Chapter 40: At That Time, in Baron Reinbach’s House (Daphne’s Point of View) ②

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Derrick looks around the lounge, and when he sees that Daphne is alone, he walks into the room as if relieved.

「Is there something wrong? Is that little shit and his fucking wife having another tantrum?」

「Not that… No, they’ll have a tantrum sooner or later, but for now, they’re fine.」

「What do you mean?」

Already, she could not hide her disgust for Manion and Yolanda.

In the past five years, they had become very ugly indeed.

Manion has gone from being a child prodigy with a talent for swords to being fat and untrained.

Yolanda had spoiled her son, and his arrogance had only grown worse.

Daphne and Derrick, who were the oldest members of the family, had long since grown tired of them.

Carius, the head of the family, had neglected them to the minimum.

「Daphne, you know that master has a mistress, don’t you?」

「Of course. He doesn’t even bother to hide it.」

She nodded in response to Derrick’s question.

Carius had a young mistress in town.

It’s not like Yolanda, who had a temper tantrum, but she was calm and collected, vaguely resembling his late wife Melanie, whom Daphne and the others still adore.

「I remember you she a child, right? And it was a boy, wasn’t it?」

「Yes, a boy who will be eight years old soon. Actually, I’d like to talk to you about that.」

「…I have a bad feeling about this.」

Derrick chuckled at Daphne’s words.

In other words, the bad premonition came true.

「You know that master has been visiting his mistress, don’t you?」

「Of course. Thanks to that, the fucking wife is in a very bad mood.」

Carius had been visiting his mistress’s house whenever he could find the time.

Apparently, he has grown tired of his tantrum-prone wife and his talented but lazy son, and he is eager to take care of his mistress and the son they have together.

「In fact, the mistress is expecting their second child.」

「…well.」

「Master would like to take this opportunity to formally welcome her into the family.」

「That’s… going to make the fucking wife and the fucking kid very angry.」

Yolanda and Manion, who cannot stand it if they are not first, would never accept the mistress and her child as a family.

That’s how they treated the ex-wife’s son, Sam.

She shudders to think what the mistress and her child will be subjected to by the two of them.

「If that’s all there is to it.」

「……is there anything more?」

「The son of the mistress is said to be blessed with a talent for swords, though not as great as that of Manion-sama. And he seems to be a straightforward, hardworking boy.」

「He’s a lot different from that little brat, isn’t he?」

「Yes. But that has caused one problem.」

「What is it?」

「Master has decided that that son will be the next head of the family.」

「―――!?」

Daphne couldn’t believe her ears.

She couldn’t believe that their master was thinking such a thing behind their back.

But although she was surprised, she couldn’t bring herself to disagree.

「But isn’t he better than that little shit?」

「I know it’s not right for us servants to say this, but that son of her seems to be a good boy compared to Manion-sama.」

「Then there is no problem, is there? This is a family that has a history of removing their eldest son from the succession. No one will complain if that little brat is removed as the next head of the family. In fact, they’ll be rather pleased if that mistress’s child is a good one.」

Manion had always been a troubled child, but over the past five years, he has grown into an out-of-control bad boy.

Throwing tantrums and lashing out at servants and townspeople has become a common occurrence.

At first, some of the crony boys were flattered by Manion, the heir to the baronial family, but they couldn’t keep up with him and have now drifted away.

He had no friends, of course, and no one to tell him that his words and actions were wrong.

Having grown up with nothing but his mother’s flattering words, and not being able to hear the admonitions of the servants and townspeople, Mannion has grown to the point where he is out of control.

Lately, he has been turning his unpleasant eyes on women more and more often, which is not something to be concerned about.

Daphne has also been subjected to unpleasant licking glances on several occasions.

The only reason why she has not been directly touched is because his mother keeps a close watch on him.

Manion has a fiancée, and it would be unbecoming for him to touch anyone other than his fiancée.

It might not be unusual for a nobleman, but a minor like Manion could lose his credibility if he did such a thing.

In addition, Yolanda is overly watchful of her servants and town girls because she fears that if he gets involved with them and has children, it will be a big problem.

In this sense, Yolanda’s presence was a blessing for the women.

「I’d like you to keep this between us.」

「……Is there anything more?」

「I’ve been consulting with the master, and it seems that he’s considering the possibility of taking in a mistress as a regular wife instead of a concubine.」

「That is.」

According to Derrick, it was a decision to keep his mistress as a concubine, although Yolanda, the formal wife, would be against it.

However, Carius would like to remove his hysterical wife from the position and keep his mistress if possible.

As long as he removes Manion as his heir, he wants to make the main family the mother of his successor as well.

Daphne was laughing inwardly.

She couldn’t wait for the day to come when she and her son, who had treated the servants and young Sam so badly, would see the pain.

「Why not? As long as I can see the downfall of the father and son who mistreated Sam-sama, I don’t care if a mistress becomes the wife. No, the late Melanie is the only wife I have in mind, and I have no interest in anyone else taking her place.」

「Daphne was a friend of Melanie’s, wasn’t she?」

「Yes, she was too good a friend for me.」

Part of her simply feels that Sam is cute, but the other part of her has been loving him as much as she loves her late friend because he is the forgotten son of her friend.

Just thinking about the father and son who mistreated Sam and fell from their current position makes her laugh.

「I hope he’s quickly removed from the succession and kicked out of the mansion with his fucking wife.」

Daphne laughed as she looked forward to the future that would eventually come.

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