flstandardbreds Chapter 339 It's Hard
Chapter 339 It's Hard
When Cynthia opened the door of her office, she happened to see two little heads huddled on the side.
"…Great, you're awake." Cynthia looked at the little girl in front of her and tried to smile. "I was just about to come find you, Miss Lilith, are you feeling unwell?"
Leila's face flushed. She had never eavesdropped before and was caught red-handed. She was so ashamed that she couldn't speak for a moment and hid behind her sister.
"Just call me Lilith, Teacher Cynthia, I'm fine." Lilith has been caught many times, so she was very calm when she was caught.
"Do you know me?" Cynthia closed the door tightly, blocking out the crying of Canion inside.
"It's written on the door." Lilith pointed to the nameplate on the office.
"Oh, look at me..." Cynthia was overwhelmed by these things and her thinking was not as flexible as before. After looking back, she was a little amused, then she straightened her face, lifted her skirt and bowed to apologize.
"I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness, Lilith." Cynthia said solemnly, "But I must apologize to you. As Kanien's mother, I am responsible for his becoming like this. I will never shirk my responsibility. Oh, and I have to compensate you."
"What will happen to him next?" Leila asked without forgetting the purpose of her visit. "Will he go to court?"
——It seems that they just arrived and didn’t hear much. Cynthia thought about it, but still shook her head honestly, and she saw Leila’s angry eyes.
"I'm not trying to help him escape responsibility, Leila. But even if I insist on sending him to the Royal Court and putting him in jail for kidnapping, I believe his aunt will pardon him as soon as I take my first step out of the High Court. I think such a trial is meaningless..." Cynthia explained in detail.
This is the truth. After all, he is a member of the royal family, the king's nephew, and the crown prince's brother. How could he be severely punished for kidnapping a minor noble? Leila pursed her lips.
"Are we just going to let it go like this, ma'am? On behalf of the Taylor family, I will not accept such an outcome. I believe my mother agrees with me." The petite red-haired girl was extremely persistent and refused to give in.
"Of course I won't let it go like this. I understand how you feel, Leila." Cynthia sighed, "He disregarded the lives of others and should be severely punished. I know what punishment will make him remember it for the rest of his life." Cynthia continued.
That is to lose everything he has, the privileges he relies on and is proud of, the extravagant life he lives as he pleases...
The office door rang again, and it was Catherine who walked out with a look of annoyance - the emotionally broken Canion was too noisy.
When she walked out the door, she saw Lilith smiling back at her mother.
"Teacher Cynthia, I feel very lucky to have successfully returned to Goletia. Please don't worry about these trivial matters. It's not your fault."
Catherine had a complicated expression. After going through so much, she actually turned around to comfort her mother and felt lucky.
"How can this be considered a trivial matter?" Cynthia disagreed. In the worst case scenario, the girl might lose her life.
"Compared to what happened to Ozler, these are indeed trivial matters, and I am fine now." Lilith said seriously.
Cynthia was startled, then moved. She sighed, wondering if all children were more sensible than Canion.
"I've always wanted to thank you in person, Lilith." Cynthia looked at the little girl in front of her carefully. She was indeed as excellent as her daughter described.
"I thought we would meet in a more respectable environment. Everyone in Ozler knows your name. I wanted to wait until you came to Ozler to welcome you solemnly, raise a toast with you, and thank you for your contributions over the past few years with everyone else."
But now, everything has been messed up by Kanien, and her gratitude is no longer pure because of the stupid things her son has done.
She looked back at her daughter.
"As for the arrangements regarding Kanyon, let Catherine tell you in more detail."
She seemed to be very busy. She pushed Catherine, who was standing behind her, in front of Lilith and left in a hurry.
"I'll go write a letter to my mother to let her know I'm safe." Leila thought of her mother who had received her letter for help, and left in a hurry.
Suddenly, Lilith and Catherine were the only ones left in the corridor.
It had been a long time since they had really talked to each other, and every time they met, it was so hurried.
