The First Female Duke

Chapter 24

Willey? The family name called the noblewomen in shock.

Mrs. Dana's eyes rolled, and after a moment's thought, she said:

"Are you Paulina's daughter?"

Edith flashed a pearly swirl at the corner of her mouth and said crisply, "Yes, ma'am. She is none other than my mother."

Even though they had already guessed it in their hearts, when they heard this little girl admit it, the mood of the noblewomen was still in a trance for a moment, because Polina had already disappeared from their sight for a long time, and when it was brought up at first sight, it was hard for them to avoid remembering the past time -

At that time, Polina was still going to school in Sofia, she looked beautiful, was an extremely gifted fire magician, and she and Jolene were a pair of popular sisters at school.

But as adults, their paths have changed dramatically. Jolene married into the Clark family, one of the four dukes, while Polina fell out with her family and gave up her inheritance to marry a lesser nobleman.

At the time, despite their sighs of relief, they both recognized in their hearts the fact that Pauline had fallen from the top.

But who would have thought that years later, when they heard the name again, the old Marquis de Villey had died, and Polina had succeeded to the title, and there was not a single objection from the Castle of Tagmart. Of course, this is impossible, the succession to the title is usually not so smooth, and everything can only be attributed to Polina's skill.

The Rose of Sofia was not just a name.

Now, her daughter had followed in her footsteps to Canas City.

Lady Dinah was the first to come back to her senses, and she smiled slightly as she met the young girl's pure blue eyes.

"I didn't realize that after all these years, Polina's daughter has also reached the age to come to Sofia for school."

Slightly bending down, Mrs. Dana looked at Edith and said in a warm voice:

"Your name is Edith, did you just come to Sophia for school this year? What talent was awakened?"

Before Edith could answer, Jolene pulled Edith behind herself like a protective child and frowned:

"Dana, what do you mean, asking questions of a small child, are you bullying Polina for not being here?"

A hint of helplessness flashed in Dinah's eyes, she hadn't asked anything, and Jolene was protecting her like this.

Luckily, that was when Bridges spoke up at the right time, easing the atmosphere:

"Good day, ma'am." He bowed slightly.

Mrs. Dana saw Bridges and said, as if quite pleased, "It's been a long time since I've seen you boy, Nicola has missed you."

Bridges' face stiffened at the name.

Edith noticed the change in Bridges' demeanor and was still thinking in her mind, who is Nicola?

After greeting Mrs. Dana, Jolene introduced Edith to several other noblewomen, who all greeted Edith cordially.

Someone noticed the necklace hanging around Edith's neck, and his heart was moved, such craftsmanship ...... seems to be the style made by a certain master in the last century.

Should I say that Polina really favors this only daughter of hers?

While Mrs. Clarke sat and chatted with the other noblewomen, the "kids" were allowed to wander around the Moore Estate, which of course provided them with exquisite desserts.

Edith and Bridges were sitting in a chair in the garden with a lovely view when Edith saw a figure in the distance walking purposefully in their direction.

Of course, the target wouldn't be her.

The little girl glanced in their direction and her eyes lit up instantly when she saw Bridges:

"Brother Clark!"

Bridges cringed at the title, rejection written all over his entire face.

But the little girl didn't mind, and she asked happily:

"Have you come to Moor Hall to see me?"

Bridges: "No--"

The little girl said, a little disappointed, "I don't even see you at school."

Bridges grimaced, "That's because you're a junior and I'm a senior."

The little girl couldn't get a word out of her mouth as she was gagged.

Edith thought it was funny as she looked over at the blonde girl and asked in a friendly manner, "Is that you Nicola?"

Nicola then noticed that there was someone else sitting here, she looked over at Edith and her eyes lit up, "You're beautiful."

A little surprised, she sat down next to Edith and said, "You're just as good looking as brother Clark."

Bridges grimaced, any boy would not be in a pleasant mood being told he was good looking.

Edith glanced at the childish someone and thought to herself that the girl had an interesting personality.

"I am indeed Nicola . Lambert, how did you guess? I don't think we've met."

She kept looking at Edith's face and suddenly paused, "Wait, it doesn't seem like we've never met ......"

Edith raised an eyebrow, and heard her say, "At the commencement ceremony, you were giving a magic test."

She was impressed then, because other than Prince Konrad, only Edith had awakened her light system, and of course, the other reason was that Edith was good looking, and she had a good memory for good looking people.

Edith smiled, "Now then, we know each other."

Nicola was clearly more concerned about Bridges, and it wasn't long before she couldn't hold her tongue and asked Bridges again:

"Brother Clark, can I get you to join me for lunch when we go back to school?"

Young Master Clark answered without even a second's hesitation:

"No."

"Why?"

Bridges glanced at Edith, who was watching the show from the sidelines, and suddenly the corners of his mouth tickled as he lifted his chin in Edith's direction and said lazily:

"Because I'm going to be with her."

Nicola immediately turned her head to Edith and asked miserably, "Is that true?"

Edith couldn't believe it, and she raised her voice slightly:

"Hell, you can reject people if you want, what's the point of bringing me along!"

"What's the matter you sound quite unhappy?" Young Master Clark's focus was obviously a bit skewed.

"Of course I'm not happy about it." Edith said rightly, and she gave an example so that there was a Bridges substitute, "Would you be happy to dine with Connor instead?"

It was a good example, or at least Bridges felt deeply offended when he was substituting it; he looked like a cat or a lion or some such creature now, and it seemed as if he could have stood up and gotten into a solid argument with Edith if it hadn't been for the wrong occasion.

But he didn't, he held all his anger back in his stomach and just kept a tense face, it seemed like he wasn't going to talk to Edith at all.

