I Reincarnated As the Third Son of a Count’s Family, Only To Find a Series of Funerals - I Reincarnated As the Third Son of a Count’s Family, Only To Find a Series of Funerals chapter 31

31 – Golden Spoons

Upon hearing the story of the prince, it seems that Richard really loves his children.

How did he not kill them and keep them alive?

While Christopher said it was during the time of “rage,” I felt like the events were hardly something that could be glossed over with such a simple word.

“Dammit, is this guy really human?”

I had heard the words “the princes used to behave badly” from Teacher Nirsela, but the truth about Christopher and William among those mischievous princes was extremely shocking.

If we start by laying out the foundation to maintain the image of the princes (especially Christopher and William), Richard, who is more experienced as a king than anyone else, is an incompetent person when it comes to being a father.

To put it bluntly, although Richard loves his children more than anyone else as their father, he did not know how to raise them properly.

He would lavish all kinds of love in private, but in public he would rebuke the “princes” as the “king” when they could not fulfill their basic duties.

On the surface, you might think that there is no problem, but the problem is that Richard demanded that the princes be “perfect” even before the age of 10.

The prince position is not a leisurely life of inherited privilege thanks to one’s parents. There are many things to do besides things that must be done.

In addition to governing the country as the king, the prince must do things that the king should do as king. To explain using an analogy from a previous life (although it does not match exactly), it is similar to the relationship between President and Prime Minister. The Prime Minister must assist the President in carrying out his duties and sometimes he may have to take action instead of the President himself. The prince (especially when young) cannot help the government in its entirety, like the Prime Minister, but often takes the place of the king in other affairs, such as diplomacy or events.

Furthermore, as the children of the king, they must have a dignity that matches their status, but this is not usually difficult. I myself learned basic palace etiquette at Nerseira, which I could say is within general knowledge level, didn’t we?

But Richard demanded that they perform this to “perfection” even at the age of just 12-13!

Although Richard is someone who loves his children more than anyone else in this world, he would not have beaten them up if they failed. However, he must have thrown all sorts of disappointments on his children. It might have been enough to beg him to just hit them.

It would have been better if they hated their father, but for children who loved and respected their father, disappointing them could be more painful than physical punishment. Especially in this world where physical punishment might not be a big issue.

Moreover, the problem was that their father actually performed perfectly what they had to do at their age. Richard is definitely a freak.

Anyway, the princes, especially Christopher and William, who experienced [pressure from loving father + comparison with father around + absurd work and studies] grand slams at an early age, began to deviate.

“Is it acceptable to kill all the palace teachers?”

As usual, one day they were studying etiquette and investigation to perform their duties well as princes. They finally reached their limit as the stress piled up. Christopher and William went crazy and created a miraculous logic: “If we get rid of the palace teachers, we won’t need to study anymore because no one will teach us!” In the end, the two became the legendary “teacher slayers.”

Their methods were incredibly diverse. Starting with basic methods like poisoning drinks to calling someone and dropping a bronze statue on them from above, “accidentally” shooting a teacher instead of game in hunting grounds, timing the cattle farm to let the cows trample the teacher’s feet until death, etc.

The behavior of Christopher and William was escalating towards absurdity that people started thinking “Ah! The King must be punishing someone again!” whenever the palace announces recruitment of palace teachers.

Even though they received millions of won for the palace teacher killing field incident, once there were no one left to teach them, they were freed from the hellish studies according to the wishes of the princes.

However, if a needle hole opens, the hole gets bigger and eventually breaks the entire

It’s said that when you’re in your second year in middle school, you might think of something like the second-year syndrome, but there’s something more important. It’s the occurrence of secondary characteristics.

And that means the insane killers even opened their eyes to ‘s*xual desire.’

From there, a rape party towards Christopher’s greatest maids and servants began. William, who was also a mate of the same court murderer, imitated his older brother when he saw it and found it good.

Fortunately (?) these two princes, except for court maids, exercised some restraint toward other people, and did not go as far as murdering. (If they went as far as killing, even the Shuangseong Kyo would not be able to shield them any longer, so Richard might have had to finally close his eyes and personally cut the throats of both sons.) But it is unthinkable that crazy acts like violating all women in the royal palace, except for their mothers, could be tolerated.

