Don't confiscate my identity as a human race

Lanci was telling Isatia.

Initially, he was afraid Lan Fu would damage the piano, so he heard the story from Hyperion.

"Boo hoo."

In Isatia's smile, a glimmer of tears quickly appeared.

"Let's go inside first."

Talia gently patted the back of her sobbing sister.

Soon, they ascended the immaculate white stairs, with the mansion's butler, Hans, waiting at the door, bowing his head.

"Welcome back, everyone."

Pushing open the heavy oak door, a crystal chandelier crafted by Ichrite's ancient artisans hung from the six-meter-high ceiling, with the facets of the crystal reflecting light throughout the grand entryway.

A golden staircase spiraled upward directly to the second floor.

"Is lunch being prepared?"

Duke Migaya asked Hans, while greeting the attendants and maids who had been waiting in the mansion for some time.

"Of course."

The butler, Hans, replied respectfully.

Having worked at the Wilford family for a long time, he knew that if Miss Tata were visiting, lunch could be prepared from the morning.

"Pfft."

Lanci couldn't help but chuckle softly to himself.

He always had a knack for finding small joys in life.

"Lanlan..."

Talia was about to hit Lanci but stopped.

In her sister's home, it wasn't appropriate for her to punish Lanci on the spot, as it might seem a bit uncouth.

"Is Hyperion at home?"

Isatia asked the maid of the house.

"Yes, Lady Isatia,"

the maid responded very respectfully, treating Isatia as if she were her mother.

It was Talia who was momentarily taken aback upon seeing the maid.

"Frances, why are you here?"

Talia remembered that Frances was the maid most closely associated with Lanci at the Wilford household and was also quite familiar with her. Now that Hans had returned to the Alansar family, Frances had also followed suit.

"Miss Tata, I was originally a maid adopted by the Alansar family. Later, Mr. Hans took me to the Wilford family. Now that the Alansar family is short on staff, I've naturally returned to work here."

Frances said, bowing to Talia.

"But don't worry, since the Wilford family's business scale has reduced, the attendants employed there are in surplus. Although they don't lack the means to hire us, there's often nothing for us to do if we stay at the Wilford family. I can return to the Wilford family anytime if needed."

Frances explained.

She was quite surprised when Young Master Lanci could create epic-level artworks back then, but not too shocked, having seen the Duke's paintings.

"I see."

Talia absentmindedly pondered for a moment.

She inexplicably felt that returning to the Duke's Mansion was no different from returning to the Wilford family; changing the name made no difference.

"By the way, how is Hyperion's health?"

Talia quickly remembered the pressing matter.

She was afraid to sleep with Hyperion, but if she didn't stay with her, she would worry about Hyperion catching a cold every day. These days, she had been constantly concerned about Hyperion's health.

"Dr. Antanas came over with Miss Sinola this morning. After the diagnosis, there seemed to be no major issues. She's now in her upstairs bedroom watching a video."

Frances pointed towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

"Phew..."

Talia breathed a sigh of relief.

"What video?"

Lanci suddenly seemed to catch a clue and asked Frances.

"It appears to have been sent from Flower Capital Pariel. Yes, it's an international delivery from Countess Rosalinda that arrived at the Boss Cat Restaurant after finally passing customs. After Miss Sigrid watched it, she gave it to Miss Antanas, who then eagerly and happily wanted to play it for everyone to see."

Frances recalled the process as she had heard it and explained to Lanci.

Luckily, Antanas was chatty, and she told her this much after meeting her, allowing Frances to know so much.

"Meow!"

The Cat Boss quickly jumped from Lanci's hand to Isatia's side.

It felt something was off at the mention of the video from Flower Capital.

Knowing that Sigrid had already seen it made the Cat Boss feel even more uneasy!

It looked up at Lanci and Talia, who had stopped talking since a moment ago.

Only to see beads of sweat starting to form on Lanci and Talia's foreheads, with their expressions frozen.

Sigrid surely planned to tease them by giving the video to Antanas.

"Do you know what's in the video?"

Frances had never seen Young Master Lanci and Miss Tata act in such perfect sync.

"Could you tell me where Hyperion's room is?"

Lanci snapped back and hurriedly asked Frances.

"Um, at the end of the corridor on the second floor, the largest bedroom is hers, with amber-colored crystals inlaid on the door."

Frances directed them.

"Let's go check on Hyperion!"

Lanci and Talia ran towards the stairs at the same time.

Leaving the others standing not far from the foyer.

A moment passed.

"Could that video be the one Aitio showed us, I mean, me, in Flower Capital?"

Isatia asked Duke Migaya.

"Pffft."

Duke Migaya covered his mouth, almost unable to stifle his laughter.

There was no doubt it was that video.

His colleague Sigrid was really ruthless, with her first reaction after watching it being to show it to Hyperion too.

...

On the other side.

The second-floor corridor of the Duke's Mansion.

The running Lanci and Talia instinctively stopped at the end, finding the door with inlaid amber crystals.

Just as they were ready to knock on the door,

before their hands touched the door panel, they heard sounds coming from inside.