time to reunite, Aya spoke.
"Duchess, it's getting late. Let's talk about some serious business."
"While you guys are talking, can I go back to my room and rest for a while?" Angelina raised her hand weakly.
"Please ask Miss Angelina to come as well." Aya said calmly, "I know you've been hit hard, but I still need your help to understand the details of the incident, or is there any trouble?"
"No, no, I'm happy to do it. It's no trouble at all!" The girl waved her hands hastily.
This unusual look caught Operan's attention.
"Angelina, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Pulling her daughter's shoulders, Operan put her hand on her forehead.
"I don't have a fever. I'm fine. I'm fine." Angelina held her mother's hand and smiled, which was not very nice, "Please rest assured, mother."
'Did the kidnappers cause such a big psychological trauma to her? How pitiful.' Aya thought to herself.
"Lina, it's okay if we don't talk about it now. I hope you're okay." Operan said, reaching out to stroke her daughter's hair.
"Mother..." Looking at Operan's smile, tears almost overflowed from Angelina's eyes again.
She thought back to the years when she and her mother depended on each other, those bitter times filled with exclusion, ridicule, rumors, and sarcasm. It can be said that it was only because of her mother's comfort and protection that she was able to hold on.
No matter what, she must protect her mother. This is the only thing she cares about at the moment.
'I will protect mu mother, monster. I won't allow you to hurt her! Whatever you want to do, come at me!'
Thinking of this, Angelina glared at Aya, and her firm gaze met Aya's calm eyes.
Then, the originally firm will collapsed in an instant.
How could she possibly win! This is too scary! Is that the Devil Dragon King or something else?
"Lina, it's okay, it's okay. Really, why are you so spoiled?" Taking the girl who was about to cry again into her arms, Operan tried his best to comfort her.
"I'm sorry, Levi, I made you embarrassed." Operan said as she comforted her daughter.
"No." Aya waved her hand, "I like children, and I like your daughter."
"Levi, do you like my daughter?" Operan showed a slightly surprised expression, but it soon turned into a wry smile.
'Really, I'm thinking about things I shouldn't be thinking about again.' The Duchess kept blaming herself in her heart, but at this moment, she still couldn't help but want to ask that question.
'I shouldn't ask that. That's something I shouldn't ask about. My mind kept telling me so.' However, even though she knew she shouldn't, her rosy lips still opened and closed unconsciously several times.
Finally, she couldn't help but ask.
"So, what do you think of a mother like me who raises a child alone?"
'What on earth are you thinking about, you idiot, weird aunt, pervert!' She regretted it the moment she said it, and Operan kept condemning herself in her heart.
"I'm sorry, please don't mind this..."
"I think it's pretty good."
"Well?"
"It's actually not bad to take care of your daughter alone, isn't it?" Aya said casually.
Living alone with your daughter is actually pretty good, isn't it? Aya is very satisfied with her current life.
Operan subconsciously raised her hand to cover her red face.
'What is this? A woman with a daughter is actually pretty good? Does he like this? Does he like the maternal line? Does he like married women? How despicable! He actually said such things without permission. Then wasn't I just a fool for thinking so much before?'
However, this is not acceptable and must be rejected decisively.
"Levi, please, please don't do this..."
However, Operan's voice was too soft, and Aya didn't notice it at all. She was staring at Angelina, who buried her head in her mother's chest, lost in thought.
'I'm so envious. I wish my daughter could act so openly and coquettishly!' Operan thought.
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On the outskirts of the Moonlit Forest, five men were moving cautiously.
"Hey, boss, let's hurry up, our destination is right in front of us." One of the short but very strong men spoke up.
"It's better to be careful in the forest."
"It's just a mission to hunt ogres. There's no need to be so cautious."
"The difficulty of the ogres is 20, which is equivalent to a silver-level adventurer. Although we are gold-level, if we face twice as many ogres, we will be in danger." The man called the boss, who is also the captain of the team, walked in the front and spoke while using his hands to push away the vines in front of him.
"It's always better to be careful. Even if it's just the outskirts, the forest is very dangerous."
"For example, we might suddenly run into the [Holy White Fox Demon]." A thin man suddenly spoke, and everyone laughed.
"If I could encounter the [Sacred White Fox Demon] here, I'd probably be lucky."
"You won't be able to say that if you encounter it. It's a difficulty 100 monster, an adamantium-level prey."