Benjamin and Nicholas started crying even harder the moment they saw their mommy and daddy return, clutching Ignatius Leclair's neck tightly and refusing to let go.
After Delphine managed to calm the two children and took them to wash their faces, Ignatius finally noticed the old man and spoke leisurely, "The Howard Family just said that the old lady got so furious she fell ill and is now bedridden, even the dean of the Military District General Hospital was startled."
The old man's flushed face was agitated. Despite his age, overwhelmed by jealousy and longing for his great-grandchildren, he went to the Imperial City to argue with someone—and even managed to make them sick in the process.
"I was just going to bring Nicholas and Benjamin back. I didn't say anything," the old man muttered defensively, sounding like a guilty schoolboy.
