Magical Tool Master Dahlia Never Compromises ~ Starting Today: Life as a Freelancer ~

But Fabio was very happy to learn swordsmanship from Vanessa.

By the way, even the knights who were standing by during training to prevent any accidents later joined in the training.

Even those knights sometimes lost to Vanessa, and Good only then realized how strong she was.

Vanessa becomes closer and closer to the children. To put it nicely, her personality is consistent; to put it bluntly, she is too straightforward.

She tends to take what others say seriously and is not good at interpreting the meaning behind the words.

Such an upright woman who didn't look like an aristocrat──but precisely because of this, the three brothers were able to open their hearts and chat with her.

The following year, she and her father gave birth to Wolferich.

He looks very much like Vanessa, with black hair, golden eyes and snow-white skin, as cute as an angel.

Guid secretly told Phobio and Elud that it was a pity that she wasn't his sister. However, they promised to keep this secret from Wolffred for the rest of their lives—and they even smiled and said they would protect this adorable little brother together.

As the eldest brother, he is also a bit conceited and wants to protect his three younger brothers.

His father also loved Wolffred very much.

Although he worked from morning till late at night every day, he would still visit his youngest son at night.

"Master Renato never turns on the lights every time he enters the room, and he keeps his breathing low, making it hard to tell whether he's a real guy or a bad guy." Vanessa said this distressedly, and Good and the mothers laughed together.

Wolffred grew up.

His three older brothers began to call him "Wolf".

Although they were busy with their studies at the academy and their aristocratic education, they also often played together.

Unfortunately, Wolfe didn't have the water magic common to the Scafalots, only body strengthening magic.

"It's a shame that he's a member of the Scafarot family but doesn't have water magic." "I really don't know who he looks like."

Some people say such hurtful things.

Wolff was still young and didn't quite understand, so Goode would protest on his behalf. However, because he was also a child, the other party would usually just give him a few perfunctory replies.

The three brothers swore that if someone still said that to Wolf when he grew up, they would definitely express their dissatisfaction to the other party.

Later, Guyd spent more time studying to become a senior magician and the heir to the earldom.

He lived a fulfilling life, and his younger brothers became increasingly busy.

Phobio becomes more and more passionate about swordsmanship and fights with the guard knights every day.

Elud wants to learn water magic and ice magic well, and study and research seriously.

Wolfe uses his physical enhancement to learn knight combat techniques from his mother.

To Goode, all three of his younger brothers are lovable in their own ways.

He didn't know when his life started to go wrong.

Ever since he entered college, his second wife often returned to her parents' home for recuperation due to poor health.

He only hoped that the second wife would recover soon and never doubted why she went back to her parents' home so frequently.

Looking back now, someone should have noticed this at the time.

That day, his mother was with Guid, and Vanessa was with Wolff, so it happened that the four of them were heading to the territory together. He was also looking forward to riding with his brother.

When the carriage was attacked, Goode was shocked and horrified.

But he had no doubt that it might have been done by a family member or relative.

There were too many thieves and he might be killed - he was unable to move due to fear and anxiety, and his mother hugged him tightly.

"It's okay, we have the Guardian Knights to protect us." Although the mother said this, her body was shaking even more violently than Guid.

He did not push his mother's hand away.

When it was quiet outside, he went out to check, and by then everything was over.

Vanessa fell to the ground, broken in two. Wolff crawled in a pool of blood, still trying to fight. The knights fell to the ground, dead.

Goode used ice magic to capture the remaining enemies and handed them over to the surviving knights to tie them up.

After finally returning to the mansion in the royal capital, he saw his father furious for the first time in his life.

"No forgiveness... I will never forgive!"

My father let out an icy roar, and blood flowed from his clenched right fist, turning into red ice and falling to the ground.

White ice crystals blew up in the air, covering up all sounds.

The servants in the room were blown to the ground. Some knights fell to their knees, while others could not help but take defensive postures.

Faced with his father's intimidation and murderous intent, Good was trembling so much that his teeth were chattering and he couldn't speak.

The attackers were the second wife's father's men - the father took immediate action after finding out the truth.

He led several elite mage subordinates to the second lady's parents' home.

Goode didn't know what his father had done.

The next day, news came that the second wife's father had died of illness and the position of head of the family was inherited by her eldest son.

Fabio also disappeared on the same day.

While he was riding a long distance, he got separated from his escort knights.

It was said that he fell off his horse and died, and his body was brought home late at night. When Goode saw his face, which was whiter than wax and as hard as marble, he knew that he had died of poison.

Goode didn't dare ask whether his death was suicide or his father's order.

I still don’t dare to ask.

On the day of Phobio's funeral, a famous knight also died. He was the guard knight who had been separated from Phobio during his journey and had been with Phobio for many years.

The second lady lost her father and son, and burst into tears in front of the body of the guard knight. Her father didn't say a word when he saw her like this.

Later, the second lady said she was going to enter a monastery and left the mansion, and Goode never saw her again.

