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[WARNING! MENTIONS OF DARK THEMES WILL OCCUR IN THIS CHAPTER. PLEASE READ IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!]
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'Who would have thought that this would happen in a flash? Tsk! Just how depraved that old woman to even laid her hands on her own stepson?!'
If he had his sword with him, there is no doubt that Harrison would point his sword to his own mother—, wait… it doesn't sit right now that Harrison would need to address this old woman as his mother because of what he had done.
And at the same time, he also felt guilty as he could still remember his youngest sibling's pleas for help and his disheveled appearance the moment they arrived at his place.
Harrison suddenly remembered one single conversation that he had when he was still a young teenager attending a noble banquet back then, since he loves to mingle and have some entertainment for himself, together with other noble children his age, the statement from one of them that he couldn't forget during that time;
« ... "Hey, is it true that your mother, the Marchioness, loves to prey on the younger? My dad mentioned to me before that he saw your mother when they were teens back then, that she always looked at children like she's going to eat them whole…" …. »
At that time, he almost beat up that son of a b*tch b*stard for spouting nonsense and tarnishing his mother's reputation, but he restrained himself, as he didn't want to cause trouble for his family because of this trivial issue.
He might have been the most mischievous noble child back then and would often play pranks with his fellow peers, especially to his little sister who he loves to play around with. However, it seems that most of them forget something.
Harrison is from the Chevalier's main bloodline household. As someone from the Guardian household, aside from his mastery in swordsmanship, Harrison is quite perceptive within his surroundings and even the slightest detail he can managed to gather and could make a conclusion on his own.
However, he is the type of person who investigates first before he acted on his own.
At the thought of that statement from his youth back then, a seed of doubt starts to blossom inside him because of mere curiosity at the beginning.
Because of this sudden interest that he had accidentally learned from others, the ever-perceptive Harrison began to observe his mother silently, and from his observations alone, the second young master of Chevalier noticed those subtle changes from her jade-colored eyes whenever she looked at those little children, whenever she attended a banquet.
Also, not only that but Harrison noticed as well from the other noblewomen who had little children on their own, the way they looked at his mother, some of them were on guard and others wouldn't let their little children to wonder around alone whenever his mother was present.
Harrison wasn't stupid for not noticing those subtle movements coming from his mother and from the others, because of that, Harrison became wary of his own mother that he shouldn't have and began to distance himself from her, but he made sure that it won't be that too obvious from other's perspective.
From that moment on, Harrison refused to acknowledge the said woman as his mother because of this disgusting behavior that he had uncover to himself and he became somewhat cautious as well.
At that point, Harrison thought that the Marchioness wouldn't be so shameless to touch his other siblings, especially her stepson, his younger half-sibling.
Even though Ezekiel isn't her own flesh and blood, but within the eyes of the public, Ezekiel is still considered her son.
As much as he wanted to discuss this with his father or his other two siblings, they wouldn't believe him.
Who would believe in such a ridiculous idea about what he was saying? Even if there were rumors about it but no one had confirmed if it was true or not. The only thing that he could do at that time is to keep this for himself at the moment.
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When their father said that he had instructed their mother to be the one who would talk to Ezekiel in regards about the incident back at the dining hall, Harrison became perplexed and frowned.
Harrison didn't know how to react to that situation when he heard what their father said to them and from that moment, the second young master couldn't help but observed their father discreetly without being exposed.
His father's expression that time doesn't change, and it was his usual stoic expression that he always wore whatever situation that he faced.
« ... "A bit odd for non-blood relatives to seek themselves in the middle of the night sky, am I right… Big Brother? ~~~" ... »
Harrison deliberately said those words in a playful manner while discreetly observing his father within the sidelines however, those words that he said from earlier, it was for his elder brother who could catch on quickly with what he said.
As expected, after he said those words, his elder brother immediately told them they should get going and go to their youngest sibling's quarters.
However, before the three of them could get going, Harrison noticed that their father wasn't moving from his seat and what's even more confusing from that time was…. their father haven't spoken that much this whole time.
The only time their father had spoken was about their mother talking with their youngest under his orders.
He didn't know what to think either about this situation and although Harrison wasn't the type to doubt his father either, unlike how he did to his mother but right now, the second young master's couldn't help but doubt his father right now because of this situation.
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Right now, they were present where the scandalous scene happened right in front of them.
'The Marchioness should be thankful that I haven't had my sword with me and if I happen to have my sword, I won't hesitate to unsheathe my sword and pointed towards her! Tsk!'
He couldn't believe that his mother would be so shameless to lay a hand on a minor! To their half-sibling, no less!
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