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."

next. He returned to Harold and whispered,

scanned the Shepard family members behind him.

and Trina quickly stepped

have been very well-behaved. I haven't caused any trouble at all," Fernanda

turned

the insinuation in Fernanda's words. She bit

looked at Harold with a weak

my time to improving my research skills.

had any contact

worried that Harold might connect this 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 solely on her research. She's aiming to join Ms. Bonita's

bit. "It's

family had offended the Knight family, why were they being

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