A "Scandalous" Scene

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[WARNING: MENTION OF DARK THEMES WILL OCCUR IN THIS CHAPTER. PLEASE READ IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!]

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The three siblings shuddered at the tone of their father had emitted since they rarely see their father, the Marquis, get angry as he was usually calm yet indifferent at the same time.

Altron was the first one to snap as he immediately went over to their father's side and when he looked at what was happening inside the room, his anxiousness before became even more valid because of scene in front of him.

'Just what in the…'

Inside the youngest's room, the Marchioness was in an inappropriate position as she was on top of the youngest. The youngest looked disheveled with his teary eyes, and the servant, who Altron was familiar with, held up his arms as if locking him up to prevent him from fighting.

"M-mother…! W-what in the world…"

Before Altron could finish his statement, his other siblings managed to catch up with them and the one who gasped first is Felicity; "MOTHER! W-what are you…"

Charlotte, The Marchioness, appears to have finally lost her composure as she screamed; "I-it's…. n-not…. I-it—"

"*sob! * *sob! * N-no…. I-it…. H-hurts…. S-stop…."

Harrison's expressions darkened and had an icy gaze unlike his usual carefree and playful one. Harrison's cold gaze and dark expressions were not directed towards their youngest sibling, but towards their mother, which surprised Altron as it was unlike his usual behavior.

Altron; 'If Harrison had his sword with him, it will be no doubt that he would unsheathe his sword and pointed at their mother with an intent to punish her.'

"*sob! * *sob! * H-help…. M-me….! L-let… g-go…!"

Altron snapped once again because of the youngest pleas and immediately acted before his father did; "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS STANDING THERE FOR?! SEPARATE THEM!"

The servants who were on standby and witnessed this scandalous scene immediately heeded the first young master's words, and separated the Marchioness with her servant and the pitiful third young master.

"N-NO! L-LET GO OF ME! *SOB! * *SOB! * D-DON'T TOUCH ME!"

It shocked all of them that the third young master's retaliation when the servants tried to touch him, only for the young child to crawl away from them and cried in anguish in the corner like a wounded animal while trembling in fear.

Felicity saw how the youngest tried to move himself to the corner to hide and she immediately strived towards the youngest and when she was in front the youngest, still trembling while hiding his face from everyone, the eldest young lady carefully bend down to align herself with her youngest sibling.

"H-hello, Ezekiel. Don't worry, we won't hurt you. Please let us help you out first."

She tried to be gentle as much as possible, but when she saw that her youngest sibling looked up to her, he paled immediately and backs away.

"N-no! *sob! * *sob! * P-please! S-stop!"

The eldest young lady was shocked to see the youngest crawl away from her. As she was about to comfort him, someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and saw her second older brother Harrison, who was not behaving in his usual carefree and playful manner.

"Felicity, move out. You're just aggravating him even more."

Feeling offended, Felicity refute back; "What do you mean by that?!"

Harrison looked at his younger sister with a deadpan expression; "Don't you look at yourself in front of the mirror? That should be the answer."

"Why you—"

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"ENOUGH! BOTH OF YOU! THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THE TWO OF YOU TO BICKER WITH EACH OTHER!"

Felicity diverted her gaze from her second older brother and looked at her eldest brother, who shouted at both of them.

"B-but big brother…"

Altron cut her off and said; "Harrison is right, Felicity. You're just aggravating Ezekiel because of your appearance. Y-you…."

He paused mid-sentence as he didn't want to continue and, from his words alone, the eldest young lady finally realized her mistake as she bit her lips and immediately stood up and walked away from her youngest sibling.

'That's because I have the almost same appearance as my mother…'

The Eldest Young Lady felt guilty even though she didn't do anything wrong, but she felt responsible for the trauma that her youngest sibling could have, and she knew from this moment on, whenever Ezekiel would look at her, he would remember this unpleasant incident.

"Guards! Detain the Marchioness to her room and allowed no one to visit her until further notice."

Marquis Augustus finally said his verdict after a long silence when he first got into his youngest son's quarters and saw the scene in front of him.

The guards outside heed on the Marquis' command and immediately took the Marchioness but the woman struggle off from them and immediately went to the Marquis, kneeling and begging in front of him.

"D-dear… p-please….! H-hear me out first! T-this…. I-is… n-not…"

Before she could explain herself, the Marquis, who had enough of this and felt his pride being trampled over, kicked the Marchioness off before he could do something that he might regret it.

"FATHER, STOP!"

Altron yelled out but didn't approach her mother and comfort her because, even he couldn't look at his mother because of the scene that was imprinted on his mind and his youngest brother's pleas for help.

'Is it possible that the reason why his temper is so bad was because… he was... Oh, God!'

The first young master seems to connect the dots on his mind and the reason for his youngest sibling to become what he was today.

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"I'll be taking Ezekiel out of here. Pack all the third young master's things and move them to another room. Guards, tear down this place."

The one who ordered is none other than Harrison since this room became a scandalous place and not just that, their own mother… Harrison couldn't believe it.

He suddenly remembered when he was still a young teenage adult attending some noble banquet back then, since he loves to mingle and have entertainment with other noble children on his age, he remembers what the other teen noble children said before;

« ….. "Hey, is it true that your mother, the Marchioness, loves to prey on the younger? My dad mentioned to me before that he saw your mother when they were teens back then, that she always looked at children like she's going to eat them whole." …. »

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