That sentence struck Ophelia,slightly. ‘A true Agnes?’ She thought. It might be just a sentence said by an elated mother or might be a foreshadow of what’s to come. 

The duke chuckled after seeing Ophelia in deep thought and stood in front of her. It seemed he knew what she was thinking about from just her expression.

“ Let’s get you off the floor, Oph” He said as she picked Ophelia up from the ground and carried her.

“Don’t worry, your mother is just happy that Lia (Aurelia) inherited the family powers. You’ll get your powers soon too” He said, as walked back inside the manor,carrying Ophelia in his arms.

“What if I don’t get them?” The eight year old Ophelia asked with a serious expression. Her father looked at her,raising his eyes slightly as he was amused that an 8 year old carefree child would ask that question.

“Well, you’ll be my research subject then” He joked, getting a side-eye from his kid.

The duke laughed after seeing his kid side-eye him.

“Alright,alright,It was a joke. Well, it’s not possible that you won’t have *any* powers. There’s been no such case until now” He replied,getting serious as he thought about the possibility.

“But what if  I don’t get any powers?” Ophelia asked again.

“You’ll get them, you needn’t worry. There’s no one with getting no powers in both  your mother’s and my family” He replied as he sat her down on one of his couches in his study room.

“Your mother probably took Aurelia to buy new dresses for the banquet,why don’t you help yourself with the books in my bookshelf as usual? I’ll complete my work by then” Her father said as he walked across the other end of the room to sit at his desk and do his work.