Until now, he thought he was the only one who was outstanding, but when Taze, who was trusted by the Duke, suddenly appeared, he must have regarded him as a thorn in his eyes.

It must have turned even more vicious because Taze even had the title of being a commoner and a mercenary.

There was a rough estimate of how big his influence would be in the Knights, but I wasn’t scared.

‘Because of the Count of Valerie…’

“Mom!”

After thinking for a while, Diana suddenly screamed.

Turning around, I saw the Duke and his wife who had just opened the door.

‘It’s already been this long.’

While taking care of Diana all day, at the same time, I was also busy communicating with the servants, unaware that the night had come.

“Diana, can’t you see your dad?”

The Duke, who skillfully held Diana, headed for the bed naturally.

“What should I read for you today?”

“Princess!” Diana shouted cheerfully.

“You read that yesterday too.”

“But I like the princess!” Diana exclaimed stubbornly.

Even today, she read the fairy tale book featuring the princess about five times.

Diana was very engrossed in the story of a hero who rescues a princess from a tower imprisoned by a curse.

While the Duke, who was tapping Diana’s chubby cheeks as if he couldn’t go against her pleading, picked up the book, I prepared to leave the room with the maid who came with me.

“Lia, good night.”

The Duchess gently patted my head, saying, “You did a great job today.”

I shyly nodded my head and went outside and closed the door quietly.

“…”

Until just before the door closed, it was somehow hard to take my eyes off the Ducal couple laying next to Diana in the middle of the bed reading a fairy tale book.

Even though it’s a scene I see every night.

⚝

The next morning.

“Allen? Are you done eating already?”

Allen, who rose from his seat nodding roughly at his mother’s words, glanced at Diana and Lia sitting opposite him.

Diana opened her mouth like a baby bird when Lia handed her the beans or bell peppers she hated and ate them well.

Thanks to this, his mother the Duchess was happy, saying that Lia fixed Diana’s picky eating habit, and Allen also had no choice but to force himself to eat beans to show his wonderful brother’s side.

‘It’s all because of that mean kid.’ Allen thought inwardly.

I’ve been pushing the food since morning, so I don’t know what it tastes like.

I didn’t want to see her face, but I had to eat with Lia because of Diana, so I was already eating with her for days and days.

It seems that she misunderstood that she was serving him, but Allen did not.

On the contrary, there was far more food that his mother puts in front of that kid Lia than the food she puts in Diana’s mouth.

‘There’s no servant who eats together like that with their master in the first place.’

Allen grumbled out of the dining room, frowning, and then muttered to himself, “Well, if you’re that filthy,  I won’t be able to play with Diana properly…”

Slap!

Allen slapped himself in the face, startled by what he said to himself.

‘It’s crazy.’

“Why do I need to keep being generous with things like that?”

He remembered Sid’s words, his teacher and Vice-Captain of the proud Rexion Knights, to keep his soft heart.

He said that the lowly commoners had no pride and told lies like having a meal.

Sometimes they try to deceive, even if they have no sincerity.

“I’m sure it’s the same for Diana.”

Allen couldn’t have a fox like that next to his precious little sister.

She’s feeding her healthy beans now, but I don’t know what she’s going to feed Diana later.

‘In the end, she will try to wield it freely.’

Even if Diana’s still young, she could never be taken lightly by deceiving her mother and father.

“I won’t fall for it.”

No matter how sweet her words are, I will never fall for them.

Although a few days ago…

〈’ It was the Lady. Lady Diana said she has two handsome older brothers! They must have looked like the young lady, and I thought they would, but I was surprised that it was beyond my imagination!’〉

When she said this, the corners of Allen’s mouth went up without realizing it.

It’s not that I was happy that she said that. I’m just happy that Diana bragged about me and my brother.

“You have an eye for appearance.”

Allen, who was exasperated, stopped walking.

Come to think of it, a guy named Jack, who Lia said to be her friend, also had a pretty beautiful face.

After he came out of my father’s office, he entered the Knights, so it was clear what he whispered to my Father.

And these days, Diana and Lia come to see the training grounds every day…

“Ha! Even if he does his best, I look a little cuter just by showing my face, right?”

I don’t know why, but I felt very bad.

So Allen decided that if Lia showed up on the training grounds again today, he would give her some thoughtful advice.

Men’s appearances aren’t everything! But after a few hours.

Allen, who encountered Lia on the training grounds, completely forgot the idea.

“Hey, what are you doing now…?”

Because it was so stupid.