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"My lady please close your eyes" Meleis said having a bucket of water on her hands "Okay!" Leonia complied closing her eyes and her hands on her face covering.

Meleis pouring the bucket of water gently on Leonia "My lady don't worry about the bruises at you age a little rest and some good food can heal anything" before grabbing a soup cloth and brushing it gently on her back "My younger brother gets hurt a lot too, so I have some medicine that helps with healing and her duchess haves some too I'll put some on after we're done washing" smiling at her

Leonia look at her smiling "You have a younger brother? Does miss gets hurt often? Do Mister hurt her" She ask clenching her fist

Meleis sweat drop "I have a younger brother he's a ball of trouble so he goes around and gets hurt a lot and Her duchess gets hurt sometimes for dancing too much and his Duke doesn't hurt her duchess the Duke love his Duchess very much" she said washing Leonia's back 'Well maybe he does hurt her back and legs' remembering the past were her duchess had hurten her back and couldn't walk for a day, the duke was only smirking at them ,Meleis shuddered at the thought.

After Leonia's bath she's dressed in a comfortable clothes "Surprise~!" Leonia shouted happily her arms in the air

Philio look at Leonia blankly his arm crossed while Celena look at her smiling ,her baby is so cute with all her clean up with new clothes "You're look pretty baby".

"Thank you miss ,It smells so nice! I've never smelled something like this before~" her hands on her cheek while happily smiling "You're still pretty ugly" Philio said making her smiled fallen turn into an irk expression "AND DID YOU HELP WITH THAT ALL!?!?" She yelled at him kicking the air.

Celena elbowed her husband in his waist but the man couldn't feel his wife jabbing him.

Meleis shock while Celena look at them smiling what a great bonding they have, she grabbed Leonia in her arms while they argued "Oh? I didn't have anything to do with that, but you're our daughter now, so i should worry about it all the same," he responded.

"JUST LIVE WITH IT*! THIS IS YOUR FUTURE RIGHT MIISS?"

"Yes" Celena said humming a lullaby with all the chaos around her daughter and her husband

"I've never just 'lived' with something in my life" he said sitting while his wife carefully place Leonia to the chair before sitting "THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO RAISE A CHILD!".

The people are speechless even Meleis, Meleis looked at them eating happily with all the bickering aside, smiled.

After the splendid dinner.

Leonia yawned her eyes feels like dropping after a long day she really like to sleep before she can go to the room she fallen asleep on the couch.

Celena who finish drying her hair looked for Leonia she look at the dining area "Baby" but she wasn't there she proceed to look Leonia in the room "Baby" but she wasn't there panicking her heart beating fast and her palm sweating even she just taken a shower 'no no no no' she try to calm down but the the thought of her gone made her scared, i still hasn't look at the living room.

Opening the door to the living room she called "Baby" she said but no answer.

Her heart had calmed down seeing Leonia sleeping on the couch a bit shivering from the coldness of the room ,she grabbed her daughter in her arms careful to not wake her up.

She walk quietly to Leonia's room before putting her in bed, Celena slept by her side hugging her.

"Dame Levipath do you know where my wife is?" He ask don't tell me she.

"You grace she is on Leonia's room" she answer she could see the worried in his eye after the tragedy their duchess wasn't that the same anymore.

Philio open's Leonia's room ,his eyes seen his wife and his adopted daughter sleeping peacefully together, he's eyebrow furrowed his wife supposed to sleep with him not with their daughter but it seem he'll let it slide.

For now.

Closing the door he went in the living room, sitting on a chair as Meleis speak.

"The abuse seemed pretty serious. According to the lady ,the beating took place continually over long periods of time" she said looking as she is worried about Leonia "I was surprised because she was small for her age ,But it looks like they didn't feed her properly as well" she continued.

Philio think for a second his hand on his cheek "Dame Levipath" he calls for her.

"Yes, your grace" she answer.

"Anyone who dared to touch the children will be brought to the dukedom. I'll torture them myself." he stated his eyed glowed.

A gift to you before Christmas hahahaha
Merry Christmas