It wouldn’t be so bad if those two bastards only exploited the servants, but the problem is that they also touched the maids.

And of course, as you all know, the maids are nobles, unlike the lowly servants.

Despite the opportunity to link her daughter with the princes, some nobles had, (really, it could be seen as having the heart of a beast.) but most were naturally very angry that their daughters had become the playthings of the princes.

Richard, who was at his wit’s end from his two sons’ s*xual misconduct, must have felt as if the sky were falling and all the shooting stars in the world were falling toward him.

In such a situation, the one who appeared was…

The lady Godmilla.

Originally, Richard was determined not to accept Godmilla as a court maid when she applied. Even though the current princes were guys who could not stand even a licentious male servant, it was because he thought that if a fragile woman became a court maid, she would only add to the princes’ kill count.

However, Godmilla was so confident that she could control the princes, and since no one but Godmilla applied for the position of court maid, Richard, who had no choice but to control the current princes, had no choice but to accept Godmilla. Eventually, Godmilla became the court maid of the Yurmania Royal Family.

On the day Godmilla took office as court maid to the princes… Godmilla asked the king for the right to handle the princes as she pleased without restriction. and Richard accepted that.

From that day on, Christopher and William received three scolds.

Although Godmilla looked fragile like any other woman on the surface, she began to beat the princes with ingenious whip skills and practical muscle compression.

Naturally, having not received a society that had fed them with ‘Teacher Slayers,’ the two princes began to plan various conspiracies to kill Godmilla.

Putting poison in their food, inviting her to go hunting together, and even sending assassins… But to their surprise, Godmilla avoided all of the two princes’ murder attempts.

She carried around a fork made of silver to identify the poison, refused the invitation, saying “hunting is a man’s job,” and even countered the assassins with her unique combat abilities and bodyguards provided by the king.

Godmilla never let herself become a target to be killed.

As the situation turned like this, the anxious two princes tried to make Godmilla leave her job as a court maid by slandering her to their father.

But prepared for that as well, Godmilla gathered information and evidence of the two princes’ misdeeds and, rather than being dismissed, she turned the tables. Fuming, the king decided to punish the two sons publicly.

That’s the story behind ‘the incident in which everyone in the court gathered and Godmilla was whipped naked.’

‘Isn’t Godmilla a necessary evil? No, was she evil to begin with?’

The king understood the reason he allowed Godmilla to overpower him. If they had turned these bastards into decent human beings, she was the one to do it; it was between Aina and Seoliban teachers.

Just being in the space with these crazy killers now wearing human skins sends a shiver down my spine; how painful must it have been for Godmilla, who had to walk such a thorny path to correct these bastards?

Considering those bastards’ actions that I’ve seen up to now, I fully understand them after seeing their behavior. How could their personalities be soft when they don’t know when they might try to kill her? I was already just an obstruction to teaching those bastards…

Learning the truth about the two princes made me very conflicted.

In the end, I vaguely answered their request to ‘eliminate Godmilla with them.’ Just two hours ago, I only had contempt for Godmilla, but now…

No, I can tell.

“Is the future of this country okay like this..?”

I was really worried.

Seriously.

**

I tried to calm my overwhelmed mind and returned to my room, trying to open the door.

But then.

Creak, creak.

A strange sound came from inside my room.

“No way these brats immediately sent an assassin because I didn’t join their side..?”

Shoo!

I drew the short sword hidden in the shed to be prepared to repel any assassins at any time, then cautiously opened the door.

Indeed, someone was lurking inside the room. I was taken aback and aimed my sword without even confirming who it was, shouting loudly.

“Who are you!”

“..!”

The person who invaded my room was..!

“Clink, keheh. Your Grace, the viscount..!”

“…Lina?”

“P-please save me! I promise I won’t secretly eat alone anymore…”

It was Lina, the maid who followed us from the duke’s command to supervise us.

I sighed when I saw Lina, who was holding onto my leg with breadcrumbs and sugar on her lips, begging for mercy.

So many strange things happened today.