An Assistant to the Angel of Death
50

"Where have you been, we've waited too long."

Lady Gracia still dislikes Claude, even though she has raised the family. Even if only a little.

"Are you feeling better?" Vischa asked Claude nicely, but Claude did not pay much heed to Vischa.

"Well, now I'm better. I just need some rest after my head gets dizzy with what this family's doing." Claude said as he pulled out his empty seat, located in the second row of the left side right next to Carpel and Charly.

"I'm sorry Dad, Carpel and Carsten are already legal fathers. I hope you're not too upset about what happened last night, and they're even being punished by the nobility's disciplinary commission."

Vischa, sitting in the middle between Lady Gracia and her children, was clearly seen defending Claude openly.

"Father is right, Brother Claude should not be too input into the heart for the actions done by Brother Carpel and Carsten. They're too childish." Charly spoke up in defense of Vischa. He was his only neutral brother and not very close to his mother Lady Gracia.

"Well, I've forgotten about it, so I feel better now. I hope that in the future I don't have to clean up any more of the problems you've done. Or I'll tell all this family's rottenness to your majesty." Claude in his haughty tone, instantly suppressed the aura created while eating together that morning.

"Okay, I'll pay more attention to all the attitudes of our family in the future. In exchange you must not report anything to your majesty."

"certain."

They eat silently without any sound. After a brief conversation with the family. But the silence will soon end with Vischa proclaiming a bit of bad news that befell his family.

"Dad finished eating. If you're all done too, quickly change your mourning clothes. We're going to Duke Lourik's residence."

"Aren't the police coming to check on you?' Charly asked representing Claude who also wanted to ask that.

"You're right, so it won't be long for the police to watch over us during the Duke's funeral and interrogate us at the Duke's residence along with the Duchess."

Vischa pushed her chair and stood up to leave the dining table, because the atmosphere at the table was not too wearing for her. The party that should be able to build the image of his family, but easily damaged by his two children and Plus the death of Duke on the way home from his party.

This made him somewhat dizzy thinking about how he would cope with something like this. So he left the dining table first.

"For you ungrateful child, Vischa became so moody about what had happened." Lady Gracia blamed everything on Claude, but indeed what she said was not wrong because the one who killed the Duke was Claude.

"You can't discipline your children very well. I'm done too. It's really not appetizing to have to eat a table with a person lower than commoners." Claude pushed his chair and stood up and left the table.

"What Brother Claude said is true, your mother is not much different from Brother Carpel. I'm going too." Charly Vischa and Claude left the table. Carpel and Carsten were punished by the royal disciplinary commission for not being able to speak a day with their magic.

"My mother also agreed with Charly's sister. Already we should start doing good to Brother Claude. Even until now brother Charmy does not want to admit we are family because our family is poor."

"Laura you'd better shut up, you're still a kid and you don't understand adult advice like this." Lady scolded Laura the youngest child sitting next to her.

"Then Laura left too. Laura's getting ready for Uncle Duke Lourik's funeral." Laura followed the three money men already leaving the dining table first. From long ago. Laura always sided with Claude and sometimes when she was a child she would give Claude a piece of her bread secretly.

Lady Gracia was furious, she stomped her hand on the dining table. His sense of urgency could not be contained anymore. He hated Claude. He regretted not killing Claude first at the time.

While Carpel and Carsten busy eating what food served on the table, because it was useless they tried to talk anything. Their voices would not come out. Even their mouths would automatically lock as they let out a single word.

Claude who was already in his room was immediately greeted by his servants who helped Claude to change his clothes with black mourning clothes typical of Greenbreez country.

Finished helping Claude change clothes. They left Claude's room. At that very moment Claude called Krud out.

"Why do you have to hide when the waiter comes in, can't they see you?" Claude was astonished by what the hiding Krud was doing while the servants were serving Claude.

"The reason is, you know that none of them can see you?"

"hahah, you're very observant."

"Who can see you?"

"The waiter with the hair is different from the other waiter's hair."

"..?"

"You didn't realize it?"

"You mean the yellow hair that looks like me?"

"Yes!"

"She's my step-sister."

"Well! WHAT'S?"

"Yes, I don't understand what he means to be a servant in his own residence, even he serves me well. Though he used to hate me so much that he even hurt me with the lady."

"Truly interesting, the Marquez family has unique people, not just you. Your father and some brothers can even see me."

"I have one question for you, can Charly see you too?"

"Charly?"

"Yes, I think our hair is the same so we can see you."

"That's possible, Vischa and your half-sister have the same hair color as you."

tock-tok-tok..

"Master! Everything is ready to go. The government police are also ready to escort us."

"Sister, Charmy can I have four eyes with you first?"

"Pretend you never knew me."

"I just wanted to ask you one thing."

Charmy entered Claude's room alone. With a flat look it looks like a very boring person.

"What's wrong?" Charmy said in her flat tone.

"Would you see this man." Claude pointed towards Krud.

Charmy glanced slightly at Krud. Then then looked at Claude back with that flat look of his.

"Isn't he your pet spirit creature?" Claude gasped in shock and held back a laugh with the answer Charmy gave.