Chapter 65 – 6. New Family (5)
Clear Lake Garden.
There is a landscape called by that name at Dior’s mansion in Lumiere, Gallia. It is a microcosm of Mother Nature with lush greenery and rippling clean water, and it is the garden that everyone falls in love with because it has a neat yet leisurely style.
“Miss Marguerite.”
On the shore of the lake, watching the still, calm waters, the woman slowly turned around at the sound of her voice calling me. From there, she welcomed her nanny and her husband, her butler, who devotedly raised the duke’s brother and sister, with warm eyes and smiled.
“Long time no see, Anais.”
The name of the nanny, who was past 40 and looking at 50, was Anais. She had a strong personality, and she was a wonderful heroine with a physique that matched her, and she was a woman who showed a strong appearance as much as anyone else with steady exercise even in her old age.
“And Leonardo.”
The name of the butler, who was past fifty and looking at sixty, was Leonard. Unlike Anais, he was a slender old man who seldom opened his mouth because he had a gentle and solemn personality. He wasn’t weak in body, but he was a man who seemed to be more exceptional at wearing short hair than working hard.
“It took a lot of work to come from far away. I heard that you are living somewhere in a foreign country these days, but I never thought of going there myself. Still, I sent you a letter every now and then, so please forgive me.”
“Don’t talk like that. The reason why we were able to grow like this is because the lady looked after us. Together with Lee, I was able to visit various places while traveling around the world, which is not even mentioned.”
Sigh, Marguerite laughed silently. With her dark brown hair, she was a very striking beauty with thick, long eyebrows and very dark lips. Her character could also be guessed from the fact that she insisted on wearing simple clothes, like her plain dress, in spite of her own beauty and status.
“A home without the two of you is lonely after all. The only thing left in this family is the power-mad demon brothers, so it’s hard to bond with them at all.”
“The first young master was originally such a person, and the second young master was crooked because the deceased mistress was so neglectful. Everyone who pursues power and status has a reason for it.”
“… That’s not to say it’s bad.”
Anais answered, and Leonard added. The two, dressed in casual clothes, now look like a good married couple, but they were once employees who educated the five siblings of Duke Dior, who supported high society.
While she naturally understood what Marguerite was irritated with, she did not regard the aristocratic society as a bad thing.
“He is such a person.”
Marguerite closed her eyes and listened to the chirping of the birds. After her former duke Alexandre died, her brother, who inherited the family line, did the first thing she did was confine her mother to her country villa.
“Right. My brother was someone who couldn’t fathom what was inside her barrel.”
Well, the current Duke of Dior was and still is. From a young age, being quiet and sullen was the type that was far from being in power. He once disappeared without a word, refusing to become the heir as the eldest son of the family.
That too for several years.
Should I call it a runaway? Or should I say disappearance? Anyway, it was a young adult thing. My older brother, who is quite close in age, came back after a long time after leaving the house like that. He became a more gloomy person and devoted himself to classes to be reborn as a person suitable for the next Duke.
“Charles was a child who was jealous of his older brother, and seeing that he still does not give up and tries to compete, it seems to be no different from then.”
His younger brother his, Charles, who was born as the second son, had a proud personality. The reason why he hears the arrogance of people around him was also closely related to him. He showed a typical lack of affection because he didn’t get much attention compared to the first.
“Because the third son-in-law had a very free-spirited personality, and he was not angular enough to get along well with the youngest son-in-law. He didn’t really care if he didn’t get the same attention as the second boy. Rather, he preferred to hang out with employees like us.”
“… He was the boss of the house that he liked the most.”
Is that why? Margaret was especially fond of her half-brother her. The shy and shy boy was just as small and cute. Because he was also quiet and feminine. He wanted to take care of him, whom everyone considered a idiot except his father his, here Anais, and Leonard.
“Anyway, with the exception of the youngest, they are all characters who will somehow survive. The only thing I’m most worried about right now is that child.”
Romuald Dior, the illegitimate son of a Cortizan woman brought in by her father her shortly after her brother’s runaway her. However, since she was a low-born and half-brother, she was too pitiful to stay away from.
“It’s been years since I’ve seen Rom face to face. A few months ago, I had a chance to write a communication tool, so we had a conversation, but it seemed very difficult, perhaps because living as a wandering knight is not easy.”
