Chapter 659 Visiting in-laws (3)
After leaving the wyverns by the gate, we headed to the duke’s manor together.
The trip itself was quite silent for me and the duke as we just watched Veronica talking with her mother.
From time to time, I would chime in since she called on me for some things, but it was mainly Veronica who spoke.
I was worried that the ducal couple would be angry because some of the stories that she told were considered quite dangerous for her, but it didn’t seem like that. It seemed like they were already used to her acting up like this, so they just listened with smiles on their faces.
When we arrived at the manor, the four of us moved at a casual pace to the living room.
There was already tea and desserts set up for us.
So the four of us sat down on the couches that were in the center of the living room.
On one couch was the duke and duchess, on the other couch was me and Veronica.
Veronica didn’t seem like she had any worries at all as she immediately started drinking the tea and having the snacks. There was certainly no problem with her appetite even though there was a somewhat tense atmosphere in the air.
She seemed like she wasn’t bothered at all.
The duke and duchess on the other hand were much more calm and reserved as they had some tea and desserts, but they were also looking at me the whole time.
It was awkward for me to reach out for the tea and desserts like this, so I just awkwardly sat there.
This persisted for a bit before Veronica looked up at me and said, “What are you doing? Come and have some of this with me. There’s no need to hold back, we’re all family here.”
To my surprise, the duke and duchess both nodded in agreement with Veronica.
With how they were acting, I had thought that they had brought me here to judge me.
Even if the duke had given encouraging words to me on the way here, I knew that it wouldn’t be that simple since the duchess had never said a thing. But now, even the duchess seemed like she had accepted me.
I couldn’t help feeling confused by how this situation developed, but I couldn’t just make it more awkward.
So I just poured myself a cup of tea and took a sip to calm my nerves before waiting to see what the duke and duchess would do next.
After another long silence, the duke finally said, “I know that this is a bit late, but we really do have to thank you for accepting our daughter.”
The duchess nodded in agreement after the duke said this.
But for me, there was a shocked look that appeared on my face.
After all, I had never expected the duke to open with something like this and for the duchess to agree with him.
Veronica pouted her lips when she heard this before saying, “How could you say that about your precious daughter? Shouldn’t you be more sad that she’s being taken away from you?”
The duke and duchess both revealed wide smiles when they heard this before the duke said, “I’ve always been worried about your marriage. You’re too wild to just settle with anyone, so I’ve always been worried about what to do with you, especially since you’re so old now. I’m just glad that this matter was taken care of before it became too late.”
The duchess nodded in agreement as she said, “Right, I’ve always tried my best to teach you to be a lady, but…” She gave a sigh before continuing, “This girl, I really don’t know who you got this personality of yours from.”
The duke couldn’t help revealing a bitter smile when he heard this, but he didn’t say anything.
However, that bitter smile of his was more than enough to tell me what he was thinking.
It seemed that Veronica’s personality was inherited from her mother…
But right now, the duchess seemed like a very calm person.
Was it because she was in front of me or was it because she had mellowed out with time?
If that was the case, did that mean that Veronica would eventually settle down?
No, if the duke had this kind of bitter smile on his face, it must mean that there was more to this story that I didn’t know.
It seemed that I had quite the future ahead of me…
Still, I had chosen to be with her, so it wasn’t as if I could back down now.
After listening to her parents complain about her for a bit, Veronica finally said, “Are you still my parents or not? Shouldn’t you be describing the good things about me instead of complaining about me?”
Veronica looked back at me with pouted lips like a child as she said, “But I don’t want them telling you all the bad things about me.”
I patted her on the head as I said, “I already said that I would accept all the good and bad things about you. You don’t need to worry about a thing.”
She looked at me with a touched look for a bit before suddenly coming forward to hug me.
I just hugged her too and patted her on the back.
The duke and duchess looked at each other with smiles on their faces before the duke said, “It seems that now that she has someone she loves, our daughter doesn’t need us anymore.”
The duchess said with a nod of agreement, “Right, once she has that special person in her life, she forgets about her parents.”
Veronica quickly left my embrace with a blush on her face before turning to say, “Of course I still need you.”
The two of them just looked at her with doting smiles on their faces.
But then, the duke suddenly turned to me and bowed his head as he said, “I ask that you take care of her from now on.”
To my surprise, I found that the duchess had also bowed her head to me.