The Soul Substitute Trash of the Duke Family
Chapter 59

"Calvian, I'm so glad my son is in a match with your beloved daughter. Even though she was only an adopted child, but with her light magic, they would become great kings and queens in the future." Said the king of Grambiel arrogantly, not forgetting the sneaky grin printed on his face.

"Sure, Your Majesty." Calvian could only answer briefly though reluctantly to answer. He did not want to side with a royal member he thought was too restrictive.

He could only sigh in disappointment. Intention to avoid the royal family ended up being the king. If the nobles are competing to establish a family with the royal party for personal gain, Calvian just wants to avoid the royal family.

"Maybe this is karma for me. Leona is not the crown prince's fiancee. I don't care about Iris after this." Inner Calvian.

"I heard that your exiled daughter managed to wipe out the rebel forces with you. What if we celebrate the feast for the return of the soldiers along with the crown prince's engagement? Make her a concubine." King Grambiel's proposal with no shame.

Calvian gasped at the king's request. He did not want Leona to be in a dangerous golden cage. Although she admits Leona is stronger without using magic, she is not willing if her daughter whom she deliberately ignored is in the palace.

There was only one way that the king would not take an interest in Leona, kill her or make the girl seem to have no good image. But both are very heavy choices for Calvian. Leona's image was already very poor in the kingdom of Seanthuria, but there was no other choice.

"Your Majesty, hasn't Leona eloped with her personal servant? How do people react to this?" Calvian asked cautiously as she exposed the rumors that had dimmed.

"After all he would be a burden for having no mana and now his status was nothing more than a commoner." Calvian fast.

King Grambiel grinned. What Calvian said has a point, too. The royal trash will be trash despite being a lowly concubine.

While at the empress' palace...

"Why did you reject Leona, Casian? Can't he be used for your purposes?" Queen Lydia asked her only son.

Casian Alleto Seanthuria was the crown prince and favorite son of the king and empress. Faded blue hair approaching white is a hallmark of the royal family of Seanthuria.

"I just want Iris, Mother. After all, Leona was just a commoner who already had a husband. He could not be compared to Iris in any way. There are a lot of rumors going around about it, how will I be?" Casian Whim.

"Then let Mother talk to your father, yes." Persuade the queen of Lydia.

"Thank you, Mother. Then excuse me first."

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The atmosphere on the dining table of duke Castallio was silent. It looks like three people sitting enjoying dinner with a heavy atmosphere.

"Congratulations on your engagement to the crown prince." Flat Calvian.

"Thank you, Dad." Sahut Iris shy.

Emillio only glanced at Iris at a glance, looking at the triumphant smile on the girl's face.

"Congratulations on your engagement." Said Emillio in a lazy tone.

Iris flinched in shock upon hearing Emillio's words. It had been quite a while since he had been unwilling to talk to her, even in the academy.

"Thank you, Brother." Iris said with a sincere smile. He felt Calvian and Emillio still cared about him.

"I'm done. I'm ahead." Emillio immediately left the dining table leaving Iris and Calvian there.

Iris stared sadly at Emillio's departure. Calvian could only let out a heavy sigh and looked at Iris with a disappointed look. His appetite started to evaporate somewhere.

"I'm done. I still have a lot of work." Calvian immediately wiped her mouth and left Iris alone.

Iris lowered. He couldn't believe being ignored by Calvian and Emillio. Lately they have started to ignore her blatantly ever since Leona and her team came to this residence.

At first only Emillio ignored him. But over time Calvian also ignored him which made Iris not accept.

The workers who saw that could only look at Iris with concern, some were looking at her with cynicism considering how she used to slander the original miss of the Castallio residence so cruelly.

If this room used to be filled with laughter from the three of them, even if there was Leona with a complaint of Iris full of lies. Now only silence with a heavy atmosphere that makes anyone crowded and reluctant to be there.

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Time passed so quickly, it did not feel the end of spring had arrived which meant an engagement party as well as a celebration of the victory of the extermination of the rebels. Leona could only sigh tiredly.

"I don't want to attend." Leona complained.

"You must attend, Miss. It's an event that's later on by all the nobles." Said Deria, one of Leona's personal servants at the Granduke residence which was Carl's residence. He's a human with a demon.

"I'm not interested, huh." Ketus Leona's.

The squirrel-shaped Kaze squirrel squeaked and soon turned into a human. The beautiful girl could only look at the master in annoyance.

"Leona-sama, you should be present or people are talking about us later. We are there as students of the academy as well as soldiers, not nobles." Upset Kaze.

"Yes, Leona-sama. You don't have to worry about meeting that weak stupid crown prince." Persuade Kei who has now turned into a handsome young man. They displayed pleading gazes that looked adorable in Leona's eyes.

"Alright, alright. I will be present as a student of the academy." Leona replied in the end. Seeing the glaring gazes of her two demons made Leona melt away.

In the Kamitsuki Empire, demons and humans coexist. Most of them became soldiers, some even worked as servants.

"Leona, what if you try on the clothes I just bought?" Carl asked who appeared suddenly.

Leona gave a shocked cry and looked at her teacher sharply. The man loved to appear suddenly which irritated him. What if she was changing clothes and she appeared all of a sudden?

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The day that awaited has arrived. Leona and her three companions began to enter the gates of the royal palace of Seanthuria.

The view of Seanthuria palace looks very beautiful and sparkling. There is a large fountain in the middle of the park with a statue of a beautiful woman covered in gold and silver. The eye of the statue is decorated with a beautiful and rare blue gemstone and some parts of the statue's body are decorated with rare gems and crystals.

There are various kinds of beautiful and colorful flowers dominated by white and red roses. The rest are flowers that are quite rare and difficult to get.

Team Devil decided to hang around for a while before the show started. They only wear academy uniforms.

Leona wears black trousers, ankle booti with five centimeters of heels, and, a red black shirt with two buttons accidentally removed wrapped in a black academy cape with an elaborate embroidered dark blue knee-length color.

Decorated with a bross of blood-red crystal flowers fringed with pearl at the end. Her hair was in half-shab with an elegant red crystal konde stitch. He only wore accessories in the form of a simple red skewer earring and a red pendant, even his hair is decorated with a plain red crystal hairpin and two babypin made from original amethyst stone made cross.

While the three colleagues wore long black pants. Eura was wearing a dark red shirt, Iven was in a dark green shirt and Wei Tao was wearing a dark blue shirt with a black vest. Not to forget a bross chain tassel made from crystal to sweetener and use a black academy robe with intricate embroidered dark blue knee-length.

The academy cloak itself is not a robe in general, but a long black coat with intricate blue embroidery. If you pay attention to detail, the tendrils form a shadow of the moon covered with clouds.

While Kaze and Kei are with the emperors Ein and Carl, considering only in the Kamitsuki Empire the demons live like humans. Although the two of them are reluctant to part with Leona.

Ken himself had slept inside the horse carriage. The young man reluctantly mingled with the crowd considering that he had been at the auction several times and still left a trauma in the young man.

They approached the gathered knights waiting for a call from the king of Seanthuria. I don't know why Leona felt there was such an awkwardness at this event.

"You feel something?" Whisper Leona.

"Hm... There are some black magicians." Iven Sahut.

"You act like you know nothing so as not to cause chaos." Tegur Wei Tao's.

"All right." Answer the lazy. They immediately greeted the soldiers who had helped eradicate the rebels some time ago. They looked cool chatting before the sound of guards calling them.

"To the students of the Moon Shadow academy and the warriors participating in eradicating the rebels is expected to enter the hall!"