Of course, I didn't confirm the deaths of Emma and Ralph by seeing their bodies.
But.
‘...I wonder if the body was still intact.’
I sighed as I looked at the stairs that had swallowed the two people.
"How can older people be so oblivious? Miss Vania, please take good care of the young master."
Emma and Ralph helped set up the party food, bent the table legs, and then locked themselves in their room...
"What? Where did the nanny and the butler go? Why aren't they eating together when the food is already served?"
When Ryan asked, I glared at him.
“They're doing that because they're concerned about my dad.”
“When did they ever notice?”
“And you told them to get lost as soon as you met?”
“You’re being a crazy fabricator. I didn’t say anything like that, did I, daughter?”
Alex sat there wearing his hood, looking back and forth between Ryan and me with anxious eyes.
Damn, I'm giving my little brother a hint too.
“Stop it! It’s a happy day, so don’t fight!”
Revan said, carrying a plate of dessert.
“Alex, nice to meet you! You can call me Brother Revan.”
“Oh, yes!”
“And you heard that one earlier? She’s your escort and my pretty little sister!”
Revan smiled and pointed to Kali, who was standing next to me.
"Please take care of me, Master Alex. And please feel free to speak freely to the members of <Cerberus>, including myself. We are all mercenaries hired by Mr. Ryan."
“Hey, hey. This kid’s worth so much, I’m just going to use her like I want.”
Ryan said quickly, taking Kali's words in.
"Yes, Kali. Please take care of me. But I won't force you to do anything..."
“Oh, you can use me. Anyway, thank you.”
Alex smiled slightly, his cheeks flushed slightly. He seemed to be in a good mood now that the tension had eased.
Alex, who was born with a disability that makes him unable to stand loneliness.
Alex would probably like this bustling atmosphere, which he had never felt at Windsor Castle before.
“Alex, and this is...”
I was about to introduce it, but Merchen quickly accepted.
“My name is Merchen, and I'm the youngest sister of your biological mother, Clara. That makes me your uncle.”
Merchen, who had studied well, would just come out with a bang.
That damn Clara...
"Well, Alex. Just know that for now, and feel free to call me brother. Or, as you can see, I'm incredibly handsome, so you can call me Prince!"
“Oh? Yeah, not bad!”
Merchen's eyes sparkled as if he liked it.
“Brother Merchen, please take good care of me.”
“...”
Alex was resolute.
"and.."
Everyone's eyes were focused on one place.
To our head of the household, who was sitting solemnly with his arms crossed.
Alex looked at Ryan with a nervous expression.
My brother is no fool, and he has been rigorously educated at Windsor Castle ever since.
So there's no way he wouldn't know.
Ryan's words about his biological mother being Clara and all were lies.
“Call me dad.”
And now Ryan, who had always been able to kindly and openly explain such facts, said only that with a fierce glint in his eyes.
“If not, you die.”
“...”
Silence.
“In your real father’s hands.”
“...”
Still static.
I swallowed a sigh and glared at Ryan.
Alex is still young, so maybe you could speak to him a little more kindly...
“Yes, Father. I understand.”
?
But Alex answered as if nothing had happened.
Even in the eyes that look solely at Ryan, there is no longer any tension or fear!
"Thank you for accepting me. I will grow up without ever causing trouble or inconvenience."
“...”
What the heck, what's so dignified about this? Ryan actually got hit.
“Uh... It’s okay to... cause trouble sometimes? You, um, you’re still...okay... because you’re a kid...”
I rested my chin on my hand and smiled at the dazed Ryan.
“Our Alex isn’t he kind, cute, and dignified?”
“...Yes. He is indeed Clara’s son.”
“Ahaha!”
"Yes, yes! That's enough. Alex, should I open the present?"
Starting with the ribbon cutting, we held a prepared gift-giving ceremony.
'Hehehe. You seem to really like it?'
The aforementioned cheeks. The enlarged eyes.
I could tell that Alex was in a very good mood.
“That’s right, sis. I have a present for you too!”
"Yes?"
Then, out of the blue, Alex handed me a small box.
“Oh, thank you. But I still have a month left until my birthday.”
"Sorry. I didn't prepare it... Richard gave it to me along with my present. Tell my sister when I see her."
"Ah."
A small red box.
A birthday card hanging on it.
Dear Bunny.
Happy birthday in advance.
I miss you so much.
Richard.
How long it took to write a short congratulatory message was immediately evident by the ink smeared with tear stains.
“...”
I was dazed and read and reread the card for a long time.
Then, I looked up because it was so quiet around me.
Everyone was looking at me.
“Sister... are you okay?”
Alex asked worriedly. Everyone, including Alex, was watching me closely.
“Oh, yeah. It’s okay!”
I quickly put the card in the ribbon of the box and put it aside.
"I'm looking forward to it! I'll open your present later on my own. Today is Alec's birthday party and welcome party, so let's all enjoy it!"
My words brightened the mood again.
But.
‘...I wonder if the body was still intact.’
I sighed as I looked at the stairs that had swallowed the two people.
"How can older people be so oblivious? Miss Vania, please take good care of the young master."
