I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

114 – Apology

Since His Majesty warned his vassals not to arbitrarily distributing specialties recently, everything I’ve been working on behind the scenes has been wiped out.

Judging from the contents of the letter, it seemed that His Majesty’s patience had reached its limit, so he even passed the time quietly breathing in order not to be noticed.

“Another letter from His Majesty? Give it here.”

“Yes, sir.”

But today, His Majesty sent a letter like this again?

Hmm… I’m nervous. No matter how much I think about it, I can’t think of any reason for His Majesty to send me a letter.

‘No, it might not be a big surprise.’

Since I received the first letter, he has lived in seclusion, almost like a corpse. I can’t get a hold of the book.

Yes, that’s right. I was scared for nothing. Or just a simple hello

“…Huh?”

I made a mistake.

If the person related to you moves, you will never stay still no matter how much you stay still from a political point of view. There is not much difference from other people who move passionately.

[—-This is the sin your son has committed all these years.]

‘What…? You said you formed a faction…? But why didn’t you tell me about it? No, that’s not important right now.’

Why did I forget that I had to crack down on my son as well?

The situation on this side must have been known to some extent thanks to the attendants traveling back and forth on errands. Since he was my son, the attendants would have had no objection to giving them relevant information.

And my son hit a major accident with that shallow information and modest pride.

Breaking Your Majesty’s edict and still not dissolving the political faction, just as breaking the edict and still fighting duels.

Since the matter of the faction did not directly cause a problem, it is to some extent an extenuating factor, but the problem is a duel.

All lords have the right to enact the laws of their own territory, and the position of king can be seen as a huge lord in a way.

And Dijon is an obvious fief of the great lord, to anyone’s eyes. When you go to a certain territory, you must obey the will of that lord.

[With your own hands, punish your child. Jim’s last mercy.]

“Hey, hey…!”

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Moreover, the justification of preventing unnecessary injury and the exclusion of unauthorized force is a just cause that cannot be refuted at all.

If Your Majesty uses this maliciously, he will be able to interfere with my domain. I never see anything like that.

Dare, dare… Who… Watch and learn and eat…!

“I’m going to send someone to the University of Dijon right now, no, I’m going myself!!”

“Your Excellency?”

“The young guy’s baby knows what he knows.”

What is the reason your majesty entrusted me with the punishment of my son? To prove my loyalty as my son.

I have to give a punishment that satisfies His Majesty, but the problem is, I don’t know at all how much His Majesty will be satisfied.

Then there is only one way. The severity of punishment should be set as high as possible.

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“Prepare the wagon, come on!”

“Yes, yes!!”

No, even without His Majesty’s intentions, I would have given the greatest punishment to my son.

Aren’t you a lowly citizen and dare not tell the difference between what you should do and what you shouldn’t do? I’ve taught you very wrong all this time.

I think it’s already too late for education as I’ve grown up enough… But even now, if I don’t fix my bad hair, I won’t be able to trust myself.

…………

“With this, I’ll be calm for a while. I’ll be able to get a lot of cooperation in policy.”

According to the reports of attendants released here and there, it is said that there was no uproar like this. Considering that some nobles even went as far as to beat their sons on the spot, they would have personally come and beaten them.

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Most of the nobles who came in person even witnessed with their own eyes that their son was still participating in a political faction or preparing for a duel, and it was said that a tragedy that could not be explained in writing occurred.

Kwaang!

[I beg your pardon, Your Majesty…!]

Among the punishments of the nobles, the most spectacle was the case in which the guilty son was beaten and then dragged in front of me and his head pounded on the ground.

Only a slave would stomp his head into the ground and make such a gesture, which shows how desperate the nobleman was.

“It’s true… I gave it to the punishment in case there would be noise, but the gin is all sucked. Oh, banging your head.”

“…Brother.”

“Why?”

“Whoa… No, that’s it.”

“?”

At that time, Chloe suddenly looked at me with a distorted face and then sighed.

After that, even when I asked her why she was doing this and if she wanted something, Chloe just said it was okay and didn’t give a proper answer. What, why are you doing this

…………

“Haaa… Long time no see.”

