Chapter 14. Stealing what others covet. (4)
He knew what business Cain and his friends had been talking about with Abel. It was he who poured his full support and financial resources into the Geoven Club.
“……actually,”
Cain was lost in thought for a moment. This is because his pride was too damaged to honestly tell the truth.
“I didn’t necessarily make the offer.”
Eventually, a new, natural voice flowed from Cain’s lips.
“I just had a brief chat as the eldest son representing each family.”
A bit of arrogance loomed over his fluid tone of voice.
“He doesn’t really seem like the kind of person we should join. All of our friends agreed.”
“There are times when you say that.”
Carlo looked at Cain’s face again, somewhat surprised.
“It would be a good idea to attract them to our side, but it is not necessary.”
He reached out his hand and tapped Cain on the shoulder.
“I trust your choice.”
“Yes, father.”
Carlo’s support gave Cain renewed strength.
‘Yes, I am not wrong.’
What if I told my father something different from the truth? In any case, the result was the same: Abel Kindreal not joining his club.
Cain didn’t realize it now, but for the first time in his life, he lied to his father.
And lying is difficult the first time, but becomes extremely easy the second time.
“By the way, father, are you okay?”
Cain lowered his voice and asked worriedly.
“What do you mean?”
Carlo similarly lowered his voice and asked again.
His face was no different from usual. But Cain, at least the son, noticed that his father’s complexion was grayer than usual.
And the cause is the emotion of anger.
“Your complexion… isn’t that good.”
“It looks like you’re a little tired because the meeting has been long. Don’t worry too much.”
Carlo smiled kindly and offered a drink.
“Isn’t it a better position than that? Don’t worry about this father and just enjoy it.”
“……yes.”
Cain nodded and took the cup his father offered. The way he drank his drink was as elegant as a painting.
The surrounding nobles who saw this could not help but be amazed.
“Prince Cain is still full of dignity.”
“If my daughter had been born a little sooner, I would have arranged an engagement.”
“Haha, who cares?”
They made sweet noises like they always did.
It was something he usually just passed over, but today, those words were restoring Cain’s wounded pride.
“……thank you.”
Cain smiled with genuine satisfaction. And that smile grew even stronger as the nobles continued to talk behind their backs.
“But is he a young man named Abel? He really can’t use it.”
“Anyway, I guess it’s my father’s fault. His stiff appearance just resembles my father.”
The people who were making such a fuss were all nobles who had punched Abel during the meeting. They kept an eye on Carlo’s thoughts and diligently talked about Abel.
“From what you’re doing, it’s clear that you threw away your childhood etiquette textbook. How dare you show that at a meeting?”
“There’s nothing else to say. It’s like you’re just babbling without thinking. It’s really unpleasant.”
“So, I’m going to forget what he said. After this meeting, I won’t see you again.”
The feelings of those who said that were all the same.
Please help Carlo feel better and forget about the bomb Abel set off earlier.
“haha.”
Carlo just smiled softly and said nothing. He just tipped his drink to his mouth.
A rivulet of cold sweat ran down the nobles’ backs. They had no idea what Carlo was thinking.
“Ha ha ha ha ha…….”
“Yes, yes. Prince Cain, what did you think of your visit?”
In the end, they tried to change the topic.
Cain glanced at them with meaningful eyes. He thought a lot during the long meeting.
“First of all, it was very interesting.”
“Ho, did you do that?”
Carlo finally showed interest in this conversation. Cain looked at his father and continued.
“I was able to get a rough idea of how the empire’s agriculture, commerce, and many other things work.”
“In that short bird?? Haha. That guy too.”
“Yes. I once again realized the importance of the lords who rule over the people of the empire. I also realized how much work my father is doing.”
The corners of Carlo’s stiff mouth softened slightly.
“Guy, you’re saying amazing things.”
“So, on the one hand, I had this thought.”
Cain’s eyes became as hard as jewels.
“Someday, I would like to proudly participate in this meeting.”
As Cain said that, Abel, who seemed more confident than anyone else, was lingering in his head.
Abel Kindreal stood in the center of the conference hall and confidently expressed his opinion, overwhelming the other lords.
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I want to stand there instead, no.
‘If it were me, I could do better.’
That’s what I thought.
It was a thought and declaration that I would never have done if I were my past self.
“I will not disappoint my father.”
Cain’s straight tone conveyed a strong conviction that this would definitely happen.
“……Son.”
Carlo felt his heart swell as he saw his son like that.
At first, my son’s eyes were sparkling with curiosity and wonder as he looked at this conference room, but I can’t believe he showed such maturity in such a short period of time.
As a father, I couldn’t be happier.
“Yes, son.”
Carlo said, suppressing the lump in his throat.
“What do you think I created this position for?”
“father…….”
“It was all for you. Someday, I’m sure….”
I wanted to say that I would give you everything and everything in this empire.
But it was still too early.
Carlo closed his eyes tightly and suppressed the words that were about to jump out of his tongue.
‘Not yet, not yet.’
Plus, today’s meeting might have delayed the process a bit.
