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“If the Zumerongs were involved, then it makes perfect sense for Jerome to pass their token and heirloom for safekeeping to me.” Matthew nodded thinking back to Jerome’s caution about not handing it to anyone other than the bearer of the heirloom.“But isn’t there someone already in charge of the Duchy?”“Dad didn’t you say that the Zumerongs were exiled with the charge of high treason?”Both Almera and Mira asked in unison.Matthew pursued his lips unable to answer as that was the last piece of information he had; But he didn’t have to think long as Cornelius spoke “I cleared their name as soon as I took the throne and re-instated them but……” He paused and then continued with a depressed expression “But the direct family, the old duke’s brother and sister who were exiled, along with their family refused to come back. The current owners are the old duke’s cousins.”“If there is already an owner, then why are people still pursing the heirloom?” Mira asked out loud, knitting her brows.“
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“Jack is the long-lost Leander.” Bernard continued with the known facts, picking up on Orseus’s intention. Lazarus dutifully jotted it down although he was visibly shaken by what he just heard; it took him a great deal of willpower to keep his calm even though his hands trembled and if one looked carefully, they would notice the slight curves in the otherwise elegant cursive.The room quieted down and sank into a gloomy silence.“That’s it???” Harry was the first to break silence; the frustration in voice and expression was not hidden.“That’s what we know for sure.” Thomas shrugged, his frustration no less than that of Harry as he had been working on this ever since he became capable, an obsession passed onto him by his father.“Then let’s start re-telling the stories we know.” Mira suggested innocently adding as she saw her father hooking his eyebrows “Well, if it not a fact, then it is fiction, in other words story,” She shrugged.“Father always said that stories are like a puzzle w
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The next morning, everyone gathered around the dining table for breakfast, filled with renewed energy and full of fighting spirit as they all knew the agenda for the day; even young Anne-Marie’s eyes were filled with excitement. “Good morning, everyone.” Cornelius and Aglaya were the last to join the table; Jack nodded towards Harrison, in a gesture that conveyed ‘Get everyone away from this area.’ Harrison nodded in acknowledgement before he started to retract the maids and manservants who were serving towards the back of the house. “Keep an eye on the front so that no one interrupts the Lord’s business.” Harrison called on Lazarus before withdrawing to the back himself “I will keep the household engaged at the back.” “It would be better if you could get your men to watch around the room, close enough to guard and yet far enough to not intrude on the Lord’s privacy.” Harrison added as an afterthought. Although he didn’t know what they were going to discuss, he knew Jack didn’t wan
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The long journey had worn everyone out and they decided to rest early as Martin was yet to return; Jack had promised Martin that they wouldn't start before he came back.“I made a fool of myself.” Mira pouted unhappily once Mira and Jack were alone in their room.“Nonsense… who said my wife’s a fool?” Jack feigned disbelief as he looked around;he didn't even blush as he spoke, he wasn't lying; his wife could do whatever she wanted.Who would dare to say anything?Mira hmphed as she sat with an unhappy expression for a few seconds before she got distracted with her thoughts, she turned around, her expression still wrinkled in a pout “What are we going to do about Martha and Seirra? I don’t think that we can get to them as we previously planned now that everyone is here.”She leaned forward and whispered, “They don’t seem to have any plans for leaving any time soon.”Jack chuckled as he stared dotingly at his wife’s innocent face that was filled with a gossipy aura.Her eyes widened with
