That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

“Kanes will arrive this evening, so make sure you welcome him properly.”

“Kanes? Of course!”

Tedrick’s face brightened considerably.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen that guy’s face.”

Viscount Lilius, who had been agreeing, asked.

“But aren’t the other kids coming? Like Kiel or Sandra.”

“Kiel and Sandra’s Academy courses end late, so the timing doesn’t work for attending the hunting competition.”

“Oh my. That’s unfortunate.”

Viscount Lilius looked genuinely disappointed, but I just found it amusing.

‘He seems to have asked that on purpose.’

Because at the Academy, even the length of vacation varied according to grades.

Lisian and Leon Frazier, who took first and second place respectively, had already started their vacation and come down to the main castle.

But the others…

For example, Nigella’s children Kiel and Sandra, who were just mentioned, didn’t have very good grades.

Having to mention with your own mouth that your child attending the Academy doesn’t have good grades – would there be any noble in this Empire whose pride wouldn’t be hurt?

‘There wouldn’t be.’

Viscount Lilius was a man truly skilled at subtly needling others with that innocent-seeming smile.

“Kiel isn’t particularly interested in hunting anyway, and what would Sandra have to do even if she attended the hunting competition?”

Count Nigela Frazier half-concealed his displeased expression and looked at me with a snort.

“A daughter should simply be good at embroidering handkerchiefs.”

* * *

“What an absolutely amazing personality.”

“Hmm?”

Lisian, who had been reading a book, asked.

“What, what’s amazing?”

“No, no. I was just talking to myself.”

I brushed it off to Lisian and looked out the window again.

I recalled the face of Count Nigela Frazier, who had been looking at me with displeasure the entire time earlier.

He pretended to be a thoughtful and dignified great noble, but in reality, his lower half wasn’t particularly chaste.

The results of that were Kanes Frazier, who was coming to the main castle, and his daughter Sandra Frazier.

‘To bring those two to the main castle without batting an eye.’

Count Nigela Frazier.

He was a man who had maintained two households with a mistress during his marriage.

Moreover, he already had his legitimate eldest son ‘Kiel Frazier’ with his wife, who was the Countess at the time.

And he also had a son with his mistress who was less than a year apart in age.

‘That’s Kanes Frazier.’

So to summarize, Count Nigela Frazier was a bastard who got two women pregnant at the same time.

What an amazing piece of trash.

The question arose again.

‘Why is Tulia the trash?’

Isn’t Count Nigela Frazier the real, real trash?

Anyway.

The Countess, that is, former Countess Roxanne Frazier, maintained that kind of married life for almost over 10 years.

‘In the end, she declared a separation.’

They were now living apart.

The reason for not divorcing was easy to guess.

‘Because they have a son together.’

Moreover, she gave birth to her son Kiel Frazier just slightly before the mistress did.

Simply put, the legitimate eldest son.

This meant he was the heir most likely to inherit Count Nigela Frazier’s title in the future.

‘Countess Roxanne Frazier is probably just waiting for Count Nigela Frazier to die.’

I thought it was remarkable that she hadn’t poisoned him, but then I also suspected that maybe she had already attempted poisoning several times…

‘Anyway.’

Currently, Count Nigela Frazier was living in the Imperial Capital with his mistress.

Belladonna Mertung.

‘I’ve seen her a few times in illustrations, and she really looked like a single poisonous rose.’

With her wavy red hair and beauty mark.

If only she had been born a noble, with that glamorous appearance she could have occupied the crystal seat of high society for about a year.

Well, having such outstanding looks, she became Count Nigela Frazier’s mistress even though she already had a daughter.

And after giving birth to a son, Kanes, with Nigella, the two were living completely like a married couple.

‘Of course, legally they couldn’t divorce, so Roxanne Frazier still remains as the Countess Frazier.’

In fact, Count Nigela Frazier wanted to divorce the strict Roxanne Frazier quickly.

And he wanted to take his beautiful mistress, Belladonna Mertung, as his new partner, but…

‘All the Frazier vassals opposed it.’

Especially Grandfather opposed it with literal ‘extreme fury.’

Remarry with a mistress?

