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“Lia is indeed afraid, but when she thinks that this is a task given to her by her brother, and that she carries her brother’s trust on her shoulders, she will muster up her courage and suppress her fear. She will definitely not back down.”

"Yes, with this intention, I believe you can get things done, Leah. Here, take this badge and show it to those noble ladies. They will understand why you came there. Remember to be polite. If anything goes wrong, just mention my name, and all problems will be solved."

With that, Leus handed his own symbol to Lia, who lowered her head slightly, stroking the shimmering badge, and once again gave Leus a determined look.

"Thank you for your trust, brother. I promise I will complete the mission. No matter what happens, I will never let the family or you lose face in the slightest. Please trust me!"

"Ha... Okay, okay, there's no need to be so nervous. When the time comes, Leah, you can talk to them in a casual tone. I'll take care of everything. No matter what, they'll give me face. Don't worry about so many things."

Patting Lia on the shoulder, Lius looked again at the corridor beside him, at the path leading to the rooms of the other two nobles, and pondered for a moment in the garden.

"Brother, which noble aunt should Lia go to? Please give your instructions."

At this moment, Lia stood gracefully beside Lius, truly like one of his little maids, exuding an air of obedience and respect.

It was after hearing the girl's voice that Leus finally made his decision. He turned to look at Lia, nodded to her, and then pointed to a path beside the garden leading into the depths of the palace, instructing Lia:

"Lia, the noblewoman you need to find is... Lady Leon, the guardian of the northern border. She should be conducting her daily training at the training ground right now. Please go to her immediately to discuss the matter of confronting the cultists."

"Ms. Leon..."

Recalling the dignified and heroic female general she had seen in the throne room, Leah swallowed slightly, then nodded solemnly to Lius.

"Understood, brother. Lia will do it right away."

"Also... when you're in the past, remember to prepare your own weapons; you might need them."

"Hmm? Lia's weapon? Why?" The girl tilted her head slightly, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Well... haha, just a hunch. Don't worry, nothing will go wrong. Ms. Leon is very interested in martial arts, especially those with exceptional talent. She might give you some guidance, which will make things easier if you have a weapon."

"Is that so... Yes, brother. I'll go and make the preparations. Once everything is settled, I'll return to your room to wait. I hope you can come back soon so I won't worry too much."

With that, Lia nodded slightly, bid a brief farewell to Lius, and then turned and left the garden, hurrying towards the training ground that Lius had mentioned.

Meanwhile, after watching Lia disappear from his sight, Leus also left the garden, followed the corridor to the stairwell, and then went up the stairs to another room.

"Then, the person I need to find is you, Aunt Aurora. I hope you won't disappoint me..."

With this thought in mind, Lius went up the stairs to the second-floor corridor of the palace. His eyes scanned the rooms next to him, and finally settled on a door marked with the crest of the Aurora family. He gently knocked on the doorbell.

"Ms. Aurora, are you there?"

Chapter 187 The Next Noblewoman (Part Two)

"Ms. Aurora, are you there? It's me, Lius. I've come to discuss something with you about what's to come..."

Lius gently knocked on the door of the room and greeted those inside, unable to help but recall the past, the series of times he and Aurora had spent together.

According to family relationships, the Floren family and the Valenti family, to which Aurora belongs, are allies and have been cooperating with each other since a very early period.

The Fren family controls magic, while the Aurora family controls the kingdom's economy. Their cooperation is mutually beneficial, constantly promoting the common development of both families. Over time, this has formed a relationship of mutual interdependence.

By the time of Lius's generation, the relationship between the two families had reached its peak.

They not only frequently interacted on matters of mutual benefit, but also had a good relationship in private. Since childhood, Lius had often visited the Valenti family mansion and had contact with Aurora, the head of the Valenti family who was twenty years older than him. Their relationship deepened under Lius's words and demeanor, until it reached a... strange level.

Generally speaking, it is common for leaders of different families to come into contact, especially among nobles, and there is nothing wrong with the close cooperative relationship between the Floren and Valenti families.

As for the original Leus, he thought so too, but he regarded these things as routine cooperation and communication.

However, what's amiss is that, after spending a long time with Aurora, Lius gradually discovers some of her inner "quirks".

