This Time, I Became the Fiance of a Duke’s Daughter. But She is Rumored to have Bad Personality, and Ten Years Older

As Jared continued to disagree, the door to the room opened.

"... what are you doing?

It was Johann Daum, the owner of the mansion and father of Jared and Loyk, who looked inside the room with a strange look on his face.

He is a young man, still under forty years of age, who flushed his flax colored hair with a hair conditioner. Because his body is thin, he doesn't think he's a Knights member, but the two swords hanging from his waist belt bear evidence that he's a Knights member and the family crest of the Baron Dowm family.

The eyes are blue, they look sweet, and they don't look so similar to Jared and his parents and children at first glance. However, it was very similar to Loyk's.

Johan can gaze at his confused wife and son before keeping Jared in sight. Then he obviously made his expression bitter. Go on, when you look Olivier in the eye, your eyes widen as surprised and you bow your head deeply.

"Olivier, be the first to see you. I'm Johann Daum, the father of it. Welcome to my mansion."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Olivier Alway. I followed you because I couldn't, I'm sorry, Father-in-law"

When thanked, Johan raised his head and looked surprised.

"Um, what is it?

"No, I'm sorry. I wasn't expecting Olivier to call me my stepfather, so I was surprised."

Even with a small grin that could be taken as a bitter smile, he immediately erased his expression and turned to Jared again.

"Long time no see for you, too, what can I do for you?

"I called"

"Karina? Well, fine. Go home when you're right. Karina, I'm in my room. Let me know when this guy gets home."

That's all Johann says, thanking Olivier, trying to get out of the room without even hearing back.

"Please Wait"

It was Olivier who stopped him like that.

"What can I do for you?

"Yes, I'd like to ask you a few questions"

"Go ahead."

"As much as you told me earlier, you didn't expect me to be called my stepfather, but wasn't it your stepfather who wanted my father to have an affair with Jared?

"You did. I forgot."

So Olivier's gaze sharpens on Johann, who is flat all the time saying what's wrong. However, I didn't learn to be angry because I thought they were responding appropriately. Because I was convinced that there might be something as I thought.

A glance at her fiancée, who has an emotional gaze at her father, Olivier asks Johan even more.

"So I was wondering."

"What was strange?

"With all due respect, I have asked my fiancée to look into Jared and his family as well as your father-in-law."

"If it were the Duke's house, there would have to be. No, nobles would do the same thing in every house, so never mind."

"Thank you. But I only wonder because I looked into it. Your father-in-law was trying to use Jared to get closer to the Duke's house. In fact, that's what I'm saying publicly. Jared's grandfather doubted your stepfather the same way."

However, I didn't even know what I was up to trying to get close to the Duke's house.

Johann Daum said to his colleagues and men, "I can't do it. I'll send my son to the late Duke's Lady to get closer to the Duke's house." But there's no continuation of that.

As one, I don't know if I wanted to use the Duke's house, or if I even craved power. The conclusion of those who examined it was that Johan had not publicly declared his real purpose to anyone.

But the Duke of Alway accepted Jared. The same goes for his belated daughter, but he decided that Jared, the grandson of a trusted Baron Doom and his admiring sister, wouldn't mind. More than that, Olivier also had a protective presence called Hannellone - later found out it was Cornelia - but at the time there were unknown enemies, so he craved a presence that could protect his family.

"Yeah, is that also a problem? Marriage between nobles, that's what you would use."

Instead of denying it, Johan answered plainly.

Karina lays her eyes sadly on the words of her husband, who says that she is going to use marriage. I can't help it. Because my marriage to myself was said to be a use.

Olivier believes that although marriages between nobles cannot be called out as use, they are one link that connects home to home. That is why leaving aside the emotions between us is often determined by the relationship and position between our parents.

But as far as Karina is concerned, I can tell she had her own affection for Johann. Olivier calmly served as she apologized inside to her, knowing that she didn't have to know because of what she said.

I get angry at my father-in-law for not hesitating to say I tried to use my precious fiancée, but I tell myself I shouldn't be emotional.

Until I met Jared, my instincts had told me that something was different for Olivier, who had seen many people - people who also had attempts to use themselves and bad feelings.

Breathe small and let your heart down again. And I asked.

"Then why hasn't your father-in-law ever asked me or my father for anything? At first, Jared was a fiancée candidate. But soon became my fiancée. For me, I have become dear to my father. It's not like you didn't know that. So it's strange. Why doesn't your father-in-law, who publicly declares that he will approach the Duke's house by making Jared my fiancée, demand anything?

To Olivier's inquiry, Johann said,

"… to you, there is no need to respond"

He refused to answer the question.