Chapter 422 Fina's Trouble
"Um……"
Ryan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "So... you still like it, right?"
Although Noelle got the answer from Ryan himself, she was not surprised at all.
Including sister Ivy who has not yet married into the family, Ryan has already found three stepmothers for her.
Oh, by the way, Sister Daly can also be counted as one.
Although Noelle was adopted by Ryan in his personal capacity, the girls still treat her as their own daughter. The excessive maternal love sometimes overwhelms Noelle.
Now it seems that my father is really not picky. He even likes Octavia, who was once my enemy.
Maybe I will have so many stepmothers in the future that I won’t be able to count them on my fingers…
That being said, Noelle wouldn't care about these things. She was just asking out of curiosity. Anyway, no matter how many wives Ryan finds, she will always be by his side.
On the other side, after returning home with Dorothy, Octavia lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
——From the beginning to the end, I believed that you would not do anything to me.
——The Weir in my mind would never do anything like taking advantage of someone in distress.
——I think you are the best the way you are now.
——At least I like you now.
The words Ryan said to her today echoed repeatedly in her mind, making Octavia's cheeks hot as if they were on fire.
"That sword stand guy is always talking nonsense..."
After turning back and forth twice more, Octavia buried her face in the pillow and calmed herself down a little.
Then Octavia sat up, looked down at her white thighs, and reached out to touch them.
It seems that I can still feel Ryan's warmth here.
"Does he really... like me like this?"
Octavia couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "Is the love he mentioned the same as the love I understand..."
After that, Octavia laughed at herself and shook her head: "It's unlikely. I'm stupid enough to like him. He can't be that stupid..."
How could there be a fool who would fall in love with the enemy's general...
At this moment, Octavia caught a glimpse of a faint purple light out of the corner of her eye.
Looking up, she saw that the dagger that the Demon King gave her was emitting purple light. At this moment, magic power was flowing on the dagger, and it was filled with an ominous aura.
After hesitating for a moment, Octavia chose to pick up the dagger and observed it carefully.
Octavia had no idea what kind of magic the Demon King had bestowed upon the dagger.
But just looking at this dagger, Octavia could feel a palpitation in her heart.
However, if that was the case, just one stab would not be enough to cause much damage to Ryan.
Thinking of this, Octavia couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It seems that the succubus was right, perhaps even the Demon King could see it.
Giving herself this knife should also be giving herself a chance to decide whether to be loyal to her or to stand on Ryan's side.
But... do I really have a choice?
The restlessness of magic that Ryan found a way to suppress might just be one of the methods that the Demon Lord left in his body.
If she really chose to stand on Ryan's side, Octavia herself couldn't imagine what would happen to her.
Putting the dagger back to its place, Octavia suppressed the feelings she had recently made up about Ryan, turned over and lay down, closing her eyes.
Octavia did not sleep that night.
In the next few days, the little girls played Monopoly together during the day, and Ryan accompanied Octavia to compete in suppressing the restlessness of magic from time to time. The days were peaceful and tranquil.
A few days passed like this, and finally it was time for Alcott College to start.
Early in the morning, Ryan drove a carriage and brought two little girls, Nanali and Noelle, to Alcott College.
Because it was the first day of school, Yvette was brought here by her father, Dimo.
By the way, since coming to At City, Dimo has really been accompanying Yvette and basically doesn't care about the affairs of his own fiefdom.
"Grand Duke Ryan!"
"Morning, Grand Duke Ryan!"
When Ryan arrived at the academy, he saw several nobles whom he was not familiar with at all greeting him enthusiastically.
Ryan's features were easy to identify. He was wearing the butler uniform of the Yaxi family, had black hair and black eyes, and any noble who had inquired about him could recognize him at a glance.
Ryan just nodded slightly to the nobles who greeted him as a response.
Ryan was just as cold toward these strangers as Octavia.
After sending the little girls to the classroom, Ryan was about to go to the library to find Amiah as usual, but he saw Rowling coming over:
"Ryan, the dean said he wants to see you for something."
Ryan was stunned for a moment: "What's the matter?"
"I don't know."
Rowling shook her head: "But the dean has been frowning, it must be a very troublesome matter."
"It's a troublesome matter..."
Ryan sighed softly: "Okay, I'll go find her."
"Once things are settled, you will go find Amiah, right?"
Rowling walked forward, raised her hand to adjust Ryan's collar, her eyes tender and affectionate: "I'll come find you after class."
"Ah."
Ryan smiled and stroked Rowling's long white hair, then lowered his head and kissed Rowling's face: "Thank you for your hard work today."
"It's fine."
Rowling's cheeks blushed slightly, but after marrying Ryan, she was no longer as shy as before.
After separating from Rowling, Ryan went straight to Fina's dean's office.
As usual, she pushed the door open and walked in without knocking, but today Fina did not sleep in like she did in the past. Instead, she looked at the letters on the table with a frown on her face.
Ryan walked up to sit opposite Fina and asked, "What do you want from me?"
"what?"
Fina looked up in surprise, as if she just realized that Ryan had come in.
When Fina raised her head, Ryan discovered that there were two dark circles under her eyes, as if she was poisoned and she hadn't slept for many days.
"Did you eat something dirty? So scary?"
"You are the one who eats dirty things..."
Fina weakly argued with Ryan, then said, "Didn't you say before that you could do something for me? Now I need your help."
"Would you like to hear it first?"
Ryan didn't agree immediately, but asked.
Fina's expression became serious, and her bloodshot eyes stared straight at Ryan:
"...Did you know that civilians kept disappearing in the western border city?"
