After Transmigrating to Become the Daughter of a Duke, I Just Want to Pursue a Career

Chapter 158 154. Lighter Than a Goose Feather!

Three days later, in the morning, the sky over Morodo City was covered with overcast clouds. Although the scorching sun was blocked by thick clouds, the temperature on the ground did not seem to drop much. Added another dullness.

But when the residents of the entire Morodo City were exhausted by the sweltering heat at this time, the Duke of Aldan's mansion was full of bustle and bustle.

At this moment, there are many people in luxurious clothes standing on the lawn of the Duke's Mansion. It can be seen from their temperament that these people should be the upper-class people with status, but now, their appearance is quite embarrassing. Not only were their clothes messy and unkempt, but some of them also seemed to have some scars on their bodies, looking like prisoners who had been forcibly escorted over.

In fact, these people were indeed escorted here. Their identities are members of the branch of the Duke of Aldan's family. According to the internal operating rules of the Aldan family, although the direct family head is regarded as the core of power by the family, they cannot be dictatorial. For any major event, the lineal patriarch must go through the elders' meeting before exercising his rights.

In order to prevent the direct-line patriarch from crossing the clan elders' council, the branch members of the family were deliberately scattered in various areas of the Aldan family's power framework.

However, although these people are just an extension of the power of the Elders' Association, they do have a certain amount of power. In the eyes of most people, they can be regarded as the upper class.

It stands to reason that as long as the Aldan family has not fallen, as long as the flag of the Azure Lion has not fallen, then no one should dare to treat them in such a rough way. After all, they are part of the Aldan family. The entire Aldan family launched a provocation.

But now, this kind of weird situation has really happened, and what's even weirder is that, facing the glory of the Aldan family being maliciously provoked, although these people showed dissatisfaction, none of them stood up and fought for the glory of the family , On the contrary, he stayed on the lawn honestly and accepted the humiliation of his opponent, which is really incomprehensible.

"Your Excellency Benedict, it has been more than an hour now, and no one has come out of the Duke's mansion. Do we really want to continue standing here?"

At this moment, in the center of the crowd, a middle-aged man with a wound on his forehead seemed to be unable to bear the atmosphere anymore. He walked up to an old man who was resting with his eyes closed, and pointed at the crowd standing next to him. Those wolf-like soldiers around said in an extremely resentful tone,

"The master's family is too much. Not only did they deploy 'Kenne' troops without authorization, but they dared to despise us like this!"

"Your Excellency, do you really intend to let them mess around like this?"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, a gap suddenly appeared in the old man's tightly closed eyes, and then, through the gap in the corner of his eye, a gloomy gaze fell heavily on the middle-aged man. As for the middle-aged man who wanted to say something else, he shivered subconsciously.

After that, the old man didn't say anything, just closed his eyes again, and on the other side, the middle-aged man closed his mouth tremblingly as if seeing a predator's herbivore, and carefully hid side.

After driving the middle-aged man away, the eyelids of the old man named Benedict suddenly moved slightly, and after a while, his eyes opened again, and this time, the old man looked at the surrounding people wearing The soldiers in Chris's uniform had a cold look in their eyes.

Obviously, although the old man showed an attitude of indifference to the middle-aged man's remarks just now, the old man's heart is actually not peaceful.

Regarding the Elders’ Association of the Aldan Family, the person who stands at the highest position in the organizational structure is called the [Patriarch], and Benedict is the [Chief] of the Elders’ Association of the Aldan Family in this generation. In the family system, his status is second only to the Duke of Aldan, and even in some special periods, his status is even higher than that of the Duke of Aldan.

However, not long ago, this "clan head" with a transcendent status was forcibly dragged out of his home, and then brought to the Duke's Mansion in an almost humiliating way like a prisoner. , the relevant executors did not express any respect for him.

To say that he was not angry about this, Benedict would probably not believe it himself, but he still held back his emotions after all.

It's not because Benedict has a good temper, but because he understands that when the enemy is strong and we are weak, any resistance will lead to more brutal suppression. It is the right choice to endure the humiliation for the time being, and then gather strength to take advantage of the situation and counterattack.

"Her Majesty has arrived—!"

Finally, after an unknown period of time, when everyone's emotions were stimulated by the sultry temperature and became more and more anxious, a loud announcement suddenly rang in people's ears.

The moment the sound sounded, everyone subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a group of imposing figures slowly walking out of the main building of the Duke's Mansion. The leader was a girl with a crown on her head, and Behind her, the knights in bright armor and the neatly dressed maids followed each other in a line, with solemn expressions, and the whole team was very ostentatious.

At this moment, looking at Katerina who was approaching slowly, all the people present showed complicated gazes in their eyes.

