Chapter 166 - Emery Who Returned To Normal? (R-18)

(R-18) ATTENTION THERE ARE WORDS ABOUT THE S-U-I-C-I-D-E ISSUE, BE CAREFUL WHEN READING THE CHAPTER. I would like to say that you are never alone, always, and I repeat ALWAYS seek help!

Today, I'm going to do that warning and help request, if you feel uncomfortable, I need to do this because… every situation is explained in the author's notes. So, I'm sorry, about it.

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Of course, Theo for being Count Bianco's bastard son… Well, the ward where he lived at least didn't have to worry about such filthy fellows.

"Hello, nice to meet you, Theo. You can call me Young Master Charles, there are many young Darcy masters in the mansion. I hope you can take good care of my stubborn little brother".

Charles said, still keeping his face serious, but there was a slight gentleness in his voice when he spoke of Emery, which showed the rush for his younger brother.

"Young Master Charles" Theo repeated politely, looking a little shyly at Charles, his red hair a shade lighter than Emery's as Charles trained a lot in the open air and with the sunbathing his body.

"What brings the second young master here? I remember asking only Miss Kate to come to escort young master Emery."

Louis said looking at a tall woman with short black hair and gray irises eyes like sharp granites, the heavy armor rested beside her and the intricate mesh of silver and Nordic ice iron glinted in the sunlight that streamed in through the window.

The two double-bladed axes were resting on either side of the woman, who was looking around with frank curiosity, paying little attention to the butler and the second young master Darcy.

"Well, I just wanted to see if my little brother was back to normal…"

"If not, wouldn't you have let me take him back to the mansion?" Louis interrupted Charles' speech with a sharp tone and a sharp look.

"It would have been better if he really had returned to normal, you know how sensitive Archduchess is when it comes to Emery" Charles looked directly at Louis without fear and with a lot of confidence.

"The second young master Darcy has grown a lot," Louis commented in a gentle tone, leaving Charles a little embarrassed.

"That… I prefer it when you're fierce…" Charles commented, feeling embarrassed.

"At another time I will be fierce, don't worry. Young master Charles, I can guarantee that young master Emery has returned to normal, even the silly look has returned."

"Now you call me by name…" Charles muttered, looking away from Louis.

Louis, who was the Archduke's personal butler Darcy was the most companionable adult to the Archduke's children, he was like a second father to the young Darcy's masters.

Of course, Louis's favorite were the twins who were far more demonic than he and Darius, who was always on the run from the manor and venturing outside.

Louis adored them to heaven because they were wild and were always running from him, but Charles couldn't even feel resentful because he adored the liveliness they brought to the mansion and gave him the opportunity to stop training to go find his little brothers.

Finally, it was only poor Louis who had to find the four sons of the Archduke, who seemed to venture out without caring about the consequences. The twins' joy was very contagious, and their antics amused everyone.

Of course, that changed when Emery returned from her freshman year at boarding school at the age of 16.

Emery didn't look like the same young man, even his twin sister rejected him as if she couldn't recognize her brother.

Needless to say, Archduchess Darcy had her husband investigate whether anyone dared mess with her son, but nothing was discovered, he was treated well, but he was very sad, nothing big… except one night when he passed out after having fallen into a nearby river.

A mighty river that crossed a little far from the capital, but was close to the boarding school and was often used to collect water in winter since even in the freezing the river continued to flow without solidify

The river had already taken several lives of unsuspecting people about the deceptive river, but Emery's case was strange… The priests, tutors, and students of the abbey said it was an accident, but it looked like a suicide attempt.

Of course, people couldn't believe that a person like Emery with such a rich family background would commit such a thing… Besides, the priests didn't want the wrath of Archduke Darcy, so they considered it all an accident, slipping on ice and falling into the river.

Why was Emery next to a dangerous river in winter when he was a rich and important student?

The answer was pretty obvious, but it was better to keep it quiet.

What mattered was that Emery was no longer the Emery they knew.

"Well, Louis called me here for what reason? You are much stronger than me and very capable of protecting young master Emery." Kate finally spoke, looking at Louis.

