I Accidentally Saved The Male Lead’s Brother - Chapter 83

Unlike Ahin, Randru, who had been working for the Heinst family for several decades, was a very trustworthy person.

 

Together with Robert, they have long served the master of the Heinst family.

 

They were the only two people that Carcel could fully trust.

 

Since he couldn’t trust Ahin, he couldn’t let him accompany Theo and Charlotte.

 

The reason Ahin was not immediately detained and interrogated is because he escaped safely with Theo in the end.

 

If Theo was attacked, he wouldn’t be able to run away with it.

 

However, Carcel decides to leave Charlotte and Theo to Randru because he cannot fully trust him.

 

In addition, he was going to ask him where Morris was.

 

***

 

Teresa told Charlotte not to move for at least three days and to rest well. Charlotte couldn’t move from the bed, even if it wasn’t because of her words, it was because of Theo, who kept his eyes on her.

 

Theo fussed when Charlotte showed no signs of getting up.

 

“No! Sister is in pain!”

 

“Theo, I’ll just drink some water.”

 

“Theo will give you!”

 

Theo ran to fetch a glass of water with both hands, and Emma followed. However, when he got to Charlotte he arrived with only half a cup of water because the water was spilled on his way to Charlotte.

 

“Thank you, our Theo is good at running errands.”

 

“hehe.”

 

Anyway, because of this little baby Charlotte stayed lying on the bed.

 

Fortunately, I didn’t get bored because Theo was next to me. Time flies by reading fairy tales or playing games together.

 

I had to stay in bed for a few more days, but I didn’t think it would be boring.

 

Theo slept in Charlotte’s bed for naps and nights because he was worried about leaving Charlotte’s side.

 

Maybe this is just my feeling. I slept well because of the warm weather and the smell of baby milk.

 

Then, when she opened her eyes due to being thirsty, she met someone in the dark.

 

“……!”

 

“It’s me .”

 

Charlotte, who was about to scream,felt relieved when she heard a familiar voice.

 

“… Duke?”

 

“yes .”

 

“What brings you here?”

 

Charlotte tried to raise herself up, then gently tapped her shoulder.

 

“I’m here to check if you’re okay. I’m glad you’re doing well.”

 

“Why don’t you come during the day? Oh, you must have been busy during the day.”

 

Carcel replaced the answer with silence.

 

“It’s me, but you must have come to see Theo. It must have been hard to see the baby’s face.”

 

After waking up from his nap, Carcel did not have time to see his younger brother because he was so attached to Charlotte.

 

“yes .”

 

“It’s a relief that Theo is safe.”

 

After a moment, he opened his mouth.

 

“I am sorry .”

 

Charlotte wondered why his answer was “sorry” and not “thank you”.

 

Every time Charlotte protected Theo he thanked her and never apologized.

 

“why are you apologizing ?”

 

“I said I would protect you, but I only caused trouble for the young lady.”

 

“What do you mean by trouble? The Duke protected me. Ah, your back. Why did you lie? I heard you were hurt a lot. Are you sure you’re okay?”

 

Charlotte even wanted to pull up his shirt and check for herself, but she fell onto the bed.

 

“I don’t know what you heard, but it wasn’t severe burns.”

 

“Lies. I was there when the duke’s back caught fire. It wasn’t a fire that would only leave a slight burn.”

 

“… I’m fine now because I’ve had treatment.”

 

“Does that mean it was dangerous?”

 

“………..”

 

This guy shuts his mouth when he’s at a disadvantage.

 

As Charlotte gets closer to Carcel she becomes aware of Carcel’s traits.

 

After seeing his puzzled look on his face, Charlotte decided not to talk about this anymore.

 

“But on the surface, it seemed that it was the imperial sorcerer who had calmed the situation down.”

 

“Yes. I thought it would be difficult if they knew what you did.”

 

“Theo’s secrets can also leak out.”

 

“yes .”

 

“So does anyone know that I used dispelling magic?”

 

“Yes, just you, me, and the saintess. to the imperial family, Ahin is known to be capable of it.”

 

“Good .”

