The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 240



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“Well, that can’t be possible. I never expected that the Crown Princess would feel uncomfortable over the trivial matter of just one first-year student dropping out. “She had no intention of turning the Crown Princess into an enemy.”

When Duke Youssef said that in a puzzled voice, Bella put down the knife and swept the side of her hair.

“Are you now evaluating me for being petty? “Should I be thankful for this?”

Hearing Bella’s low muttering, Duke Youssef rubbed his frowning brow.

“… haha. Is that possible? “I’m just curious as to why Princess Bella is interested in the affairs of a mere b*stard.”

“Because it’s outstanding.”

Duke Youssef asked back with a puzzled look at Bella’s immediate answer.

“… yes?”

“Kane’s alchemy talent is outstanding, so I wanted to make him mine. When you become an emperor, you need a lot of talented people around you. The academy is secretly providing support to several students who show talent… Someone suddenly interrupted me? So I came here because I was curious. “I’m curious about your intention.”

Duke Youssef and Kyle’s eyes turned to Kane for a moment.

“… “We did not receive any explanation from Kane, so we had no idea what the Crown Princess meant.”

Bella was silent for a moment, as if taking a break from those words, then grabbed a knife with a shiny, oil-covered blade and pointed it at the duke.

“If you think about it… “When the Emperor was alive, the person he supported the most was Duke Youssef, right?”

Duke Youssef swallowed his dry saliva at Bela’s sharp question.

“… “It was like that before an official successor was decided.”

“It would be a shame. “I would never have thought that a man named the prince would get drunk while riding a horse, fall off the horse and break his neck.”

The knife Bella was holding slowly moved and pointed at Kyle.

“Perhaps Duke Yussef’s successor will follow.”

Clink-!

As soon as Bella finished speaking, Duke Youssef suddenly stood up and the glass filled with wine fell over, rolled across the table, and fell to the floor.

As a result, the olive-colored tablecloth, made by a famous craftsman in the capital and worth several thousand gold, with beautiful golden lace on the ends and embroidered with the emblem representing the Duke Youssef family, was stained with bright pink wine.

But right now, a tablecloth worth just a few thousand gold was not important to Duke Youssef. Duke Youssef arched his back like a whipped old man, shrank his body, and looked at Béla with eyes full of fear.

Duke Youssef, whose warm smile was gone and whose neck had become as thick as a toad due to shrinking, looked at Bella with eyes that seemed as if they were about to pop out.

“… Is there anything you want?”

“Is there anything that the Crown Princess, who will have the whole world, wants?”

When Bela said that with a charming smile, Duke Youssef, who was sweating coldly, sat down quietly and spoke in a low voice.

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“… “I will cancel Kane’s withdrawal immediately.”

As soon as Duke Youssef finished speaking, Kyle slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

“The Crown Princess! “Are you threatening the southern dukedom just because of one b*stard?”

“You idiot! “I can’t stay still!”

Duke Youssef shouted urgently to stop Kyle, but the energetic successor had no intention of holding back his anger at the opponent who crossed the line first.

“Like the First Prince, the Fourth Princess may also follow in his footsteps. Like the Crown Princess said, maybe.”

There was silence for a moment.

Duke Youssef took a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a frustrated look, while Kyle glared at Bella with a grin. Bella just tapped her fingers on the table with an amused expression on her face.

“Ian.”

“yes. “The Crown Princess.”

Hearing Bella’s low voice, Ian, who was sitting next to me, got up and stood behind Bella. The first time I heard Ian’s voice was very low and resonant.

Bella looked around and ordered in a soft voice.

“If anyone interrupts a conversation without my permission, get their head blown off.”

“I obey your orders.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ian draped a large, red hammer from nowhere on his shoulder. Ian exuded a tremendous sense of intimidation just by standing there.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the banquet hall became heavy. People were busy avoiding Ian’s sharp gaze by keeping their mouths shut, trying not to even make a sound.

Bella asked Duke Youssef in a beautiful voice filled with innocence.

“Do you remember the brief conversation we had at the banquet held a few days before the Emperor died in a falling horse accident?”

However, Duke Youssef shook his head as if he had heard the voice of a ghost.

“… Wow, I remember. I can’t forget… “There is none.”

Kyle, who had been glaring at Bella until then, seemed to have noticed that Duke Youssef’s attitude as he answered in a stuttering voice was unusual, but he glanced down.

Bella asked, her golden eyes shining like a snake.

“I don’t really remember, but… “What did I say then?”

All eyes and ears in the banquet hall were focused on Duke Youssef. Duke Youssef, who was pathetically drenched in sweat up to the nape of his neck, stammered and opened his mouth trembling.

“The First Prince… I’m sure I’ll break my neck and die… .”

