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Chapter 25

Exchanges and disagreements

In York dinner would have been a pleasant affair were it not for the fact that Marie was exceedingly friendly and eager to please, Darcy who watched as she sat down in the mistress's seat and at an opportune moment said

-I had not noticed in my previous visits that it was a custom here to sit anywhere

Lady Margot consciously said- It is not a tradition nephew, we are occupying the positions that will correspond to each one in the next

-Yes, so how is it that Marie is in the position of mistress when she is not even my fiancée?

-You must repair that then- said Lady Margot without flinching.

- I have nothing to repair my lady, I am very clear about who will be my mistress and it will not be Marie-

Marie turned like beets and was about to cry at such a rudeness, but she was a fairy, so with the help of magic she quickly repaired her face and looked at her mother who was surprised by how direct Darcy was, Lady Margot looked He signed Darcy and said - The obligation is first with your family, your Darcy family -

The cold became intense and the crystals vibrated as Darcy's annoyance grew, who firmly said — I will be clear as with Lady Catherine, at no time have I tried or approached my cousins with matrimonial intentions, I will not enter into a marriage for position and power, I have more than enough and delegating to each a part I still have enough position and power to manage, each of them must make their own way

-You can't be serious– said Lady Margot, whose hair glowed with anger and looked like it was going to burn at any moment.

-Yes I am my lady, you can travel to London the season will show more than eligible gentlemen and given your magnificent person you will rather have to choose-

-Your obligation is with that house, you must ensure its future- the fire was fanned by Lady Margot's annoyance

-And I will, as well as with the other house that is in my charge today, but I won't marry any of my cousins for it— Darcy moved his hand, controlled the fire and calmed the vibrations of the crystals, opened his hand and even when the atmosphere calmed down, it was tense.

No one else said anything and dinner ended, as soon as the brothers fulfilled what was necessary and left early, the situation was not so different from what happened at the Fitzwilliam house, which made this exhausting trip for Darcy

The next day Lady Margot burst into the office where Darcy was meeting with Eldar without announcement and ordered the latter to retire.

-Well Darcy, it's time for us to talk, what do you plan to do with properties? The lands near Nothigham are still important, now that country is becoming very industrial and well, you know, people are trying to work more in those areas of commerce more than on land…

The castles, despite the fact that my father tried to maintain them, have been in decline, the farms work, but the rest have been lost. We are in this castle because it is the best and also allows us to maintain the output of wool, however, the last thing father had planned was to invest in the machines.

Darcy breathed –Lady Margot, I know that for years you were attentive to the management of the land, however, for some time you know that I have been working with my great-uncle, I can tell you that I do not plan to cede land if that is what worries you.. .. I plan to continue maintaining the breeding market, but the investment plan for the machines and the factory for processing it is already underway.

Lady Margot was silent but did not like Darcy's words

-If your daughters get married soon, you know very well that the gentlemen have to take the name of the house to succeed like their children, otherwise they will only go with the dowry and some property may be bequeathed to them in the future, your main concern my Lady is to find a husband for them, it is worth telling you that as the only male Darcy if something happens to me you and Georgiana will inherit property, but the house is extinguished and the estate mostly returns to the Royal domain-

-You too should get married then- said Lady Margot

-Yes I will, I hope that by this time next year my heir will be on the way-

-Did you have chosen?-

-Yes – he had done it but had been rejected, but no one needed to know.

-You really know that you will not find anyone like Marie, she has pure ancestry, she is an excellent lady, and a genuine Darcy, her descendants will guarantee the house-

-My girlfriend is too– Darcy said, surely he didn't like to lie, but it was necessary.

- Girlfriend!, not Fiancee….. and who is she? Why an engagement and not a commitment?

-As you know I won't reveal his name, and it's simple we decided to get to know each other better-

Lady Margot suspect that there was a background here — Well, if this is the case then, we will participate in the season with you and we will meet the lady-

-I don't need more approval than that of the lady and her father, it seems good to me that you participate in the season, you will give your daughters opportunities, but we will meet in London unless they want to go through Pemberly before-

-We will consider-

Lady Margot left the room still upset, she had dominated everything for the last 20 years since her husband's death, she had dedicated herself to supporting her father in the coarse administration of the Darcy household, she was also an excellent Fairy, she knew a lot of spells and she didn't like that Darcy didn't allow her to stay in command…

Darcy was young and had his own ideas, because he couldn't be her son... her late husband had given up his own house and made himself Darcy, but nothing helped.