At some point, Good began to have recurring nightmares about that day.

He suffered from nightmares, vomited when he woke up, and could hardly eat.

His mother was very worried about him, but he felt pain even when she was near him, because every time he saw her, he would remember his weak self that day.

When his mother saw Wolff, she also began to freeze or faint, perhaps because of the overwhelming sense of guilt.

Under his father's orders, Wolf and some of the maids moved to the villa.

On the same day, Elud said that he wanted to spend more time studying and researching magic, and also moved into the academy dormitory.

At night when the mansion became silent, Guid casually walked towards Phobio's room.

He always felt that his brother was still in the room waving the model sword, and that he would come out as soon as he called out, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

There was no one in the overly tidy room.

On the table was the Monster Manual that Guid had lent him. Guid accidentally discovered a piece of paper stuck between the pages.

Fabio wrote a line of words on the paper in a handwriting that was different from his usual neat handwriting.

"Thank you, Master Guid."

It wasn't "brother" or "big brother Goode." It was just a name with a respectful title.

It seems that I am no longer qualified to be called brother.

After realizing this, Guyd's hand and the note instantly turned into ice.

He could not get rid of this foolish thought: why not freeze his whole body and apologize to his brother? The ice on his body grew thicker and thicker. At this time, his friend and servant rushed into the room and beat him up.

His friend struck him without mercy. He was beaten to the point of vomiting blood, and drank a healing potion on the spot.

Goode lost his temper, cried, and told his friend everything - his friend listened silently and then got him drunk with liquor.

The next day at noon, he got up with a headache, and the rusty-haired attendant said to him:

"Good morning, Lord Guyd Scafarot."

The servants usually called him "Lord Guid," but now they called him by his full name.

This made him realize that he was more than just "Guide".

He is Guyd Scafalot, the eldest son of Count Scafalot.

He caused Vanessa to be killed, made Wolfe cry, pushed Fabio into despair, drove his mother out of the house, caused many knights to sacrifice, and survived himself.

No matter how embarrassing or dirty his life was, he was still the heir of the Scafarot family.

He was not in a position to cry and rage. No, he would not allow himself to do that again.

As long as we gain greater strength and more unshakable power, the same thing will not happen again.

From then on, the only thing he could do was to dutifully play the role of the eldest son of the Scafarot family.

Goode has been holding on to this idea until today.

After drinking the ice water to sober him up, Guide finally raised his eyes.

He ordered the servant beside him with his cold lips and tongue.

"Help me research the names and family backgrounds of those who besieged Wolff during today's joint exercise. If there are any unmarried individuals, please also find out if they have fiancées."

"Okay, I'll pass the order along."

"I also want a complete list of participants. Please also help me investigate who among the First... Second, Third Knight Orders, and the Magical Corps might have a personal grudge against Wolf."

"I'll convey that as well."

The man nodded and walked past Guid to face him.

"Excuse me, Master Guid, but could I speak to you for a moment?"

He was his longtime attendant and a friend he had known since his college days. His expression was grave, a hint of anger etched in his rusty eyes.

"No problem, Jonas. I know what you're going to say. It's just the two of us here, so just sit back and relax."

"……good."

Jonas sat down in the chair opposite and looked directly at Guid with his rusty eyes, which were darker than his hair.

Guid placed the glass in front of him and filled it with red wine.

"Guyd, even in the Knights' exclusive area of ​​the royal city, don't act alone. The magic corps' guards are going crazy looking for you."

"I was so angry. I'll be more careful next time."

"Now that you've been confirmed as a marquis, more people will be jealous of you. You really need to be careful."

"Okay, I know."

"Really? Hanging your coat on a chair and eating oysters with your hands. I wonder what your mother would say if she saw you..."

A coat hanging carelessly on a chair, fingertips scratched by shells from being unaccustomed to handling oysters—Jonas's keen observation skills were always a bit annoying at times like this.

"Please keep this a secret. I'm trying to put Wolff at ease. But part of the reason is that I really want to try these things."

Good said this with a mischievous smile. Jonas still had a stern face, but he finally took a sip of his wine.

"By the way, what do you think of this meal? Can you eat it?"

"The meat is quite delicious. The oyster flavor...I can't quite tell."

Jonas didn't lie, but he was vague about it.

Goode had just arranged for him to dine in another private room; it seemed he didn't like oysters very much, perhaps because he couldn't taste them.

"I want to take Wolfe out to eat some delicious beef next time. Do you want to come with us?"

"I will accompany you as a guard."

"It's a private room anyway, so why don't you sit with us?"

"Guide, I'm against you and Lord Wolffred dining alone in the box. Lord Wolffred is the third in line to the Scafarot family. If anything were to happen to you..."

"You mean to say that Wolfe might harm me in order to gain the title of Marquis?"

"Probably not, but you still have to consider your own position and safety."

"Whatever Wolfe wishes for, I want to fulfill it for him—"

"Guid!"