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Both younger siblings stood up from their seat and placed their right hand on their left chest as they accepted the orders coming from their father.
"As you ordered, Marquis."
Altron; "Father, would you want me to talk with little three?"
A middle-aged man in his late 50s but still had a youthful appearance that others often be mistaken for the eldest young master Altron because of their striking resemblance with each other, however, the only difference they got is their hair color.
AUGUSTUS RYNUS CHEVALIER, the current headmaster of the Marquis Chevalier Household. Known within the STELLARUS EMPIRE as the IRON-BLOODED SWORDSMASTER, who fought various battles in the past for the sake of the Empire.
The Chevalier household is one of the oldest noble households within the Stellarus Empire and their ancestors who were always on the battlefield and fought countless wars in the past and had brought honor to their family name.
Within the Stellarus Empire, the Marquis Chevalier Household is also known as the GUARDIAN HOUSEHOLD, the household of war heroes.
When Marquis Augustus Chevalier heard his eldest son's suggestion, he shook off his head; "You don't have to worry about that. Let your mother handle the talking."
'Besides, the recent changes about little three that shock me the most to the point that I couldn't even know what he's thinking anymore…'
As he thought about that, Augustus remembered a scene from more than a month ago when his youngest child was seeking an audience with him privately.
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[FLASHBACK]
LOCATION: MARQUIS CHEVALIER HOUSEHOLD
*****HEADMASTER'S OFFICE******
*KNOCK!
*KNOCK!
*KNOCK!
'Hm? Who would seek me out at the middle of the night?'
Augustus thought as he looked in the direction of where the door was and heard a knock three times and since no one but him in his office then, he cleared his throat to composed himself and let the person come in.
"Come in."
After that, the door opened and what the Marquis didn't expect to meet in the middle of the night was none other than his youngest child, the child from his unofficial second wife.
Before, whenever he met this child, the child would always fumble his hands and most likely, would always tremble in fear within his presence.
Just looking at the appearance of his youngest son, Augustus always reminded about the child's biological mother because his youngest son is the exact replica of his mother, except with the color of his eyes that he inherited from Augustus.
It wasn't that Augustus wanted to neglect his youngest child, however, seeing his youngest son's appearance reminds him about his biological mother that he wanted to forget.
'It wasn't my intention but then again, just thinking about it, makes me a coward to face the truth.'
"This one greets the Stellarus Empire's Guardian Household, Marquis Chevalier."
Augustus snapped from his thoughts when he heard his youngest son address him in such a manner on how most of his subordinates would greet him.
At the notion of his youngest son addressed him by his noble title and not as his father, Augustus could tell that something was different from his youngest son's demeanor.
The Marquis looked directly into his youngest son's eyes, and he almost gasped at what he saw from those eyes.
Before, his youngest son's cyan-colored eyes held nothing but fear and anxiousness whenever Augustus was around and would always tremble at his presence like some sort of a weakling and that made him snicker because he didn't expect that he had a cowardly and delicate son within his household.
However, right now, that is not the case anymore.
His youngest son's eyes held something that Augustus was utterly familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time.
His youngest son's cyan-colored eyes that once held nothing, but fear was no longer within those eyes but rather, his youngest son's eyes had the striking resemblance of those war veterans who fought countless battles for all their lives because of how firm and dull it was.
This is something that Augustus was baffled about since this child is nothing but a 15-year-old boy!
'What the—?! Am I seeing something or what?'
"I have a proposal for you, Marquis. Would you like to hear about it first?"
Augustus snapped from his thoughts when his youngest son spoke in a manner he didn't expect and for the record, this child didn't stutter his words, not even once!
His youngest son speaks in an icy tone that he couldn't recognized and he was almost taken aback because of this sudden change of attitude of his.
However, since his youngest son addressed him as Marquis, it means that his youngest son would speak to him as the Head of this household, not as his father.
So, for that one, Augustus humored his youngest son and asked him in a serious tone; "Oh? And what could that be?"
For that moment, Augustus saw how his youngest son smiled at him but there was something about that smile of his that makes him uncomfortable for a moment.
After that, his youngest son smiled even more but the Marquis noticed the sharp-looking gaze that his youngest son was throwing at his direction.
A minute later, Augustus heard the words coming from his youngest son that made him question the true nature of this child.
"Do you want to completely remove the current Marchioness from her position since she's been acting as a spy for a long time ago?"
[END OF FLASHBACK]
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The Marquis remembered that conversation that he had with his youngest son more than a month ago and he couldn't forget those words that he had spoken with him from that time.
'How come he knows that the current Marchioness was acting as a spy within this household? Could it be… that child still had connections with his maternal household? The Asterrix family?'
While the Marquis was still lost on his own thoughts, the three siblings, on the other hand, immediately looked at their father with wide eyes open when he said those words and the three of them didn't speak and silence had reign within the atmosphere for a moment.
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