episode_0041

For the past few days, I have been smashing wooden dolls at the training ground to vent my anger. When I was young, I trained by smashing iron ore, but now I guess I’ll be satisfied with this.

Still, moving my body like this reminded me of the times we trained together, and even if it was just a little bit, my anger was washed away.

Those days when I had to sweat and undergo all kinds of inhumane training under my damn father… Now that I think about it, I don’t think I really miss it.

If we got caught while skipping training, my father would just grab us, jump high in the sky, and then fall down, hitting our faces on the ground. Miraculously, he didn’t die or get seriously injured, but the pain was still the same.

Even if you secretly leave the designated location, if you secretly eat a snack, if you secretly break the wheel of your father’s carriage, or if you secretly poison your father’s meal, you get caught. My father grabbed us and jumped high into the sky.

Now that I think about it, I think I flew up an average of 4 times every day.

After recalling those memories, I ran straight to my brother’s office and kicked down the locked door.

“… Hey. Where has your father gone?”

“It is unusual for you to find that writer.”

“I feel like I want to do something immoral.”

I wasn’t the only one who wanted to kill my father. Asher and Penelope also declared that they would kill him if they saw the opportunity.

Even Raoul’s hands began to tremble, occasionally adjusting his cane when talking about his father. My hands were shaking not because of anxiety, but because of murderous intent.

Of course, even the dead woman sharpened her weapon on the battlefield and held on to the day she would kill my father.

“As you know, that commander is wandering around the empire like a mercenary. I was always in a state of despair and left everything behind.”

It was a miracle in itself that those trashy humans raised us and fought in the war in the first place.

“Hasn’t it been like that ever since I was abandoned by my mother? It is past time to be surprised at the writer’s shallow behavior.”

“When your father comes later, do you want to stab him together?”

“… I am against it. If blood flows out after being stabbed, cleaning up after it becomes a hassle. Wouldn’t it be more efficient to poison them and then drop them in the sea?”

“It’s more merciless than it looks.”

“And please clean up the smashed door as well. A guest will arrive soon.”

“Customer?”

Because of his unique and nasty temperament, his brother had no friends, let alone women, around him. Being a guest to my brother like that meant that a passing dog would freeze to death while eating the grass.

“You don’t have any friends.”

“… Her Majesty the Empress and the new head of the Bergé family.”

“Penelope said she often collaborated with you, but why is that kid? You’re not really horny for that kid, are you?”

“Do not judge my actions with the eyes of an animal. It’s just that the new head of the Bergé family asked us for guidance.”

Clearly, this man and Penelope were geniuses.

Penelope was excellent at understanding the overall situation based on fragmentary information, and her brother was excellent at understanding and managing people and managing supplies and money.

To put it simply, Penelope was excellent in external affairs and politics, while her brother was excellent in personnel and internal affairs.

“That idiot said he really wanted to learn…?”

“Okay. He came directly and bowed his head to ask me a favor. I tried to refuse, but I guess she’s the man’s sister. I accepted it because I saw the side of the person who saved the country.”

“So you are giving lessons here with Penelope? Are you so busy that you don’t even have time to sleep?”

No, there was no way that people who were busy right after the war and were eating things like sandwiches and peanuts would be able to teach that idiot.

In particular, in the case of my brother, he was doing his best to recover from the damage of the war, sleeping about 4 hours a day.

“… Sleep time and rest time were only slightly reduced.”

“It’s a waste of time. What does that idiot know…?”

“Your memorization skills are excellent. It’s on the same level as me. In terms of application, it may be similar to crayfish or octopus. Nevertheless, there is one column.”

There is enthusiasm… huh?

Then that will be enough. Because there is nothing more important than enthusiasm. Because we too endured our father’s inhumane training with that alone.

Even though Penelope is a bit strict and her brother is a bit indifferent, if they have enthusiasm, they will be able to overcome it.

30 minutes later.

I think I should retract my statement that enthusiasm would be enough.

Liesel’s face, which had been bright just a moment ago when she greeted me, began to become increasingly dark. To exaggerate a little, his expression was the same as Raoul’s usual expression.

The cause was clearly those two people teaching Liesel how to do things.

