The Villainous Family Loves Me Too Much!

“Your… eyes are really beautiful. Just like rubies.”

Ugh, no.

Among today’s embarrassing memories, this was the one I wanted to forget the most.

‘He’ll probably ask next if his eyes aren’t scary.’

Then I lowered my head, thinking that the next cheesy line would come out.

“Your eyes… are even prettier.”

Huh, what? Lucian never said such a thing to me in the past.

“Your eyes are even prettier, Karena.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lucian suddenly hugged me.

“What is this? How do you know my name?”

In that moment, my soul, which had been watching this scene as a third party, felt like it was being drawn somewhere.

And before I knew it, I had become my past self again and was facing Lucian.

With those red eyes, Lucian looked at me.

“What is this…”

In an instant, in this absurd situation, I, who was confused, had no time to regain my composure, and Lucian’s two eyes came closer to me.

No, to be more precise…

Not Lucian’s eyes but Lucian’s lips were overlapping with mine.

When Lucian’s lips touched mine, a flash of light appeared, obscuring my vision.

When my vision cleared again, I found myself back in front of Helena’s residence.

After exchanging polite greetings with Helena, the Archduke of Felosite climbed into the carriage.

“Isn’t the princess really pretty?”

“I don’t know.”

Lucian’s ears turned red as he said that.

“You’re quite stubborn. I’m sorry, but this father knows very well why your body turns red.”

“That’s not it.”

Lucian pretended to be indifferent and turned his head, but the Archduke continued to speak persistently.

Lucian pretended to be indifferent and turned his head, but the Archduke continued to speak persistently.

“It’s not at all shameful for your body to turn red when you think of the person you gave your heart to. It is the proud heritage of Felosite men!”

Lucian wasn’t the only one who froze at the words of the former Archduke, who shouted loudly. So did I.

My body heated up when I thought of the ideal I gave my heart to. Was that what it was?

“Have confidence, son!”

The sound seemed to leak out of the carriage, and the knights who were riding on both sides of the carriage laughed.

No, father-in-law. It would be even more embarrassing to say that to a teenage son.

Lucian seemed to feel embarrassed by his father’s words and hung his head deeply.

“Ah, really, what my father said…”

That’s when it happened.

Suddenly, there was a groaning sound, and Lucian’s two eyes began to change to pitch black.

Not just the pupils, but the entire eye, including the whites, turned completely black.

With black eyes, Lucian stood up from his seat and leaped out of the carriage.

“Lucian!”

Lucian began to run towards the forest at full speed.

The speed was so fast that it would be difficult to consider it human.

“Your Highness! What is happening to the Prince…?”

The former Archduke tried to stop the carriage and follow Lucian, but it seemed like a lost cause.

The men who seemed to be knights riding around them all crowded around the former Archduke.

“Listen carefully, Sir Robben. It seems like Lucian’s awakening has begun.”

“But it can’t be happening already. His 18th birthday is still far away. The decryption should come soon…”

Sir Robben, a high-ranking knight, replied with a trembling voice.

“Eventually, it will happen like this. The fate of the cursed bloodline can’t be escaped.”

The former Archduke’s words left everyone feeling gloomy. Only the sounds of their breaths filled the dark forest path.

“Everyone, listen carefully. We must keep the knights away from Lucian to prevent his magic from reaching them and protect the imperial capital.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

The former Archduke walked in the direction Lucian had left. When Sir Robben tried to follow him, the Archduke stopped and turned back to speak.

“I will deal with Lucian alone. No one must follow, understood?”

“But, Your Highness…”

“Disobeying orders will result in immediate execution.”

With that, only the former Archduke headed towards Lucian.

Sir Robben, who remained in place, seemed to hesitate for a moment, but eventually he ran towards the path the Archduke had taken.

‘Awakening… What kind of awakening is this? Is it related to the cursed bloodline…?’

I thought, and what I saw next was Lucian, who was emitting a terrifying black smoke in the middle of the forest.

The one facing Lucian in front of him was his father, the former Archduke.

He was avoiding the magical power spewing out in all directions and slowly approaching Lucian.

“Lucian!”

Lucian, who leaned in at the voice calling him, took a step towards the Archduke.

“Yes, I am here. Lucian!”

One step, two steps.

Lucian didn’t move anymore and just stood.

“Lucian!”

Raising his right hand, Lucian gathered his magical power as much as he could and directed it towards the Archduke.

The black magical power he had gathered had an eerie appearance, resembling hundreds of living snakes.

The Archduke, in order to counter Lucian’s snake-like magical power, gathered his own magical power by joining his hands together.

However, at that moment, a black smoke emitted from Lucian’s body struck the Archduke’s hand. Lucian’s magical power was about to overwhelm the Archduke.

“Your Highness!”

Sir Robben, who had rushed there at full speed, stood in front of the Archduke.

“Aaaah!”

The black magical power enveloped Robben’s entire body, and he let out a terrible scream of pain.

Hundreds of snakes covered Robben’s body, and his eyes and flesh turned black.

“Robben!”

The Archduke tried to use his own magical power to remove the snakes from Robben, but it was in vain.

“Please, Lucian! Wake up!”

The Archduke’s desperate voice echoed emptily. There was no one there who could help him. Because there was no owner of magical power that surpassed his.

The awakened power of his son was so overwhelming that he couldn’t control it.

“Aaaagh!”

In the end, sir Robben was completely consumed by the black smoke. From where sir Robben had been, a swirling black storm began to grow, expanding around the Archduke and Lucian.

The Archduke sat down on the ground, defeated.

“Lucian…”

His beautiful blue eyes shone even more sadly.

“Look at your Dad, Lucian!”

There was no emotion visible on Lucian’s face as he and the Archduke locked eyes.

“Lucian, hold on just a bit longer! Your Dad is right here!”

Behind the Archduke, a monstrous creature in the shape of a large wolf suddenly appeared.

The Archduke was focused on Lucian, so he didn’t seem to see the approaching monster.

“Look at Dad, Lucian!”

The Archduke continued to shout desperately, trying to awaken his son.

“Lucian!”

When the Archduke called his son’s name one last time, the creature opened its mouth wide and bit into the Archduke’s head.

At that moment, all the black smoke disappeared from Lucian’s eyes and body, and his consciousness returned.

“Father!”

Lucian screamed as he released his magical power towards the monster.

The monster that was hit by the magical power as if it were a direct hit fell and burst into flames with a terrible roar.

After confirming that the monster had fallen, Lucian rushed to his father.

“Ah… Father…”

The Archduke, who had been attacked in the vitals, was already dead.

He hugged his lifeless body and wept, then suddenly collapsed.

Perhaps his magical power had been discharged.

In front of the fallen Lucian’s eyes, the burnt wolf monster revealed its true form.

It was a human who was dead with his whole body burnt black.

Sometimes like an older brother, sometimes like a teacher, his father’s knight commander, Albert Robben.

“…You were a humanoid monster, right?”

So Lucian lost his mind.

Watching all of these scenes was a difficult task, especially when there was nothing that could be done and the events of the past had already unfolded.

‘So that’s why they covered it up as an accident. To protect Lucian.’

But the problem was that Lucian had misunderstood the accident.

That sir Robben had betrayed his father. Not him… Not Lucian betrayed him.

‘Now it’s time for me to do what I have to do.’

I reached out my hands towards the fallen Lucian and closed my eyes.

“Let’s go back home now, Lucian.”