Parenting In Full Bloom! The Former Villainous Noble Son Who Found His Love NestChapter 47

Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay

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When night fell and Seth came to give his report, Jill held him back to inquire what he wanted to know.

“Has he been wearing that bracelet all the time?”

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“He’s always been wearing it when I’m by his side~”

“……I see.” wBpSWe

“Well anyway, if he attacked the young masters, that would be him getting his just desserts — there’d be no excuse, no? Are you not just talking about it being good if he doesn’t attack the children?”

Seth’s points were reasonable.

No matter for what reasons, there would be no excuse if Lilius attacked the children or Seth.

Still, anyone who was handed such a thing would still feel bad, wouldn’t they?

“That’s certainly true, but still, he’s a little—”

“Precarious, yeah?”

The words Jill hesitated to speak, Seth completed them.

Jill wordlessly looked out the window. lGIznu

“…… So, you also feel that way.”

“If you stay around him all the time, you’d notice something abnormal.”

The answers he wanted to obtain was not about the bracelet.

It was about Lilius’s self-regard. What he thought when he saw Lilius was the abnormality in his behaviour — he did not consider his own self very much. Mhox3t

Due to the nature of a knight’s job, a knight would do many things to serve the people. In general, they were treated as heroes for doing those things.

However, as someone who brought together and took care of such knights, Jill could not comfortably regard those stories as impressive tales.

Sacrificing oneself for the people was something with high risks of mortality.

Jill knew exactly what that meant. When he remembered the faces of those who had died young, bitter emotions welled up and clogged his throat. BabCxc

No matter how many times, the frustration would come.

From Lilius, he found the same scent as from those subordinates that were killed in the line of duty.

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“He acts like he wants to die, even though he doesn’t seem to like it much.”

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“Is it okay?” 6VJCRA

“Aa. If anything bad were to happen, I would have an uneasy conscience. Besides, I would be troubled if he received any injuries at the Moorwright household.”

“……You really live a hard to live life. Would it kill you to speak out your worries more honestly?”

“Recently, you sure have a lot of idle talk.”

“No, no~ There’s no such thing~~” li6YXZ

When Jill smiled at him, Seth promptly moved to look out the window. Jill leaked a wry smile, then sat up straight and continued their discussion.

“So, what is his usual character?”

“Right now I still haven’t discovered everything yet. I’m sorry, my ability has not been up to task. I am also in favour of removing Lilius’s bracelet. I don’t know who it is yet, but there’s a guy with a strong scent of hatred around.”

“I see. Tomorrow, depending on the written report, I will aim to send out instructions as soon as possible. Until then, I hope you do not relax your vigilance.” eVpk8h

“Roger.”

In Seth’s report, there were details of harassment towards Lilius.

Most were trivial, but amongst them, there was also one person with strong hatred towards Lilius. For the others, Belus could deal with it by personally giving them disciplinary action, but that person was an aberrant one.

Time was not enough to slowly discover who it was. pUQ405

Within that time, he was not at ease about Lilius who was unable to defend himself. Lilius could take off the bracelet at any time, but he was honest and didn’t seem to plan to take it off.

In the beginning, Jill had wondered if he had done it out of spite. But gradually, he noticed that Lilius did not have any attachments to his own life. What had caused him to be that way?

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Maybe, after seeing tomorrow’s report, he could understand a little bit more about him.

With the indescribable anxiety gradually growing deeper, Jill was slightly agitated. 6oO7dl

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To summarise the report that reached him, it seemed that Lilius was manipulated by his family.

Lilius’s birth family, the Vist Marquis Household, governed an uncountable number of territories. Within those territories, those of the populace that could not pay the taxes would fall into slavery to obtain money. This was what the vassals had ascertained.

The bad rumours of the Vist Marquis Household did not circulate wide, because all those who knew the truth, one by one, would be killed. It was well-known that dead men tell no tales. That it may be, but he wondered how they could treat people’s lives so lightly. VhNkdU

Unfortunately, in the Schuld Kingdom, the deeds that were not permitted in this Thoel empire were extremely widespread. Because, for their country it was the “norm”. From the perspective of Jill and others, it was an inhuman act. But for the royalty and nobility of the Schuld Kingdom, it was a very common and normal act. Those were the values held by a country. Those from other countries had no say over it, because if they did, it would expand into a conflict between countries.

In the Thoel Empire, even if it was a commoner, if they had the ability, they could get the job regardless of their social position.

“Excellent people must definitely stand at the top,” it was beastmen who thought like this that constructed the country’s customs.

The Thoel Empire could be said to be the polar opposite of Schuld Kingdom, where many commoners were either slaves or poor. OhMXoN

Some of them weren’t even commoners. There were also ‘dirty people’ called Shudda who lived at the bottom of the hierarchy. From the time they were born, their social position was lower than even slaves, receiving the same treatment as livestock.

Those born into the life of a Shudda had no choice but to live exploited for their whole lives. After all, unfortunately, freedom did not exist over there.

Hence, the purchase and selling of slaves, which was unforgivable in the Thoel Empire, was practiced naturally and widely in the Schuld Kingdom.

