The Grand Duke’s Fox Princess

y that has never had a wizard before.
Even before the marquis and marchioness had not faded away in death.

Among the nobles who, in general, had bad relationships with their half-brothers, Heinricion had a good relationship with his half-brother.

That was why Heinricion wanted to protect his nephew, Leighton.

However, his nephew was clearly a person of the Marquisate of Haveling, and was scheduled to become the head in the future.

Whenever he tried to do anything for Leighton, Patrick, his guardian, vehemently refused.

“This is the body that will become the Marquis of Haveling.
It is natural for him to be raised in Haveling.
No matter how close you are by blood, the constant interference of Adelasia seems to be doing nothing more than trying to place Haveling under the influence of the Grand Duchy when Leighton succeeds the title.”

Patrick had been spreading this logic whenever Heinricion tried to step forward a bit.

Should this misunderstanding grow, it could have a negative impact not only on Heinricion, but also on Leighton.
Because whenever he later becomes head of the Marquisate of Haveling and tries to do something, the Grand Duchy of Adelasia would be mentioned and questioned.

So even though Patrick dared to be rude to him, Heinricion only watched the situation.

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“But why don’t you reconsider? Magic is not a talent one can have just because one wants to.
If you send him to the academy and he learns it systematically, it will be of strength to the Marquisate of Haveling.”

Leighton showed a gift for magic.
Thus, he should at least be sent to the Magic Academy.
That was much better than staying put in the marquisate.

But Patrick never backed down.

“Magic is the talent of Adelasia.
The sword has been protecting Haveling until now.
He will do well in the way of Haveling, so I hope you will stop overtaking your authority.”

Patrick’s only concern was the prestige of the Haveling.
He had no interest in Leighton’s talents or what he wanted.

“But Leighton…….”

He was not fit to be a knight.

Leighton had a gift for magic, but was naturally weak.
If Heinricion thought of his half-brother, it was unreasonable for Leighton to become a knight.

Additionally, it was seen that Leighton’s body, which was being trained as a knight due to the coercion of his guardian, was getting worse and worse.

Heinricion couldn’t watch it any longer, so he tried to convince Leighton so as to be able to send him to the Magic Academy.
Therefore, Patrick came to protest fiercely.

It seemed that Patrick had no intention of negotiating in the first place, so Heinricion was left with two options to choose from.

Respect the opinions of the Havelings and resign, or take Leighton by force and arbitrarily send him to the Magic Academy.

Rowen was trying to stop him, saying, ‘Absolutely no’, but Heinricion’s heart was inclined to the latter.

“Sir Patrick, are you really unwilling to change your mind?”

“The one who needs to change his mind is not me, but His Highness the Grand Duke.”

“It’s difficult.”

It was the last time Heinricion tried to confirm.

A small animal could be seen through the gap in the door that an employee had left open for a while to bring refreshments.

“What is that? That fox…….”

“…….?”

It was Patrick who first discovered the appearance of the fox.

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Hearing that a fox suddenly appeared, Heinricion’s head turned as well.

There was a fox with a really innocent face approaching this way.

While waving its tail in a really annoying way.

Heinricion looked at Eristella with a face asking what she was up to.

‘My goal now is over there, not you.’

Eristella glanced at Heinricion once triumphantly, then suddenly changed direction and leapt towards Patrick.

“?!”

Heinricion never thought that a fox could have such a suspicious smile.

She was acting so unexpectedly that he had no idea how to deal with it.

Meanwhile, Eristella was making a deliberate move.

Most of the people of the Leonian Empire had a social climate that loved animals.
Therefore, there was a prejudice that people who were not followed or obeyed by animals for no reason had personal problems.

Patrick was exceptionally unpopular with animals.
It was an odd complex from before.

So she knew that even if a fox jumped up and pretended to be close, he would be happy rather than upset.

That alone could improve his reputation in the social world.

Hence, Eristella boldly embraced Patrick and acted friendly.

“Haha.
The fox likes me very much.”

Patrick wanted to show off that the grand duke’ fox followed him, not its master.

At the same time, the hand that was stroking the fox was very rough and unkind, so much so that she wanted to shake him off right away.

‘I can see why the animals avoid him.’

Eristella glared at Patrick sharply, then swiftly, she gently wagged her tail with a sweet expression as if she had never done so.

“…….What are you doing?”

Heinricion, seeing this, could not bear it and muttered.