Meanwhile, at Lionheart Residence in Morhen, Titus was pacing around, holding a book and reciting the text.
It was the punishment his father had sentenced him to-he had to commit to memory fifty tomes of ancient scriptures before leaving his room.
And Titus accepted the punishment without complaint.
“Terrible news, Mr. Lionheart!”
Just then, Luigi, one of the family’s stewards ran into his study, crying out panickedly.
However, Titus only waited until he finished the verse he had been reciting before finally turning toward Luigi. “What is it?”
In contrast to Luigi’s flustered reaction, Titus remained impassive, his thoughts inscrutable.
“Sir, we’ve just received word from the Soranos,” Luigi cried mournfully. “Lady Sif has been killed in Jundo Showtown!”
“Killed?” Titus’s eyes flashed coolly as he looked at Luigi. “Tell me everything.”
“So, the Turnbulls conspired with Frank Lawrence and the South Sea Crow to abduct Lady Sif before, and she wanted revenge. She contacted Blackrank…”
Even as Luigi gave a summary of what had happened, he only spoke from the Lionhearts’ standpoint, flattering Sif’s actions thoroughly while disparaging Frank and the Turnbulls endlessly. Titus, however, was not so foolish that he would be confused by such simple verbal deception.
In fact, he could tell immediately that Luigi and Sif were close, and that Luigi was trying to incite him into exacting revenge for Sif’s death.
“I have two questions,” Titus said
calmly, holding up two fingers. “Firstly, who allowed her to make such a cheap move during Denise Laine’s coming-of-age ceremony? And secondly, Sif has tarnished our family’s reputation on multiple occasions. Should her actions have been exposed, the rest of Morhen would be wary of us, with even the mayor distancing himself from us.”
Snorting, Titus kept his cool eyes leveled at the sweaty Luigi as he continued quietly, “So, you’ve come to tell me all of that, hoping that I’d stoop to Sif’s stupidity and go on an unnecessary vendetta against the Tumbulls?”
Luigi was taken aback by Titus’ murderous glare, as if he was stabbed in the back.
However, Titus’ first reaction to his sister being killed was to accuse her of stupidity instead of vowing to avenge her?
Was his family dead to him? How cold was that?
Luigi kept trying nonetheless. “Mr.
Lionheart, Şit was trying to ease your burden with her retaliation. The family was humiliated with the Turnbulls’ annulling your
Whavel.
engagement, and then there was also the South Sea Crow-
Titus snickered and cut him off. “So you’re saying that I’m no different from Sif?”
“No, sir. I’d never insult you so.” Luigi promptly dropped to one knee.
“Then listen closely,” Titus said quietly. “Do you know why my father returned? And while he criticized my conspiracy, why did he not actually punish me or even forfeit me as a potential successor to the family?”
Though it was a weird question, Luigi gingery made an attempt at flattery. “Because… you’ve proved your cunning, and Master Lionheart can’t bear to hurt you?”
“Nope,” Titus replied, chuckling coolly and completely denying Luigi’s sycophancy. “That’s because I see further than Sif ever could.”
