Chapter 19 (1/2)

Mercilessly

Count Bloden had a hall which served as a conference room.

It was a place where important guests gather to hold important meetings when the need arises, so it had not been opened for quite a long time.

Under the huge chandelier, only three people were present.

Count Bloden sat at the very edge of the long table, Violet the Countess on his right, and Heinley on his left.

The conference room was solemn as if it were a funeral hall instead.

Just by looking at the atmosphere alone, it seemed as if there was a tremendous crisis that had occurred in the family.

Breaking the long silence, the eldest son, Heinley, opened his mouth.

“Then I will start the meeting.”

Heinley got up from his seat, he then stood in front of a wheeled cork board. The Count and Violet turned and looked at Heinley.

Everyone had serious faces and not a single smile could be seen.

“Today’s agenda is…”

Heinley took out a pen and wrote down some letters on the piece of paper that had been secured on to the cork board with tweezers.

“This is Lilia’s new boyfriend.”

[Karhan Evantheon]

The Count slightly distorted his face at the sight of the letters on the white paper.

“I don’t like seeing that name right from the start.”

“I think it’s narrow-minded of someone to judge by name, but I agree with you this time.”

Violet nodded at the Count’s mumbling, Heinley put down the pen with a snap.

In fact, Hainley was the last to hear that Lilia had a new lover, he also only knew about it when his parents told him.

He heard in person that she was postponing her wedding with Richard, but he didn’t know that she was thinking about calling off the marriage.

She even found a new lover.

His head was pounding just thinking about it.

“First of all, this is the data I’ve gathered from my research. There are a lot of shortcomings within it since it was an urgent investigation.”

Heinley handed out a bunch of paper to the Count and Countess.

The Count and Violet reviewed what was written on the paper quickly.

Most of it was information about the Duchess of Evantheon. It would have been nice to have more information about Karhan Evantheon, but his private life was tightly covered.

In particular, before he became a successor, there was almost no data about him to the point where they wondered where he lived.

“From my perspective, it seems to be that the little duke is different from the average person. You could just see it from the way he was sent to the battlefield at the age of 14.”

Even though he was the second son, there were few cases where they were sent to the battlefield as long as he was born as a deficit of the duke’s family.

He could participate on his own request, but no one would walk into a battlefield with their limbs unless they were crazy.

Violet then raised her hand after hearing Heinley’s opinion.

“As far as I can tell, he was sent out to play in the battlefield to lay the groundwork for the eldest son.”

When the Countess made a speculation that he didn’t participate to achieve his ambition, he was told.

“There was a saying that he participated because he liked slaughter.”

It became quiet in an instant.

It was because everyone had heard the rumors surrounding the little duke of Evantheon.

– A murderer with no blood or tears.

– A man who casted out his brother because of his own ambition.

– Vulgar.

The rumors of the little duke that had been heard so far passed through everyone’s head.

“Why did Lilia come to like a man such as him?”

The Count murmured to himself.

But no one could answer his question.

He split up his busy time and held the meeting, but only unanswered questions lingered on the table.

“Has anyone seen the face of the little duke?”

Heinley and Count shook their heads at Violet’s question.

Violet clasped her hands and put them on the table. She mumbled, as she put her chin on her knuckles.

“We’re gonna have to make them break up anyway, right?”

“Should I give him a castle and tell him to break up with my daughter?”

The Count quickly gave his opinion.

Then Heinley replied, putting up his silver-rimmed glasses.

“The opponent is an Evantheon. Even if their wealth is not as good as our family, I’m sure he has enough money.”

The Count shut his mouth sullenly.

“How about revealing to Lilia the true nature of the Evantheon little duke?”

Violet shook her head at Heinley’s opinion.

“She already knows and there are only rumors about him without proper evidence…”

As Violet sighed, Heinley turned silent with a gloomy face. Since then, many opinions were stated from everyone.

How to make her feel bad, stopping her by going on hunger strikes, etc.

However, Lilia had a history of encountering a huge trash called Richard.

They knew better than anyone how great  she is blinded by love

While all opinions were coming out, the Count, who had been quiet, suddenly opened his mouth.

“What if I force her to break up and tell her to reunite with Richard?”

Blood drained out from everyone’s face.

It was a very bad ending.

It was so bad that they even thought for a very short moment that Evantheon little duke might be better.

In silence Violet loosened her fingers.

“If we make a decision here, we won’t be able to do anything later on. We’d better watch for now.”

If I had the ability to have Lilia listen to my persuasion, she would not have gotten engaged to Richard.

Violet grabbed the bunch of paper that was handed to them earlier and slammed them on the desk.

“However, it would be fine if we could find out more about who he really is.”