Chapter 29 (2/2)

The vast majority of royals and aristocrats had a suspicious corner, but Aidan was different from the very beginning. When one conversed with him, he appeared to be a monster who pretended to be human.

Instead of a monster, he seems like an abandoned sword.

Just like how people shivered in fright as the sharp edge of the sword flashed in front of their eyes and caused them to drop to their knees and beg for mercy.

Did he change after the previous Emperor had passed away? No, did he start to change little by little before that?

Julian was regretful that Aidan had changed like this. There had been a time when they had called each other brother and teased, played, and laughed a lot with each other, though it all seemed like a dream.

He had hoped that his brother might be able to find his humanity if he could just find a woman to live next to him and share her warmth.

“Please just grab anyone and date them!”

“It isn’t my preference to play with the feelings of others and act deceitfully. I would rather kill them if ordered to kill.”

“…….”

Julian wasn’t able to hide his mixed feelings. His expression wondered what he should do with a prodigal brother with such a clear conviction.

He gestured with a hand and the servants and maids all retreated, and he stood up. Aidan smiled softly in response to the anger of the Emperor as the latter approached him. Of course, it was only soft from his perspective, and others only saw a strange smile that made them embarrassed.

“Even though dear brother has all those chaotic rumors surrounding him, aren’t you clean in all matters women?”

“So?”

“So we can use that to put to sleep a portion of brother’s notoriety.”

“Hmm…….”

Together with the smoke he inhaled, Aidan let slip a low sound and focused on the Emperor. It was a gaze that would send a fiver up any other person’s spine.

“If you continue to be stubborn, then I can’t help but use a hard policy method.”