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Unlike the north, the south was warm.

Even without me having to do anything, the air was filled with warmth, and crops were growing abundantly everywhere.

I was thinking that it was a strange feeling to come here from a barren and desolate place where all I could see was snow.

The carriage stopped, the coachman hurried out, knocked on the door politely, and spoke.

“Damian, you have arrived.”

After several days of traveling, we were able to reach the Karsaril family.

***

“Demiaan!”

The first person to greet me when I arrived at the mansion was a woman wearing a luxurious dress.

Honestly, I don’t know who it is.

In novels, when describing a villain, they just roughly mention who he or she is related to, and they don’t show a detailed character relationship diagram in the form of an illustration.

‘But considering the fact that he’s talking, that he looks a bit older than Damien, and that they seem very friendly.’

I thought maybe it was Mian’s older sister who was often mentioned in letters.

When I was feeling so unfamiliar with the feeling of someone hugging me and expressing their affection indiscriminately, I was flustered.

Someone next to him starts to laugh and calm Damian’s sister down.

“Sister, if you do that, Damian will suffocate to death.”

“But what should I do when the youngest comes!”

“I told you to calm down.”

The moment he let me go from his arms, the person who seemed to be my older brother carefully hugged me and spoke to me.

“Welcome back. Do you know how sad I was when you just left last time saying you were getting engaged?”

“… Sorry.”

At first, I didn’t know what to say, so I offered an apology. Then, the people who I thought were my older brother and sister (I assume) looked at me in shock.

Then, he starts talking to me while checking my condition by rubbing my face with his palm.

“Now that I think about it, my face seems to have gotten thinner.”

“I’ve definitely heard that the cold in the north is something that people can’t handle.”

“Or is it because of the broken engagement that you are deeply hurt?”

“Of course.”

While I was thinking that the two hands that were crushing my face like rice cake weren’t so bad.

This time, someone who appeared to be Damien’s mother came over and called me from inside.

“Damian. You’ve worked hard. Come in.”

She came to me and patted my back calmly while looking at me.

He speaks to me with a rather sad expression.

“Don’t worry. Even if they are Wintraven, they won’t be able to harm Carsarilga. ”

“… Yes.”

“Then let’s go eat first.”

A family so ideal that it’s hard to tell why Damian went astray.

I nodded, thinking that it was the first time I had felt warmth from another person since I came to this world.

*

The hallway is decorated with such refined luxury that no other word comes to mind than “old-fashioned.”

We walked forward, seeing numerous maids and butlers greeting us politely.

As I follow my family forward, I see fear and confusion spread across their faces.

I couldn’t figure out the exact reason for that expression.

Considering that Damien was called a loser, it was possible to guess that he had done quite a lot before going to the North.

‘I don’t know what I did to make you react like that.’

Compared to the North, it was possible to determine that they were quite skilled workers.

If such servants were not able to properly control their facial expressions, I could vaguely guess that they had done something quite bizarre.

‘I’ll have to ask Lorraine later.’

If you give me a cup of tea, I think I’ll be able to talk it out easily.

If you make up your mind to do so, you can arrive at the restaurant.

I looked at the countless piles of food on the table and let out a small exclamation.

In the North, food culture was not developed due to the harsh environment, so the variety was limited.

This is because the variety of foods available here is incomparable to that in the North.

“Your father said he’d be here soon, so sit down first.”

I nodded, observed the situation for a moment, and then sat down.

The moment I sat down, these people, who were presumed to be my older sister and brother, started asking me all sorts of questions.

“How was the youngest brother? Was it okay?”

“Now that I think about it, your body has changed a lot. You must have trained a lot there? ”

Interest is an expression of concern based on goodwill.

I opened my mouth with an awkward smile, feeling the attention I had never received before, except for Lorraine in the North.

“Yeah, it was okay. I trained a lot. ”

I don’t know how Damian treated his family.

If we think about it based on the letters they exchanged from time to time, we can see that Damian was also good to his family.

Based on this, please answer this question in a friendly manner.

“The youngest… is answering? Oh my god.”

“You’ve grown up so much.”

A completely unexpected answer came back.

‘What have you really been doing?’

Lorraine once told me that the young master was ‘a bit’ spoiled.

If you look at the way the family and employees react, it’s not just a little bit.

While I was thinking that I had no idea what the heck I was doing, the restaurant door slowly opened.

‘…monster?’

