Can We Become A Family?

CHAPTER 3

Nikan, for the first time in his life, slapped his son on the cheek with uncontrollable anger.

Slap!

"Are you out of of your mind!"

He slapped Wood on the cheek, but his anger didn't subside at all.

Navia, instead of his real daughter, was the child who would become the next Empress and give birth to the next Emperor.

His real daughter, Vivian, was a 'mana reflux disease' patient.

Mana reflux disease was an incurable disease in which a child born between a wizard couple would suddenly die one day without any precursors.

Among those who suffered from mana reflux disease, the longest lifespan was 20 years.

Since a woman with a time limit couldn't become Empress, Navia became her substitute.

'Everyone is watching Agnes right now to find a weakness!'

There were a lot who want the fall of the wealthiest, the ones who owned the largest and best quality mana stone mine, the Agnes family.

'The Empress especially. She's eyeing my mana stone mine.'

The Empress' father, Duke Lucia, was engaged in a mana train business, and the fuel for the train was mana stones.

They traded on what each other wanted.

The Empress wanted to get a supply of mana stones for a low price, while Nikan wanted to put his foster daughter in the position of Empress.

What if they found out that Navia was a commoner?

'The crime for a commoner impersonating as a royal is not small.'

At this time, it was clear that the Imperial family would argue for all the mana stones.

It was rather okay up to there. (T/N: The impersonating crime is okay.)

Nikan killed all the children at the nursery, one by one, disguising them as accidents or illnesses, in order to hide Navia's identity. The head of the Nursery school was taken in as a vassal and silenced, but he died soon after consuming poison.

If these crimes were revealed, the mine won't be wiped clean.

'But I can't get caught.'

Nikan was born with a talent for this. He had already set the background so that no one could track him, and in any case, he could cut off their tails and put them on the guillotine.

Nikan was able to calm his anger with his thoughts.

Still, the problem remained.

Nowadays, there was a strong backlash against class discrimination among young nobles.

What would happen if there is a rumor that Navia, known as the daughter of a lower aristocrat, is persecuted because of her status despite being a foster daughter.

There was no way a hyena would miss the appetizing food thrown from Agnes, an aristocratic family.

They will complain that the higher nobles' were stained.

'Like a piece of trash.'

Nikan wanted to wipe out the young progressive aristocrats, but he knew that bugs would wriggle when stepped on.

'It'll be troublesome to draw more attention to something I don't want.'

Even now, there was too much attention drawn to the fire. They were workers for Agnes, but it was unclear if they were loyal.