Chapter: 98

Kaizen stared out the window and frowned.

The more he thought about Astelle who was crying, the more he was annoyed with the marquis.

‘She lived next to that old man as a nanny and a maid, and now she lives like a caregiver.’

The anger got worse when he imagined Astelle taking care of that old man.

He was so angry that he could not understand why he was so angry.

Unable to be angry with Astelle, Kaizen aimed his arrow of anger at the cause.

“If that old man lived that long……”

Kaizen inadvertently muttered to himself, then biting his lip.

Vellian, sitting face to face with him, could understand who he was talking about.

‘You must be cursing the marquis.’

Now, this situation is because of the marquis too.

Vellian could easily understand the words that Kaizen didn’t speak.

—If the old man lived that long, he should have already started preparing for his death.

“……But he will getting his pensions from now on, so he shouldn’t die.”

When the marquis die, the pension will cut off again.

Then Astelle and the child who will become the new marquis will be in difficult situation again.

“You can inherit the pension. Let the child inherit the pension.”

Kaizen muttered annoyingly, fixing his gaze outside the window.

“……”

It was very unusual to inherit a pension to a successor.

Even more so if the successor is five years old.

Surely there will be nobles who complain about excessive favoritism.

But Vellian didn’t refute it and just closed his mouth.

The emperor’s mood seemed so bad today.

Vellian knew why too.