I Became the Male Lead’s Adopted Daughter

Leonia remembered something she’d heard at the capital’s academy before.

“Professor Bosgruni was hired after the Duke graduated. There were rumors that the North pressured them into it...”

That was something Bopa, Paavo’s younger brother, had said.

He’d also mentioned it was just gossip, nothing confirmed, but Leonia figured there was probably something to it.

After all, Ardea had abandoned his noble family and his wife and kids to run off to the capital. As the head of the North, Ferio should’ve ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ been harsher about it.

“But then, what he said earlier...”

From what she just heard from Count Bosgruni, it didn’t sound like Ardea had been kicked out. If anything, it seemed like they were trying to protect him.

And come to think of it, those two never actually divorced.

Because of that, Ardea was still connected to the Bosgruni family.

In the world of nobility, having your family’s backing—or not—meant everything.

A noble abandoned by their family was, to put it bluntly, worth less than dirt.

“And Dad even brought Teacher Ardea to the estate.”