I Became the Younger Sister of a Regretful Obsessive Male Lead - Chapter 127
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 127
The sound of the loud trumpet could be heard even by Samuel and Martina in the guest room.
“Mother.”
As Samuel looked at his mother with a worried face, Martina stared into the air with a ferocious expression, not the frail look she had shown Rachel.
“Mother, wouldn’t it be dangerous?”
“We came here at a greater risk than that, Samuel.”
“But Sister Rachel looked like she didn’t know anything…”
“It is. She didn’t know anything and seemed to be at ease… she didn’t live in hiding with the feeling of being chased like you and me.”
“But…”
“Noisy, Samuel. Didn’t your father come in person and tell you everything? God, you didn’t know that and believed your father’s words. You are so naive.”
“However, it is true that father changed at the time. The way he looks at me lately…”
With his words, Martina responded in an annoyed voice.
“Why are you talking nonsense to your father? Is what you said before Rachel true?”
“….”
“How can he look at his child like that? Don’t you think it’s because it’s awkward because we’ve lived apart for so long?”
“…I’m not sure.”
At the answer, Martina gripped her skirt with a look of indignation.
“This is all because of brother-in-law. If Brother-in-law hadn’t pushed between us, our family wouldn’t have lived apart for such a long time.”
She shuddered as she remembered the words of her husband, who had visited her recently.
“I have heard men say that they love each other, but I never thought it would be Brother-in-law. That’s why he chose a wife from such a lowly family… to deceive everyone.”
Samuel couldn’t speak anymore. He remembered what his father had said.
⌊ We’re getting an unfair false accusation, but since this is all the punishment for my brother’s sins, I, the younger brother, should bear the burden as well. That doesn’t mean there’s no way out. ⌉
He recalled the look in his eyes as he spoke. His father’s words that he would shoulder the price of his brother’s crime, together with his impassive eyes, sounded strange to him. It was like an actor acting on stage.
⌊ You just need to prove that our family is not guilty. So, all you have to do is pretend to be in danger and enter the Leon family to relieve the fatigue that you have not been able to recover from. When the time comes, take out this letter and say this. ⌉
As he recalled the past, he heard Martina muttering in his ears.
“The previous Duke used brother-in-law. Brother-in-law didn’t know that and did as he was told. Isn’t that creepy? How can you use someone like that?”
The evil voice was especially annoying today. Samuel grabbed the armrest of the sofa and stared at his trembling mother.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t understand his mother’s heart though he was really reluctant about his father. At that time, the look in his eyes, as if judging him, was not wrong.
If what his uncle said was true, his father would be taking advantage of him and his mother.
He couldn’t get his stand easily. He could not reject his mother, whom he had suffered with for a long time, and he had no ability to think of other ways. While he was thinking about it, there was a commotion outside, and soon he heard a knock. It wasn’t a polite knock like a butler or maid, but an unstoppable knock.
“Yes, come in.”
As soon as the knocker heard Samuel’s words, the person who opened the door and entered was none other than Pedro. He stared at the two of them with impassive eyes.
“Ah…”
As Martina, startled, got up from the sofa, Pedro said in a plain tone.
“Both of you pack your things. We’re going somewhere else.”
In his brief words, Samuel knew he was protecting them, but Martina could not hide her feelings and glared at Pedro.
Her body trembled at the thought that she had met the culprit who had put her in this fugitive-like situation. On the other hand, Samuel did not delay but packed a few things. He held his mother’s hand and looked up.
To say if she didn’t tremble would be a lie.
He knew that what he had been through was not common…. so, he wanted to go carefully.
Would he listen to his father, who seduced him with the word family, or would he trust Rachel, who accepted him without refusing, even if he came to her without hesitation?
For a short time, he pondered fiercely. Samuel, who had been following the previous duke, recalled the letter his father had given him and gently pressed his hand against the inside pocket of his jacket. After confirming that he heard a rustle, he let out a sigh of relief.
