The Monster Knight Wants Maternity Leave (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 143

“She was twelve years old. Back then, it was difficult to find a teacher for Leon.”

Lucia vaguely knew this story, but at the time, there was someone in the Luwins family even more renowned than Chancellor Federin was now.

That person was none other than Chancellor Federin’s father, who had served as chancellor during the Eldarion Kingdom era.

He was such a peculiar old man that he even disregarded the principle of primogeniture, declaring he would pass the family headship to whichever son succeeded the most.

Thus began fierce rivalry among his three sons.

For Chancellor Federin, born the youngest, a child born with mana must have been somewhat burdensome.

After all, jealousy toward his already brilliant self would have festered among his brothers right within the household.

“The person we finally managed to secure through introduction was a Titurshan woman. I didn’t know her origins, but I permitted it—because I’d heard she was skilled. Indeed, after she arrived, Leon’s magical ability improved dramatically… and I, in turn, deteriorated just as much.”

“…….”

She closed her eyes once more.

To her, whose brow was now furrowed in evident distress, memories of that foolish past seemed to grow vividly clear.

With nowhere to return and nothing left to her name, her child was all she could claim.

How intensely must she have fixated on him—her only son—who, amidst those formidable daughters-in-law who once dismissed her, had caught the eccentric family head’s eye?

‘It’s obvious without even looking. Right… Leon was never a hothouse flower…….’

Lucia, who had been deceived by his usual calm smile, unconsciously shook her head in sorrow.

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