At the meeting the next day, the nobles and generals exchanged glances in private. They all looked at Francis, who was sitting on the chief seat with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
"Since there are no new proposals, this meeting will end here.”Francis tapped the table lightly with his index finger, and the people around the round table immediately quieted down.
The dark circles under Francis 'eyes did not dispel his dignity. He slowly stood up and walked out of the conference room. He tripped on the threshold.
"Little Kallen? Daddy is back." Francis pushed open Kallen's door and saw Thomas and Kallen sitting at the desk. Under Thomas 'guidance, Kallen was writing something seriously.
"Master." Thomas stood up and bowed to Francis when he saw him enter.
Francis waved his hand and asked Kallen,""What is Kallen doing?"
"Daddy!" Kallen jumped down from the stool that was taller than her and threw herself into Francis 'arms.""Uncle Thomas taught me how to write! I can count to thirty now, and I can even recognize all 26 letters!"
"Yo, baby is awesome!" Francis picked Kallen up." Are you naughty? You didn't listen to Uncle Thomas?"”
"No!" Little Kallen said loudly," Uncle Thomas is amazing! He can count to a hundred!"
Butler Thomas said,""Young Miss is very talented. She learns very quickly and is very obedient. She is indeed Master's child.”
"Of course," Francis laughed and rubbed his beard against Kallen's face, making Kallen scream and try to push his face away.
"Little Kallen, your birthday is next month. Do you have any birthday gifts you want?”Francis asked.
"Birthday?" Kallen ate her hand in confusion." What's a birthday?”
Francis was stunned for a moment, apparently not mentally prepared for Kallen's level of common sense.""It was the day you were born. On that day, you came into this world.”
"Eh?" Kallen understood, but she was still a little puzzled." Was I not in this world before I was born? Then where am I?"
"You are beside the benevolent Father, little angel.”Francis carried Kallen out of the room and walked to the dining room, where the maid had prepared a delicious lunch.
"I'm beside Daddy?" Little Kallen was even more confused.
"No, at that time, you hadn't come to Dad's side yet. You were with everyone's father.”Francis explained patiently.
"Kallen doesn't understand." Kallen suddenly felt that she was very stupid and told the truth honestly.
"It's okay. Everyone doesn't understand at first. Daddy will explain it to you slowly.”Francis walked down the stairs and craned his neck to look at his feet, afraid that he would accidentally fall.
"In the high heavens, there is a benevolent and great Father. He is the Father of all of us, the creator of all things in the world. Everyone in the world comes from him, and everyone in the world will return to him after death.”Francis organized his words and replied," Dad came from him too.”
" Oh..." Kallen seemed to understand." But Kallen doesn't remember seeing him..."
Francis couldn't help but laugh." You'll see him when you grow up. You've only been away from him for six years. Dad hasn't seen him for thirty years."”
" Oh..." Kallen nodded. Her eyes were immediately attracted by the fragrant cream soup on the table.
Francis placed Kallen on the seat and tied the napkin for her.
Little Kallen impatiently reached out to touch the steaming cream soup, but she was scalded and quickly retracted her hand.
Francis quickly grabbed Kallen's hand and looked at it repeatedly. He blew on it until he confirmed that Kallen was not scalded.
"Kallen, have you used cutlery before?”Francis felt that he had to start from scratch.
"What's cutlery?" Sure enough, Kallen's puzzled voice answered him.
"Look, this is it. This is called a spoon.”Francis patiently picked up the spoon beside the soup and taught Kallen patiently," When you drink something very hot, you have to use this. Look at how Dad makes it.”
Kallen took the spoon from Francis and stared at his hand. She mimicked his posture and clumsily held the spoon in her hand.
Seeing Kallen quickly learn the correct grip, Francis couldn't help but smile. He scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it by his mouth.
Kallen did the same, but she used too much strength and didn't hold the spoon flat. The soup instantly spilled on the table.
Kallen was scared silly. She had been taught not to waste food since she was young, and she suddenly felt that she had made a big mistake. She looked at Francis at a loss, her big eyes full of begging for forgiveness.
"It's all right, you didn't hold it flat this time, so the soup spilled out of the spoon.”Francis didn't understand the meaning in Kallen's eyes. He just thought that she was embarrassed by her own clumsiness.
Kallen was happy that Francis didn't blame her, but she still cared about the spilled soup. She kept looking at the dirty table. After a moment of thought, she decided to use a spoon to scrape the thick soup.
Seeing Kallen's actions, Francis was shocked and quickly stopped Kallen.""What are you doing? Those are dirty and can't be eaten."
" But... but..." Kallen's snow-white face revealed a look of bewilderment," Mom said we can't waste food..."
Francis was stunned for a moment and said calmly,""Yes, that's right. So as a punishment for little Kallen spilling the soup, you're not allowed to eat this spoonful of soup.”
Little Kallen looked regretfully at the delicious soup that was spilled on the table and was so anxious that she was about to cry."What about the soup?"
Franz looked at Kallen's expression and slowly put the soup in his spoon back into the soup plate. Then he picked up the soup plate and placed it on the edge of the table. He slowly scraped the soup into his soup plate with his spoon."Of course, I'll give it to Daddy to eat. Those who spill less can eat more, but those who spill soup have to eat less.”
