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Alsar - Chapter 127

Published at 9th of August 2022 08:24:33 AM


Chapter 127

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Chapter 127: Punishment for Princess Lily

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“Thank you for waiting. I’m sorry but after this, I will be having a discussion with my family. The three of you can either stay in here or return to the mansion or choose an inn to sleep in the city, whichever you guys like….”

“Ah, welcome back. I see. You look tired… 【Heal】!”

After Sig-san and Chris-san devoured all the food, we were having our after-meal tea when Fer-san finally arrived. His face looked tired so I used [Heal] on him. I hoped I managed to cure him a little?

 

“Thank you.”

“Is it about Princess Lily?”

Sig-san asked.

“Yes… Since she tried to harm my fiancé, Ren-kun, I believe some sort of punishment is needed. That’s what we’re going to discuss.”

Fer-san let out a deep sigh before he explained. 

Huh?! Punishment?!

“Umm.. But it’s not like she had harmed me for real or anything….”

“The problem is that she already tried to do it. It seems she has done all sorts of things to my brother’s spouse as well so no matter how spoiled she grew out to be… It’s time for my father to take this matter seriously…”

“I see…”

I panicked, thinking they’d punish Princess Lily just because of me but it turned out, Princess Lily had done all sorts of things to others too….

“Well, it’s their family problem anyway. So? What should we do now?~”

 

“Being stuck in here is definitely going to feel awkward. For now, let’s bail. I don’t want to stay in that mansion if Fer ain’t with us so how about if we stay at an inn?”

“Alright.”

Just like what Chris-san had said, I had just met them today so I shouldn’t be interfering with their family problem. If I was the only victim, I could ask them to give her a lighter punishment but since she had done things to other people as well… 

I also think Sig-san’s suggestion was the best so I also agreed with him. 

“I understand. I should be able to join you guys tomorrow before noon. I will come to meet with you guys at the inn later.”

“But Fer-san  we’re only going to go find an inn now. You won’t know where we’re staying, right?”

“Fufu~ The castle is where all kinds of information gathers. Not to mention, you guys are pretty conspicuous so I’ll be able to know in no time.”

I had thought there was no way Fer-san would be able to know where we’re going to go but Fer-san replied like that with a smirk on his face. 

The castle’s intelligence network is scary….

And so, Fer-san saw us off at the entrance of the castle. The three of us left the castle in the same carriage we had ridden to come here before. 

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Fer’s POV

“Haaah… Why is this happening….”

I sighed as I saw the carriage the three of them rode on became smaller and smaller. 

The last time I was here was 5 years ago. Back then, Lily looked so delicate. It was as if she’d break if she was so much as to fall down. Even with her selfishness, she’d only put out an act when I was doing something. She’d usually said things like. 

“Please play with me first, onii-sama!”

Or.

“Lily wants to eat a cake right now!”

If it was just that much, her selfishness could be deemed as adorable. 

So… How… Just how did she turn out like that? Lily had grown taller but she was still short enough to be called petite. 

But… Just how did she become that fat?! I think she might weigh more than me even….

“I wonder what kind of punishment father has in mind for Lily…”

I muttered to myself as I returned to my room in the castle.

I had sent Ren-kun and the others to the room first as I continued to talk with Lily when coincidentally, Big Brother Edward passed by. We then went to my father’s office and it was decided we’d be having a family discussion today. 

Big Brother Edward said that although the report never reached my father, Lily actually had done several similar incidents before. My father, who had only thought of his youngest daughter as nothing but cute and adorable, decided that he had to give some sort of punishment to her. 

“Haah… Even though I only planned to report about my engagement to Ren-kun….”

To be honest, I had left this home for quite a while now and I was going to get married soon. I’d be completely separated from the royal family so I didn’t mind to let them decide whatever they pleased but since this incident was triggered by Lily’s threat of violence to Ren-kun, I couldn’t just walk away like that. I had to participate in this discussion. 

5 years ago, she was indeed my cute little sister but I couldn’t just forgive her for threatening Ren-kun, my fiancé. I should try to propose a strict punishment for her….

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Still Fer’s POV

“Well now, Lily Aspel. You will be living in Dumfries imperial villa for a year starting from next month. Until then, you’re not allowed to leave your room. You will be given a special lesson in the imperial villa. I want you to live a healthy life and… Learn and grow in various ways there.”

