As Susan expected, the girl who returned home didn't look good at all.
Facing her father, Athena did not put away her eldest lady's temper.
"Why entertain Lorne Fast?"
Naturally, all the greetings that should come were omitted, and Athena came up to question the Duke of the Sea.
"Because we are Stuarts" The Duke's answer was also very brief, and the conversation between father and daughter did not look like a father and daughter at all.
But after living together for more than ten years, Athena also knows her father very well.
She could turn a blind eye to entertaining Lorne.
However, Wendell has learned that her father is planning to recruit Lorne, and Athena will not agree to it no matter what.
"What about the pirates?
I want to meet them."
Pretending not to know about her father's new decision, Athena asked the Duke, and the Duke's answer was naturally unquestionable.
"I have sent those pirates back.
This time to the Island of Heresy, Ronfast will go with you.
You two will work together to complete the Pope's mission.
In addition, I don't want to hear any bad rumors. " Although she was prepared, receiving confirmation from her father still made Athena feel betrayed.
"Lorne Fast is a liar and a villain who cannot be trusted at all" If Lorne heard Miss Stuart's speech, he would definitely marvel at the girl's insight.
It's a pity that Duke Stuart is a man who only cares about his talents and does not care about his moral character.
"As long as he has what my Stuart family needs, even if he is a liar and villain, we must try to control him.
Athena, you are too young, that's why you will suffer in the North."
Maybe he was teaching his daughter how to be a qualified person in power, but shouldn't a father stand up for his daughter without reservation?
Not only did the Duke of the Sea not do that, he also stopped Athena's revenge plan.
The girl didn't listen at all.
If you don't go in, the Duke will.
"Then what should I do with my plan?
Is it absolutely impossible for me to assist that villain?"
Duke Stuart originally agreed to Athena's plan so that the girl could replace Lorne to complete the Pope's mission.
Now that the pirates have been cancelled, the original plan will naturally change.
"I have already contacted Lorne Fast.
If he still refuses to join us when he comes back from the Heretic Island, then of course the final results will have to be redistributed.
I will prepare what you need by then.
Just sort out the information collected by our Stuart family and give it to the Pope."
In terms of familiarity with the Heretic Island, the Stuart family must be the best in the empire.
But those things are generally family secrets, and they will definitely not share them generously if it is not necessary.
And although the Duke didn't say it explicitly, Athena still understood her father's subtext.
When they return from the Heretic Island, if Lorne takes the initiative to hug her father's lap, the Duke of the Sea will naturally not be stingy.
By then, the hero must be Baron Fast.
As for Athena, how others would talk about her, the girl could already imagine how bad her reputation would be.
"But" He also wanted to expose more of Lorne's shortcomings so that his father would stop thinking about it.
But the Duke, who had seen the reformer with his own eyes and even sent people to poach people, was very sure that Lorne was the talent that the Stuart family needed.
Even if Lorne is just a guy with talent but no virtue, the Duke of the Sea doesn't care.
Scolding Athena, he warned the girl.
"No but, this is what I have decided.
You don't need to worry about the church.
Remember that your roots are in Stuart.
As long as the family remains strong, the Pope will not ignore us."
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That's true, but in the Duke's words, it seems that Athena's personal dignity is not that important.
How could a girl who was used to success tolerate such treatment?
She didn't want others to treat her as just an accessory, and she wasn't willing to let Lorne, who had framed her, continue to be at large.
But the patriarch of the Stuart family is her father.
Now that the Duke of the Sea has given the order, it is not realistic to rely on the family's strength to deal with Lorne.
He did not continue to argue with his father, but that did not mean that Athena would give up after leaving.
Just because she couldn't use pirates didn't mean she had nothing to do with Lorne.
Even the extremely angry girl has ignored the concentric ring around her neck and is ready to peel off Lorne's skin herself, tie the baron to the bow of the ship and let the sea breeze dry his blood, and let the seabirds peck at the man's muscles.
And the Duke, who watched his daughter leave and watched Athena grow up, understood from the girl's steps that the eldest lady would not give up so easily.
Sighing secretly, as his daughter grew older, his daughter became more and more disobedient to discipline, so the helpless Duke had no choice but to help Lorne get an insurance policy.
After everything was ready and the Heretic Island had received the news that their envoy was about to go, the Duke personally came to the port to see off Lorne's team.
Although these days in Yuanwang City were so comfortable that the Baron couldn't help but feel like being watched, the feeling of being watched was not that good either.
Especially after Athena's return made the Baron even more cautious, Lorne's good days were completely over.
Now that it was finally possible to set sail, Baron Fast was of course cheering up and preparing to return as quickly as possible.
As for the Pope's mission, what a joke, he would not test the depths of the Island of Heresy for the sake of that old woman.
Moreover, Lorne didn't think he had a chance to go to the island.
He took the lantern beast that Castev gave him with him.
As long as he spotted the ship Athena was on and threw it on the ship, they would probably get there halfway.
You will meet pirates.
Once caught in a chaotic battle, Lorne would naturally hijack his warship and leave the battlefield immediately.
I understand that Castev will not let Athena's flagship go for the sake of his little fish.
It's a pity that Lorne is not the one who can make the decision, for the sake of Baron Fast's safety.
The Duke specially arranged a team of Stuart guards to protect Lorne, and as the envoy of the entire mission, Lorne certainly had a place on the flagship.
Not to mention Athena, Miss Stuart would not huddle with soldiers.
"Your Majesty the Duke, I think it is better for me to stay with my own soldiers."
He raised his concerns tactfully, but the Sea Duke, who had already sent a team of people to watch Athena, misunderstood what Lorne meant.
"Baron, please rest assured.
Our Stuart family is by no means a narrow-minded family.
I have made sufficient arrangements and your safety can absolutely be guaranteed
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