Chapter 45

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The impact of every word Ares brought about was enormous.

‘Does that mean you’re going to oust Count Yozenheim?’

‘It’s not a declaration of war on the Senate? But did you come out for the youngest princess?’

‘The young master Ares?!’

With the meaning of the word and the person who said it, everyone couldn’t help but be surprised.

However, Ares himself was the one who was more surprised than anyone else.

He couldn’t believe what he said.

‘But-.’

Ares patted Luatisha sniffling in his back.

‘I don’t want to withdraw.’

“You’re a crybaby, my sister.”

“I’m not a crybaby. I was scared. I remembered my uncle,”

Ares’ hand paused at the words.

Soon he gently wiped away the tears formed around Luatisha’s eyes.

“Okay, then you’re brave. Good job.”

“Ung!”

Ares hit Luatisha’s smiling nose.

“Prince Ares, are you serious? Please speak carefully.”

“Do I look like a person who says something I just picked up randomly? Is the count old, too?”

Count Yosenheim trembled his beard when he saw Ares, who was bending his eyes.

“That’s too ruthless! Prince Ares, no matter how much you do, it’s too much to attack the Senate without any evidence.”

Seniors around Count Yosenheim opened their mouths one by one.

“Even if there is evidence, you have to follow the minimum procedure. Please keep an example of the servants who have served Paeraton for a long time.”

“The Senate is a place where you can’t oust recklessly because the lord doesn’t like it either.”

“Let me make one thing clear for now. Count Yosenheim is only the head of the Senate. Asking for his sins does not persecute the Senate.”

“Overpressing the head without going through legitimate procedures is enough-.”

“Or does it mean that the entire Senate participated in Count Yosenheim’s crime?”

The elders who spoke out became quiet.

The elder, who had kept his mouth shut until then, opened his mouth.

It was the same elder whom Luatisha called a feisty grandfather.

“What Young Master said is not wrong.”

“Count Candor!”

“Isn’t it? Of course, it would have been nice if it had gone through procedures.”

Count Candor’s sharp eyes turned toward Ares.

Ares didn’t change his complexion, and Count Candor continued casually.

“I have no intention of taking with me the sins of Count Yosenheim. I’ve never received money through the back hole with Count Yosenheim. Aren’t you guys?”

“No, what are you talking about? Of course, it’s the same with us”.

“Yeah, then we don’t have to step up. Didn’t Young Master say this earlier? It’s a suspicion of Count Yosenheim’s individual sin. Isn’t that right, Prince?”

(tl: guys don’t be confused okay, Ares and Ixion are called Confucius which translated to both Young Master and Prince sometimes. so there are times when they are called young master and prince)

“That’s right, Count Candor.”

Ares admired.

Count Candor’s remarks draw a line with Count Yosenheim and warn Ares at the same time.

He came forward and organized it like this, and there are some previous remarks, so don’t touch the Senate.

Ares smiled brightly.

“What Count Candor said is correct. Obviously, I said so.”

“Then I don’t think it’s something we should be involved in.”

Indeed, the elders also stepped back, easing their momentum.

‘What the hell, why did that Candor get in?’

Count Yosenheim gritted his teeth inside.

It is a clear mistake to accuse the head of the house by dragging the Senate together.

“Prince Ares…”

“Heung, Dad, I’m in pain.”

Then the youngest princess, who was in Ares’ arms, reached out to Duke Paeraton.

“Bad embezzlement hurt me.”

Count Yosenheim laughed at Luatisha.

‘Do you think that will work? What a fool. The opponent is Duke Paeraton.’

I had heard that the youngest princess was a little favored by the Duke.

However, it is unacceptable for Duke Paeraton to intervene without permission during a public talk.

But.

“Who hurt you?”

The voice of Duke Paeraton was bleak.

The sight of slowly turning away from Luatisha and looking at Count Yosenheim was frightening.

‘Huh? This, this isn’t it?’

Later, Count Yosenheim felt something was wrong, but it was already late.

“I can’t believe that the head of the Senate is hurting rather than supporting the direct lineage of the Duke. How dare you.”

“Y, Your Excellency….”

“I think I’ve been away for too long. ”

Stomp, stomp.

The sound of Duke Paeraton’s footsteps rang in the banquet hall surrounded by silence.

Viscount Erkel, the chief aide was behind the duke, with a white face.

“Your Highness! Count Yosenheim is still the head of the Senate!”

“What’s that?”

Erkel became stiff at the gaze of the Duke of Paeraton, who looked back on him.

Look at how his eyes turned when his daughter said she was sick!

“Paeraton is not a small family with a single country estate, but a great family with more territory than a single kingdom! Even so, there’s an order in the family.… You can hit Count Yosenheim’s neck. However, you should not do so without proper procedures or reasons here. Of course, I know your Excellency has more logic than anyone else!”

Anyway, no!

People around him also helped and began to dissuade the Duke.

“Calm down, sir. First of all, the lady accused Count Yosenheim of taking bribes to steal money.”

“It’s wrong to press the child harshly, but he didn’t hit her. The count wouldn’t have intended to harm either. I’m sure it’s because he’s so embarrassed.”

“He pressed my daughter harshly?”

Duke Paeraton’s gaze became sharper.

You’re wrong.

You’re only listening to what you want to hear.

“L, let’s listen to the lady first. Shouldn’t we figure out what happened?”

Please say something!

Except for being sick or telling him to kill them!

He’s obviously not going to listen to what others say right now!

I looked at Luatisha while praying.

Luatisha nodded at the desperate gaze and responded.

“Oh, dad. My grandfather is a bad guy.”

What?

That’s not what I meant.

“Bad guy?”

“Yes, he got a bribe.”

