Married Couple Issue

"What do you want to know, Lucia?"

Elder Marion came to my room, the one in the tallest tower of the castle. Of course, it had to be renovated and fully furnished again because of… anyway, the servants had already some furniture prepared. How embarrassing.

"That… *cough*" I wanted to ask something and I wanted an answer quickly but at the same time I was a bit embarrassed to ask. "I want to know more about the Nerum clan…"

"Oh," Elder Marion nodded with an innocent expression, however, she frowned a little. "Didn't that old man inside your head teach you everything?"

"That… that is not it, he is in seclusion right now… and I can't ask him this."

"What is it?" she raised a brow in interest.

How can I ask her this? Will she know? Will she laugh at me?