This empire had to be handed over to Cain in its most perfect condition.
“…it will be as you wish.”
For now, I had no choice but to say this.
‘now.’
But soon, really soon, we will be able to say things differently.
Carlo thought. At the same time, we made a promise.
He looked to the side with a venomous gaze. There, Abel was seen excitedly devouring various types of food.
‘I will definitely not let it be taken away by someone like you.’
This time he meekly backed down, but that didn’t mean his permanent defeat.
It was then. There was a slight commotion at the entrance to the banquet hall.
“If you come in here…”
“Your Majesty….”
I could hear the servants struggling and trying to stop me.
“what?”
“What’s going on?”
People’s eyes turned to the entrance.
bang!
Soon, both doors opened roughly and someone entered.
“Woe, princess!”
The servant’s anxious cry revealed her identity.
“-!”
Cain, who had been looking at the entrance since the commotion started, was startled.
A jet-black dress generously poured with high-quality satin fabric, and luxurious accessories decorating the neck and arms stretched out like a deer.
Her jet-black hair, which seemed to have been cut from chestnuts, was half braided and the other half was left flowing like a waterfall.
The delicate facial features in the middle of it all were absolutely perfect. As if there were no flaws whatsoever.
Eyes as bright as amethyst scanned the conference room.
“Princess Violet!”
The attendant who followed gasped. It looked like she was trying to stop her and failed.
“You are not allowed in here!”
“Is there anywhere in this imperial palace that I can’t go?”
Princess Violet responded in a sharp tone. She walked with long strides and made her way to the center of the banquet hall.
“your majesty.”
A painted smile appeared on her wax doll-like face.
It was calculated that my father would not be blamed for my sudden appearance. And it was a smile full of confidence that she would melt the emperor’s heart with her cuteness.
“Oooh, my daughter.”
As expected, there was no discomfort on the lips of Emperor Theodore, who was standing in the center of the banquet hall, and only a bright smile appeared.
He looked at the princess as if he were looking at a very precious treasure or a cherished ornament.
“What happened here? Isn’t it time you went out to play?”
It was a remark that pointed out that the princess was always playing at the casino at this hour.
“Oh, your Majesty too.”
Princess Violet answered without changing her facial expression.
“Your Majesty has an important meeting today, so how can you just sit idle?”
She gestured toward the servant behind her.
“I have prepared a drink that is said to be good for fatigue. Please drink it together without harming your body.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Emperor Theodore burst into hearty laughter.
“My daughter can’t handle this.”
He reached out his large hand and wrapped it around Princess Violet’s shoulder.
“Thinking of my father like this makes me so happy.”
“Please take a look at my thoughts about Your Majesty. Please hurry up and get a drink.”
“Oh, give it to me quickly.”
Emperor Theodore drank the drink that Princess Violet poured for him in one gulp. It seemed truly friendly and friendly.
“……Huh, really.”
Although it was a minor issue that they could not be seen as father and daughter, it was a problem.
Carlo clicked his tongue as he looked back and forth between Emperor Theodore’s face and Princess Violet.
“You really look crazy young. I wonder how you maintain that face at that age.”
Emperor Theodore’s age was similar to that of Carlo. However, there were no faint wrinkles visible on Carlo’s face.
Carlo also searched for and ate foods and ingredients that were said to be good for health and youth, but he could not catch up with Emperor Theodore.
“Isn’t that right?”
It was an empty question, hoping that my son would take my side.
“…….”
But there was no answer.
“Cain?”
Carlo looked to the side and saw his son making a dumbfounded face.
“……Cain.”
“Oh, yes.”
When I called again, Cain finally came to his senses. He looked back at his father with a shy look on his face.
“Sorry. I was thinking about something else for a moment.”
“Hmm.”
Carlo noticed that the tips of his son’s ears were slightly red.
“Did you like the princess?”
“Yes? No, what!”
Cain vehemently denied it, but Carlo had an extraordinary sense of humor.
“Well, the princess is pretty. She looks just like my mother, who is famous for being a peerless beauty.”
“Ah, the Empress.”
Cain answered blankly, not knowing that his gaze would fall on the princess. Carlo laughed when he saw that.
“Didn’t you see him at the casino yesterday? It must have been around the same time you went.”
“Yes? Are you the princess?”
“Yes. Princess Violet is famous for being obsessed with casinos. It is said that when she is not at the imperial palace, she is usually at the casino.”
“Is that so? But I….”
Cain furrowed his brows and traced his memories of yesterday.
‘The princess was at the casino?’
Everyone in the casino was wearing a mask. However, I don’t think I would have failed to recognize a princess with such noble beauty.
In particular, those ecstatically shining purple eyes were something that was hard to forget once seen.
“Well, it looks like we are at odds with each other.”
After speaking casually, Carlo gestured to Cain.
“Follow me.”
“yes?”
“Guy, it’s bland.”
He laughed out loud looking at his cute son.
“The 1st princess came by herself. Shouldn’t I say hello to her?”
It was a word that seemed to be looking directly into my son’s mind.
fantasy,
