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As expected, the kitchen was near the restaurant, so it wasn’t too difficult to get there by car.

Of course, it wasn’t difficult, but it wasn’t smooth sailing.

Because every time the cooks and maids saw me, they dropped their plates and broke them.

It wasn’t my fault at all in that incident.

I felt sorry for Damien for tormenting me so much in the past that I tried to help him clean up.

“… Mom, please just save my life… Please save me.”

One of the maids burst into tears and fell face down on me, so I had no choice but to leave her behind and get out of the way.

‘I’m sure Lorraine said she was a little bit jealous…’

No matter how much I think about it, everyone’s reactions are too extreme to say it’s just a little bit.

Something felt strange, so I asked Lorraine, who was waiting for me at the training ground, about it.

“Umm, sir, we’re close, right? You’re not going to give me a car just because I tell you the truth, are you? ”

Lorraine glanced at me, smiled awkwardly, and then told me what Damien had done.

“He would hit people with wooden swords and iron blocks, and he would even push them into a pond after they were hit. Oh! He used to try to feed bugs to one of the maids.”

…something rather shocking suddenly pops out.

I am embarrassed to realize that I have committed such disgusting acts that if this had happened in modern times, it would have been reported as a case of bullying and everyone would have pointed fingers at me.

Suddenly a question arose in my mind.

Why does Damien’s family love him so much, even though he is a total loser?

Damien’s family was all steeped in aristocracy, so it would be understandable if they ignored or looked down on the commoners.

It’s too early to judge since it’s only been a day, but they were quite personable and upright people.

‘Even at a glance, you can tell that all the employees are proud of what they do.’

That doesn’t mean that the family inherited its unique atmosphere.

It is said that Damien’s solo deviation has turned into a wasteful act…

Even though they knew all this, it was difficult to understand that no one in the family tried to fix Damian and left him alone.

‘No… I felt like it was more like I was wrapping it up rather than just leaving it alone.’

Since I didn’t understand this, I asked the child as gently as possible.

Lorraine looked troubled, then told me why.

“I don’t know the details, but I heard that the little master was very sick when he was young. I heard that he started to be overprotective after that. Maybe that’s why? Also, there’s a big age difference, and I think the little master dotes on him because he’s the youngest.”

The moment I heard that, a question naturally came to mind.

Then, how did a child who grew up receiving only love become so ruined?

No matter how much I thought about it, the answer didn’t come, so I shook off my distracting thoughts and picked up the wooden sword.

“… Let’s do some training.”

At my words, Lorraine sighs in relief and clacks her wooden sword.

“Yes. Then, shall we start right away?”

The training regimen that Lorraine and I have been using has been simple.

I continue the duel until I am critically injured, and if it feels dangerous, I replenish my stamina and mental strength with potions and tea.

Because it had a simple structure of repetitive training.

The downside was that too much blood spurted out and turned everything red.

This could be solved by using a magical tool that was given a cleaning spell at the end, so if you just look at the conclusion, it was a training method that had no problems at all.

Of course, it seems like I’m the only one who thinks this way.

The knights in the training ground didn’t seem to think so.

“… Is that right? Are you just trying to kill me? ”

“You really make me read.”

Voices are heard from all over.

In the North, there was a tendency to openly treat me like I didn’t exist, so I didn’t express any feelings, and I didn’t know how other people felt.

Since there were no such people here, we could see that our training was a bit more intense than we thought.

But, since there was nothing better than this for improving one’s skills, I was about to ignore it and continue training.

Someone was screaming at the entrance.

“What, Damien?!”

Damian’s older sister, Lilia Karsaril.

According to Lorraine, she has an elegant and noble personality, and some knights say she is like a saint.

He came to me with a look of astonishment, examined my body, and spoke to me.

“Are you okay? Ma… What the hell is going on with the youngest, Piga, Piga, Lorraine?”

“Ah, that’s… ”

“I entrusted you with Damian’s protection, but what if you end up beating Damian instead!”

“I’m sorry… I have nothing to say even if I had ten mouths.”

Lorraine did nothing wrong.

Lorraine initially hated this training because she thought it was too cruel.

So I quickly added something before poor Lorraine got a full scolding from Sister Lillian.

“I did this because I wanted to, so you don’t have to worry about it… ”

“You stay still, what did you do to get in the way?”

“… ?”

“No, you came here too. How can you act like that without knowing how to take care of yourself? Do you know how sad your family would be if you were sick? ”

I looked around and asked Lorraine for help.

