After moving to a reception room, Tullius and Count Cartan began their eting. The observer for the eting was Marquis Lavalle. It was sothing they have to be extrely thankful for, since the matchmaker for the newlyweds had to leave the ceremony temporarily to bear witness to this. Count Pierre Cartan sank into the sofa and called out to Uni who stood behind Tullius. What are you doing, Anrietta? Sit beside . Sir Count. Please forgive , I am Tullius waved his hand to cut off Uni who was trying to reject the offer. I am just a Viscount while he is a Count. In short, Tullius court rank was inferior. Regardless of whether Uni was really Count Cartans long lost daughter or not, Count Cartan was superior in terms of social standing. The order he gave his slave was effectively an order to Tullius. I have acted thoughtlessly, master. Uni bowed down to Tullius demonstrating that she was, in fact, the slave of Tullius. Count Cartan glared at Tullius as though he had murdered his parents as she did that. No, Due thought about it again and decided that it was as though Tullius had murdered his child. If what he said was right, Tullius had effectively turned the Counts daughter into his slave. Moreover, though the Count might have been oblivious, he had sent her to dangerous places as an adventurer which exposed her to perils. If it was possible, surely the Count would want to shred him into pieces. Though if it ca to that, Uni would protect Tullius at all costs while Due himself would follow the orders planted in his brain to protect him too. Count Cartan finally relaxed after Uni obediently sat beside him. Instead of his usual sharp glares, his eyes were now filled with compassion and love as he looked at his daughter.
Count Cartan.
Marquis Lavalle sat on a recliner that was placed in between two sofas.
Tullius is also perplexed by this issue. Could you summarise what has happened again?
It was extrely irritating to hear it from the mastermind himself. One cannot help but think that he should simply explain it himself since he already knew what was up.
Pardon . I understand.
Cartan nodded with a stern expression.
Gradually, he started to speak.
This all began 11 years ago
He sounded long-winded, like an aristocrat and also like an old person.
To sum it up, the story was like this:
Count Cartan was originally an illegitimate child of a Baron. A person of similar origin to Laubert. However, Pierre Simon Cartan had a talent that Laubert did not. He was skilled in magic.
He beca a court mage, and with his shrewdness, he was given the peerage of a Count after making a na for himself as a consultant in the royal palace.
It was a big rise in status. Majority of nobles would et with failure and disappointnt in their lives even if they had talent in magic. The power struggle in the in the palace was intense. My own humble beginnings were also fraught with hardship. It should be fair to say that Cartans success in life was a miracle.
He gained prestige and authority that exceeded his own familys. He even managed to be pushy towards his elder brother, who used to boss him around. He was truly in the pinnacle of his life. However, even he had a weakness.
Children.
After much difficulties, he finally beca a Count. It was human nature to want to pass on this peerage to the next generation if possible.
Nevertheless, his wife who had followed him through the years when he was lowly ranked, could not bear children for the longest ti and they continued to grow older. It was only a matter of ti before Count Cartans family na would disappear in a single generation. As a last resort, he could adopt a child from a relative, but he wanted his own since he worked hard to achieve all this. He disliked the idea of having an adopted child inherit the family estate.
What if the child does not get along with ? With that in mind, Cartan secretly kept another woman. She was a lowly commoner.
Apparently, Anna Marie was a beautiful woman. She had a graceful look that was rare for a commoner and while she bore so resemblance to nobles who got on Cartans nerves, she was totally unlike them and had a kind heart and a gentle disposition. She was supposed to be a tool for giving birth, but Count Cartan fell head over heels for her in an instant.
He frequently visited the ho he gave her and spent ti intimately with her...it was not long before Anna Marie gave birth to a girl.
Her na is Anrietta Pola Cartan. That was the real na of Uni, the Counts first child, according to him. Count Cartan danced in joy. He was at an age when white hairs started to grow and finally, he had a child. She was an adorable child that bore resemblance to her mother. Of course, he doted on her. He loved his daughter so much that just thinking about her would numb any pain.
When she was born, sohow, his first wife, Madam Josphine beca pregnant. She was already in her mid-forties then. Was his youth rejuvenated because of the Count and Anna Maries tryst, or did Josphines efforts finally co to fruition? Either way, it was strange. The Counts crying mistress and her daughter were detained in their ho against their will. It was to prevent his wife who was pregnant at an advanced age from suffering a shock. After trying so hard for a baby, what if a woman with comparable beauty to her appeared with an adorable baby at their ho? Surely, she would be angered and a premature birth or a stillbirth could happen. It would an endangering both the child and mother.
Furthermore, Josphine was a woman with a bad temper. Surely he could not let Anna Marie and Anrietta get too close to her. And finally, Josphine gave birth. This ti, it was a boy. Count Cartan was relieved. Since it was his first wife giving birth to a boy, he would be the heir. As the mother of the heir, Josphines position was secured. If that is so, surely she would not be overly perturbed by the existence of his mistress and their daughter. As long as the boy grows up in good health, he could one day quietly bring Anna Marie and their daughter into the household.
However, that did not co to pass. Yes, both his illegitimate daughter and heir son grew up healthily. But with Josphines disposition, she did not beco gentler after experiencing pregnancy and in fact, she beca even more stubborn. Possibly because she was already old, she beca an overprotective mother. Apparently, jealousy and suspicions built up over the years as his wife.
She would go red just at the sight of the Count speaking to maids and would suspect adultery. In the worst of cases, she would show her jealousy to wives of other families. It was not just once or twice when she fired a maid without consulting anybody. Once, she even beat a maid till she had permanent scars because she had a bad mood that day. While they were not maids, there was still no way he could bring up the topic of his mistress and daughter like that.
Little by little, ti passed without the Count talking about them and it happened when Anrietta beca 6 years old
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