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However, after a minute had passed, the one who breaks off the silence within them was none other than Altron.
"B-but Father…! You know that little three held a deep grudge against Mother because of the incident that happened to Lady Aryna! Are you trying to provoke him even more?!"
Altron wasn't a saint, and honestly speaking, he didn't care about what happened to his younger half-brother, nor did he care about his life to begin with.
After all, he is just an illegitimate child and a disgrace to their family lineage.
However, even though he didn't care about his well-being, no matter what happens, his youngest half-sibling still had their Father's blood flowing through his veins and abandoning him isn't an option either.
His youngest half-sibling is considered a half-blooded noble because his biological mother's status as a commoner. A possible reason for his youngest half-sibling to be the only person within the household who didn't possess the proud BLOODLINE of the Marquis Chevalier household.
"You don't need to worry about that, Altron. Your mother knows how to handle this matter, and we could only wait for what will happen next."
The other two siblings snapped from their thoughts when they heard the final decision of their Father and even if they wanted to protest but they didn't have a choice but to obey.
However, there is one among them who had a sly smirk plastered on their faces while watching the scenes unfold in front of them.
'It seems like an exciting event would take place at any moment. Hmmm…. I'll be looking forward to that.'
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The eldest young master and the heir apparent to the Marquis noble title, Altron, in reality, he didn't hate their youngest brother that much, but he is wary of him because of his biological mother's suspicious background.
ARYNA ASTERRIX, the mistress and the unofficial second wife of their Father.
From what they knew about her, aside from being the biological mother of their youngest sibling, she came from a family of merchants and she's the only daughter amongst her five siblings, and she's the eldest amongst her siblings within their family.
The noble society might not be familiar with their family name due to their commoner status, but the Asterrix family is renowned within the merchant society.
Additionally, the Patriarch of the Asterrix family, Lady Aryna's father, is the Headmaster of the Merchant Alliance and their family holds the most extensive network of information within the continent.
With this status alone, they could be considered nobles with the rank of at least Viscount or Marquis because of their massive influence, not only within the noble society but as a whole.
However, from what the eldest young master gathered about the Asterrix family was, they declined the offer of being one of the nobles of this Empire and chose only to become merchants as they didn't want to involve themselves within the noble society.
'Even if the Patriarch of Asterrix family declined the Emperor's offer, from what I know, they were still given a noble title of Count granted by the Emperor himself.'
Although they were granted a noble title, they never tended to appear within the noble society and even Lady Aryna wasn't fond of tea parties but only appeared within royal banquets hosted by the royal family itself, the Asterrix family's noble Count title were still considered unofficial within the public.
The Asterrix family's background and their influence were one of the reasons Altron and his two siblings are wary of their youngest sibling because of his maternal family's background that were too much perfect that can lead to suspicion.
When Lady Aryna died from an unknown cause, the Asterrix family didn't intervene, and what's worst is that they didn't even attend to the funeral of their eldest child, which they found it suspicious as well.
When their Father ordered his subordinates to find their whereabouts, they couldn't find traces about the Asterrix family as a whole.
It's been five years since Lady Aryna died and the Asterrix family didn't even show their presence within the Stellarus Empire, and no one knows about their whereabouts.
As if someone deliberately erased their existence within this world because no matter how hard they tried to find them, it went all for naught.
This is the reason they couldn't help but to be on guard whenever their youngest sibling is within the vicinity because they could get the feeling that if they did something to the youngest out of recklessness, they might put themselves in danger.
'Besides, we don't know the other members nor their faces as well. Even if we investigate deeper but the result is still the same. I also tried to question Lady Aryna before when she was still alive about her family members, but she couldn't speak about them nor even write about them.'
From that time, Altron couldn't help but think that Lady Aryan might be under some restriction spell that was cast upon her and revealing some information about the Asterrix family would endanger her life if she ever spoke about it.
'And right now, their Father told them that their Mother, the current Marchioness, would be the one who would confront their youngest sibling?'
In the middle of the night? Is Father insane?
However, orders are orders. They don't have a choice but to follow.
'I just hope that nothing will happen, right?'
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After he left the dining hall, he immediately when back to his room and dismissed all the servants who served him because he didn't want another rat to meddle in his business, anyway.
'Tsk! You can't trust anyone within this manor. What do I expect from these people? These are the people who served under the Marquis Chevalier household, especially to the main family. It makes sense since I am not part of this family and will never be.'
Eclipse thought and roamed around in his room and thought of a way of taking advantage of that rat who infiltrated into this household.
For him, ever since he became a dimensional traveler, Eclipse already disregard his identity and he never thought of himself as a Chevalier anymore, even if he's back to this worldline.
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