For the culprit who caused this incident, everyone has very complicated mentality. On the one hand, people are annoyed by Katerina's rudeness, but on the other hand, the girl's blood, strength, wisdom and what she has acquired so far The great achievement made everyone dare not look at her directly, so that it was still difficult for people to feel hatred towards the girl when her dignity was despised.This feeling is like a small country looking at a superpower in the same camp. Although the superpower clearly treats the small country as a dog, the small country will still regard the superpower as a beacon.

"All here~?"

At this moment, when everyone was looking at Katerina with complex expressions, a slightly frivolous voice of inquiry rang in everyone's ears. Immediately afterwards, people saw the maid who was closest to the girl, bowing down respectfully. body, and then spoke clearly in response,

"Reporting to Your Majesty, of the people on the list, except for three members who are not present because they are currently in other places, everyone else is here."

"That's it~" After listening to the maid's answer, Katerina nodded slightly, and then suddenly looked at everyone indifferently. The coldness in the girl's eyes made everyone instinctively tense.

After that, when people were wondering about Katerina's next move in panic, they heard a chuckle in their ears,

"Everyone, don't be nervous, I have no malicious intentions."

"This time I invite you to come, in fact, only for one thing......"

After finishing speaking, everyone saw Katerina walking slowly to the statue of the Azure Lion standing in front of the main building of the Duke's Mansion. After stroking the statue for a while, the girl slowly turned her head and rushed smiling at everyone,

"Can someone tell me how much this thing really weighs?"

After the words fell, Katerina blinked when she looked at the dull-looking people, and then she sighed softly as if she had encountered some problem,

"As for me, I am a very curious person. If I encounter a problem of interest, I will feel uncomfortable if I don't figure it out."

"Since the first day I came to the Duke's Mansion, I have been curious about how heavy this statue is, but I have searched a lot of information but can't get the result."

"Originally, I wanted someone to weigh it for me, but Steward Karbas told me that this statue was built by the first generation of the owner, and it is very valuable. Even the current Duke is not qualified to mess around with it."

"If you really want to weigh this statue, you need to get the consent of all members of the Aldan family."

"So there is no other way. In order to sleep peacefully, I had no choice but to invite everyone here."

At this moment, after listening to Katerina's words, almost everyone present widened their eyes. Regarding what happened to them, they thought about many possibilities, but they did not expect that the girl in front of them would arrest them just for the sake of This kind of absurd and boring thing is really a bit irritating.

But soon, everyone calmed down. Since the Aldan family has a tradition of raising Gu, there are no fools among all the people present. After suppressing their emotional emotions, people quickly realized that what the girl in front of her wanted to weigh was not a statue at all. , but what is represented behind the statue.

"Everyone, now I want to weigh this statue, I don't know......"

Facing the dignified crowd, Katerina seemed unaware, and just continued to ask casually,

"Is there any objection?"

As Katerina's voice echoed faintly here, no one on the field answered. Everyone knew that the girl in front of her was just trying to take the opportunity to get mad, and the one who jumped out first would definitely After being shot out of the head, all of a sudden, the entire Duke's mansion became silent.

After waiting for a while, no one answered. The people in front of Katerina looked around, and then their vermilion lips curled up slightly.

"Did no one speak?"

"So...does this mean that none of you object to my proposal?"

"Then I'll let someone do it now~?"

As she spoke, Katerina raised her hand, and was about to order the knights around her to weigh the statue, but at this moment, a calm voice suddenly sounded,

"please wait a while!"

"Miss, can you listen to me?"

At this moment, the person who spoke was Benedict, and he still couldn't sit still in the face of Katerina's "crazy" behavior.

This is something that can’t be helped. As the [clan head] of the Elders’ Association, Benedict has the responsibility and obligation to regulate the behavior of the direct descendants. This is the source of the Elders’ Association’s legitimacy and the basis of its rights. Everyone else can shrink back under Na's coercion, but only Benedict can't.

On the other side, hearing the voice that suddenly entered her ears, Katerina slowly turned her head to look at the source of the voice, and after taking a closer look at the old man walking out of the crowd, the girl said calmly,

"Why, do you have any opinion on my proposal?"

"Don't dare~"

Facing the girl's doubts, Benedict shook his head with a smile, and then responded calmly,

"Miss, I don't think it's a bad thing to have curiosity, but this statue is a part of the glory of the Aldan family, and its existence is very important, so it's better to be cautious."

After listening to Benedict's speech, Katerina narrowed her eyes slightly, and then rubbed her temples pretending to be distressed,

"But I really want to know its weight. How can I do that?"

"It's okay......" Facing Katerina's entanglement, Benedict responded lightly,

"If Miss really wants to know the weight of this statue, I think I should be able to tell you."

