The Son-In-Law Of A Prestigious Household Wants A Divorce-Chapter 65: Plea

Swoosh!

As he cleanly severed Alois’s arm, Isaac could feel that the corners of his mouth turned up.

If someone were to tell Isaac to take revenge on just one person in Helmont...

He’d definitely choose Alois without any hesitation whatsoever. After all, he was the one who had hurt him the most out of everyone.

“AAAAARGH!”

Alois’ scream echoed through the mansion.

Though Isaac’s senses weren’t particularly keen, he could already hear all the commotion from outside.

“You! How dare you!”

“Look at you, saying the same thing as Lohengrin. Is it because you’re brothers?”

Isaac smoothly sheathed his tachi again. The uncontrolled sparks of electricity stung his waist and side lightly.

Since he was just about to go to bed, he was lightly dressed, hence why the electricity affected him somehow.

“Do you think you’ll get away with this—!?”

“Of course. It’s too bad though, I wanted to deal with you in a different way.”

Isaac immediately rushed forward.

Clutching his severed arm, Alois was too shocked to respond quickly.

Wham!

As Isaac leaped and kicked Alois hard in the chest, he was pushed out of the room and fell.

A long trail of blood, connected to his severed arm, was drawn on the ground.

“AAAAARGH!”

Another scream erupted from Alois’ mouth. The impact of him falling on his backside seemed to add to the pain on his arm.

“Eek!”

“L-Lord Alois!”

“What’s going on?”

People who were about to go to sleep began to come out one by one. Not only the servants, even Helmont’s direct lines came out to take a look.

“Tch, idiot.”

“Alois, your arm—“

But, Helmont was Helmont.

Despite them seeing their brother’s arm being severed, the eldest son, Lohengrin, and the second son, Armin, merely clicked their tongues or shook their heads.

Neither anger nor sadness could be seen in their faces.

Not only that...

Tap!

Rianna also jumped down from the second floor, landing between Isaac and Alois.

Even in her pajamas, the clear pressure emanating from her body weighed down the space.

“Sister! That bastard did this to my arm! Now that crazy fool is leaving—!”

Alois cried out, immediately started sobbing.

He was trying to make his sister take his side somehow, but...

Rianna’s expression turned cold, and her red eyes filled with a chilling aura.

“Why did you even come to his room in the first place, Alois?”

“Sister? M-My arm is cut off! By that commoner dog! My arm! Is cut off!”

At this point, the servants had collected his severed arm and tried to stop the bleeding with towels, but...

Their effort ended in futility as the man himself kept shouting with all his strength, prompting even more blood to pour out.

Although, thanks to his physique as a Helmont, his complexion didn’t change at all.

“First, we’ll have to determine who’s at fault here.”

“I’m your brother! My arm just got cut!! How could you—?!”

“Don’t forget that you’re still being charged for attempted murder against Isaac. The only reason why you’re still allowed to roam around is because the matter is postponed due to the Sword Dance Festival.”

“Ah...”

Alois bit his lip hard.

He tried to come up with some kind of excuse, but at that moment...

Creak.

Isaac’s wardrobe door opened. A boy came out calmly, wearing a sad expression.

“I saw everything, Brother.”

“...Edel? Sharen?”

“Alois suddenly came and tried to break Isaac’s neck! He even used Crimson Essence on him!”

As Sharen pointed her finger at him, shouting, Alois’ expression soured.

“You little vermin—! Do you forget that I am your brother?! The same blood runs through our—!”

Alois shouted, but before he could finish his words...

Without hesitation, Rianna...

Unleashed her Crimson Essence in her right hand, and swung it like a whip.

Crack!

Alois’ body was lifted into the air, slammed into the wall, and he immediately lost consciousness.

“...Isn’t that a bit harsh?”

“Damn, Sister’s really pissed, huh?”

“S-Sister.”

“Whoa.”

Amid the shocked reactions of the direct lines, Rianna’s expressionless face didn’t change.

As if she was warning her siblings that if this was to be repeated, she’d do this again, no matter which one of them who’d do this.

At that moment, heavy footsteps echoed from the top of the stairs.

Naturally, there was only one person in the Helmont Mansion who could exude such pressure.

“What’s with all this commotion?”

Arandel Helmont, wearing a displeased expression, came down the stairs. With his appearance, the incident was temporarily concluded.

*   *   *Helmont’s dueling ground.

“Fight me again, Isaaaaaac!”

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Lohengrin shouted with bloodshot eyes.

“Come at me!”

