How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 35

“… … Did you hear from the family head?”

Xian asked.

It was a natural question.

Contrary to expectations, however, Chesha shook his head.

“I haven’t heard of it, but I know that much.”

by sight?

Xian looked at her in surprise.

He seems to be a pretty good kid. No, should I say insight rather than intuition?

“As you said, the young master passed away. I am acting as the head of the household by his command.”

“Since when?”

“Since when?”

“I think it has been quite a while. hmm… … When my older brother was 12 years old, I don’t remember what it was, but he said he won a prize in a competition.

I was a bit confused, but I understood what he was talking about.

Xian nodded.

“It must have been me then. Most of the competitions and annoying schedules were taken over by me.”

“no wonder. There’s no way that stupid older brother could burn something like a prize, so I thought it was strange.”

Awesome.

Xian licked his lips.

I heard that the original Xian was very fond of his younger sister, but isn’t the younger sister quite bitter?

‘Is it because it feels good?’

A sense so good that he guessed his existence from that young age.

Maybe he knew his brother’s personality well from the beginning.

No matter how gentle and cool he played his brother, it didn’t seem like the crazy Xian could fool this Chesha.

If he had known his true nature from the beginning, his harsh tone would have been understandable.

“So since when?”

“I was picked up by the family head when I was 5 years old. The first time I came out as a double was when I was 11 years old.”

“and.”

At those words, Chesha opened her mouth small and blinked her eyes.

“It’s been a long time.”

“What is it?”

She stared at Xian.

Are you looking for a different look from the original draft?

However, in terms of appearance, there was little to no difference.

His appearance was exactly like Xian’s from the beginning, and even the detailed differences were filled in by Yeomno.

Looking at him like that, Chesha put her hand into the inside pocket of her dress.

rustle rustle.

Xian looked at her curiously.

“Eat one.”

What Chesha took out was well-wrapped chocolate. It is said to be very popular among the ladies of society as a high-class refreshment.

“… … thanks.”

“What.”

Xian tilted her head at the sudden gift and accepted it.

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Jjiik.

Chesha also took out one, tore open the package, and put it in her mouth. Well well. If it was impressive to see him squirming like a squirrel, it was impressive.

Xian didn’t even hesitate.

It was also a time when my stomach was empty because I was doing exercises.

‘oh… … .’

It was my first time eating chocolate, but it was quite sweet. It was excellent that it melted smoothly on the tongue and went over.

Indeed, expensive things are more expensive than expensive ones.

“Brother.”

“huh?”

Is it because of the sweets? The atmosphere between the two seemed to have softened a little.

By the way, even though you know that you are not your real brother, do you still keep the title of brother? … .

“Since long ago, my father has told me a lot of things, and among them is this.”

From the past?

Xian’s eyebrows twitched slightly. That word got stuck somewhere.

“What words?”

“Save your people on your own. If you just inherit my person, the family will enter the path of decline.”

“It’s a stern word like a head of household.”

Xian responded appropriately.

It was surprising that Chesha knew about his existence, but apart from that, he still felt that he didn’t want to have much contact with her.

Especially now, right after Beriam’s incident.

I don’t know who Barriam is or who is behind it, but if they start looking at Chesha, it will be tiring in many ways.

I don’t know what happens to her, but the problem is that the family head will never leave her alone.

because of him.

“Brother. Won’t you be mine?”

Chesha’s words were quite surprising.

“Your person?”

Xian asked with a slightly frowning face.

“yes. Not my father’s person, but mine.”

“I have already sworn allegiance to the family lord. Too much of a joke.”

“I’m not kidding.”

Xian just lightly listened and passed it on.

The family head said that, but the true intention was different.

Become an heir recognized by the members of your family, and do not neglect to look for talented people outside of your family.

It probably means something like this.

‘My person, not the person of the family’, couldn’t it mean to seek the same thing?

“If you are recognized by the person of the family head, that is your person. There is no need to separate the two.”

“There may be things that my father and I don’t agree with.”

An heir against the wishes of the family’s owner? that’s a problem as it is

I was a bit surprised at the first impression because of the excellent sense, but after all, a child is a child.

“It’s right to follow the will of the head of the household when things don’t agree with you. If you don’t like that, why don’t we have a family meeting?”

“What if it’s something that doesn’t seem to be resolved by talking?”

“For example?”

“Something about my older brother.”

tall.

Xian’s hand stopped for a moment.

“Father won’t really care if my brother dies or not. It’s a throw away card. Don’t you think so too?”

“… … .”

“I am different. Wouldn’t it be a waste to use it as a hand to throw away a talented person like your brother?”

Without making a face, Xian stuck his tongue out.

what the old man said. The words that Chesha seemed to have the blood of the family head rather thick.

