Chapter 141: Chapter 140: Cigar

When Merlin Rain-Longflower was young, he was handsome and dashing, captivating nearly half the women of the Shadowflame Grand Duchy with his status as an earl and his dreamy charm.

Even in middle age, after losing his wife, many highborn ladies still pined for Earl Merlin.

Of course, Lady Meryl knew her father's character well and was certain he would never casually engage with women of loose morals.

But hearing Roland's teasing still managed to alleviate much of her anxiety—perhaps her father hadn't had such a hard time these years, maybe she didn't need to worry about her elderly father... besides, he had already been the subject of gossip with Princess Anxia.

"Let's eat," she said to Roland with a roll of her eyes.

But soon she started to fret again, "Russell, have you prepared your gift for Grandpa's birthday? Glasses for presbyopia won't do, your grandfather is a Flying Dragon Knight, he will never have old-age vision... Better prepare a gift with some thought behind it."