CH 2

2. For now, start with my brother

Lily Islar.

As the mother of the original male lead, everyone said the same thing about her.

“She’s a woman who doesn’t deserve to be a parent.”

“Someone who only thinks of herself to the extreme? Only you are always in pain and you’re the most pitiful.”

Lilian believed that she was the victim of an arranged marriage.

She owed it to the schemes of her fake nanny.

The object of her main resentment was her husband rather than her brother, whom she couldn’t see often after getting married.

Lilian, who considered herself a victim, demanded various forms of apology and compensation.

Exotic silk that isn’t sold even if gold of the same weight was attached, big and ancient jewels with stories and history…

Lilian, who grew up with no shortage of things but has no greed and no peers her age to brag about such luxuries, didn’t know that such things were particularly good.

However…

“The more respected a lady is, the more jewels she should have.”

Is it?

The nanny skillfully instigated the naive Lilian.

“Don’t hesitate. It’s what you deserve!”

Most of the expensive and bright things just brushed Lilian’s hand once and slipped into the nanny’s skirt.

Her husband let Lily be his wife even without doing any of her duties as a wife and hostess.

It seemed like there’s not even a hint of expectation in the first place.

It was an act that, in some cases, could be considered lenient, but Lilian, who deep down wanted to get her husband’s attention, was deeply upset to think that she had been ignored.

Lily was upset and her nanny advised her to have a baby.

“All you have to do is give birth to a healthy child, a son who will become the heir.”

Lilian took her advice. And her hard work paid off.

But even after her pregnancy, her husband’s condescending attitude didn’t change.

However, the people around him, except for him, certainly paid more attention than usual.

Whatever the inside story, Lilian had a wonderful husband and brother, so she received congratulations and presents in abundance.

So Lilian had a very satisfying time without her husband’s attention.

After a while, her labor pains began.

…it was difficult.

Two days later, the baby was born. Even Lily’s life was saved.

But her miracle ended there.

Lily, who wasn’t healthy at all, became unable to conceive again.

As soon as her body recovers, she thought of having a child again and enjoying the sweet attention, but Lilian despaired.

She hated the child playing with the nanny without knowing anything.

‘Does he think the nanny is his mother?’

Her heart was greatly twisted.

She’s the one who became this way because of giving birth to him. But he didn’t even know his mother?

‘No matter how much of a baby he is!’

Her son had to love, respect, and regard her as an absolute being, not the nanny, but her, the mother.

Because she became like this after giving birth to that child!

The abuse that started like that continued steadily throughout the child’s growth.

Lilian even had seizures when her son went beyond her standards or took an interest in anything other than herself.

And that wasn’t all. After she realized at some point that people comforted and cared for her when the child was sick, Lilian deliberately hurt her child or even poisoned him.

When this fact was discovered belatedly as time passed, everyone was shocked at Lilian’s madness, but one person, her husband, didn’t even get angry.

He just sighed a little and shook his head, as if he wasn’t surprised.

But Lilian took her own life that night in front of her son.

There was only one reason.

That was how it seemed to Lily since he despised herself anyway.

It was to get revenge on her husband.

While describing Lily’s self-destructive behavior in detail, the author made the original female lead care for the male lead’s trauma.

Encouraged by the female lead’s support, the male lead, with his own hands, ended his father, who became insane and a monster after Lily’s death.

A truly beautiful epic.

An ending where love and justice triumph.

In the process, one man became a demon that burned half the empire and one man had to kill such a father.

Throwing the lives of her son and husband into the abyss of misfortune. That’s why Lilian was present in this story.

“I’m sorry for asking to see you all of a sudden. Were you busy?”

If she didn’t want to live that kind of life, there’s someone she need to meet first.

“Not really.”

Dark blue hair like the feathers of a crow, and skin as white as snow.

He was a young man whose fine lines were thin and the silver rimmed glasses he wore only during work matched perfectly.

Cedric Islar, her brother who succeeded her deceased father as the Marquis.

“Why did you suddenly ask to see me?”

“I have something I want to tell you about my engagement.”

Cedric Islar opened his eyes while frowning.

He had bright blue eyes.

“Of course, older brother has something to say to me on the same subject, but…”

“…”

“Before that, I want you to listen to me first. Would that be okay?”

Cedric looked strangely at his sister, who had not been able to make eye contact with him until recently.

She was ‘a weak child who didn’t resemble her mother’s wickedness.’

Didn’t she even faint on the spot as soon as she heard that she was supposed to get engaged?

‘I heard that the woman called her nanny scared her rather than appeased her.’

Soon after, her sister fell seriously ill, and Cedric was even told to prepare.

It was a mess and there was a commotion. Just thinking about it again gave him a headache.

Cedric’s honest feeling was that he wanted to avoid repeating the situation.

‘However…’

Cedric blankly stared at Lilian. Surprisingly, it seemed that Lilian was calmly waiting for his permission.

“I’ll allow it.”

For now, Cedric decided to give Lilian the right to speak.

“First of all, I would like to apologize for disappointing you with my careless response to the engagement you mentioned earlier.”

“…”

What?

Bowing, the little sister bowing her head and apologizing looked cute even to Cedric.

It was so cute that the credibility of what she said was lost.

Cedric raised his brows.

‘What the hell is she talking about?’

Is she trying to pretend to be more admirable than necessary to get some sympathy because she doesn’t want to get engaged?

‘I’m sure she wasn’t that smart…’

“And now I want to tell you that I have changed my mind.”

Hold on.

“You changed your mind?”

“Yes.”

Lilian’s words that followed were completely against his assumptions.

“I will get engaged, with the person chosen by older brother.”

Cedric was speechless for a moment and his beautiful eyebrows went up in a flash.

It was a surprise he expressed to the fullest extent.

Lilian, who was subtly nervous, relaxed a little at that sight. Fortunately, the words she prepared seemed to work.

“You’re surprised.”

“Are you certain?”

“I’m certain.”

Despite her clear answer, Cedric couldn’t get rid of his doubts.

Lilian thought she deserved that.

“Why did you change your mind?”

“I did some reflection.”

“…”

Cedric was once again at a loss for words at the overly simple answer.

Seeing that, Lilian finally couldn’t hold back and ended up laughing.

Cedric was astonished.

“What’s so funny?”

As soon as he spat that out, he immediately felt sorry.

His sister was weak. She was so scared of him that she couldn’t stop crying which was a headache.

But…

“Ah, sorry. I did it without realizing it.”

There was not even the slightest hint of fear as she apologized.

Cedric, who was nervous about making the child cry, lost strength in his shoulders.

He was relieved but at the same time dumbfounded.

In any case, she sincerely apologized, so he had nothing more to say.

“…if I think you’re just being frivolous, I think a more sincere explanation would be needed than this.”

Well. It was a reasonable point even for Lily.

“I am a daughter of Turin.”

Lady of Turin, Lily Islar.

“I am lucky to be born and enjoy all kinds of good things, and I was extremely safe because father risked his life to protect this land.

It was a beautiful and relaxing day.

It was as natural as breathing so she didn’t know it was precious.

“…but now I know.”

Now she knew.

“I took all of these things for granted, but I didn’t get them through my efforts. I regretted forgetting about it for a while.”