CH 38

Chapter 38 What Does the Younger Brother Think about the Backstory of His Older Brother’s Disinheritance?

「The case about the poisoning of the prime minister’s family was so famous that it even reached Quall. I didn’t expect that the cause was because the king assaulted the prime minister’s daughter and created Jink-kun….」

Huh…?

「Ah~…. Esther-kun, even if Jink-kun finds out that you aren’t blood related, his trust in you probably won’t change, so it’s okay.」

「Jink-kun is quite a brocon after all~. If anything, I think he’ll be depressed about the fact that he’s related by blood to the king and the crown prince.」

Still, I didn’t expect that I wasn’t blood related to my brother….

Well, I still adore my brother, but I’m not sure if he is….

No, no matter what my brother thinks of me, it’s up to him!

Pull yourself together, Esther Nonland!

「It’s okay. I’m happy that my brother survived and escaped from Rosalta. Also, I’m happy that he cares about me like a real younger brother. …… No matter what he thinks of me in the future, my feelings of admiration for him will never change.」

「What a strong child~. (He’s hugging the present from Jink-kun and his eyes are teary, though…. Jink-kun probably won’t change, so it’s just a needless worry…. Anyway, I’ll beat Will later for carelessly telling that to Esther-kun.)」

The fact that Jink was an illegitimate child was spreading around because of the crown prince’s disclosure, so Will said it carelessly, thinking that Esther will find out about it later anyway….

It was on this night that his job changed to a worn-out rag by the adventurers whose desire to protect was aroused by Esther.

Karen-san and Will-san explained the circumstances of this case in a way that even I, who was under house arrest and hadn’t received any information, could understand.

「After the guild announced that Jink-kun was an enchanter, it seems that the nobles in the royal capital gathered and held a meeting… and then, the crown prince said that Jink-kun was the king’s illegitimate child.」

「At first, it seems that it was a meeting to blame the crown prince and Esther-kun’s grandfather and father, who falsely accused an enchanter and exiled him~. And then, the big shots of the royal faction panicked when the crown prince revealed Jink-kun’s birth, which had been hidden by them.」

………

「It’s been several days, but the denunciation against the big shots, including the king, is still going on. Well, it seems that the nobles who have nothing to do with it take a break from time to time….」

Whoa….

「The knights and nobles who have nothing to do with this case seem to be angry at the loss of an enchanter for such a trivial reason…. When I gave money to some poor-looking nobles and knights, they easily became spies for us. Even now they are still giving me the latest information on their breaks.」

「Will-san, what are you doing in someone else’s country….」

And please don’t tell that to me, a high ranking noble of the country where information was leaked….

「Using money to cut off the lower ranks is the basic of the basics. Well, I it gave me a headache when they asked me to pay them for the report about the crown prince shouting unintelligible incantations every time he tried to use enchantment, or about the General Nobul’s butt exploded after a lengthy interrogation…」

Grandfather… please stop.

It’s embarrassing….

It also gave me a headache….

「The case of the poisoning of the prime minister’s family that I told you before is information I obtained shortly before I came here. It seems that the current king, who succeeded to the throne after winning a political battle through a successful political marriage with a princess from an allied country more powerful than Rosarta, got carried away, kidnapped the daughter of the prime minister, and created Jink-kun. That’s how it all started.」

………

「If the princess of the allied country who became his legal wife found out about this, there would be a crack in the political marriage and the anti-royal faction would regain power, so it seems that they decided to cover up the incident.」

………

「However, the Prime Minister’s family was one of the most important nobles in Rosalta, and the one who arranged the difficult political marriage was also a member of the Prime Minister’s family…. There were no decent king candidates, so even though the Prime Minister’s family supported the eldest son, the current King, they didn’t belong to any faction. That’s why the royal faction couldn’t use the authority to silence them. In the first place, the king who got carried away was the cause of everything, so the royal faction would be checkmated if the Prime Minister’s family joined the opposition faction.」

………

「In the end, it seems that the Nonland family, which was the big shot of the royal faction, took the responsibility of supervising the pregnant lady, and decided to make her the legal wife of the current head of the family. They also promised the child in her belly, Jink-kun, that if it was a boy, he would inherit the Duke family.」

「It seems that the Prime Minster, thinking of this country and his daughter, decided to settle the matter with that. But… the Nonland family wasn’t pleased by it since it was like their family was taken over.」

「…… Is that why they disinherited my brother?」

「Yeah. When a family party was held at the prime minister’s house, it seems that the wine and food were filled with slow-acting deadly poison. I heard that most of the participants died, including the servants who ate the leftovers.」

No way….

「My husband, who was a butler at the prime minister’s house, and my son, who was an apprentice butler, were also killed at that time. Originally, Jink-sama was supposed to attend the party, but he was throwing a tantrum, saying he didn’t want to attend because he hadn’t finished his daily training…. And I, who happened to be his nanny, stayed behind at the Nonland house with him.」

「So that’s how Jink-kun survived…. I’m sorry to hear that…. The Prime Minister’s family died out, and the territory was confiscated by the royal family. After losing his backing, Jink-kun was….」

They deliberately spread bad rumors about him, destroying his reputation, and disposed him of….

I feel like my guts are boiling.

They killed my brother’s family for irresponsible desire and self-protection, and even disgracing him….

「I heard that the King also actively supported the poisoning of the Prime Minister’s family and the false accusation of Jink-kun in order to get rid of future troubles. If he hadn’t gotten carried away and done that, there wouldn’t have been any problems in the first place….」