episode_0069

Katlena wailing loudly in front of him.

Elios felt embarrassed at this side of her that he had never seen before and asked her.

“Why… why are you doing that? What the hell is going on?”

“I’m scared.. I’m..so scared, sis… ”

“… .”

Catlena, crying sadly and expressing her fear as if the world was ending.

At this, Eleos remained silent for a moment, patting his younger brother’s back with a slightly awkward feeling.

I had some questions, but I would have to wait until Katlena calmed down a bit before I could hear the story.

For now, the priority was to wait until my younger brother calmed down.

“Hipp…Hipp…Sob…”

After some time had passed like that.

Katlena began to stop crying sooner than expected. Elios looked at his younger brother cautiously and asked in a quiet voice.

“Are you feeling a little better?”

“Sniff.. Yes… A little.. But.. I’m still scared..”

“So? Then can you tell me what’s so scary?”

“Oh, uh… So… I just heard a really scary story from my dad…”

“Father? There’s no way…”

Elios was quite shocked to hear that his father was the one who made his younger brother like this.

Even though he wasn’t a person who liked himself that much, wasn’t his father someone who would die for his youngest sister, Katlena?

Elios began to feel quite puzzled by the fact that such a father could make Katlena cry, and then she asked Katlena in a calm tone.

“Tell me, what on earth did your father say that made you do that?”

“Oh my… That’s… Oh my… Oh my… Father… Father to Katlena… Oh my…”

The next moment, Katlena is once again crying in fear, her cries getting louder.

Then Elios began to calmly comfort his younger brother once again.

“Calm down and talk. No matter how bad the story is, it’s okay. As your older sister, I’ll listen to you as much as you want.”

If Katlena, who usually showed a bright appearance, reacted to this extent, it was definitely not an ordinary story.

I don’t know for sure, but it must have been a really horrible story for this kid.

Although Elios wasn’t used to it, she still felt like seeing her younger sister’s face as an older sister.

I looked straight into Katlena’s face, but Katlena still looked away, perhaps out of fear, and began to open her mouth with great difficulty.

“Ah..Father. Said.. He said.. He would give his position to Katlena.. and told me..to do the work in my sister’s place… ”

“!… What..what..you said?”

I was making up my mind.

However, words that far surpassed that determination came out of Katlena’s mouth, and even Elios was unable to say anything more.

The father’s words that he would appoint his youngest brother as his successor.

This was enough to be quite a shock to Elios, who had always maintained his cool.

Growing up to this age, I hardly ever expected anything like my father’s love.

But no matter what, she still had the belief that the title of Duke would be left to her as the eldest daughter according to natural law.

Her father had so cleanly disappoint her with this last expectation.

But before she could even realize it, her eyes caught sight of her younger brother sitting on the floor, trembling with fear.

“I… don’t like it… things like that… things like the peacock seat… My sister suits those things better… That’s why I told Dad that I didn’t like it… And on top of that… My mom and dad even fought because of that… This… Now that I’m finally on good terms with my sister… Fighting like that… Katlena… Katlena… ”

“… ”

My younger brother, sitting there trembling with fear and talking incoherently, says everything he wants to say.

Hearing this, Elios could tell exactly what had happened just now… and how shocked his brother had been because of it.

‘Father wanted to give the title of duke to Katlena.. Mother opposed this and argued with Father. And.. Katlena rejected Father’s offer and ran straight to me..’

After that, I had a rough idea of the situation in my head.

Elios slowly hugged his brother’s body, who was trembling with fear and not knowing what to do.

“It’s okay.. You don’t have to be afraid anymore. I will make sure that what Katlena is afraid of never happens again.”

“I… Really? Really… I don’t have to be the Duke of Katlena?”

“Then. You don’t have to force yourself to do something you don’t want to do. My sister will help you, so don’t worry too much.”

Elios says that with a slight smile on his lips.

Seeing this, Katlena showed a deep sense of relief and hugged Elios’ body tightly.

“Thank you…. Sister Elios… I love you so much… That’s why… I will work hard to help you with your craft in the future, too.”

“Okay.. Thank you. My dear little brother.”

Helios felt a deep sense of relief at seeing Katlena like this.

It was partly because my younger brother had found stability, but on the other hand, it also included the relief that I didn’t have to be an enemy with this child.

Of course, Elios was also not happy about the fact that she was chosen as her father’s successor, surpassing him.

No, maybe, depending on the situation, it was something that went beyond just feeling bad and might have harbored deep hatred towards my father… and even towards Katlena.

Perhaps this was natural, as Katlena had always received the love from her father that she had never received herself.

However, hearing Katlena cry and pour out her heart about it, Elios could not possibly hate his younger brother because of this.

Because the current Katlena was not considered an ‘enemy’ who had taken the successor position from Elios, but rather a weak and pitiful younger sister who had been driven by her father’s greed and became terrified.

‘Yes… This child did nothing wrong in this incident. Even though he was designated as the successor by his father, he came to me to tell me the truth and even tried to rely on me. This child is not an enemy… He is just my younger brother. Young and weak… A younger brother that I must protect.’

Like that, holding the fragile body of the child in front of you.

Elios calmly began to sort out in his head the events that had just occurred.

‘My mother and father had a huge fight over this. My mother used to say all the time that I would follow in my father’s footsteps, but I never thought she would go that far.’

Elios also knew very well that his parents’ relationship was still hot, even apart from his own.

It is also said that her mother, Duchess Rosetta, was a person who never lost her kindness and dignity no matter what happened.

In that respect, it was quite shocking to her that the two of them had fought to the point where Katlena trembled in fear for whatever reason.

If this was the case for him, the pain Katlena felt when she saw this with her own eyes would have been even greater.

‘Poor guy… he got caught up in something he had no interest in and ended up like this…’

She could imagine how much the child must have been hurt, as she heard a story that she had no intention or will to handle, and her parents even fought in front of her.

‘Still… it’s scary to think about it, if this child hadn’t had these thoughts… the shock I would have received would have been tens or hundreds of times greater.’

Even though they weren’t on good terms, she knew very well what her father’s personality was like.

A scary being who, once he makes up his mind, pushes through to the end without regard to means and methods, but only begins after thoroughly preparing in advance.

The fact that he went ahead with the project despite his mother’s apparent opposition meant that he had laid the groundwork to achieve what he wanted.

If Katlena had accepted this obediently, he would have already made her his successor in some way.

Before even his mother and Elios, who were obviously going to be obstacles, could do anything about it.

‘However, Katlena stubbornly refused, and because of this, nothing has been decided yet regarding the successor. No matter how simple the successor ordination ceremony is, if the person in question refuses, nothing can be done for a while.’

Of course, there were always shortcuts, and perhaps her father, Duke Dragona… and the person most likely involved in this matter, would certainly try to force Catlena onto the throne.

‘Then. For now, here for now..’