episode_0354

Arina sighed deeply when she heard that.

“I thought you would do things for a reason. But in the end, it’s because of that guy.”

Then he clicks his tongue and acts as if it’s always been that way.

“…Tsk. That’s enough. Looks like he’s talking nonsense again. Everyone, chase after him. I’ll clean up and move on soon.”

Some troops leave the duke’s mansion on horseback first.

We can’t stop them. Anyway, we know very well that this is the limit.

but.

“What the fuck.”

Claire’s stomach continued to boil.

When I heard that, I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide.

-Thump!

Claire grabbed Arina by the collar.

“…Miss Claire!”

“…!”

“Fuck. You’re talking nonsense? Who’s talking nonsense right now?!”

“Let go. Claire.”

Turn your back on us?

Your goal was to just grab the liver and run away?

Don’t you even think of family as something small?

Absolutely not.

“Sister, you’re the one talking nonsense right now. Instead of searching, you’re putting out a wanted notice. And as if that wasn’t enough, you’re raising the level to a wanted list, and even giving permission to kill. What? Family? You shouldn’t be talking nonsense, you shouldn’t be doing anything crazy! You’re not treating him like family, you’re treating him like a criminal!”

-widely!

Claire’s hand falls limply.

I couldn’t continue to hold Arina’s collar with my body still immature.

“Then would you say the same thing after seeing this?”

No, it was a rebuttal, to be exact.

In response to Claire’s question.

A document was thrust in front of Claire.

“…What is this?”

“This is the evidence that explains why that kid is a criminal.”

“Carcein is… a criminal?”

That can’t be true.

That couldn’t be possible.

-Palang.

Claire’s eyes begin to roll around.

Meanwhile, Arina spoke up.

“At first, I didn’t like him either. That’s true. Of course, it was hard for us to accept. However, as time went by, I tried my best to accept Karcein.”

-Palang.

“I gave him every convenience he could. I even tried to fill in what he lacked. But he either refused to accept it out of pride or got angry. I just can’t understand that.”

-Palang.

“If you were lucky enough to come into our house, you would have lived a peaceful and happy life. Well, there were some minor incidents, but it was a family that anyone on the street would look at with envy if they picked it up. It was a family where you could have everything you wanted. But now I know what you were dissatisfied with.”

-Palang.

As we reached the last chapter, we came to a conclusion.

“Now, you know too, right? That bastard turned his back on us. He wasn’t wrong in skipping out on us, and he wasn’t even watching us as a family. He had such ambitions, and he only thought of getting ahead of himself.”

Even though the sudden rise to fame was a stroke of luck for him, he wasn’t satisfied with that.

Endless ambition forged the blade aimed at Bagrand.

The favor of the Duke, the care of his family. Carcein abandoned all of that and planned to destroy Bagrand with Marquis Teresia and make it his own.

‘I’m sure Claire would understand by now.’

No further explanation is needed.

So Arianna tried to get back on her horse again.

“Sister, you really don’t know anything about Carcein?”

“…what?”

“That’s contradictory. Everything written here is in direct opposition to Carcein’s actions!”

Once again Claire snapped.

“You turned your back on us? Have you forgotten that we rejected you, calling you a child picked up from the Duke’s family? You never looked at me like a stranger, a commoner, or treated me like a younger brother. What happened because of that? What happened to him in this house?!”

He made it so that he had no choice but to turn his back on her. He harassed her, ignored her, didn’t trust her, and just got angry. Since he didn’t have any hand to reach out to as a family member, he naturally started to ignore the servants, and he became completely isolated within the duke’s household. It was a strange situation for him not to turn his back on her.

“They say he just sucks out your liver. Then what was in that kid’s room? Where did that money come from? Don’t you know that he personally ran around the estate until it was on fire?! He earned that money with his own blood, sweat, and tears, without any help from his family. Don’t you know that it’s lying there like a bill?!”

He didn’t just take a quick sip, he paid all the money. He left everything he had in this house, he left it all behind. He gave up the peaceful life itself.

“What kind of family is that? We completely ignored them. We didn’t listen to them at all. In a house like this, where they were wealthy but had a harder time, how could we be considered a family? If they changed in an instant one day, there must have been many reasons why!”

Thoroughly rejected.

Didn’t listen to anything.

Even in his own home, he was not able to live comfortably, and was unfairly accused and accused of all kinds of lies.

But instead of believing it, my family got even angrier, made things worse, and scolded and reprimanded me.

To Karsain, did those people really feel like family?

Because we weren’t family.

Because I wasn’t accepted into the family.

That’s why I left the dukedom.

But, to that Karsain.

To Karsain, who has never been touched by his family.

There was no way such an ambition could exist.

“Think again. Think about whether what she really wanted was to devour our family!”

“…Even if clear evidence comes out, there’s nothing we can do. Let’s talk after the criminal’s head is cut off.”

“If you chase me now, you’ll regret it, Sister. You’ll definitely regret it.”

“What?”

