The Daughter Who Takes After Her Mother So Much
“Ugh…”
Count Friedrich Adelheit, head of the Adelheit family, had been plagued by headaches lately.
If it had been a health issue, that would have been fortunate… No, rather, I wish it had been.
At least then there wouldn’t have been endless troubles popping up from every direction.
“You. No matter how much you trust your children, this is too indifferent, isn’t it?”
When his wife stared at him with a smile on her lips but eyes that held no warmth at all.
He wanted to throw away the titles of count and head of the family and simply run away somewhere.
He understood, to a certain degree, why his friends had secretly purchased a villa.
He couldn’t have been at ease thinking it was himself. He had merely been pretending.
After all, a man achieves the best results when he silently trusts.
In fact, his son Karl had been the living proof of that method.
However, a father’s heart could never be the same as a mother’s.
At first, his wife who had shared his views now shook her head.
She was saying it was time to call the son over and scold him to behave properly.
Count Friedrich actually had no grounds for complaint.
He had never pushed either his daughter or son to do this. Absolutely not, not even once.
Both children had decided and acted on it. He had simply trusted them.
For example, when the family successor and eldest daughter Ricata entered the Special Operations Execution Department.
And when the eldest son Karl suddenly enlisted as a soldier and turned the county upside down.
‘Up to that point, yes. His wife had seemed to be trying to understand somehow. But…’
He never imagined this would happen. He never thought his son would continue like this even after his discharge.
He had been proud of his son when he received the Medal of Honor after returning from the front.
He wished he would simply return to his original position. He wished he would show his face at home.
Especially since his mother was secretly burning inside, he had naturally assumed she would do so.
But this son had suddenly become a hero who suppressed the terrorists.
That alone was already startling, but the news was that he was cooperating with the Special Intelligence Agency.
He was no longer even a soldier. Just an ordinary noble son, a regular returning student!
‘Karl, you brat. Tell him to behave and come home…!’
He never imagined his wife would be watching his every move like this.
Seeing his wife with her eyes tightly closed instead of reading the newspaper made him tense up.
Hearing the news roughly, it seemed something had happened at the academy this time too.
The exact details would come after some time, but one thing was certain.
Karl was involved in that matter as well. And deeply, like the train terror.
The daughter who had been preparing to succeed as the next head of the family couldn’t suddenly do this.
“Father. No, Head. I’m preparing to succeed as head. Please delay it a little.”
“Rita? Why suddenly?”
“There’s something I have to do. I can’t do anything else until I finish that.”
Parents know their children better than anyone.
And Count Friedrich was already certain why his daughter was acting like this suddenly.
‘It’s related to my brother. That’s the only possibility.’
As a person of the Adelheit family, his always rational and cool-headed daughter, Ricata.
But when it came to family matters, especially regarding his brother, she became so emotional that she couldn’t control herself.
Since childhood, the sibling relationship had been close. Different from ordinary siblings.
Ricata had taken care of Karl well, and Karl had clung even more to such a sister.
Perhaps from that appearance, Ricata might have thought her brother was hers.
As time passed and Karl grew up, the childish antics he used to do almost disappeared.
So he thought Ricata would behave less, but no. On the contrary.
Since Karl changed, Ricata had changed more actively. She attacked her brother even more.
Right when he heard the news that Karl had gone to the front lines, she flew in like lightning and said this.
“Father. Can’t I go to the battlefield too?”
“Say something that makes sense.”
“But! Karl! He’s suffering because of those damn Gganf bastards!”
Oh my. How did his always sweet-talking daughter become like this.
Was this because of the Gganf? Or because of Karl? He had to seriously consider it.
And this matter too, probably for similar reasons.
“You.”
Ugh. Finally, it came. The count let out a sigh inwardly and turned his head.
There stood his wife with her usual beautiful smile.
“You’re here, wife.”
“You heard the news? That girl Rita went to Her Highness the Princess.”
“What? No… that brat…”
“You know why better than anyone, right?”
No one would know. Ricata, who wouldn’t normally go looking for the princess first.
Although she said she was friends with the princess, she didn’t want to get too close in case bad rumors spread.
But even so, that she found the princess means there’s something only she can understand.
“If this is the case, the head succession work. You should stop it for a moment.”
