Chapter 133 : Chapter 133

Chapter 133 - Three-Way Confrontation

The command headquarters of the primary processing plant, still smelling strongly of a new house.

The atmosphere in the reception room was heavy.

But it was better for the atmosphere to be heavy like this.

“When is the youngest supposed to arrive?”

The boy, accompanied by a single chief secretary, asked with clear, untainted eyes.

At the sibling’s question, Jubel Maxman stepped forward as the representative and spoke.

“He did not say he would be away for long, so I believe he will be back soon.”

“Okay. I understand. But why is a merchant speaking? There’s an elder and two general managers here. Ah, I guess it’s three now!”

“……”

The three general managers behind Jubel. And the one elder who was also serving as a general manager.

The three emerged from behind Jubel’s back at the words that were like a summons.

However, there was no need to glance around to see who among the three was being called.

“Forest Witch Elder! How have you been?”

“Fine.”

“…!”

“H-hey! Elder Lorelin!”

Even Jubel’s eyes widened as he turned to look at the Forest Witch.

The Construction General Manager let out a loud voice without realizing it.

But the two who were actually having the conversation looked at each other as if nothing was wrong.

The Fourth Son waved his hand dismissively.

“It’s fine, it’s fine~. Would any bastard with a properly screwed-on head come to destroy the main camp of a Millesdusk maternal family?”

“I don’t use honorifics with anyone. Except for titles. Young Master-nim.”

“Ah. Is that so?”

The Fourth Son chuckled and sipped the tea his chief secretary had prepared.

He, the only one sitting in the hall, looked around.

“Hmm~.”

Those gathered here could tell what kind of look that was.

He was sizing things up.

Where to start from here and how to end it with minimal damage.

That he was making such a plan was transparently visible through his jade-like eyes as if through a window.

The Forest Witch stepped forward.

“I’m the one you want. End it with me, no need to look outside.”

As if genuinely surprised by her reaction, the Fourth Son puckered his lips into a circle.

“How strange. I didn’t know our Elder Lorelin had such affection for this business. Or was there some kind of contract with the youngest?”

“It’s a family business. Even I, a rookie elder, know its weight, and I doubt you, a sibling, would not.”

The Fourth Son’s lips twisted upwards.

“This place, you see. The foundation is all laid, but it hasn’t started yet. Which means!”

Until the youngest returns, everything here is useless!

The Fourth Son shrugged his shoulders, bringing up the fact that everyone had been trying to hide.

“How can I ruin a business that hasn’t even started yet? I don’t even know what this business is properly.”

“……”

He rested his chin on his hand and languidly crossed his legs.

“I have no intention of sending down the giants right now. A conversation with the youngest comes first. So don’t worry too much~.”

As he spoke, a long yawn escaped.

Such fatigue was bound to soften even hardened thoughts.

“Or maybe not. Should we play around a bit with a few giants?”

Drdrdrdrdrdk─

Everything in sight began to tremble.

“Young Master-nim.”

That too was brief.

The chief secretary behind him bent down and whispered in his ear.

At those words, the situation that was about to change drastically changed once again.

“The youngest is here!”

He’s here?

Everyone’s head naturally turned to the window.

But he was a little higher than the angle of view seen from the window.

“Though he brought some riff-raff with him.”

He briefly covered his sunken lips with his teacup.

At the news that the Youngest Son had arrived, the Forest Witch felt an unavoidable sense of relief.

The witch, who had achieved immortality with the forest, thought it was a relief that a chick much younger than her had appeared.

It was an unavoidable truth.

A smile opposite to the Fourth Son’s was naturally formed under the brim of her hat.

‘President. Why were you so late.’

Creak─

The door to the headquarters’ reception room opened.

It was at that moment that the Forest Witch’s eyes, which had been slightly hardened with tension, relaxed to their usual state.

Moreover, the Forest Witch admitted that she was also relying on him mentally.

“Young Master-nim. We had a guest.”

The Youngest Son, who nodded slightly, did not enter alone.

“What a room that makes you want to leave.”

The sisters who appeared, coolly venting the thoughts everyone had kept inside.

The Second and Third Daughters stood beside the Youngest Son, following him.

It looked very natural.

As if they were an alliance.

The Youngest Son opened his mouth amidst those piercing and warm gazes.

“To visit so suddenly like this. This youngest was so surprised my heart almost stopped.”

At his slyness, the Fourth Son burst out laughing.

Who on earth had surprised whom?

The little giant of the family alternately looked at the morning star in front of him and the ghost sisters next to him.

“What in the world is this? Youngest, are you planning to stop this older brother’s heart for good? Huh? Is that it?”

“How could that be? What’s wrong with being with family?”

“……”

“First, please sit down, sisters.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

At his affectionate tone, the people in the hall once again finished grasping the situation.

It happened. Something had happened.

It was certain that these three siblings had had a conversation with each other after disappearing somewhere.

“Second-oldest brother. If it’s alright with you, how about we send out the two general managers who must be busy with their official duties and the family merchant?”

“Yeah, yeah. Tell them to do what they need to do.”

At his disinterested gesture, the three who were called bowed their heads and quickly disappeared.

In the end, only the Forest Witch remained behind.

Nevertheless, her presence here was as if she wasn’t there.

Because there was no one sitting here who was inferior to the rookie elder.

Being on Millesdusk land, they were more superior if anything.

Thus, they just glared and stared at each other, waiting for the first attack.

