I Accidentally Saved The Male Lead's Brother

After that, Charlotte continued to talk to her family.

Unlike her two brothers, whom she had seen several times in the capital, her parents, whom she had not met since leaving her home, asked her many questions.

“Actually, in all the letters you said you were fine. I don’t know if it was because you were really fine or because you didn’t want us to worry.”

Baroness Lannia spoke while wiping her eyes with a handkerchief.

The Baron patted her on the back as if to comfort her, but her eyes were still wet.

Jack, who was gasping, spoke in a hoarse voice for no reason.

“Why are you worried? Didn’t you think brother Issac and I would take care of her?”

“I think they were more worried because of you.”

“Oh, You were away for years and didn’t worry but why are you worrying about Charlotte now?”

“Jack, how old are you?”

“Calm down.”

Charlotte, who was about to cry after the Baron’s wife, burst out laughing at Jack’s words.

He seemed to be acting immature, but Jack was clearly doing this to lighten the gloomy atmosphere.

Similarly, the Baroness who noticed this wiped her eyes and laughed, then looked at Jack and Issac with a tender look.

Charlotte had to correct her thoughts a while ago. She thought Jack was immature.

“It was fine. The people here in the Heinst Palace are nice to me, Theo follows me well, and the Duke is taking good care of me.”

“Bu…”

Issac secretly hit Jack’s side, who was trying to mutter something.

Maybe Jack was trying to talk about what happened to Charlotte during the martial arts competition.

However, neither Charlotte nor Issac wanted to worry their parents, so they decided to bury the matter. Jack was not satisfied.

And while the family of five was completing the conversation,

There was a knock at the door and Carcel entered. Since he was on patrol before he came here, he was wearing his outing clothes.

Charlotte and the other family members got up.

Carcel walked over to Baron Lannia and bowed politely. Baron Lannia and his wife, who weren’t sure what to do with his polite attitude, waved their hands and kindly saluted him.

“Thank you for coming such a long way.”

“No, the duke has taken measures so that we can use the mana gate so we came here comfortably.”

“However, the journey must have been arduous, so I hope you will rest.”

This time his gaze turned to Issac and Jack.

“Sir Lannia, Sir Jack. Thank you for taking some time out from your busy schedules.”

“No, thank you for inviting us.”

“Well, I’m coming to see Charlotte so, of course, I have to come.”

Jack winked at Charlotte.

Charlotte shook her head as if she couldn’t see her unstoppable younger brother. At times, Theo and Jack’s mental ages seemed similar.

Finally, Carcel looked at Charlotte. Unlike before, a smile hung around his mouth as he looked at her.

“I’m sure you miss your family a lot, but I hope you don’t worry about Theo so much and spend time with yours. I’ll go now.”

“Ah, wait a minute.”

 Charlotte apologized to her family and followed him down the hall. Instead of asking what was going on, Carcel quietly waited for her words.

Charlotte scratched her cheek for no reason and whispered softly.

“Thank you .”

“It’s nothing.”

“But I’m still grateful. I was thankful for having a flower garden in the greenhouse, but I didn’t expect you to invite my family.”

But it was strange. Instead of responding to Charlotte’s thanks, Carcel apologized.

“I’m sorry .”

“Why are you apologizing for all of a sudden? You invited my family.”

“I should have known first that the miss wanted to see her family, but I realized that only after hearing the matter from the lady.”

“Yes ….”

This is not the family she meant, Charlotte thought but decided to keep quiet for the time being.

“I didn’t know you’d be so upset because of these incidents after spending time with me and Theo after quietly living at Lannia’s estate.”

“It’s okay .”

It’s true that there are many mishaps, but in fact, it’s been somewhat set up since I got involved in the original work.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised, but that didn’t make me want to leave this place.

But Carcel didn’t seem to believe Charlotte’s words right away. He frowned slightly as if he was in pain.

“I will take extra care of you to prevent such incidents from happening in the future, so please….”

please?

