Chapter 41.2 (1/2)

“If it were someone else’s call, His Royal Highness Arnold would have never been here. Even if he was forced to move as the Crown Prince, he wouldn’t have chosen to do so alone. He must have complied because the request was from none other than his brother.”

“Stop it. I don’t need those words.”

Theodore painfully squeezed out his voice.

“I don’t want to hope that I might be loved.”

“Your Highness…”

“There’s no way that man has been watching over me. How can someone who is ignored by his father be respected by his brother? But that’s fine.”

Theodore exhaled and then smiled.

“My brother saved me once, so I also wanted to help him one day… Although he probably doesn’t even remember that day.”

Then he turned around and looked out the railing.

“I’ll decide what use I have.”

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“…?”

“I really should have done this a long time ago, instead of trying to do something nonsensical…I’m really an utter and complete failure.”

“What the…”

She was horrified.

She finally realized what Theodore was planning to do here. Theodore sat on the railing as if having fun and leaned outward.

“No, Your Highness!”

Rishe tried to rush towards him. But at that same moment, her vision swayed. Her legs were entangled and she fell down.

Huh, at this time?!

She struggled to stand up, but was totally weak. A splitting headache shook her skull like an alarm bell, taking her breath away.

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Theodore looked down at Rishe, who had collapsed and looked satisfied.

“Thank you, sister-in-law. I was quite happy when you said you needed me.”

Even if she desperately reached out, it was impossible for her to reach Theodore, who was a few meters away.

“It’s useless!”

At the same time she practically shrieked and almost shouted…

A lone shadow rushed past Rishe.

That figure grabbed Theodore, whose eyes widened, by the arm, then forcibly dragged him back inside the railing.

Theodore gasped, recognizing the figure.

“Big Brother?!”

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He looked up incredulously at Arnold, who saved him.

It was impossible for Rishe to see Arnold’s face, as his back was turned to her.

But the action he made the next moment shocked even Rishe.

Arnold seized Theodore, whom he’d brought down, by his collars, and slapped his cheek.

“–“

“What did you think you were doing?!”

For the first time, Rishe heard Arnold’s booming voice.

Theodore rubbed his cheek and looked up at his brother’s face, stunned.

“Because…”

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Theodore choked.

“Because, there’s nothing I can do. This is the only way I can be useful to Brother. I am not of any value to you!”

“How stupid! What idiot would risk his life for a man who has never done a single brotherly thing in his life?”

Arnold’s voice was ice-cold.

Nevertheless, Rishe was convinced. Arnold’s decision to keep Theodore away was out of consideration for his brother.

“You don’t have to do that for me”

“…”

Theodore kept his mouth shut. Perhaps, he was about to give up communicating with his brother.

Rishe remembered him smiling mournfully and said earlier, “There’s no way my words can reach that man.”

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Theodore’s resignation and Arnold’s shunning had been mounting to this moment.

“Your little brother’s choice might be a mistake…”