Of course, the first move was taken by the owner of the land.

“What brings you here, second-oldest brother?”

“You left only the Forest Witch behind and you ask so calmly~. Is there some kind of answer you’re hoping for from me?”

“Yes. There is.”

“What is that…. No, no.”

If I go on like this, I’ll get roped in again, won’t I?

The Fourth Son had had the most conversations with the youngest here.

Official conversations, private conversations, private conversations during official moments, etc.

The conversations were enjoyable, but when he looked back after they were over, he was the only one who had been babbling.

The youngest had only said what he needed to say and had induced the desired words with those words.

Thus, Moirena, the head of the Mystics family, had described the Youngest Son as follows.

─A guy who filled all his meals with snakes while living in hiding.

What those words meant. The Fourth Son thought he understood a little now.

“This time, I’ll speak first.”

“Yes. Please do. A younger brother cannot step forward before his older brother speaks.”

Is that so?

The Fourth Son furrowed his brow and looked beside him.

“First, could you explain those ghosts over there? Since when did our youngest start hanging around with lowly ghosts?”

The so-called lowly ghosts. The ghost sisters neither refuted nor reacted.

They were fated to be enemies since before the youngest was born, when they were still babbling.

It wasn't something to get angry about now.

However, here was a sibling who was very reluctant to have something decided without his consent.

“Is there a reason why it can’t be done?”

“…What?”

The Youngest Son continued to speak calmly in front of the expression that was hardening in an instant.

“There shouldn’t be a reason why not. Surely, it’s not because we are half-brothers who have entered the same succession competition. Is that the reason?”

“……”

The Fourth Son was silent for a long time before answering.

“…Don’t talk as if that’s a pathetic reason. I’ve scraped my own bones to win this race.”

At his rare serious demeanor, the chief secretary’s pupils naturally widened.

“I apologize for saying this, but.”

But it was too early to be surprised.

“If my brother has scraped his bones, then my sisters here have scraped their souls to be sitting in this seat. And as for me, as you know.”

He didn’t add any unnecessary explanations.

Everyone in this seat knew.

Because they were perhaps the ones who had watched the Youngest Son’s high-flying journey closer than anyone else.

“It is meaningless to weigh the efforts each of us has made. This is also a fact that everyone knows.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Young Master-nim, if I may be so bold─”

“Chief Secretary, don’t interfere and stay still. I know too.”

The Fourth Son raised his hand to stop her.

And as he said, he also knew.

That even at this very moment, he was slowly, very slowly being drawn in by the Youngest Son.

“What I want to say is. There is no need for us to fight like this.”

“First of all.”

The Fourth Son interrupted, holding up a finger.

“The Forest Witch behind you destroyed my maternal family’s main camp. And secondly.”

Ssk─

The Fourth Son stood up and lifted his shirt.

Despite his young age, his small but trained body was revealed.

But what stole the attention even more was the large scar engraved on his side.

The scar, which seemed to have been made by a cut, was something the young ladies for some reason could not look at directly.

The Youngest Son knew the reason, but he didn’t bother to say anything and just watched.

The past of the scar was not his.

“In the past, there was a day like today when I, those women, and that bastard were all gathered in one place. It was a really rare family dinner.”

The scar was also engraved on that day.

“I, who was still young and naive and unfamiliar with everything, got lost in the Pantheon building, which was made just for the banquet.”

Very ridiculously.

A low voice continued.

It was also then that he met the young ladies.

At that time, the youngest had asked his older sisters.

He was full and sleepy, but he didn't know where to go to sleep.

The young ladies looked at each other and then guided him to a door that was a little darker than the others.

They left the youngest, saying it would be quiet and nice here.

The room was quiet as his sisters had said, and the tired youngest climbed onto the high bed and closed his eyes.

How much time had passed?

“I woke up to excruciating pain. When I got up, the bed was covered in blood and my stomach was like this. Because the owner of the room wasn't me.”

Heheheh.

A self-deprecating laugh escaped.

“Without knowing it was that crazy bastard’s room, without knowing I was already in the competition. I fell asleep trusting my family and ended up in this state.”

Thud─

The Fourth Son slumped down again.

“Do you get it now, Dante? As long as the grudge has built up, we cannot coexist. Absolutely not.”

“That might certainly be so. Since my sisters also drove me to the brink of death just a moment ago.”

The Fourth Son’s eyes curved.

It was an expression that said, ‘I knew they would.’

The new youngest of the family did not deny his brother’s words.

It was a fact that he also agreed with to some extent.

However, there was no such thing as ‘absolute’ in this world.

Because right here was a case that directly refuted the Fourth Son’s claim.

“Nevertheless, my sisters and I have formed a blood alliance.”

“A blood… alliance?”

It was a reaction as if he had heard a foreign language.

But it was a word he would gradually get used to.

“Yes. A blood alliance. Even though we aimed for each other’s lives, we can forgive because we are each other’s only understanders.”

“…That’s sophistry.”

The Fourth Son dismissed his words.

“Is that even possible? Tell him to fuck off.”

“If we both open our hearts. Also, it is very difficult to open that heart first oneself.”

As he spoke, he looked at the young ladies.

The two of them simultaneously sensed it. They could tell even without seeing.

The request made by the youngest, their blood ally, before coming here.

─To prevent the land I once broke from being broken again, I need the two of you.

Instead of her silent younger sister, the older sister stepped forward.

“Jamie. I…”

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