How Can You Pay Back The Kindness I Raised With Obsession?

“You are determined to ruin what I have worked so hard for all my life!”

It was entirely thanks to Albert’s own efforts that he ascended the throne.

Originally, he was born as the second son of the emperor and was not the crown prince. However, his older brother’s body was extremely weak and he resigned from the position of crown prince, and he ascended to the position. Yes. His older brother’s condition was greatly weakened by Albert’s manipulation.

His first wife, now back in the dirt, was actually a warlock. In this way, he secretly cursed his older brother, drove him from the throne, and made him the Grand Duke of the periphery. Since then, Albert’s royal family has prospered, but the Grand Duke’s family has only seen one heir due to a curse.

Just as he expected that his brother’s family would barely survive as the lord of a remote area, something unexpected happened. The sudden death of her first wife broke the curse she had placed on him.

His older brother quickly regained his former health. Still, he didn’t think it was a big deal because the throne was already his. Until the Grand Duke’s second child was born. From then on, the next emperor became unclear.

Rumors began to circulate in the social world that the head of the Grand Duchy would be a newly born girl. His eldest son, Elliot, said he was going to do something else.

It’s a different thing. The moment Albert heard that, he imagined Elliot sitting on the throne laughing at him.

Among the aristocrats, rumors were circulating secretly that Elliot, who had already distinguished himself as a monarch, would become the next emperor. 

At that time, Regina, his crown daughter, was not as savvy as she is now, so she had a bad reputation in the social world. In addition, no one saw his illegitimate son, Gerald, who finally became the prince as the emperor’s timber.

The throne could not be taken away like this. The new empress said this to the car that failed every time she tried this or that.

“Then wouldn’t it be simpler if girls couldn’t become household heads?”

It might be controversial among nobles, but it was the simplest method for the emperor. So he changed his decree so that women could not be the heads of households. So that Elliot can’t even dream of ‘other things’. There was a trap there. It was true that the emperor was also the family head. As a result, Regina lost her right to the throne.

He even saw his loss like that, but he made it easy for the nobles to say, “One Prince, one Emperor from the House of Blaine.”

He wished that was all…

But a third one was born. It was only a year after the second child that the third child was born in the Grand Duke’s family that they found out about it. Noticing his vigilance, the former Grand Duke and his wife hid the birth of their third child.

Even from then on, rumors circulated that the reason Elliot had left the Grand Duchy and disappeared for a long time was because of that ‘other business’. He wanted to keep his things peacefully without harming anyone, but Albert, tired of constant threats and rumors, ended up resorting to extreme measures.

To kill the third son of the Grand Duke but in the end it failed.

No, it wasn’t a complete failure. Because the Grand Duke and his wife died unexpectedly, the Grand Duke’s family was prevented from the creation of new heirs like rabbits in the breeding season.

“Father, I am concerned about your health.”

The princess approached the emperor. Regina defeated her maids and offered to pour tea directly into her father’s teacup.

“You have to sit on the throne for a long time.”

Until he restored the female family headship again and found the right to succeed to the throne. Regina hided her true feelings and put on her worried expression.

The emperor, who looked at the princess with regretful eyes, who had become cunning enough to be worthy of the throne over the years, yelled at his son again.

“If you became the crown prince in place of your sister, shouldn’t you be ashamed of your achievements!”

It was because of the lack of a crown prince that people were still talking about Elliot as the next emperor.

All he had were his looks. In the midst of this modifier attached to her crown prince, the word ‘perfect lord with her appearance’ was added after a long tribute to Elliot. As the world’s reputation declined, the emperor demanded the duty of a retainer and sent Elliot to a harsh place like a battlefield.

He sent him to fail and die. But every time that happened, the guy came back, winning and alive.

Can you really do this too?

That’s how he was sent to more and more difficult places, but that guy came back alive, as if by God’s blessing. The emperor laughed when he realized that he had abandoned this monster subjugation halfway through. Since Elliot abandoned his duty as a servant, shouldn’t he use this as an excuse to send him to a more dangerous place?

“The Grand Duke said he didn’t know about the worries of the people and ran home like a coward!”

It was when he mobilized even his aides and poured out fierce criticism.

“The Grand Duke’s house has been invaded by an assailant.”

Rumors quickly spread that an assailant broke in while Elliot was away at the Grand Duchy and was targeting the Grand Prince and the Grand Princess. At the same time, public opinion was overturned, from nobles to commoners.

He now found it hard to send him into the wild, as he turned to accusations against Elliot, asking him to die leaving his younger siblings behind for lack of sympathy. It was surprising since the Grand Duchy had kept its mouth shut even when attacked. However, it turned out that even if the Grand Duke kept their mouths shut, rumors could not help but spread.