Emma and Ralph helped set up the party food, bent the table legs, and then locked themselves in their room...
"What? Where did the nanny and the butler go? Why aren't they eating together when the food is already served?"
When Ryan asked, I glared at him.
“They're doing that because they're concerned about my dad.”
“When did they ever notice?”
“And you told them to get lost as soon as you met?”
“You’re being a crazy fabricator. I didn’t say anything like that, did I, daughter?”
Alex sat there wearing his hood, looking back and forth between Ryan and me with anxious eyes.
Damn, I'm giving my little brother a hint too.
“Stop it! It’s a happy day, so don’t fight!”
Revan said, carrying a plate of dessert.
“Alex, nice to meet you! You can call me Brother Revan.”
“Oh, yes!”
“And you heard that one earlier? She’s your escort and my pretty little sister!”
Revan smiled and pointed to Kali, who was standing next to me.
"Please take care of me, Master Alex. And please feel free to speak freely to the members of <Cerberus>, including myself. We are all mercenaries hired by Mr. Ryan."
“Hey, hey. This kid’s worth so much, I’m just going to use her like I want.”
Ryan said quickly, taking Kali's words in.
"Yes, Kali. Please take care of me. But I won't force you to do anything..."
“Oh, you can use me. Anyway, thank you.”
Alex smiled slightly, his cheeks flushed slightly. He seemed to be in a good mood now that the tension had eased.
Alex, who was born with a disability that makes him unable to stand loneliness.
Alex would probably like this bustling atmosphere, which he had never felt at Windsor Castle before.
“Alex, and this is...”
I was about to introduce it, but Merchen quickly accepted.
“My name is Merchen, and I'm the youngest sister of your biological mother, Clara. That makes me your uncle.”
Merchen, who had studied well, would just come out with a bang.
That damn Clara...
"Well, Alex. Just know that for now, and feel free to call me brother. Or, as you can see, I'm incredibly handsome, so you can call me Prince!"
“Oh? Yeah, not bad!”
Merchen's eyes sparkled as if he liked it.
“Brother Merchen, please take good care of me.”
“...”
Alex was resolute.
"and.."
Everyone's eyes were focused on one place.
To our head of the household, who was sitting solemnly with his arms crossed.
Alex looked at Ryan with a nervous expression.
My brother is no fool, and he has been rigorously educated at Windsor Castle ever since.
So there's no way he wouldn't know.
Ryan's words about his biological mother being Clara and all were lies.
“Call me dad.”
And now Ryan, who had always been able to kindly and openly explain such facts, said only that with a fierce glint in his eyes.
“If not, you die.”
“...”
Silence.
“In your real father’s hands.”
“...”
Still static.
I swallowed a sigh and glared at Ryan.
Alex is still young, so maybe you could speak to him a little more kindly...
“Yes, Father. I understand.”
?
But Alex answered as if nothing had happened.
Even in the eyes that look solely at Ryan, there is no longer any tension or fear!
"Thank you for accepting me. I will grow up without ever causing trouble or inconvenience."
“...”
What the heck, what's so dignified about this? Ryan actually got hit.
“Uh... It’s okay to... cause trouble sometimes? You, um, you’re still...okay... because you’re a kid...”
I rested my chin on my hand and smiled at the dazed Ryan.
“Our Alex isn’t he kind, cute, and dignified?”
“...Yes. He is indeed Clara’s son.”
“Ahaha!”
"Yes, yes! That's enough. Alex, should I open the present?"
Starting with the ribbon cutting, we held a prepared gift-giving ceremony.
'Hehehe. You seem to really like it?'
The aforementioned cheeks. The enlarged eyes.
I could tell that Alex was in a very good mood.
“That’s right, sis. I have a present for you too!”
"Yes?"
Then, out of the blue, Alex handed me a small box.
“Oh, thank you. But I still have a month left until my birthday.”
"Sorry. I didn't prepare it... Richard gave it to me along with my present. Tell my sister when I see her."
"Ah."
A small red box.
A birthday card hanging on it.
Dear Bunny.
Happy birthday in advance.
I miss you so much.
Richard.
How long it took to write a short congratulatory message was immediately evident by the ink smeared with tear stains.
“...”
I was dazed and read and reread the card for a long time.
Then, I looked up because it was so quiet around me.
Everyone was looking at me.
“Sister... are you okay?”
Alex asked worriedly. Everyone, including Alex, was watching me closely.
“Oh, yeah. It’s okay!”
I quickly put the card in the ribbon of the box and put it aside.
"I'm looking forward to it! I'll open your present later on my own. Today is Alec's birthday party and welcome party, so let's all enjoy it!"
My words brightened the mood again.
Cold winter.
A living room with a warm fireplace.
Today's main characters are Alex, Ryan, Revan, Merchen, Kali, and even me...
We lit candles on the cake and sang a birthday song. We ate delicious food together, listened to each other's stories, and told each other stories. The laughter never stopped.
Then suddenly I felt it.
This scene.
Something I always wished for...
I thought, this is such an ideal image of a 'family'.
“Haha. What is this?”
It was a cute rabbit-shaped brooch.
