~In the evening, on the way to the dinner hall.

Hunter's pov. Accompanied by Sky.

"Sky!"

"Yes? my lord."

"Do you know why we have these family dinners?".

"Maybe to increase family bondings."

"Ahh…. Don't joke. I asked you seriously."

"Well you were the one who started first. My lord."

"Haaaa….. Can I run away like I used to?"

"The wouldn't Lady Aaria be left alone, I know you wouldn't want that to happen."

'How can you be so sure about it. Well I wanted to know but let's leave it at that. I don't want to mess with her.'

Suddenly at that moment, they saw Aria accompanied by Rose, walking towards them. They were also on the way to the Dinner hall.

"Good evening, lady Elizabeth." Hunter greeted her elegantly.

"Good Evening, Lord Lawson." She played it well to the surprise of Hunter.

But he could see her hands shaking.

"Are you nervous?"

"N-no, I'm not."

"It will be fine, I'm nervous too."

Hunter signaled Sky for not using her skill on them.

'We need to work hard by ourselves if we want to face future problems. We can't always rely on someone's help.'

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"I I see. So shall we just jump in head on like you said last time.Hehehehe".

She was mentioning the moments before our ballroom dance.

"Yeah. You are a quick learner huh".

"My lady. We are gonna be late."

Sky interrupted our conversation reminding us that we have something important to cover.

We both entered the dinner hall at last. Same as the last case, the Duke was sitting in the middle of the table, the Duchess on her one side. And I sat at the fourth seat of the table.

But the number of people increased from the last time.Diana lily sat in the first seat and Jacob sat in the second seat. Third seat, which is meant for John , is empty.

Same as before, maids came into the hall, provided us with the food. Only after everyone finished their food Duke started to speak.

"Diana, How is life going on in the Royal Palace?"

"It's Been great, Father."

"I see, Jacob?"

"Same. Father."

"That's good to hear. Hunter, I have arranged everything related to your engagement present. You will visit The Vault of Duchy, the day after tomorrow."

" Yes. Thank you father."

After saying his piece, he left the dinner hall first as usual.

Suddenly Jacob sighed loudly.

"Ah man, it is also so tough to sit through the dinner hall with my father."

Diana stood and sat with the Duchess.

"And I can't sit with you." Diana replied.

"Oye hunter! I just wanna ask, How did you dance that well? Were you practicing or something?"

Jacob, that looked like someone elegant and noble, his demeanor changed into that of a thug. Well he has been bullying Hunter when they were kids. But still,

"Yeah Hunter, I also want to know how you guys did it. Lady Aria, if I remembered this was your first time, wasn't it?"

"Yes, that's correct Duchess", she replied.

"I see, I heard you weren't present in your room today. Where were you?"

"I actually visited Lady Aria, to check on her pet dog Ace. He got injured recently so when I heard about it I thought I should visit her."

"Haaaa…. Is that so? You brought an injured dog with you in such a long travel"

The Duchess wanted a confirmation from Aria as she started to stare at her after.

"Yes! Duchess.It is such that he gets lonely when I'm not around him for too long."

"Alright, I just wanna tell you guys, that after four months you both will be joining the Annual Coming of Age Royal Months.If you are finished you can leave now!".

Both Hunter and Aria left the dining hall. After leaving Jacob started to speak,

"Wow, Mother. Even though I received you letter. I didn't expect it to be true. He really did change."

"I told you. How can a person change so much in just a week?"

"Do you suspect he has blessings now?"

"I don't know, that could be the case. Diana, did anyone lie."

"Mother, they both ...…"

Hunter's pov.

'~Sigh….. I did expect this result but still it's heartbreaking to know the Truth. My Odin's eye failed at everyone.'

"Lord Hunter!" Aaria called me. I can definitely see her worry and sadness, she is feeling for me.

But before I could speak she started to speak,

"I want to let you know that I will always be on your side. So you don't have to worry about being alone." I could see her that she was trying her hardest to cheer me up.

"Pfft…"

She flinched due to embarrassment and started to smack my back.

" Sorry sorry, you were so cute when you tried to cheer me up.".

" Eh.. Ehh. Ehhhhh!!!!!!! Lo-lo-lord Hunter, what are you saying?"

"Call me Hunter next time when we meet, Okay."

"Okay".

She nodded.