Wrong Genre! - Chapter 34.2
Schumann had thoroughly investigated the incident at the time, and had once told Rueg about it.
“You may not remember anything, Young Master, but I believe it is only right that you know.”
“……?”
“I am speaking of the deaths of the Master and Madam. According to our investigation, it was determined to be a murder committed by someone, not an accident.”
Rueg had worn a blank expression when he heard those words. They may have been his parents, but they were people he had never met.
Moreover…
“After examining the carriage that rolled off the cliff, they discovered that there had been a problem with it. …I will find the culprit, no matter what.”
“……”
“I apologize for telling you this when you are already so ill. We will continue to handle the investigation, so please do not worry about anything for now and focus only on recovering.”
Just as Schumann had said, Rueg had been extremely ill at the time. The moment he entered this body, his entire body had hurt as though it were being torn apart, so all he remembered was suffering deliriously for quite some time.
After that day, Schumann had never spoken to Rueg about Count and Countess Verdic again. That probably meant they had still not found the culprit.
“You lived here for approximately two years, Young Master. You played well with the other children… and when the time came for you to return to the estate, you were so reluctant to part with them that you did not want to leave.”
At Maria’s words, Rueg lowered his gaze.
In that case…
‘All the memories I saw earlier really were the real ‘Rueg’s’ memories.’
Then all the unfamiliar memories Rueg had seen until now must have come from the real ‘Rueg’s’ experiences.
Moreover, Rueg had seen Yuri and Felix in those memories. He could not say for certain whether the child had truly been Yuri, but there was no mistake about Felix.
The Felix he had seen in those memories looked remarkably similar to the Felix he knew now.
“To tell you the truth, I wanted to send word to you countless times.”
“……”
“I wanted to ask whether you were doing well after returning to the estate, and whether you had made it through the winter without catching a cold.”
“……”
“But in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances, I had to live as though I had no connection to House Verdic.”
As though asking him to believe her now.
As though insisting that she truly was a servant of House Verdic.
A slightly desperate light appeared in Maria’s brown eyes.
“…I see.”
Rueg lowered his gaze and fidgeted with his fingers.
He had pretended to know her to obtain information, but now that things had turned out this way, he had no idea what else to say. Normally, it had been Versha’s role to meet the servants and give them orders.
“The accident.”
“Pardon?”
“The accident you said happened not long after I left this place. Do you know what it was?”
At Rueg’s question, Maria hesitated for a moment before shaking her head.
“I heard that you had entered the imperial palace as a royal companion, but…”
A royal companion?
Rueg’s eyes widened at the unfamiliar term as he looked at Maria.
At that moment, another memory flashed before his eyes.
“We somehow managed to return to the estate, but it’s dangerous now that there are no adults to help us. So I’m planning to request positions as royal companions from the imperial family.”
“Royal companions?”
“Yeah. Since we’re Verdics, either you or I will eventually become the Crown Prince’s aide. So we’ll use the excuse that we want to familiarize ourselves with the faces of the imperial family from a young age.”
“Oh.”
“I’ll side with Simon. As for you… how about this one?”
The young Versha in his memory pointed at a simple portrait.
“Felix Ejordia. He’s an Imperial Prince, but his very existence is faint. He has virtually no chance of becoming Crown Prince, so no one will threaten you.”
“People threaten you too…? Wow, monarchies are complicated. But what does a royal companion have to do? I’m stupid, though. Can someone like me really be a royal companion?”
“Stupid? Who called you stupid? Bring them here. I’ll shove a coin up their nose.”
“N-No, Sister, that’s not what I meant… Haa, how did I end up reincarnating here…”
As Rueg listened to the voices from the memory, he looked at Maria with a shocked expression.
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