In short... although she doesn't usually show it, Aurora is definitely a shota lover, and is especially attracted to Lius.

From childhood, Lius could sense Aurora's somewhat overly prominent "feelings" for him, as she would often do overly intimate things to him when he was young.

She would kiss him, let Lius touch her body, and occasionally whisper in his ear to tease him, saying things like, "Would you like to be my husband someday?" When Lius blushed and his heart raced from the teasing, she would laugh and say that she was just joking. She had a great fondness for this young boy.

Legally speaking, this behavior is already considered indecent. If Lius were just an ordinary young boy, he would probably suffer a lot of psychological trauma.

Fortunately, Lius was an adult at heart and could easily resist the temptations of this beautiful woman.

It was precisely this mature demeanor of his that created a unique contrast with his innocent and naive appearance, which deeply attracted Aurora and allowed their relationship to become so intimate.

As for now, based on Lius's understanding of Aurora, he knows that he is currently at the age that this dark-haired young woman is most infatuated with.

With a touch of youthful innocence and the rising male hormones that come with puberty, he's a rare "delicacy" for a boy-lover like Aurora.

On several occasions when Lius was with Aurora, he even sensed a hint of greed in her eyes. If there hadn't been other people around, he would have had a feeling that the young woman in front of him would pounce on him and devour him completely. This made Lius feel a chill down his spine, and he also inexplicably felt a bit of anticipation for Aurora.

"Ha... I remember Ms. Aurora used to press me against her chest quite often, it's kind of embarrassing to think about it now..."

Recalling the past, Lius smiled somewhat awkwardly, then straightened his expression and became serious again, a sense of doubt rising in his heart once more.

According to Lius's original plan, he would discuss Aurora's "affection" for him with her at some point in the future, and see if he could take the opportunity to confess his feelings to her, which would be a way of giving an answer to this relationship.

However, what puzzled Lius was that in his recent encounters with Aurora, it seemed that this dark-haired young woman... was intentionally distancing herself from him.

Although Aurora could clearly sense that she still harbored longing and affection for Lius, every time Lius took the initiative to speak to her, she would maintain a serious demeanor and speak to him in the solemn tone befitting the head of the family, no longer displaying the intimate gestures she had shown before.

Even if Leus takes the initiative to make physical contact with Aurora, Aurora will only blush and take a few steps back, suppressing her inner desires and shyly refusing Leus's further advances.

Thus, Lius was able to sense that this black-haired young woman with a thing for young boys had some worries on her mind.

Today, he came here not only to investigate whether she was a noblewoman connected with cultists, but also to find out Aurora's innermost thoughts and restore their relationship to what it was before.

"Ms. Aurora, are you there? May I come in?"

Arriving at the temporary room provided for Aurora, Lius gently knocked on the door, entered the room, and met with the dark-haired young woman inside.

Inside the room, Aurora was sitting at her desk, in front of her were rows of neatly arranged documents, which contained all sorts of complex data. They were probably contracts and ledgers related to the economy of her territory.

At this moment, Aurora held a pen and paper, meticulously organizing countless documents as her fingers twirled through them. Every now and then, she would push up her glasses, looking completely absorbed.

"Ms. Aurora, I'm coming in."

Reaching Aurora from behind, Lius reminded her again, to which Aurora responded by gently waving her hand behind her back.

"Keep quiet. I'm still organizing. I'll say what I want to say later. Don't bother me."

"Oh well."

Reminded by Aurora, Lius obediently responded and sat on the mattress behind him, waiting quietly in silence. He gazed at the voluptuous, daringly dressed woman opposite him, admiring her beautiful back that made his heart race, waiting for her to finish her work.

"Are you just going to stay in the back like this? You're already here, aren't you going to help your auntie?"

After waiting for a while, the beautiful black-haired woman opposite turned her head slightly and said to Lius with a helpless look in her eyes.

"Eh? But Ms. Aurora, aren't you organizing the accounts? If I join in at a time like this, aren't you afraid I'll discover your family's secrets..."

"It's alright, there's no particularly important data here anyway, and it's not of much use to you. In that case, it's fine to have you join in, Lius. Every little bit helps, and besides..."

