She was irritating at the top, but she was a woman you couldn’t hate outright. Other brothers knew that Felicia was the first one to run to them when they were in the most urgent or sad moments.

As we sipped our wine, it was almost midnight. The maids who had been working entered their rooms first and fell asleep.

“My meeting with Lord Wessex was destiny. Lord Wessex and I often ran into each other. In the park, in the capital, and even in high society.”

Most of the conversation came from Felicia.

Half of the talk was about boasting about her husband, and the rest was about how great love is. It was boring for the brothers who had never experienced a proper romantic relationship.

“…It’s boring to talk only about me.”

Felicia shook her wine glass slightly. She now noticed the closed eyes of the brothers.

“If the talk is over, how about going to bed, sister.”

“Already? Maybe because all the wine is gone? Swell. I’ll refill it.”

“I’m done. I’m tired now.”

Swell said irritably.

“Okay, then let’s talk about Reese one last time. That’s right. There are so many things I want to say to Reese.”

“You’re drunk, Felicia. As Swell said, it’s time to go to sleep.”
I immediately cut off her words.

“Why can’t you love Yuric Penton? Is there really another man?” Felicia threw out words cunningly. The eyes of the brothers, who had almost died from her blunt words, regained life. Sensing the crisis, I grabbed the muffin in front of me and blocked Felicia’s mouth.

Unfortunately, my impulsive action drew even more attention and interest from the brothers.

“Huh, is that brat still hanging around you?”

The first to react was Swell.

“He’s become a real man. Looked really good after training every day. Appearance… goes without saying. It felt like seeing a real angel the moment I saw him!”

“What? Unni, you saw Yuric Penton?”

Silke asked excitedly.

“A few days ago. Did you only see him? I invited him to my wedding! When I said I would introduce a new man to Reese at the wedding, he immediately agreed to come.”

“Crazy!”

The conversation became exciting again.

As if that wasn’t enough, Felicia explained in detail how well Yuric Penton had grown. I thought Rodney was the only literary person in our house, but…

I almost gave up and just drank the wine. No matter how I thought about it, there was no way to beat Felicia.

“You’re really lucky with men! Reese.”

“Luck? It’s misfortune!”

At Silke’s words, Swell rushed in. In response, Silke forcibly stuffed a muffin into Swell’s mouth, just like I did to Felicia.

“How come only handsome men get entangled around you?”

“Oof! Silke!”

“Yuric Penton is okay, but I still can’t forget that face. Why, the boy who played the violin.”

My body twitched.

“Oh, what was his name?”

“Roger Barkus. He lived in the village of Roskop.”

Rodney, who had been silent, spoke up. He was touching the empty wine glass here and there, unable to calm down and seemed unable to fall asleep before his younger siblings.

“Yeah! I forgot, Roger Barkus!”

Felicia stared at me with penetrating eyes. It was a look that asked if I had met Roger Barkus again.

“Right, Roger Barkus was better than Yuric Penton.”

Swell muttered.

Even though I didn’t know that Roger Barkus was bothering me recently, why was his name mentioned? Brothers sometimes had a ghostly side.

“I didn’t part well with Roger. He’ll hate me.”

I said calmly.

“If it’s because of a promise, you had circumstances back then. If you explain it now, he’ll forgive you.”

“Then, should I have explained it that day? If I say I had circumstances now, will Roger suddenly forgive me?”

The brothers couldn’t answer anything.

“Have you met him?”

Rodney, who sensed emotions in my voice, asked, and I flinched. Drunk Rodney’s perception was sharper and more acute.

After hesitating, I finally nodded.

“…Recently, I saw Roger Barkus. He pretended not to know me until the end.”

“Really?”

“His name has also changed. The atmosphere too. Resentment towards me seemed deep. He couldn’t apologize properly. The atmosphere at that time wasn’t suitable for explaining the circumstances. I felt like a complete stranger to him.”

I confessed about Roger, which I had hidden. The brothers, who had been watching my expression, just drank more wine.

“You’re messed up too, Reese. Drink, forget all the uncomfortable and annoying things today!”

Starting with Felicia,

“Yeah, Reese… I, I’ll drink to the end too.”

“Roger Barkus is much better than Yuric Penton from the old days.”

“Why aren’t there such men in front of me?”

Each of the brothers threw in a word.

After that, we started drinking heavily. There was no one to stop, and no one to say they would stop drinking. Drinking in a drunken state was truly explosive.

Later, I couldn’t remember what I said. I also didn’t remember how I fell asleep.
When I woke up, a strong smell of alcohol reached my nose. As I lifted my head, involuntary groans escaped from me in the dizzying sensation.

‘Huh?’

There was a head in front of me. The unpleasant silhouette was undoubtedly Rodney’s.

Rodney and I had apparently fallen asleep with our heads on the table, slumped over.

“……. ”

Wondering what happened, as I looked around, the twins lying on the floor came into view.

On the only bed, Felicia was sleeping soundly like a princess, and poor Bernard, with his mouth almost turned inside out, was slumped against the wall, struggling in his sleep.

“What a mess.”

Isabel, who saw this scene from the door, clicked her tongue as if to express her disdain.