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The slightly delayed lunch left Karon eating with clear restraint.
He had made all kinds of assumptions in advance about what the Allen family was like, about the kind of treatment he might receive after arriving, but what he had just witnessed had not been part of any scenario he had imagined.
When Karon set his fork down and lifted his napkin to wipe the corner of his mouth, Master Anderson immediately told Eunice, “Take Young Master Karon to rest in his bedroom. Of course, if Young Master Karon is interested, you can first show him to his study.”
“Yes, Grandfather.” Eunice stood and walked to Karon’s side. He stood, nodded to everyone at the table, and then followed Eunice out of the dining room and up the stairs.
At the entrance to the third floor, Eunice pointed to the door ahead. “Karon, this is your study.”
“My study?” The door was large, and the decorations on both sides were antique and restrained. The moment Eunice opened the door, Karon realized this was not a study that had been casually cleaned up for him. It must have belonged to someone.
The difference was tangible. A room left unused for years did not have the same feel to it as one that had been lived in.
Many paintings hung on the walls, and three of them immediately caught Karon’s attention. The first was of a middle-aged man in island garb wearing an eyepatch. In his arms he held a richly dressed woman wearing a crown.
Following Karon’s gaze, Eunice offered an introduction. “That is our ancestor, Earl Rekar. He is the pride of our family’s history. He was once the leader of the Longlute Sea pirate armada.”
“And the woman in his arms is…”
“His lover, Queen Gloria the Third of the Veynic royal family.”
Veyn had originally been an island nation. Through maritime hegemony, it gradually became the empire it was today. In early days, under pressure from outside, the royal family and the government had issued documents encouraging pirate organizations to serve the empire.
And the greatest privateer of that era had made the queen of Veyn his love...
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