I’m in the process of inheriting the family head-5
It seemed that he had never truly considered his father as his father.
From a certain point on, I avoided talking, and I didn’t want to face it.
I had spoken face to face in this life, but looking at it like this, it was nothing but new.
A person who always insisted on maintaining an aristocratic appearance drank cheap alcohol.
As I smiled, there was one stare staring at me like that.
“How did you know this place?”
“I already knew. Isn’t it weird that you don’t know?”
Conversation like this would be rather natural in this bizarre family, where monitoring and checking each other is the family tradition.
It was only natural that my information was leaking out.
Will my father be aware of it? That this reality, where abnormal things are happening as if it were natural, is strange.
The wine spilled from the tipped bottle fills the glass.
By the time the cool sound filled the silence, the father’s wet lips narrowed his eyes.
Perhaps it is inferring why I came here.
You’ll probably know the reason after a while, but he opened his mouth to the main topic a little faster.
“I don’t think you know what Yuria is doing lately.”
He is a person who has already risen to the position of family head.
He must have gone through enough fights to get tired of it, and isn’t he a person who has been doing things like hurting his family since he was young.
Rather than not knowing what Yuria was doing, it was probably just pretending not to know.
Because that’s Taylor. It was this damn family that would even kill my parents if need be.
My father met my eyes and nodded slightly.
“I knew you were going to kill me.”
“Did you pretend you didn’t know?”
“Even though I had no intention of dying, I didn’t really say anything because I wasn’t dead. Have you still not abandoned that weak thought?”
At the word “weak thinking,” she smiles lightly.
In the past, when I heard something like this, I was full of desire to refute it.
It may be rebellious. There were actions taken to show that I was not weak.
No one will remember now, but I don’t think there is a need to act like that.
“It won’t be easy to throw it away.”
“You have always been like that. I don’t hang out with Taylor.”
“Isn’t it because you resemble your mother?”
My father’s hand stopped at the words he muttered as he filled an empty glass.
The frozen hand, as it was in the air, then went down. I saw a glass of wine lying on the table.
Above it are cold eyes looking at me.
The father reacted to the name mother as well.
After all, Yuria must be weird. At least it was clear that the existence of a mother had meaning.
I don’t know if my father loved my mother.
It was just a form close to an arranged marriage, so I only know that I passed away when I was young after giving birth to Yuria and me.
would you have been sad didn’t even know that Because I’ve always been a person who couldn’t reveal a bit about my feelings.
I have never been directly killed by my father in all my life.
But it was true that his father’s attitude was consistent.
I didn’t do anything to deal with my death, but just adhered to everything with indifference and connivance.
“…If you are thinking of diverting the topic with useless words, stop. After all, I know you came here to talk about your position as head of household.”
“Is that so? In case you didn’t know, I tried to talk to you directly. That’s good.”
“You’ve become arrogant after going to the North. Does it resemble the archduke’s personality?”
“I just thought I should learn good things, if necessary.”
The drink that went down his throat was hot. I didn’t really like to drink.
However, if I didn’t drink in this situation, it was because I felt like I was going to choke for some reason.
It was always like that when I talked to my father.
I don’t feel as nervous or pressured as I used to, but now it’s just memories of the past.
It reminded me of my father’s gaze at me as I was dying, as if he looked at me in pity and then turned his back.
…Well, I don’t care too much. It is true that she has no good feelings for her father or Yuria.
Didn’t you come here? In the end, I also came to take advantage of my father.
In order to fight worthy of the name Taylor, I had to change my mindset from the start.
“The North, the South, and the Imperial Family.”
He spreads his fingers and continues talking.
I didn’t mean to make any judgments about the support I had won.
Now, it is to inform the end of the father’s era.
Originally, it would have been a place where Taylor’s head of household could use his powers directly, but his father’s era was slowly coming to an end.
Yuria had already cleaned up the inside of the duke’s residence, and it could be said that outside of it, it was my power.
The only thing my father has is the title of head of the household.
Perhaps he understood my meaning, his father’s eyes furrowed as he smiled lightly.
“Is that why you are asking for the position of head of the household? The guy who used to avoid YuRia became very arrogant. Asking the head of the family to be the head of the family? It’s something that even Yuria hasn’t done yet.”
“I am not asking for it. It’s a position to get anyway, so why would you ask for it? I am not so stupid as not to know that a rightful place is the most important thing.”
“If so, why did you come all the way here to see me?”
“This is to warn you. Maybe tomorrow, you won’t be the head of the household anymore.”
I know that Yuria’s actions have stopped for a while.
Perhaps now that you know that I went to the imperial palace, you will probably start taking action soon.
He went to the imperial palace even though nobles were spreading strange rumors.
