Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Episode 15＞

When Ruin, who had returned to the family, heard the news from Deache that he had been in his room for over three days without eating anything.

Finally, Ruin had no choice but to admit that he was in a bit of a hurry.

The desire to return the family to normal as soon as possible made him impatient.

A person’s mind was not something that could be changed in a day or two.

If people’s influence was so easy, there would be no evil people in this world.

Ruin looked back, rubbing his forehead.

“How long are you planning to follow me?”

There was one more side effect.

“… … Never mind.”

Dane was trying hard to avoid his gaze, but he couldn’t hide the heat in his eyes.

He could guess what he was looking for in himself, but he was still too impatient.

For him, he is the first wall in his life.

Louin let out a long sigh.

“after… … No need to rush, Dane. you are still young The opportunities ahead are endless.”

Dane couldn’t accept his older brother’s words.

The adults I’ve experienced so far, even if they’re small, all wished for themselves something.

Even when he won the swordsmanship competition, he hoped that each name would be called, and he constantly asked his father to tell him good things.

But my brother was different.

Rather, he gave himself all the power he could enjoy as a grand duke and did not want anything for himself.

All he wanted was to hold hands and cry and laugh together.

With just a few short words, it made people shudder nonstop and even destroyed the world they had been dreaming of.

A more complete adult than any adult he has ever seen.

Even though he didn’t hold a sword, he was the most ideal knight I’d vaguely imagined.

Such an older brother was only three years older than himself.

“Go back and train your sword, Dane. Don’t you like it too?”

“no.”

Right now, rather than raising a sword, I wanted to hear every word from my brother more.

I wanted to capture every single movement of his.

I was endlessly curious about what kind of life I had led to being able to complete it.

Dane wanted to know everything about his brother like that.

tight mouth.

Incredibly determined eyes.

In the end, Ruin had no choice but to give up due to the stubborn stubbornness of the young swordsman king.

“I hate being interrupted, Dane.”

When Ruin’s expression relaxed a little, Dane nodded his head frantically.

“Do not disturb.”

“Tsk.”

At the end of the long corridor, I arrived at Deash’s room.

One of the maids who discovered the grand duke bowed down in despair.

“Meet the Archduke!”

Ruin, who responded with an elegant greeting, soon opened the door to Deash.

After checking the inside of the room, he frowned and looked at the ladies-in-waiting.

“Why didn’t you clean it up?”

“Oops! also… … !”

As some of the ladies-in-waiting headed toward Deash’s room in dismay, the lady-in-waiting took a step forward and bowed.

“He rips off all his clothes. Even if I give you a dress that I usually cherish… … .”

“stop. done.”

Judging from the fact that they were holding steaming soup on a tray and only moving their feet, it seemed that the ladies-in-waiting were also in an emergency situation because of Deash.

Bubbly.

The youngest Wipon, who had been by Deash’s side, was still looking at Ruin with curious eyes.

Ruin, who found such a Wephone, could not hold back the smile that burst out.

I wanted to pinch his cute cheeks as much as I could.

However, he seemed to be persuading Deash in his own way, and his face looked quite distressed.

Deash, who was sitting on the bed with his swollen eyes hugging his knees, turned his head away as soon as he saw Ruin.

Ruin sat down on the bed and smiled faintly.

“Why do you keep tearing up your ugly dress?”

“get out! Get out!”

Louin’s calm gaze scanned the room.

“The only thing that made you look gorgeous was a dress. Why did you leave those shiny accessories alone? The perfume bottles that boast the fine scent are still there, and the pretty shoes are still shining.”

“… … .”

Soon, Deash’s ferocious eyes turned to all the splendid things in the room.

Deash jumps up as if he is going to burn at any moment.

Luin took her hand and sat her back on the bed.

“Leave this!”

However, Deash was not affected by Ruin’s power.

“Do you have any servants you like and cherish?”

It was an unexpected question, but quite a few people passed through Deash’s mind.

Grandpa gardener Sherman.

Marina, the head maid, with a warm smile.

Compassionate Nanny Kitty.

Generous Angela, loyal Ember.

Suddenly, Ruin pointed to the torn and scattered pieces of the dress.

“Look at Deash. The dresses you ripped off may be the wages of those years, maybe even decades, that you have in mind.”

Ruin’s gaze returned to the court ladies, who were bowing with their hands folded politely.

“What about the hearts of those who look at you every day? How would you look if you sprayed perfume for years worth of wages on your body and kept a spare dress for decades worth of wages without wearing it? That’s not enough, you tore the dress like this and made it completely worthless.”

