
At the Daren Lynx residence, Duke Damien was talking to his son, Vincent Daren Lynx is about Vincent's educational development and how he has lived over the past two years since Duke Damien left home on a cleaning mission in the Wallor Mountains.
During this time, Duke Damien had only received reports about his son's learning development, such as how Ashlyn had been. All the reports showed him good things, their academy grades were high according to his expectations. However, after what happened to Ashlyn, Duke Damien not only wanted to see and know the value and development of their learning, but also how they lived, with whom they were friends, but also how they lived, what they like and what they hate.
Duke Damien wanted to get to know his children better and be close to them.
However, it seems like a difficult thing to do. Ashlyn had already grown into a girl out of her mind, even the girl seemed to be unwilling to meet her. Not only did she refuse to eat with him, even Ashlyn indirectly told him to leave her life.
"Don't do anything, just like when you were never here."
Those words really sliced his heart and felt so painful that he could not forget what else healed him. It made his head dizzy to think about how to change his relationship with Ashlyn for the better and now the burden on his head is increasing with Vincent.
His only son, the heir to power Daren Lyxn, has a very similar appearance to him when he was a child. The golden blonde hair, blue eyes and looks of this adult were extremely reserved and mysterious.
Duke only knew this child had above average abilities and was always superior to the other children, this was certainly a proud thing, he said, boys from the Daren Lynx family do have to be above the kids from other families. However, who would have thought that Duke Damien would feel awkward and bewildered when faced with his son who was calmly restrained like that.
"What about your development?" Duke Damien could finally only ask what kind of question he always asked whenever he returned home. He really didn't know what to ask.
Vincent calmly looked at his father and said, "Everything is fine, Dad."
The duke was silent, just that and always like this, the conversation between father and son was laughable. The father will ask and the son will answer seriously, without any cheerfulness, laughter and jokes. Everything has to be taken seriously.
Duke thought hard, what should he do to change this habit, what should he say?
Duke then looked at Vincent and hoped that his son would say something or ask for something. However, basically this child is very similar to Ashlyn after she married Arabella. He never asked her anything and never asked her anything. They would only answer as necessary when the Duke asked.
Inside Duke Damien really felt bad. His family who had always been viewed as a respectable family even from the Kingdom to the Empire recognized the existence of Daren Lynx. This family looks amazing but inside, this family is like a frozen clothes island, the relationship of one family member and the other is far apart, even impressed like a stranger, he said, worse than a relationship between two strangers.
At least two strangers when their eyes accidentally meet, they will reveal a smile in honor of one and the other. However, in her family, she had never seen a smile except Arabella and Annabel's.
While Ashlyn and Vincent will only salute as necessary, answer as necessary and leave after no other need.
How pathetic!
Duke Damien massaged the space between his eyebrows and looked back at Vincent.
Nah! He can't let this go. His family relationships must be improved and make his family a warm and cheerful family, like the family of others he always sees when he travels.
Father and son laughed jokingly, wife and son praised each other and helped each other. Yeah, like that, it has to be like that!
However, once again, when Duke saw Vincent's face that was flat, calm and stiff like a mountain that would never falter even if the storm hit. Duke is back to being a fool who doesn't know what to do!
However, today is the first time Duke Damien has seen a cracked expression on Vincent's face when he heard reports from the Knights saying that Ashlyn disappeared and has not been found.
Vincent was surprised and Duke Damien was more surprised.
"How did that happen?" Duke Damien asked resolutely, staring at the knight he sent to protect Ashlyn.
The knight who reported to Duke looked worried and scared, but he had to say everything, "Something bad has happened Duke, today Lady Ashlyn wants to buy the famous fish cakes in the supermarket. However, the Royal guards blocked her and said that Lady Ashlyn could not have it because the shop already belonged to the Crown Prince and would only make fish cakes for Lady Annabel."
