Chapter 311: Family Meeting

“My baby, everything he said was a lie. I never harassed him, I respect your privacy and I didn’t give importance to what you two were hiding…if anyone did it was Sebastian..” (Dante)

“you old bastard how low do you want to go, don’t lie, obviously, you were just mesquine jealous that tristan would cooperate with me, and Sebastian would never do that.”

“noo, well yes I did, but it was for your own good, believe me ” (Dante)

” Haa~ let’s stop this nonsense, just Promise me you’ll make it up to him for all the trouble and more, like he told you in the end it was me who planned everything and it was just him playing along.”

yes, the girls behind me are definitely listening, our conversation, although we didn’t say explicitly I think they already understood the problem here.

Especially Aurora, as smart as she is, she’s probably already starting to create who knows what theories about where Chris is coming from and his relationship with me.

and leaving aside Cordelia who I don’t think cares too much about Chris’s business, I didn’t want Lys to start avoiding me because I was someone of dubious background, that was my biggest concern.

“Okay, but tell me daddy.” (Dante)

“Ugh, Daddy, are you happy?”

“Yes, dear. But you know, I was a victim too. I’ve been covering for you, because I know I had your reasons, but a few moments ago your mothers just found out, as well as the fact that you used the name of the house and so on to make him jump the tests. In fact, I’m running away from Nora.” (Dante)

“…you start there, more like why did you run to me, leave right now”

Hearing that I got a little upset and grabbed my dad and shook him back and forth, he couldn’t believe I didn’t start there, this was now a serious situation. .

“ugh, dear you have become strong, besides your mothers, they will find you anyway, you know how hard it is to escape from them” (Dante)

“yes, I know, sometimes I feel they can smell us”

“that’s true dear y, I hope you have a good excuse or reason, she also knows that you broke the rules and extorted money and resources from me, every time I came to the capital” (Dante)

“. ..hey!!, how did you let them find out!”

“what can I do dear when they get together, they just get over me, my life also depends on what you say, Nora brought is evil bat!!!” (Dante)

’Shit!!, I didn’t think much about this in depth. I need to think fast. I needed an excuse.’

This old man can’t care about that, but my stepmoms will definitely question Chris’ existence and they know Tristan has no son.

’Damm, that’s why the lies, they are more trouble than good, now I have to get on with it and create more’

I have to think of something convincing, they can pop up at any time, especially if it’s my stepmother Leonora, who have an almost beastly instinct.

She will definitely get the truth out of me if I don’t think of something solid right now, if that happened, I would be forced, to give up and stop using Chris’s identity even if I can excuse myself that I got all the necessary skills from Aeloria.

’a see, something worthwhile, to hide the identity of someone who appeared out of nowhere, something that won’t piss anyone off… uhm starting off that he’s a commoner with no background…. Humm, but the academy still allows it…. Another reason, let’s see… Oh! ’ ”

I came up with an idea but I need someone else, I was ruled out because I would only be getting into more trouble, with my father and stepmothers, so it had to be a third party.

At that moment I looked at Elena, she was hesitant as if she didn’t know whether to interfere or not, she seemed to know what I had in mind, Alice seemed to nod as if she would do anything as long as she helped me.

But if I thought about it, they knew my father and my mothers, so it was a bad idea, something could go wrong, so they were out of the question, it had to be someone else.

Cordelia, Aurora and Liz, who don’t know anything, are also ruled out. So.

’Well, she’s a noble too, all the better’

“Wait, what do you…” (Silvia).

“Ehem!, you see, father…”

“Daddy” (Dante)

“Arg! Daddy, about Christian… Well, the truth is that he’s a commoner, but the problem is that he’s in a relationship with a noblelady.”

by this point it was obvious, so I had no problem saying it in front of the girls who didn’t know. well, I don’t think any of those three would mind if chris went from being a knight’s son to a commoner.

“Hey, stop it!” (Silvia)

“Yeah, she’s the one it just yelled at, she’s a little embarrassed and well, I helped her raise Christian status a little and that there was less opposition, he’s talented so, I thought it’s like an inver-.”

“The twins!!!” (Silvia)

’Damn, Silvia, you said it too late, fuck, you’re right!’

“Ahem, you see, he has a relationship with three noble ladies, they are all my friends and well, I wanted to help them a little, plus as you know he has talent, so it’s not a waste and Trist-“.

“Get me out of there.” (Silvia)

’stop interrupting me!!!! It’s already too late, I already mentioned you, we’ll fix it later.’

I said to Silvia mentally to apologize, it is true that the twins squared perfectly, and in fact, it is a known fact that she dates Chris.

Especially Selene who I was dating almost from the beginning, so if I lined things up right it could be almost like a half-truth that could be confirmed with a little research.

I got a little nervous and worked with what I had at my fingertips, and inadvertently threw in Silvia who squared perfectly with what I wanted besides the twins, who did not enter my thoughts at the time.

I will clear up the misunderstanding with those three later. I guess I was a little nervous, knowing that my stepmom could come out of the bushes at any moment

Well, in the end the reason I told him the excuse is so that he could explain it to my mothers later, so I could save myself the work, now we just have to get out of here, I had to get rid of my father and go with the girls.

