Episode 4
“…….”
Elisha looked into his eyes. She met red eyes and then she hastily averted her gaze. What she meant, she wondered, but she didn't ask.
Carola quickened her steps.
“General, come with me to the mansion……. Get in my wagon…….”
“I decline, madam.”
Lucerne cut it off.
“If I go into the mansion like you, everyone will naturally imagine me and my cousin's wife having an affair. If you don't want to be the object of masturbation by the servants next to you tonight, you'd better refrain from that. It's disgusting to think that I'm involved with that person in particular.”
Caroline's face went white. She shook her body like a child before she burst out crying.
Tak, the carriage door closed. Lucerne's carriage departed. Her freckles opened her mouth and she looked at Elisha with an expression of amazement.
But Elisha kept her blond hair hanging down in her ponytail, and she just kept her head down.
* * *
“That girl's job. You must never enter Jacob. If Lucerne is interested in a woman, Jacob will be coveted. Carola is anxious.”
Carola whispered to her entourage, the nanny, as she climbed into her carriage. The nanny nodded her head.
“It's not an unreasonable bitch. I need to be careful.”
“Yeah, when Lucerne and Jacob's eyes don't reach each other, I'll have to punish them a bit. For now, not today. Everyone shut down.”
* * *
“That black wagon…….”
The sound of the carriage rang loudly.
The butler, who had been staring out the window with her eyes wide open, was startled and hurried out to the front door.
“The youngest grandson is here!”
Lucerne, the illegitimate son who makes even the bloodlines of the Duke of Cartier tremble, has arrived! A warlord called a murderer, a general, has arrived.
The attendants who noticed the situation began to whisper.
That buck that buck
The Lucerne walked into the living room carpeted with golden silk without hesitation in boots. Behind him, his men in matching knightly uniforms followed him.
When he finally stopped, one of the duke's servants, who had been crawling on his knees, quickly cleaned his boots, which had been tanned in Lucerne's fine leather.
When the servant finished his action, Lucerne moved his feet as if pushing away something troublesome. It was an arrogant attitude, like a human standing above others by nature.
The servant quickly stepped aside. The butler followed him and rubbed his hands together.
“Welcome, Lucerne-sama. The Duke is waiting for you.”
“I brought you a birthday present for the Duke.”
“You prefer to be called the head of household.”
Food.
At that, Lucerne raised an eyebrow.
“That's what he said.”
As if the title given by the empire was insignificant compared to the position of head of the family. His grandfather always emphasized that he was the head of the household.
“By the way, what are those sacks, by any chance…….”
The butler said, seeing the burdens slung over the shoulders of several of his men.
“Be careful not to spill blood.”
Lucerne whispered. At that, his men smiled and tipped their sacks. Thick drops of blood dripped loudly onto the carpet with a gurgling sound.
“It's my grandfather's birthday present.”
“Hey, is this what you mean? What the hell is inside?”
Gaju doubted his eyes. It was green blood.
“He said something bizarre to make sure to bring a birthday present this year.”
Lucerne must be because his inspiration was about to die—he added. The butler pretended not to hear.
“I've been hunting for anything that caught my eye. It would be nice if you could use leather.”
“…….”
Eventually, the butler, seeing the dragon's head unhooked from his sack, let out a horrified scream.
* * *
The butler called the servants and trembled and told them to decorate the dragon's head somehow to make it look like a gift.
The servants, almost in tears, prepared to decorate the head of a man-sized dragon with silk cloth and flowers.
“Is that really Lucerne de Kayas?”
One of the servants whispered to the older servant. The old man has been working in this mansion for a very long time.
“Okay.”
“You're an illegitimate child……. Rather more than anyone…….”
“Okay. Know. Look at that arrogant figure. He looks more like a nobleman than a true nobleman.”
“Yes.”
The servant nodded his head.
Black hair with glowing red eyes. At first he thought he was a god descending from heaven. He was just as beautiful, tall, and imposing as he was. In contrast, the other grandchildren…….
The servant stopped thinking there. It wasn't his right. The Duke of Cartier did not welcome the family members who thought. All they needed was an obedient family.
* * *
A huge ornamental silver table with diamond dust on the rims. There was a silk cloth on the table. What was placed on the infinitely large tray above it was not banquet food, but a dead dragon with a long tongue hanging out.
