Chapter 382 Meeting the Parents
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After giving instructions to his subordinates, Hobert returned to his study and took a sip of tea.
The study in the lord's manor had been renovated yesterday, and Hobert finally didn't have to handle everything in the bedroom.
He used "Travel" to once again arrive at Christian's mansion in Feynapotter City. Coincidentally, Christian was home today.
After meeting him, Hobert quickly told him, "I've found a lady to help, and she has agreed to be my wife. You can announce to the public that I will be married soon."
Christian smiled slightly, "It's good to be young, to be able to encounter love at first sight."
Then he asked, "Where is she from? How old is she? What do her parents do?"
"She's from Backlund," Hobert didn't plan to hide anything, "A year or two older than me. Her father is a military officer, currently in the Southern Continent. Her mother has passed away."
Christian instructed Dophis, "Have the kitchen prepare a table of Backlund specialties for lunch."
He further instructed, "Invite that lady over for lunch. The three of us will dine together."
Hobert was stunned, "She, she's in Backlund, quite far away."
"Don't you have 'Travel'?" Christian said with a smile.
"Alright, alright, I'll go ask her." Hobert had originally come to ask Dophis for help, but Christian's interruption completely made him forget his purpose.
Using "Travel" again to return to the lord's manor, he knocked on the door and entered Fors's room.
Fors was still pondering what attitude to take when facing the "witch" Hobert had mentioned.
Hobert smiled and said, "The 'exam question' has changed. You have to come with me to see my father."
"Ah?" Fors jumped up from the armchair, "This, this is too sudden!"
"You don't need to be so nervous. Meeting my father is easier than fighting wits with a witch."
"You, you don't understand," Fors said with a wry smile. This was meeting the parents. Even as a 'contract wife,' meeting the parents was a hundred times more nerve-wracking than meeting a woman who was seducing her man.
But since she had agreed to help, this was a test she would have to face sooner or later.
Fors dressed up carefully again, tidying her clothes meticulously, "Alright, let's go!"
Hobert laughed, "It's not like you're going to your death, relax a bit."
He extended his arm, and Fors naturally took it. The moment she took Hobert's arm, Fors felt as if strength was being transmitted to her from Hobert, making her less nervous and lost.
Taking a deep breath, Fors followed Hobert into the spirit world.
At noon, only Helen was left at the dining table in the lord's manor. She said unhappily, "What's so good about eating outside? Where can it compare to the food in the lord's manor?"
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Arriving at the count's mansion living room, Fors smiled and said, "Hello, Sir!"
"Hello, hello!" Christian was very satisfied with the young lady's appearance, dress, and demeanor. Hobert rarely saw his adoptive father smile so happily.
Lunch was already prepared. In the huge dining room, there were only the three of them.
Fors was initially a little unaccustomed to being served by servants, but after a few dishes, she got used to it.
The atmosphere at the dining table was very harmonious. Fors breathed a sigh of relief. Christian wasn't as fierce as rumored. On the contrary, he was a gentle and refined gentleman.
Sure enough, some newspaper reports can't be trusted.
The conversation during the meal made Christian very satisfied with Fors's conversation and knowledge. In his opinion, Miss Fors was more suitable to be Hobert's wife than those flashy noble ladies.
After lunch, the three of them returned to the living room, but there was an extra wooden door in the middle of the living room, with Dophis guarding the door.
Christian introduced, "Miss Fors, this is my gift to you."
Saying this, he twisted the doorknob and opened the door. Behind the door was not the scene of the living room, but a scene of rich and colorful illusion.
He smiled and said, "This is a 'Traveler's Door.' By establishing a mystical connection, it can be linked to another door in the Northern Continent.
"I heard Hobert mention that you used to live in Backlund. If you miss home, you can go back through this door at any time."
Fors was stunned, "This, this..."
Hobert thought to himself: Christian really has a Sealed Artifact corresponding to the "Traveler" here.
Christian continued to explain, "I'll tell Hobert the specific way to establish the connection later.
"You can set an opening incantation. Recite the incantation and then open the door. If you don't recite the incantation, even if you open it, it's just an ordinary door."
"This is too precious!" Fors quickly declined, "Uncle, I can't accept it."
Hobert smiled and said, "If he gives it to you, just take it."
"But, but..." Fors glanced at Hobert: But we are a 'contract couple.' The reward you gave me is 2,000 pounds, and just listening to the function of this door, it must be worth, worth thousands of pounds!
Hobert met Fors's eyes: Don't worry, it's okay.
He simply laughed and said, "It's okay, I'll help you accept it."
After chatting for a while, Hobert asked Dophis to hire a railway surveying and railway design engineering team from Feynapotter City. He wanted to build a small railway in the territory. Then he hired a design team. He wanted to build a villa for the nobles to relax.
After speaking, he handed the 1,000 pounds he had prepared to Dophis as a deposit and related expenses. If there was any surplus, it would be placed with Dophis as a reserve fund for the Baron's mansion in the capital.
Fors was secretly surprised. Hobert spent 2,000 pounds in one day. She knew Hobert was rich, but she didn't expect him to be so rich.
In fact, Hobert also felt a little heartache, but some money had to be spent.
Even if Hobert didn't want to digest the potion, he planned to build the territory, which meant he would have a base of his own, which meant more income.
After chatting for a while, Hobert carried the wooden door and took Fors back to the lord's manor.
Hobert first asked the craftsmen to remove the door from Fors's room to the study and replace it with the wooden door he carried back.
Without injecting spirituality while holding the doorknob, this is an ordinary wooden door.
While changing the door, Hobert returned to his room and used "Travel" to go to Backlund.
After working for more than an hour, Hobert shattered the void and appeared in Fors's room: "Okay, you can try it."
The wooden door on the lord's manor side had already been replaced and cleaned.
Hobert reminded, "The incantation you recite when you first inject spirituality will be its future opening incantation."
Fors had already thought about the incantation. She held the doorknob and injected spirituality: "Backlund!"
After the wooden door opened, it was a colorful illusion. Fors stepped into it and only felt a daze before seeing her friend Xio's smiling face.
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