Chapter 534
Am I an illegitimate child?
Hearing Heinrich’s explosive question, the brothers remained silent for a long time with their eyes wide open.
Then, German von Schwarz slowly approaches Heinrich and looks down at Heinrich with wide eyes.
“Where did you come from to hear such a nonsensical story? Could it be that the emperor said so?”
If the source of the information was the emperor, he would immediately go to the Allied Forces Headquarters and ask.
Heinrich knew that what he said was not only a serious matter, but also that it was not at all something that could be said in the Kernstadt military garrison.
However, because of the frustration and sadness, I couldn’t bear not to speak.
“Looking at the attitude of the older brothers, I doubt that this is the case.”
“No, I have no choice but to doubt it.”
“Is it such a big mistake to ask for a warm word?”
“But whatever. No matter what major I major in, no matter what I do, they always treat me like this, so I don’t know if I’m related to them… … .”
– Knock!
Before he could say anything, German von Schwarz grabbed Heinrich by the collar.
“A word has to choose its time and place.”
Herman’s eyes were burning with anger.
“Do you really think this is an appropriate place to discuss such a subject?”
This is the barracks of the Kernstadt Army Headquarters, where a banquet is being held.
It is very dangerous and stupid to bring up the subject of illegitimate children when there may be ears listening somewhere.
Even the mention of an illegitimate child by the youngest prince, who is now gaining huge support within the Kernstadt county, would send the county into a great shock. whether that’s true or not.
“I guess the proud temple didn’t teach me this… … ?”
Heinrich was looking straight up at German’s furious eyes.
“Temple is a place where you mix with the lowly people and learn, how can you learn something like this?”
“… … what?”
“And, you can’t say no?”
German’s expression froze at Heinrich’s tone, which had grown cold before he knew it.
“Brother, just tell me.”
“… … .”
“I think he noticed it anyway.”
Alphonse, who was watching the scene from behind, approached Heinrich with his usual languid tone.
And then whispered in Heinrich’s ear.
So that no one could hear it, only Heinrich could hear it.
“I am the youngest. You are an illegitimate child.”
“… … .”
“So, I hope you know the subject now.”
Heinrich looked towards Alphonse von Schwarz with a firm expression.
“Originally, we are not meant to talk on equal terms. Do you understand how uncomfortable and unpleasant we have been until now?”
“You understand now?”
“I hate it because you can’t come.”
“If you do well, it’s our position that you don’t like it because you do well.”
“So, now, as if we were brothers for no reason, we should get rid of those disgusting expressions that make us feel sad, sad, or unhappy about something.”
“The fundamentals are different. I mean it’s different. We are not brothers in the first place.”
“Bastard Heinrich. Do you understand your subject now?”
“Huh? Look at your eyes, this child. Why, what else are you going to say with that great ability?”
“… … .”
“You want to kill me too, like Kane and Samuel?”
“… … what?”
Two royals who died in an accident.
Seeing Alphonse mentioning that, Heinrich felt like something was breaking in his heart.
As the horse tried to cross the line, German also grabbed Alphonse.
“Alphonse, stop. Are you drunk?”
“No, isn’t this bastard’s eyes like that?”
However, as if the judgment had already been greatly distorted in Heinrich’s gaze, Alphonse approached Heinrich again despite his brother’s dissuade.
“Try this dirty illegitimate baby. Try it. Are you going to eat three of the royal family because two are not enough?”
-match!
“100 million!”
But Alphonse was speechless.
It’s not just German.
Louise von Schwarz, who strode out from somewhere, slapped Alphonse on the cheek.
“Who, sister… … .”
Alphonse’s eyes lit up with fear, and then he began to wince and withdraw.
“You are dealing with a story that shouldn’t be covered in a place that shouldn’t be covered. all three. Were the members of the Schwartz family acting like this with no face or prestige?”
Just as Alphonse was frightened, German also froze.
Louise’s cool gaze.
The sword master’s intimidation made everyone choke.
Everyone couldn’t bear to open their mouths at Louise’s words. Alphonse von Schwartz also turned white when she appeared.
But Heinrich was different.
Heinrich was looking straight at Louise von Schwarz.
“Does an illegitimate child who is not recognized by his brothers have any prestige and face to protect?”
“… … what?”
Louise von Schwarz’s eyebrows narrowed at Heinrich’s angry growl.
“Where is there such a thing as a chest that I have to protect?”
Alphonse and German are terrified.
The rightful heir and eldest daughter of the royal family.
It was astonishing to see her openly protesting against Louise von Schwarz’s words.
There is no dignity or prestige to protect an illegitimate child.
