The dinner ended in a "harmonious atmosphere".
Returning to the bedroom of the Octagonal Palace, Ask asked carefully:
"Eleanor, there seems to be some problems on your side of the family."
"After all, it's not our original family." Eleanor said lightly.
No, Ask thought to himself, it's not that simple.
The problem mainly came from Otto II. On the one hand, the expedition to the Holy See ended in failure, which brought him great frustration. On the other hand, the culprit was his own daughter.
People have the instinct to blame others, especially Otto II, who is so self-centered. It is hard for him to accept his failure. Blaming the failure on "my daughter is so amazing" and turning a bad thing into a good thing is undoubtedly a wrong logic that can easily occur.
His self-deceptive mentality undoubtedly also affected his wife and children.
A typical example is little Otto, who, under the leadership of his father, also became a sister fan, or a sister control. Ask was not sure whether he was a fan or a sister control, but the little guy really liked Eleanor so much that he showed obvious jealousy towards himself.
Theophano and Matilda, on the other hand, were more like the discomfort of "having their attention stolen". Every time Otto II praised his daughters at the banquet, the two of them were obviously unhappy, but they did not express it in words.
Matilda's reaction was relatively direct, but Theophano... Ask's intuition told him that deep inside his mother-in-law's displeasure there was a faint sense of regret and guilt. Was it because she felt guilty for sending little Sophie away
No, it should be said that in the original situation, in order to prevent little Sophie from being affected mentally and harming Otto when she grew up, she chose to give her to the Duke of Bavaria. In short, she gave up her daughter and prioritized saving her husband.
However, more than 20 years later, her husband was forced to abdicate and achieved nothing, while the daughter who was abandoned at the beginning became brilliant instead. So she is regretting her original decision
As Ask was thinking this, he was suddenly hugged by Eleanor from behind. The heavy weight pressed on the shoulders on both sides of his neck, and the beauty interrupted his thoughts.
"Where did you buy the pillow? It's quite comfortable." Ask smiled casually.
"Don't talk dirty." Eleanor hit him.
Then she put her chin on Ask's head, like a yawning cat, and said helplessly:
"I also know that my sudden appearance is very embarrassing for them. After all, their family relationship has been built up for so many years, and if there is suddenly one more person, I would not be able to accept it either."
"Can you accept the sudden return of the leader after many years?" Ask asked.
"I can't accept it either." Eleanor joked, "So I have to marry you quickly to prevent you from running around again."
Here she paused, then put her arms around Ask's neck and said:
"Today is Saturday. We were originally planning to hold the wedding next Monday, which is the day after tomorrow. But I can't wait any longer, so let's just change it to tomorrow afternoon."
Ask:
It’s too fast, too fast, it feels like it’s urging me to run!
Wait, why did I agree so quickly? What about the other girls? What about my mother? From the beginning, my brain seemed to have skipped these questions by default...