Aurora raised an eyebrow, picked up a folding fan from the table next to her, and gestured to Lius, indicating that he should come to her side.

"Besides, isn't the trust between us enough for me to trust you at this moment? Just come over quickly. I've been very tired lately, especially with the cooperation between our two families. Sigh... I need your advice on this as well. Don't push everything onto me anymore."

"Ah... okay, Aunt Aurora, I'm coming right away."

After nodding, Lius immediately went to Aurora's side and sat down with her. They busied themselves with flipping through the pages of books and papers, organizing the contracts and data belonging to the Aurora family.

With Lius joining the team, Aurora's movements became noticeably faster, and the overall work became much easier. Aurora couldn't help but glance at the blond boy beside her, somewhat surprised by his smooth movements.

"Hey, it's been a while. Lius, you've improved a lot. I remember the last time I saw you, you were quite inexperienced in handling household matters. Now you're almost as good as me. I really didn't expect that."

"After all, we've had some new members in the family recently, so we need to manage them properly. Otherwise, before those cultists even attack, my own house will be in complete chaos, and I'll probably be swallowed up by you, Ms. Aurora, haha."

"To be swallowed up by me... that doesn't seem so bad. If we combine your family's magic with our family's economy and work together to research, we'll definitely become an unshakeable commercial cornerstone in the kingdom. Even if other families unite against us, we won't be affected."

Hearing Aurora's joking remark, Lius smiled slightly, tidied a document into a folder, and replied to Aurora:

"If we really do that, I'm afraid Her Majesty the Queen will be very upset. At that point, we'll be fighting not just a few families, but an entire kingdom. I wonder if you, Ms. Aurora, are prepared to fight against the whole world. If you are, I wouldn't mind letting you annex my family. If you die under the kingdom's siege, I guarantee I'll give you the most luxurious coffin, one that is absolutely befitting your status."

"Heh... Leus, your tongue has gotten more and more venomous in the time we've been apart."

"I learned it all from you, Aunt Aurora. Here, this document is all sorted out, take it and have it."

Leus handed the neatly organized folder to Aurora, then stretched lazily. Aurora, looking thoughtfully at the file still warm from the boy's touch, placed it on the nearby bookshelf and continued speaking to Leus:

"...Although I know you're joking, Lius, I have indeed been planning for our families to merge together."

"Is it because you've taken a liking to our family's magic?" Leus asked.

“Part of it is, and the other part…” Aurora turned her head, “is because of you, Lius.”

"Oh? Me?"

"Yes, you and our family have cooperated many times, haven't we? I've always been paying attention to your spirit and talent, so I think... if our families were to intermarry, perhaps we could produce even more outstanding offspring..."

"Offspring..."

"Yes, it is offspring. With your own magical talent and the wisdom passed down in our family, what kind of powerful descendants can you create? This is what we are curious about and yearn for. As for me, I also have a daughter who is exceptionally talented and intelligent. So... Lius, do you understand what I mean?"

With a rosy glow on her face, Aurora turned to face Lius after saying this, and made the suggestion to him. Lius pondered Aurora's words for a moment, and then nodded thoughtfully.

"Hmm... So, Aunt Aurora, you mean... you want me to marry you, so that we can have children and create offspring even more intelligent than your daughter, is that right?"

"……Um?"

Hearing Levi's words, Aurora blinked in surprise. Before she could answer, Levi preemptively continued, "..."

"Ms. Aurora, you want to marry me and become my wife, right?"

"This... Leus, what... what did you say... this..."

After a brief moment of surprise at Lius's almost confessional remarks, Aurora's brows furrowed, as if she was puzzled and confused by his sudden words...

Chapter 188 The Next Noblewoman (Part 3)

"Oh dear, so... all this talk about a marriage alliance, and things like 'we need to raise offspring,' was just an excuse after all. Aunt Aurora, what you really want is my body, isn't it? You want a marriage alliance with me because you've fallen in love with me, isn't that right?"

Hearing Aurora's words, Lius blinked in surprise, then made a show of refusing, waving his hand at Aurora repeatedly, looking both reluctant and excited.

