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Chapter 57
Interlude
There’s no need for two of us in this world (1)
Wilhelm Von Svalier POV
“ooooooo…….”Patrick”………”
Yesterday, the man lying on the bed in front of me, my older brother Patrick, passed away.
And the person hugging his body and crying right now was my father, Duke Yoran Von Svalier, grieving and moaning.
Me? I was simply staring this all from a little far away from them.
I didn’t feel much even upon Patrick’s passing, and I certainly don’t care about my father either.
In the first place, I never even considered these two as my family. Not even once.
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My father Yoran was a short statured man, who had ambitions that didn’t quite match his physique.
Almost regularly, he boldly proclaim that [He was in fact the true and worthy heir of the Baldyk Empire, and that there was no one more suited than him to be the Emperor], regardless of the occasion. Of course, that was always met with jeers and laughter from the nobles around him.
Yoran’s father……..meaning my grandfather was actually the previous Emperor’s older brother and normally, he should have been the Emperor based on seniority as well.
But…….my grandfather yielded the throne to his younger brother, and secluded himself after being granted the title of a Duke and some land in the eastern region of the empire.
And that fact, had aroused some needless self-pride inside Yoran I imagine.
If only his father had become the Emperor as it was meant, he would not have needed to be satisfied with just the position and power of a Duke.
But there was nothing he could do about any of that at this point so I didn’t see what was the point lamenting over it now.
Compared to the fool Yoran, that was how I saw it as I observed the man that perpetually compared me to my older brother Patrick, often hitting me, and would continue to resent my very existence at times it seemed.
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It was about 10 years ago from today.
Alongside Patrick, I was taken to the Imperial Palace for the first time by Yoran.
Normally, Yoran would do nothing but insult the Emperor but now that he was actually in front of him, he was so docile, you’d think he was but a mere servant, and was shamelessly indulging in nonstop bootlicking and flattery towards the Emperor.
Seeing this two-faced fool and staying beside him would only ruin my mood further so I came up with some random reason and left the place.
The Svalier mansion was quite spacious as well but the Palace was magnitudes bigger than that, like a maze, so I made sure to remember landmarks so that I can find my way back without getting lost.
It was then.
I saw a young boy around my age, that seemed to be acting all high and mighty while followed by his servants and a young black haired girl that seemed to be running away from him.
It seemed like that the young arrogant boy had found some fault with the girl but……..well, the only kids who could act this pompous inside the palace would be one of the princes and no one else.
Realizing that, I knew that getting involved would be a trouble so I decided to ignore them……..however.
“Shh, you, they’re chasing you right?”
A young silver haired boy appeared from the corridor’s shadow and pulled the girl towards him.
Seems like he was helping the girl hide.
“Hmm…….”
Well, it wasn’t like I had anything special to do and was simply wandering about so for whatever reason, I decided to follow those two in secret instead.
They headed to the gardens of the palace, a place where white flowers were in full bloom.
Inside that garden, while I wondered what the young boy and girl were curiously loitering about and doing, turns out, they were just plucking out a flower and enjoying it with a wide smile.
All that seemed really boring so I left the place but, I remained a bit curious about those two so I ended up returning a while later.
And when I did.
“Agh……!?”
The pompous prince that I saw a while back and his servants were violently beating the silver haired boy.
Just like how Yoran beat me.
Wondering where the girl had gone, I hid behind a wall to check and……..it seemed like she hid inside the bushes and was trembling with fear, at the verge of crying.
Well, that boy tried to hide the girl, and that’s probably why the current situation was happening I assume.
And then, finally the prince and his servants left the garden, and soon after the girl ran to the boy in panic, she did burst out crying while making a mess of her face.
…………was there anyone that would cry like that for me?
I started to feel envious of that boy, and this feeling of jealousy grew inside me.
Even though I have no one like that, why does he get a girl to cry over him?
“Here, I’ll give this to you!”
The girl, gave the boy something.
Unfortunately, I could not tell what it was from where I was standing.
But, it made the boy really happy, and he began to frolic joyously. But that only made me even more irritated.
“aah……….I really want to mess him up.”
I muttered to myself, and finally left the garden for good.