Since the letter was with him, he thought that his mother would not do anything recklessly.
It was when he was walking quickly after the previous Duke when suddenly he heard a rough sound and even someone running behind him.
Samuel tried to calm his beating heart and looked at the previous Duke, who glared behind him and spat out a small curse.
Seeing that, he couldn’t contain his curiosity and slowly turned his head. Noticing the imperial knights running in perfect order, he held his mother’s hand tightly. He tried to be dignified, but it was a daunting task for him, who was still only fifteen years old.
“Receive His Majesty’s edict!”
As the roaring knights surrounded Pedro, Samuel, and Martina, Pedro couldn’t hold back his irritation.
“Even with His Majesty’s edict, did you just enter Duchy Leon?”
Despite being surrounded by numerous knights, Pedro was not at all discouraged. Rather, he glared at the commander of the knights with a ferocious look.
The commander of the imperial knights answered plainly with a calm expression.
“His Majesty’s words cannot be disobeyed, even by the Duchy.”
“Even so, it’s against etiquette to come into the mansion without my son coming out.”
“This is an edict from His Majesty the Emperor to wipe out the group of traitors. So, I apologize for breaking in without first asking for your understanding.”
“…Traitor. Why are you looking for traitors in our family?”
Pedro couldn’t stand the heat in his stomach. Even if things got twisted, it was twisted this back.
He regarded the current Emperor like a close friend. When the Emperor was in trouble, he naturally helped. It was closer to the friendship shown to a close friend who has been together for many years than the meaning of loyalty.
The current Imperial Family was in a state where their imperial power had collapsed. Since they couldn’t give birth to many children, they naturally had no choice but to hand over everything to one child.
The current Crown Prince was a perfect example. The lucky prince, who became the successor because he had no competitors, even if he had no special talent.
…But how dare they mock him?
A sharp edge stood in Pedro’s eyes. As he openly revealed his anger toward the imperial family, the knight commander gradually began to get nervous. The only noble who could stand up to the imperial family, the Leon family, who had been firmly established for a long time, was by no means a family to be taken lightly.
Pedro slowly approached the knight commander. He squeezed the medal on his chest with his fingers and said, emphasizing one by one.
“Who do you think researched it, and who made the list of traitors? Do you think the list just fell from the sky?”
“Even if you’re the former duke, you can’t refuse His Majesty’s edict. We came with orders that there are traitors here. We ask for your understanding.”
He didn’t know that the snake-like emperor would send a knight so quickly.
As he glared at the knight commander, drawing attention to himself, Pedro could hear an unpleasant voice in his ears as they tried to get Samuel and Martina somehow.
“I wondered what the Knights were doing… Isn’t it the former Duke?”
His face contorted in displeasure when he realized that it was Elliot who had brought the knights. Even if the emperor had to send someone, he sent him.
When Elliot appeared, the knights who had been blocking the three in a circle opened a path.
Sweeping his radiant silver hair, Elliot leisurely passed through them.
As soon as she saw him, Pedro’s blue eyes filled with murderous energy. He got angry just thinking about not being able to catch the man and having to leave Rachel in the south for seven years, but the man brazenly sent a marriage proposal as if playing with them.
While receiving Pedro’s fierce stare, Elliot managed to give an eye smile. As usual, he brushed under his right eye.
“Previous Duke, long time no see.”
“….”
Pedro only glared at Elliot as he shamelessly greeted him. He wanted to curse, but the many eyes annoyed him.
“Oh, what a great family. Both the son and the father don’t really know the Imperial Family.”
Pedro laughed at Elliot for criticizing him harshly.
Then, the sound of many footsteps was heard. It was only belatedly that the Duke’s knights arrived. Elliot glanced at them and touched under his right eye again. The thrill of being able to meet the little child lifted him up.
Ignoring Pedro’s glare at him, Elliot asked the main point.
“Where is Rachel?”
His purple eyes flashed as he felt that he could finally get what he wanted.
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