 

Charlotte licked her lips and asked a question she didn’t want to ask. She actually didn’t want to ask that now, but she couldn’t pretend to be ignorant.

 

“Who did they attack?”

 

“………”

 

“Is it Theo?”

 

It was almost a question of confirmation.

 

However, Carcel continued his initial explanation as if he was unaware of Charlotte’s intentions, or whether she was just pretending not to know.

 

“First of all, the crown prince and princess who were in the private seat were attacked. Thanks to the crown prince’s royal magician they were saved, the saint was able to break the lock and escape with her sacred power.”

 

“………..”

 

“And the people in the stadium other than the private seats were randomly attacked, so I can’t be sure that the attack was targeting Theo. Instead, it’s very likely that the attack was targeting the Saint or the Crown Prince. If it was targeting Theo, there would be no reason to attack all of these. seats.”

 

“No, I think he might have chosen this place because he was targeting Theo. Theo rarely goes out. Instead, it’s hard to meet a saint or a crown prince.”

 

Whatever Carcel’s intention, Charlotte had no intention of letting this go.

 

“I heard from the saint at the time, she said the attack focused on the private seats we were in. Honestly, I don’t think it was aimed at me, but I think the target was the Duke or Theo. I’m putting more weight on Theo.”

 

“…….”

 

His words ran out again.

 

“I think I deserve to hear a clear story about this as a stand to protect Theo.”

 

Charlotte asked carefully, watching his expression.

 

“Are you reluctant to do something? Last time, you couldn’t care less about all the people behind Theo….”

 

“It is not true at that time, all the forces that attacked Theo were dealt with perfectly.”

 

“What is the problem?”

 

Carcel was silent for a moment. Charlotte thought he was trying to avoid unfavorable stories again this time.

 

But again she did not want to leave. She opened her mouth to hear an answer, but Carcel spoke before she did.

 

“The chief of Theros was a survivor of the Erica tribe that I subdued. He said he wanted Theo because he wanted to make me feel the pain of losing a loved one.”

 

How could he be so cruel? Carcel has already lost his precious parents. He also had suffered the loss of his brother in the original story.

 

“But before he died, he said something strange.”

 

“What did he say ?”

 

“He said I made a lot of grudges.”

 

It wasn’t a strange story. Carcel is the head of one of the few duchies in the Empire and has served the Empire as the best knight.

 

If he didn’t have enemies, that would be even weirder.

 

The reason the Erica people, called barbarians, were subdued was because they plundered the people of the empire.

 

As a member of the Empire, Carcel had justification in subduing them, but that justification could not erase their resentment.

 

There must be a lot of people who hold a grudge against Carcel in this way.

 

But it was definitely strange for him to say such a thing.

 

It was as if he was saying that someone else was targeting Theo, not him.

 

“Can you guess?”

 

He groaned softly as if he was in pain to bring this matter up to Charlotte.

 

However, he did not avoid responding.

 

“I have no idea, however there is no reason to target Theo. In addition, when I investigated, there was no connection to the case targeting Theo.”

 

“But he gets caught all the time, right?”

 

When Charlotte had just heard this, her body shuddered, but how must Carcel feel, enduring all this alone?

 

Carcel was silent this time.

 

Charlotte suddenly chuckled to soften the stiff air.

 

“Do you know, Duke? When you don’t want to say something, you keep quiet.”

 

“…..Is this true ?”

 

“Well, actually you don’t talk much. But you did talk a lot today. To be honest I thought you wouldn’t tell me the story till the end.”

 

“If you are not comfortable with me…”

 

“It’s not like that, it was just new.”

 

Charlotte smiled.

 

‘who is he ?’

 

It wasn’t until this moment that Charlotte regretted not having read the original novel to the end.

 

If I had read the original novel to the end, I would have known who the culprit was, and would have been able to deal with him easier before something bigger happened.

 

Charlotte clenched her fists in disappointment. Carcel then carefully wrapped his hand around hers.

 

Surprised by the soft touch of her finger, Charlotte opened her clenched fist.

 

“… Duke?”

 

“Don’t press it too hard, you were treated but you didn’t realize you were hurt.”