Doesn’t the fact that nothing happened mean that the imperial family trusts me?
I was thinking what Yuria would do.
An action that signaled the beginning of this scramble for family stock, which was probably close to an extreme direction.
It was for that reason that I visited my father today.
Maybe we won’t even be able to talk if it’s not today, so I decided to say goodbye.
Now I look at the old man with gray hair.
Father himself must be aware of it now.
The fact that YuRia is now aiming for my neck is something I can quickly realize if I know how to think a little bit.
“You know that Yuria is twisted, right?”
“…know.”
“I came to warn you. Since you don’t know what YuRia will do, it might be better for you to stay away. And I also wanted to tell you about my thoughts.”
thoughts I had. It could be said that it was the exact opposite of the beliefs that his father had kept all his life.
There was a small discoloration in the eyes that had been staring at me for a moment.
In the silence that spread, I heard the sound of water refilling my drinking cup again. In the silence that followed for a while, the father opened his mouth.
“You always went against my thoughts. Are you thinking of doing that again? Did you forget what I emphasized many times over?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s not like I’m rebelling at that age. You don’t seem to know how pathetic your thoughts are. With that in mind, do you think that the Taylor family will continue as it is now?”
“What do you mean, like now?”
A smile escaped from the twisted corners of his lips.
The word “like now” shouldn’t have simply meant Taylor’s status.
Is it right for families to kill each other to go upward?
Is it right to even point a knife at my parents if necessary?
I couldn’t understand. All those who did not understand this were now dead, but it was clear that they were wrong.
“I am not rebelling. I’m just trying to do what I think is right.”
“Wrong.”
“My father must be wrong.”
The eyes that met were cold.
It was the eyes that I always avoided in fear, but now I don’t even feel the slightest fear.
Her frozen blue eyes, like YuRia’s, were just ridiculous.
It felt like the words of an old man who insisted that what was wrong was right.
what were you afraid of There was nothing to fear.
It’s just that the me of the past was scared, but I quietly smiled at those eyes that glared at me.
“I hope you don’t die. Please live for a long, long time, and I want you to watch me become the head of the household.”
“……”
“So you can see me tearing down with my own hands what my father built.”
The tradition you built up, the many cruel things and customs you’ve done under the name of that tradition.
Tradition and family motto were no longer what Taylor needed.
What happened to Yuria would never happen again.
The future he had drawn for himself was distinctly different from the Taylor he had seen in his 100 lives.
And at the end, if you see Taylor crumbling in the name of treason.
What would you really say to me? I want you to live a long and healthy life.
Since you didn’t do anything to me, I thought I wouldn’t do anything either.
nothing.
I won’t even do anything, so you just have to watch.
His eyes narrowed as he slapped his hand on the table with a thud.
As if in anger, his trembling hands were stained white.
“…You’re overdoing it, Robert Taylor.”
“There is no turning back now. Even if they catch me here and imprison me somewhere, the flow has already begun.”
That’s what flow is.
Like a wave of unknown origin, at some point it comes like a raging wave and sweeps people away.
Such was the end of the life of a man who cherished the name Taylor more than his family and lived only for his family.
It’s already been decided, even if I didn’t say I would become the family head.
Wasn’t his ruin predetermined from the moment he handed over the position of Sogaju to Yuria?
It’s something I’ve already seen enough of in my life 100 times.
The only thing that will change is that Taylor, whom he has built all his life, will be destroyed by my hand.
“So, rest now. It has already left my father’s hands.”
The seal he received from the north was on his chest.
The holy power she received from the saintess was in her body, and the royal artifact she received from Miragen was in her arms.
As long as those forces are sending me support, even if more time is dragged here, the generation will eventually change.
Ronald will be moving at this time as well, and the meeting with his father was just to say goodbye.
My father, who was glaring at me, pursed his lips slightly.
“Do you know what you are going to do now?”
“Absolutely.”
He knew better than anyone what he was going to do.
It’s not going to be the answer your father wants. Even if you think about it over and over again, you won’t be able to understand my actions.
I didn’t even want to be understood by you in the first place, trying to break down the tradition that had been built over hundreds of years.
After pouring enough alcohol into the glass to overflow, he barely raises the glass.
Then, quietly, he opened his mouth to his father.
“I am in the process of inheriting the family head, Father.”
The liquor flowing down his throat was no longer hot.
Rather, his entire body felt as if it would freeze, and his body trembled at the chill.
I let out a cold breath and smiled slightly as I saw my father staring blankly at me.
It didn’t even mean anything to me.
That’s all.
He’s just trying to become a family head, but will he look like a villain trying to destroy everything to you?
The last look of his father in his eyes was shabby.
More than any moment I can remember.