Lorraine just nods with a dumbfounded expression.

Looking at Lorraine like that, I thought to myself, “It’s been a long time since I’ve written this,” and then lowered my gaze.

‘From now on, it would be better to have our sparring somewhere else.’

He decided to do it in a remote area where people don’t come often, if possible, and added that he wanted Lorraine to reflect on her actions.

*

After Lilian’s nagging was over, I served tea to everyone in the training grounds.

In the North, it was impossible to share tea because everyone ignored me and didn’t even take a sip.

Here, everyone, regardless of gender, accepted the tea politely and drank it.

At first, the reaction wasn’t that strong.

As everyone drank a cup of tea, there were exclamations of astonishment and comments about the tea.

“Wow, this is so effective! It feels like all the fatigue that has built up is disappearing!”

“What the hell are you talking about… Oh my, Master, I didn’t say that to you, Master, I said that to this guy. Yeah, yeah,… Huh? What is this? Huh? ”

“These days, even if I take elixir, my fatigue doesn’t go away, but when I take this, all my fatigue goes away?”

When I think back to how Lorraine usually reacts to me, I can kind of understand why they like me so much.

I was smiling slightly as I saw everyone liking it, and my brother came up to me and started praising it.

“Where did you learn this? It’s amazing. It’s so delicious and relieves fatigue. ”

“I just found out while doing this and that.”

“Really? That’s awesome.”

By the way, among those who drank tea, the one who particularly liked tea was Lillian.

He seemed to have been suffering from a bad headache recently, and he praised me by saying that the moment he drank the tea, all his headaches disappeared.

“Thanks to the youngest, my older sister is having a good time. My older sister is not the type of person who normally cries…but I think she’s going to cry.”

I didn’t know how to react so I just smiled awkwardly.

Sister Lilian forcibly hugged me and stroked my head while talking to me.

“Come here, I’ll hug you. Okay.”

Since we are about 6 years apart, it seems like it is inevitable that he treats me like a baby.

It wasn’t a bad thing, but I couldn’t help feeling embarrassed, so I got out of there and Lilian looked at me with a look of sadness on her face.

“Are you saying you’re all grown up now?”

“… … ”

I was troubled, deciding to only give him the tip of my tongue.

‘What is the reason why Sister Lilian was assassinated?’

She is not the type of person who makes enemies because she does not have a sharp personality, and she is not an ordinary young lady. She is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Karsaril, who has the most influence in central politics.

In other words, there was no need to take such a huge risk by going as far as assassinating someone.

However, I was deeply troubled because I could not figure out the reason for the assassination.

‘An investigation is needed.’

And it was right for the investigation to begin with Lilian.

I asked Lilian, who was still stroking me.

“Are you having a hard time or have any problems?”

“Huh? Oh… I had a really bad headache recently. I drank the tea the youngest gave me and it was resolved. ”

A headache. I nodded, thinking that maybe this was related to the assassination.

*

Assassination is basically something that is carried out without the person involved knowing.

After talking with Lilian and extracting some information, I immediately left and started walking around the mansion.

‘Maybe I can get some information out of it.’

After forcibly dragging Lorraine in.

To familiarize yourself with the inside of the mansion, search around the inside thoroughly and check out unused rooms.

I was troubled because I searched everywhere but couldn’t find any useful information.

‘If only I had known exactly when it was going to happen, I think I would have figured it out.’

Because in most novels, the villain’s past is not explained in detail.

Unfortunately, I don’t know any detailed information about that.

I just know that…

Around the middle of the novel, a long time after Sister Lilian was assassinated.

The main character Dale visits Karsaril’s territory, discovers ‘black magic’, and detonates it.

‘Wait a minute, black magic?’

When I think about it, it’s strange.

Is there any need for the Karsaril family, who lack nothing, to resort to black magic?

‘There isn’t. Even if there is, it can be replaced with something else.’

But why is black magic coming out?

The moment you realize this, you feel like something is wrong.

‘We need to find out right away.’

I told Lorraine, who was following me, to get ready to go out, and then I took the spirit out of my arms.

“Wow!”

The spirit felt good that I called it, and it rubbed its face on my palm and acted cute.

I stroked the spirit’s head and walked away.

‘The Sun Spirit hated black magic.’

In other words, it meant that he strongly disliked even the slightest trace or remnant of black magic.

So I decided that I could definitely get some results if I borrowed the power of the spirits and explored the surroundings, so I went outside and this is what I found.

It was the remnants of black magic that spread throughout the city.