Side Story 3 - The Miserable Fate of Fabian (3) |
All the rich aristocrats bought mansions in Asylus. They were aristocrats of the capital, and in order for them to be in a position of power, they had to be gathered by the emperor.
As a consequence of this, it was reported that the value of real estate in Asylus was shooting through the roof.
Viscount Rizalus was able to escape the crisis with the investment money he received back from the Marquis of Yersil. In the case of the Marquis of Yersil, the situation was exactly the same. With the money secretly lent by the Marquis of Montague, he was able to at least save face.
Even though business has gone down a bit.
Fabian did not ask the Marquis Yersil what he had given in exchange. He discovered this too late.
“What do you mean I’m not your successor?”
Celia grew up as an only child, but Fabian had a younger brother. He was just a child who did not get much love from his father because he was not as intelligent as his father was and because he had an unattractive appearance.
“Aren’t you already a count? Be satisfied with that.”
After saying this to him, the Marquis of Yersil then turned his back on him. The younger brother of Fabian followed behind his father with a look of contrition on his face but an indelible smile of triumph on his face.
Although he was a count, it was clear that if he did not become the heir, all of his property would go to his younger brother. Both farms, businesses, and productive estates.
Unlike Fabian, who was recognised as the successor from early on, his younger brother was the one who thought about leaving the family and prepared step by step. He said he took the exam and became an administrative official?
Fabian was not interested in his younger brother, unlike his mother, who cared a lot about what was going on with him. Because his naive younger brother was a man who led a very dull life.
In addition to this, his appearance was unattractive, which is another reason why he was hesitant to bring him to a party.
“… Still, please let the engagement remain the same.”
Unlike the Marquis of Yersil, who wanted to break the previous engagement because his status had changed, Fabian’s younger brother wanted to continue the engagement. Fabian was stunned at first, but after giving it some thought, the Marquis of Yersil eventually convinced him to accept it.
The calculation was that although the background was great, the appearance was not, so it would be difficult to find a young lady of the right age. He might have been able to get along with them if they were very different ages, but he was too shy to hang out with a girl like that.
“How could you…! No way! Was this what the Marquis Montague asked for?”
“Is the Marquis of Montague the kind of person who meddles in other people’s families? The Marquis only asked me to control your behaviour!”
And what he advised was true.
Even though Fabian had been engaged to Celia for such a long period of time, it seemed as though he had failed to read his nature or had fantasies, and that he was either too vain or too ambitious, both of which could put his family in danger.
Previously, the Marquis Yersil would have been dissatisfied with this advice. But it sounded different because it was actually happening.
The Marquis of Montague said so, and praised his second son, Boris, decently. The Marquis of Yersil changed the way he looked at his second son after that.
The Marquis of Yersil did not pay much attention to his second son, just like he did with Fabian.
He thought that Fabian, as the oldest son, should be in charge of the family and that he didn’t need to be concerned about the future so long as he had his family by his side.
What worried Boris was his wife. Even though she had a plain appearance, it was he was the one who set him up with their sweet daughter.
So that they can live healthily.
The two seemed to have become closer after meeting carefully under the protection of the Marchioness of Yersil. After learning that fact, the Marquis of Yersil began drawing parallels between it and Fabian’s actions.
What was his behaviour after the breakup, even if he was powerless to prevent it from happening with Celia?
When the letters and gifts that Fabian had sent covertly to the Cardian family were delivered back to the Marchioness who had received them, she broke down and cried in embarrassment.
They knew that Fabian had done something to Celia under pressure from the emperor, but they didn’t know that he would come out like that even after that. Everything that follows is his choice.
So the Marquis of Yersil made up his mind. Since he heard the news that the Duke of Cardian would ascend to the throne as emperor, he had been preoccupied with this train of thought ever since it occurred to him.
“You can’t do this to me!”
“Then are you ready to give up your title as count?”
The Marquis Yersil was very calm once he had made up his mind. When Fabian heard that he would take back everything he had given him, he couldn’t say anything for a moment.
“You are quite arrogant now, but I know that with your status as a count and your appearance, you will be able to find a suitable marriage partner.”
“But Marquis Yersil!”
As Fabian tried to raise his voice, the Marquis of Yersil spoke in a firm voice.
“Don’t be greedy about this family. It’s not yours. We haven’t made anything public about your younger brother yet, so if we can find a suitable marriage partner for you before then, I can try my best to make it happen.”
Fabian was at a loss for words and his hands were trembling. It was as if he had been struck by the hurricane that was raging around the world.
“The deadline is until the fall of this year. At the harvest festival, we will have to announce that your younger brother has become the new successor!”
Fabian turned his head down when he heard the cold shout. He wanted to cry, but he couldn’t do it in front of Boris. He left the living room quickly.
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Where on earth do I find a suitable family? No matter who he saw, he compared them to Celia, and he was scared when he found out he couldn’t keep his position as a marquis.
