Chapter 135 Off to the Parliamentary Library

Clark quickly greeted, “Uncle.”

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Geoffrey looked at him, his eyes filled with complexity. “You used to call me dad when you were younger”

Clark paused. It was true that he used to call him that, but after his younger brother was born, Grandmother had ordered that he stop and refer to Geoffrey as “Uncle” instead.

“Don’t want to call me that anymore?” Geoffrey asked, his voice calm but carrying an underlying weight.

Clark hurriedly explained, “No… it’s not like that.”

He felt nervous, but his grandmother had given a strict order.

Geoffrey understood the boy’s dilemma, so he didn’t press further. “Fine, if you don’t want to call me father, you can still call me uncle.”

Clark felt conflicted. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to; it was just that he had grown used to calling him “Uncle.” When Geoffrey had raised the idea of being called “father” again, Clark couldn’t help but feel grateful but also struggled with the difficulty of saying it.

“Please, sit down,” Clark stammered.

Geoffrey, with a calm gesture, sat down and tapped the table. “Sit down, I have something to ask you.”

Clark obeyed, though he felt nervous. It was always hard for him to be in Geoffrey’s presence; the man had always seemed so imposing, so out of reach.

Geoffrey regarded him for a moment. Clark reminded him so much of his younger self. The only difference was that when Geoffrey had joined the military, his mother hadn’t objected.

Looking back, maybe she didn’t think much of his talents and figured he would never amount to much in the army.

But Geoffrey had worked his way up, eventually being appointed as a general, and it had solidified his career. However, his mother’s smiles had grown fewer and fewer with each passing year.

well in the Parliamentary Library. Learn, work hard,” Geoffrey spoke briefly, his words not as long–winded as his

by his words, felt his throat tighten.

Lamgett Manor,”

close to Geoffrey’s study, just a wall separating them. Geoffrey mostly stayed in his study these days, and his decision to support

replied, not knowing what else

had intended to discuss the events of tonight, but something held him back. Perhaps it was because the atmosphere felt right, and bringing up such matters would only ruin it.

Clark asked, “How’s

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what needs to be forgotten, and remember what

for your advice, Harlan,” Clark replied,

“Get some rest. Tomorrow, I’ll arrange

murmured, but the words “father”

estate

Parliamentary Library, one for Geoffrey, Prudence, Vance, and Priscilla to head to the magistrate’s office, and one

place, the starting point for many influential people in the Eryndral Empire, and although it seemed like a humble beginning, it was a place that could elevate someone to great heights. It was a place that scholars from all over the country aspired to

enter.

Street, they encountered a commotion.

anxious to see what was happening, but the human wall blocked his view. He turned to Cooper. “Find out what’s going

and returned with the news. “Sir, a little beggar has been beaten badly. There’s blood everywhere.

anyone taken him to

the medical center? Even if they did, no doctor

his way through the crowd. He saw the beggar lying on the road, his head bleeding, his body shaking in

help me,” Clark called

first day at the Parliamentary Library. You can’t afford to be late.”

on the carriage, and you take him to the medical center. It’s not far. I’ll walk

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