The Marquess And Spirit Witch
Cousin Competition

Flashbacks

"By the way Cecil is, you're 16, right?" ask Gwen to Cecil,

"I'm 17 years old because I'm still in the future 1 year after Noah was put to death" Cecil replied,

"Didn't you go through the maturation ceremony??"

"Yes??Ah no, I don't have any family other than the Duke in the past"

An idea went straight into Xeon's brain, a sneaky smile etched into her face,

"Then, how about carrying it out along with Noah's maturation ceremony in 3 months??" xeon sumringah said,

"HUH?!TOGETHER?!"

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Episode 16's

Noah blushed while Eugene was angry.Duke and Gwen just fell silent with a faint smile at Noah and Eugene's behavior,

"It looks like Eugene likes Cecil" Duke whispered to Gwen as he looked at Noah, Eugene and Xeon's quarrels,

"From his behavior it seems like he is, but Noah also does not want to lose to Eugene" Gwen replied with a long sigh,

"But..what if one day they will be hostile just because of Cecil?"Gwen was stunned to hear Duke's remark, thinking the possibility that if the two of them were really going to be hostile, would be,

"If it were better for them to be decisive, I as Eugene's father could only advise",

Gera overhears Gwen and Duke's conversation, and thinks of Noah in the future,

'I must not let Brother and Sister Eugene be hostile!I have to find a way!'

/Skips

Crown Prince Veldas comes to the Duke's residence in Duchy just for the sake of training with Noah for a hunting festival in a moment,

"I don't want to come"

"Why?Usually you want to come",

"Why in recent years have I felt so strange at every Hunting Festival, don't you feel it?",

"Emm, really, I've also been feeling weird for the last 3 years.But another reason you don't want to come along because of the academy preparation right?",

"properly",

The Hunting Festival is a race event for every knight to show his talent to every noble lady present.The Lady who is interested in one of the knights can give a talisman to the knight of his choice.If the knight receives a talisman from the lady, then every quarry he got in the heart it will be given to the lady.Buruan is divided into 3 groups namely low, medium, and high.Low level consists of rabbits, babi, and hedgehog.Moderate level consists of deer,and kancil.High level consists of Bears, Bears,Wolf and Tiger.Noah and the Crown Prince have been following the event for 7 years in a row and always get a high level of prey.Many women who give talismans to Noah and the Crown Prince, as well,but they refused and received the amulet Gera gave, of course, many Lady who felt rivaled and envied Gera who since the age of 1 year had become the target of the Crown Prince.

"What about Eugene?",

"Ah, he doesn't like hunting, but I don't know for this time", Noah glanced at Eugene who was practicing swordplay with his father,

'This time there is no Gera.ah, Cecil..Eugene will definitely not give up this time'

The Crown Prince saw Noah goosebumps in fear, Noah's eyes stared intently at Eugene and a dark aura enveloped his body,

'What else is with this kid?.he always gives me goosebumps'

Eugene who was dueling with his father was not focused on the gripping aura he felt, a gap was seen and Gwen immediately used it to attack Eugene, who was not the one who was in the mood,

"!?"

Gwen's sword was already close to Eugene's neck.Eugene was even surprised because his father was swinging the sword very quickly and stably, and was very fast,

"I lost.", though..",

"Your gap is too visible, what are you thinking?",

"Ah that.emm", Eugene glanced towards Noah who was scouting from earlier with an unpleasant air, which was not good,

"I think I'm going to have a nightmare tonight." said Eugene,

"Huh?After all, the sun was up, so we had lunch", Gwen did not mind it and invited Eugene to lunch,

"Well", Eugene answered and followed his father from behind,

/In the dining room

The Duke was already sitting in his seat holding Gera, and Cecil was sitting on the fourth seat to the right of the Duke.They were waiting for the Crown Prince, Noah, Gwen and Eugene as well as the food that was still in preparation,

"Oh!Crown Prince, please sit in my seat" said the Duke to stand up from his seat,

"No need for Duke, I can sit down as Noah and Gera" said the Crown Prince,

"You're very humble, please sit down",

The Crown Prince sits on the chair Noah usually wears, and Noah sits at the Crown Prince's seat,

"Gera come here" Noah told Gera,

"Good!" Gera came down from the Duke's lap and walked towards Noah, and sat down between Cecil and Noah,

'They are like family!Can't just be left alone!' thought Eugene who was a little annoyed by Noah, Gera and Cecil's sitting position,

'How?You must be very envious, right?too bad, Brother EUGENE..HIHIHIHI" Noah thought as he stared and smiled cunningly at Eugene,

'This kid..!Just look at it later!' Eugene grew even more annoyed with the sly and arrogant look Noah showed,

Soon, the servants came with more lunches than before as the Duke asked for more for Cecil and the Crown Prince.

"Oh yes, Your Highness, you will enter adulthood soon, are you ready to undergo even harsher Emperor training?" ask the Duke to the Crown Prince,

"Ah about that, in fact I am very lazy to learn, but for the sake of this empire I must do my best, and do not want to disappoint the people" replied the Crown Prince hesitantly,

"You're awesome, Hahaha!" said the Duke proudly to the Crown Prince,

"It seems that you are much more fond of sword than to undergo state duties, Your Majesty" said Gwen with a smile,

"About that you are right Sir Gwen, but I must not focus too much on the sword so that the end of this me and Noah rarely practice together" replied the Crown Prince while eating his meal, please,

"Why don't you study with the Commander?Noah's father can also be a great teacher to you" Eugene began to suggest Marquess Luxbello be an opponent as well as a teacher to the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince shook his head,

"It may hurt the Marquess' feelings but from the things I experienced with Mr. Marquess, Noah's ability was actually much greater than that of the Marquess", the Crown Prince felt guilty for expressing his opinion,

'That's because he's a future battlefield Devil.' thought Duke, Gwen, and Eugene together, together,

As Duke, Gwen, Eugene and the Crown Prince chatted, Noah ate his meal with Gera and Cecil casually,

"Sister, I want your brother's meat!",

"Of course, take it, eat a lot so you can grow up",

"Well! Thanks!"

Cecil looked at Noah who was so attentive to Gera chuckling, Noah who was aware of Cecil laughed instantly frown,

"What are you laughing at?" asked Noah annoyed, though,

"You haven't changed at all"

"What do you mean?"

"Since you've always looked after children, even during the war you brought children who lost their parents back to the Empire and gave them a proper place to live, I really liked that side of you" cecil's speech made Noah blush, embarrassed,

"G-gera is my brother!" noah said ashamedly,

"Then?In the war you will ignore the orphans because they are not your sister?fufu" Cecil begins to tease Noah who is very funny in front of him,

"T-of course not so.." murmured Noah timidly,

'The death!' thought Cecil with anxiety,

Gera, who saw Cecil and Noah's behavior, also pulled Noah's hand,

"Sir, here",

"Hum?" Noah puts his ear to Gera,

"Sister, I want to have a sister from brother and sister Cecil", Noah's face turned very red and looked like steam was coming out of his head,

"A-WHAT DO YOU MEAN GERA?!!?"

Seriate..