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“ Please sit down and enjoy . “ said Damon .

They all sat down as the servants started to serve the food . Lion noticed the look on Daphne’s face when she saw the duke . They had to sit down so fast that he didn’t even get the chance to ask her what she meant when she called him creep but he would certainly ask her later about it . When they sat down and started to eat , Lion noticed the shrimps and smiled . He immediately started to peel them cause he knew just how much Daphne liked them . She was surprised when he gave her the peeled shrimps and smiled .

“ Thank you . “ said Daphne with her cheeks blushing a little .

“ My pleasure ! “ said Lion smiling .

His handsome smile and calm face relaxed Daphne . Damon noticed how sweetly she looked at Lion and clenched his fists .

“ It’s rare to see a man with such polite manners and caring attitude towards his female friend . Even peeling the shrimps for the lady .“ said Damon looking at them .

Daria smiled as she noticed Damon’s annoyed feeling in her .

“ Oh brother ! Leave the couple to chat alone in peace , will you . Otherwise they will feel shy . “ said Daria with a polite smile .

In reality , she just wanted to annoy and tease him . Damon stared at Lion’s hand touching her shoulder annoyed at their closeness .

As soon as he noticed the duke looking at Daphne , he didn’t waste the chance to start a chat with him .

“ Daphne Calciano is our best student . She and Lion will be working together on the datas that will be used to solidify the glorious story of the Nigrescent family . I have been teaching Daphne since the first year and she has been extremely helpful to me .  She is more like my assistant than my student . That’s just how capable she is at organising a lot of datas in a short period of time . “ said the professor proudly .

“ Looks like miss Daphne is a diamond in the rough . Don’t you agree brother ? “ said Daria smiling as she enjoyed her nervous look .

“ Since the professor has praised her so much , I will personally check your report once it is finished . If it pleases me , I will give you a reward as a token of appreciation for your hard work . “ said Damon with a polite smile .

‘ ….Can I refuse ? ‘ thought Daphne to herself as she tried to chose the right words to turn him down .

“ The same goes to you , professor . You taught her so it is natural that you also have your fair share of reward . “ said Damon .

“ Really ?! “ asked the professor surprised .

“ Yes ! if she pleases me , I will trust your teaching abilities and give you the position of vice headmaster of the imperial rose academy . “ said Damon .

“ Of course she will do it perfectly and present it to you . I am sure that you will be very satisfied your highness .  “ said the professor excited .

None of the students had seen him like that before so it came quite as a shock to them .

“ No , I…. “ said Daphne ready to refuse to the professor laughed lightly and turned towards her .

“ Daphne you are young . You have your whole life ahead of you and will climb higher and higher . I am a professor who has worked hard in life with not much success . This might be the chance of my life and it all depends on one single assignment from you . I promise you , I won’t give you any homework , nor will you receive any homework in five other subjects . You don’t need to study anymore . I will grade everything you do with the highest grade . Just please ! Please accept this ! Please !!!! “ said the professor with his eyes watering .

She could clearly feel the desperation throughout his whole face and eyes , staring at her like a lost puppy .

‘ To think that he is the most serious and strict professor at our school….is truly hard to believe it seeng him in this state . ‘ thought Daphne .

“ Fine ! I agree . “ said Daphne realising it was impossible for her to refuse seeing her professor’s pitiful expression suddenly filling with joy like a child .

“ Perfect ! I must warn you though that I am quite picky . “ said Damon .

“ Indeed ! It is quite challenge . Rarely anything catches his eyes easily . Both in work and in people . “ said Daria with a smirk .

Daphne didn’t want to get involved with him  anymore but she couldn’t stand to lose .

“ Don’t worry your highness ! I am used to challenges . “ said Daphne .

Daphne was having difficulties keeping her fake smile but still managed to pull through . The only slight happiness and comfort she could find was on the delicious food and the creamy caramel dessert .

After finishing the dinner , the others bowed their head respectful , especially the professor to Damon and Daria nodded smiled . The professor had something to discuss with Lion and the others went back to their own rooms . Damon and Daphne looked at each other until he went out of the dinning hall with Daria .

“ Hey ! “ said Ana when they went out , holding Daphne’s shoulder .

“ What ? “ asked Daphne .

“ Aside from the fact that both of them are breathtaking , I noticed that the duke kept looking at you . Anything you gotta share ? “ said Ana looking at her with a devilish smirk .

The time when she was so close to his face as he held her in his arms when’s he fell from the stairs at the library came to mind making her flustered .

“ ….T…Tomorrow ! “ said Daphne .

Without waiting any second she ran away from her as she didn’t know how to explain it to her .

“ Tck……That girl ! I was just joking a little yet she thought it was  . How can the duke have any interest in ordinary people like us ?! “ said Ana sighting raising her shoulders helplessly as she headed back to her room .

As she walked on the corridor to her room , she found the silence quite unusual  because she was used to living in a noisy home . The thought alone made her think about her family and her home .

‘ I suddenly miss home . ‘ thought Daphne to herself as she looked at the view from the windows while walking .

The corridor was dark and lightly illuminated by the bright light of the moon . She felt a hand touch her shoulder , startling her because he knew the others had already returned to their chambers .

“ Are you so easily scared every time ? You must be a scary cat . “ said Damon with a smirk when he saw her .

Daphne sighed as she tried to calm down her heartbeat when she saw it was him .

“ I would appreciate it if you didn’t appear out of nowhere like a ghost anymore . “ said Daphne trying to calm herself down .

“ Do you still think of me as a ghost now that everyone has seen me and spoken to me ? “ asked Damon .

“ …Let’s just pleased forget that ever happened . I would also like to apologise about it .“ said Daphne feeling embarrassed as she realised how foolish it was to mistake him for a ghost .

“ I don’t blame you . I really do look like my ancestor a lot . “ said Damon .

“ ….You look so identical that is slightly frightening . “ said Daphne .

“ I can’t really argue about that . “ said Damon .

Daphne took a deep breath and looked at him . Even if she didn’t want to bring up the embarrassing moments , she knew she had to apologise .

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