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."

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

scanned the Shepard family members behind him. "Have any of you caused trouble recently

Trina quickly stepped forward

I haven't caused any trouble at all,"

turned pale

insinuation in Fernanda's words. She bit

Harold with a weak

"Grandpa, I've been dedicating my time to improving my

any contact

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

hearing their explanations, Harold's expression softened a bit. "It's good that you haven't

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

He glanced at Briggs standing nearby, thinking he might know something. He approached Briggs with this in