The impact of that saying was incomparable to before.

“Princess Luatisha!”

Count Yosenheim, whose face turned red with anger and embarrassment, screamed.

“You can’t just say that just because you’re young or you don’t know! I will officially complain about this by posting it to the Senate! It’s something that can’t be here!”

“It’s noisy, Count.”

“Your Highness!”

“Lulu, there must be a reason why you said that.”

“Yeah, I saw someone when I was with my uncle. Those guys,”

the people Luatisha pointed to flinched.

David Alois and Sorviante were both those who went to the Marquis Tarenka as auditors.

The Duke of Paeraton’s eyes became thinner.

“I heard what those old men were talking about with my uncle.”

That word changed the atmosphere.

The elders and other vassals all listened to Luatisha.

“My uncle asked them if they were taking care of it well. So those men told him that there was no problem because Count Yosenheim was behind them, so don’t worry about getting caught.”

It was a simple word, but the implications were enormous.

Everyone was shocked by the meaning and couldn’t say anything.

In the middle of the silence, the voice of Duke Paeraton rang.

“Ho.”

His red eyes headed for Count Yosenheim.

“I heard so.”

“That’s… That’s…”

“The auditors who colluded with the Marquis Tarenka to report a false report said, ‘The Count is looking after us.’ That’s solid testimony.”

“Oh, you must have heard it wrong! I can’t do that!”

“So you meant that the name she heard wrongly is probably your name, the head of the Senate…. At that time, Luatisha would not have known one of the vassals’ names properly. It’s too much to call it a coincidence.”

“It’s a trap! I’ve never been bribed or solicited by them. So what else would it be if the word that the lady heard was not a trap?”

“As soon as my daughter heard the name of the count that had nothing to do with it, she made up a story that was not related to Marquis Tarenka?”

It was absurd to anyone’s ears.

“For what?”

But Count Yosenheim cannot admit the charges.

That’s really the end.

“The young lady said that she would start a business as soon as she returned to the castle. This means that she has great greed for family affairs. So, expelling me—.”

“She’s trying to slap the head of the Senate, who remains neutral among successors, rather than bring him to her side.”

Duke Paeraton smiled.

“So what does my daughter get?”

“T, that’s an example…”

“…And if I really intended to, I wouldn’t have proceeded so poorly.”

“That’s right! Rather, he would have found the embezzlement separately, put pressure on it, and then dictate the senate as he wanted!”

Luatisha waved her hand and intervened.

Huh?

Lady?

Erkel’s self-composed and the vassals looked at Luatisha with absurd faces.

“Do you think I’m a fool? Ha! I’ve been asking if it’s a trap but you can see the real scheme?”

Luatisha, who had been showing her pain and anger, felt countless eyes toward her only then.

Oh, Luatisha, who was rolling her eyes and looking around, put both hands on her cheeks.

“Lu, Lulu is nice. I’m an angel without wings. I said that the bad guy is bad because he has a bad embezzlement plan.”

“······.”

“······.”

Oh, my girl.

Viscount Erkel touched his forehead, and Ares burst into laughter.

And Duke Paeraton pressed his daughter’s head hard, as if when it had been sharp.

“That makes sense. My daughter must be an angel.”

Excuse me, that’s a little…

Miracles were created by the power of the wingless angel Luatisha.

The hearts of countless people in the grand banquet hall became one.

Our duke must be crazy.….

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The peaceful New Year’s feast was a mess in a moment.

It’s literally a place to oust.

“You’re having a spectacular welcoming ceremony, my sister.”

Luatisha sighed at Ares’ murmur.

“I didn’t mean to do this.”

Why would the penalty explode critically at this important point?

Originally, I was going to quietly figure out who was behind it and finish it as planned.

‘I’m glad I took care of it until my dad came.’

Otherwise, Ares would have been quite embarrassed.

“Ares········.”

“Huh?”

There was no irritation or discomfort in Ares’ face looking at me, so Luatisha wiggled her fingers.

“I’m sorry. I was very flustered. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that either.…”

Ares looked down at the sullen child.

‘You don’t have to be discouraged like this.’

Thanks to this, I was able to destroy the things that used to eat a little bit of my family’s assets.

Count Yosenheim was a vassal who had a great power even within the family, so it was difficult to oust him more than anyone.

Suddenly Ares realized something strange.

Luatisha ruined the agreed plan, which almost put Ares in trouble.

Above all, Ares hates situations that cannot be controlled.

But didn’t set that aside?

‘And I can’t believe it’s not something for the child to be upset about, rather, I’m asking if it went well as a result.’

Oh my god.

“But, still, Ares is on my side. Ares may be annoying, but still.”

The child wiggled her small hand in her arms and mumbled, looking up at Ares as if determined.

“I was so happy!”

A bright smile cast on Luatisha’s face.

A smile with no shade, with emotions reflected.

Ares’ eyes shook.

This kid is so…

Just as your body stretches out in lukewarm water.

Like rainwater permeating the grass.

Like that.

“Ares will be more wary of Luatisha than other brothers.”

“Because you’ve never dealt with it before.”

“What do you mean?”

“an enemy that makes you weak.”

An enemy that neutralizes yourself.

An enemy that gives you everything.

When you look at that smile, that is more fatal than any other opponent’s attack.

And more than anything—

Slowly, Ares’ lips went up.

It was not long before a complete smile rose on his face.

It was a smile that showed all the emotions.

—she makes me happy.

Luatisha, who saw Ares’ face, unknowingly opened her mouth wide.

I saw Ares’ smiling face a lot.

‘But I’ve never seen a face like this before.’

Just seeing it made my heart ticklishly smile.

Then Luatisha smiled after.

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