I Accidentally Saved The Male Lead’s Brother - Chapter 75

[7. Swordsmanship competition]

 

Afterwards, Charlotte continued to practice nullification magic with Ahin.

 

However, just like the first day, there wasn’t much of a difference

 

I was able to move the mana in my body, but I couldn’t put out the fire.

 

‘I sincerely hope to put out the fire that Ahin is kindling.’

 

Charlotte muttered to herself as she stared at the fire, but she couldn’t make any difference.

 

In the first place, wishing too hard was an odd idea from the start.

 

Theo then went every day to see the Duchess’ portrait. There were times when he went to see her several times a day because once wasn’t enough.

 

Especially after dinner, he would always go with Carcel who would follow the kid’s words.

 

He looked at Theo’s back as he babbled in front of the Duchess’ portrait with a mysterious expression on his face.

 

Charlotte also looked at Edgar’s empty seat.

 

Since that day, Robert has been watching Charlotte on purpose. He seemed to be watching whether she remembered Edgar or not.

 

He was observing her secretly, but Charlotte, who was remembering Edgar, could see that his gaze was suspicious.

 

‘I need to be careful.’

 

If there is a slight gap, he may feel suspicious.

 

Amidst a calm but tense atmosphere, the swordsmanship competition started.

 

Charlotte’s two older brothers, Isaac and Jack, visited Heinst’s mansion again.

 

Apparently Charlotte said she was going to send the handkerchiefs to the nights’ training ground, but they wanted to take the handkerchiefs themselves.

 

“Thanks .”

 

“Can’t you improve your skills? How can your embroidery skills be the same as three years ago? If you embroider the same pattern every year, why isn’t there any improvement?”

 

Unlike Issac who took it lightly, Jack grumbled as soon as he saw the handkerchief. Charlotte reached for her handkerchief, which she had given him.

 

“If you don’t like it, give it to me.”

 

Jack lifted it up and avoid her hand.

 

“What do you mean I don’t like? It’s just loose embroidery.”

 

He held the handkerchief in his arms before Charlotte caught it.

 

“Well you made it for me so I’ll put it to good use.”

 

“Won’t you say thank you?”

 

“Not for this handkerchief. Oh, I saw this when I was coming over, so I bought it.”

 

Jack spoke and extended a box for Charlotte. Inside was a piece of cake topped with seasonal fruits.

 

“What? It was recommended by a knight. He said women liked it. They say it’s a popular bakery in the capital these days.”

 

“Wow,it looks delicious.”

 

“I haven’t tried it, so I don’t know if it tastes good. Well, if it doesn’t taste good, throw it out.”

 

He cannot be honest. Charlotte smiled broadly when she thought of this.

 

“Thanks, it would be good to have it with tea.”

 

“Brother, what about Theo?”

 

Theo who was lounging near the three looked at Jack and moved his lips. The child looked through Jack’s hand to see if there were any more presents.

 

His eyes sparkled when he saw Jack holding the bottle of candy he had hidden behind his back.

 

“I bought this because I saw it while buying cake for Charlotte.”

 

“Yay!”

 

“If you eat too much, your teeth will rot, so just eat one a day, okay?”

 

“Okay!”

 

Ting Ting Ting. The sensitivity rose sharply. Theo frowned because he couldn’t open the bottle cap quickly and Jack opened the cap for him.

 

“Come here.”

 

“Can’t Theo have two?”

 

Jack frowned at the baby’s gentle voice.

 

“So two a day, but not three.”

 

“Okay!”

 

Theo put pink candy and green candy in each side and to the point that his cheeks popped.

 

asked Jacques Charlotte as he took the bottle from Theo .

 

“Are you coming to see our duel?”

 

“Um. I want to do that too….”

 

Charlotte muffled her words and raised the corners of her lips awkwardly.

 

Her desire was great to see her brothers participate, but she couldn’t make a magic stone yet. And she can’t go out without Theo so it doesn’t look like she’ll be watching them this year.

 

But if she said she couldn’t get out, Jack would be angry again.

 

No matter how much she thought about it, Carcel would definitely refuse.

 

In the end, she said the excuses she had come up with last time when she convinced Issac.

 

“Brother, as you know, I am no longer Baron Lannia’s daughter. It has not been announced yet, but I am Duke Heinst’s fiancée and live under the protection of the Heinst family.”

 

Jack raised his eyes in displeasure, at first his eyes seemed to burn.

