The Hall Family mansion.
After a long wait, Earl Hall finally received news of his children and hurriedly put aside his work to welcome them.
Although a blast of his sister's "Dragon's Might" had left Hibbert dazed throughout the carriage ride home, he had more or less recovered by now. With Audrey steering his thoughts, he had not considered any supernatural explanation, attributing it instead to the excessive pressure he had been under lately.
Seeing the excitement in his son's eyes, Earl Hall knew they had succeeded.
"Father, Viscount Scott agreed to help!" Hibbert said excitedly.
"Good." Earl Hall let out a long breath, then offered unstinting praise.
"Viscount Scott is a true gentleman, nothing like those ungrateful wretches..."
Then Earl Hall turned his gaze to the daughter standing behind Hibbert.
Audrey pressed her lips together, a faint blush still lingering on her fair cheeks.
On the way home, she had used her Psychiatrist abilities to cast "Soothing" on herself several times. But being "pressured" into marriage by her brother, right to her face, had still been rather too much for a girl who had only recently come of age. Even as a Psychiatrist, she could not fully control her emotions this time.
Earl Hall discreetly studied his daughter.
Although she looked a little shy and uncomfortable, her clothes were still neat, her hair ornaments undisturbed, and her makeup just as exquisite as before she left. She showed no signs of having engaged in any strenuous activity.
It seems I worried needlessly. Unlike other nobles, Viscount Scott really does have firmer principles... Earl Hall inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
His daughter had not been taken advantage of.
Despite his formidable power, Viscount Scott was not someone who behaved without restraint, much less kicked others when they were down.
Audrey