Chapter 88

“You’re the one who’s causing harm! You’ve never thought of us as brothers in the first place when you’re so impatient to take away our sister’s position!”

“Shut up!”

Matthias shouted, his face red. Paul was unable to decide whether to side with Matthias or protect Louis.

He could not overcome Matthias by force, but he was the head of this family.

“Take Louis to his room. Don’t let him come out without my permission!”

“Father!”

The servants carefully wrapped arms around Louis. Louis looked at Paul with an angry face, but Paul turned away from Louis. Matthias had a triumphant face.

Paul frowned and looked at Matthias. He had not yet heard Theo’s answer. Matthias and Louis were making a fuss, so he couldn’t.

Matthias glanced at Paul’s complexion and kept his dagger.

“I didn’t mean to make a fuss, Father. I’m sorry.”

“What are you thinking? Those guys aren’t strangers! It’s your brother! And yet you put a knife to Louis’ neck, are you out of your mind?”

Paul raised his voice and clenched his teeth when he realized that there were listening ears around him. He could not be scolded in front of the employees. That’s not how he should lower his eldest son.

“Hey! You go back to your place!”

When the count roared at the servants, they all scattered. Matthias followed Paul into the office with a fierce look on his face.

Paul raised his voice as soon as the office door closed.

“The eldest son deserves to teach his younger siblings habits, but now it’s too much! I have kept your face, I stood by you in front of the servants, but what the hell are you up to?! If you lock Theo up, who will lead the family and the Knights!”

Paul was looking at some of the territorial integrity, but now the heavy work was concentrated on Theo.

Theo was not only doing what Rowena was doing, but also drawing soldiers and making money by eradicating evil things.

Matthias snorted.

“The harm he does by walking around outside will be greater. After a few days, I can lock Louis up and release him.”

“Locking Louis up?”

Paul looked at Matthias confusedly. He was thinking something was going wrong from the moment Matthias pulled the dagger.

“Otherwise, Theo will surely betray the family and blow all the tricks you and I thought of to the imperial family!”

Paul wanted to step out of the way so that it wasn’t his plan, but he couldn’t stop talking when he saw Matthias’ eyes. He thought Matthias was greedy, but recklessness was dangerous in a different sense.

“Matthias, I’m talking seriously. The plan seems to be too risky.”

“Father! What are you talking about?! Didn’t I tell you that I can’t back down now that I’ve introduced it to you?”

“I only heard it today! You can ask the baron to quit, isn’t that all you have to do?”

At Paul’s temper, Matthias was furious. He thought Theo had instilled fear in Paul while he was away for a while.

“You already know that we conspired like that, do you think you can get out of it now? Rowena, what will happen to our family if this reaches her ears?”

“Rowena is… Theo, yes! I will be able to persuade Theo!”

“It’s no use. I’ve already allowed this! Rowena, I swore I’d grab her and break her and take what I deserve! Even you can’t stop this!”

“Matthias!”

Paul scolded him, but Matthias kicked out the door without listening further. Paul slumped into his seat with a faint heart.

“What am I supposed to do with this…?”

* * *

Count Adelia was quiet while something big happened to the Marquis of Wenson. When Lyria’s letter arrived, the Marquis of Wenson came all the way here, causing a commotion, but that was all.

Paul ordered his servants to let Lyria’s story leak out, but in his head, he was thinking about how to get out of this situation.

Matthias, who should have been most raging at the news that Lyria had fled, left the house the previous day and there was still no news.

If it’s already going to happen, would it be more advantageous to do what Matthias says?

Paul had no regard for Rowena’s feelings. He made a hole in the door of the warehouse room where Theo was trapped so that he could put food in.

In addition, instead of locking Louis in the room, he attached a watchman to instruct him not to leave the house.

It was a minimum measure for him.

“Master, will you keep it that way? The two young masters should attend the engagement ball…”

Although Matthias was said to be the eldest son, it was Theo, not Matthias, that most of the count’s employees followed. Paul knew that, too.

So Paul was furious at the butler’s words.

“It’s up to me to do it! If you take Theo out without my permission, I won’t let you go, so keep that in mind!”

Paul stared at the shrinking butler and moved out of the house. On that day, he thought his house, which should be comfortable, was like a prison.