"Young Master Emery needs to train his body… Besides, I already have Theo to care for and educate for now"

Kate looked at Theo and liked the young man's eyes a lot, which were different from normal, she smiled sympathetically at the 14-year-old boy, as being coached by Louis seemed very terrible.

"Call me Aunt Kate, I'll call you young Theo. No need to use formalities with me," Countess Linova said with a smile. Of course, Theo didn't know Kate was a noblewoman.

In the book, he studied, he only has the titles and names of the nobles, but he didn't have the nicknames or "war" names they used with others in intimacy.

If so, she had… Theo didn't know if he could memorize everything until Louis asked him the questions.

Furthermore, there was no picture of Kate in the book Theo was given, because of Kate's special position in Archduke Darcy's mansion as one of the Archduke's own ten personal knights.

Kate the slayer was ranked 10 in the Knights Empire rankings, a female knight who was already in the tenth circle of power. She alone could destroy a small army, which made her much stronger than Charles.

Of course, Kate was much older than Charles and had much more experience and training.

Anyway, Louis trusted Kate deeply precisely because of the position she had held at the mansion for nearly 40 years, being one of the few people who sided with the current Archduke Darcy before he ascended to the position of family master.

"Aunt Kate…" Theo muttered, feeling something in his chest heat up but feeling the curious gaze of everyone who heard him murmur, his face grew hot, and he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Charles chuckled a little and coughed to hide it, but he got deadly glares from Louis and Kate.

What could he do, he found young Theo a little too cute?

You know those big innocent eyes and face that quickly turns red, oh, it's been a while since he's seen a cute kid.

Lee Ming and Austen entered the room bringing tea and snacks between sweet and savory, the room was silent for a moment as they organized tea and snacks. So, Kate, after eating a rice ball stuffed with shrimp, started talking again:

"You could have called Orlando…"

"In fact, Orlando would love to see young master Emery again, but he wouldn't be able to push hard in training precisely because of the uncle and nephew relationship they have," Louis said with a cold smile.

Orlando Darcy is the younger brother of the current Archduke Darcy, who was born after Emery's father took over the family. Grandpa Darcy, being a powerful Wizard, had a very long life and was very active, but nobody imagined that he could still have children.

The stronger the Wizard, the harder it is to have children, but former Archduke Darcy had four sons and two daughters, which was a fair number of children.

However, it was visible that with each generation there was a significant decrease in the number of children, the old Archduke Darcy had six children and the current Archduke Darcy had four children.

Because he was younger and there was already a new Archduke Darcy, Orlando freely grew up to be whatever he wanted in the future, in the end, he became a Fire Paladin of the Archduke and set up a school for knights in the main town of his old brother's territory.

To say that Orlando Darcy was the best teacher was really undeniable, but as Louis said, Emery was his favorite nephew who ran away from the mansion with his sister to visit his uncle in town.

The uncle and nephew relationship could leave Orlando weak-hearted and training less burdensome, supposedly.

Of course, for Louis to have such antagonism against Orlando would be more unsaid, but Kate and Charles wisely asked for nothing else.

Lee Ming and Theo didn't know about Louis and Orlando's enmity, so they kept silent and thought Louis' decision was no big deal.

"Anyway, we'll leave tomorrow to pick up young master Emery from there, on the way you can get acquainted," Louis said ending the subject once more.

Austen and Theo left the room to deal with packing the remaining luggage but were interrupted by a scandal outside the Jiang-Li hotel.

On the other hand, in the old bar and inn in that neighborhood that appeared to be destitute, Emery was well warmed up drinking a very tasty beer despite the glass being made of wood and looking very worn.

The beer was surprisingly delicious.

The old fireplace was lit, the noise from the kitchen was very evident by the silence that Emery was together with Mattias, Bryan, and Naill, even Anael was silent.

Guests all rushed to their rooms to change and change into warmer clothes.

"Naill, do you have your bag there?" Emery asked when Old Dolores went into the kitchen to hear cutlery hitting the floor and the female voice complaining about having cut her finger.