The Chosen One Was Me, Not You

87 – {You are not qualified to be a parent}

{You are not qualified to be a parent}

On Friday, just two days after the whole truth was revealed, Elliott realized again that everything was taking its toll.

‘It’s over.’

Even within the Duke of Artin’s family, there were already signs of opposition that they would not be able to follow him, the head of the family.

It was realistically impossible for those who were originally only collaterals to challenge him, who was a direct descendant and head of the household, on a subject that was far from being in the right of succession.

But now, all of that reality has been distorted into a mess.

‘William is still out of his mind.’

William Artin was still unaware of the situation.

He was refusing to accept the situation he was in.

As the chosen one, he had lived only with benefits and rights, but he still couldn’t accept the changed reality.

And if tomorrow comes Monday, I couldn’t guarantee how big an accident it would be.

‘Now I can’t handle it anymore.’

As the chosen one, the authority no longer remained.

If he had an accident, he no longer had anyone to cover him.

Every time he had an accident, Reina, who used the power of the Duke of Artin to apologize to the victims and settle the case, was no longer there.

Even the Duke of Artin had no power to protect him while covering up the incident.

Elliot looked at her still weeping and her own wife in this hopeless situation.

“Whoa.”

“Hey, Theodore…Reina…”

Ceres was sobbing while calling out the names of Theodore and Raina, the same as always.

But Elliott knew that now her own words would change her behavior.

‘Whoa, I must hurry.’

Today is Sunday.

It was still quiet because it was my day off, but I was afraid just thinking about what would happen tomorrow.

Perhaps the end would be ruin.

‘Destruction.’

Just thinking of those two words made me miserable.

I couldn’t believe how he, the Duke of Artin, could have fallen to this point.

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No, I didn’t want to believe it.

‘But it’s my fault.’

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Now he admitted it too.

It was her own sin.

Because he was blinded by the glory of being the father of the chosen one, and even after that, he was not fully aware of his sins and focused only on practical gains, so he made even Reina leave.

‘Raina is no longer there.’

I couldn’t see Reina again.

Raina has already been adopted by the Duke of Skyroad, and she has gone to the Arkhan Empire.

Even if he didn’t admit it, he didn’t have the power, and the fact that Reina was still registered in the Artin duchy had no effect.

Already, even the power to argue about that was not left in the Duke of Artin.

Even the imperial family of the Britannian Empire had already planned to put everything on the Duke of Artin by cutting off their tail and escape, so they were driving the Duke of Artin to that extent.

“Madam, let’s go to Theodore.”

Eliot suppressed her despair and told Ceres, her wife, that they would go see Theodore together.

“Theodore…!”

At those words, Ceres jumped up from her seat.

“Go quickly.”

Elliott smiled bitterly at her reaction as if she had waited.

The bloodshot eyes in Ceres’ eyes showed that she was in a really insane situation.

Because she, too, faced her own ugliness in the past few days, she despaired and despaired of herself.

“Okay, let’s go.”

The two simply changed into street clothes and hurriedly headed to Minst Academy.

The two of them moved to the front of the Minst Academy without even being accompanied by a proper attendant and escort knight, and went inside.

‘I should be at the inn by now.’

It’s about time for the evening, so even if I went out during the day, I would have come back.

And he was right.

Because Theodore and Yuria were out of the inn together.

“Oops, you’re annoying again.”

Theodore’s tone was sarcastic, clearly indicating that he did not welcome them.

“Theodore…”

“This is Theodore Skylord. Please don’t change other people’s names arbitrarily.”

Feeling that Theodore’s cold expression did not dispel the hatred he harbored toward them, Eliot fell silent.

And before he could say anything, Ceres approached him first.

“Ah…Theodore! Whoa!”

Ceres’ face was a madman even to his husband Elliott.

However, Ceres could not reach Theodore again because an invisible wall blocked him.

“Theodore! Listen to me for a moment! Mom, I’m sorry, Mom! You’re wrong!”

Ceres hurriedly handed over an apology as if appealing to Theodore.

Fearing that he would leave her seat without hearing her own story, she hurriedly handed her an apology.

“That doesn’t make any sense. Duchess Artin.”

But of course, Theodore replied coldly.

Then Elliott also hurriedly spoke after Ceres.

“Theodore! This daddy did wrong too! This daddy, along with mommy, did something to you that you shouldn’t! If I could turn back time, I’d beat myself up in the past to stop it.”

“Then it’s obvious that you’ll be stabbed with a knife in reverse as a doppelganger.”

Theodore said sarcastically.

However, Elliot and Ceres continued talking as if they had expected his cold reaction.

“We, we have done so much wrong to you and Reina! Now we know we cannot be forgiven!”

“Amazing. To realize it now. I don’t know if I should be surprised that it took this long, or admire what I’ve learned now.”

Eliot bit her lip at Theodore’s words.

Biting her lip painfully, he bowed his head to Theodore.

“We… Are going to be ruined. The Duke of Artin will be over now. So I wanted to talk about it before that.”

Elliot was in a miserable mood.

She was telling her own son about her ruin, but she had no choice but to recognize that the relationship was completely broken because her words had no effect on his son’s heart.

“I see. Did you come to leave a will? But I wonder why you came to me and not my son, William. If you’re so confused that you want to depend on someone else, I’d rather go home and spend the last hours with your son.” I’d recommend it.”

Theodore’s voice was cold.

‘Whoa, this has changed.’

He doesn’t know his son’s face since he was 2 years old.

He never looked for it, never thought of it.

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No, even if he remembered it, he quickly forgot it.

Because, unlike his glorious son, William Artin, the useless Theodore Artin was not interested.

I didn’t even think it was wrong.

Because he was so absorbed in the glory of being the father of the elect that he couldn’t think of anything else.

That glory is forever… I thought it would last forever.

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No matter how much they explained their ruin and despair to their past selves, they would not believe it until they experienced it themselves.

“Theodore, by tomorrow the Duke of Artin will come to an end. So even if it’s the end…”

“It’s noisy. I’m telling you that I’ve come here to beg for the life of the Duke of Artin, and there’s no reason for me to accompany you in this kind of political game crawling on the floor.”

“Ah! Theodore! Whoa!”

Ceres said, holding her hand against the wall while shedding tears.

“Can I hug you just once? Please let me hug you one more time. This is my last request.”

“I don’t remember ever hugging a girl like you, but that sounds odd. Theodore Artin doesn’t remember anything like that either.”

There was a hand gently stroking the shoulder of Theodore, who spoke coldly.

It was the touch of his fiancée, Yuria Arsane, who was standing right next to him.

Her dazzling long silver hair was so close to his arm that she called out to him in a soft tone with her gentle touch.

“Theo, don’t go too deep.”

“Yes, I guess.”

Elliot felt that the relationship between Yuria and Theodore was much closer than before.

Theodore obediently obeyed her words, and he realized.

‘Now Theodore… Princess Yuria Arsane, you’re weak to that woman.’

Even though he knew it was a cowardly method, he immediately begged Yuria.

If you can’t stop the ruin…

If they are the end…

At least he wanted to make his wife Ceres’ last wish come true.

“I beg you, Princess Yuria. Please persuade Theodore! Please, allow my wife to hold the son we lost because of our fault at least once!”

At Eliot’s request, Yuria’s expression changed to something like ‘Are you saying this out of your mind?’