383 – Krasius – 1
After his father’s surprise confession, a deep silence and silence settled in the club room.
I was almost amazed at the silence, as if a silence spell had been cast on it. Was my father not a pure swordsman but a magic swordsman? He is also an imperial white, so he is different no matter what.
After such a bizarre escape from reality and looked around, the expressions of the people around him who overheard the conversation were profound.
‘The shock is great.’
In particular, Erich felt sorry for her because she looked like she had seen a ghost.
It is natural. I recovered my relationship with my father—no, I opened my heart that I had closed unilaterally, but Erich still had an awkward relationship with his father. In addition, the father that lovers remember is also a solemn figure seen at the New Year’s ceremony or at the manor.
In that situation, ‘I was kicked out.’ Hearing the same words inevitably leads to cognitive dissonance. Frankly, I’m confused too.
‘Prejudice is scary.’
And I realized again that the prejudice I had for years was too strong.
What did I see in my father that made me think he was a strict and cold-hearted person? It’s just that he doesn’t talk much and he’s not good at expressing emotions, he’s so far from being strict and cold-hearted?
“Doesn’t he take good care of his people? At least among Wilhelm’s classmates and juniors, I haven’t met anyone who hates Wilhelm.”
Suddenly, I remembered what happened last year, to be exact, during the practical exam in the first semester of my freshman year. Talking about my father came up while walking around the training ground with the principal.
At the time, I thought it meant taking care of one’s faction as an aristocrat, but now that I think about it, I wonder if it meant that he was a naive person who really took good care of those around him.
Prejudice… Scary…
– Hmm?
I didn’t know what to say, so while I was silent, my father reacted with a puzzled look.
– Carl, are the children with you by any chance?
‘Ah.’
At that, I lowered my gaze slightly to see the pink and golden hair still on my lap. It’s not enough to see his face, but it seems that his father’s communication tool caught at least a few hairs.
“Yes, we are all together.”
– …You looked embarrassing.
I could feel the sincerity of the words, so I almost burst into laughter. In the presence of daughters-in-law, the father-in-law’s authority was shattered, so it’s embarrassing enough.
“Ah, father, it’s been a while.”
However, apart from embarrassment, it is the daughter-in-law’s destiny to say hello to her father as she has come into her eyes. Her father’s expression brightened a little as Irina, who had regained her sanity first, lowered her head as she held out her face.
I’m glad. It seems that her joy at seeing her daughter-in-law suppressed her shame.
– Yes, it’s been a while. How are you?
“Yes, thanks for your concern, I’ve been doing well. Is your father okay?”
My father’s eyes trembled slightly at the question of how he was doing in reverse. I don’t think Irina didn’t see it because it was a very slight tremor, but I did.
Perhaps in my father’s ears, ‘How are you doing?’ I must have heard it as a greeting. A person who is originally stabbed is the law to flinch even at trivial things.
“I heard that your father also served in the army…”
– I’m fine. How many times can the enemy get hurt?
Even though she is an enemy, it’s not something someone who directly fought on the front would say, but Irina, unaware of her father’s eccentricities, nodded her head as if convinced. According to common sense, does it make sense for an enemy who is not a knight or an ordinary soldier to be injured while fighting?
Of course, my father and Count Horfeld shattered that common sense. Did you get kicked out because of that? Certainly, the former Earl Horfeld was kicked out after being caught fighting.
– And when the time comes, tell your in-laws that you received the ring you sent them well. I have to thank you in person, but I’m busy right now so I can’t reach you well.
‘Crazy.’
At the word ring, instinctively, I almost came out with a twinge of lust.
If the fourth father-in-law would give a ring as a gift, he would be referring to a half ring, but his father also received it? So, do we have to see father and mother wearing half rings too?
“Ah, yes. I’ll make sure to deliver it.”
– Yes, please.
My father gave a faint smile to Irina, who responded with a dignified answer, unlike my burning inside, and eventually turned his gaze to the other side.
– Nice to see Louise after a long time.
“Ah, yes, yes! Long time no see, father!”
Louise noticed when to greet her, but when her father spoke first, she hurriedly nodded her head. In the meantime, it seems that he is quite nervous about not stopping just once but nodding several times.
I am surprised. No matter how friendly a capybara is, does it shrink in front of her father-in-law?
– Stop it. I’d like to say hello to the other kids too, but I feel like I’ve interrupted a good time.
“No, it’s fine. You can tell me more—”
– That’s it. She was kicked out by her wife, but you can’t even hate her son.
I bit my lip at her self-destructive remark, probably because I had already decided to leave because of my authority. If you were careless about this, it exploded in your face.
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– Instead, you want everyone to come over the weekend.
“Yes, I will.”
With those words, the stormy conversation came to an end, and when I glanced away, I saw Erich with a dazed expression as if her soul had escaped.
It’s unfortunate.
I had something to say, so I breathed her missing soul back into it.
“Do you have a lot of free time on the weekend? Let’s go too.”
“Huh?”
The process was somewhat coercive, but the effect was clear.
“Me too?”
“You too.”