Kallen thought for a moment and felt that what Franceschi said made sense. She picked up her spoon again and tried to scoop a spoonful of soup from her soup plate.
The eyes of the butler Thomas and the maids who were standing far behind were about to pop out.
When had they ever seen Kaslana's lion behave like this?
Scrape the soup that had spilled on the table back into the soup plate? How did this look like a noble? Even a nouveau riche merchant from the countryside would not do such a rude and rude thing, let alone this old noble with high status and power.
Looking at the two people teaching and learning at the dining table, the maids could not help but secretly gossip.
"Isn't Sir Francis spoiling the young miss too much?”
"I think the first thing that Miss should be taught is noble etiquette. Look at the way she eats, tsk tsk.”
"She's just a country bumpkin.”
"Shut up." Butler Thomas's cold words interrupted the gossiping maids. His gaze made everyone shiver, as if they were being stared at by a venomous snake in the shadows.
"The fatherly love that Old Master has accumulated for six years has erupted in just one or two days. It's understandable what he did.”Thomas returned his gaze to the dining table. Kallen was giggling at Francis 'teasing," Master will definitely teach her how to be an elegant woman in the future, but now..."
Thomas turned his gaze back to a servant."" Who dares to gossip in front of the young miss or let her hear it? If she's sad…"
"Don't worry, I won't punish you."
"Because compared to my insignificant punishment, what's truly terrifying is that the person who made the mistake will face the anger of the old master.”
"Understood? I won't repeat myself."
After eating and drinking to their fill, the father and daughter took a walk in the garden. The garden was well managed by the gardener, and it was very large. It made people feel like they were walking in a forest.
"By the way, have you thought about the birthday present I told you about?”Francis asked while holding Kallen's hand.
"Uh…No." Kallen thought for a moment and replied.
"No?" Francis couldn't help but be a little surprised." No matter how rare it is, I can give it to you. Daddy is very powerful!"
" I didn't say that Daddy isn't good. It's just that..." Kallen held Francis 'hand and jumped happily." Kallen really doesn't want anything. She has Daddy, Mommy, a big house, and delicious soup. Uncle Thomas is also very nice, just like Uncle Marshall.”
" By the way, if you see Uncle Marshall next time, Kallen can introduce him to Dad." Kallen seemed to have remembered something and happily shook Francis 'big hand." Uncle Marshall is very kind to me. He even made me a kite. It's so big."”
Looking at Kallen, who was trying her best to measure the size of the kite, Francis fell into deep thought.
"In that case, I'll prepare a gift for you myself, okay?”Francis said with a smile.
"What is it?" Kallen asked curiously.
"Hehehe, I'm not telling you!" Francis narrowed his eyes and smiled slyly.
"Oh…Daddy is bullying me!"
The sound of a father and daughter playing filled the entire garden.
Late at night, Butler Thomas knocked on the door of Francis 'study and walked in with a tray of tea sets.
"Master, your tea and snacks." Thomas gently put the tray on the table with standard butler movements, and placed the teacups and snacks in a position where Francis could reach them without delaying him from marking the documents.
"Thomas, why are these things again?”Francis frowned and looked at the exquisite pastries." Where's the meat? I want to eat meat! How can these things make me hungry?"
Thomas's veins were about to pop out on his forehead, but he sighed. After all, he was already used to this kind of unfolding."Master, first of all, eating too greasy food late at night is not good for the body…Secondly, the main reason is that you asked the kitchen to make too many pastries for Miss. Miss can't finish them even if she's full, and she's very unwilling to let the food go to waste, so I coaxed her to say that Master will eat the rest.”
"Of course, if you don't want to, I'll go and fry the steak for you.”
Francis coughed awkwardly and said,""Forget it, forget it. I can't waste what I've made. Leave it here. You can go and rest.”
Thomas left the study without a trace and stood at the door.
Although Francis had asked him to go back and rest, he was more willing to wait here so that he could respond to Francis's needs immediately.
This wasn't the first time that something like this had happened. Thomas had done the same thing when Francis was busy with work. If Francis didn't take a rest, he would stand there until Francis finished his work.
In the eyes of outsiders, Thomas had done a great job as a butler. He had always been known as the " butler of others " in the circle of nobles.
Only Thomas himself knew that Francis was a great master who was worthy of following, worthy of respect, and worthy of giving everything he had.
Thomas was four years younger than Francis. When he was twelve, his village was invaded by the Collapsing Beasts, and all the villagers died.
Except for him.
He had been herding sheep outside the village at that time and had escaped a calamity. When he returned to the village, he discovered the tragedy.
At that time, he was in despair and shock. He did not even realize that the Disintegration Beast had not left. However, by the time he realized it, it was already too late.
Fortunately, his flock of sheep attracted the attention of the Disintegration Beasts, allowing him to hold on until the investigation team of the Destiny Knights detected the Disintegration Energy and came to investigate.
Thomas would never forget the silver-armored figure who slashed the Disintegration Beast in half with a greatsword.
The figure turned around and took off his helmet, revealing a face that was not much older than him but had a head of messy white hair.
"Hey, what's your name?"
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