After ordering a servant to send a telegram.
Hibbert felt inexplicably excited, his chest rising and falling slightly. After all, following so many devastating blows that had left them on the verge of despair, there was finally a faint glimmer of hope for the family's future.
But as his excitement gradually faded, dejection welled up in its place. This pampered young heir had endured far too many upheavals and humiliations lately. Never had he imagined that the century-old Hall Family would now have to pin its last hopes on his younger sister...
Although he was not a believer of the Lord of Storms and lacked that deeply ingrained male chauvinism, trading his sister's feelings for a chance to prolong the family's survival still struck him as shameful and embarrassing.
No, if they really are in love, then doing this would also help bring them together... Hibbert consoled himself.
Yes, that must be it! Audrey secretly became a Beyonder a long time ago, and she never seemed to encounter any problems in the Beyonder domain. That means someone must have been teaching her in secret. And Viscount Scott just happens to be a powerful Beyonder with all sorts of miraculous abilities... Besides, Audrey brought home plenty of strange Mystical Items before. Thinking back, those unusual pieces of jewelry must all have come from Viscount Scott...
If one ignored the glaring discrepancy in when the two had met, this comforting explanation was quite reasonable.
After all, the name James Scott had only officially appeared in Backlund's high society quite some time after Audrey became a Beyonder...
Of course, it was entirely possible that they had met earlier at a secret Beyonder gathering and then developed feelings for each other. Audrey had done plenty of things on the sly before. In truth, both