Anyway, he nodded resolutely to Erich, who blinked as if he was saying something.
However, despite the firm answer, Erich still looked at me with doubtful eyes. Perhaps ‘why am I in the place where my brother and sister-in-law go?’ It must be the eyes that show the same feelings.
But I can’t help it. He must go too.
“I told my mother you were going too.”
On the evening of the victory ceremony, I reported to her mother that she had returned safely. You’re probably worried about me as much as your lovers, so even if it’s impossible to go to the manor right away, it’s best to keep in touch.
And while reporting her, she said that she would go to the manor with Erich. There was no particular intention, and the family head and heir returned from the war, so it would be nice for the whole family to get together. Just like a normal family gathering.
Of course, that was said before asking for Erich’s consent. Honestly, do we need to seek consent from a guy who is only stuck in the academy? If my brother goes, I will go.
“Hyung, I’m busy with training these days—”
When I stopped Erich from making useless excuses and gestured, Erich approached me with a puzzled expression.
My heart hurts. If a younger brother does not attend a place of harmony where the family gathers, it is the same as if the whole family bullies the younger brother. As an older brother, it is something that cannot be overlooked.
“Since I am also a titled aristocrat, I don’t have to have the count of Tylglehen. Shall I recommend you as your successor in your absence?”
“This weekend? I’ll prepare it right away.”
Fortunately, Erich quickly agreed to the sincere whisper.
But I’m a little embarrassed. What’s up with Count Tylglechen? Even if others want to become Imperial Baek, they say they can’t.
***
I had no particular desire to go to the manor. It’s not that I don’t like Yeongji or anything like that, but it’s a place where the older brother and six prospective sisters-in-law greet their parents. If you attend such a place for no reason, in many ways, the future you will come back to is obvious.
However, he succumbed to his brother’s vicious threats.
‘Heir?’
A terrible word. It is a burden that is too heavy and frightening for a single younger brother, Naburangi, to bear.
I grew up watching the head of the household and my older brother suffer from work. Can you want to follow that path without going crazy? I just want to inherit the title of baron and live in peace.
What’s more, if you become the successor while your older brother is still alive, you’ll be looked at in comparison no matter what you do. I received a lot of attention even when my older brother was the successor, am I the successor? The next imperial bag? It would be better for my mental health to bite my tongue and die.
‘Damn it.’
If you think about it with common sense, there is no way you would give up your title to your younger brother. A title symbolizes the wealth, honor, and power of an aristocrat. Even the title of Imperial Count, which is not just a title, is even more so.
However, my older brother is a being who is far from common sense, so I can’t let my guard down. If he persists in not going, the next day he will become ‘Erich, the successor of the Krasius family’, a dim future.
“If going alone is lonely, go with Sera. Even Sera needs to see his family after a long time.”
At those words, I involuntarily turned my gaze to Sera.
Sera, Sarah. Certainly, if Sarah goes with her, she’s better than sitting idly by herself.
“Sera will not be tired—”
“It’s okay! I’ll go too!”
I was relieved by the lively answer. I’m glad if it’s okay.
“If the two of you go together, then the whole Krasius family will gather, right?”
“It’s natural for the family to get together after a big job is over.”
My older brother nodded at the words of the princess, who was getting used to being called the first sister-in-law.
It’s a little embarrassing to hear that. Wouldn’t it be my greed to accompany Sera to a gathering where only members of the Krasius family or soon-to-be members of her family gathered? Could it be that I’m putting Sarah under pressure to be comfortable?
‘…Will it be okay?’
Yes, it will be fine. Doesn’t her mother also consider her nanny’s daughter Sera as her child? The head of the household—
Well, let’s not think about it. Because the image of the head of household in my head has completely collapsed.
***
I feel like my stomach will explode. Seeing her brother’s pitiful appearance is quite mentally impossible.
She was told to bring Sera to the gathering of her family, and Maar said, ‘Gathering of the entire Onykrasius family, including Erich and Sera.’ Said. Not only me, but your sister-in-law is helping too.
‘Are you doing that on purpose?’
She started to even suspect that she wasn’t being ignorant, but that she was deliberately ignoring her.
But that’s not it, is it? I would be very sad if my younger brother was a personality buster. If I had to choose between having a trashy personality and being ignorant, the latter would be better.
‘I didn’t say it was difficult.’
I barely held back her rising sigh.
I don’t know if it’s because I hinted at it in a complicated way, so Sera, next to Erich, has her brightened face and her eyes are shining. She said she understood what Mar and I were saying.
‘I can’t.’
Actually, the reason she pushes Sera is to give Sera an advantage, who is at a disadvantage compared to Count Horfeld. Just get along badly
No, rather, Earl Horfeld, who is far away from Erich, is at an overwhelming disadvantage.
‘Sooner or later, I’ll have to call Count Horfeld too.’
It is inevitable that Erich hates the two of them and pushes them away. She does, but she doesn’t even know she likes her, and it’s so horrible to push her away.
‘What the hell is Krasius…’
A father who is abused by his mother, the eldest son with six lovers, and the second son who has become extinct.
It is surprising how there are only such members.