It really was.

It was only for a moment, but I felt like I was actually talking to the family head.

“If I stay with my father, I will die one day. come to me I will save my brother. I’ll find a good family, marry you, and let you have children and grandchildren. A good deal, right?”

She held out her hand triumphantly, as if offering a really good deal.

In fact, the conditions were good.

It is true that the householder only sees him as a bait, and it is also true that he will be really abandoned someday.

Xian smiled bitterly.

But, after all, she was still young.

“Thank you for the offer, but I will decline.”

“yes? What did you say?”

“Rejection.”

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Just cut it off and rejected it. Resolutely enough that there is no room left.

Chesha seemed to blink twice as fast. It’s like you don’t understand what I just said.

Of course, he must have thought that he would receive his offer.

“why? Do you hate me?”

“No, not like that… … .”

Xian smiled bitterly and organized what to say.

Well, anyway, there are certain words that can be spit out here.

In any case, now he is acting as the family head’s loyal subordinate.

“It doesn’t matter if you throw away the pad or whatever. If the family head hadn’t picked it up, I would have already died when I was 5 years old.”

In reality, he would have been sent to the temple as an orphan, but this amount of seasoning would be fine.

“I still don’t want to die.”

“I don’t like it.”

“Then why… … ?”

“Dislike is not a reason for betrayal.”

okay. I cannot give up for that reason.

The reason why Xi’an was hostile to Ga-joo was not because of that reason.

I want to get out of the shadow of the Agrid family. So I want to get my hands on perfect freedom.

I want to get my own name back.

If he just didn’t want to die, he would have been even more obsessed with the family head.

The survival rate is higher if it is used as a card that is quietly discarded while crawling like that and hoping for the mercy of the family head.

Rather than going against the family head like now.

She didn’t know that.

‘Perhaps it’s because she is a complete ally to her.’

between families. Sometimes they oppose each other, but never against each other.

That’s why she didn’t know Xian’s intentions.

Because Xian was not their family.

“I gave you chocolate too… … .”

Chesha drooped as if disappointed.

“I’ll buy you a box later.”

“box? really?”

“really.”

At that, she raised her head.

The lady of Agrid probably wasn’t as energetic as a box of chocolates.

It just means that I’m going to shake off the conversation until now.

“Huh, okay. If you don’t like my older brother, I can’t help it.”

She brushed off her seat and stood up. Xian also got up to see her off.

Then, as he stood up, Chesha looked him up and down.

“Anyway, it’s really the same.”

I’d say it’s the same as the original draft.

It has to be. Isn’t it you who was raised for 12 years to do that?

“You said from the age of five, right? From then until now, you have lived with the exact same face as my older brother.”

“That’s how it is.”

She folded the bag of chocolates she had finished and put them in her pocket.

Not only hers, but also Xian’s was taken and put in the same.

Are you collecting high-end wrapping paper?

“However, it may be different in the future. Unlike my older brother who can no longer age, my older brother will continue to grow.”

“… … .”

“I’ll go.”

After saying that, she left the training ground.

Seeing him off, Xian blinked.

“under.”

Soon after, he let out a mischievous smile.

Could this be because she has good senses?

Like the proposal to hold his hand because he won’t throw it away unlike the family head, and the last words.

‘I think I know why the servants care about her.’

He was a gifted kid who said what people wanted to hear.

* * *

Chesha, who came out of Xi’an’s training center, did not head to her room, but went straight to her own training room.

at that time.

“What a cheeky guy you are.”

An old woman’s voice began to be heard.

Clearly, she was alone and no one was there, but her voice was clear nonetheless.

“Aren’t you cocky? Are you my brother?”

“okay. After all, you reached out your hand first. How dare you refuse it? If not being cocky, what is it?”

“It’s called loyalty to your father.”

“Sheesh, his loyalty. Yeomno how the hell did you educate him, he looks like a doll.”

“I’m a person, not a doll.”

“That’s what it says!”

The old woman grumbled and complained.

Chesha put her hand in her inner pocket while giving a moderate choo-im-sae to those words.

rustle rustle.

What came out of it was chocolate in the same packaging as the one I ate earlier.

“It’s okay.”

She crackled open the wrapper.

“In the end, you will have no choice but to come to me.”

“Chesha… … .”

The old woman was speechless.

with confidence.

She was confident, even though it was still just a weak confidence. The confidence that I will definitely make it.

And that, in the old woman’s opinion, was the most necessary virtue for a family heir.

She brought the chocolate to her mouth.

Then.

“Didn’t I tell you that you have one snack per day?”

“… … .”

At the old woman’s point, I quietly put it down.

Chet. I thought I wouldn’t count what I ate with my older brother.