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“Think of me as you will. But one thing I absolutely won’t allow is standing alongside Wilfred.”
“Eh!?”
Until now, Harold, who had never once defied him… rejected Cardis for the first time with a strong tone.
If it were the Harold from “Engage Hazard,” he would have stayed in the faction and worked to unseat Wilfred, but unfortunately, I’m not him.
I absolutely don’t want to get involved with Wilfred, and I don’t particularly want to be recognized by Cardis. Or by my mother, Margaret, for that matter.
So, there’s absolutely no benefit for me to be in Cardis’ faction, and it’s nothing but disadvantages.
Besides.
“…………………”
Even if her expression doesn’t change, for Sandra, who still fills her sapphire eyes with anger for my sake, I can’t allow myself to be servile.
“I cannot allow such a thing! You are my blood relative, sharing the same mother as I, and the Third Prince! Are you saying you would betray that for some ridiculous reason!”
“Then, let me ask you the opposite question. Even if it’s a request from His Majesty, why did you add Wilfred to the faction? If you want to gain an advantage in the Succession Dispute, brother, this is a bad move. More than that, isn’t that man the prince whom Princess Margaret-sama hates the most?”
Well, I’m sure it’s because you’re making backroom deals with King Aival, even without asking.
Even so, there’s no way that Margaret would approve of Wilfred as her right-hand man.
That woman, who hates her lover Samantha more than anyone else.
“In the first place, is Her Highness even aware of this?”
“…I was planning to explain it to Mother later.”
“This is pointless. In any case, as long as Wilfred is in the faction, I have no intention of siding with you, brother. …No, that’s not right. I can’t cooperate with you in the future, brother, after you’ve accepted Wilfred even once.”
“You…!”
Being given the cold shoulder by the ‘Incompetent Rascal Prince’ must have wounded his pride more than anything.
Cardis stood up abruptly, furious as a raging fire.
Well… I’ve said what I wanted to say. There’s no need for me to be here any longer.
“I apologize for showing you such an ugly sibling quarrel. Let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Sandra gently placed her small hand on mine as I bowed deeply and offered it to her.
When I timidly peeked at her… haha, unlike just a moment ago, she had returned to the soft expression she always shows me.
“Wait! Are you ignoring me!?”
Cardis seems to be shouting something, but I don’t care.
We got up from our seats, left Cardis, who was still shouting, behind, and left the room… but.
“Yo.”
Eh… why is Raphael waiting in front of the room?
“W-Well…”
“Ah. I heard from the Maid that Harold was summoned by his brother, who was in a terrible rage. So, I came to check on things.”
Looking, the Maid from earlier was standing behind Raphael.
However, she was looking at us with a worried expression, so perhaps she went to call Raphael for our sake.
“So… what was brother’s business?”
Raphael gazed at me with emerald eyes inherited from his mother, the Second Queen.
His expression was cheerful, and anyone who didn’t know him would be tempted to open their heart to him. But I will never be swayed.
At that moment.
“…I see, so that’s how it is.”
A low voice that resonated from the depths of his stomach came from behind.
Of course, it was Cardis’, who had come out of the room after me.
“Harold. Are you betraying me, your own brother, and joining hands with Raphael? Forgetting all the favors you owe me?”
“Ah… so that’s how it is.”
Raphael, who understood everything with that one sentence, looked back and forth between me and Cardis with interest.
But he has a bit of a wicked look on his face…
Putting that aside, ‘betrayal’ is outrageous.
In the first place, it was Cardis who ignored me and brought Wilfred into the faction without permission.
“Haa… Let’s go, Sandra. I can’t stand this any longer.”
“Fufu, yes.”
As if to heal my sighing heart, my fiancée gave me her best smile.
Thanks to that, my HP, which had been lost due to Cardis’ mental attack, was fully restored.
“If that’s what you intend, I have my own plans! Don’t think this will end here!”
What on earth is he planning to do, saying it won’t end here?
In any case, there’s no reputation left for me to lose, and I’m fully intending to abandon my position as the Third Prince and be adopted by marriage into the Chevalier family, so I don’t care.
So, we left Cardis behind and were on our way back to our room.
“Harold. Since we’re here, how about joining hands with me, just as brother said?”
…I’ve officially received an invitation to join Raphael’s faction.
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