“Father?! You’re sending Lily to such a remote place?!”

 

“That’s right, Mathias! There’s nothing in that place!”

 

After deep discussion, it was decided Lily would be sent off to live in an imperial place on the edge of this kingdom. That place was originally built as a place for the royalty to recuperate and there was nothing but forest surrounding it. In that place, Lily would be living there with her guards and together with her maids. 

Father finally realized she was really lacking self-awareness as a royalty so she’d be living there while being mentored by a teacher. A coach would be sent periodically to review her current body weight and shape as she would be encouraged to lose weight. 

This punishment was quite hard for Lily since if she showed no favorable result in one year, her punishment would be extended. It’d be difficult to fix her character since she was already 17 years old but it was better than nothing at all. 

Both Lily and Manami-sama couldn’t agree to father’s strict punishment and so, they raised their voice to voice their disapproval. 

“I’m sending her that exactly because there’s nothing there. Lily… I’m aware I’ve been spoiling you but I didn’t think you’d become this terrible. As your parent, I’ve decided to fix your character.”

 

“Cruel! Father, you’re so cruel!”

 

Father had a pained look on his face as he said that. His eyebrows were wrinkled together. Lily was bawling her eyes out but as for me, I believed that degree of punishment was to be expected. Or rather, it was still too light for her even. 

“Mathias! Are you trying to separate Lily from me?!”

“Manami, Lily will never grow up if we keep staying by her side. Please endure it for Lily’s sake.”

“Mathias you idiot!”

It seemed Manami-sama loved his only daughter so much that he refused to be apart from her. As our mother’s children, we were too close in age to Manami-sama and so, it was hard for him to see us as his children too. 

Father tried to persuade Manami-sama but Manami-sama immediately bolted out of the room. 

“I’ve also spoiled Manami too much. Ferdinand, I’m sorry for what had happened to Ren. I also failed to realize what had happened to the spouses of all of you….”

“No, father. We were also too lenient.”

My father muttered as he stared at the door where Manami-sama had run out to. He then continued to  apologize to us. On behalf of us, Big Brother Lucien shook his head and stated that we were also at fault. 

Big Brother Lucien also regretted that he had spoiled Lily. Even though Lily was his youngest sister, Lily actually felt more like his first child rather than Julis, Big Brother Lucien actual first child.

I guess, I was also at fault for almost spoiling my youngest sister rotten…. 

“Lily, don’t cry like that. It’s not that I hate you. I decided to do that because you are precious to me. Go and grow up to become a fine adult.”

“Uuuuh… Hicc… Guh… I underst-…. Hicc… Understand….”

 

Father approached the crying Lily and began to pat her back as he tried to soothe her. It seemed Lily also felt something about it since although she was still crying, she nodded her head. Although she was selfish, Lily was actually an obedient child at heart. I hoped Lily could return to be like how she used to be…

And then, Lily’s maid came and took her out of the room. 

“Everyone, I’m really sorry for today. As for Manami, leave him to me… I think it’s about time for me to hand over my seat to Lucien too.”

“Father….”

Father was already 56 years old and my elder brother, Lucien, the crown prince, was already 37 years old. If my father were to abdicate his throne, people wouldn’t deem it as too soon. The previous king died early and my father had to take the throne at such a young age. Since a long time ago, my father had said he wanted to abdicate while he was still alive and enjoy a slow life. So this kind of thing was not impossible nor sudden. 

“Let’s talk about that matter another day. Father, you must be tired today. I still have a lot I need to learn first too.”

“Ah… You’re right.”

My father and Big Brother Lucien left the room while continuing their talk. 

Haa… Finally… It’s over. 

It was already 21:00 when everyone participating gathered here so right now, the date might have already changed.

I wonder if Ren-kun has already gone to bed?

While I was thinking about Ren-kun, I felt someone placing their firm hands on both side of my shoulder.

 

“Fer~ It’s been a while. How unfortunate~ I can’t meet with Ren-kun whom our big sister praised to the sky about.”

“Big Brother Casimir.”

“As for me, I’m curious about this ‘Chris’? Before she went to sleep, my cute Cecilia said…. ‘Chris oji-chama is so wonderful! I want to marry someone like him’… So she said…”

“Big Brother Ragnar.”

It was my twin elder brother who had the same face and same peach coloured hair. Of course as their younger brother, I could differentiate between the two of them but other people often said it was pretty hard to differentiate them. 

