Chapter 48

Count Brumayer pointed his finger in a frenzied manner.

“Laritte wouldn’t have been born without me! That little girl dared to–”

He choked on his words as soon as Ian appeared.

“The Count has never thought of her as your child, so how does it matter now?”
“D-Duke!”
“Very well. If the Count relentlessly curses Laritte, I shall hold no judgment before ending his life. I’ll make sure of it.”

The Count stuttered in response.

“W-Where is Laritte…..?”
“She doesn’t wish to come out here. I doubt she has any reason to care about you.”

Rose, who was hiding behind the Countess, yelled.

“It can’t be true!”

Ian flashed his smile at Rose.

“I see the lady still hasn’t come to her senses. She came all the way here.”

He took heavy steps toward Rose.

“Have you been dreaming when Laritte saved your life?”
“Eek!”

Rose hid behind the Countess in fear again.

The Countess fell to her knees on the floor.

“I beg you! Please have mercy on us! There’s nowhere we can go. Doesn’t our family’s property appear as dust in front of the Duke’s?”
“Indeed. Why have you come here then?”
“T-That…..”
“Do not worry about your journey from now on. I hear the Marquis lacks the resources to rule the cold north. Many people keep freezing to death.”

Ian gestured to his knights.

“Prepare to send them to the North.”
“Yes, Captain!”

The knights obeyed and captured the Brumayers with both arms.

The Countess realized that their entire plan had failed. She screamed.

“Then, Duke! How are you any different from us?!”
“Hmm.”

Intrigued, Ian raised his right hand, and the knights stopped dragging the family at his command.

“Go ahead.”
“We admit that we’ve mistreated Laritte! But we had fair reasons!”

Ian once received a report on Laritte’s frail figure to have numerous injuries.

The fact that those injuries had to be covered by clothes was very pressing.

your reasons? Funny. Laritte had been treated as a thorough underdog in your family, wasn’t she? Was it a fair manner to mistreat such a child?” “Y-You are the same! We’re weak compared to you, Duke! You’re mistreating the weak like we once did!”

load of trash’,

a living, and the aristocrats

He shrugged.

if I am?” “What…..” “I’m sorry, but

knights continued as Ian

“Duke! Arghhh!!”

as the Count’s family was dragged

nanny Ava approached behind

known to possess luxury items all his life. Even his cane is from a

and stepped into the

time, Butterfly appeared in the front yard and followed

fat. Has your mother been feeding

walked back to

That was it.

to the foundation of the empire, came to an

one calm afternoon.

***
Ian declared as he walked into the study.

have a present for

out a long box,

of present did you bring when you

as she accepted the

them? They’re not dead, are

seemed to be mixed with various

might have wished for it, but she shook her head.

from here. If they behave, they won’t die.”

had no

life in this

please have a look

she opened the

it was the dress that used to belong to

in turn lost it to Rose.

“Oh……”

uncertain. She was ashamed that she

her face,

“This is something that the royal court decided to covet because of the

could understand that he was trying

present it to you again to be sure no one takes it away?”

said as she stared at the dress in

Ian’s mother, whom she had never

Selena. If you give me another

She firmly committed.

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