Chapter 74

Rowena and the crown prince were only engaged now, and they seemed to think that things might change before they got married.

“Oh, the second master must be here,” a maid said, showing signs of greeting.

Theo was more popular than Matthias in the count. He wasn’t particularly nice to them, but it was so because he didn’t beat them up like Matthias.

In addition, Paul, Matthias, and Theo were all proud faces. Matthias was shunned by maids and servants because of his temper tantrums, but Theo had some maids who secretly held him in their hearts.

Well, I don’t like him either.

Louis looked sullen as he drank the drink the kitchen maid gave him. It didn’t matter whether Theo was popular with the maids or servants.

Theo was a better guy than Matthias, but he wasn’t happy with it. It occurred to him that if he had the same physique as Theo and his age, he would not have let Rowena be treated like that.

At the very least, he would have made Matthias completely muffled and taught him who was superior in this family.

Theo has beaten Matthias before. But why doesn’t he do that?

It was only to meet Paul’s expectations, but Louis didn’t know that far. He knew Paul discriminated against Matthias and Theo to some extent, but he didn’t know that his treatment of Theo was that bad.

“Lord.”

The freshly baked cake was sprinkled with chocolate syrup and tea was served. Louis did not lift it himself, but let the maid carry it and headed to Paul’s office.

“Are you out of your mind?! What a stupid plan!”

Louis paused at Theo’s angry voice. Paul’s subsequent urgent voice was heard.

Keep your voice down. If your words leak out…

Louis looked back at the maid with an ominous foreboding. Tea and cake will be meaningless in this situation. Louis raised his eyes fiercely, beckoning to go back, and the maid quickly turned around with the tray in her hand.

She ran toward the kitchen without making a clattering sound. Louis silently approached the door and put his ear to it.

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Theo wrinkled his brows in annoyance. It wasn’t usually a big deal. It was more astonishing to hear that his father had allowed the mean trick, but the wild Mathias was even more absurd.

Paul seemed to judge that something was wrong when he heard Matthias mention “a person who helped with work”.

He was said to be the eldest son of the Viscount and a friend of Matthias. Matthias whispered that he would blame them if they left after sending them off, but Paul couldn’t believe it.

“Whether I convince my brother or beat him, he must stop!”

“Beat him?! Although Matthias did a tough job, he did it for his family in the end! Don’t talk about your brother like that, pig!”

“Do you say that in this situation? I know you don’t care about Rowena, father but this is too much! Which noble family would want to make a deal with Adelia if this leaked out!”

There had been several stories about commoners selling off their daughters. The aristocratic family was not much different.

It was common for a family to sell their little girl to a man who was never married. That’s why the emperor of the previous generation adjusted the law and set the marriageable age of women higher than that of men.

But it was rather considered inferior and terrible. Now Rowena was about to get married to the crown prince!

“What’s wrong with Matthias?! Does that crazy bastard have a consciousness that Rowena is his sister?”

“Theo! I told you to be careful what you say!”

“I will not do this to the lady of the royal family! Who in the world would be tempted to rape my sister?”

At the sight of Theo, who was running wild, Paul almost confessed that Matthias’ mother was different from them.

Matthias knew that the other three brothers were from a different mother, but the rest did not. Paul attributed Matthias’ cruelty to Rowena because she resembled her mother.

He divorced his first wife and adopted him. It was a marriage that was possible after two years of dating after sending the proposal letter.

Still, Matthias acted as if his stepmother had seduced his father into having an affair.

In fact, when his stepmother was alive, he did not even notice that she was a stepmother.

Paul had only one regret in his life, teaching Matthias that he had another mother.

He found out that his mother died. He was heartbroken and from that day on, he began to hate Theo and Rowena very much.

Even before, Matthias did bother Theo and Rowena. Theo didn’t respond well, so he only often bothered Rowena, who was relatively weak.

“It’s too late. Matthias decided to take action, and I allowed it.”

At that time, he was outraged by the reaction of the nobles he met at the banquet. However, as soon as Matthias was introduced to a person and things took shape.

“Why don’t you call Matthias and stop him now?”

“Isn’t Matthias saying something completely wrong? Rowena’s forgetting about the family and being frivolous. Matthias’ method is overkill, but how can she know her position otherwise?”