The atmosphere between Shien and Ancil completely changed.
It became like a father-in-law chatting with his son-in-law, very harmonious and enjoyable, exchanging all sorts of trivial matters.
Originally, Shien and Ancil shouldn’t have had much in common, but they were about to become family.
Therefore, their conversation naturally shifted to Lucy, chatting about various things related to her.
Although it was a chat, it was more like a competition.
It started with Shien’s casual remark,
“I understand Lucy very well, better than anyone. You don’t have to worry about me bullying her.”
These words, for some reason, sparked Ancil’s competitive spirit.
“Are you saying you understand Lucy better than I, her father, do?”
With this statement as a starting point, Ancil began to talk endlessly about Lucy.
From Lucy’s birth, to her childhood, and then to her growing up, Ancil recounted various interesting stories from Lucy’s past seventeen years, becoming more and more enthusiastic.
This made Shien certain.
“This guy is definitely a daughter-con. “
This was Shien’s firm conclusion when he learned that Ancil had an entire warehouse of magic tools containing recordings of Lucy’s growth at various stages, essentially photos.
Honestly, Shien wanted them.
According to Ancil, Lucy was beautiful now, but she was even more adorable as a child, universally loved. The title of “Kingdom’s Treasure” initially came from this world-class cuteness.
“You can’t imagine how adorable someone can be. I even suspect that the Divine Race wants Lucy to become a resident of the Divine Realm because those goddesses were captivated by her cuteness.”
A dignified king actually said such foolish things to Shien.
But it had to be said that because of Ancil’s constant praise, Shien was truly curious and intrigued.
There were quite a few cute girls around Shien.
Airi was an incredibly cute little girl, right?
Lilith was also explosively cute.
With two such adorable girls around him, Shien was really curious about how cute Lucy, known as the most beautiful woman in the human world, was as a child.
Therefore, after some verbal sparring, Shien finally persuaded Ancil to lend him Lucy’s childhood “photo album.”
“Remember, it’s a loan. You have to return it to me later.”
Ancil repeatedly reminded Shien as he handed him the crystal-like tool.
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. Do I look like someone who borrows things and doesn’t return them?”
Shien assured Ancil, then quickly pocketed the crystal tool, which would never return to Ancil’s hands again.
Ancil felt a sense of melancholy, as if his treasure would never return, repeatedly reminding and warning Shien.
Shien nodded seriously, letting his words go in one ear and out the other, his heart already flying to the “photo album,” eager to go back and enjoy it.
After that, Shien finally managed to escape Ancil, leaving under his and Aldia’s gazes.
The foolish father expression on Ancil’s face finally disappeared.
“What do you think, Aldia?”
Ancil watched Shien’s retreating figure and asked Aldia.
“I can sense that he wasn’t lying.”
Aldia replied calmly.
“Really?” Ancil murmured. “So, you think I can trust him?”
“That’s just my opinion.” Aldia said with an impassive face. “I’m just a warrior, so I might not have considered everything.”
“But a pure warrior like you often has intuition and judgment far exceeding ordinary people.” Ancil didn’t underestimate Aldia and smiled. “Since you say he can be trusted, I’ll trust your judgment.”
“It’s my honor.” Aldia lowered his head slightly. “Then, Your Majesty, are you going to fully support Viscount Buztout in the husband selection?”
“Yes.” Ancil said, seemingly reluctant. “Since Lucy has taken a liking to him, then even for her sake, I have to fully support that boy.”
“Indeed.” Aldia nodded. “Your Majesty truly dotes on Princess Lucy.”
“…Because of Lucy’s special status, I can fully support her relationship as a father.” Ancil was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly and murmured, “If I could, I’d really like to fully support my other daughter like this.”
Aldia remained silent.
As Ancil’s knight, Aldia knew very well that compared to Lucy, the situation with Ancil’s other daughter was more serious.
As royal princesses, they should have lost a lot of freedom while gaining power unattainable by ordinary people.
Being born into the royal family was sometimes unfortunate.
But because of Lucy’s unique gifts, she had cleared away all the misfortunes that might have befallen her with her outstanding performance.
This was her ability, her strength.
But there was only one person like Lucy in a thousand years.