"This won't do. Although you are indeed very beautiful and have such a great figure, and I don't mind the age difference, it would be very against the rules for you, as the head of the family, to get married right away. It's really a difficult situation... How about we start by dating, get to know each other little by little, and then slowly become a couple? What do you think?"

Lius smiled and asked Aurora, but the dark-haired beauty just snorted and rolled her eyes at him. Under the table, she gently took off her high heels, revealing her fair and delicate bare feet. With a resentful gesture, she rubbed them against Lius's calf a few times as if punishing him.

"Hmph... You actually dare to flirt with this auntie, Lius, you're getting bolder and bolder. Is this some kind of teenage hormone raging around you? You're acting like a monkey in heat, it's really troublesome..."

"Aunt Aurora, your attitude seems a bit different from what I imagined. Wasn't it you who proposed this to me, Aunt Aurora? Something about a marriage alliance..."

“I wasn’t talking about myself! There are so many people in our family, there are plenty of candidates for marriage alliances, why do you insist that I will personally come to marry you! Didn’t I just tell you about my daughter? Generally speaking, you should consider her first, right? Why did you choose me?” Aurora asked with a frown.

"Well... maybe it's because deep down I just want something like this to happen. After all, if you think about it carefully, I've always had a close relationship with you, Auntie, since I was little. We've had a lot of intimate contact, haven't we? It's just that now that we're older, you might find my words and actions a bit strange. That's your problem, Auntie, so please don't blame me!"

As he spoke, Lius gently stroked her ankle, and before Aurora could pull her foot back, he gently grasped her ankle with his fingers and fondled the young woman's beautiful foot in his hands.

The soft touch, combined with the young woman's slightly elevated body temperature and Aurora's rose-like fragrance, was incredibly addictive.

"Ugh... Let go! Don't touch me like that, you little pervert..."

Faced with Lius's blatantly flirtatious and outrageous actions, Aurora blushed and uttered a series of complaints, but her body did not struggle at all. Instead, she pursed her lips and kept moaning softly at the blond boy beside her:

"Hey...you're actually playing with my feet...can you please change this fetish? It's so embarrassing. If someone finds out and makes it public, not only will your reputation be affected, but our whole family will be affected too."

"It's just giving Aunt Aurora a little foot massage, what's wrong with that? Hehe, didn't I massage your feet like this when you were little? You said it felt very comfortable back then, why can't I do it now?"

"Hmm... At the time, I didn't understand that you, Lius, had those kinds of thoughts about me, especially that kind of fetish... It's utterly absurd. Are the feet of an old aunt like me really that attractive to you...?"

"Auntie isn't old at all! To me, Auntie is like an older sister, and Auntie's feet... are naturally the most wonderful treasure in the world, only I can enjoy them, hehe. So Auntie, please don't pretend you don't want to, otherwise making too much noise and causing others to see what's happening here isn't what you want, hehe..."

As Lius spoke, he continued to play with Aurora's beautiful feet under the table while working, looking quite engrossed in his task.

"Humph……"

As for Aurora, upon hearing Lius's words, she let out a soft hum, gently twisting her delicate foot in Lius's hand. After a while, realizing she couldn't break free, she gave up and turned her head away, deliberately avoiding looking at Lius. She continued writing the next ledger while saying:

"Hmph, whatever you want for now... I can still satisfy your perverted fetish for a while, but if one day you and my daughter are to be married, then this kind of thing will absolutely not be allowed to happen again, understand?"

"Aunt Aurora's daughter..."

Hearing the words of the dark-haired young woman, Leus paused for a moment, then continued speaking to her:

"Aunt Aurora, you've always been single, without a partner. That daughter of yours is a distant niece you adopted from another place. I've never met her before, and you're already planning to arrange a marriage between us? Isn't that a bit too abrupt?"

"Most of the time, marriages are abrupt, especially in large families. It is often the case that one is not in control of one's own destiny. If it can promote cooperation between our families, then it is something she must do."

Aurora shook her head, took a deep breath, and forcefully pulled her foot back, continuing to hum softly to Lius:

"Hmph... But you don't need to worry too much. My daughter is also very beautiful. Although she is still developing physically, she looks almost exactly like me. The desires you can't satisfy with me can be satisfied with her. Just look forward to it."