"He just left like that..."

At the port of Thunder City, Baron Ges sat in the carriage, staring blankly at the port with a face full of regret.

Upon hearing the news that Mr. Colin was returning to his territory, he had planned to see this nobleman off properly and express his gratitude, but in the end, he missed the opportunity.

Stepping down from the carriage, holding her ruffled skirt, Mrs. Marina's lightly made-up face was also filled with regret.

Although Mr. Colin hadn't stayed long in her manor, those days were the happiest she'd had in years, rekindling that pure and simple thrill she felt as a young girl.

She knew in her heart that the two of them were impossible, but she still wanted to say a proper goodbye. In the end, even that final wish couldn't be fulfilled.

Looking at the face that increasingly filled her with disgust, she suppressed her resentment and complained.

"It's all your fault, busying yourself with those gold coins all day long and missing such an important farewell! Where did you place the noble honor? He is your savior!"

Ges turned red at these words and couldn't help but retort.

"You blame me? If it weren't for you fiddling with those accessories and putting on makeup, would we have been late?"

Saint Sis above.

How had he not realized before this woman loved to dress up so much!

Hearing her husband's rebuttal, Marina's face turned red with anger, her lips trembling slightly.

"What are you saying? Are you blaming me? Do you think... I'm doing it for who..."

As she said this, she only felt half-confident.

However, some people are like this; the less confident they feel inside, the more they question and lose their temper.

Seeing his wife's angry reaction, Ges immediately regretted it, but for a moment didn't know how to take back his words and just stood there stiffly with a stern face.

The two children sitting in the carriage couldn't stand it anymore. His ten-year-old eldest son George, with a serious face, spoke like a little adult, solemnly.

"Dad, you shouldn't talk to Mom like that. Presenting oneself properly is the dignity of the nobles, you always teach me that."

Nine-year-old Isabella also nodded her little head, saying softly.

"Yes, Dad, Mr. Colin is so handsome, it's normal for Mom to want to dress up, and I spent a long time dressing up too."

Marina hurriedly glared at her daughter, but soon realized the child probably didn't think much of it, just expressed her feelings simply, and it was her sensitivity.

Fortunately, Ges didn't realize anything wrong either, after all, nothing actually happened at all. If just thinking counts as cheating, then he would have crossed the line both mentally and physically countless times.

With a gradually softer expression, Ges put his arm around his wife's shoulder and said comfortingly.

"Sorry, dear, I shouldn't blame you..."

Seeing him bow his head first, Marina coldly shook off his hand, her tone even icier.

"Don't touch me."

Ges withdrew his hand sympathetically, with a full smile, trying to soothe his wife's emotions.

However, he didn't know that to someone who didn't love him, his submissiveness and unreasonable apology could only bring the other party's annoyance and make him seem even less appealing.

Marina looked at him, chin raised, suppressing her inner anger, and poured out her long-held complaints all at once.

"Look at yourself, do you have a nobility look at all? Besides the title and land your old man left you, what else do you have? The purebred Highland warhorse you ride like a donkey, can't use a sword, only holding a shabby firearm to show off... even if none of this matters, can't you make a few more friends at banquets? But what's the result? You're almost a clown! We are becoming further and further from the noble circle, Saint Sis above, have you done anything a baron should do?"

Passing pedestrians on the street frequently glanced, and the piercing whispers made Ges feel increasingly oppressed inside.

He even had a feeling that even the seagulls in the sky were mocking him.

"Enough, I know I was wrong, can we talk about this at home?"

Looking at her husband pleading, Marina took a deep breath, calming her emotions down and climbed back into the carriage.

She was ultimately someone who cared about face, couldn't curse shamelessly like the village women of Silver Pine Town.

Moreover, she realized that she wasn't quite right today, usually, she wouldn't act like this.

What exactly was wrong with her?

As the lady calmed down, Ges finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat off his forehead, giving the coachman a warning look, and then got back on the carriage.

"You're right, dear, we are too far from the noble circle... How about this? Let's buy a house at the port of Thunder City, at least in terms of location, we can be a bit closer to high society, and you can host balls and tea parties when there's nothing else."

Marina's eyebrows slightly relaxed, although her face was still stern, it wasn't as stiff as before.

Ges collected himself and called out to the front of the carriage.

"Oriel, why are you sitting there foolishly? Laughing at me? Hurry up, go to the real estate transaction hall!"

"Yes! Yes, Master!"

The steward and coachman sitting at the front of the carriage got startled by the shout, hastily waved the reins, and drove the carriage forward.

The land in Thunder City is all Royal Family land, house transactions are actually quite a troublesome matter. Besides reaching an agreement between the buyer and seller, it originally needed the nod from the Governor's Mansion.

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