“Sister. You’ve never taken care of Carcein before.”

“…!”

It’s just an appeal, though.

That was a painful point.

“Can you name a specific instance where you gave in to what Karsene wanted?”

“Of course─”

I thought it would be there, of course.

Strangely, my mouth doesn’t open.

No matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn’t remember anything.

What is there?

Have you ever received anything that said that carcein was good?

Accidents usually happen on your birthday and get swept under the rug. Before that, you didn’t even remember properly, right?

No. There will be another day.

Yes. For example… what about anniversaries? When is the Empire’s annual event?

…

None. Whether it was a commemorative event or an annual event, it ended with a lot of scolding and a warning.

Since then, he has been on probation for a number of reasons, including being placed on probation for other reasons due to his record of causing accidents.

Well… there is a time for festivals.

Any festival, if it’s something you do with your family…

…

There wasn’t any.

All I remember is a pile of rocks falling down.

All Arina could think of was the past when she had tried to throw Karsene away from where the pile of stones had stood.

“That’s…”

I couldn’t get my luck back for a long time.

“This is your last chance. Sister. Just withdraw the orders you’ve given so far. Cancel all orders and send her off with a final message to stay healthy. Okay?”

Last chance.

It was the last chance to treat Carcein as family.

At the same time, it was also Claire’s last chance to persuade Arina.

But Arina was never convinced.

No, to be exact, I couldn’t convince him.

“What does that have to do with anything!”

Arina grumbles and turns away, denying it.

“I keep saying this, but I did everything I could for him. My efforts to somehow accept him as my little brother─”

“Princess Ariana!”

A soldier approached just then to stop him.

“I’m sorry. This is an urgent telegram…”

“Something.”

“There are signs that someone has entered the graveyard!”

“… Graveyard? Could it be, my father’s graveyard?”

“Yes. There’s something like this there…”

“Sister. Wait a minute. That’s…!”

“Then that’s right.”

The flames of anger flare up in his blue eyes once again.

The item the soldier handed over was something that Arina had personally placed in the box for her deceased father.

A place that no one has touched, and no one can touch.

The only person who could reach there was his mother.

The fact that it came out like this… points to only one correct answer.

Arina, who had been confused, quickly came to her senses.

Very, very badly.

“And yet, you insist that you have no ambitions for Carcein? Claire.”

The situation, which was fitted together like a puzzle, ended up being the worst excuse for Karsain.

Claire mustered up the last of her strength to try to talk… but it was no use.

“This is all his own doing.”

“You may never be able to return to your family again!”

“That bastard was the first to betray us.”

“Trust me, Karsene, just this once. Just this once, take care of me as family!”

“…Now he’s just an enemy to me.”

“There might be nothing left for you, Sister! At first, Karsin thought of us as family. That’s why he gave us things. Didn’t you receive anything from your younger brother Karsin?!”

Even memories of the past were consumed by those sparkling blue eyes.

“There was no such thing.”

Clearly, I felt empty.

When it disappeared, I felt an unimaginable sense of emptiness and discomfort.

But… now that feeling has completely disappeared from Arina.

-Tiring!

▶Hidden Episode. Cleared the Forgotten Hair Tie.◀

▶Arina’s risk is completely canceled out, so she doesn’t receive any penalties during battle.◀

[ Arina Bagrand : 95% ]

[ I was the one who didn’t call my family ■■. ]

***

One day, two days. And three days.

Claire had to sleep for three days as a reaction to overusing her mana.

After hearing from the maid that she had been asleep for three days, she jumped up and tried to go outside…

From then on, all actions were suppressed.

‘It’s all over…’

All it does is waste time and nothing changes.

As time goes by, Carcein may be caught.

In the end, the future was not bright unless I caught my sister and convinced her.

But what he hated more than that was herself.

I get frustrated because I can’t do anything.

This feeling of helplessness was so awful.

All I do is complain, complain, and chew my lips.

There is nothing that can be done for Carcein.

That was what upset Claire the most.

Someone comes to see her, who is so frustrated.

“Miss Claire. Here you go.”

“…Heron?”

“There is a guest who came to see Miss.”

A guest? What kind of guest are you talking about in this situation?

Aside from that, I don’t feel like having a conversation.

At the moment when I was about to tell him to send it back.

Heron repeated.

“This is someone Miss Claire must meet.”

…You really have to meet me?

At those words, Claire raised her head.

‘Heron is not the type of person to say such things easily…’

Is it that important?

“…Tell her to wait a moment. I’ll get dressed and go out soon.”

Well, you’ll know once you meet him.

The reason is secondary.

So Claire calmly finished dressing up and came out.

And as we followed him, we met an unexpected person.

“Then, let’s talk.”

-Click.

After Heron finished his guidance and left, only the two of them were left.

The guest was an unexpected person.

“It’s been a while, Miss Claire.”

To the nobleman who was setting an example, Claire expressed her doubts.

“…Why are you here? Marquis Magnuel.”