He had the refined quality typical of a soldier, having been on the battlefield for a long time.

He was a man who had such a sharp air about him that it was hard to believe he was even human, and you could tell what it felt like to be overwhelmed the moment you saw him.

There was no particular word, but as I looked at him, I immediately realized that this man was Dominic Carsaril, the head of the Carsaril clan.

Dominic Carsaril looks at me indifferently and speaks briefly.

“It’s changed a lot.”

At those words, the mother, older sister, and people who were presumed to be older brothers looked at Gaju in shock.

“Da, what are you saying?”

“What the… Did your father praise the youngest?”

“Huh, huh? That’s right.”

I still don’t understand what the hell is going on.

In order not to show it, I was acting like I was happy but a little embarrassed, and I was scratching my cheek with an awkward smile.

He continued talking while sitting down in the seat provided.

“I thought it would be the same as before, since you said you had only been holding out for a little over a year. But looking at your condition, it seems you have thrown off your arrogant and self-indulgent past and put in a lot of effort. You have had a hard time.”

In the North, I received recognition from someone I never expected to receive, except for Lorraine.

It was a funny fact, but I realized that my efforts were not in vain, so I expressed my sincere gratitude.

“Thank you.”

“There’s no need to thank me. I just properly evaluated your efforts. ”

The moment I heard that, a part of my heart started to hurt strangely.

It was an unfamiliar feeling, but I thought it wasn’t all that bad, so I just nodded with my head down.

*

After finishing the meal, I had a talk with Damien’s mother.

“I have sent an agent to the North, so don’t worry too much, the details of the divorce will come to you soon.”

“Yes.”

They say that in order to officially break off an engagement, you have to go through the process.

Since they were not from a minor noble family, they got engaged from two prestigious families.

He said that it was right to cut it off like flowing water in order to maintain the reputation of the political world and the relationship between the two.

After saying that, Damien’s mother hugged him again and patted his back several times before continuing.

“You’ve worked hard.”

“… … ”

It’s not the warmth I created, it’s the warmth that others created.

Even though I knew that such warmth was directed at Damien and not me, I felt the sense of doubt engraved in me begin to fade.

I smiled calmly, feeling grateful for everything, and she kept repeating that she was all grown up, and then something came to mind and she told me a story with a stern expression.

“I have some bad news. In order to officially break off the engagement, I may have to meet with you again. Is that okay? ”

“Yes.”

Is it because our relationship has become worse than that of others?

I nodded, thinking that I didn’t even feel anything special anymore. She stroked my head and got up from her seat.

“Then go back to your room and get some rest. If you still have energy left, you can eavesdrop on me from outside the room and play with your older sister and brother.”

As I awkwardly smiled at those words and opened the door, I saw my older sister and brother listening intently.

I thought to myself, “This is a fun family in many ways,” and smiled awkwardly.

***

After a quick chat about what had happened in the North, I lay down on the bed for a while and it was morning.

I really wanted to sleep in a little later.

Maybe it was because I still had the habit of waking up early in the morning in the North and heading to the training ground, but I ended up heading to the training ground without even realizing it.

The mansion was so big that I got lost.

As I explored mainly around the outskirts of the mansion, I was able to find the training ground without much difficulty.

“Little Master?”

As I went inside, I noticed Lorraine waving at me.

I heard that he felt that thanks to the car I gave him, he could reach a new level, that is, Sword Master, and that is why he is training hard with me.

“Are you going to spar today too?”

“That’s right.”

“I knew this would happen, so I prepared the supplies in advance. Your Majesty, please prepare the car.”

Come to think of it, I wonder where the kitchen is here.

As there was a high probability that it would be near the restaurant, I was about to head there when I ran into Damian’s brother at the entrance to the training grounds.

“You came here early in the morning to train? That’s great.”

He speaks to me with the most affectionate expression in the world.

I nodded awkwardly and smiled, and he patted my back and smiled back.

“Let’s cheer up together. Oh, and if you need any help, just tell me anytime. I’ll help you. ”

Feeling the warmth on my shoulder, I walked down the hallway, rubbing my shoulder silently to not let go of the ion energy.

Damian’s older sister, who is practicing swordsmanship in the garden, comes into view.

As I stood there blankly for a moment, staring at the beautiful and splendid swordsmanship, a memory that I had briefly forgotten because of the broken engagement came to mind.

[Damian’s real downfall began after his sister was assassinated.]