Luna POV
Our Young Master has changed.
He doesn't kick me with his feet every morning anymore.
He doesn't throw wine glasses or make me follow him with rabbit steps, calling me a rabbit person.
Most of all, he sometimes gives me snacks or even touches my ears.
It's really true.
No matter how much the young master hit me, it didn't hurt, but pretending to be in pain was so difficult.
I couldn't lie, so I couldn't send letters to my family, but now I will.
I'll tell them I'm doing well here. That the Young Master treats me well too.
I am a proud warrior of the Prairie Rabbit race!
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She's fallen, she's fallen. What's wrong with this maid?
I stood up, leaving Luna who was dozing off, chewing on something as if dreaming, sitting by the window where the sunlight shone well.
How much of a mess has my special bonus made, since I opened my eyes here, no one approached me directly except Luna…
How surprised I was when suddenly a butler with a stylish Kaiser beard called me young master and spoke to me.
[Alkaido Heyman – Iron-blooded Butler]
Representative Traits: [Loyalty (A)] [Composure (B)]
Hidden Traits: [Negotiation (C)] [Obsessive-Compulsive (A)]
Unlike Adelian, who doesn't even appear in the original work and only appears in flashbacks in the game, this is a familiar name.
Alkaido, in the original work, was the family's agent waiting for Gadia with the family seal instead of Adelian.
In the game, he was an NPC I used to maintain the Kruger family's financial power on behalf of Gadia, who had no talent other than ice magic.
I trusted only that loyalty trait and used him, only to be backstabbed…
Perhaps because of recalling painful memories, I slightly frowned, and he cleared his throat and spoke once more.
"The head of the family is calling for you, Young Master."
"I'm not deaf. You only need to say it once, Alkaido."
Now's the chance!
To appear as an excellent scoundrel, I didn't miss the opportunity and deliberately bumped his shoulder as I went out.
Then I confidently went straight down the left corridor!
Anyway, I've walked around this castle's map countless times while playing the game, so this direction should be correct.
"This way, Young Master."
…It was definitely this way when I played the game.
Well, it's different from the game where everything was clearly visible just by pressing the map. Even if someone else came, they wouldn't have found it right away.
By the way, even though it was well-made, it wasn't a full 3D game, and since it was released as an indie game, walking through this castle in reality feels somewhat new.
More splendid, bigger, and farther…!
As I follow Alkaido for a while, I can see maids and servants in the distance flinching and turning away as they make eye contact with me.
'No, what has this Adelian been doing? Surely he hasn't killed people, right?'
…No matter how much that Rachel, she wouldn't have made such a person my special bonus, right? …Right?
This is all karma, karma… It's too late for me to repent now.
Anyway, what I'm going to do from now on is clearly out of the ordinary, so it's better to maintain this image.
"The head of the family said only you should enter, young master, so I'll take my leave."
At Alkaido's words, I whistled for no reason and pushed an expensive-looking porcelain with my finger, making it fall.
"Then Alkaido has nothing to do. Clean this up and go back."
It's absolutely not because you backstabbed me, I'm just being a scoundrel now. You know?
I smiled at Alkaido, who slightly bowed his head without changing his expression, and then entered through the door he opened.
"Hello, Father."
Father always loved only my younger brother for the reason that he was a son. That child who was born after killing mother. Father made my brother, who had no talent, his successor and loved him because he was a man. The only child that cold snake-like man chose.
Just as Gadia said over and over in the original work I read once, the man with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes looked very cold. Like a person without blood or tears.
'But I know.'
How much that person loves Gadia.
"You're still ill-mannered, Adelian. You'll soon have to take over as the acting head of the family."
"You should just keep doing that, Father. Why bother?"
Maybe because of the floating feeling, the word 'Father' comes out smoothly like a theater line. I sat on the office sofa and looked up at him.
"Do as I say when I tell you to take over."
"Then I'll take over, but don't interfere with whatever I do with it."
The sharply drawn eyebrows twitch. If it was the real Adelian instead of me, would he have been scolded now?
But who cares? Anyway, knowing that Adelian would inherit the ring, live as he wants, and then get his throat cut by Gadia, I had nothing to fear.
Besides, I already know why you're trying to pass on the ring in the original work.
Financial power was equivalent to a country, military, and political power that fell short of that.
To offset that, you want to protect your daughter by passing on the head of the family position and plotting something.
Enough to hand over a golden poisoned cup to the butler in the original work, and to your son in the game.
He handed over the Kruger ring engraved with 12 patterns, and instead of answering that I understood, I snatched the ring from his hand.
"And don't hide the fire essence too much. If sister finds out, she might misunderstand that you're trying to burn yourself to death?"
I'm not saying this because I like you, it's telling you to try to fix Gadia's personality, Father.
[Caiman Origin Kruger – Coordinator of All Wealth]
Representative Traits: [Financial Power (SSS)] [Dignity (S)] [Calculating (A)] [Scheming (A)]
Hidden Traits: [Storm (B)] [Deception (B)]
I closed the door with a glimpse of Father's traits.