Louise von Schwarz looks at Heinrich with a cold gaze, as if he had never been treated like royalty until now, and seemed to ask if it made sense to keep it when necessary.
“Do it like this. It’s a story that doesn’t feel good to share anymore. At the right time, on the right day, there will be a time to organize this story.”
Louise tried to organize her words as if she didn’t even want to talk.
“Does such a time ever come?”
“… … what?”
“I asked if that time would ever come.”
Louise’s expression hardened even more coldly at Heinrich’s words.
“Will you tell me that story before this war is over? Just like now, inside, everyone despises me as an illegitimate child and doesn’t even treat me as a proper human being. When and when will we talk about that… … .”
“I am the youngest.”
Louise, who entered Heinrich’s words in the middle, said coldly while holding Heinrich’s shoulder.
“Stop doing things that even an illegitimate child can’t do.”
“… … .”
An act that even an illegitimate child would not do.
Arguing with your brothers near the headquarters barracks about a topic that shouldn’t be discussed.
Heinrich had no choice but to keep his eyes wide open when he was told that it was a lowly thing, apart from whether he was a member of the royal family or not.
It is a story that is bound to confuse everyone. He was telling a story that wouldn’t be good to spread, in a place where it might spread to the entire army if he got it wrong.
Something even an illegitimate child couldn’t do.
Those words pierced Heinrich’s heart.
Louise looks back at the frozen Heinrich as well as her other two brothers.
“Alcohol is good food… … .”
alcohol.
It’s not usually, but it happened today.
“But it seems to be bad food for you guys, so don’t eat it from now on.”
Louise left those words and went back to the headquarters barracks.
Neither German nor Alphonse said anything further to Heinrich and quietly returned to their barracks.
Heinrich stood in place for a long time, unable to move for a long time.
* * *
After the banquet, late at night.
Not all troops are asleep. Even if the banquet took place, monsters could haunt the area near Senkerian, so some were tasked with keeping vigilant even in the middle of the night.
In the area near the headquarters barracks in Kernstadt, where there had been some ominous commotion, a quiet fell as if it had never been a moment of revelry.
However, there was still a barracks in which the fire was not extinguished.
“Sister, shouldn’t you use your hands?”
“I don’t know where he heard that he was an illegitimate child, but we can’t let him go.”
Alphonse and German visited Commander Louise’s barracks in the middle of the night.
Louise was listening to the story while sitting on the cot.
“You mean the youngest might try to kill us?”
“It’s rather odd that it doesn’t.”
“Now that you know the truth, it’s clear that you don’t consider us brothers, and you’re definitely going to cheat on something.”
“Yeah, why did you bother to confirm that when you knew the youngest might act extreme?”
“yes? that… … . That is… … .”
“If you just said no to such an absurd question, that would have been all. Why didn’t all of you say that we are brothers, so why did you bring yourself into trouble?”
In Louise’s gaze, both Alphonse and German were silent.
“Crisis? Yes, it will be a crisis. Because I couldn’t say a few nice words to my blood relatives who had the power to annihilate a large army with a single gesture. It’s a crisis right when you see that he made this appearance by despising and trying to ignore it.”
Alphonse and German both had nothing to say even if they had ten mouths.
“Isn’t the foolishness of the two of you already a crisis for the Schwartz family?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Heinrich wouldn’t have felt sad if he had treated him warmly.
But only pride.
Pride not wanting to be treated like an illegitimate child, and an inferiority complex.
That ruined the whole situation.
Heinrich von Schwarz discovered that he was an illegitimate child, and that the people he wanted to believe were brothers actually perceived him less than anyone else.
It is the current situation of Kernstadt’s army that such Heinrich does not know what kind of sudden action he will take.
Although he did not intervene, he was the commander and commander-in-chief of the army. And as the heir to Kernstadt, Louise von Schwarz must be held accountable for the mischief of the two foolish brothers.
“The source of the information seems to be the emperor?”
“… … Yes, sister.”
“They said they met the emperor at the headquarters barracks. You are friends with the emperor, and how hot it is to be condescending… … .”
Alphonse tried to attach a useless sagittarius, but when Louise glared at him, he shut up.
Louise von Schwarz does not know what conversation the emperor and Heinrich had.
However, Heinrich, who had come to see the emperor, could not stand it and asked if I was an illegitimate child.
That alone could tell what the emperor was talking about without having to listen.
“I must meet the emperor.”
Louise’s stern expression gave off a force as if she were going to bite the emperor to death.
But no matter where they got their clues, it was German and Alphonse’s direct answers that caused direct problems.
“Until you consult with me, don’t do anything nonsense.”
“yes.”
“Yes, sister.”
