CH 19

(Past) The World Turned Upside Down

Reynaldo Hubert’s life was turned upside down.

The world seemed to have darkened with the death of his sister.

His title was demoted.

His father was exiled. His successor, his half-brother, inherited the title to rule over the reduced Hubert’s land.

Reynaldo also lived in Hubert’s land, but he lived in hiding.

He considers what he needs to avenge his sister’s death.

First, money.

He was allowed to use without reservation the assets that his sister had bestowed on him before she was imprisoned.

It was heartbreaking to mourn his sister, who had cared for her younger brother until her death.

But he spent it gratefully, invested it, and used his older brother’s name to lend a helping hand to fund-raising aristocrats on the verge of decline. As a result, he returned the money several times over.

The next thing he needed was a position.

This is not an easy thing to obtain.

Moreover, Hubert’s name has fallen to the ground and won’t be suitable to reuse.

Then, he has no choice but to get a new name.

After years of being on the lowest social strata, his young self wouldn’t be trusted, so he borrowed the name of a nobleman who had helped him with financing and reached out to a neighboring country.

When he finally becomes a young man himself, he turns his attention to the small tribes that are plaguing the country and kindle the seeds of conflict.

As a result, things went as expected.

He was given the title of duke for his work in resolving a conflict of his own making.

When asked to name the land that would become his new fiefdom, he immediately responded and named it Rose.

The joy of mentioning his sister’s name.

It was as if his sister was watching over him, and Reynaldo felt like he could finally breathe.

After gaining his position, the next thing he attacked was politics.

He used his money and connections to upset the balance of the epitome of power that Count Danzes had gained.

It was like a repeat of what Count Danzes had once done to his father.

The resigned Count Danzes had already been driven out of the castle and disappeared.

But Reynaldo did not want a position like him.

He just wanted to upset the balance.

It would have been easy to seize control of the Kingdom, which was now as fragile as a withered tree, but that would not be revenge.

Along with money and position, it was the people’s hearts that were equally important.

Reynaldo ordered Alberto to win over Prince Risel.

He also messed up the relationship between King Gray and Queen Tia. Regarding this matter, it was only a matter of time even if Reynaldo did not move.

It felt good to watch those who had wronged his sister fall to the ground.

Do you think you can continue to be happy?

Drown in your misery forever!

He turns his depressing thoughts over to the royal family.

He stared at the King and Queen with no intention of hiding these feelings.

They were afraid of Reynaldo.

Fear him even.

By looking at the unhappiness within the same jade eyes as his sister, they should think that his sister is watching them.

Reynaldo’s revenge was supposed to continue.

The next step was to proceed with the issue of Prince Risel’s fiancée.

He was going to make him marry a lady-in-waiting like Prince Gray, and he was going to make her do the exact opposite of what his sister had done.

However, his intentions were disrupted.

Reynaldo is happy to abandon his plan when he realizes that it was his sister’s doing.

However, the faint flame that burns within him has not gone out, but continues to smolder in the depths of his heart.

While a faint light was being produced in his heart, he had forgotten how to digest it, and he himself seemed to exist on revenge.