 

“so what ?”

 

“There will be a lot of people on the arena and having escorts will be difficult. I think it would be better to stay in the mansion.”

 

But unlike Issac, who backed away quietly, Jack was persistent. He crossed his arms and let out a nonsensical sound.

 

“Do they have difficulty escorting because there are so many people? Is the duke like this? He won’t let you go because it’s hard to accompany you?”

 

“No, it’s not like that, but….”

 

“So what? If there are many there are many skilled nights ,how come there is no one to accompany you alone? Have I overestimated the skills of the duke’s knights?”

 

Issac didn’t stop Jack this time. Unlike the last time he had calmly retreated, he must have been dissatisfied too.

 

“No, I was just thinking about this myself, I don’t want to cause trouble.”

 

“Why doesn’t my sister come to watch us? The responsibility of the escort rests with the Duke’s family. If you say they can’t accompany you, you can’t go anywhere?. Are you going to be locked up in the mansion for the rest of your life? Maybe that’s why you said you can’t come to see us again?”

 

“That’s not the case.”

 

“Strange, no matter how you think about it, when will the duke come?….”

 

“Jack.”

 

“No, I must speak to the duke and ask him.”

 

Charlotte let out a small sigh. She couldn’t blame Jack for overreacting, because it couldn’t help but seem strange that he didn’t know the circumstances.

 

“Okay, okay, calm down and I’ll tell him.”

 

Of course, she didn’t want to say that, but she decided to get out of this situation by lying.

 

However, she was an awful liar, and the two brothers knew her expression well.

 

Jam’s eyes narrowed when he noticed that Charlotte was lying. Before he could say anything again Issac said quickly.

 

“Charlotte, the Saint is going to attend the swordsmanship competition.”

 

‘Does he mean Saint Teresa?’

 

Charlotte, interested in the familiar name, pulled her body toward Issac and sat down.

 

Issac continued to speak.

 

“It’s great that you’re Duke Heinst’s fiancée, but it’s not that great next to a saint… Also, the emperor and empress will be watching the swordsmanship competition and will be escorted, so there’s nothing you can say, right?”

 

In contrast to the straightforward Jack, Isaac used aristocratic language. In other words, this means that the words are great.

 

His words roughly mean: “The Holy Knights can protect the saint but Duke Heinst is a trembling coward who cannot properly protect his fiancée.”

 

But Charlotte paid more attention to that the fact that the Saint was coming than what he meant by his words.

 

“Is the Saint really coming this time?”

 

This time Jack answered.

 

“Of course. The competition originally happens every year. The competition is very intense and there are a lot of injuries, so she is here to bless the audience and the spectators. That’s why people spend more and come to the swordsmanship competition. You saw it two years ago. Don’t you remember?”

 

Charlotte remembered that day two years ago when she stood far away and saw only silhouettes. She must have seen her, but at that time she was worried about her brothers and was not interested in the saint’s presence.

 

“Ah, I think I remember seeing her.”

 

Charlotte muttered to herself, and said again impatiently.

 

“I mean, she will come again this time….”

 

She was thinking, Theo wasn’t hurt after the last blessing, but she didn’t understand the meaning of her words.

 

In addition to the nullification magic that was used unexpectedly. Maybe this has something to do with what Teresa said?

 

It occurred to me that Teresa might have a secret that Ahin did not know.

 

In her opinion, she wished to see the Saint again. But it was difficult to advance the name of “Baron Lannia’s Daughter”.

 

In the end, she was supposed to ask Carcel to let her see her, but it was hard to do. It was because she had no reason to see her.

 

I received Teresa’s blessing a while ago, so what is the reason for me to go see her again? If she said she wanted to meet the Saint, he would only feel suspicious.

 

However, she was a little uncomfortable with continuing like this.

 

Considering what happened to Theo, Teresa’s advice most likely had to do with Charlotte’s life.

 

‘By the way, wouldn’t I be able to meet her if she attended the swordsmanship competition?’

 

Since she is Carcel’s fiancée, she is likely to meet the Saint if she attends a martial arts tournament. Then it will be possible to talk to her.

 

Charlotte, who had only insisted that she couldn’t go to the swordsmanship tournament, was the first to change her mind.

 

She smiled as casually as possible, so that her brothers wouldn’t think she was weird.

 

“I would like to see the Saint. I see. I will do my best to attend.”