Orden could not speak in detail to Seongjin about the events of the past. They were things that had long since passed, and moreover, they were a great shame to the family.
He only vaguely explained that his grandmother, the former countess, had not been fond of young Amelia. That she had been treated as an illegitimate child and neglected by everyone in the count’s residence for years. And that the Holy Emperor had come to the count’s residence and punished the servants.
But while listening to this brief explanation, Seongjin was able to infer many things on his own.
That she had cherished a bundle of straw as a doll, or the state of the trash she called her treasure chest.
Above all, Orden’s darkened expression explained a great deal. He was simple-minded and utterly hopeless at lying.
“It wasn’t just neglect; there was something more!”
But up until that point, Seongjin didn’t think it was a big deal.
Since Father had come to take his elder sister away, surely he had handled it appropriately. In any case, Amelia was now living happily in the imperial palace.
“So, what happened to your grandmother?”
He was just a little curious about what punishment Orden’s grandmother had received. He recalled what the countess had said when he first visited the Zigsmunt territory:
-“This year, my mother was ill and couldn’t attend the birthday celebration.”
Didn’t that mean that even now, that damned old woman was being well-treated in the count’s residence?
Well, since Zigsmunt was…