Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Translator: Effe

Editor: Yonnee

If you had come to me from the beginning, Elliot wouldnt have been confused at such a young age.

What. Are you going to accept him as your real son? To that extent mmh.

Before she could finish her words, Erichs lips covered hers again.

You talk too much.

Senior.

If hes Jareds son, hes not unrelated to me. As a relative and as a Klausener, of course I have a duty to protect him. And Elliot is lovable enough.

Erich said, almost putting his lips on Claires.

You accepted him as your child, so theres nothing I cant do.

He grabbed Claires hand. Claire answered with a half absurd laugh.

Nonsense. Youre someone who values noble lineage.

Thats right. Thats why I hated you.

Because she always messed up all the important things.

Claire tried to look away again, Erichs lips bit her lower lip and opened it.

Her breathing became deeply intertwined with his, quickly hastening. Claire suddenly felt weightless as she was carried up. Erich grabbed the leg and lowered it back to place.

Bullsh*t nobility.

Dont talk such nonsense when youre basically cursing at yourself.

Erich laughed lightly at Claires barely uttered words, and pressed his lips to her neck to let her catch her breath.

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Snip.

The gardening shears cut off one flower stalk. The allium flower, which had grown so thick that it felt quite heavy, had been cut off.

It was a peaceful day. The sun was gentle, and the garden was full of green.

Empress Margot was picking the flowers with her own hands, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, arm sleeves and thin gloves.

However, the only ones at peace were the empress and her close lady-in-waiting, Augusta.

Huk.

The air in the garden was pierced by the sound of someone gasping under such tension.

The empress plucked a few more stems of the flowers and placed them in the basket Augusta was holding, and said in a peaceful voice,

Duke Klausener is a bit too late about this. Since the previous duke didnt arrange a marriage for him, even Louisa should have taken care of it.

It seems that Elder Madam Klausener had the daughter of Count Schneider in mind.

Iris? She looks pretty, it looks like she could be mistaken as a canary.

The empress laughed. If she were to touch it wrong, shed get her finger bitten.

However, this didnt mean that Iris Schneider could be a bird of prey.

In the end, a little bird was just a little bird. No matter how ambitious a crow is, it could never devour a lion.

Compared to her, Claire Delford

Even after watching her for quite some time, that young woman was still difficult to judge.

Being the owner of the Weaving Guild, it was clear that she had a great talent for handling money. Shed be a competent asset if Erich had rather recruited her as a vassal.

How should she judge a woman who only cared about money?

It is a shallow world. The one who will occupy the inner chambers of the Klausener family is a fledgling crow or a gold-hungry ghost.

Your Majesty is right.

It cant be helped. Young men are often blinded by love.

The empress was silent for a moment at the replies she received. Augusta asked cautiously.

Do you have anything on your mind?

Was the Duke really blinded by love? If that was real, would he, blinded by love, touch his partners sister, and then leave the child to grow to that age?

That

Augusta could not answer and bowed her head. The empress carefully cut the stem again and said,

Has the birth been confirmed? Are you sure the Baron herself never gave birth?

At least among the barons relatives and residents, no one had such doubts.

Augusta added cautiously.

It is certain that her young sister was the one who got pregnant. It seems that she had been quite roughed up.

The empress tilted her head in wonder.

Are you sure?

Most of the maids who worked at the Delford Barony at the time said they had seen signs of violence or had heard of it. I see no need to doubt that fact itself.

Mmh.

The empress groaned briefly.

It didnt matter what happened to Baron Delfords younger sister.

But when she thought whether Erich would have done such a thing, she couldnt come up with a very positive answer.

Somethings not quite right. If its the other way around, I understand. If hes not the son of a duke, its perfectly acceptable to lie that Im right. But the opposite Why would he do that?

Couldnt it be because Baron Delford is leaving? The marriage of the head of the family can be much more important than the marriage of a single lady.

So to tell such a lie to bring in someone innocent and sweep them off to marriage?

The empress spoke sarcastically, but she was silent for a moment.

She wouldnt do such a complicated thing if she was the head of the family who inherited the title.

She will take a lowly man of no ambition and ability as the spouse, and the successor will be made by receiving a better seed.

Ah. Is it like that?

The empress was convinced.

Baron Delford may have had such a plan. The number of families aiming for the Weaving Guild as dowry must be wiped out, but seeing as they were not married until they were twenty-seven, that was a reasonable story.

Treating it as her sisters child rather than her own must have been to avoid being caught by the duke.

If they look alike that much, it would be correct to assume that the child is the real son of the Duke and was born by the Baron.

If someone from the imperial familys branch family impregnated the younger sister of the woman who was proposed to by the duke That would be more reasonable than saying that the child resembles the duke himself.

Perhaps the child her sister gave birth to was disposed of somewhere. As was the fate of most illegitimate children.

All the more so if what was born was not a by-product of a love affair but the result of violence.

It didnt matter anyway.

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