Indeed, it was her husband!
"Austin, do you really not care about my working overtime every night, nor nag endlessly about my faith?"
"I won’t, I’ve changed."
Austin pulled out the Naturalism Church’s pendant from his bosom, "Look, a few years ago I even sponsored a new site for the Lundan Naturalism Church, this is a token given by the former High Priest."
I’ll trust you one more time!
Hefei nodded, the pendant was indeed genuine, and the sponsorship could be verified.
Unfortunately, those geographically advantageous sites had all been eradicated by the Dark Knight, and the Church, due to a shortage of personnel, had never reorganized.
Seeing that her husband indeed seemed repentant, Hefei decided to show him a bit of kindness, like a touch of her small hand, and she wouldn’t hold a grudge.
"Don’t press your face against me, I only promised to come back every day no matter how busy to accompany Veronica, I didn’t say I’ve already forgiven you." Hefei pushed away her shameless husband.
"It’s alright, Veronica will be happy, that’s all that matters; she has waited for this day for too long, I often see her standing by the window, gazing in the direction of Paris."
"Enough, I’ll come back every day."
Hefei sighed, whenever her husband mentioned Veronica, she couldn’t help but feel guilty, so even though she knew he was doing it on purpose, she felt powerless.
She continued, "Also, things are different now, you have to promise me one thing too."
"There’s no problem, no matter how harsh the punishment, I accept!"
Hefei looked at him with disgust; she used to think it was a punishment, but she later realized it was a reward, her rascal husband clearly enjoyed it.
"So, madam of the Lando Family, do you have any other instructions?" Austin kneeled on one knee, picked up his wife’s hand, and gently kissed the back of her hand.
"Add another frame over there, let’s take a photo now."
"Can do, I’ll bring Veronica right over." Austin gladly agreed, harboring the same intention; it was time to take a new happy family photo.
"I, I... it’s, it’s not impossible."
Austin’s smile was forced; he just wanted to ask if he could first stuff Wayne into a cement barrel before taking the photo.
Hefei said, "I know you have the wrong idea about Wayne; at first, I did too, thinking he was after Veronica for her beauty and money, and that you drove him out of Lundan to protect her."
Indeed, your initial feeling was right, so why change it?
"Later, I realized he’s not that kind of person; he’s a talented mage who will surely change the Naturalism Church." Hefei was convinced of this, and remembering the repugnant Dean Schrödinger, another possibility occurred to her—Wayne might change more than just the Naturalism Church.
"I understand, I’ll call him over right now."
Austin couldn’t bear to hear these things, his whole body felt uncomfortable whenever Hefei praised Wayne.
He stood up, closed his eyes to contact butler Megan, and the Ancient Silver Coin flipped up and down between his fingers.
"Please bring the miss here, the madam wants to retake a family photo, and find a cement barrel too, wherever he is, bring him along as well."
"He’s in the miss’s room."
The Ancient Silver Coin fell to the ground.
Alright, alright, such a talented mage, I’ll get Planck to issue a critical condition notice for you first thing tomorrow morning; you don’t want to live at the bottom of the river, fine, from now on you’ll live in the Asylum!
And Lily Hayworth, still no callback after so long, do you not want to get by in Lundan anymore!