Alex: "Unfortunately, I can't fulfill your request."
Fabian, surprised: "Why...?"
Alex: "Because my father passed away two years ago."
Suddenly, Augustus said in astonishment: "He's dead?!"
Alex: "He always wished to see you, Mr. Augustus."
Augustus frowned and said nothing.
Fabian: "I'm really sorry, I understand how you feel."
Martin, curiously: "Alex, how did you know Mr. Augustus was here?"
Alex smiled and said: "From the bracelets on this young man's wrist, my father made these bracelets."
Fabian shouted: "That's not good at all, there's a psychopath behind me who wants to kill me, and you're happy?!"
Alex smiled and said: "Mr. Augustus is a kind and good-hearted person, you must be mistaken."
Fabian: "That's not true, I—"
Augustus held a knife to Fabian's neck and said in a cold tone: "Say one more word and I'll kill you with my own hands."
Alex, surprised: "What happened? Your words were cut off."
Augustus: "Tell him I want him to join me in destroying the corrupt nobles."
Fabian thought: "This isn't good, he
wants to create a large coup and this way, many innocent people will be killed because of it!"
Suddenly, Fabian shoved Augustus back with his hand and quickly ran out of the room.
Augustus laughed angrily and said: "Hey you, get ready to die!"
Alex: "What just happened suddenly?"
Martin: "I don't know, but he was really scared."
Augustus, angry, was searching for Fabian, thinking: "That boy is really stupid. Even though I told him I'd find him wherever he goes, he still ran away."
Augustus was passing by a room.
Man: "You said he's still alive? Are you sure it was really him?"
Raphael: "I'm sure, he was right in front of me. I even talked to him, but it seems like he's lost his memory."
Augustus stood behind the door to listen to their conversation.
Man: "Anyway, he might remember everything one day. It's better to get rid of him as soon as possible."
Raphael: "Fabian has a really tragic fate. If he hadn't been suspicious of me that day and hadn't discovered the truth, he might have been able to marry my sister."
Man: "Don't feel so sorry for him. Fabian is actually the son of a noble. If he remembers the truth about his father, it will be very costly for us."
Raphael, chuckling under his breath, stood up and said: "Alright, don't rush. I'll finish him off sooner than you think."
Augustus smirked and thought to himself: "He's mine, no one but me has the right to harm him!"
Fabian was running in the forest, not caring where he was going, just wanting to escape as far as he could.
Fabian stopped to catch his breath, looking at the mark on his wrist and said: "He must be really angry with me by now."
Fabian stood and thought: "Maybe my fate was to die like this from the beginning. If I'm going to die, I might as well commit suicide now, at least it will hurt less."
Augustus saw Fabian in the forest, smirked, and said: "Running away is useless, you must be punished anyway."
Fabian turned to Augustus and said: "Then please... kill me now."
Augustus approached Fabian, grabbed his collar, and with a terrifying expression said: "You don't decide when you die!"
Fabian freed his collar and said:
"Please kill me, I'm tired of this painful life."
Augustus grabbed Fabian's wrist, but Fabian suddenly pulled his hand back and shouted: "I'm not coming with you!"
Augustus looked at Fabian, smirked, and said: "Stop being so stubborn, you're my puppet anyway."
Fabian looked at Augustus seriously and said: "You're crazy, I don't want to come with you!"
Augustus smiled and said: "Fabian, do you prefer those people who pretend to be your friends and want to stab you in the back over me?"
Fabian: "What do you mean?"
Augustus: "Before I took you to my mansion, you had drunk a poisonous drink. Someone wanted to kill you before I did."
Fabian was shocked and shouted: "What do you mean?! Are you saying Raphael wanted to kill me?!"
Augustus: "Raphael was talking to a man, they were discussing that you are the son of a noble and that they need to get rid of you."
Suddenly, Fabian shouted angrily: "You're lying, my father died twenty-two years ago, he..."
Suddenly, Fabian remembered
Margaret saying: "You said you wanted to find your father."
Suddenly, Fabian held his head in pain from a headache.
Augustus, worried: "What happened?!"
Fabian: "You're right, the fact that I'm
still alive is all because of you."
Augustus frowned and said: "I was only able to neutralize the poison, but you lost your short-term memory about that night, you need to remember everything."
Fabian sighed and said: "It's useless, I just get a headache."
Augustus thought and said: "Maybe if we find the person behind all this, we can recover the erased part of your memory."
Fabian, surprised: "Will you really help me?!"
Augustus patted Fabian's head and said: "After all, you are my puppet, you need to be in good shape to play your role."
Fabian thought: "For a moment, I felt happy, but he still wants me for his own amusement."
Augustus let go of Fabian's head and said: "And one more thing, I won't let you die so soon, you have to play your role for me much longer."
Fabian's face twisted, he clenched his fists tightly and said: "But I...!"
Augustus: "I'll give you time to think,
will you come with me or do you want to be killed by those heartless hypocrites?"
Fabian took a deep breath and said: "Alright, I'll come with you."
Augustus chuckled under his breath and said: "You've made the right decision, my puppet."
The next day, Fabian woke up and thought to himself: "I've finally come back here, but that man's behavior has changed."
Fabian walked down the stairs, feeling bored, and suddenly saw that the house was sparkling clean. The floors and walls had been repaired and renovated, and even the furnishings were new.
Fabian, surprised, said: "I feel like I've come into the wrong house."
Augustus stood next to Fabian and smiled, saying: "Do you like the design?"
Fabian, shocked but happy, said: "Are you joking? This is amazing!"
Fabian looked at Augustus. Augustus was dressed neatly, his hair was more groomed than ever, and even his face had changed.
Fabian, surprised, said: "Who are you?"
Augustus patted Fabian's head and said: "Don't you recognize your own father?"
Fabian: "Huh? What do you mean?"
Fabian placed his hand under his chin
and thought: "Where have I seen this man before?"
A maid approached Augustus and excitedly said: "You look so beautiful today, Master Augustus."
Fabian: "Ehh?!!!"
Fabian sat down at the table to eat breakfast. Augustus, with his hand under his chin, smiled at him.
Fabian, curious about Augustus, said: "One question, if you're a ghost, how can I and the servants here see you?"
Augustus smiled and said: "Only those I choose can see me."
Fabian: "Then why didn't you show yourself to Alex?"
Augustus: "Because I don't want Alex to know the truth about me."
Fabian: "Why?"
Augustus: "Because if he sees me, he'll kill me."
Fabian thought and said: "That's strange, I thought he was your friend."
Fabian thought: "So, all nobles are like this. They use you and stab you in the back. In a way, I understand Augustus."
Fabian, curious, asked: "If you're dead, how do you live like normal people, even eating food?"
Augustus frowned and said: "Enough questions. Eat your food."
Fabian smiled and said: "Oh, sorry, you're right."