Margot knew that this would happen when she saw that her cousin George had been blessed with Hilmen children, she tried several times but was unable to conceive more than her 2 daughters, she had thought about remarrying, she would have done it if she found her irisurt, but she couldn´t.

There was no way out, Marie then had to marry Darcy, she had rivaled Lady Catherine in recent years for monopolizing the young man, it was evident that Catherine had not managed to tie him to Anne, but she would continue trying for Marie, a courtship would not prevent Marie from being the new Mrs. Darcy... determined she spoke to her daughter and told her that she had to use everything to get married with Darcy, men had weaknesses she had to get Darcy's.

In Longbourn the change was in the air, she walked slightly, breathed, the decision was made, she still couldn't understand it but she would follow her husband's guide and therefore it was time to talk about it, she knocked on the door softly...

-Come in- said his second daughter softly.

One more breath and she enter –- Lizzie we can talk for a moment-

This was really strange, her mother looked worried, and they almost never spoke-Of course mother-

She gently unwrapped two very old books, which made Elizabeth even more curious. She took a seat next to her daughter and said– Well, first I want you to understand that it wasn't selfish on my part….

Elizabeth - It's okay mother-

-Girl, I know that perhaps we have never really understood each other… but even today I don't know how I should deal with all this that you are… that we are…

Elizabeth's eyes widened.

-You see, my parents had no qualities and neither did their parents, but my maternal great-grandmother did have…..she was not only surprisingly beautiful but she could feel, move, change things…..this was her medallion- Fanny touched her medallion

Elizabeth looked at her in surprise.

-Your father says that it's an ancient magic blocker, you know how all of me and some of his daughters could be-

Elizabeth nodded

-Really even today I do not understand all this well…. After you were attacked a couple of months ago I remembered all the words... never let them notice it, don't let them know it, keep it inside you but remember that you are more than beauty... a breath, some tears….

….I remain guarded, very guarded so much that I forgot it…. His son, great-grandfather James, his granddaughter who was my grandmother Margot, and my mother Eulice, they were all surprisingly handsome but none of them ever spoke to me about any of this, your Uncle Gardiner and Aunt Phillips, like me, inherited the Peerless Beauty of the family but only I have the sign, only I can make things change or transform you see….- Fanny passed her hand over the objects and they changed shape

Elizabeth looked at her mother with new eyes

–Dear, i have many years of suppression made me not do it, seeing that your father also hid who he was, I never let him see anything about me….There was some reason to keep it, I saw how he controlled yours for that I was lease interest in learning anything about, it's a world unknown to me, and if it weren't for the fact that Lydia took the medallion from me, I wouldn't even have discussed it with your father, I showed him these, he already checked them and he told me that I will give them to you-

Fanny gently leafed through the books, they were in a Celtic language and Elizabeth notice that it was a kind of diary, there were many annotations, the person who wrote it learned to manage his skills

-I don't know if it was from an ancestor older than the great-great-grandmother, I just know that it was someone else like you, I don't even understand it-

-Mother-

-Lizzie, I can't explain it but it will be more useful to you, after talking with your father we both understood that we have lived hiding who we are for fear of others, we learned to hide ourselves and live in an ordinary way, but we cannot hide the magical nature of you that they are even superior to ours, I have to learn with you to live accepting who we are and that is not easy for me-

-I understand mother-

Fanny gave a slightly sad smile - I just hope you'll forgive me for not knowing how to handle your qualities-

-Don't do that mother-

They both embraced each other and accepted their limitations and realities... As the days went by, Elizabeth and Mary carefully reviewed the books and saw that it was indeed ancient magic, rather than a detail of recipes, it was proof of them, indeed It was a diary of someone who at one point learned not to show herself Melusine, but to use her powers and the elements that nature had, they understood the use of the medallion were magic-inhibiting stones or they absorbed it, but they did not indicate where they came from ….