Chapter 216
As soon as they returned to the mansion, Ferio summoned Lupe and Inseréa to his office.
He also told Leonia and Varia to come up with them, but the two mother and daughter hesitated and politely declined.
“Dad, I need to play the ‘Dark Duke’ game...”
“I have to play background music...”
Leonia needed psychological therapy to reduce the anger and irritation she’d accumulated from the ceremony of honor, and Varia said she needed to watch over the child while she did so.
“...Fine.”
Ferio nodded with a half-defeated expression.
He tried to ignore Leonia’s triumphant shout from behind as she turned away: “Oh, yes! Gladiago Knights, formation! I’m going to heaven!”
A short while after Ferio entered his office, Lupe and Inseréa, whom he had summoned, arrived.
“Duke!”
The moment he entered, Lupe shouted.
“What in the world is happening in the entrance hall right now?!”