< — Damian — > (2)
TN: Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ
‘His past is very far from ordinary.’ (Lucia)
He didn’t know his mother’s face because she died not too long after delivery while his father abandoned one son after weighing the advantages and disadvantages.
It was only natural he grew to have such a cold and emotionless personality. Or rather, considering his past, he had grown quite excellently.
‘Abandoning a newborn baby? I just can’t understand why the late Duke would do that.’ (Lucia)
It wasn’t like any problems had cropped up, but because a trouble might happen, the late Duke abandoned his newborn son.
It was genuinely Hugo’s luck that he was chosen to be the successor to the Duke.
‘If he was the one abandoned…he might have been the deceased brother and the murderer…’
Numerous noble families have constantly dealt with successor problems, whether in the past, present or future but there had been no case where it was solved in this way. When this matter became known, many people had criticized it.
‘He said offsprings were rare in the Taran family, right? If offsprings were rare then the twins should have been raised more preciously.’
It just didn’t add up.
‘In the case of Damian, sure, he is the precious son of a family with precious offsprings.’
Damian was the only son. He was the successor.
Even if one can say that Damian was sent to boarding school in order to bring him up strictly, there was even no contact between them.
There was way too much indifference.
‘Was it because he didn’t receive much affection from his father when he was a child, that he doesn’t know how to give it?’
The more she thought about it, the more she found it strange. As she constantly asked and answered in her mind, she fell into deep contemplation.
‘He has had many women. It wouldn’t be strange if he had a few illegitimate children.’
But she hadn’t heard of him having any more children in her dreams.
‘Is it so hard to get a child that he had to make Damian the successor?’
Then, there should be no reason for him to be reluctant about Lucia getting pregnant. It would make more sense if he wanted make as many offsprings as possible.
The reason many nobles preferred fertility and competition for inheritance between their children was for the future of their family.
Having only one successor carried immeasurable risks.
When she got into an argument with him, she was carried away by her emotions and was unable to analyze his words calmly so now she unhurriedly contemplated his words.
[I don’t need a child.]
[I don’t want to leave my mark.]
He didn’t say that because he was afraid of the conflict for succession.
‘Mark.’
The nuance of the expression contained an underlying repulsion.
‘Then what about Damian? Is it that he didn’t want it but the woman didn’t even tell him she was pregnant and gave birth?’
It was quite possible.
Rather than the forceful removal of a child, the aftereffects of giving birth was much easier on a woman’s body. Many illegitimate children were born this way. Lucia was born this way too.
‘If he really didn’t want a child, then he shouldn’t have been so negligent.’
She only wished to see the good side of the man that she loved but she had to acknowledge that he had a cold and cruel side to him.
He would have forced an abortion if he really did not want the child.
‘Merely abortion? He could do even worse.’
Her reasoning whispered to her but she ignored it. Anyways, she wanted to see the good side of the man she loved as much as possible.
‘No. If you think of his age when Damian was born…he was at a young age so there could have been a gap… He is a person too, he can make mistakes.’
Maybe because he had revealed his inner feelings for some time when they last fought, she could somewhat tell that Damian wasn’t a child born from love.
‘Even if you don’t want it, the born child has done nothing wrong. It’s like he has abandoned Damian. Usually, men felt deep affection for their flesh and blood but…it’s as if Damian isn’t his real son…’
It was a random thought that appeared in her mind but she was suddenly overcome with intense suspicion.
‘That’s…ridiculous.’
“Milady, do I fill it with more tea?”
Jerome’s voice shook her out of her reverie and she looked down at her hand to find her cup empty.
“Ah?…Sure.”
Lucia’s heart drummed as she watched the teacup fill up.
“Jerome…have you ever seen the young lord?”
Jerome flinched and began to study his Mistress. ‘Is she starting again?’ his expression read as he grew nervous.
“…Yes.” (Jerome)
“Does he…resemble my husband a lot?” (Lucia)
“…Yes. They look very similar, to a very shocking extent.”
‘I guess my leap in logic was too much….well, of course, it’s a ridiculous idea.’
Allowing someone that wasn’t even his blood to inherit his name? Something like that wouldn’t happen.
She tried to get the foolish idea out of her mind but she still felt like something was missing.
“Did you see Damian when he was born? And how did he enter the Ducal House?”
Jerome made a troubled face. No matter how much he wanted to tell everything to her Grace, there was a limit to things.
“I apologize, Milady. I am unable to speak indiscreetly about anything concerning the young master. I think it would be better to ask master.”
Although it was a pity, she didn’t want to put Jerome in a difficult position.
Lucia thought about it for a long time; it felt like she had caught onto something but at the same time, it felt like she hadn’t, so although there was some suspicion, she couldn’t reach a definite conclusion.
In the evening of the same day, a maid brought medicine into her bedroom when she was preparing to fall asleep.
Anna hadn’t been able to find a cure yet so she put Lucia on medicine that was beneficial to a woman’s womb.
As Lucia took a sip, the uniquely unpalatable and slightly bitter taste of herbs entered her mouth.
‘The taste of that drug was quite unique too.’
Although it was in her dreams, Lucia still remembered the taste of the medicine she had taken to treat the mugwort poisoning in her body because it had quite the unique taste.
‘Vanilla scent…it was a taste similar to that.’
* * *
The next day, Lucia was taking a walk around the garden after a meal.
“Milady!”
A maid ran up to her full of urgency, her expression looking quite flustered.
“What is it?”
“The…the young lord…he’s here.”
Seeing the red-eyed, dark-haired boy with very similar looks to his master, Jerome held back his confusion from showing and gave Ashin a fierce glare when the young lord wasn’t paying attention.