As he shouted, overcome with anger, the princess who was sitting near Isaac stared at him with an annoyed look, causing him to hesitate for a moment.

“I’ll take care of this.”

Rianna, who was sitting next to Isaac, picked up her greatsword and faced Lohengrin.

“Yay!”

As soon as Rianna left her seat, Silverna immediately slid in bottom-first.

Now seated down, she smiled before urging Isaac to continue his story.

“So Alois, as in Helmont’s third son, attacked you last night?”

“Yeah, he did.”

“...”

Clarisse, sitting on the opposite side with her arms crossed, narrowed her eyes.

She just listened to the conversation without even touching her rose tea on the table, seemingly pondering about something.

“This isn’t his first attempt. He did the same thing back during my 4th wedding anniversary.”

“Your 4th wedding anniversary?”

“Yeah, that day, the chandelier almost fell on me. If it actually did, I would’ve been seriously injured.”

Having actually experienced that, Isaac could feel his blood turning cold.

“Not only that, he also poisoned the cake and the bouquet.”

“So where is Alois now? Surely Helmont won’t just make him reflect in his room or something like that, right?”

Isaac shook his head at Silverna’s question.

“He got transferred to the dungeon in the capital earlier this morning.”

“For Helmont to just throw him in the dungeon like that... I really didn’t expect that.”

“They probably didn’t want to keep him around considering they’re already so busy. He’s a liability, after all.”

As expected for a man who had cut down his own wife without hesitation.

Arandel mercilessly cast Alois out as if they were never related to begin with.

Conversely, Alois also didn’t seem to have any lingering attachment to Arandel or Helmont, but...

[Sister! Sisteeer! T-This is a misunderstanding! I’ll explain everything somehow! Please?! Sisteeer!]

The sight of him calling out to Rianna at the top of his lungs was simply disgusting to look at.

Even if by chance Arandel had the smallest affection for him, it’d vanish completely after seeing that sight.

“Still, I didn’t expect the rest of his siblings to be so cold. Their brother’s arm was cut off, and he got taken away to a dungeon, but they didn’t seem to care about him at all.”

“They just aren’t attached to him, I guess. Just like how he doesn’t have any attachment to them.”

Except for Rianna, that is.

Crash!

“Daaaaamn iiiit!”

Lohengrin, completely defeated by Rianna, knelt on the ground, screaming.

Rianna just left him there, but she soon furrowed her brows after seeing Silverna.

“That’s my seat.”

“Childish. Finders keepers.”

“...That’s even more childish. When are you going back?”

“I was about to talk about—“

“Just what is his reason exactly?”

The princess interrupted Silverna’s words.

It was a question that came out after a long deliberation, showing Clarisse’s genuine confusion.

“I found it a little strange. Just why did he specifically target Isaac?”

At Clarisse’s question, Isaac hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer it.

He glanced at Rianna before letting out a sigh a moment after. Then, the truth that might have been better left buried left his mouth.

“Alois...admired Rianna.”

“...”

“...”

“...”

“Since I was her husband, it’s only natural that he hated me.”

The three women looked at Isaac all at once, prompting Isaac to let out a sigh, as if declaring that he didn’t want to say such things either.

“But they’re siblings!”

“Aren’t they siblings?!”

Clarisse and Silverna shouted at the same time, while Isaac just nodded, as if he had been waiting for this reaction.

“Are you sure about that, Isaac?”

“Yes. This is why he kept his motive a secret until the end.”

Isaac took a sip of his rose tea with a bitter expression. The once warm tea had turned lukewarm, but it still retained its full aroma.

“Do you have any evidence?”

Of course, he had none.

In fact, back in his previous life, he had only heard rumors about it after he left. He only became certain after he met Alois once again.

But, in times like these, the best course of action was to appeal to emotion.

“Well, I was her husband, so... I could just tell what kind of glances people were throwing at my wife.”

In truth, he thought that his words didn’t sound persuasive at all, but in contrast to his thoughts, the women were completely convinced by that.

“...Urp.”

Rianna covered her mouth and left.

The news that her blood-related younger brother liked her seemed to have shocked her quite a bit.

“Bleurgh!”

“I’ve never seen her acting like that before...”

They blankly watched Rianna as she rushed into the mansion while retching.

It was such a fresh sight that they couldn’t help but keep watching.

After Rianna left.

Clarisse asked one more question.

“Isaac, were you perhaps bullied?”

“...”

“Please answer me honestly. Also, is this related to the divorce.”