At that moment, several people were breathing in at the same time, causing a strange sound to echo throughout the banquet hall. Bella asked in a calm voice, as if she hadn’t heard anything.

“Do you think my prophecy will be correct this time too?”

Kutangtang-!

As soon as Bella finished speaking, Duke Youssef kicked off his chair and knelt on the bare floor. The family members turned their gaze to the servile appearance of the head of the family, unable to stand or sit.

Duke Youssef cried out like a man who had lost his mind.

“Anything! I will do anything… ! I will let Kane continue to attend her academy, and find a separate home for her in the capital to move out of her dormitory. Yu, I will do my best to make famous alchemists pay a lot of money to become my students!”

“no. Kane is already mine. “You don’t have to do that.”

Bella took out a piece of paper she had folded in her bosom and dropped it on the floor for Duke Youssef to see. It was a paper waiving his rights as a b*stard written by Canet in the carriage before arriving at Duke Yusef’s house.

Duke Youssef, who checked the paper that had fallen on the ground, lifted his head helplessly and looked at Bella.

“Well, then… “What do you want me to do?”

Bella smiled innocently.

“I hope we can maintain a good relationship like this in the future.”

By snapping your fingers and gesturing to bow your head to the floor.

***

We left the mansion and boarded the carriage to return to the portal station.

To maintain a ‘good relationship’ with Béla, Duke Youssef sent his fifth daughter to be Béla’s maid and promised that no one from the family would go near the capital.

Bella showed off her strengths right in front of us. Thanks to that, Duke Yousef was no longer a concern. I had no choice but to be satisfied with the quick turnaround and skillful intimidation skills.

When you’re an enemy, you’re like a dog… I can’t be this confident when it’s my team. This may be why Yonghari’s readers did not criticize the heroine Bella’s obvious evil deeds. Because he was doing evil for Roel, not for himself.

I placed my hand on Kane’s shoulder, who had been silent since the banquet. Kane’s gaze turned to me.

“Are you okay?”

Kane answered my question with a firm voice.

“No, it’s the worst”

Then he sighed heavily and said.

“I saw Duke Youssef’s servile and ugly appearance. It’s something I’ve never imagined. But while watching it, I didn’t feel any relief. rather… “I felt empty.”

“Fanility?”

“Just as you said, I was only a duke. The position of duke, which seemed so great that it was impossible to reach, was actually nothing in front of the crown princess. Well, the position of crown princess is that great… .”

Kane smiled bitterly.

“I thought I would never be able to break it down, but seeing it fall down so easily… “It felt like the illusion had been broken, so I felt empty.”

I was worried that Kane might have lost his goal like this. Because the desire for revenge is the driving force of life for some people. But it was unfounded.

“I think it would be more exhilarating to make people kneel themselves rather than to get vicarious satisfaction from someone else doing it.”

Kane smiled brightly as if shaking something off and said as he looked at me.

“Now I’m going to try the things I’ve given up on until now.”

Kane’s exterior didn’t change. She looks as sickly as she does on the outside. Her life, which she had given up and paid attention to all her life, flows naturally from her stooped posture.

But I felt that Kane had completely changed. There was a small, burning ember in the dead eyes that always contained annoyance.

Now, as time passes, various emotions will be added to that ember, and it will become a fire that will not be easy to extinguish.

Kane gained new motivation for life.

I said, slightly raising the corners of my mouth.

“There is no need to make a hasty decision. “Because vacation starts now.”

“No, I’m tired of living a lazy life. “It’s been too long.”

After saying that, Kane took out something from his chest. It was a coupon card given by a cafe.

The coupon card had the name of a famous dessert cafe that Luna had been to with Aria’s recommendation. I thought for a moment and then vaguely asked.

“… “Do you want to go to a cafe?”

Two men go to a cafe to eat sweet desserts… It’s a fairly difficult start. If it’s for a friend, that much… I wonder what I can do.

“What, what crazy talk. What kind of cafe are you two in? “Aria gave this to me.”

I was relieved thanks to Kane, who I hated. I’m glad it was a misunderstanding.

“… So why is that?”

“Aria likes the macarons here… “You probably want to eat it already.”

I smiled silently at those words. As expected, I felt it ever since the two of us hung out together. It’s not for nothing that people say they become attached while fighting.

Kane, who saw my expression twitching the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth and turned his gaze elsewhere.

“… “Because I made the mistake of pretending not to know Aria’s feelings all this time.”

I smiled and answered Kane, who was muttering.

“I will live tightly from now on.”

“… “I can’t help it.”

Kane’s matter was resolved. By abandoning the surname Youssef, Cane was able to begin his new life. Now all you have to do is return the roots of the calacum to their original places. She felt that if she explained her situation to Principal Nelson, she would not be severely punished.

I was able to smile with sincere relief even as Bella observed me with interesting eyes.