“I understand. Then I’ll learn from Bica too.”
“Do you think Bica knows anything about liberal arts?”
“Well… then I’ll learn from grandma……”
“Are you suggesting that I admit to grandma that I married a woman who doesn’t know about liberal arts?”
“No, what about Durion?”
“That guy is the least cultured.”
It’s not strange that they, Bica and Durion, all villains, lack culture.
Although it was unjust, the only person who could teach me culture in this den of evil was Sicar.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The next day, I woke up early in the morning, dressed Kian up nicely, and briefly taught him how to call and greet the grandmother. Kian picked it up impressively quickly.
“And Kian. Now your last name is Blake. When you introduce yourself to someone, you take the Duke’s surname and become Kian Blake.”
“Dad told me my surname was Recardor, can I no longer use that surname?”
Kian looked a little disappointed, so I gently stroked his head.
“Kian. There’s a reason why your father told you not to tell people your surname. Let’s just keep that surname within our family until you’re an adult. Just you, me, and the Duke. Just the three of us, alright?”
Kian didn’t seem to fully understand, but he nodded in agreement.
“Shall we go to the Duke now? Don’t be too nervous, Kian.”
Although I said so, Kian didn’t seem to be very wary or nervous about Sicar. No, it was more accurate to say that I was the one who was nervous.
As we entered Sicar’s room, he was already dressed in uniform and preparing to greet the grandmother in the morning.
He glanced at us once and then looked back at the mirror with an indifferent face, adjusting his attire.
Not knowing what to do, I whispered to Kian, who was standing stiffly.
“Kian. Say hello.”
Kian didn’t seem particularly enthusiastic, but as you’re my father, I guess I have no choice but to greet you, he bowed his head and spoke with an indifferent face.
“Did you sleep well last night, Your Grace?”
Without answering Kian’s morning greeting, Sicar stroked his hair a few times, turned his head and said,
“I will register you in my family register today. Before that, let’s first pay our respects to the grandmother.”
Although he seemed to be making an effort to feed Kian just a few days ago, now that he was going to be on the family register, he seemed to be back to his old self.
Sicar would have to start parenting classes from today too.
I’ll be taking cultural lessons, Sicar will be taking parenting classes. It was clear which class would be harder without having to see it, and a faint smile appeared on my lips.
It was a laugh with the intent to relieve the pain of attending cultural lessons by conducting parenting classes.
Sicar, unaware, thought I was happy to see his face in the morning.
“I know you’re happy to see my face in the morning, but stop laughing. When greeting grandmother, one should pay their respects solemnly and gracefully.”
I stopped laughing and held a gentle smile, holding Kian’s hand as we entered grandmother’s room.
Grandmother was already sitting elegantly on the sofa as if she had received a scorpio.
As soon as Kian saw his grandmother, he gripped my hand tighter, perhaps because he was unfamiliar.
Then he looked at my face once, and when I nodded my head, he seemed to muster his resolution and greeted her.
“Oh, hello, grandmother.”
But, probably because he was nervous, he seemed to have completely forgotten what I had taught him a little while ago and was shaking all over.
“Kian. You should call her greatgrandmother.”
Kian nodded as if he understood and cautiously looked at grandmother and greeted her.
“Ah, hello…… greatgrandmother. My name is Kian.”
“How cleverly made. Just like our Sicar when he was young.”
Although Kian did not resemble Sicar, in grandmother’s eyes, he was pretty enough to remind her of Sicar’s childhood.
“Kian. Would you like to come up on my lap?”
I thought it was really fortunate that grandmother liked Kian more than expected, but I was a bit worried because Kian seemed to be quite shy with her.
Kian looked at me as if to ask if he could do so, or if he needed to do so, and I nodded in response.
After casting a slight smile at me, Kian slowly approached grandmother. The maids then helped Kian to sit on grandmother’s lap.
Seeing Kian cuddled up to grandmother, it reminded me of when I was young and would cuddle up in grandmother’s arms, and it couldn’t have seemed warmer.
The love received from a grandmother, was a different kind from the love received from parents. I became emotional thinking that Kian could also receive such love.
“Sicar had grown up so much that Happy had monopolized this lap. But now, Happy has become a star in the sky, so my lap is always empty.”
Kian, who had been sitting awkwardly, suddenly widened his eyes as if asking what that was.
“What is Happy, greatgrandmother?”
“It’s a puppy we used to raise at home.”
“A puppy. I’ve never seen one up close before….”
“Is that so? Then, shall we raise a puppy together when this granny gets better?”
Upon hearing that grandmother was sick, Kian seemed unable to hear the suggestion of raising a puppy with a gloomy face.
“Are you sick, greatgrandmother?”
Grandmother looked at Kian with a loving gaze. Perhaps she saw Sicar’s childhood in Kian.
“I’m getting treatment, so I’ll get better soon.”
“I’m glad. Greatgrandmother!”
“Kian. If you want to read a storybook or take a nap, you can use this granny’s lap anytime, okay?”
I wonder how warm the grandmother must have appeared in Kian’s eyes. Anyway, Kian flashed a bright smile as if he was very happy.
“I would love that! Greatgrandmother!”
Seeing me, grandmother gave a very happy, considerate, and dignified smile.
“Such a beautiful child.”
“Thank you. Grandmother.”
“Kian. Now, why don’t you try sitting on your dad’s lap?”
That remark from grandmother was like a bucket of cold water that broke the peaceful atmosphere. Especially, Sicar and Kian had faces as if they were struck by a bolt from the blue.
“Sicar, what are you doing? Kian is your child now. Show your best effort in parenting as a father. You are not unaware that your awkward behavior towards the child could hurt Yura, are you?”
In other words, grandmother meant that Sicar, having married me, should accept my biological son Kian as his own.
It seems like Sicar has fallen into his own trap, hasn’t he?
With a wicked smile, as if I was pleased, I turned to Sicar.
‘I told you. There’s a price to pay for lying.’
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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