“To dig a tunnel and bring in a large number of exotic-looking mercenaries…”

He did something remarkable, so rumors couldn’t help it.

“I wondered what kind of fool in the world would have done such a thing, and to think that fool was my son!”

Gerald, who had grown up and couldn’t admit his faults, didn’t say a word of apology.

“So far, the Grand Duke’s family has handled it skillfully without even leaving evidence, so rumors like this have never spread, so what if there are even traces left!”

The empress, who had been watching anxiously, intervened.

“Seeing that the Grand Duchy hasn’t said anything yet, that’s probably not the case.”

“Even if there is no physical evidence, there must be a heart symptom.”

The princess went back to her window and spat out a word of hers, then turned her head away from the window as if she hadn’t said anything. Meanwhile, the emperor’s face was distorted.

It’s okay that Elliot had a crush on him. The problem was the people. It seems that the children were in danger every time the mansion was vacated, but the emperor had a ulterior motive for continuing to send out expeditions. His suspicions, which had begun to sprout like this, grew more and more…

Wasn’t the person who made the Grand Duke’s family empty the one who tried to harm his children? Could it be that the former Grand Duke and his wife were also assassinated by the emperor?

… It could be spread in an instant.

“If we get caught like this, our imperial family is doomed.”

Only when the emperor clutched his head and was in pain did the prince open his mouth.

“But I didn’t know the witch would help.”

“Right.”

The empress helped before her son heard another scolding.

“Who would have known that the witch would fight on the side of the Grand Duchy? It was on our side…”

The emperor raised his head and burst into anger.

“She’s not the witch on our side, she’s on the money side!”

However, even when the emperor thought about it, it was unexpected.

“I was just trying to earn merit as the heir to the throne, just like my father said.”

While the emperor was deep in thought, the prince complained of injustice.

“Shouldn’t we somehow obtain the holy relic?”

A few years ago, just before the late pope passed away, he said that. It is said that the Grand Duchy had tremendous holy power to conquer the world. Hearing that, the emperor thought. There was a holy relic in the Grand Duke’s house. With that holy relic, one could have the whole world, not just an empire. The problem was that the Grand Duke’s family thoroughly hid the holy relic and denied even its existence.

He tried to buy the workers, but it was not easy. He tried to impersonate a servant, but every time they were caught in an instant. No one knew where the holy relic had been hidden.

“Isn’t it simple to kidnap one of the children and threaten Elliot? It means to pass the sanctuary. Then the guy who fanatically cares for his siblings will give it away.”

It was the perfect plan, in Gerald’s opinion. Until the witch stepped in and ruined it. So, he was so embarrassed.

The emperor, resting his forehead on his forehead and glaring at his son, let out a deep sigh.

“Do you think I haven’t tried that method?”

Break-ins and kidnappings have also failed.

“Then why are you doing this without consulting me!”

The conversation went back to square one. Gerald was released only after he was told not to do anything in the future because he was stupid.

“Lorraine.”

He was going to my palace, but the princess called her mother from behind.

She dared to call the elder of the imperial family, the empress, by name. Gerald clenched his fist, and the princess laid her snarky hand over her crooked lips.

“Oops, another mistake. The habit of the mistress being a maid still remains…”

“Regina, what is it?”

The empress responded gracefully and deftly to her provocation. It was enough for the princess, who did not treat her as her superior, to treat her as her subordinate.

“Something keeps bothering me that my father worried a while ago that Gerald might have gone mad.”

The emperor only yelled at Gerald for having lost his mind, but everyone knew that he did not mean it.

“I will send you my royal court. That kid, if it wasn’t enough that he had a bad head, and he went insane, it would be a huge loss.”

It would be beneficial to the empire. She added as the princess glided past the two of them. Lorraine, who was glaring at her cocky stepdaughter’s back of the head, was approached and whispered by her son.

“Mother, that woman is just like her mother…”

“Shhh, that’s not okay.”

Just because she made it through the first time, there was no guarantee that the second time would be the same. Taking away her right to the throne once and for all was enough for her. Her gaze softened as she glared at the princess, and her ridiculous smile appeared on her empress’ face.

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“It has sprouted!”

“Mine too! Mine too!”

“Wow, that’s right. A lot has happened in just a few days.”

Elliot’s gaze at his younger siblings tending their vegetable garden in the greenhouse was not good. It was still distasteful to see his precious raised younger siblings getting their hands messy with dirt.

But he still said nothing.

Anyway, he liked those guys. And the attending physician, Dr. Morris, said that farmer’s children were good at treating small illnesses.

“And when you touch the soil like this, your immunity is strengthened, so you catch less colds and become stronger.”

The nanny’s words seemed to make sense.

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Translator Note:

For now, since I started two new translations, I will keep releasing a chapter a week of this story BUT once everything is alittle more calm I will provably double the releases of this story <3

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