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Chapter 63

Author: Zoumi
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" How did it go ?" asked Lord Kaisen anxiously as soon as his two son came to the living room .

It was four in the morning yet Lord Kaisen and Regulus weren't asleep , instead they were waiting for Robin and Rubeus's return . Chelsea was curled on a sofa next to them , having refused to go to sleep in her room , leaving Lord Kaisen with no choice but to sneak in a drop sleeping potion in her hot cocoa .

Robin slumped on one of the armchair dramatically , waving Hubert to get two cup of coffee for them . While Rubeus handed a thick stack of documents to his father , who hurriedly flipped them .

" fifty thousand golds??And what's this a job as a page boy? " said Lord in bewilderment as soon as he had finished reading the report of the aftermath .

" The family turned out to be a family full of tricksters " said Rubeus looking up from his cup of coffee " They demanded that we take responsib

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