Chapter 258: The Tin Knight and The Imperial Banquet (8)
After Werner, who seemed lost in thought, and Maris, who looked quite flustered, had left.
“So, do you have anything to say?”
Under the witch’s sharp gaze, the lion quietly averted her eyes.
Dorothea spoke as if dumbfounded, “‘From now on, I’m the main family,’ ‘Those who want to keep calling themselves Lennart can get permission through a licensing system,’ You’ve made quite an impressive provocation. More than that, are you serious? About taking away the Lennart name?”
“If you ask if I’m serious, about 30%, no, 24% maybe…?”
“What’s with that incredibly ambiguous percentage?”
“Well, um,” Adelaide hesitated as if pondering how to explain, then blurted out. “I thought that might make them take it a bit more seriously.”
No, they probably weren’t being casual about this in the first place.
Dorothea forcibly suppressed the words that unconsciously rose to her throat.
Adelaide probably knew this in her head too.
At a point where the family’s downfall might come if they weren’t careful, there was no way the Lion Duke’s bloodline members would have been casual about it.
It was just that for Adelaide, who had to literally “fight to the death” with the Tower of Control, that was, Rognir’s side, their desperation felt relatively weak in comparison.