“As you can see, she’s shy, but she and the other two fell in love with handsome Chris, well just tell that to my mothers, well now-….”

“Phina!” (??)

“Kyaaa!!!!” (x2)

in this case I will defend my father, for just like me he lets out a very masculine war cry. The reason is that, as if called by my thought, a beautiful mature woman with red hair came out from within the walls of roses.

“What you said there was true.” (Leonora)

Damn, is everyone listening to other people’s conversations? No! I have to be strong and keep up this lie I already started. If I hesitate, I’ll be found out.

“Y-yes mather, actually, when I became friends with Silvia and she told me that, my heart couldn’t help but be moved by their love story, and w-well, I helped them a little. That’s all, it was for a good cause. And since he grew up in the slums, he’s an orphan and, and…. Silvia, come, help me explain a little bit.”

’You’ll definitely pay for me later!’ (Silvia)

Damn, I got a mental message for real. It’s a really complicated and difficult non-elemental magic to do, and forming its runes expends the mental strength of those in our rank, so it wouldn’t be commonly used.

Rather, our realm doesn’t possess that kind of magic, and it was me who shared it with her a while ago.

The fact that she has already mastered it is an achievement for which I have to congratulate her. But now, she is definitely angry. Her tone and emotions came across perfectly.

At this point, I was so nervous about my stepmom’s sudden presence, that I pulled her into it even more. There was no turning back now.

“I-I… uhm… me and Chris… I mean, Chris and I… w-we went o-out-” (Silvia)

’Silvia, you’re worse than me, !’

But she was so mean that I had no choice but to send her a mental message back, abecés olvidés que ella es tímida con las personas que no conoce.

’You idiot! This is hard, your mother is very intimidating.’ (Silvia)

’I know, she really looks like she’s going to devour you ’

Yes, my mother’s intimidating presence doesn’t help much either.

’You idiot, why did you get me into this?’ (Silva)

’I panicked. Yeah, just help me out, we’ll fix this misunderstanding later,’

’that’s an obvious thing for you to do silly.’(Silvia)

’I’ll make it up to you too, with whatever you ask of me, oh, I know, you started liking my shoulder soothing massages right, I’ll do it any time you want.’

’well just make sure you do, things right afterwards’(Silvia)

’Yes, after all, it would be bad if William found out unintentionally and fell for it.’

’That’s not the point, you idiot, you fool!’(Silvia)

’What’s the big deal? Well, never mind, use that energy to tell my mother enough to make her believe me’.

’Fine, I can do that’ (Silvia)

“ma-ma’am, me and Ch-Chris are hip!…”(Silvia)

“…..”(leonora)

’Oh, damn, did Silvia give you the hiccups?’

Silvia seemed to be a basket case, unlike her thinking, but her acting was not in vain.

The fact that she looked so scared and nervous that she had a hiccuping fit unnerved my stepmother so much that she relieved some of the aura of pressure she was emitting, to get just the truth out of me.

I now felt more likely to speak properly and not get caught.

“.. Ehem!!, well, mother, Silvia is a bit shy, and well, you know you can be a bit intimidating. Besides, she’s embarrassed to talk about it, so let’s not push her.”

“oh, dear, I’m sorry… it’s true that I am a little intimidating, I’m sorry about that.” (Leonora)

“N-no, I-I’m sorry… Humm…, about Chris…” (Silvia)

“No, I understand. Well, I thought Phina had done something wrong, but if it’s just that, it’s okay. As long as it’s nothing illegal. On the way I saw that boy waving to the marquis, with those cute twins. I guess it’s true.” (Leonora)

“Yes, that’s right, but mother, you have to scold my father. I found out that Lately he’s been harassing Tristan. Look, he even knocked him unconscious, he came crying to see me and my father blamed Sebastian on top of that.”

“Wait, sweetie, what are you saying?” (Dante)

“ah!?! Tristan? Since when was he there?” (Leonora)

“Yes, don’t you think, as a lord, treating a faithful servant like that is very bad? He even blamed the faithful Sebastian.”

“No, darling, don’t say it like that.” (Dante)

At that time, I wanted to end this conversation before it got more complicated, plus if I didn’t do something the issue of me taking money and resources from my father might come out, so I did what was necessary and sold my father.

Besides, I was sure that my mother would not have allowed this harassment of Tristan to happen if my father had not hidden it.

She was the authority in the house or rather the one who had the sense to keep him from destroying it, I have no regrets after all he earned it by harassing him.

“…So something like that happened, huh…”(Leonora)

“hii, no, wait Nora!”(Dante)

“you have silence…. Well, Phina, I have to say you and your friends came beautiful, that makes me happy, also I hear you’re doing well, uhm well, later we’ll chat. Dan, don’t think you can run away come on we need to talk.” (Leonora)

It seems my mother wanted to talk to me more, but she gave priority to my father, which relieved me, so she grabbed him and dragged him away.

They jumped back over the rose walls and disappeared from sight.

“Nooo! Wait, Nora, I’m a respectable duke, my prestige…” (Dante).

“Shut up, the kids will hear you. That’s not how a respected duke should act…” (Leonora)

“Uhgh, hel-…” (Dante)

In the end, I thought I heard sounds of pain, but they had moved far enough away and I stopped hearing them.

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