“Hey? It’s simple, right? If you learn one thing, you only know one thing? I teach you one, and you have to figure out the other two yourself. Last time, I didn’t bring an escort with me and I almost fell, and you got shit kicked in the head? Have you had your head full of shit since you were born? Or did you take the cap off the head, take out the brain, and fill it with shit just to make us feel like shit? Hey, tell me which one is it.”

“I just memorized what was told to me. can not understand. This is something you can figure out with just a little bit of thinking. In math, it’s the same as learning a formula and applying it to other numbers. Please tell me what the problem is, is it lack of understanding? If the brain is working properly, it can also recognize this problem. This is a document that only slightly improves what was taught last week. This level of application is essential because the documents required for work are all different. If you can’t do that…”

“I was wrong… I was wrong…”

I thought about taking their side, but since I’m so bad at that kind of thing, I was sure I’d get scolded by those two for sticking my nose in it.

I never thought I would say this, but for the first time, I felt sorry for Liesel. Hearing the swear words while sandwiched between those two was absolutely horrendous.

Usually, being caught between a handsome man or a beautiful woman is called a flower in both hands, but that was not a flower in both hands, but a flame in both hands.

It’s pitiful, but… drinking while looking at that sight couldn’t have been that sweet. It felt like a decade-old congestion was going away.

After a period of time that was short for us but seemed like a thousand years to Liesel, the short break came.

Even though it was break time, all I could do was enjoy some black tea and sweet snacks. Of course, even this may be a luxury that no one can even dream of.

“Oh, I like pouring alcohol into my tea, so can you bring it for me?”

That bitch… No, Penelope was planning to pour three drops of black tea full of alcohol and insist that it was black tea.

If it was black tea, I was going to put a few drops of water in my drink and insist that it was water.

“Well, I think the tea leaves are different because the Duke family is wealthy. The scent is profound and deep.”

“…You must be drinking well today, crazy bitch.”

“Camilla, what did you say just now?”

“No, ugh… I’d rather die than get sick.”

It wasn’t normal to stay sane among these people who had major mental problems.

“By the way, you kid.”

I remembered meeting this little boy’s mother a few days ago and decided to think about it.

“Your mother, isn’t she doing well lately?”

“Well… you seemed a little upset after your recent outing. But other than that, there was nothing special.”

Apparently, Ratri, the mother of these two, called Rosie, Raoul’s fiancée, a wicked woman.

No matter what their relationship may have been like before, she was not a woman who would curse like that for no reason.

I don’t know what happened, but it’s probably not normal.

“Camilla, are you doing what you think right now? Instead of knocking on the stone bridge, you break it all and swim away?”

“It’s a rare occurrence. I can’t believe you’re thinking.”

“Shut up before I kill you both.”

And at the end, Rosie mentioned something about the anniversary of Raoul’s father’s death.

… When I thought about it, the clues were overwhelmingly lacking. How can you know anything with just this?

If they were just planning a strange plan, it would be a matter of leaving both of them half-dead. Even if that lady didn’t know, whipping that little boy was no big deal.

But even before the break was over, I found out what Rosie’s plan was. And in its worst form.

The person who announced the start was the Bergé family’s butler who rushed into the office.

It was an uncharacteristic behavior for someone who values etiquette, and he announced the sad news in an urgent voice without even taking a deep breath.

“Ah, lady, it’s a big deal! Rumors about the previous head of the family spread throughout the capital…!”

“Why my deceased father!”

“Uh, a woman is claiming that she gave birth to a child after being gang-raped by him…! He also said that his son, the previous head of the family, threatened him and put pressure on him to hide the fact…!”

At that story, Liesel dropped the teacup she was holding.

“No… My father and brother couldn’t have…!”

“Okay. He can’t do that.”

The person who interrupted the conversation was none other than my older brother, who was like Wall Changho.

“Because the dead Count Bergé is not that kind of man. Considering his behavior and past, I have no choice but to deny it even more. Raoul is also not the type of man to put pressure on something like that. Because murder is easier than pressure in the first place.”

“Yeah, that’s right. My father and brother couldn’t do that…”

“I guess this is someone’s trap.”

Given the circumstances and symptoms, there was only one person who could commit such an act.

” This bitch will cut you to pieces…!”