Of course, the rabbit's red eyes were rubies, and the jewels on its ears and nose were diamonds, though the price didn't seem all that cute.
I placed Richard's gift carefully in a jewelry box and sat down at my desk.
'Ha.'
Even the youngest, Alex, insisted on...
A father who succeeded in driving out all his incompetent children, just like before my regression.
I wrote it again to keep my anger at him from subsiding, and to recall the names I couldn't forget after a long time.
"Ha."
A sheet of paper spread out.
Look at the names written down.
0. Edgar <Disarmed>
1. David <The Retribution of God>
2. Eliot <The Wrath of the Dragon>
3. Diana <Restoration of Light>
4. Gabriel <The Fountain of Purification>
From my father, Duke Edgar Wassenberg, to the fourth son of the family, Gabriel.
This is... a death list.
There is no room for rehabilitation anyway, but this is a list of family members who committed such unspeakable acts that they deserved a death sentence even before I was born.
“Have a good trip.”
I burned the paper with a candle.
I finished sorting out my feelings a long time ago. I don't even think of them as family anymore, and they will be gone at any time.
Then I took out another piece of paper and started writing other names.
5. Ryan <Instant Death>
This person... will be the prospective executioner.
6. Mario <The Abyss of the Receiver>
7. Bridget <The Book of Echoes>
8. Marina <Footsteps in Darkness>
9. Richard <The Chains of Bondage>
10. Krista <The Storm's True>
From the sixth generation onwards, all of the children of the family are from Windsor Castle and are the father's illegitimate children.
Now, everyone has awakened this ability, and since they are still single, they live with their father at the Duke of Wassenberg's residence in the capital...
“Aren’t you asleep yet? I’m going in?”
Just then, a knock. Ryan's voice was heard along with a knock.
I was about to put the paper away,
"Doesn't matter? I have to tell you soon anyway."
I thought about it that way and just left it.
“Yeah, come in.”
Ryan, who had been hesitant for some reason, came closer.
“What were you doing?”
"Just..."
“What the heck!!!”
“Surprise.”
Ryan was startled.
He pointed at the desk with a thoughtful face and trembled.
“Ugh, is this your life book?”
“?”
5. Ryan <Instant Death>
6. ...
Aha, Ryan's name is written neatly.
“Haha. Then what should we do?”
“Oh, why me?!”
A living room with a warm fireplace.
Today's main characters are Alex, Ryan, Revan, Merchen, Kali, and even me...
We lit candles on the cake and sang a birthday song. We ate delicious food together, listened to each other's stories, and told each other stories. The laughter never stopped.
Then suddenly I felt it.
This scene.
Something I always wished for...
I thought, this is such an ideal image of a 'family'.
***
“Haha. What is this?”
It was a cute rabbit-shaped brooch.
Of course, the rabbit's red eyes were rubies, and the jewels on its ears and nose were diamonds, though the price didn't seem all that cute.
I placed Richard's gift carefully in a jewelry box and sat down at my desk.
'Ha.'
Even the youngest, Alex, insisted on...
A father who succeeded in driving out all his incompetent children, just like before my regression.
I wrote it again to keep my anger at him from subsiding, and to recall the names I couldn't forget after a long time.
"Ha."
A sheet of paper spread out.
Look at the names written down.
0. Edgar <Disarmed>
1. David <The Retribution of God>
2. Eliot <The Wrath of the Dragon>
3. Diana <Restoration of Light>
4. Gabriel <The Fountain of Purification>
From my father, Duke Edgar Wassenberg, to the fourth son of the family, Gabriel.
This is... a death list.
There is no room for rehabilitation anyway, but this is a list of family members who committed such unspeakable acts that they deserved a death sentence even before I was born.
“Have a good trip.”
I burned the paper with a candle.
I finished sorting out my feelings a long time ago. I don't even think of them as family anymore, and they will be gone at any time.
Then I took out another piece of paper and started writing other names.
5. Ryan <Instant Death>
This person... will be the prospective executioner.
6. Mario <The Abyss of the Receiver>
7. Bridget <The Book of Echoes>
8. Marina <Footsteps in Darkness>
9. Richard <The Chains of Bondage>
10. Krista <The Storm's True>
From the sixth generation onwards, all of the children of the family are from Windsor Castle and are the father's illegitimate children.
Now, everyone has awakened this ability, and since they are still single, they live with their father at the Duke of Wassenberg's residence in the capital...
“Aren’t you asleep yet? I’m going in?”
Just then, a knock. Ryan's voice was heard along with a knock.
I was about to put the paper away,
"Doesn't matter? I have to tell you soon anyway."
I thought about it that way and just left it.
“Yeah, come in.”
Ryan, who had been hesitant for some reason, came closer.
“What were you doing?”
"Just..."
“What the heck!!!”
“Surprise.”
Ryan was startled.
He pointed at the desk with a thoughtful face and trembled.
“Ugh, is this your life book?”
“?”
5. Ryan <Instant Death>
6. ...
Aha, Ryan's name is written neatly.
“Haha. Then what should we do?”
“Oh, why me?!”
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