I Need Someone to Stop My Older Brothers - Chapter 8

“That’s discrimination!”

“In addition, it’s an adult inside!”

Cisse grinned and smiled instead of Baratheon at my cry.

“If you think it’s unfair, hurry up and grow up”

‘Wow, that’s really mean.’

Lucas and Baratheon burst into laughter when they saw me speechless at the counterattack of Cisse.

“Sir! Lady!”

Then Hedin came running from afar.It was a face that looked quite urgent,

“What’s going on?”

Lucas asked on our behalf, and Hedin peeked at me and opened his mouth.

“The Grand Duke is about to arrive.”

“Grand Duke? It’s faster than scheduled.”

Abaratheon asks back in a surprised voice. All of them.

‘Are you serious?’

But what surprised me and everyone else was.

“Yes, I’m afraid it’s early.”

Everyone’s eyes were on me in Hedin’s words. Serious-faced Baratheon nudged the side of Cisse with his elbow.

“A lot better than the first time?”

“A great improvement. I can’t smell it.”

“Oh, I’ve gained weight, and my clothes fit perfectly.”

“Good. Here I go!”

Baratheon lifted me up and proudly moved to the mansion.

***

I was guided by Marina’s hands and all prepared to greet the Grand Duke, or grandfather. I’ve been enjoying the picnic,so my clothes crumpled.I changed, and  made my hair look pretty.

Thanks to Cisse, it’s a good thing that we have clothes that fit perfectly in advance.In order to move around freely in the Asinov mansion.

It was important to catch the eyes of the Grand Duke, the head of the family. Only thing helpful in getting attention was to show such neatness.

“No, you might get in trouble for buying 60 clothes?”

They hadn’t met yet.Not knowing what Burge was like, his head was full of question marks.

“However,·····.”

I could see indirectly from the people who lined up to face the great attack.

“He’s a scary person.”

Otherwise, everyone couldn’t have been waiting for him with such nervous faces. It’s Lucas, Baratheon, Cisse who’s not nervous.There were only three people.

“As expected, the position of grandson is different, right?”

While I was thinking that, I felt a little disturbance from the entrance. The Grand Duke has arrived.

He’s a descendant of Pamel, but I’m glad he doesn’t look like him. If so, it would have been hard to pretend to be a good granddaughter because of anger every time I saw his face.

The Grand Duke looked quite young to be someone’s grandfather. Even if I play a lot, I think I’m in my 40s.

“I heard that they use swords unlike Pamel’s descendants ·····.”

It was not strange because swordsmanship looked much younger than it was originally when it reached the stage.

“……Dana?”

“Uh, yes.”

“I see.”

It was a very plain response.I didn’t mean for a grand reunion, but isn’t she the first granddaughter you’ve seen after 13 years? Shouldn’t even a man like a wooden stone be a little pleased or something?

With my blind eye in front of me, the Grand Duke began to move on. The atmosphere became very uncomfortable because not only the helpers of the mansion but also the three brothers were looking at me. That’s when the big balls stop walking.

“That’s right. Let’s go for the dinner.”

My words, which came out in a daze, leaked a smirk from the mouths of the three brothers.

***

I sat against the Grand Duke at a large table and fiddled awkwardly with the tableware.

“I don’t like silence. It’s completely awkward. ······.”

The Grand Duke was so quiet that he wondered if he could not speak this much. The heavy silence let out a sigh.

“There,·····.”

The Grand Duke looked familiar with the silence, so I had no choice but to open my mouth first.

“Why did you look for me? “

His hands stopped moving. His purple eyes pointed sharply at me.

“You haven’t seen me in 13 years. Before that, you didn’t visit my father. It’s amazing that you suddenly found me.”

My question didn’t change his expression. I thought I could believe that he was a man made out of stone.

“It’s not that I never tried finding you.”

“But a year ago, Lynte’s letter arrived at the Grand House. A wandering mercenary handed me a favor. They said the letter was delayed because they were involved in an accident in the middle.”

“Oh, so the letter was ·····?”

“Yes, Dana, there was your story. But it’s been a long time since you left the town. I’ve been looking for you ever since.”

So a wandering mercenary was involved in an accident.If he hadn’t been caught up, he could have escaped from the dump sooner. It’s a consequential story anyway.

“And?”

“But Linte didn’t want to.”

“I don’t understand.”

Fortunately, the Grand Duke’s words were not over.

“Linte loved freedom. I didn’t want him to take the grand house as a burden. He asked for freedom as an 18-year-old coming-of-age gift, and I was willing to. I haven’t looked for him since.”

‘Don’t you usually kick your butt and shout, “Don’t say anything lucky, you stupid son!”?’

But neither my father nor the Prince certainly was an ordinary human being.

“That’s why you’re rich.”

So with that daughter, that granddaughter, I am ······? Somehow, while swallowing laughter inside because of a funny thought, the great talk continued.

‘Uh, but I still resent the mercenary a little.’

“Danae”

the Grand Duke called me out to resent the mercenary who I didn’t even know.

“Do you want freedom? You want to go back to the outside world.Go?”

“Do you think so?”

If you had heard how I lived, you wouldn’t have thought about it.

“The adoptive parents were not really good, life was like hell. Now that I look back, I wonder how I endured it.”

Cause you didn’t know then? Ignorance would have made the child bearable.But I was no longer a child who knew nothing.

I meant I knew it was unreasonable and an environment where I had to escape. Besides, don’t I have a grand plan to destroy Ashinov and punish Pamel? It was more effective if it was done internally.

“But maybe it’s different because you’re Linte’s daughter. He was very special.”

“Yes, but I’m also your granddaughter, right? The Grand Duke is here.”

“······· I see.”

The Grand Duke, who opened his eyes wide at my words, nodded and began to move the tableware without saying a word again. There was silence again. I threw it on purpose to curry favor with him, but it didn’t seem to work.

“······ Let’s eat meat.”

I started to move the tableware, swallowing a sigh inside. The moment I cut the meat into pieces that are easy to eat and put it in my mouth. The Great Duke still looked at the plate and opened his mouth.

“Call me Grandpa. It’s better than the Grand Duke.”