Vita Nova
Episode 7.5 "The Young Master's Past"
I am the 24th Heir Son of the Darvin Grand Duke Family, the Levian de Darvin, of the Raveldra empire.This empire has existed since 480 years ago, the oldest noble in this empire is the Grand Duke Darvin,Duke Everon, Duke Ricardo and Marquess Minela.
As Heir, I have been taught ethics since the age of 4 years, starting from history, politics, and others related to the empire. I have no friends, except for Prince Arhen.
14 Years passed, I turned 18 years old, an adult age for a Man in the empire and it was highly recommended to find a partner. But I had no interest in such a thing, until one day when there was a need to go to the Capital I met Anna. Anna is the daughter of Marquess Minela, she is 3 years younger than me. The long black hair and dark red but glowing eyes fascinated me. We accidentally met in front of a jewel shop when he almost fell.
Flashbacks
"Lady, are you okay?" I asked the girl who almost fell in front of the store while helping her stand up,
"I'm fine, thank you sir" he replied with a sincere smile, which fascinated me,
"Miss Anna!are you okay?!" shouted a middle-aged woman who came down from a horse carriage,
"I'm fine Auntie, this Master helped me" Anna told the woman,
"Thank you very much sir" said the woman to me,
"No need to thank me" I replied,
"My name is Anna Vi Minela, the second daughter of Marquess Minela" Anna said,
"I am Levian de Darvin, First Son of Grand Duke Darvin" I said casually
"Yes god!I'm dealing with young master, do you want to stop by the cafe with me?it's an honor if you'd like to" Anna asked,
"I have business, we can have tea next time" I refused his invitation,
"I'm sorry I wasted your precious time" he said, bowing
"Give me your body, no need to apologize, then I go first princess" I said then kissed the back of her hand, and left.
After that day, I kept thinking about that girl's smile that couldn't be lost from my memory. Prince Arhen knows that I'm in love, I don't understand this kind of love story.
A few days later, I stopped by the cafe just for coffee, and then met Anna again, we sat down at a table and talked a lot,she's a cool girl and it's hard to guess what her thoughts are.
"Anna, do you have time tomorrow?I want to take you to a beautiful place" take me to Anna,
"of course!I'll wait there at the fountain at noon" he replied happily
"Alright, wait for me tomorrow, wear a beautiful dress" I said.
After a while of talking, I went home to him and thanked him for accepting my offer.
The next day at noon, I immediately met Anna at the fountain like I promised yesterday, but what I saw was not like my thinking..
"Anna?.." I muttered, the girl looked and smiled,
"Young Master!you have come" he said while holding a man who is none other than Prince Arhen, he said,
"Why are you with Prince Arhen?." I asked slowly,
"Actually I have liked the prince for a long time, and yesterday after we met, the prince wanted me to be his fiancee, so I accepted his offer, our engagement will be held in 2 months" he said with a big smile,he looked happy, while Prince Arhen, who I had considered like my own brother smiled cunningly as if to say that he had managed to do his plan
"Congratulations to you both." I said with a forced smile,
"So if we can go to" "I want to go home" I said, cutting off Anna's words and leaving.
After arriving at the residence, I threw my body into the bed, my chest was tight, it really hurt, a friend who I had considered my own brother even betrayed me. Because I was tired, I asked the waiter to prepare a bath, and I immediately cleaned my body.After I finished I continued my piled up work these few days.
About 2 weeks after the incident, I got word that Anna was found dead in an unused barn. His face was covered in bruises, the sword pierced his heart, and his leg was flowing with blood. From the observation of expert doctors, Anna was killed by someone because she was pregnant out of wedlock.Karna was in severe shock, I did not leave the residence for about 4 months, and there was no definite news from Prince Arhen.
Until, one day Crown Prince Felix came to see me.He wanted to say something about the fact of Anna's death that only he knew.
"There's something I have to say to you" the Crown Prince said,
"Please" I replied flatly,
"It's about Anna's death" he said, but it made me tremble and a cold lightening started to appear on my face
"Anna?!do you know about something!?who killed him?!" I was in a hurry to him, though,
"Let it be, before that I want to ask, are you going to kill the man who planned the murder?" ask her seriously but calmly, though,
"of course!I'll slaughter them all!" I said angry, though,
"The second prince, Arhen" he said,
"A-what do you mean?." I asked to be sure,
"Arhen was the one who killed Anna, not with his own hands, he paid a hit man" he said,
"No way!he was Anna's future fiancee, why would he kill her?!" ask me while angry, please,
"1 Week before Anna's death, Arn came out to meet someone, the color of her face was less convincing, I asked a knight to follow her silently, silently,the knight said that Arhen went to an inn with a long black haired woman in a noble lady's dress" she explained
"Black-haired women in the empire are many noble ones, are you trying to take down Prince Arhen?" my tofu, my,
"A lot of it, but according to the testimony of the knight, the woman came out of the white horse-drawn carriage, bearing the gold Lily, is it not clear that it was a horse-drawn carriage belonging to the Marquess Minela family?" obviously, it made me very surprised, as long as this person I thought my own brother was a traitor,
"I did not spread it any further, only you and Her Majesty the queen knew" he continued,
"Aren't you supposed to be acting on the second prince's behavior?" just cold
"I can't do that, political and legal authority remains in the hands of the Emperor, and I'm gathering strong evidence" he replied,
"I will kill them." I said coldly
"Do what you want, just don't cross the line" he said
"alright, I have to come back soon, don't forget to keep quiet about this" he said and left,
2 Years passed, I continued to vent the anger of Anna's death by killing the assassins in the Capital until other areas, I did not know the word forgiveness.that's why I was also nicknamed 'Imperial Devil'.Shortly after that Dad asked me to get engaged to the current High-class Star of Association, Iris Vartita, the daughter of the Marquess Vartita family, I refused raw it, but rumors have spread everywhere.
