Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 224

Cardinal de Mare looked at his second daughter as if he were at a loss for words.

“I had no idea you were entertaining such an absurd notion.”

He shook his head. Perhaps due to her youth, her thinking was far too simplistic.

“Isn’t marriage your final destination? It’s the sons who ultimately carry on the family line—the son of my son, and the son of that son.”

Cardinal de Mare gazed out the window. Majestic camphor tree leaves densely adorned the garden.

A family was just like that tree.

“Only with strong roots holding the household firm can its branches and leaves flourish and spread!”

Ariadne gave a crooked smile. So Ippolito is the root, and I’m merely a branch—or perhaps just a leaf?

She countered,

“What if the root isn’t a proper root at all?”

“What did you say?”

“You wish to grow the tree tall, don’t you, Father? But what if the root is already rotten?”

Cardinal de Mare furrowed his brow. He assumed Ariadne was questioning Ippolito’s capabilities.

“You mean you don’t trust Ippolito? I suppose he might seem that way to you. I’ll admit it.”

It was a remarkably candid concession.

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