Victor barely opened his mouth as he watched the street trample.
"I was born in a noble house as a second son.Even so, it was a concubine.It is only natural that there is a concubine.Since the first-born wife had an eldest son, it goes without saying that her brother would be traced, both in the mother's identity and in the order in which she was born.But even so, from the standpoint of my wife, it won't feel good.After all, my brother and I were born the same year ago. "
"Er, that's..."
"Oh, you know. If you don't know, I was thinking about flushing it."
Victor smiles bitterly at Luchel's tweets.
"Well, that's the thing. My father was pregnant when his first wife had a brother.As a husband, as a father, it's a terrible thing to say modestly, and as a nobleman, it's like being seen with white eyes. "
I threw up so much because I felt that I despised him deeply.
"I may have had the measure of accepting the existence of a concubine as the wife of a nobleman, but I wouldn't be embarrassed if I had made myself silent and a presence that could shake my son's position.Especially if it was a boy who was born a year younger than his eldest son.At that point, my mother and I must have been identified as distinct enemies to our true wife.In the first place, the original perpetrator was the father who put his hand on his mother before his wife gave birth to her first child. "
They say there are quite a few rules surrounding concubines.
I will not have a concubine bear a child, even though it is noble, until at least the first-wife has begotten a heir, and the child is numbered five.
If the first-wife's son is a woman and the concubine's son is a boy, then if the first-wife's son dies prematurely and the concubine's son becomes the only child... he will soon be taken away.
The fact that the sons of the first-wife and the sons of the concubines were not the same as one year of age was said to be an act that completely lacked such consideration.
"Did the situation get worse when I was six?I was also a child at the time, so I still didn't know how my actions and abilities would be taken around me.My mother was delighted, and the servants around me were happy to praise me, and I didn't spare any effort to get serious.To put it bluntly, I seem to have done a lot better than my brother.My brother was by no means incompetent, but swordsmanship and magic, equestrianism, language and speech, art.My tutors rated me as inferior to all of them. "
How could three people other than Victor feel the same way?
"I was anxious about this at my wife's parents' house.I couldn't resist being taken away from me by a son of a concubine who knew no horse's bones, and I started turning my hands behind my back, not just my mouth.At first, the little harassment gradually escalated, and the poison teeth finally took my mother's life. "
"Poison teeth... are you saying they were killed?"
Victor nods to Aldis's question.
"I was stupid, too. Before that, I felt like I would lose to harassment if I could relax and reassure my opponent...As a result, I lost my mother. "
"Is that why you left home?"
Luchel asks with her expression of pain.
"No, if that were all, you probably would still be living as a noble son.It was my father's word that I decided to go out.After her mother died, her father summoned her parents.My first wife's home was lower in rank than my father's.There was a power relationship that only invoked unilaterally.In the paid room, my father told his wife's parents:"Do not touch my son until the third child is born, and I will not forgive him."
"That's...."
Aldis loses his word.
If you cut out only part of it, it would sound like a father trying to protect his son.
However, the story is completely different if the premise "until the third person is born" is added.
That is because, on the contrary, it is the same as saying, "If a third person is born, there is no need for a second son."
"At that time, I snuck into the next room and heard it.I just wanted to know the truth about who took my mother's life.After all, I was able to find out the truth, but I also found out the fact that I didn't want to know any more.The fact that my father only sees me as a spare for his eldest son. "
Viktor smiled as if he were abusing himself, trying to hit his period with a light tone.
"At that moment, everything seemed stupid...After leaving the house the following month, I met the Westeria Mercenaries after crossing people. "
……
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I didn't think there was such a past for Victor, who always felt comfortable, and Ardis and Luchel had no choice but to respond in silence.
However, the person didn't seem to care much, and he slapped them gently on the head.
And it was a gentle tone to use the lessons learned from my own failures.
"Alright, Aldis, Luchel.It is only natural to do everything in your power to live, and it is foolish to let go when life or death strikes.But it's not a smart way of life to do everything you can when you don't need it.It's also important to hide your strength when you can see it lightly or lick it.Distracting the opponent is one of the finest tactics. Remember. "
"Oh, okay."
"Yeah."
Until then, Joan, who had waited without pinching his mouth, raised his voice as if he were blowing heavy air.
"Okay, let's go for a bite to eat when we're done!"
"Yes, let's eat delicious food and sleep in the inn bed today.Before that, Aldis. "
Victor, on Joan's proposal, calls Aldis.
"What is it?"
Ardis, who had just stood up, replied, but Victor's gaze somehow turned towards Luchel.
Loosen the ribbon just wrapped around Luchel's wrist and hand it over to Aldis.
"I'll sell you this ribbon for ten calories."
"Huh? Why me?"
Ardis frowned at the unexpected offer.
"You're a bad boy. Ready, Aldis?"
With that, Victor turned his arm around to hold Ardis' neck.
Say the reason in a small voice so that Luchel doesn't hear you.
"It's too pathetic to watch another man give a gift to someone important to you in front of you.Instead, it is a man who can show enough virtue to oppose and give something else. "
What, is that a noble trick too?
"It has nothing to do with nobles or civilians, but it's advice from seniors in life."
"It's more like ten calories.When Victor bought it earlier, it was three calories. "
"Seven cars is tuition.Don't be afraid to get valuable advice on your own. "
"... hah, okay."
Ardis took the coins out of his pocket, believing that he could not argue with them.
"What's wrong with you two?"
"No, nothing."
As Luchel passed on the suspicious inquiry, Victor offered Aldis a hand.
Ardis put a coin in his hand.
"Look, Ten Cals."
"Yes, of course. Then the ribbon belongs to Ardis.You can boil it and bake it as you like. "
Aldis, who receives the ribbon with an unconvincing expression in exchange for a coin, and Luchel, who sees and sees the exchange, looks at it with anticipation.
Having received strange attention from his friends, Aldis opened and closed his mouth several times as he approached Rouchelle, then finally opened his mouth and called.
"Uh... uh, Luchel."
What?
Luchel replied with a smiling expression.
Without knowing what to say, Aldis offered the ribbon he had just received with a line that was too short of explanation.
"If you're going to use it..."
Will you give me that?
While reading intent as if he had read the script beforehand, Luchel leaned slightly.
Leadership was completely out of Ardis's hands.
"I don't... use it."
"Idiot, that's not true."
I hear Joan screaming from behind to Ardis, who can only speak excuses.
I get angry with my buddies who say things on their own.
Aldis, who has no experience with these things, does not come up with any kind of clever words.
Not to mention being held by Victor as a surprise and being taken off his ladder shortly before he escaped.
You shouldn't be confused.
Aldis desperately looked for words to say, but Luchel reached out and received the ribbon without the wind that bothered her.
For a short while, the bow that had left its hand returned to Luchel.
Nothing has changed from just now, it is a piece of cloth that can be bought in a stall with a terminal of three calories.
However, in just a few moments, the usual smiley ribbon clearly changed meaning and went into her hands.
"Thank you. I'll take care of it."
"Ah, ahh...."
With Rouchelle's flowering smile in front of her, Ardis turns a blind eye to shame.
I heard two great sighs from behind that pathetic act.