Chapter 134 Brotherly bonds. (2/2)
“That old man only cares about how he and the Arden estate look, let us not talk about hi irritated when the theed to his father He wasn’t sure why but he disliked that ure but as a tyrant that washis fainal Roland had died
“What do you intend to do?”
“What do you mean? You must return home with me, we must inform the family that you are alive!”
Robert smacked his palm into the table as he shouted
“I don’t think that would be a good idea…”
“Why? Why do you reject the Arden name? Do you wish to spend your life as a com that you or anyone from that estate can offer me”
Robert looked a bit stupefied, it was as if he could not fathom why anyone would reject the title of a noble For sooal in life was to prove that he orthy of the noble title, this was a hard pill to s It was as if Roland was denying the path that Robert had chosen for hi? You jest Listen Roland, I know that I have not been kind to you ere younger but bonds between family can not be broken this easily, return with me, I’m sure father will understand”
Roland was a bit surprised that Robert actually apologized to hier The second part where he still intended to bring hih It didn’t sees that Roland could do to stop hi him was thrown out of the , there was no way that Roland would go through with so him would not work either
There was a ht that holding Lucille hostage and ood idea Making more ene proble him the truth
“Stop, I can’t return to the estate, at least not before I’h? What do youback in his chair
“Fine, I’ll tell you the truth It started when our father allowed me to leave the estate when I was ten years old…”
Robert was given the real reason why Roland was skeptical about returning ho to kill him and that someone was probably in the Arden estate He told hiether with the three adventurers and how he then fled the city without disclosing their real identities
“That’s what happened… I never knew… but ould want to do such a thing to a member of the Arden estate…”
“Your mother Francine? Reyner, Edwin… should I list out the entire fa now, I’d still consider you as well”
“Mother? She would never!”
Robert slammed his fist into the table once
“She would not…”
“Wouldn’t she?”
Roland asked while Robert leaned back some more, it seemed that even the son wasn’t sure if the mother wouldn’t pull a stunt like that
“She never liked me, no one ever did, not even you You kno they all are, being the son of a coh but you seeed, he could already tell that Robert had been discriainst by the other nobles and that he kneorked He would need to gainwith the pure breed nobles
“I can’t i behind this…”
“Can’t you?”
“I…”
Robert crossed his hands over one another while lowering his head as he started thinking Their older brothers were different, they were real full-blown nobles They had no stig born from a commoner mother behind them
Reyner was the firstborn and Edas the second Even though they came from the same mother it was known that they didn’t like each other that much
Wentworth their father didn’t care about anything like age so it was an open contest to which one of them would be the heir Even Roland and Robert could be seen as potential threats to their success Thus Roland did not think it would be that strange for one of the him
Roland also knew that the tere also cold towards Robert as well as hi as squires or trainy knights even when he was younger Neither he nor Robert probably knehat those tere doing or thinking
“You are correct, I can’t say that they would be above it Brother Reyner and Edere always busy with their training”
It seereed with him, he as well didn’t really know the true character between these two
“This is why… I must implore you to not say any of this to any of our family members”
“But I’ it up with him, he will help us find the culprit!”
“You really do trust our father don’t you?”
Roland leaned back while replying in a ood graces of their father and placed him up on a pedestal
“What if it’s Edwin? What if it’s your mother? Would he choose them over me?”
There was a clear hierarchy between nobles and Roland was right on the bottoht not even be punished Roland expected nothing more than a slap on the wrist, maybe house arrest and Robert also knew this
“Also ould I want to leave, I like it here”
“You want to remain in this small town in the middle of nowhere as a simple blacksmith?”
“Simple blacksht that is older than him?”
“Overpower? If we continued I would have…”
“You would have what? Did you forget about these?”
Roland replied while auntlets and as he injected ht, he was not trying to kill his brother, which would be quite easy to do if he activated his runic attack spells
“You changed…”
Robert quieted down after seeing the glowing eon, he knew that he would not stand a chance in an all-out fight with Roland Even less if he earing a full set of runic gear
“Can I trust you to keep my secret?”
“Do you truly not wish to return home?”
“Not now… maybe in the future, I will”
Roland replied he would have to put his trust in his older brother Since adventuring with hieons he could tell that he wasn’t a bad person If he gave hih
“I can make that promise but under one condition You’ll have to stay in contact”
“Stay in contact?”
“Yes, we can use Lady Lucille’s crystal, you can use it, correct?”
“Yes, I do have the e skills required for it…”
Roland was a bit surprised, his older brother see than he had previously thought When he arrived here, he looked to beclear concern for a family member
“If it’s just that…”
Roland nodded at the request, if it was just what he wanted then it was fine
“Soyou and Lucille? Planning to get married?”
“Huh, what? Me and the lady? That’s preposterous!”
Robert was surprised at the quick change of theme that he almost fell down from his chair
“Really? It seems like she likes you”
“She does?”
Roland narrowed his eyes at his older brother He wasn’t sure if he was just dense or the barrier in status was keeping hi
“Well, I wish you both luck, you’ll probably need it…”
The two brothers continued to converse for a while longer Which left the group of four people and one wolf in the dark