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It's no secret to the inner nobles for taking younger paramours and it's pretty much a norm for them and Harrison knew that as well, since he had most likely witnessed some of his fellow nobles would take in younger paramours at their side.
However, that doesn't mean that anyone can lay their hands on their own family member! Ezekiel might not be her biological son, but within the eyes of the public, even though as a half-blood noble, Ezekiel is still a Chevalier and the third young master of this household!
Harrison couldn't stomach in to look at his mother…. the Marchioness and only directed his gaze at his youngest sibling, who, at the moment, was now crawling at the corner to hide himself.
"I'll be taking Ezekiel out of here. Pack all the third young master's belongings and move them to another room. Guards, tear down this place."
As he ordered, when the guards were about to heed the command, all of them got startled, especially Harrison, when Ezekiel suddenly yelled out; "N-NO! P-PLEASE! N-NOT THIS ROOM!"
Harrison carefully kneeled down to align himself to his youngest brother and asked gently; "Why you don't want to tear down this place? Y-you know that…"
He didn't know how to tell this without reminding his youngest sibling about the trauma that was inflicted on him, and like their elder brother, Harrison wasn't good at coaxing someone else. This should fall under Felicity's, however, because of her resemblance to their mother, she's out of commission for this one.
At that moment, Ezekiel mumbled while looking down; "T-this was…. m-mother's room…. I-I…. don't want to move from here…"
All the people who were present had heard what the third young master said, even if it sounds gibberish, but at the moment he mentioned his mother, all of them understood.
How could they forget?
The quarters where the third young master was currently residing was the quarters of the deceased Lady Aryna, his biological mother and the second unofficial wife of the Marquis.
Her quarters were situated at the northern side of the mansion, far away from the main household.
Although the Marquis gave some privileges to his unofficial second wife, who was from a commoner background, she was treated poorly within the household. Consequently, her quarters were situated on the northern side of the mansion, with only a few servants to cater her needs.
"Don't worry, Ezekiel. For now, you'll be moving to other quarters to recuperate, and we'll handle everything from here. These quarters would be under renovation for the meantime and Harrison would take you away from here…"
Harrison knew who spoke just now and even without looking behind his back, the second young master only smiled because he could, at least, count on their elder brother at times like this.
The Marchioness was already gone and probably, she'll be under house arrest for further notice and Harrison wouldn't mind it since it's her own fault for falling into her own lust and for preying on their youngest sibling.
Their father also left this place with the detained Marchioness and the three siblings thought their father couldn't handle such shameful event that happens here.
Their youngest sibling, Ezekiel, seems to stabilize his breathing and Harrison carried out their traumatized sibling and left the quarters for their youngest to recuperate in another place.
The three siblings were aware that this incident wouldn't stay concealed for too long. As the old saying goes; "The walls have ears."
[END OF FLASHBACK]
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[PRESENT]
LOCATION: STELLARUS EMPIRE ROYAL PALACE
CRUX CITY, CENTRAL REGION OF STELLARUS EMPIRE
****GARDEN OF THE STARRY HEAVEN****
"Just how long are we going to stay in this f*cking place?! We have other important things to do, instead of this!"
Harrison mumbled under his breath that only his other two siblings could hear, and it's unusual for the second young master of Chevalier household to be impatient since he usually loves to goof around and mingle with his fellow peers.
"Just shut up and stay still for a while! The Crown Prince's motives are still unknown at this moment, but it wouldn't be surprising if he's trying to exploit the recent issue to his favor…"
The only daughter and the eldest young lady of the Chevalier household, Lady Felicity said as she mumbled under her breath as well while scolding her second elder brother, but the Lady only saw that the latter was just pouting and didn't listen to her and was about to scold him once more when the oldest sibling intervene.
"Both of you, stop it! Don't make a scene for now and we'll just make this quick and leave this place before the Crown Prince could spot on us!"
The three of them maintained their composure as they walked into the garden hall where all nobles within the empire were invited, and they mumbled at each other. Moreover, the Crown Prince hosted this banquet.
The Chevalier siblings didn't want to waste their time to mingle with these people and only attended because it was the Crown Prince of this Empire who hosted the banquet.
Usually, they can reject an invitation since it's not their obligation to attend any noble banquets that were hosted by either high-ranking or low-ranking noble households and they didn't want to cater their whims.
However, it's a different case of the banquet being hosted by the Royal family itself.
They wanted to go home as soon as possible and to deal with the recent incident that happened within their household and the Marquis Chevalier household wasn't having a good time because that incident spread quickly within the noble society.
The nobles who were invited to the royal banquet were mocking the three siblings behind their backs, but they didn't dare to confront them because of their own influential status within the noble society.
Although they came from a prominent household, as a Guardian household of the Empire, even with the Marquis noble title, they were practically a Grand Duke household that could be on equal footing within the Stellarus Royal household.
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