“You skipped your schedule again? His Majesty was so furious, he went on for ages……!”
The boy in his memories was still young.
The Sword Duke had only just passed twenty himself at the time, so it was understandable.
He glanced at the boy.
Elegant navy-blue hair.
Deep blue eyes.
They entered his vision one after another.
Clear proof that the two of them were brothers.
“If you were born with the blood of the dragon, you must know how to wield a sword as well.”
The Sword Duke muttered those words toward the boy.
They were words he had heard as a child.
No.
Was he still a child even at this point?
Those were the days when he lived however he pleased.
He frequently tossed his schedules aside and spent his time swinging a sword according to his whims.
He truly had behaved like a child.
“His Majesty himself said those words. I’m merely following their meaning.”
“No, that was supposed to have two meanings……”
“Are you better with a sword than I am?”
At that outrageous argument, the boy’s face twisted slightly.
It was obvious he was wondering what he was supposed to say.
Yet his exceptionally intelligent younger brother soon arrived at the correct answer.
There was no way to properly argue against him anyway.
Then he had no choice but to play along.
As always.
It was the reason the Sword Duke could never help cherishing his younger brother.
“Well, that’s true, but……”
“Right? So let’s each do what we’re good at.”
“No!”
His younger brother’s sudden shout boomed loudly.
There was even resolute determination in those eyes.
“Hyung, aren’t you the one destined to become the supreme sovereign of the Empire one day?! Naturally, you have a duty to accumulate knowledge across many fields and lead the people along the proper path……!”
“I can’t.”
Frustration surfaced on the boy’s face.
But only for…