I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

55 – Succession (1)

“Ah…! It’s already this time.”

As the sun sets, Ines is both delighted and exhausted, hinting that she has to leave work.

I am very tired today because I had so many things to do. You should hurry up and take a rest while pampering the West.

‘Whooping, cozy—-‘

[It smells.]

‘ㅡ oops…!’

Ines, who was fanning her happy imagination, recalls Jeanne’s words like a kaleidoscope passing by, and instantly feels bad.

Ines, her face slightly frowning, sniffed at her own body odor and looked carefully to see if Jeanne was right.

‘This, first… I need to wash it.’

It doesn’t smell like anything, but Ines feels uneasy.

Ines, who often takes baths as a hobby, can never ignore the fact that her body stinks.

If the smell is really coming out, and if Seobang-nim notices it, it’s literally over.

“That… Mr. Seo, I’ll take a bath first…”

“Really? Okay, let’s go.”

Claude is a little suspicious of Ines’ attitude, but soon understands that Ines is probably paying attention to Jeanne’s words that she smells.

After receiving Claude’s permission, Ines promptly and cautiously bowed his head and quickly walked out of the office.

“Brother, can I go too?”

And Chloe, who saw it, hesitated, then opened her mouth and said that she wanted to take a bath as well.

It seems that Chloe also cares a lot about Jeanne’s words.

I couldn’t speak first because of the pressure of having to look after me, but seeing that Ines got permission and went out at once, I seem to have hardened my mind.

“Wait a minute, Chloe. Let’s see…”

“…?”

However, Chloe slightly tilted her head at Claude’s unexpected answer.

Until now, all I wanted to do was an older brother who immediately accepted everything except for wanting to be my lover. Of course, he’s never intentionally used something like that, but I can’t help but feel a bit unexpected.

“Oh, there you are.”

After fiddling with his sleeves for a while, Claude hands Chloe a small box.

The box is very white and covered with a little down.

“Okay, take it.”

“What’s this– huh?!”

Chloe, who received a slightly odd-shaped box as a gift, is in doubt, but is soon greatly surprised.

Because the box split in half and a brilliant light poured out from inside.

The box, whose inner surface is made of mirrors, goes beyond emphasizing what it contains and makes it even more beautiful.

“Is this… A ring…?”

A silver-based ring decorated with gold thread and diamonds shows off its appearance.

Chloe’s trembling hand slowly turned to the ring.

“Hasn’t Chloe asked for it before? I’m sorry I gave it to you late, because things are things and they’re not made right away.”

“Oh, brother…”

Chloe had been promised a ring by her brother, but it was so late that Chloe was getting more and more upset.

This happened just as I was about to say it again, worried that my brother might have forgotten.

Chloe’s joyful voice gradually changes to a crying one.

“That…But it’s different from Ines’s ring. I wonder what it’ll be for now, but once the order was placed, you and I weren’t like that—”

“—-!?”

Chloe cuts off Claude’s words in the middle as if she doesn’t want to hear them anymore.

Because I hugged my brother as hard as I could.

“It doesn’t matter. Of course, all the rings my brother gave me are precious, but at least it’s better to wear my own ring than to wear the same one as Ines’s, right?”

“Is…Isn’t it?”

Something… The power is amazing. I can only spit out words of affirmation.

At that time, I didn’t think it was right to give my sister a wedding ring, so I made a ring with a different shape, but Chloe doesn’t care about that fact at all.

Of course.

Because we have come too far. No matter how much others deny it, it doesn’t change the fact that we’ve been in relationships dozens of times.

“In the first place, your brother’s ring isn’t exactly the same as Ines’s, right? Thank you so much… For making a ring just for me.”

“…”

Chloe’s mouth touches my cheek.

A lot has happened since the day I was forcibly tied to Chloe, but I was still a bit reluctant to have “That” Kind of physical contact since I had treated Chloe as her little sister.

But this kiss is not like that at all.

Soft, cozy, calming… I don’t feel any desire at all. I just feel pure kindness and gratitude.

“Could you please…?”

“…Yes.”

Her face flushed, Chloe held out her hand to me, and I silently nodded her head and put Chloe’s ring on the ring finger of her left hand.

hahahaha… I never thought I would end up like this.

