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."

by the guard's firm stance and didn't know what to say next. He returned to Harold and whispered, "Dad, what should we

tense, and his sharp eyes scanned the Shepard family members behind him.

quickly stepped

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

momentarily turned pale

insinuation in Fernanda's

Harold with a

I've been dedicating my time to improving

any contact with the Knight

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 institute and hasn't had any time to interact

a bit. "It's good that you haven't

in their family had offended the Knight family, why were they being barred from

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