The maids’ faces turned pale.

The ladies-in-waiting bowed even more as if they had never harbored such a feeling.

However, Ruin knew very well that the heart of a person who looks at wealth is bound to become shallow in the end.

“Someone would have watched helplessly as their mother died because they could not find medicine. Also, someone must have shed tears together hugging his son who was envious of his friends’ expensive textbooks. Their lives are much poorer than you think, Deash.”

Deash looked at the ladies-in-waiting with a blank face.

Deash had never thought about their lives until now.

“You could change their lives if you cut down on their dresses and shoes and stop wearing perfume. You can have people by your side who truly look up to you, not those who bow down like soulless puppets.”

Ruin stroked Deash’s beautiful hair.

“Only then are you their world. Those who follow you will gladly give their lives to you. A nobleman’s wealth is to spend it like that. Deash.”

Some of the ladies-in-waiting were wiping away tears with passion as if moved.

It had been a long time since a Hibernian noble understood their sorrow.

“I’ll ask again, Deash. What makes you shine more?”

Gorgeous dresses and accessories enhance a woman’s appearance.

However, it was only a courtship for men of society, not the light of a true man.

“Be their light. Seriously lead those who follow you. The more such people increase like a cloud, the more you will dazzle with true brilliance.

Standing up with red ears, Deache hurriedly began to pick up the scattered pieces of the dress.

Then, Wipon’s eyes widened.

“What is it, sister? Are you shy?”

“Poem, noisy!”

Soon, Ruin glanced at the maid holding the soup.

The lady-in-waiting approached and politely served Ruin.

“Bern doesn’t carelessly bend his back, Deash. It’s none of your business, so come and have some soup.”

Deash, who was picking up the pieces of the dress on the floor, bit her lip.

“How many times have they heated up the soup?”

You can’t dare to colonel the soup that has cooled down to a direct blood relative of the Bern family.

He must have reheated countless new soups until he ate them.

“Do you think you are the owner who can be treated like that by them, Deash?”

D’Ache was unaware of Sherman’s health, the gardener.

I couldn’t ask Marina, the maid of honor, if she had a son or daughter.

She didn’t know why Kitty, the nanny, was standing in a daze with gloomy eyes, or why Angela was occasionally wiping away tears in despair.

“I am… … I am… … .”

“Yes, Deash. Unfortunately, you are not their light now. You do not yet deserve their full labor.”

Deache blankly accepted the bowl of soup.

One bite, two bites.

Tears began to flow, soaking her cheeks.

Ruin’s heart ached as he looked at Deash, who was crying sadly with a pale face.

“What was so empty? You are pretty enough even without wearing perfume like me or wearing a fancy dress. Don’t try to fill yourself up with flashy things any more, Deache.”

Deash sobbed more pitifully, not even thinking about wiping the soup flowing around his mouth.

“Black. Mom, I miss you so much… … !”

“… … .”

Is that why Deash?

Louin closed his eyes tightly without saying a word.

Like himself in the past, Deash was living with a scar in his heart.

At first, she must have resented her father for not coming out of the house.

The tender heart that longed for parental affection must have struggled even more with the longing for a mother they could never see again.

And that wound was a pain that all siblings with the same mother suffered.

Ruin desperately held back his tears, but in the end, he only looked at Wephone with a smile.

He didn’t show any tears, but Dane was trying to avoid his gaze.

Ruin slowly approached and hugged Deash, who was sobbing, and said.

“Everyone gather here.”

A young Wipon sat down next to Deash, wiping away his tears with a small hand.

Dane, who was hesitant at his majestic older brother’s words, approached as if he couldn’t help it.

“Let’s sweep each other’s backs.”

The brothers from Bern, seated in a circle, put their hands on each other’s backs.

“Just for today, I won’t allow you to cry.”

As the younger siblings sobbed more, unknown emotions welled up, but Dane desperately bit his lip.

Luin gently stroked Dane’s head.

‘Actually, this guy has the most memories of his mother.’

As Ruin winked, the ladies-in-waiting withdrew.

As he stroked the heads and backs of his younger siblings, Ruin regretted his hasty action.

He could no longer treat his brothers on the basis of his own worn-out feelings.

The younger siblings were still too young for that.

okay.

Cry to your heart’s content, brothers and sisters.

Although it has returned worn and worn out, here is your grand duke.

If you don’t mind living with regret, I will gladly wipe your tears.

Let’s pat each other on the back and cry.

Just for today, even my mother will allow it.

Ruin did not sob sadly.

He was smiling brightly as if he would embrace the whole world.