If the me from a year ago saw me, fists, no, knives would come flying at me.

“Heh, hehehehe…”

Seeing the ring on the ring finger of her left hand, Chloe recalled the meaning of the ring she had told her about before and seemed very satisfied.

But… That’s… Uh… It’s a very rude metaphor, but Chloe’s smile is more greedy than beautiful. Like someone who got a ring.

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My Precious…! It’s a little goosebumps because I feel like I’m going to run amok while doing this.

“Kuhmm…”

I was so surprised that I could hear Chloe’s dark face for the first time in a while.

Both light and dark Chloe are cute, but I still can’t get used to the latter.

“Wow!? Ah, ahahahaha… Thank you, brother.”

After a moment of joy, Chloe realizes what she is doing and her face fills with shame in an instant.

It’s still cute in my eyes, but it seems to be considered very ugly to Chloe.

“It was cute, can you do it again?”

“Sssss…! Nol, don’t tease me…”

It’s real.

Chloe, suffering from such shame, has a strange charm. When I touch her, she makes a disgusting noise with a melting voice, and when she hears it, the corners of her mouth go up on their own. All the stress from work melts away.

…Let’s play around a little more.

“I’m not kidding. Look, my face just turned red like an apple…”

“Oooh… Don’t make fun of me!!”

At my repeated words, Chloe screamed a little louder and slapped my body as if to make a fuss.

Chloe, who has always been submissive to me, has started to show her feelings a lot since the first day of her relationship. She probably thinks it’s because the burden on her mentally has been greatly reduced.

As expected, this kind of Chloe is better.

………

“Huh…”

After all, I like taking a bath.

It is really amazing to feel relaxed, eyes to close by themselves, and body to float slightly.

Even if you don’t need to remove the smell, a daily bath is a must.

…The smell?

‘Smell…Ra.’

That b*tch.

It’s not enough that you dare to slaughter the people of the West, to insult me like that.

It’s not enough that you looked at me so rudely… The smell?

…Hah.

“Are you there?”

“Yes, Ines.”

An attendant outside the bathhouse answers Ines’ call.

“Where is that b*tch now?”

“If you are a witch, you are treated as a traitor and are in the dungeon. However, by the order of the Duke, they are using high-quality bedding.”

“Hmm…”

I can’t be hasty.

The fact that Mr. West gave that b*tch good quality bedding must be because it is of some use. I can’t play with it

Surely, there’s something about that b*tch. You know information you shouldn’t know, as if it were obvious.

For me who have observed countless people, it seemed like I wasn’t lying.

“Leave it alone.”

“Yes, Ines.”

It only appears once every hundreds of years, but geniuses who use magic well enough to be close to insight have appeared from time to time.

The odds of that b*tch being such a genius are low, but there’s a pretty good chance that he’ll have deteriorated abilities. If the people were bewitched by that insight, it would make sense.

For now, I’ll just sit by and take care of it when the value of use drops later.

Bubble bubbling—-

‘Haaa…’

Ines dives completely into the bath water to get rid of his thoughts.

Because my whole body is covered in hot water, I can’t think of anything except the idea of being cool. It feels so good.

‘Huuu’

Flinch

‘ㅡ!?’

But that peace disappears in an instant.

After a dive, Ines suddenly gets a little disgusted and his stomach starts to pound, and he loses his balance in great surprise.

Ines was startled and gasped for breath, which resulted in water entering her airways.

Fuhuaaagh!

“Collock! Coke!!”

“Ines-sama?!”

Ines, who managed to get her face out of the water, coughed repeatedly to get the water out of her airway. The attendant who was waiting outside was startled by the sound and came inside.

“I’ll call a doctor right away, just a little bit—”

“Cough…! No, it’s okay… It’s okay…”

Ines refuses to call a doctor.

I think of the words of Mr. Seo who lamented that the doctors’ skills are poor, and that is also true, but there is another decisive reason.

There is still a slight sour taste in his mouth, but Ines doesn’t mind it at all.

“This, this…”

Come to think of it… That day hasn’t come since a month ago.

Instinctively realizing something, Ines carefully stroked his lower belly with his hand, then smiled brightly.