I Love You, Miss Genius

Harold and the rest of the Shepard family exchanged bewildered looks, not understanding the situation.

Gresham was the first to react, stepping forward to question the guard. "The Knight family is hosting a grand banquet today, and nearly everyone of note in Pyralis is here. Our Shepard family is no different. Why are you stopping us but letting everyone else in?

"Even if we were to be turned away, we deserve to know the reason for this treatment. Are we being singled out?"

The guard responded, "We have orders from above: no one from the Shepard family is allowed to enter."

Gresham immediately asked, "Why?"

The guard replied, "We only follow orders. We don't know anything beyond that."

say next. He returned to Harold and whispered, "Dad, what should we do now? Should we go

tense, and his sharp eyes scanned the Shepard family members behind him. "Have any of you caused trouble recently to

Trina quickly stepped

well-behaved. I haven't caused any trouble at all," Fernanda said, glancing at Trina. "As for some people, I

momentarily turned

Fernanda's words. She bit her

at Harold with a weak

I've been dedicating my time to improving my

had any contact with the

to Trina's previous incident, so she quickly stepped in to support her: "That's right, Dad. Trina has been working so hard recently and focusing

their explanations, Harold's expression softened a bit. "It's good that you

this, his confusion grew. If no one in their family had offended the Knight family,

to figure it out. He glanced at Briggs standing nearby, thinking he might know