Ashin was startled and guiltily avoided Jerome gaze.
“It’s been a long time, Young Master. Have you been well?” (Jerome)
As usual, Damian had nothing to criticize about Jerome’s polite greeting. But.
‘He’s confused.’
Damian thought to himself as he watched Jerome’s absentminded manner. More accurately speaking, Jerome’s perfect expression and attitude did not reveal anything.
However, even if Jerome didn’t do anything, all of the servants that were all lined up to receive him as he arrived, including the guarding knights, had the same expression that said:
‘What is he doing here?’
“It has been a while.” (Damian)
“I take it you are tired from your long journey. Have you had lunch?” (Jerome)
“Not yet but I’ll have it later. The carriage kept wobbling so my stomach is uncomfortable.”
“I understand, young master. Then, I shall escort you to your bedroom so you can rest…”
Jerome suddenly stopped talking and the surroundings fell into a strange silence. Damian expected that someone had appeared and he could take a guess as to who it was. Damian turned his head in the direction of everyone’s gazes.
The woman who entered through the half-open door of the receiving room must have been running for her shoulders were moving up and down. The brown-haired woman looked younger and smaller than Damian expected and she appeared breathless and tense.
‘Is she…’
The Lady of the House of Taran. The Duchess and Damian’s stepmother.
* * *
‘Wow…’
Once Lucia heard the maid say that Damian had arrive, she had run out. The moment she saw him, she had to stop to admire.
‘How could they been so similar?’
Jerome was not exaggerating at all. With red eyes and black hair, the boy’s features were as if someone took the Duke and reduced him to a smaller size. No one would be able to even doubt his relationship to the Duke.
‘To even doubt it is ridiculous. But he does know he’s been announced as successor…right?”
Damian sighed a little as he looked at the Duchess who was watching him with wide eyes. She just got married and can only be speechless because her husband already has an illegitimate child.
Either she stiffens in shock, gives him a piercing glare, storms away with anger, looks at him like a disgusting worm or surprises him with a slapping on the cheeks. These were the weakest reactions.
If she did these, Damian wouldn’t worry himself about the Duchess. However, if she stayed composed, masked her feelings while smiling and treating him like a son, that would be the wisest plan for her.
But for Damian, it wouldn’t be very good.
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I bet Lucia gonna give her love so much he would made Hugo so god damn jealous~
That’s what I thought would happen too. Damian’s just like mini-Hugh so of course, Lucia would smother him with love
That and she doesn’t plan on having children since she signed the contract.
So does he want her to have a kid or he just doesn’t want her to be ‘sick’ ‘disfuntional’, well he seems clueless about his thoughts right now
Waahh!! Cant wait for the next chapter😃
LOL Damian is such a pessimist. It might take awhile for Lucia to win him over, but I can already tell that this little guy’s going to fall
Many thankss
For some reason… I feel that she’ going to pinch his cheeks. XD
Goodluck meeting your stepmom, Damian. I predict that you shall be wrapped around her little finger soon.
Oh boy! I really want to see the two (Hugh & Damian) gets jealous of each other and compete for our dear lady’s affections! Ho ho ho
If that happens he may lose his right to inherit! Lol! Because Hugh is a little possessive/petty like that.
Looool!
She might think she’s wrapped around His finger (who He is is probably both ^^)
Omg this is exciting!! Thank you so much <3 I always wondered, what is Hugh(Lucia's call him that in bed) / Hugo(What others called him & what he sign with) name? Is he born Hugh or Hugo @_@
He is born Hugh
Ik. It gets confusing even to me
Aww, I guess even Hugh feels lonely that he kinda wants someone to calls his real name. Cause Lucia call him that almost like the very beginning 😢
I think at some point he took over his twin brother’s(Hugo) place … And now people call him hugo too
!!!
*whispers* he’s here…
Time to shower affection to mini Hugo 😍😍😍 so that big Hugo can be drawn in pool of vinegar 😈😈😈😈
Thanks for the chapter
yessss im excited!!!
ahhhh this cliffhanger with us and Damien waiting for Lucia’s reaction to him, can’t wait for the next chapter!!!!
“Either she stiffens in shock, gives him a piercing glare, gets angry and storms away, looks at him like a disgusting worm or surprises him by slapping his cheeks.
These were the weakest plans. He wouldn’t have to worry about the Duchess that showed these type of reactions.
If she stayed composed, masked her feelings while smiling and treating him like a son, it would be the wisest plan.”
Oh Damien, you are sooo wrong, it’s going to be neither one of these. That fact that you look so similar to Hugh means she will shower you with attention and LOVE you like a son =D
Thanks for the translations!!!
I keep thinking the scene that will happen next will be like this..😋😋
Suddenlly, lucia reach her hand toward damian face.. Damian freeze
Damian: (did she really want to slap me?)*close his eyes.😣😣
Lucia: *reach her hand and pinch both damian cheeck*. “So handsome😍😍”
Damian: *shocked 😱😱
Smother him with love luciaaa
Yaaaaaaaaaas!!!
Sorry Damian but your guess would be totally wrong XD
Damian is son of the other twin, right?
Resemblance too uncanny to not be of Taran household, and Hugo/Hugh knows jackshit about unique nature of his bloodline.
Anyone else feel like it’s kind of unrealistic for the thought that Damien isn’t Hugo’s real son to even cross her mind? Disregarding the fact that her own father didn’t give a single wit about his children, at no point in this story has she displayed the kind of naïveté that would assume ‘oh, he doesn’t love him so he must not actually be his father, because all fathers automatically love their children’. I could understand if she questioned their relationship with some other reasoning, but this just seems very out of place.
re-read 2023❤..!!