After a long time, the trauma of the incident has disappeared, and Claudia has grown up enough to be left in the hands of her lady-in-waiting, so she and Chloe are taking a walk in the garden together.

Because it is late autumn, there are a lot of fallen leaves on the floor, but since it is a garden that values aesthetics, it has been planted mainly with evergreen trees, so the freshness has not gone away. In addition, it blends exquisitely with the autumn leaves everywhere, creating a very good scenery.

“hehehe, it’s a bit empty not having Claudia, who was always in her arms, but it’s nice to be able to hold hands and walk with her brother without looking back at her.”

“I should have left her to her maid from the beginning. Seeing her in her room every day made my heart ache.”

“It’s okay, I did it because I’m happy. Claudia is very healthy now, but back then, even if she went a little wrong, it would be a big problem for her, so I didn’t want to leave her to someone else.”

Claudia and Liliane both grew up very well.

I think it’s a bit too early to say that he’s grown up because he’s still a baby, but he even walks on his own two feet, recognizes me when he sees me, smiles brightly, and even tries to copy what we’re saying in his own way. Do you babble as if you were humming a song by copying your tone and pitch?

I remember the time when I couldn’t even open my eyes properly until recently, but comparing the two of us now to that time is very emotional. I was married really well.

Basrakㅡ

“Haaa…”

With every step she takes, her shoes rustle with fallen leaves. Because that kind of sound comes out regularly, it’s like listening to a song.

Since Chloe likes the sound of treading on leaves, she told me to leave them in the garden as long as they don’t harm the movement, and she seems to have done well.

So Chloe and I walked hand in hand for a long time without speaking, with only the sound of the fallen leaves being crushed and the occasional breathing sound.

“Uh… Uh uh…”

“Kuhmm…”

However, the silence that lasted for a long time suddenly disappears in an instant.

Because the bench appeared before my eyes.

“Ahahahaha… Oppa, are you okay?”

“Uh, uh uh… I’ve looked all over, but what…”

“Then let’s rest over there!”

“What? What is that- Hey!”

Before I can say anything, Chloe grabs my hand and starts running. I hold the power very tightly in his hand, fearing that somehow I will escape.

“Come on, let’s sit together.”

“Oh… Just words…”

“I bet you wouldn’t listen to me if I told you. Sit down quickly.”

After sitting down on the bench, Chloe pulls the hand I was giving her tightly and forces me to sit on the bench. He was able to resist enough, but fearing that Chloe would get hurt, he decided to just follow through.

“The weather is moderately cool and very nice… How is it? Aren’t you about to fall asleep? Can I borrow your lap?”

“…I can’t use it if I make fun of my brother.”

“hehehe…”

Chloe smiled bashfully at my answer and sat back on his bench without further invitation. Chloe’s gaze goes up to the autumn sky.

“…I’m really sorry about what happened back then, brother.”

“…”

Then Chloe took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind on something, and then said so.

He didn’t seem to want an answer, so he decided to listen more quietly.

“At that time, I was so impatient with the fear of losing my brother. Now that I come back, I see that there really was no fool. I can’t. It’s been over a year since I said I should apologize someday, but it’s been two years… I’m sorry. It’s too late.”

“… Well, now it’s like that. I was obviously very sad then, but it doesn’t matter now. I just… Think it was a bit violent first meeting with Chloe as her wife.”

“That’s… Is it…”

It doesn’t really matter what Chloe did to me in her past. Isn’t that even an accident that I made because I liked it so much?

Hmm… Well, I’m pretty happy to apologize though.

“Never mind. Ugh…! Then let’s go. It’s the first time we’ve been together in over a year, so we shouldn’t have such a hard conversation.”

“…Yes.”

Unlike before, this time I pull Chloe up and lift her up from her bench.

It’s been a while since I’ve been sitting here, but if I keep sitting here, the atmosphere will keep getting weird, so I decided to leave quickly.

“”…””

After getting up from the bench, Chloe and I walked together, just as before, silently listening to the rustling of leaves, and after walking around the garden twice, we stopped walking.

Although not a word was said between the two of us, we could very well know how each other was feeling. Even if you don’t say anything, it’s all revealed in the expression on your face.