You have to use your hands.
Heinrich and the Schwarz family crossed an irreversible river.
Louise’s plan to use Heinrich to elevate the status of the Kernstadt army and eventually take the place of the Gradias family after the war was ruined by the Schwartz family.
“I don’t even want to see it. Get both of you out of my sight.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Louise was still staring at the backs of the brothers returning with a short celebration order.
‘Emperor… … .’
Bertus de Gradias.
Louise could not have imagined that she would feel the emperor’s influence in this way in a place like this.
Split of the Schwarz family.
Rather, it seems that he fell victim to the emperor’s goal.
To be precise, it was close to taking advantage of the stupidity of the other two brothers except for himself, and even Heinrich’s carelessness.
If the imprudence and stupidity of an illegitimate child can be predicted, is there anything in the Schwartz family that the Empire has not caught on to?
Louise couldn’t get rid of those thoughts.
* * *
Heinrich was sitting on his bed in the barracks.
It was late at night, but I didn’t sleep.
There’s no way I can sleep comfortably listening to such a story.
bastard.
When I heard the story from Bertus, I had no choice but to admit that there was a certain possibility, but I was denying it in my heart.
It can’t be.
Is that a story that makes sense? I couldn’t help but think that way.
But the nonsense was true.
Heinrich felt suffocated when he properly looked at the eyes of contempt and contempt he had been hiding.
everything so far.
So that was it.
The disregard and hatred of the brothers, which even he himself could not understand, originated there.
“Heh… … .”
Heinrich laughed out loud.
Yes, bastards have killed two royalty.
Isn’t it rather sense that he was exiled to the temple instead of being killed? It is clear that the Schwartz family is still a group overflowing with generosity.
I hate you, but what is the end of just hating you?
Rather, when he comes to know the truth, Heinrich realizes how much the brothers who were not brothers had to endure.
I think that the actions of openly ignoring and contempt were unavoidable. I’m glad you did just that.
but.
your brothers will kill you
Now I couldn’t help but feel the reality of the message.
bastard.
The position of the illegitimate child is growing, and in the future it will even surpass the influence of Louise von Schwarz.
I can’t watch that kind of thing forever, so when the right moment comes, I’ll try to dispose of myself.
I don’t know who sent it, and I don’t know how the hell they knew this.
However, Heinrich and the brothers had a conversation that shouldn’t be shared.
Heinrich knew that he was an illegitimate child.
The brothers said Heinrich was an illegitimate child.
So I have a hunch that I will face another phase from before.
The brothers will try to kill Heinrich because they do not know what Heinrich will do.
If so when?
It could be tonight, it could be tomorrow, it could be in operation later. Even if you know the date, you don’t know the method. It could be poisoning, it could be assassination, it could be feigned death in action.
Should I stay still like this?
Maybe your brothers are trying to kill you?
As Bertus said.
You have to kill to survive.
It is clear that his brothers will try to kill him, so he must kill them himself.
But will it work?
No matter how much it is to survive, in this situation.
Is it really the right choice to kill your brothers in order to survive in a war for the fate of mankind?
Heinrich sits still in the darkness of the barracks.
This is an overly vulnerable place.
No matter how thick the tent is, it is easily cut by a knife, and unlike Ellen’s barracks, Heinrich’s barracks do not have locks or defenses. Most of the barracks are like this, so there is no room for grumbling.
In the first place, the safety of the barracks itself is meaningless when the enemy is not a human but a monster. It’s not a war where assassins and spies rampage.
The whole of this garrison is too good an environment for night guests to come and go. Because monsters don’t ambush.
“hey.”
“… … !”
like right now
“Who, who are you!”
A man wearing a black robe, who had never been there before, suddenly appeared in the middle of the barracks.
Heinrich opened his eyes as he summoned a flame in his right hand.
You mean you act so fast?
Anyway, right now?
While Heinrich pondered for a moment at the crossroads between attack and escape, the man in the robe took off his hood.
not an assassin
“Nothing to be afraid of. it’s me.”
“you… … . you. you?”
However, something more than an assassin.
He was told not to be scared, but Heinrich was gripped not by peckishness, but by fear that his heart would explode.
“Lala… … . Reinhardt… … ?”
“Did you receive the letter well?”
At the appearance of the demon king, Heinrich widened his eyes.
“Stand, stand… … . no way… … . Could it be you?”
“Yes, they are our friends.”
Reinhardt grinned and shrugged.
“Isn’t it?”
Somehow, it seems that nothing has changed from before.
Heinrich felt that way.
“hmm… … . uh… … . Goal.”
By the way, maybe he was drunk, but Reinhardt’s condition was a bit strange.
