The Revelers of Addis (13)
Julian is the son of his mother and father?
'If Julian is my father's child.'
Orsini's ears perked up. It was a pretty cool family.
What if his father really created a child with his mother?
'Kanna must be very attached to my father.'
A lowly wish suddenly popped out. Even though Orsini knew it wasn't the time to think about such things, he couldn't help it.
“This is the child I had just before the divorce, as a final, commemorative gift... At that time...”
The mother spoke with shame.
“Your father doesn’t approve. But what can you do? This child is of Addis blood..."
“So, you’re saying you made it Kalen’s child?”
“Yes. I hinted to Ell Andoit with a relic from the Southern Continent to make her believe that she was Julian’s mother. I also hinted to Julian to believe that Ell Andoit was his mother.”
Chloe closed her eyes tightly as she looked at Julian, who had fainted from exhaustion from crying.
“And to Kanna..."
"..."
“I don’t think Kalen will accept Julian if Kanna is there. I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
"..."
“Huhuhu, it’s because of me. Kalen died because of me. I should have been honest from the beginning.”
Chloe's sobs lifted the interior of the funeral home.
“Father? Well, it could be because my father is so active....”
Isabelle muttered.
“If only the previous Duke had excellent fertility.”
“Because he is such a prosperous person.”
“He has already had six children.”
“Three daughters, three sons. A flawless composition.”
The retainers who were watching also whispered.
Orsini just wanted to follow their words, as if being swept away by a torrent of water.
It was a very sweet bait. And the bait was just as insulting.
'Choose who believes this, right?'
Because he hopes this is true, right?
If this turns out to be true, will Kanna become distant from his father?
So, he wants to make a deal now?
Buy Kanna's affection in exchange for accepting this child?
For a moment, Orsini pursed his lips and laughed. This is looking at people in a very dishonorable way.
“Rodrick.”
“Yes, Your Excellency!”
Slap!
Orsini slapped Rodrik's cheek with the palm of his hand. Three teeth protruded in a parabola.
Rodrick fainted. Although he fainted without even a scream, Orsini had the knights force him to wake up.
“What am I... doing?”
Rodrick blinked. The face drenched in pain and confusion was pure confusion.
“Oh, it hurts a lot. But what am I doing here?"
Rodrick, who was muttering, violently pulled at his hair, bleeding from the mouth and nose.
The sight of him struggling with the rope flowing was bizarre.
“Viscountess Linz.”
Enough to threaten his mother, who grew up beautifully.
Let's look back, as expected. Before Chloe knew it, her legs had lost strength and she was sitting down.
Well, his mother was always like this. She didn't have much courage for what she was doing. Compared to her abilities, she was greedy and had big dreams.
“I have one doubt.”
“Uh, huh?”
“Isn’t it possible that the Viscountess Linz is also suffering from relics from the Southern Continent?”
“Oh, Orsini.”
“So I need to check.”
Tap.
Oraini tapped his mother's cheek with his fingertips. Like measuring the teeth inside.
“Viscountess Linz, would you mind losing a few teeth?”
Tears well up in his mother's eyes. The moment he witnessed that frustration, Orsini acknowledged it.
As expected, he should have used his fists from the beginning. He's not matching Kalen's rhythm for no reason.
There is nothing in the world easier or faster than this.
“...Stop it.”
After silence, Chloe whispered.
“Orsini, you are pushing me into a corner until the end. You are so cruel. You are so cruel.”
Then she laughed like a crazy person.
“Well, it’s always been like that. Damn, Addis. They’re all the same. That’s how I raised you.”
Isabelle finally realized what was happening and screamed in anger.
“You’re crazy! Mom, are you out of your mind? How could you do this to us!”
Then Chloe glared at her daughter with bloodshot eyes.
“Why shouldn’t I do that?!”
She shouted. It was so loud that the blood on the back of her neck stood up.
“Do you know if only you can abandon me? I can too! Mom can abandon you too! Me too! I can betray you too!”
Isabelle gasped. Chloe's eyes were shining with life as she shouted like that.
It's her daughter. It was a life for her children.
“Kalen, Orsini, you abandoned me, your mother, for Seon-hee’s daughter! Isabelle, you are no different!”
Chloe cried out like a scream.
“My youth was abandoned by Addis, the long years are unfair and frustrating!”
Chloe was abandoned by her fiancé, husband, and children.
All this time, she only lived in Addis. She lived her life hoping to become the wife of the head of the family and the mother of the head of the family!