Isaac let out a bitter smile and nodded.

“That’s right. I’m sick and tired of Helmont now.”

Hearing Isaac’s honest confession, Silverna stared at him with surprised eyes, while Clarisse just let out a quiet sigh.

“So that’s why?! Why didn’t you tell me?!”

“And why would I do that?”

“Those trash!”

Silverna glared at the Helmont direct lines who were dueling in the practice ground, while gritting her teeth.

Sharen was there too, dueling with her brothers. Though her skills were still lacking, her movements showed impressive potential for growth.

“...I’m sorry.”

At that moment, Clarisse apologized.

“Sorry?”

“Forgive me for insisting that you shouldn’t divorce without understanding your situation at all.”

“...”

“A-Ahem. I’m a princess, right? So I’m actually very capable and knowledgeable, and I tend to consider many things thoroughly, right?”

The pair who were listening to her thoughts in their head...

That she didn’t seem to be the type to do that at all.

While she was exceptionally capable when it came to information gathering, to an unparalleled degree even, it was now painfully clear that she lacked experience and was extremely clumsy in compiling the gathered information and drawing conclusions.

“But of course, there are things that I’d miss from time to time. Such as in this case; I thought of the safety of the kingdom, but I overlooked you, even though you are one of the kingdom’s subjects.”

“...I understand where you came from, Princess. You just didn’t want any unnecessary trouble from Helmont before fighting the Transcendent Race.”

There weren’t any knights who’d ignore cracks in their sword before fighting their enemies.

Moreover, this was an incident where a noble family had turned to the Transcendent Race.

In this situation, great nobles like Helmont needed to stand firm at the center.

“It’s for the greater good, after all.”

Seeing Isaac letting out a bitter smile as he said that, Clarisse’s eyes turned moist.

She sniffled, nodded, and then carefully took Isaac’s hand before saying.

“Actually, I came here to persuade you. The divorce, Alois’ crime... No matter how I think about it, neither would leave our side with a good impact on this war.”

Helmont, the vanguard and sword of the kingdom.

The third son’s assassination attempt on the first daughter’s husband, no matter how anyone looked at it, if such news were to spread, it could only give birth to bad things.

“Until Blackthorn is subjugated. Just until then, please turn a blind eye. To Alois’ punishment, to the divorce. Please... I beg you.”

This was the real reason why Alois was moved secretly at dawn.

So that no one would know about this.

“I know that it’s painful for you... You must’ve felt that this is unfair... But, forgive me, I have to ask this of you...”

Clarisse, holding Isaac’s hand with both of hers, pleaded as if in prayer.

“I, Clarisse Evangel Regardia, will surely remember your sacrifice. On the day when everything is over, I will pay the appropriate price.”

“Princess.”

“I don’t mean to resolve your efforts with mere material compensation. If you tell me what you wish for, I will fulfill it. It’s...regrettable that this is the best the royal family can do...”

“...”

Isaac let out a bitter smile at Clarisse’s request.

“There’s no need to bow your head, Princess.”

He hated Alois, that was for sure, but he knew that dealing with the Transcendent Race was more important.

After all, that was the reason why he didn’t immediately cut off Alois’ head back then.

“I accept.”

“Ah...”

Clarisse bowed her head, exhaling with relief.

“Thank you, for your magnanimity. I...thank you.”

“May I ask for one thing first?”

Isaac smiled as he gently pulled his hand away. He could feel Silverna’s gaze had started to turn fierce.

“Yes, ask for anything.”

“Please keep a close watch on Alois.”

“There’s no need to worry about—“

Clarisse suddenly cut off her words and closed her mouth, perhaps sensing something ominous from her unfinished words. She then nodded.

“I’ll make a special note of it.”

As expected.

Her intuition is something else.

In his previous life, after being abandoned by his family, Alois turned into a vassal of the Transcendent Race.

This time too, there was a very high possibility that the Transcendent Race would approach Alois.

Especially since they were very concerned about Helmont.

“But Isaac, your intuition is quite good. Have you ever thought about working with me?”

As Clarisse’s expression brightened and she asked such a question, as if testing the waters, Silverna, who had been silent during the serious atmosphere, interjected.

“Isaac promised to guard the wall with me in the North, so he can’t!”

“...Did I?”

Soon after, a fierce argument between the two women about who’d take Isaac after he left Helmont ensued.

Unfortunately, he had decided on his next destination.

She should be at the rocky mountain by now.

The Grandmaster.

He intended to seize the opportunity he had regretfully missed before.