Until I, A Fallen Nobleman, Was Called the Great Sage With My Hazure Skill “Super Jack-of-All-Trades

“…… Father.”

“What is it, Ryuuze? Eat your food and study quickly. You’re going to have to succeed me.”

“Um …… How long has father been lord? I’m sure there’s a rotation period or something.”

After parting ways with Lars, Ryuuze trudged home in the rain and casually asked Brao about the lord during dinner. He didn’t mention Lars’ brother, but probed him.

“Oh, you’re finally getting interested! Well, it was two years before you were born. Just in time, the previous lord lost his position, so I ran for the position. It was your father’s efforts that made this life possible.”

“…… Is it true that the previous lord of was Lars’ father?”

Then Brao’s eyes widened, his face turned red and he shouted loudly.

“Who told you that! Lars …… the son of Roen, who is in the same class as you! Hmph, that kid …… he said he wouldn’t tell his son, and now he want to look good for his child after all?　Or is he still obsessed with it? Either way, he can’t go back to being a lord, though ……”

“…… What do you mean, father?”

“It’s not difficult. I told the people in the town I was working in that they could buy the vegetables and medicines that Roen sold at a discount. You can’t save money if you’re living life to the fullest, right? No matter how hard he tries, he won’t be able to raise enough money to become a lord …… Kukkuku ……”

When Burao said this with a gloomy smile, Ryuuze broke out in a cold sweat. He thought to myself that surely a father who talks like this would be capable of killing his own child. 

While gulping down his spit, Ryuuze asked another thing that was bothering him.

“S-So that’s it. Ha, haha,  serves him right, that Lars! Can I ask you one more question?”

“You’ll have to humiliate Roen’s son, too. I’ll spare you the money and the man? So, what is it?”

“Why isn’t my mother here ……?”

Yes, Ryuuze does not have a mother. There are only a few maids who come and go in this large house, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he and Brao live alone. Until now, he had thought that his father was all he needed, and that he didn’t need to ask him if he wasn’t willing to talk, but Lars’ words about his family made him wonder about his mother.

If she was dead, he though it can’t be helped, but —

“Mother …… Nerine, huh? I knew I had to tell you someday, but I didn’t realize it was now. It is reasonable to assume that you have started attending the academy …… Your mother betrayed me. So I banished her from this town.”

“……!?”

Brao wrinkled his brow before making a startling confession, and Ryuuze took down his fork. Brao slammed his fist down on the table in abhorrence and then shouted angrily at no one in particular.

“For whose sake do you think I became a lord for! It’s for the sake of Nerine and Ryuuze who is about to be born! Just because I almost killed Roen’s son …… No, it’s nothing ……”

“(…… As I thought, father really did it!!)”

He was not so far away that he could not hear what he said. It was Brao’s way of proving that what Lars had said was not a lie, and he could feel himself shaking.

“You did not hear anything. Understand?”

“W-Why did you want to be a lord so badly, father ……! If my friends find out about this, they’ll hate me! That I’m the son of a murderer! Uwah!?”

Brao hit Ryuuze in the cheek with his fist, causing him to fall out of his chair. Brao did not show any sign of helping him, but became enraged.

“Who killed who! The eldest son is still alive! And friends, you say? All you need are your cronies to be your hands and feet, you don’t need friends!”

“Ouch ……! …… Lars was right, his brother is only alive as a result! I know you were hoping for him to die!”

“……Kuku, you’re right, Roen’s ……No, wait, what did you just say?”

Ryuuze remembered what he had just said, put his hand over his mouth, and backed away from him, falling on his buttocks. Brao narrowed his eyes and thought about it for a while, then opened his mouth.

“No, it was just my imagination. I’m sorry about that, Ryuuze, I didn’t mean to hit you. Forget about Nerine …… your mother. What, I’ll just remarry and find you a new mother.”

“…….”

Brao smiled and patted Ryuuze’s head, then called for a maid to tend to his wounds. Relieved that he hadn’t been overheard, Ryuuze went back to his room, but just as before, there was no way that Brao hadn’t heard him.

“(Even though it was an attempt, it would be bad for this to be known. But how did Roen’s son know? The only people who know that I set up the poisoning are me and Nina …… and then the “teacher”. I have Nina’s mouth sealed because I’ve hired a couple of hooligans to keep an eye on her house, so she won’t tell anyone if she doesn’t want her mother getting hurt …… It’s unlikely that “teacher” who came up with the plan will leak it, but I think we should talk about it in light of our future discussions ……)”

As he stared out the window at the rain, Brao thought to himself.

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Time turns back a little, the event at the rooftop —

“That’s because your father poisoned my brother and tried to kill him, Ryuuze. The fact that he had to pay for the treatment, the fact that he paid and lost the money, and the fact that he was forced to step down as lord, all happened because of what Brao did –“

There was a person who had heard Lars and Ryuuze talking on the roof.

“…… N-No way …… Dedite-kun being nearly killed ……”

“W-What the hell is that!? Sister, Lars-kun’s magic ……!”

“……!? That’s !? Even people with magical skills can’t do that ……! Even though It’s difficult just to keep the magic in place …… but, it’s that big ……!”

It was the sisters, Luciela and Luciel, who were listening. Unusually, he didn’t go home with his brother Dedite and Nora, but Luciel, who was worried about him after seeing him having an argument with Ryuuze during the day, had followed Lars to the rooftop.

“Sis, should I tell this to father ……?”

“…… That’s difficult. We know that father doesn’t like Dedite-kun and his brother because he didn’t let us go to the guild the other day. We’ll see how it goes, I’ll keep an eye on Dedite-kun, and you keep an eye on Lars-kun.”

“O-Okay! Oh, he’s coming over here!”

“Let’s go home today. It’s starting to rain.”

Luciela said, and before Lars arrived, they quickly moved back and return –.

Now, the shadow of the remaining mastermind has emerged! How close are we until they settle it?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Teacher, huh.”

So, it wasn’t just Brao who did it.

“A certain reader said that there’s no way someone like Brao can carry it out by himself.”

Well, I guessed right ……