I hated Iris, she was the one who made my sister Yusto and Yesra paralyzed at the age of 13,Iris pushed the two of them off the stairs while at the residence of Marquess Vartita.Iris who was 14 years old said, if Yusto and Yesra fell because of slipping on the stairs,and my parents just believe what he says.Of course I don't believe it, I see it with my own eyes.
Because of the matchmaking, I went to Duke Everon's residence and asked Lily, who was both the Northern Flower and the High-class Star of Association, to help me get rid of Iris from her position,and he agreed with me because his goal was the same as mine.
Shortly afterwards, Iris was removed from her position and replaced by Lily.Dad said that this was a good thing, the color of my father felt strong magic from the girl.Then from that, the father asked me to propose to him and I agreed. At the event where Lily got her title back, I immediately went to see her and proposed to her.
"Will the lady marry me?" I bowed before him and kissed his hand. At first she refused, but at last she agreed, she was indeed a submissive woman.
On the way home, Lily looked gloomy as if she missed something she was missing, she looked almost crying, I couldn't bear to see her like that and subconsciously I hugged her.
"I'm sorry, my body moves on its own" I said as I took off the hug with a slightly reddened face
"N-it's okay!" said the girl stuttered with her face like a boiled shrimp.
A few days passed the rumor spread very quickly to the corners of the country, I also had to prepare for the engagement with Lily.All I had prepared carefully.1 Sunday before getting engaged, I invited Lily to order a dress, I asked Lily to,there we met the Crown Prince who was helping Lily stand up for falling, so when I saw them both like that, I was upset,but I can't be angry.I took Lily back to the residence because the day started afternoon.
1 Day before the engagement, I went to Duke Everon's residence to see the results of the dress that had been ordered, I asked the waiter to tell Lily that I wanted to meet her.
"Please enter sir, the lady has allowed it" said the maid, I immediately entered, and saw Lily in a very beautiful dress in white with a jewel like the color of her eyes, very suitable for her, and looked at Lily in a very beautiful white dress with a jewel like the color of her eyes,
"Do I look weird?" he asked, but I didn't answer, I went right up to him,
"All out, let us both be here" I asked the servants there, and we both stayed in the room,
"What are you doing?" she asked, I wrapped my hands around her slender waist and kissed her forehead,
"you think I'm gonna kiss your lips?" I'm teasing, though,
"S-s-I don't think like that!!" he answered with a red face, though,
Tomorrow, on the engagement day and the celebration of Lily's maturity and the annual Palace Feast, everyone in the Palace congratulated us both, especially Lily who had not heard from for a long time, suddenly appeared as Young Master's fiancee. There are so many interviews that we have to answer, even if they are all lies, we did well.
Lily went to the balcony to get some fresh air, of course, this was hard for her because she had not socialized with the nobles for a long time.I talked to other young noble men who were engaged and even married,I didn't respond too much to that, until one of them talked about Anna.
"I remember the incident 2 years ago, the daughter of the Marquess family Minela who was the future fiancee of Prince Arhen, she died very horribly" said one of them,
My head felt dizzy, the world seemed to move uncontrollably.
"Ah, you mean Lady Anna?yes, yes, who would kill him like that" said another,
I left them and sat at one of the tables.I drank coffee to relieve dizziness, then Lily came.
Suddenly a man I knew very well came and took Lily dancing.
"Lady, do you want to dance with me?"said the young man who could be called the Second Prince, I immediately pulled Lily's waist to make her stick to me
"Sorry your highness the prince, he is my fiancee, you can't dance with him" I said coldly,
"Your majesty?what do you mean Ian?" ask Lily, maybe she doesn't know about the second prince.
"He was the son of the first empress, namely Empress Renata, as well as the younger brother of Crown Prince Felix.The second prince, Arhen de Raveldra" I explained
"Yes!" said the Prince,
"I'm sorry I don't recognize your noble self" Lily said hesitantly,
"It's okay lady, I rarely introduce myself to the outside world" the Prince replied
"So he's your fiance, Levi?" ask the Prince to me
"Yes, your majesty, and it looks like you still remember that nickname" I replied coldly without emotion
"Of course I remember, wasn't that your nickname when you were a kid" the prince said,
"And we often share first, how about now we share again?" continued Prince
"Excuse me, you are not a child who shares a toy with you" I replied
"Then how about taking turns?" the prince insisted, though,
"Sorry your honor, he is my fiancee, he is mine" I replied
"You're only engaged, not married" the prince said, becoming more and more as if to provoke my anger out
"Please address this discussion of the noble prince" said Lily who tried to break up our brief fight
"I am the fiancee of young Master Levian, you can't take me unilaterally like that noble one" Lily continued coldly,
"All right, I understand" he replied,
"But we'll see Lady" he continued, and left',
"Basic Fox.." I muttered
"It's Ian, you better get some rest" Lily said trying to calm me down
"Well." I replied, then you asked His Majesty for permission to go home first to rest, and then He allowed it, and we went home.
In the horse carriage, I kept thinking about Anna and the second Prince, it really hurt.Lily who realized that I looked lethargic, moved to my side and leaned my head on her shoulder,since he wasn't too short, my head felt comfortable and I unconsciously fell asleep on his shoulder. Her soft hands stroking my hair were so comfortable that I did not want to wake up from this sleep.
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