Colorful flowers were decorating the dragon's head. It was a grotesque sight. Against that background, Lucerne was quietly drinking tea.
“My grandfather is not coming. I will go to my room.”
“Wait. Ready soon……. It ends.”
The butler was startled and stopped.
Ready? It was a strangely foreign word. The moment Lucerne's forehead twitched, the door opened. Women in colorful dresses entered the room.
“What is this?”
“That is…….”
The butler whispered in Lucerne's ear with a troubled face.
“All of them are the daughters of fallen nobles, and although they hold titles above a certain level, they are said to be poor women……. They are women who have no children at home and are planning to inherit the title.”
“Have you still not given up? What a bizarre confrontation this is.”
Anger flashed in Lucerne's eyes. The women who blinked at Lucerne shuddered in shock at the bloody blood flowing from his body.
But they persisted like tenacity. Marriage with the most beautiful general in the country would be too much for these fallen aristocrats.
“For now, go to the next room.”
Seeing that Lucerne's expression was unusual, the butler drove them away.
“And what did your grandfather say?”
“He said that 'the name of a hereditary nobility' is absolutely necessary. And he told me to be a real nobleman.”
“In addition.”
Lucerne growled.
“I wonder if it would be a waste to give all the lands taken away to the state…….”
“Under.”
Lucerne laughed. Lucerne is a general, but he was just a knight. Even if he had children, he would be able to pass on his knighthood to them.
That was his limit as an illegitimate child. Knights cannot own territory. However, the story changed when he took a woman of her title as her wife and became her son-in-law.
Daryl's son-in-law can continue the title until a son is born between them. There are many things you can do once you become a hereditary aristocrat with a territory, albeit temporarily. It is also possible to take over the territory of another lord by holding a territory war.
“Why do you keep trying? I have no particular ambitions in this family or outside of this family. Right?”
The butler didn't say anything and lowered his eyes.
'Even if he speaks with such greedy eyes.'
“Okay, let me find out the flaws one by one. Or the butler will take care of it.”
Lucerne caressed the scabbard like a lover and said. The butler closed his eyes tightly and lifted his head.
“Next time, I'll be sure to invite young ladies I'll like.”
Lucerne nodded.
“Boss, I'll just say one thing over the topic. Just take any woman and marry her. If you become a real noble, you will have more comfortable things.”
“…….”
“Please bow down to the lord for a little while.”
Lucerne laughed.
“Butler. Enjoying bowing is something enjoyed by races other than Cartier. It's not from my family, but you know one thing.”
* * *
The night has always come.
Elisha was sitting on the narrow bed, looking at the crimson cloak resting on her lap. All of her collaterals used one room, but only three young ladies were staying at the moment. There were many people, but only one candle was lighting the night.
'I was still an idiot. The man.'
Elisha touched her cloak once.
'Lucerne de Kayas.'
Elisha, who worked with Jacob's spies, knew everything about Lucerne.
'General, hero of the country. The youngest grandson of the Duke……. The only descendant of the Duke's special abilities.'
According to the Empire's hereditary law, if his mother was a celestial citizen, his child was also a celestial citizen. Since Lucerne's mother was a lowly citizen, it was known that even if Lucerne died and woke up, he could not become an enemy.
Lucerne was the son of the deceased youngest son of the present Duke, who is said to have died almost immediately after Lucerne was born.
Despite his position as an orphan and an illegitimate child, Lucerne was the most outstanding talent in his family.
A red-eyed snake that is said to be the origin of the duchy. The child born with snake-like red eyes manifested the special powers of the duchy. When that ability was manifested in Lucerne, he said that he felt sorry for even the head of the family, who had no blood or tears, so he hit the ground.
'Besides, it's also known as a war-mad psycho and a demon.'
It is said that Lucerne was first sent to war when he was thirteen. He was sent to die.
And he took 15 soldiers and won a great victory. A forest occupied by demons was cleared and two villages were liberated. The empire has been turned upside down. That moment is still talked about.
The next year. The duchy sent him back to the front line. He came back and won again. Then abroad, then…….
He started out as a knight, but now, at the age of twenty-five, he was called a general who commanded all the troops in the country. All of this was accomplished without lobbying from the Cartier family.
So he was called by two names.
The first is the general. The second is Cartier, but not Cartier.
