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Uncle Will nodded with a serious look at my eyes without any particular look of surprise.

"... so they kicked you out of the royal palace?

"No, it's not. I just couldn't talk to my brother."

Uncle Will laughed lonely when he said so.

"Didn't you talk to the king?

That's what Jill said as she frowned.

Jill really doesn't like kings, does she?

I also liked how I felt so majestic to the King when I was a young child......

"Let's talk about my old, uninteresting story."

That's what Uncle Will said as he stared away.

"Can I talk to you here?

Rebecca said that to Uncle Will looking worried.

We do have a lot of people around us.... but my eyes are completely different than when I first saw them. Looks more hopeful than before. And you can tell by looking into your eyes that everyone admires Uncle Will.

'Cause it's not something you need to hear.'

That's what Uncle Will said and smiled.

"I'm a half-brother. Me and Luke."

Uncle Will's voice echoed in silence.

Speaking of shock, it's a shock, but surely the King and Uncle Will were quite a few years apart, so maybe it's not surprising.

More than that, I'm surprised you've never heard the King have a brother before.

I never heard one little rumor. I wonder how you've hidden it through.

"My mother died soon after giving birth to me. But I can no longer use magic. The boy who was said to be a genius in charge of this country is useless at once."

"So the former king remarried?

When Jill heard that quietly, Uncle Will shook his head small to the side.

"No, I'm not remarrying. I didn't just make a new baby with my concubine."

"Wait. Did you have a concubine?

I accidentally raised my voice.

... It is forbidden in this country to surround concubines.

"He was a sloppy father."

That's what I said and smiled slightly. Uncle Will looked lonely somewhere.

Sure, I can't be a king without magic, but I can't believe that's why I made a child with my concubine.

"But a child with a concubine is all around her."

"I couldn't help it. Because I can no longer use magic, and the next king is gone."

Try to block Jill's words. That's what Uncle Will said.

I got chest pains.... I wonder what the hell you thought. It would surely have been a ripping thought to be worshipped by geniuses and surroundings, that magic would become unusable and that the throne of the king would be ceded to his children with his father's concubine.

I wonder how you can be so calm and kind to others right now.

"I told my father that it was my job to support the king, and I encouraged him to study every day to be smarter than anyone else. The reason I was once told I was a genius was because my thinking skills were superior to everyone else's... well, maybe I just wanted to think so."

So he wrinkled his eyes and smiled at us.

Jill looks painful with a wrinkle between her eyebrows. Not just Jill, but everyone listening to this story has a painful look on their face. I know exactly how Uncle Will is admired here.

"... Luke became king at the age of seventeen, and I was thirty-three at that time. I did most of the king's work back then... This village wasn't as bad as it is now."

Uncle Will said so with a slight look on his face.

So back in the day, when I read a book about a poor village, it was written in a completely different depiction than it is now.

Poor villages have become more and more miserable since Uncle Will kicked them out of the royal palace, right?

And you're pretty young to be seventeen... It's too immature to carry the country.

"And then one day, me and Luke broke up."

That said, Uncle Will's eyes seemed to complain to us that he wanted to start over that day if he could go back in time.