The youngest, who had grown up before she knew it, raised her reputation by building majors in various parts of the kingdom. At first, she thought that because of the relationship she was, she was living just fine. But, as she’s told both here, she changed her mind a few months ago when she looked through her crystal ball and saw that face.
“Those who don’t know how to call him an invincible knight. Praise him for being the hero who saved Limousin. But I saw the sadness on Rom’s face his. Unlike her older brother her, the duke, Charles, who was arguing over the position her, and her leisurely younger brother her, the youngest was suffering. She was pessimistic about having nowhere to go, and she wished for the fact that the battlefield was her place.”
“That is the fate of nobles. Men who do not succeed to the title must become soldiers or officials and advance into society. A woman must bring her son-in-law or marry into a good family to get her heir of her. In that sense, Master Romuald is doing his job his admirably.”
“I know how much you value the young lady. My husband and I have always supported him. To the point where he was expelled from the family he had been in for a long time in return.”
Marguerite slowly opened his closed eyes and shook his head. He stood with the wind rustling in the garden, brushing his slightly disheveled hair over his ear her. The dazzling appearance of the old duke’s daughter in the sunlight became more mature and beautiful.
She was no longer that girl helplessly imprisoned in a convent due to her brother’s decision her to become the head of the household. As a disciple and soon goddaughter of a bishop, a major figure in the state religion, she became a figure in the religious world of Gaul that could never be ignored.
And so she did everything in her power to obtain the title of baron for her dearest son her, Romuald. She further wanted to support her younger brother her, who was in need, in many ways in the future so that he could be happy. Anais and Leonard here were the beginning.
“Know. So I’ve been thinking about it for a long time too. Because that kid is a man. I was afraid that if I offered a helping hand at will, I would be hurt in my pride like Charles and hate me. Because of that thought, even after knowing the hard life of the poor youngest child, she ignored it all this time.”
“Don’t beat yourself up, lady.”
“I don’t think Anais said that either.”
“Thank you both. Anyway, that’s what I want to say. That Rom asked for help around the house first, so he doesn’t have to worry about that anymore. Apparently, he liked the North. Frozen land is a barren land, but because of that, it must be a place where there is a stronger family love.”
Anais and Leonard nodded. The young couple were from the North. Among them, Anais, who was a member of the Great Snowfield tribe, used to tell Rom’s many oral tales for his sleepless childhood.
Furthermore, she told me the story of meeting her husband her husband, Leonard, who was a clerk in the village of Dongto, and the ordeal she went through to become the butler and nanny of the duke’s family after coming up to the center side by side.
“Miss Marguerite and Master Romuald especially liked the northern stories I told you.”
“It’s not a good place to live as you say, but it’s a place where you can relate.”
“Maybe that’s why Rom decided to go north. Also, I heard that there is a pretty girl called Winter Stone. It is said that the child is the daughter of the family of the Marquis, who entrusted himself to him, but I guess he is obsessed with it.”
No matter how much he is a duke, he is the youngest by birth. So his son-in-law would not be bad either. Especially if it was a family of a noble family in the kingdom.
Now that even Gérard Lemoang, the great lord of the north, is dead, the frozen land will desperately need a leader with strong leadership. If it was Rom, he believed he could pull it off with his wife, who would surely make up for the legitimacy he lacked.
“And after looking into it, it seems that things aren’t very good for you either.”
“I heard that it was dizzy in many ways after the death of the previous Margrave. There are also news these days that Master Romuald stopped the vassals under him from revolting.”
“If you’ve built that much, you’ll probably be able to become Daryl’s son-in-law. However, there might be people who despise him for being an ordinary knight without even a title. So I tried my hand here and there to get a baron.”
Anais was greatly impressed. Only my expression her did not change, but Leonardo was also surprised. It was not an easy task for a woman without a title, even the goddaughter of a bishop, to do everything in her power to ensure that her baronetcy was given to my family.
That’s how much power Marguerite Dior had in this country’s society, it was a part that could be guessed.
“I know what my greed is. But I want that child to live apart, meet good people, and have a wonderful family. I hope you are happy. In order to do that, I’m also willing to watch it in the future. Actually, that’s why I called them both.”
It is unknown if she will be able to claim the title of the Marquis family just because she became a baronet. This is because there is no way for him, who is involved in central politics, to interfere with love affairs in the far north.
However, as I said, Marguerite wanted her brother to be happy, and was willing to help her with that her in the future.
“… If Rom gets married, I want you to be her nanny and butler her, working for her.”
Her half-sister always loves her youngest her.