Chapter 9

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'Is that young man?'

'Is it someone else?'

His atmosphere was so different from the past that they thought so.

The ugly illegitimate prince they knew was always crouching down.

But no matter how they looked at him, he was the bastard they knew.

People looked at him in disbelief as his devotional appearance was different from before.

Raymond, on the other hand, was under the gaze of all those people.

'Heart of Steel, the effect is really good, isn't it? I'll definitely have to raise its proficiency to Class A later.'

Raymond was also wondering what he looked like now.

A lot of people were staring at him.

If it were him who was originally timid, he would have been intimidated just by receiving attention, but he didn't feel that way at all.

Why would I be self-conscious when I didn't do anything wrong? That's what he felt, and a sense of dignity came naturally to him.

Raymond had always been a man of great appearance, and this, combined with his dignity, gave him a very plausible appearance.

Raymond was now beautiful and imposing, no matter who saw him.

'I don't know about anything else, but I'm handsome.'

It was when Raymond was happily confessing.

He made eye contact with someone he didn't expect.

'Sophia?'

A pretty, cute girl in her late teens was looking at him with squashed eyes.

'Bug?'

Her eyes were as if she were saying so.

'Sophia.'

Raymond's heart sank a little.

Sophia.

She was a princess born to the now deceased First Queen.

She was one of the scary figures when Raymond was in the castle.

'Still, Princess Sophia's harassment wasn't that bad. Compared to the other royals, that is.'

Princess Sophia was in her early teens when Raymond left the castle.

So she couldn't bully Raymond as viciously as the other royals.

It was more like the childish bullying of a twisted child.

To be honest, there was a bit of a cute side to it.

'I don't think her health is very good.'

Was it the influence of her mother, the First Queen?

Princess Sophia's health was not so good either.

She'd always been sickly, and she still looked good, but then!

An eerie, sudden voice rang in his ears.

"Huh? Who's this? Why isn't it the rotten Raymon?"

"...!"

It was a familiar, never-to-be-forgotten voice.

When he turned his head, a young man with a dynamic impression was looking at him with a fishy expression.

Fourth Prince, Seitil.

Raymond's half-brother, a year younger than him, and the one who tormented him the most.

"It's been a while, Raymon."

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