The Chosen One Was Me, Not You

4 – {The Regrets of the Duke of Artin} 2

{The Regrets of the Duke of Artin}

‘Did I ruin this child? Is this child really the chosen one?’

A question arose in Ceres’ mind as well.

In fact, due to William’s behavior problems, many people have doubts about whether he is really the chosen one according to the prophecy.

Especially the students who went to class with him at the academy were fed up with it.

It is said that there have been times when, just from stories that have already been heard, they put their hands into the skirts of pretty-looking female students without hesitation, and even flirted with women and kicked men when they found a couple they were in love with.

However, because he was the chosen one, they couldn’t punish him properly, and as a result, even among the students, questions were circulating about whether he was really the chosen one.

‘It’s meaningless already.’

Ceres also felt that such questions were meaningless.

If Theodore had been left, there was only one man left, William, who had already been born on the 15th of June.

That’s why the Britannian Empire had no choice but to acknowledge William as the chosen one, and questions were not allowed.

What if William is not the Chosen One?

Because there is no one to stop the destruction of the world, it will bring fear and despair to countless people.

The Imperial family is interested in the search for Theodore, but most people have already concluded that he is dead. As a result, he had no choice but to cling to William even more.

“Then Mom, lend me some money.”

“Money?”

“Yes. I’ll hit some girls with that.”

At William’s words, Ceres was genuinely curious about how to get her son to come to his senses.

No, everything is already wrong. He was already in such a bad state that even the power of the Duke of Artin could not bring him to his senses, and since there was no one to replace him in the Britannia Empire, he was unable to properly deal with his atrocities.

‘I wasn’t raised like this… ‘

I felt belated regret, but I couldn’t turn it back.

“Ah, Mom. Come to think of it, did you hear? I heard that Princess Yuria of the Duke of Arsene from the Arkan Empire is coming to study abroad? They say that bitch is fucking amazing. I’m going to take a look. What does Mom think?”

Ceres thought that it wouldn’t be strange if he grabbed him by the back of his neck and fell down.

* * *

Ceres, the Duchess of Artin, despaired of seeing her wayward son, William, and frantically missed Theodore, who had disappeared.

And Eliot, the Duke of Artin, also regretted everything.

‘I shouldn’t have treated Theodore like that… ‘

Duke Artin, who was working in his exclusive office, was suffering from the stress of William’s presence, who constantly had accidents.

And the existence of his son, Theodore, who had already disappeared 11 years ago, was still left in his heart with guilt.

Now, he already rationally thought that his son, Theodore, would be dead. However, that didn’t mean there were no regrets, so even if it wasn’t the power of the duchy, at least a part of it was still being used to find him.

He had been helping with searches in the Britannia Empire recently, but he hadn’t been found for over 10 years, and there was no way he could be found now.

‘Huh, since I didn’t even have a picture of him since I was a baby, I don’t even know his face.’

It was only after he disappeared that he realized that he had no memories of spending time with his son, even though he was with him until he was 10 years old.

At that time, Elliot wondered if she had really lost her mind somewhere, not just her eyes.

The son who thought that the chosen one was not the chosen one because he was turned away by the glory of being his own son completely ignored the word cold treatment.

A belated investigation revealed that the servants and maids hadn’t brought meals to Theodore for more than a few years, and even at a young age, Theodore sneaked into the kitchen to fill himself with leftovers, or even later himself. How shocked were you when you found out too late that you had even cooked and ate it?

He was the one who severely punished the servants and maids who served Theodore’s meals, but he also knew that in fact all of this was their own fault.

‘If he had treated Theodore fairly, none of this would have happened. No, I had to give it with the least amount of love.’

If you had given Theodore even the least bit of love, he wouldn’t have disappeared, and William wouldn’t have gone astray like that.

But all of this was just a belated regret.

Theodore could not stand the discrimination and left the Duke of Artin on his own.

It was already an irreversible fact, and Theodore is probably alive… It wouldn’t.

‘I don’t know what that kid was doing, and I don’t even know what he was wearing or what he looked like. Whoa. He has nothing to remember about him.’

If you think about it, June 15th was William’s birthday, but it was also Theodore’s birthday.

But he never said happy birthday to Theodore.

He didn’t even remember handing him his birthday present, of course.

On his birthday, I didn’t even see his face in the first place, I didn’t even look where he was, and he couldn’t even congratulate me or give me a gift.

At least, he was paying attention to his youngest daughter, Reina, so that she wouldn’t experience such discrimination, but whenever that happened, Theodore’s absence hurt so much.

She wondered how Elliott would have changed if she had loved him.

He may have learned swordsmanship directly from his father, himself, and perhaps he was educated by the heir of the Artin duchy as his eldest son.

She thought about it now, but she also wondered if it was a hasty decision to think of William as the chosen one based on her telekinesis alone. Maybe Theodore also had a special ability he didn’t know about.

But every time she thought about that, she said she was Elliot and she felt that she herself was thinking her nonsense.

He was just imagining himself making the choice not to discriminate against Theodore by demonstrating his special abilities.

Theodore was gone, and it was all their fault.

That would never change.

“Theodore of the Duke of Skyroad and Yuria of the Duke of Arsane are coming this time.”

The name Theodore was taken for some reason, and the fact that he was the adopted son of the Duke of Skyroad and the fact that the time period in which he appeared did not differ greatly from the time period in which Theodore disappeared was bothering me.

But from common sense, there was no possibility that he was Theodore.

The Duke of Skyroad of the Arkhan Empire was a huge family that never fell behind the Duke of Artin of the Britannia Empire. There was no way he would have hired someone who had no blood ties as an heir to such a family.

* * *

Reina realized that something was wrong with her as she slowly got to her age when she became aware of herself.

William’s behavior as a wretch always made his teeth tremble, but he understood that his position as the chosen one made it impossible for Duke Artin to stop his outrage.

No matter how much she nagged her, only honey chestnuts came flying. She was at least fortunate that she wasn’t kicking like everyone else said she was her real sister.

‘Didn’t you say Theodore?’

She always heard the story of her other brother, Theodore, who disappeared when she was only 3 years old, and the Duke and Duchess of Artin always shed tears for Reina, continuing how much they had wronged him. I said so

If you think about it now that you told her daughter about it honestly, you must have felt like you wanted to be comforted by yourself, her daughter, by confessing your sins like that.

But even to Rayna in her younger days, the words were shocking, and now that she is 14, she understands the matter even more deeply.

‘I really did too much.’

Reina wondered what kind of person her brother Theodore might be, as she did not know her face and did not remember meeting her.

If he was alive, I would love to meet him at least once. She

She also thought it would be nice if she wasn’t a rogue like William.

‘Couldn’t it be someone like William’s brother?’

Since she said that William and her twin couldn’t rule out the possibility that her personality was similar, she felt Reyna’s goosebumps goosebumps when she thought of that possibility.

“Ugh.”

The black-haired girl shuddered and prayed with all her heart that she hoped that her other brother would be alive and well, and that he would not be the same as William.

She was the only person in the Artin family who was not responsible for Theodore’s crimes, so she could have thought of it.