The little Nicola girl looked at what was in front of her in amazement.

Especially when she saw that brother Clark was obviously very angry, and that Edith was able to meet her gaze without changing her face, and, most crucially, that brother Clark didn't seem to have gotten the better of Edith's hand.

Not many people knew that Nicola was a person who was strong and loved beautiful faces, the image of Edith's angry dislike of Clark just now was deeply embedded in her brain, in the past, no one dared to mess with Clark's brother in the school, so when Nicola heard about it, she liked to play with him, but now it was different - the one who had restrained him had finally appeared.

The little girl seemed to have a keen insight into the piece, and her eyes perked up as she looked at Edith and opened her mouth to shout:

"Sister, you are awesome!"

Edith: "?????"

Sis, sis? What makes you think I'm older than you?

The mighty and immovable old greaseball Edith was actually blushed by this shout of sister, she tried her best to keep her composure and cleared her throat to humbly say:

"Ahem, not bad!" Bridges: "......"

He felt that one of the worst decisions he'd made in recent times was agreeing to have his mother come to Moore Manor.

When the servant came for Edith and the others, it meant it was time to go back, Edith said softly as she looked at Lady Dinah, who was smiling at her:

"Thank you for the hospitality, the refreshments at Moor Manor are delicious."

Mrs. Dana was really happy, she looked at the well-behaved and sweet Edith and thought to herself, Polina's daughter looks soft, but she is much better than Polina's temper, when the young and vigorous Polina was not many people dared to mess with her at school.

"If you like it you can often come to Moore Manor as a guest in the future."

"My pleasure." Edith said with a smile.

Bridges, who was on the sidelines, noticed the expression on Lady Dinah's face and couldn't help but snort in her mind, thinking, Here's another one who's been deceived by the appearance of a small-time liar.

Back in Luxembourg, Bridges and Edith did not know where the tacit understanding came from, coincidentally maintained the surface of the "peace and friendship" relationship, and when Mrs. Clark left, the two people as quickly as a change of face to remove the disguise.

As Bridges stared at her, Edith couldn't resist pulling out her white wand and pulling away from him at a safe distance suitable for combat.

Bridges blushed even worse when he saw Edith's small gesture of vigilant watchfulness, and he narrowed his eyes and said:

"Don't try to point your stupid little stick at me, Edith." The voice took on the characteristic magnetism of his age.

The white wand shifted slightly in Edith's hand, the stupid little stick ...... was great, the first time anyone had ever called her wand that, it was a big bone to pick.

Noticing that Bridges' hand had gone to the hilt of the sword at her waist, Edith raised one eyebrow and said without budging:

"Or what? I'm going to have to wait honestly for you to point that stupid long piece of iron at me from your belt?"

The stupid long piece of iron ...... Master Clark breathed a little heavier with exasperation.

He looked at Edith, his dark eyes deep, this was the first person who had dared to point a wand at the tip of his nose and he hadn't drawn his sword yet.

At that moment, a servant came into the main hall with a tray of fruit, and Edith put her wand away as quickly as she could, while Bridges' hand on the hilt of his sword was lowered.

-The tit-for-tat atmosphere of a moment ago seemed to have vanished in an instant.

The servant seemed a bit surprised that the two were standing in the main hall just like that, she made a bow and then retreated in an odd mood.

With that interruption, neither seemed able to get back to pointing their swords or wands at each other. Bridges didn't seem to be in the mood to argue with Edith either, and he turned around with the intention of going upstairs, only for Edith to call out to him.

"Wait."

Bridges turned back to see Edith extending a pale hand toward him.

He pursed his lips, "What do you want?"

Edith: "The raw fire magic stones we talked about yesterday."

Bridges came to a realization before remembering that there was such a thing.

Edith hooked her mouth, "You're not trying to renege on your debt, are you?"

"...... I'll ask someone to send it to your room later." Young Master Clark's first time being asked to collect a debt, this is a really bad feeling, he gritted his teeth and said word by word.

Edith smiled, "As soon as you can then."

That as soon as possible was really quick, Mary and Lexi had just helped Edith change into her silk dress for the home when Bridges' valet came knocking on her door.

"Miss Edith, this is what the young master asked me to deliver to you." Compared to Bridges' flamboyance, his manservant Murray was much more introverted and board, and even looked a bit facepalmed.

Mary walked over and put away the box containing the fire magic raw stone and handed it to Edith, who opened the box and took a look, then hooked the corners of her mouth.

Mori bowed slightly, "Miss Edith, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Wait." Edith shouted, "What was your young master's expression when he just took this out?"

Mori is Bridges personal manservant, he can not reveal his master s business to the outside world, but Miss Edith s inquiry can not not be unanswered ...... Well, Mori understands the art of language, he face expressionless said:

"Young master's expression is the same as his usual and when he is with Miss Edith."

What was Bridges' usual expression when he was with her - no doubt the answer was a smelly face.

Tsk, sending this magic raw stone over that young master should be very upset in his heart! Thinking about his stinky face made Edith happy.

She said happily, "Good, then you go down first!"

Morrie didn't understand Miss Edith's suddenly cheerful tone, he just respectfully retreated.

Two people who don't get along sometimes have strikingly similar brain circuits.

When Murray told Bridges that the stuff had been delivered, Bridges paused and suddenly said:

"What was the look on her face when you just delivered the raw stone?"

Mori's eyes widened slightly, apparently even with his calmness he was startled by the extremely similar questions of the two young masters.

Bridges narrowed his eyes, "What?"

Murray hung his head slightly, his voice lowering slightly:

"Ms. Edith, it was a pleasure."

Very happy ......

Master Clark's face turned green with anger at the word "happy".

Obviously, he was very unhappy.