Ah, which reminded me that the two of them hadn’t met with Ren-kun and the others yet. Big Brother Ragnar spoke in a high-pitched falsetto when he was mimicking Cecilia but he sounded kind of sad. Cecilia was so attached to Chris so it was not surprising to hear she had said something like that.

“You two idiots. If only you two have done your job properly, you should be able to meet with them…”

「「Big Sister.」」

“That’s right. You’re simply reaping what you sow.”

「「Big Brother Edward.」」

My older sister and Big Brother Edward approached us from behind. They snickered as they made fun of my other older brothers. 

Well, what they’re saying it’s true so I won’t say anything against it. 

“But still… That child, she also made reckless remarks toward your spouses too?”

“I also didn’t think she’d say that to the Commander-dono either…”

“Good grief.”

One of the other problematic behaviors we had learned today was that Lily had also called my sister’s spouse, the commander of Aspel’s Knight, a ‘disgusting lolicon’. According to the language used by the otherworlder, it seemed ‘lolicon’ was referring to a grown man who loved and held a very young girl.

The age difference between my sister and her spouse was 20 years. Still, as far as I could remember, my sister was the one who had been pushing the marriage between her and the commander. When my sister turned 16, she immediately laid the groundwork for the marriage and actually pushed through with it. So it made me wonder, did that still make the commander a ‘lolicon’ since my sister was the one who was pushing it?

Since we couldn’t know for sure, we then asked Manami-sama and then we finally understood. Also it was Manami-sama who taught her that kind of words. Even though Manami-sama and my father were 16 years apart…. 

The person who became the victim of this abuse, the Commander-dono, also didn’t know the meaning of that word so Commander-dono was also confused. Well in the first place, hurling that kind of abusive word toward my sister’s spouse couldn’t be tolerated. 

“But I think the discriminatory remark against beastman was the deciding factor for father though?”

Just like what Big Brother Casimir had said, the thing we deemed the most problematic was the abusive words she hurled toward Big Brother Casimir’s spouse, a beastman. Apparently, Lily looked down on the beastman. 

Lily had shown contempt for the beastman, especially toward Big Brother Casimir’s spouse several times already but his spouse decided to keep quiet about it, afraid of causing a fuss. Big Brother Casimir’s spouse finally told him after knowing we’d be having a discussion regarding Lily’s problematic behavior. 

There were many beastmans in this country and a lot of them held crucial positions in the government. While it was true there was still some discrimination against them, we definitely couldn’t let Lily, who was a royalty, to show such a discriminatory act against the beastman.

As for Manami-sama, it seemed he thought of the beastman as ‘so cool!’ so the discriminatory mindset was not influenced by Manami-sama. It seemed Lily was influenced by the maids surrounding her. For that very reason, the maids who’d be accompanying Lily to the imperial villa wouldn’t be the maid who had been with her since she was young. We’d be choosing a completely different maids so she wouldn’t get influenced by such a discriminatory mindset anymore. 

“Hopefully after this, Lily will finally walk into the right direction.”

I nodded, silently agreeing to my older sister’s words. After that, we parted ways to our own room. 

Ah… I really can’t wait to see Ren-kun… I want to be healed by him…

With that thought in mind, I went to sleep in my own room, a room that I hadn’t stepped into for a very long time. 

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Name: Ragnar

Age: 33 years old

Height: 201 cm

He has peach hair and light blue eyes. The Third Prince of Aspel. He is Esther’s son and the twin brother of Casimir. He’s been a mischievous one since he was a kid and likes to run away from doing his official duties but he’s actually a man who knows when to pull his weight when he has to. 

Name: Casimir

Age: 33 years old

Height: 201cm

He has peach hair and light blue eyes. The Fourth Prince of Aspel. He is Esther’s son and the twin brother of Ragnar. Both he and Ragnar have been mischievous since they were a kid but compared to Ragnar, he’s a little bit more docile. Although according to others, the difference is so slight that it’s safe to say it doesn’t exist in the first place.

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T/N: I’m actually quite happy with the outcome. They didn’t just flat out punish her but they decided to teach her and made her go back to the right path. While whatever Lily has done is definitely bad, she’s not necessarily evil in the core. I think she has never done any physical abuse either so far? So yeah, she still has a chance to change. The king is also going to deal with Manami himself so I hope the royal family will finally change for the better! \(^▽^)/





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