The Wise Lord

Episode 2 – Ellandur’s Madness

“Sian, you will go to the Ruben estate tomorrow.”

pop.

Everyone sitting at the table stopped moving at the sudden voice.

People’s faces showed emotions such as surprise and bewilderment.

Before long, a thick and heavy silence descended on the dining room.

Spacious dining room.

As if it had been promised, people’s eyes turned to one side.

Passing through the colorfully prepared food, the last seat.

What did you do to call it a horse stone?

You can’t even see it if you don’t look carefully.

There, like the others, there was a man who had stopped moving.

Cyan Elandur.

He was the youngest of the Marquis of Ellandur.

Xian stood firm with the spoon he used to make the soup in.

It was not just that movement stopped, it gave the illusion that time had stopped.

Immediately, people’s eyes turned to Xi’an.

And only then did Xian feel the passage of time.

Xian put down the spoon he was holding.

Then, Xian slowly turned his head to find the owner of the voice he had just heard.

Unlike Xi’an’s seat, it is the most prestigious seat.

A blonde woman was sitting there.

Her undisturbed posture and expression were graceful, and her well-maintained blonde hair gleamed whenever she rattled the tableware.

The elegance felt in that haughty gesture emanated from a soft yet elegant sophistication.

Isabelle Ellandour.

She is none other than Xi’an’s mother,

She was the hostess of the Marquis of Ellandur.

“… what did you just say?”

Xian asked Isabel once again.

Isabelle glanced at the draft and said.

“Have you not heard? Or are you pretending not to hear?”

“I didn’t hear you, so why don’t you ask?”

Sian asked Isabel as if questioning.

More precisely, confrontation or defiance.

It was preferable to express it this way.

However, Isabel opened her mouth again without showing any emotional change.

“Go to the Ruben estate tomorrow.”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

At Isabel’s words that followed, everyone who had no doubt opened their eyes.

As well as members of the Ellandur family,

Even the employees who wait around.

“hehehehe…!”

“omg···!”

Everyone held their breath with a shocked look on their faces.

Marquis of Ellandur.

One of the two families that even the emperor does not dare to do anything about, the Marquis of Ellandur, befitting its dignity, does not arbitrarily select even its employees.

The elite of the elite who are trained to maintain their composure at any time.

But at this moment, it wasn’t like that at all.

Ruben estate.

This was a territory located on the edge of the Marquis of Ellandur.

And Isabel just told Sian to go to the Ruben estate.

that means this.

It was no different from appointing Xian as the lord of the Ruben estate.

Usually, lord was a high-ranking aristocrat who ruled over a vast territory and exercised power over the residents living there.

That is why no matter how small a territory is, it is appointed as a lord.

It meant receiving a formal title and at the same time being recognized for its abilities.

Therefore, Isabel’s words just now were both an honorable proposal and an order for Xi’an.

But none of those gathered here could think so.

It was because the territory was none other than the ‘Ruben Manor’.

Commander’s Territory, Ruben.

The place called the manor of death is just a manor.

It was practically abandoned land.

This place along the dark forest, a taboo area of the empire, was not visited by demonic beasts even for a day.

Even while demons were summoned and slaughtered.

A land of death suffering from hunger every day because there is no land to farm.

Leuven was, in fact, a land that had no fiefdom value at all.

Nevertheless, the reason why this place is called Ruben’s ‘territory’ is simple.

The first was that even though it was a commanding territory, people still lived there.

The second is Durak Ellandur, the head of the Marquis of Ellandur.

It was because he had pioneered this territory for other purposes.

To put it mildly, it is exile.

To put it bluntly, the place of execution.

When the Marquis deals with the static that threatens it.

Or when dealing with vassals you don’t like.

I used this place often.

If you send him to Leuven, he will not dirty his hands,

Because I was able to handle the justification neatly and reasonably.

As a result, numerous retainers became prey to the beast and disappeared under the confidence of ‘Lord Ruben’.

And now.

“·······”

It was his turn to return to Xian.

That’s why the people gathered in the restaurant couldn’t help but look shocked.

It was because he never imagined that Xian would be sent to the Ruben estate.

Xian was the youngest child of the Marquis of Ellandur.

In a word, Sian was Isabel’s son.

But what kind of parents in the world would push their children to death?

The thick silence that descended seemed as if time had stopped.

Right then.

“······ what’s the reason.”

Xian’s voice came through the silence.

Isabelle didn’t even respond.

And this time, Xian did not press Isabel.

I asked why, but

In fact, I already knew why.

Xian gritted his teeth, biting down, and shouted.

“Is it because I’m a troublesome scumbag of the Marquis family?”

An idiot who tarnishes the image of a prestigious marquis family.

“Or maybe it’s because I’m not the legitimate son of a family, but just a handmaid’s child?”

The illegitimate son of a marquis family who should not have existed.

These were the names that followed Xian.

“·······”

Isabelle still didn’t respond.

Xian slowly looked around.

The people in the restaurant averted their eyes whenever they met Xian’s gaze.

But only two people.

There was someone who did not avoid Xian’s gaze.

The second and eldest daughter of the marquis, Roswell Ellandour.

The third and second son, Nathan Ellandour.

Both of them are the legitimate children of the Marquis of Elandur.

They were the children of Isabel.

On the other hand, Xian…

He was just a handmaid’s child.