But damn Addis always abandoned her. A grudge was formed. Even though she remarried a new man and regained her happiness, there was always frost in her heart that would not melt.
So, when the opportunity came, she didn't miss it.
Relics from the Southern Continent and ancient magic tools accidentally fell into her hands.
If she doesn't take revenge on Addis, is that a tomb or a person?
“It’s because of you. All of this happened because of you!”
The time wasted in Addis had to be compensated somehow.
Therefore, she decided to give the position of head of the family of Addis to Julian, the child of Viscount Linz...
“Uh, um.”
At that time, Julian groaned and twisted his body.
Helpless, in the hands of the Knights of Addis.
At that moment, Chloe lost all motivation. She fell down and sobbed.
“Julian did nothing wrong. So don’t touch my poor son even a single hair...”
Ugh, she burst into tears. The wailing was enough to make the viewer feel heartbroken.
“What are you just looking at?”
Orsini's gaze had already wandered elsewhere. It's as if it's already over and there's no interest in it at all.
“Hurry and take the Viscountess Linz to prison.”
***
Finally, this backward play came to an end. Orsini felt relieved as if a sick tooth had been removed.
'I beat up my mother a long time ago. Then it would have been over a long time ago.'
From now on, he will definitely have to use his fists first. Orsini decided to do so.
That wasn't all.
Finally, Kanna came back.
"Kanna."
Orsini stood in front of her, tense. His heart was pounding like it was going to burst, and he couldn't tell if it was anxiety, excitement, or joy.
“It’s been a while, Orsini. Does it look good?”
"..."
“The Addis family has been noisy these days? I heard all sorts of things have happened?”
Kanna blurted out and walked past him. Orsini quickly followed her.
“Hey, Kanna. Back then...”
“It’s okay. Are you going to say you’re sorry? It’s useless, so quit.”
"..."
Orsini did his best to suppress the laughter that surged through him and barely managed to maintain an expressionless expression.
“Sure. I don’t know why you’re not coming.”
***
Kalen did not return.
Even after three days, four days, or a week.
'Why isn't this guy coming?'
To be honest, it was strange that he pretended to be dead.
Kalen's intention was to lose credibility and naturally be kicked out of Addis. So that the rats can crawl out and run wild.
So didn't he come up with a plausible excuse?
Aren't he clumsy enough to get his secretary to buy an island and end up being framed as the murderer of Ell Andoit?
'How could he be so sloppy?'
There's no way Kalen Addis would do something so blatant.
There was no way he would use the same tactic that had failed before, and there was no way he would be unable to dispose of the body properly like a novice killer.
It was all his intention. To be kicked out of Addis naturally. So, let the rat who believed that the message was not delivered crawl out.
Although they never discussed it, Orsini understood his brothers' intentions. And Kalen also probably knows that Orsini is right up his alley.
It was an unspoken collaboration.
'But being expelled was enough. There was no need to make a fake corpse like this.'
Just like they did with Ell Andoit, they were blown with water to make it difficult to identify them. This time, it looks like they picked up the corpse of a death row inmate with a similar appearance somewhere.
Anyway, it's all over now so Kalen can come back.
His brother didn't come back.
Orsini dispatched a search party but without success. Kalen disappeared without a trace.
Like a dead person.
'Right.'
Orsini was certain of that fact.
'It's not over yet.'
Kalen Addis has disappeared.
***
When he didn't show up after a week, he finally accepted.
“He’s finally dead.”
After Alessandro Addis killed his son, he deliberately made the corpse float and announced Kalen's death to the world.
When he thought about that, he finally felt like he could breathe.
'I should have done this a long time ago.'
Kalen Addis is sure to have an accident someday.
Is it tomorrow, or in 5 years, or in 50 years? That's just the difference.
It was clear that it was a bomb that would explode at some point.
Originally, he was turning a blind eye to Kalen Addis to recharge Kanna's holy power, but...
‘A lot of holy stones have been discovered recently.’
Holy stone could replace Kalen Addis.
In the face of the turbulent change in reality, his resolve also changed.
If Kalen Addis is a thorn that must be removed someday, remove it now.
Of course, he did not get blood on himself in the process.
There's only one thing he has to do. As always, he just waved his baton like an orchestra conductor.
In the process, we had no choice but to disturb Addis...
Addis is not a place that would be shaken by minnows to begin with. As expected, it ended with only Kalen eliminated. Addis stood strong as always.
Sylvien Valentino, just as he had hoped.
As he hoped.
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