Hearing that Duke Damien was feeling hot, his daughter only wanted to buy a piece of cake, what was the problem with it so that the Royal guards dared to hinder her daughter. Don't they know who Ashlyn's father is!
"Say what happens next?"
"What!" Duke Damin kicked the table and purple flames shot out of his hands, as the table burned and disappeared into ashes.
The knight was still relatively new to join Duke Damien's army, when he saw this he was very frightened.
"Then, what are you doing! Didn't you protect her?"
The knight was trembling. "We had a showdown with the Royal Guard, but therefore Lady Ashlyn slipped out of our sight and disappeared."
Duke Damien was so angry that Vincent and the Knights who were reporting could see a heavy pressure around Duke Damien's body.
"Breakfast, how dare they attack my family! Send more people to search for Ashlyn and the Crown Prince's brackets, I want to hear the reason from their side for this!"
After saying that, Duke Damien walked hurriedly out of the room and went to get his horse, after which he went to the Great Market with his troops to look for Ashlyn.
Meanwhile, the Crown Prince who was talking to Annabel and Arabella was shocked by the arrival of the Knights who surrounded them in the park.
The surprised Arabella even dropped her cup, but after that she showed her anger. "What are you doing!"
One of the Knights who did the task of advancing to answer. "This is Duke's order, from this point on the Crown Prince will be Daren Lynx's prisoner."
The three of them were so shocked that they widened their eyes. Annabel worriedly tried to ask. "But, why should the Crown Prince be the prisoner of Daren Lynx, what happened?"
The knight did not even answer, until Arabella shouted again. "Are you all fools, keep your attitude towards the Son of Mahokota, he is the heir of this land and my future son-in-law. You ..."
"We're just doing the job of Duke Damien Daren Lynx, all His Majesty Duke's words to us are absolute." The knight decisively interrupted Arabella's speech.
Arabella choked until the vein on her forehead surged with anger. But he can't do anything. She hated this so much, because even though she received the title of Duchess, it was simply a title that seemed to be worthless at all in the eyes of the Knights Daren Lynx. In the presence of Ashlyn and Damien, in this family he was completely helpless and like a nobody for not having the strength to go against them.
Arabella clasped her hands tightly to suppress her anger. She hates herself for being helpless in front of them, and she has long suffered from seeing her daughter Annabel repeatedly treated unfairly by Ashlyn. His only hope is that Vincent, his precious biological son, Daren Lynx's blood runs through his son's body, he hopes his son will defend and protect his sister, who is, but in the end his son turned a blind eye to what was happening.
Luckily, his beloved daughter Annabel was born with good fortune, the Crown Prince fell in love with his daughter. Ashlyn never lets Annabel live in peace.
That boy! Ashly! Somehow he should be able to get rid of it!
Meanwhile the Crown Prince could not do anything even though he was furious about this. He had no idea what kind of thing made Duke Damien unhappy with him, when he thought about it the Crown Prince could only think of Ashlyn.
That crazy girl who doesn't have a heart is definitely the reason. Goddamnit! He had to find a way to get rid of it!
The Crown Prince then looked at the worried Annabel and clasped her hands. "It's okay, everything's gonna be fine. I'll send a letter to the King, everything will be fine."
Annabel still looked worried and gently rubbed the back of the Crown Prince's hand. "But, what made me hold you back, it's not fair to you."
The Crown Prince laughed bitterly, "Who else do you think can make this happen other than the bearer of the matter? Annabel, take it easy, everything will be fine and I will always come back to you."
After saying that, the Knights did not allow him to speak any longer and immediately brought the Crown Prince without a fight as the Crown Prince only told his guards to return to the palace and report on this incident.
While Annabel and Arabella stared at the departure of the Crown Prince who was led by the Knights.
"Mom, what should we do?" Annabel asked worriedly.
Arabella felt bad and could only answer. "What else can we do, we will only be able to wait and see" he said unhappily. "Damn it, even if I was the Duke's wife, my status is no higher than that bastard's."