“Please don’t leave this place. You can always invite your family over whenever you want. We can even provide them with a guest room.”

This guy seems to have a surprisingly gentle side. It must have been because of Theo, but Charlotte has a different impression of him.

The reason was unknown, but Carcel looked like a big dog, sullen with fear of leaving his owner.

Charlotte replied with a smile.

“I will not leave. Theo here. Where am I going?”

Charlotte swallowed the excitement that was about to jump out at any moment.

Only then, Carcel smiled comfortably.

“Yes .”

***

Lannia’s family stayed in the Land of Heinst for a week.

Jack was busy playing with Theo on Theo’s field #2, and Isaac sat with Charlotte and didn’t do anything special.

In particular, Baron Lannia looked most impressed when she saw the yellow flower garden in the greenhouse.

It was the last day before the Lannia family left in such an unfortunately short time.

Carcel formally invited Lannia’s family to dinner.

Of course, they had dinner together in the past few days, but the formal invitation was different.

The owner, Carcel, had to prepare dinner by paying more attention to the menu, dishes, wines, etc. Guests had to wear formal clothes and prepare gifts.

Lannia’s family, including Charlotte, put on their best clothes and headed to the restaurant.

However, as nobles who had learned etiquette, they seemed more elegant.

“Thank you for your invitation .”

On behalf of Lannia’s family, Charlotte presents the gift to Carcel.

“It’s cider made with apples from Lannia’s estate. It’s not very strong, so it’s good to drink as an apéritif.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

Carcel handed the apple juice to the maid. Soon the cider was being poured into a tall glass and the sweet juice was placed in front of Theo who was unable to take turns with alcohol.

“toast!”

Theo lifted his glass excitedly, toasted himself, and drank the juice.

And soon the appetizers were served. Charlotte, who was wrapping the handkerchief around Theo’s neck, frowned at the food the servants were putting on the table.

‘what is all of this ?’

“I Invite you to a meal,” he said, but Charlotte didn’t think it would be any different than when Charlotte was eating with Carcel.

This was because Carcel had treated them generously over the past week.

But tonight was different. It was the size of a minuscule banquet hall.

There were five appetizers on the menu so they could choose what they wanted to eat comfortably.

Jack whistled, but Issac stopped him first after noticing this and spoke to him.

“Thank you for such valuable hospitality.”

“Since you are Charlotte’s family, I must of course treat you this way.”

Carcel spoke politely.

“She grew up in a rural area, so she doesn’t know much about the social world, and she lacks a lot, but she has a warm heart, so please take care of her.”

When Baroness Lannia bowed her head, Carcel bowed his head out of courtesy.

“Please take good care of me and I will take good care of Charlotte in the future.”

Jack, who was sitting next to Charlotte, whispered to her in surprise.

“Ah, does he call you by your first name now? Didn’t you say he calls you Miss Lannia?”

Charlotte felt embarrassed when she remembered what he had said before.

“Ah, that’s what happened.”

“What about you? Do you call him by his first name, too?”

“No, not yet …”

Hearing this answer, Jack sighed and muttered to himself.

He was talking to himself, in fact, as if he was asking Charlotte to listen.

“I didn’t know that I would feel sorry for Duke Heinst.”

“…. What do you mean ?”

When Charlotte asked, Jack shook his head.

“Hah, it’s my sister. But this time I have no choice but to side with the duke.”

Finally, Jack turned his head away from Charlotte and ate the appetizer. He showed his desire not to speak to Charlotte anymore.

Charlotte looked at Jack once and thought about the meaning of what he said. It wasn’t hard to figure out the meaning. Because she was already thinking about it, too.

When they first met at Heinst Palace in the capital, Jack cried out and said that a man should not call his girlfriend by such a difficult name.

In addition, he was suspicious of the engagement between the two.

But in about a month, Carcel calls Charlotte by her name. This means that he has changed his feelings.

On the other hand, Charlotte never called him by his name, so from Jack’s point of view it was as if Carcel had a one-sided love.

‘…that’s not wrong.’