Catherine wiped her sweaty hands on her skirt. "I'm sorry—"
"I'm sorry, the hybrid seeds I can produce this year are very limited." Lilith apologized first, "I don't have much time left to cultivate, so I can only produce one-tenth of the previous results..."
She looked distressed.
"But I don't need to get a share this year. In the past few years, Bella has rented some fields around Goletia. Although the yield in Ozler will drop sharply, I can slowly breed here and then buy some. I calculated that I should be able to make up the difference..."
Lilith calculated rapidly in her mind and frowned.
Catherine looked a little dazed as she watched her racking her brains to find a solution.
"I thought you--" Catherine began with difficulty, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
Lilith stopped thinking and looked at Catherine again. She seemed to be frowning all the time these days, and now she frowned habitually, making her look a little fierce and unapproachable.
She is becoming more and more like a queen.
"Is it hard?" Lilith asked.
Catherine's face became confused. Was Lilith asking her?
"I did have a lot of questions before, and a lot of reasons why I asked you, but after such a bumpy ride, I almost forgot everything." Lilith lowered her head and looked at the hem of Catherine's skirt. "Riding a horse is really not fun at all. Why would anyone be so keen on it?"
"But I've figured out a lot of things along the way. I used to think that what you wanted was to step into a high position and become the King of the Wind, and even to recruit private soldiers in Goletia... But now I feel that my vision is still too worldly.
You, your mother, and all of Goredia are far more noble than I thought."
Catherine had known about this for a long time, but had been silently carrying the burden. As someone who knew about it, she must have suffered much more than someone like her who was blissfully ignorant.
"Don't you hate me?" Catherine's voice trembled, "If I had told you earlier, Sean wouldn't have..."
Lilith's eyes dimmed. "I did want to question you, but then I realized that this was not a decision you made alone. Maybe everyone thought this was the right thing to do... I hate my own arrogance and ignorance even more."
Catherine had clearly warned herself, but she lost her caution at the time.
"But I really don't agree with your approach. This is just a false prosperity painted on a barren mountain with green paint. Ozler is like a dead forest that can be ignited by a spark."
Lilith shook her head, unwilling to indulge in the painful emotions any longer. It was meaningless. Instead of constantly wasting time, she would rather do something to change the status quo.
"That's not fair, Catherine. I think all of Goletia's students have the right to know what they will face in the future... No, not just Goletia, everyone in this empire should know that the one protecting them is not a god, but another group of ordinary people."
Lilith said solemnly.
There was a struggle between Catherine's brows. She also hoped so, so she insisted on holding the College Cup despite the accusations from the school teachers.
"It will be soon, Lilith, wait for the king--"
"Her Highness Catherine." A voice came from the end of the corridor. Catherine looked in silence. It was Daniel.
"My grandfather asked me to say hello to you," he panted. "He asked me to tell you that the sun is shining brightly in Highgarden today, and His Majesty is in a very good mood. He not only dined on his own, but also took a walk in the corridors."
The princess, who usually kept her emotions to herself, showed surprise on her face - he actually recovered? !
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"You guys are going to the Elf Forest?!"
It was already after dinner, and the conversation between Lilith and Catherine was interrupted by Daniel who came to deliver a letter. Catherine was busy again, so she could only return to her dormitory to copy Lulu's mountain of class notes to make up for the courses she had missed before.
When her hands were sore from copying, Catherine knocked on her door and continued the afternoon topic to inform her about the handling of Canion.
"Yes, and he may leave tonight."
There was some irritation in Catherine's eyes. Her father and mother had just had another quarrel. It was not feasible to rely on the big promises made by her father. The king was sometimes good and sometimes bad, but he was still holding on. How could they just sit there and wait? It was imperative to seek allies outside. Moreover, if they stayed here, what Canion had done might come to nothing.
Lilith didn't say anything. She just stood inside the door and stared at Catherine for a long time.
"...Do you want to go with me?" Catherine finally understood.
"want!"