Chapter 28

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The next day, Max Millium came to see his eldest daughter for the first time in a long while.

All the audiences that had been scheduled in succession were canceled, and as if it were only natural, Max Millium was given the first slot.

“What on earth are you scheming?”

The moment he saw Rene’s face, he scowled without preamble.

“Are you daring to speak down to me, the Crown Princess?”

Max let out a faint laugh and dropped heavily into the chair prepared in the audience chamber.

“I beg your pardon, Your Highness the Crown Princess.”

Watching such a father, Rene gave a look, and all the palace attendants nearby vacated the room.

“I asked why on earth you attached Duke Sonnier to your sister.”

“I did nothing of the sort.”

“You were always impossible to read, even as a child.... Well, I do not care…