For nobles, how to treat their populace was their freedom. ytCm8E

There, this shouldn’t have become an issue. However, Lilius’s father and brother touched the people governed by another noble, who was their opposition.

The blaze that was set off by that, in the end, all was pushed to and paid for by Lilius.

As he read through the report, he felt more and more uneasy.

Being exiled was enough. But why, after that, did papers confirming his death come up? TmypXA

Was it because a noble falling down and becoming a commoner was too inconceivable a judgement? Yet even so, without even a corpse, why had such a wild story been weaved?

It was as if they had planned to kill him from the beginning. There might be reasons they were anxious if Lilius stayed alive. Using his exile, if their actual purpose was something else…… Looking at it from this angle, it was indeed possible.

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A beautiful face exactly like the sister said to be the country’s jewel. Although the physique was a man’s, it was a delicate body.

Homosexual love was treated as taboo in Schuld Kingdom, but within nobility it was said that there were people who kept men as pets, indulging in corrupt, lustful pleasures. ykD8hV

Year by year, the crops continued to fail, yet the taxes never fell, and the population disappeared, falling into slavery. The cycle repeated over and over, until finally, no one was left to work the fields. If the situation became like that, even the taxes the nobles had to give to the country could not be paid.

The Vist Marquis Household, whose management of their territory was fraying at its ends. Under these circumstances, what would happen if someone had paid to get Lilius out of bondage? Or, if someone would like to buy a beautiful nobleman possessing enormous magic power…….

Not wanting to think about it, but unable to not think about it.

His head hurt. He sighed involuntarily because of the huge number of questions. RdSUOA

Jill’s brows furrowed and he called out to the shadow standing at his back.

“Who did you ask about his matters?”

“Sir. About him mixing in with the ‘dirty people’, we heard it from various sources. Lilius-sama apparently falsified his rank, visited the settlement of the dirty people, and seemed to have given them unneeded clothes and, though it was low in supply, food. Protests had been raised to treat the ‘dirty people’ without discrimination again and again, but after all, these were thought as children’s nonsense and nobody had taken it seriously.”

“So he was treading on thin ice.” 0HUGjd

“Indeed that is so. One day, him going back and forth to the dirty people’s side was confirmed, and since then Lilius-sama seemed to have become discriminated against by his surroundings, and he was also confined for some time. At that time, he was the same age as Andrea-sama but he seemed to be trying to do everything he could…… It seemed he had become impatient. What had become of an immature young boy’s justice? That country is probably already over. Everywhere, you can catch wind of foul, putrid stories.”

There was no doubt that the people around him had been enemies. What a cruel, dark world had Lilius’s been?

A young boy no different in age from Andrea, stirred up by the justice that boiled up within himself and even putting it into action. No, even that may have been something he couldn’t have helped. The population of the fief were lives he couldn’t not protect. He also had a family he had to deceive.

In a situation where one didn’t know if they themselves could live to the next day, their strength would not be enough to become a person who could protect others. ej1OVq

Even for Jill, it was the same.

To protect his children, he was even willing to commit any sins. Because “parents” sometimes even sell their souls to the devil.

There was no doubt that in the Schuld Kingdom, Lilius was a heretical presence. However, in the Thoel Empire, none would treat Lilius as a heretic.

Was this, too, the differences in the values between countries……? lHZqVu

“Until Lilius-sama was exiled, his brother, who has now become the head of the family, seemed to be famous for his extreme excellence and deep compassion. However, these past few years that evaluation has declined and he has become a laughingstock within noblemen, and within the populace he seems to be considered a good-for-nothing. It’s certainly a strange story, isn’t it. The one said to be the main culprit behind everything, Lilius-sama had disappeared and yet still, that territory has not changed, or rather, it has been worsening — of those who know the truth, many probably lament over it.”

Now, they knew that Lilius was not the main culprit, but Lilius was already not in that place.

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He was the one who actually protected the people.

What did they think, those who only realized it now? 7NlOEg

“What’s wrong with you?”

“I am pleased. If they only noticed when they had lost it, then in the first place they didn’t need it. Now at this time, there are many that lament over Lilius-sama‘s death, but I would not advise him to return to that place. It would be fine if they are ruined. If one lived controlled by the opinions of others, selling people’s hearts, then one might as well just give them death.”

To the shadow’s words, Jill replied with nothing.

The reason why the shadow was here, why they were living as shadows. Considering those, the words he had spoken had truth in it. ACItJ7

He wondered what Lilius would say, if he talked to him about this. Blamed for another’s sins, exiled, becoming a dead person. Even so, would the young man still have someone to return to his homeland for?

No.

Frankly, Jill felt terrible thinking of Lilius being hurt. He wished for that frowning young man to come to know a much more wonderful, gentle world.

To die for someone. That was indeed noble and wonderful, but those who loved them would only be chasing after their backs as they walked to their deaths. BPufGZ

Why not look at those close to you, rather than those far away?

Those who loved Lilius, definitely, there were many, many more than he thought.