Saying that, after glancing at Katerina, who suddenly had no expression on her face, Benedict said calmly,

"This statue was made three years ago in 860 by the founder of the Aldan family, the Azure Sage Kesma Aldan. It is 4 meters high and 2.1 meters wide, and the main part is made of obsidian."

"In order to make it a success, the first-generation owner consumed a total of 12000 kilograms of obsidian. After counting the other materials used and removing the scraps, the weight of this stone sculpture should be around 10000 kilograms."

"If the young lady doesn't believe it, you can investigate the epic records about the Azure Sage Kesma Aldan. Please focus on reading the third chapter about the establishment of the family. I believe that with your wisdom, you will definitely learn something... ................"

At this moment, as Benedict's voice fell, the originally depressing atmosphere on the field suddenly became more relaxed. Everyone present knew that Katerina said that she wanted to weigh the statue, but in fact she wanted to choose an invincible statue. Questions that people can answer take the opportunity to find fault.

But now, Benedict can really answer this question, and it is well-founded, and now the initiative is back.

You know, in order to find fault, Katerina not only sent troops to forcibly disarm the guards of Morodo City, but also made a fuss about the entire Aldan family. The question was answered. If the girl continues to pester her at this time, public opinion will be very unfavorable to the girl.

In the eyes of everyone, as the Queen, Katerina would definitely not make such a foolish move. The only choice for the girl next is to cover up the matter.And to achieve this, the girl must rely on the assistance of the people present, and everyone can use this to gain a certain amount of initiative, and then remove the threat posed by the girl.

It has to be said that Benedict's response was very powerful, and everyone's assumptions were wonderful, but unfortunately, the cruel reality quickly slapped them, just when everyone thought that Katerina would choose to end this fault finding , but there was a sneer in the air,

"Heh, 10000 kilograms~?"

"I think there is something wrong with this number~~"

At this moment, facing Katerina's cold questioning words, Benedict, who suddenly felt that the situation was not good, changed his expression slightly, but soon, he restrained his emotions and asked calmly,

"Dare to ask Miss, what do you think is wrong with this number?"

Hearing Benedict's rhetorical question, Katerina, who was standing beside the statue, did not respond directly. Instead, after stroking the statue for a while, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Benedict blankly.

"I feel that the weight of this statue...should be lighter than a goose feather!"

Chapter 159 155. What is Tradition!

Lighter than a goose feather?

At this moment, after hearing Katerina's words, everyone instinctively looked at the statue of the Azure Lion standing quietly on the ground. Because there was no sunlight, the whole body of the statue was extremely blue-black. Just looking at it with the naked eye can give people a heavy feeling.

Saying that such a statue is lighter than a goose feather, no fool would believe it. Obviously, no one present was a fool. People knew that Katerina's statement was not a statement of facts, but a deliberate finding of faults.

However, even though they knew that Katerina was deliberately provoking trouble, no one dared to stand up to refute the girl's statement. After they looked at each other, they stood silently where they were, and the audience was silent.

Regarding Katerina's crazy remark, it's not that everyone is poor in eloquence and can't find a reason to refute it, but the attitude shown by Katerina has made everyone realize that the girl in front of her is determined to take the opportunity to make a living. Yes, no matter what they say or do, it will end up being an excuse for girls to get mad

In desperation, everyone had no choice but to respond with silence. However, Katerina did not intend to give everyone the power to remain silent.

At the next moment, Katerina realized that no one was responding to her, and the corner of her mouth raised a slight sarcasm. Immediately afterwards, she scanned everyone's faces with disdainful eyes, and finally fixed on Benedict's face.

"Old gentleman, do you think my conclusion is correct?"

At this moment, hearing Katerina's questioning with a strong sense of oppression, Benedict couldn't help exhaling deeply, and then saw him straighten his eyes, and responded with righteous words,

"My lady was joking. This Azure Lion was cast by His Excellency Cosma Aldan himself. During the period, more than 12000 kilograms of obsidian were consumed. Everything about it is clearly recorded in the epic. This is something that no one can understand. Changed facts!"

"As for the saying 'lighter than a goose's feather'...... I hope the young lady will not mention it again. I am worried that if this remark is spread, it will affect the wisdom of the young lady!"

As Benedict's words fell, the atmosphere on the field suddenly became extremely depressing. At this moment, everyone's eyes were constantly switching between Katerina and Benedict. At the same time, the panic-stricken Emotions began to spread in everyone's hearts.

No one thought that Benedict would choose to face Katerina head-on. No matter what opinion they had on Katerina, everyone present knew the current situation very well. The girl had an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and even It can be said that it has reached the level of life and death. Confronting him head-on is the most unwise choice. Everyone really can't understand why Benedict, who is always extremely wise, is so unwise at this moment.