Her Majestic Battle Cry

After Jacob and Luke’s investigation, they learned that the situation wasn’t as simple as it first appeared.

According to Kyle, Adrian’s initial investigation showed that David had believed Isaac brought him good fortune, but it cost him his health. Despite seeking treatment from many renowned physicians in the capital, none could cure Isaac. Eventually, he was sent to a temple for healing.

This suggested that David did care for the child, as a dad would, and it was common fo e youngest child to receive the most affection.

However, based on what Luke had learned from the elderly stewards and servants working for the Earl of Silverstone’s extended family, David in truth despised Isaac deeply. The servants couldn’t recall his attitude at the very beginning, but it was clear David had treated Isaac poorly over time.

They even gave examples of such situations.

During Vincent’s birthday celebration, Isaac–who was then called Seraphina–was carried into the banquet by Vincent himself. At that time, Vincent’s health had greatly improved, and he was full of energy. But afterward, David had dragged Isaac out. He claimed Isaac had tired Vincent, and had given Isaac ten hard strikes on the palm.

These things were likely unknown to the masters of the house, but the servants had witnessed novelbin

them.

Another time, Vincent took Isaac hunting, and they caught a white fox. The fox fur had been given to Isaac. But later on, it was Viola who wore it.

There were many other small incidents where David showed clear signs of dislike toward Isaac. Many servants had witnessed them, including those who shared these details with Luke.

At that time, the family hadn’t been split up, and they all lived together at Silverstone Estate. David wasn’t one to hide his emotions and his disdain often showed on his face, though he wasn’t always aware of it.

There was another thing. When it came to treating Isaac’s illness, Vincent had called for the physicians. However, the herbs were often subtly changed when the medicine was being prepared.

David told the servants who handled the medicine that Sebastian had provided the herbs, claiming they were of better quality than those from the physicians Vincent had hired. He also claimed that he privately made these changes to avoid upsetting Vincent.

Furthermore, Vincent initially strongly opposed sending Isaac to the temple, believing the charlatan priest had no real skill. Yet after meeting with the priest a few times and hearing him reveal many private matters, Vincent became convinced of the man’s abilities. Some servants, however, had overheard that David deliberately disclosed these secrets to make the charlatan

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priest appear knowledgeable.

Thus, the charlatan priest’s supposed divine insight was little more than cheating. He already knew the answers in advance.

So, David didn’t like his youngest son and may have even hated the boy. The supposed treatments for Isaac’s illness, which went on for years without improvement, were likely prolonged by David’s manipulation of the medicine to ensure no real recovery.

Given David’s strong belief in fate, it was easy to imagine that when he was named heir and Vincent was seriously ill, he assumed he would inherit the title any day. What he didn’t expect

was for Vincent to recover.

With few significant accomplishments to his name and only trivial duties assigned to him, David became increasingly desperate to secure the title.

From what they could tell, David believed that Isaac had brought good luck to Vincent and that this was the reason Vincent’s health had been steadily improving. So, the only way to weaken Vincent’s luck was to send Isaac away and sever his influence.

However, to send Isaac away, David needed Vincent’s approval. After all, David worked with the charlatan priest, and they still needed to get money from the old man each year.

From this, two conclusions could be drawn. First, Adrian’s investigation was flawed–either he only scratched the surface, or was outright deceived by David.

Second, Adrian may have discovered the truth but chose to spare Isaac the pain of knowing.

With the investigation now clear, a new dilemma arose–should they tell Isaac? And did Evelyn know the full truth of the matter?

Carissa and the rest discussed it briefly and agreed that Evelyn likely had no idea. If she had known, she would not have gone to visit Isaac. The temple was not far from the capital, but it wasn’t a short journey either. A woman of her standing would not trek through the mountains and valleys just to check if a child was dead.

Of course, it was also possible that Vincent had been worried about the situation and had sent

her to check.

As they debated whether or not to reveal everything to Isaac, Violet suddenly burst in, her face a picture of urgency. “Shh, don’t say another word! He’s standing right outside listening.”

Carissa froze for a moment, then sprang to her feet and ran outside. Sure enough, Istac was standing casually at the door to the council hall, his demeanor nonchalant as ever.

With a wide grin, he said, “Thank you for figuring all of this out, Cari. But honestly, aside from the name, I don’t care about anything else.

With that, he turned around. He waved a hand dismissively as he walked off, exuding a carefree, almost reckless charm.

“Don’t waste your time looking further into this—just go back to whatever you were doing.”

Not interesting at all