“Rita already said that herself.”
“She came to me too. If Father says anything, Mother should help.”
“Brat. You’re doing unnecessary things. When did I ever stop you?”
Count Friedrich shook his head and secretly glanced at his wife’s eyes.
“….”
The appearance of a quiet woman. Always elegant and beautiful, the model of all women.
Of course, that part was attractive enough. Impossible not to be captivated.
But besides that, there was something else why the count had proposed to that woman.
“I’m not feeling very good right now.”
“Why? Is there something wrong?”
“Just a moment ago, I received a call from my father-in-law.”
“My father-in-law?”
Count Friedrich’s father-in-law was one of the military elders. Receiving a call from such a person was—
“Apparently, they’re seriously discussing the double Medal of Honor with the Legal Affairs Department.”
“Double Medal of Honor?”
“Yes. Exactly, the double Medal of Honor.”
“….”
Medal of Honor was already hard to get, let alone double.
Receiving it alive itself was a miracle.
And they were discussing double Medal of Honor with the Legal Affairs Department.
And the reason was, honestly, if you couldn’t figure it out, it was strange.
“How long do we have to keep Karl staying on the front lines?”
“Wife. That’s…”
“Now it’s enough. He came back home, but it feels like he’s being pushed away constantly. Please behave and return to the ‘ordinary returning student’ that Karl wanted.”
Her eyes, which were usually closed, slightly opened, and a sharp light flashed inside.
Count Friedrich couldn’t help but tremble at the sight of such a wife.
At some point, Karl had muttered something like this secretly to the family.
Oh my. Not someone else, but his mother is a ‘closed-eyes’ character!
The lady of the Friedrich County. Sillon Seoren Adelheit.
A quiet wife and good wife. A woman living quietly as a good mother.
However, what was sleeping inside her was the strongest ever chief of the Imperial Special Operations Execution Department.
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“…Rita. Sorry to interrupt while you’re talking.”
The 1st Princess, Micaela, opened her mouth without even sipping her tea properly.
“You’re saying you’re returning, right? Are you trying to enter the field right away?”
“Yes. Your Highness the Princess. I have no choice.”
“You’re not in your right mind, you know.”
Of course, there had been a time when Ricata was active in the Special Operations Execution Department.
But it was different now than then. From what he had heard, Ricata was now preparing to be the next head.
A successor of a family moving so recklessly could be a big problem if anything happened.
It wasn’t some small rural noble’s territory, it was the Friedrich County.
The Adelheit family who had devoted their loyalty to the imperial family, and those related by blood there.
If anything went wrong, all of them could shake, who in the imperial family would welcome that.
More importantly, it wasn’t a fatal problem in the Empire that would cause her to return.
The Luzens leadership hidden in the Empire had almost been exterminated. The rest was just a matter of time.
In the elves’ territory, Heigens was moving busily, so the other side should give a positive answer.
“Enough. Go quietly and prepare to receive the head position.”
“Your Highness the Princess.”
“This is not a request from a friend, but a command from the princess.”
“But!”
Even in front of the princess, Ricata raised her voice.
“Karl! That kid! He helped with the Special Intelligence Agency work secretly to me! What does this mean?!”
What did it mean? Of course, I kept it secret from you because if you knew, it would be troublesome—
“Would something troublesome happen to this sister? He said he would handle it himself! My brother is suffering like this for me! How could I stay silent knowing that?!”
“….”
No, this woman. That’s not it. In my opinion, it’s absolutely not!
Karl is doing it for himself, not for you! It’s obvious now that you’re stirring up trouble everywhere and saying you’re returning to the field!
“Haaah…”
A woman who was usually so rational and cool-headed, why was she so emotional about her brother.
No, it wasn’t just emotional. It was just a reflex, no control.
“…You know, but now I’m completely out of the political world, so I can’t easily accept it.”
“I know. That’s why I came to tell you. I’m returning. I already met His Highness the Crown Prince this morning.”
You crazy woman. I didn’t come for help or to ask for a favor.
I just came to inform you! I’m returning, so know that! Really, Rica, you!
“What exactly are you trying to do?”
“You’re asking something obvious.”
I roughly knew what she was going to do. She was asking this just to make sure.
“I plan to remove the root so that Karl can enjoy student life again.”