As he had stopped interacting with Maya, he had felt her getting restless from the lack of attention she got over time. Poor tsundere.
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Since there was Tina, a younger and more beautiful woman than Maya, Terias did not pay much attention to Maya's behaviour and Tina was not at all wary of Terias, even though she saw him doing things with Maya.
He believed there existed a good relationship among both the widow maids, at least that's what it looked like on the first day.
Both of the maid's had spent a good amount of time inside the mansion, they slowly accomodated themselves as they familiarised with the other workers of the same rank.
This development gave John a hint, he believed that the evil forces or to be exact the people under Ekaros were aiming to develop a relationship with Maya and Tina in order to harm Terias.
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"The people at the top are too calm but I believe they have already sped up the process. Some of them feel that our allegiance with Earl would help you recover to full health, which is why, this reckless approach." This was exactly what his butler John had said to Terias.
John believed that the Earl Scheta will help Terias recover to his full strength. It was obvious that Ekaros, his third brother would think the same.
Levon and Ekaros were his two brothers, Ekaros was the youngest, thus the strong desire for power in him, the noble title of Viscount was what Ekaros desired.
Levon was his second brother who was well aware of what Terias was capable of, Levon had seen Terias deal with the eldest of the siblings, this made him wary of Terias, he only supported Ekaros from time to time.
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Levon was a smart guy, he did not commit any crime by supporting Ekaros in many ways, his methods were meticulous which left him with no trails.
Ekaros on the other hand was quite young and unwilling to stand down, he was a decade and a few years younger than Terias.
Ekaros had not seen how Terias had suppressed their eldest sibling with great strength and a show of his potential.
Ekaros believed he could take over when Terias died and facilitate control over the province, which would have been possible if they did not have many vulture like nobles gazing upon them.
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They were only subservient because of his exaggerated strength, even though he was not an unjust ruler.
John had found evidence of Ekaros being involved with the Earl Ian in shady deals. Ekaros had contacts with many of Ian's subordinates, though not very obvious.
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To be honest, he was not surprised, the moment he arrived in the Viscount's body, he had already made assumptions about him being poisoned and there being an insider wishing harm on him.
What he was surprised at, was the lack of critical evidence against Levon, John could not find anything against Levon. He was given a clean chit.
Terias knew it was impossible for Levon to not know of Ekaros and his motives. He had all the resources under his surveillance, he had to be aware of whatever deal Ekaros was a part of.
Not to mention the support he showed to Ekaros, though rare Levon did help Ekaros at times, pulling him out of dead ends.
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John was unable to search info on Levon but he did find things about the lady in his mansion, the third brother's daughter in law, her name was Lily.
She was the daughter of one of the Viscount families in the distant place. She was not exactly the daughter, she was just a part of family, with her father being second in line after the Viscount, in the hierarchy.
John searched and found out that her husband was away from the mansion, under the order of Ekaros. Ekaros wanted his first born to handle the family's warriors, take military control in his hands.
Due to the immense authority behind Lisa's father and her lonely circumstances, she picked a good servant for himself which was coincidentally named John as well.
His butler John has found it hard to speak his own name but refering to another person. So, he named the servant under Lisa 'servant J' for convenience.
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This servant J was together with Lisa for seven months, just a month after Lisa had given birth to her first child, a son.
J was a man with good potential, which Ekaros had handpicked for the safety of his daughter in law as well as his grandson.
Although, J was not protecting Lisa but compensating for the husband.
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