He then said that in order to avoid having his engagement broken off, he had to have a relationship before marriage.
“I wouldn’t have been taken away like that if I hadn’t done that with Celia!”
Fabian was very angry when he thought about it. Leonis would have given up on her if she had been pregnant first, even though it was a silly thought.
But Fabian didn’t do that.
Celia’s feelings for him were so great that there was no need to do that, and if he had tempted her like that, she might have come to hate him.
Fabian drank one drink after another in a bar that was becoming increasingly shabby.
Lagann was still bustling, but the changes were felt. All nobles with money moved to Asylus.
It was the Marquis of Yersil who overcame the crisis with the help of the Marquis of Montague, but he could not keep up. It was all because of Fabian. Because the Marquis of Montague lent the money and asked for it.
Neither Boris nor the Marchioness explicitly said it, but Fabian knew it.
The harvest festival was held in the autumn, and Marquis Yersil was also planning to move his residence to Asylus at that time. It’s just that Fabian can’t be there.
“Once you have an engagement ceremony and set a wedding date…”
“Nonsense!”
Fabian lost his temper, recalling the words of Marquis Yersil.
It was now early spring. How did he find his fiancée and get married by the fall? He is determined to make that possible…
No, he didn’t think he could be satisfied with any other woman. If he wanted to win over Celia, he would have to meet a woman of higher status than her.
Or maybe he would drag Celia down from her current position.
‘Right… I wish I could!”
He didn’t care that Marquis Yersil was in danger because he had betrayed him. What’s the point of a family name if his brother is going to get it anyway?
The plan was to destroy Celia, make Duke Cardian, who became emperor, unhappy, and bring the Marquis of Yersil to the ground as well. Really, I really wish I could!
“Give me another drink!”
Fabian raised his glass to his lips in anger. He has no way of doing it.
He was the one who scared the emperor and led Celia into that pit. He pretended not to know Celia’s pain and only thought of taking advantage of her.
Fabian was always greedy, and that was the only time he put himself in danger.
He was caught by Leonis and thrown onto the balcony while trying to hastily approach Celia, who had become the Duchess of Cardian.
From then on, he became afraid and did not even go near the Duke of Cardian.
The plan he dreamed of was all about Celia being prepared to take risks, and if anything were to happen, it was a plan that would allow him to put out his feet and cut off his tail.
Fabian drank until he lost his mind.
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‘I can’t believe I fell asleep in a place like this!’
Bright sunlight was pouring in from the window without curtains. Fabian came to his senses and immediately recognized that this was a room on the second floor of the bar. It was because he once brought a clumsy friend out of there.
“Ugh…”
Fabian, who was lifting his head as if he was about to crack from a hangover, was startled when he felt a soft female body touch his body. A woman with red hair was sleeping naked on one side of the small bed.
Although she had a beguiling charm, her appearance was at a passable level and did not match that of Bianca, let alone Celia. Fabian felt disgusted.
‘Me with this woman?’
He couldn’t remember a thing. Before that, Fabian couldn’t believe it. Because this couldn’t have happened without going crazy. However…
Bang!
When Fabian saw the guard knight crashing through the door with a lot of force, he stopped moving completely. The features of the woman’s face and body were unattractive, whereas the escort driver’s abilities and attire were of the highest calibre.
Fabian sensed that this woman he had never seen before was the daughter of a noble family.
“How dare you, our young lady!”
Fabian was distraught at the sight of them pulling out their swords.
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The woman was the daughter of Baron Jensen, who is said to have bought the title with money. Fabian, who had been taken away by her escort driver, was able to free her by pleading with her and having her sign a document confirming that he had begun a romantic relationship with her.
Between men and women. He was limited in what he could do with the signature on the document; all he could say was that she had lost her virginity and that he was required to pay compensation.
He thought he would get a big scolding from his father later, but he thought it would be just that.
Until a few weeks later, when Baroness Jensen came in with her daughter to the Marquis of Yersil’s estate.
The Baroness claimed that her daughter was pregnant and that the father was Fabian. At the same time, she waved the document that Fabian had signed.
The Marquis Yersil looked like he wanted to grab the back of his neck when he saw that document. Fabian gritted his teeth as he finished talking about the baroness’s daughter, but the woman only pretended to be pitiful.
Fabian could hardly believe that he would soon have children of his. The lady even looked like she was snickering as she glanced at Fabian, avoiding the eyes of the marquis.
After that, he grabbed her wrist and dragged her away to have a private conversation, and it was as expected.
“The Count is already grovelling on his knees… Isn’t this a business that loses money? You spend the money that belongs to our family, and in return, I get to be called Countess.”
She seemed to already know that Fabian would not be able to inherit the Marquis of Yersil. Regardless of Fabian’s feelings, the Marquis Yersil decided to accept the marriage talks.
He seemed to have decided that it would be better to deal with Fabian, who is already talkative, even in this way.
Fabian jumped and got angry, but it was useless.
