Chapter 12
Translator: sleepingjay

That place was a far distance away from this empire.
Across the oceans, the country I was born in — the Schuld Kingdom.

The Schuld Kingdom was originally the land of gods.

There, many people had vast magical reserves. Due to this and some special factors, this kingdom was surmised as the land of gods.

Those special factors were strongly related to my birth family.

My birth family was the Vist Marquis Household.

For generations, this household had produced magicians with magical reserves so enormous in volume that it was unrivalled by others.

Furthermore, there was also the flower emblem said to be the ‘flower of gods’. Only those blood-related to the Vist Marquis Household were born with this emblem.

What exactly the god flower was, I didn’t know either. However, those born with this emblem on their bodies would possess some kind of miraculous powers.

However, in the recent century, nobody in the Vist Marquis Household had been born blessed with this emblem.

Personally, I considered this a matter of course.

People like them, who considered those other than themselves as worms, shouldn’t be allowed to hold such enormous powers.

Undoubtedly, they would only stray towards the wrong direction. Anyone could see that they only used their powers for their own selfish desires.

“Even within our lion clan, those with silver-white hair have a large volume of magical reserves, and because of this, we have difficulties producing children.”

“I see. So that’s why you married my sister.”

“If it’s someone without strong magic, she wouldn’t be able to withstand my enormous powers and would fall ill. Even if it was fine at first, eventually the lives of both mother and child would be snatched away.”

I didn’t know that a beastman’s life had such circumstances.

Here in Thoel Empire, there were also people with strong magical powers, but it didn’t seem like there was anyone who were equal to the white lion clan.

As for the reason why the Vist Marquis Household agreed to a marriage contract with Knight Commander Moorwright? Without even having to think about it, I knew the most likely reason — money.

It was one of the catalysts to my expulsion.

They were always indulging in extravagance without even earning much, so of course, they would end up draining their money dry.

Even if we had massive wealth, unexpected accidents or losses might befall us in the next hundred years or so. Although I kept saying this, not even one person in that family listened to my words.

Probably due to this, that stupid brother of mine ostracised me, who had outspokenly found faults with his spending habits.

Besides that, I was also born with black hair, something considered a treasured gem even in the Schuld Kingdom. My sister, who I was a spitting image of, was unable to stomach this and resented me.

She was someone who couldn’t tolerate having extravagant praises directed towards people other than her. To make matters worse, our faces were exactly alike. Hence, to my sister, I wasn’t a human but rather a devil or something, born solely to torment her.

Thinking back about it, it was so foolish I was getting a headache.

If they continue as they were, eventually they would be ruined. Perhaps, as I’d warned, the family assets had already run dry.

Looking at me, who candidly vocalised my question, the Knight Commander nodded once in response.

The story from there was awful.

When my sister had married into his family, her family had received a colossal bride price. But to make matters worse, very soon into the marriage, my sister had started squandering Knight Commander Moorwright’s wealth as she pleased.

Not only did she not stop her outrageous behaviour, she also had the youthful, good-looking men to serve her and treated the people working in the household cruelly as entertainment.

Although she didn’t do something as foolish as committing adultery since they needed to have children, it was indeed that sister of mine.

However, after giving birth to Andrea and the pair of twins, she seemed to consider her responsibilities fulfilled and, turning her face, committed adultery.

In addition, unlike Andrea, those youngest twins who were born later were beastmen. When she saw the children born with ears and tails, my sister did the worst thing she could have done.

Right after giving birth, that sister of mine ordered the killing of those children — those babies, who had no means whatsoever to fight against her.

“It’s really inexcusable. I’m sorry.”

I couldn’t help feeling extremely ashamed.

I didn’t doubt the contents of the story I was told because there was no sense of incongruity at all. The sister I knew from before, exactly as she was back then, had become an adult — that was all.

Not a single thing about them had changed. Those bastards had never realised how repulsive they were.

Andrea’s crying face, frantically pleading for his mother, completely engulfed my mind.

He yearned for her, his mother, to that extent!

Why, why, did she let go of his hand?!

My anger, having no outlet, burned and whirled within me.

“Knight Commander Moorwright, I can probably guess why you brought me here. However, I had been stripped of my aristocratic rank and expelled from the household by that family when I was in the royal academy. None of those things you are worrying about will happen. Although I’d still like to stay connected with your son, I don’t plan to request for money either.”

—I want you to believe me.

Those words, I couldn’t say them.

Those words were too convenient. Even if the person in front of me were a good person, they wouldn’t harbour any good feelings towards me, would they?