Do it if you want.

-But know that you’ll be expelled from House Frazier.

As far as I knew, there was no one in who could overcome those brilliantly shining dark green eyes.

Count Nigela Frazier eventually gave up before long.

Nevertheless, after a full five years of pleading, Grandfather permitted the legitimization of the illegitimate child Kanes.

And surprisingly.

Belladonna’s daughter ‘Sandra’ also succeeded in being adopted as his child.

‘In a way, he’s quite an amazing man, this Count Nigela Frazier.’

To actually get a child with no blood relation legitimized into House Frazier.

Because of this, he was almost estranged from Grandfather for several years, but didn’t they say there’s no parent who can defeat their child?

‘No. Grandfather defeats his children. He tears them apart.’

But Count Nigela Frazier was completely smitten with his mistress Belladonna Mertung, so he eventually succeeded in legitimizing her daughter, even if it meant setting conditions.

Therefore, Sandra is a half-Frazier.

‘Actually, she’s not even half, it’s no different from just wearing the outer garment of Frazier.’

It was a legitimization with a clause that no Frazier assets would be given when Sandra married, but to go from being merely a mistress’s daughter to a Lady of House Frazier was a dramatic rise in status.

The mistress’s daughter, Sandra, had essentially become Cinderella.

What did it matter if she couldn’t receive the Grand Ducal House’s assets later?

Anyway, Count Nigela Frazier doted on her so much that he was raising her like precious gold and jade, wanting for nothing.

That alone would have been more than enough.

‘And here I am, a Frazier who never received a single penny in child support from my father?’

Anyway, most of the direct line of House Frazier would attend Grandfather’s banquet, so I’d be able to see them all in person then.

‘Though Marquis Aster Frazier won’t come, as always.’

* * *

A few days later. The day of the hunting competition.

The main castle became as lively as a small festival.

The Grand Duchy’s retainers and their families, servants.

Many people attended, looking forward to the hunting competition.

“Tu… lia.”

I turned around at the voice calling me.

“Lisian!”

I smiled and ran to him in one breath.

He returned a bright smile to me and asked.

“What are you, do, ing here?”

“Just, I was thinking how vast the main castle is.”

“Ah. That’s… right.”

Lisian looked at the endlessly stretching plains. His beautiful silver hair fluttered in the blowing wind.

“The, Grand Duchy is a castle with deep, history.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Apart from the Imperial Family, there were only a few families that could hold hunting competitions on their own.

Because it required tremendously vast land.

‘And it’s not just any vast land either.’

There were even specific conditions attached.

1. Plains vast enough to contain seven lakes.

2. Mountains or high hills must completely surround the area.

3. A place where vegetation is thick and beasts thrive.

4. A place where fierce beasts must appear.

Only land that met all these demanding conditions could host an official hunting competition.

At this point, wasn’t it basically telling people not to hold them at all?

‘But the Frazier Family overcomes all of that… Amazing…’

That’s why, when any great family announced a hunting competition, nearby nobles would go crazy wanting to attend.

A kind of high society, if you will.

Even while many nobles were conversing, when Lisian and I passed by, they quickly glanced at us and busily whispered among themselves.

It wouldn’t all be gossip.

There must be many nobles full of curiosity about the Frazier direct line, whom they rarely see even in the Grand Duchy.

‘Of course, more than thirty percent of the nobles are probably making gossip out of Tulia, the troublemaker who appeared after so long.’

I smiled sweetly at a group of nobles who were whispering while looking me up and down.

“Gasp. She made eye contact.”

“She didn’t hear what we were saying, did she?”

Startled, they hurriedly averted their gazes.

“Tu, lia?”

“Yeah. Let’s go, let’s go.”

I followed Lisian with quick steps.

My goal for today’s massive hunting competition was simple.

‘Just enjoy it quietly and nicely.’

Don’t spill wine on nobles for no reason.

Don’t scream.

Change Tulia’s completely disastrous impression in a good direction, even if just a little.

In other words, just act like a normal person.

In short, for almost the first time, I could enjoy this massive high society gathering with peace of mind!

I smiled with an excited heart.

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