It is also an illegitimate child born of the marquis’ one night’s play with fire.

Even Sian’s mother passed away when Sian was young.

Isabelle and Xian are parents and children,

In fact, it was no different from a man and a woman who did not mix a drop of blood.

To be precise, to Isabelle, Xian was only the child of a thief who stole her husband’s affection, and a thief who stole the rights her children should have.

Because of this, Xian’s childhood was not so smooth.

persecution and oppression.

In Xi’an’s memory, there was nothing that could be called a memory.

Still, it stopped at that level…

Sian slowly turned his head again.

Isabelle still wasn’t even looking at Xian.

As if he had nothing more to say, he continued his meal in silence.

okay.

I admit that I don’t like to look ugly.

Although the marriages of aristocrats are arranged marriages entangled in interests.

Even though it’s a formal marriage without love.

Still, it can’t be nice to see a man called her husband playing with someone else.

Besides, since that son of a b*tch is living openly in the family, I can’t help but hate seeing him.

Well, let’s say Isabel can do that.

Because Xian and Isabel were men without a drop of blood.

However, the head of the Ellandur family and one of the two pillars supporting the empire, Durak Elandur.

isn’t he

Durak was so busy with construction that he rarely showed himself to the family.

It wasn’t rare, but I didn’t see it attached to the family.

Even Xi’an from childhood to now.

The number of times I’ve met Durach was on my fingers.

Only the first and eldest son of the marquis, Kai Ellandur.

As the owner of a talent that would not be enough even with the word genius, Caiman, who was called the star of the empire, was able to rule Durak alone.

That’s why it was Isabel’s role in the important events within the family.

The hostess of Ellandur.

However, Isabel is only the hostess of Ellandur.

The owner of Elandur is Durak.

With blood mixed with Xian’s, the obvious father of Xian’s.

Of course, he was a man who definitely did not want to be called father, but he could not deny that he was related by blood.

So, this major issue.

There was no way that the issue of sending Xian to Ruben’s estate would be decided only with Isabel’s opinion.

Even though he is an illegitimate child, he will not drive a child of his own blood to death.

Isabel wouldn’t have known that.

Nevertheless, the decision to send Xian to the Ruben estate.

“······ Is this an issue that the head of the family also allowed?”

To Xian’s question, Isabel still had no answer.

No, I just didn’t open my mouth.

Unless you’re an idiot, there’s no way you didn’t know what that meant.

Durak was such a person.

A person who can make any decision for the benefit of the family.

Isabel must have persuaded Durak in exchange for something.

Isabelle is the eldest daughter of the prestigious Avène family.

Although not as much as the Ellandur family, the Avene family belonged to a fairly high-ranking family.

On the other hand, Xi’an is the child of a handmaid who has no background or power.

“·······”

Xian’s eyes twinkled.

Even now.

If I beg you to save me even now, will I be able to change my mind?

No matter how much he was an illegitimate child, it did not change that he was Elandur’s bloodline.

So, if you appeal to that warmth even now…

food.

oops.

A sudden laugh was heard.

the place you looked at.

Roswell and Nathan are there.

Xian’s two brothers held back their laughter, covering their mouths.

obvious mockery.

Kwak!

Xian’s two fists were tightly clenched.

My fists trembled as if they were about to be stretched out at any moment.

But in the end, it comes loose.

The marquis’ madman,

An illegitimate child who shouldn’t have existed.

Because there was nothing such a cyan could do.

Just one.

“·······”

To pretend to be calm and accept that fate.

This was the only thing Xian could do.

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A rugged mountain landscape.

This is a place where lush trees and tall grass obscure the view.

“Here.”

A carriage was crossing here.

What is Bondi Mountain?

No matter how rugged it was, as people walked along it, it naturally took on the shape of a road.

But now, there was nothing that could be called a road in sight.

Deep in the mountains where not even people can be seen, let alone wild animals.

Even more so, it seemed that there was a considerable crowd for the wagon to pass.

However, the coachman seems to be doing nothing.

“Hey, hey.”

Whipping the horses, he was vigorously climbing the rugged mountain road.

Moon to Moon.

How long did it take to climb such a steep mountain?

“Keuheum, big.”

The coachman seemed to clear his throat slightly.

And pretend to look around the scenery.

“Let’s see, it looks like everything is here…”

I glanced at the inside of the wagon.

A little over 1 sqm of space.

Inside were an old man and a young man.

The wrinkled face of the old man could tell the years he had lived without asking.

At the same time, the atmosphere exudes sophistication.

It made me feel like a retired veteran mercenary.

On the other hand, unlike the old man who was sitting neatly, the young man was spread out randomly.

I couldn’t see his face because I was lying on my back, but the atmosphere I felt was no different from Hanryang’s.

The coachman seems to be pathetic without even knowing it.

He shook his head wildly.

right at that moment.

“What’s wrong?”

A voice suddenly heard.

There the old man looked at the coachman with sharp eyes.

“Ah, that, that’s…”

The coachman was startled and shouted.

The old man and the young man he secretly stole.

To be precise, the young man shook his head as if he was pathetic.

Because he knew who the young man was.

Cyan Elandour.

One of the two families that support the empire, the youngest of the Marquis of Ellandur.

A commoner like himself was a being that did not dare to face him directly.

Not to mention the pathetic attitude from before…

The coachman was greatly embarrassed and opened his mouth.