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Old Mrs. Horton finished her sentence and paused, looking at Keira.

Keira nodded.

Mysterious was the right word.

It was so mysterious that no one could find the family;

it was as if it wasn’t even on Earth.

She waited quietly for old Mrs. Horton to speak and then heard the latter say, “In fact, I don’t know much about the South family. Although I was in Oceanion when I was young, I heard about a Lady South who came over to Clance. She was gentle and dignified, extremely educated and well–mannered. She was possibly a little younger than I was.”

Lady South was slightly younger than old Mrs. Horton?

Thinking about the age and remembering what

Rebecca’s father had said about the senior family

member, Keira wondered if Lady South could be her grandmother.

Keira continued to listen attentively.

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Old Mrs. Horton said, “At that time, Lady South’s reputation had even spread to Oceanion. Out of curiosity, like many other girls, I went to Clance to see her. Indeed, Lady South was as knowledgeable and talented as the rumors said, almost like a royal princess… As you know, Crera is a special place. These prestigious and large families seem very powerful, but they are actually the nouveau riche. At that time, the Horton family was just getting established, and we old folks all had a bit of the parvenu air about us. But Lady South was different. She was like…”

Old Mrs. Horton paused again as if uncertain how to

describe her.

Suddenly, she said, “You must have heard of the old aristocrats‘ elegance in history, haven’t you?”

Lewis immediately

all born with a noble air, which is an indescribable charm. That’s the kind of feeling Lady South gave me. She was elegant and noble; mentioning

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this day.”

what her grandmother, as described by old

like.

forgotten the lady’s temperament; it must

charm.

this, she asked again, “Where

come from abroad, but where exactly the family was, we had no idea. There were

asked, “For example?”

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Horton chuckled. “Take, for example,

dish in her everyday meals called ‘Silver Sprouts Stuffed with Meat.‘

of course, heard of this dish, which was a royal dish in

requires hollowing out the center of every bean sprout and

meal, right? Is each

when I was bored. The sprouts are very brittle and break easily if you apply too much force, and the ham

asked, “How much is twenty

briefly.

Lewis was speechless.

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and blurted out, “Who would eat such

like ours these days, there wouldn’t be a person in the kitchen dedicated solely to making this dish. But Lady South’s chefs formed a team. There were about twenty of them, cooking just for Lady

dishes. There’s also a soup ‘Flying Dragon Soup, which involves a type of bird that is now a protected species, so you can’t eat it anymore. But back in the day, because she liked it, her family would always get some game. Also, because Lady South liked the sliver of meat in the duck tongue, her menu included a dish called ‘Hundred–Flavor Duck Tongue‘ every other day, which literally meant tongues from a

the queens in the ancient palaces

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