Chapter 12

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Dian Leroy sighed, "Haa..."

He knew he had failed.

His second elder brother, Orland, had divorced.

It was only a three-year marriage.

The Leroy household suddenly became bustling.

The reason for the divorce was his sister-in-law's infidelity.

Not his brother, but his sister-in-law had cheated.

When Dian heard that his second brother had divorced, he thought his brother must have been the one who cheated.

Orland had been looking gloomy ever since he got married.

His brother had married a woman he didn't like.

She was from a wealthy family and was very intelligent, but her appearance was far from his brother's taste.

She was plain and couldn't even be called beautiful.

His brother, who preferred elegant women, found her to be of a cute type.

She had a charming personality.

Moreover, they had different hobbies, and he complained that their conversations didn't flow.

Despite this, his brother had worked hard, managing the Baldor family's territory and the restaurant they owned.

Their parents had warned him, "If the son-in-law cheats, it will never be forgiven," so he never went to brothels or had affairs.

Yet, his brother's wife cheated.

He thought she would get a substantial amount of alimony, but she only received a small sum.

Dian, feeling unsatisfied, asked for more details.

Orland had found married life difficult.

He couldn't love his wife.

Moreover, as a son-in-law, he wasn't allowed to cheat.

It felt like half of his life's happiness was lost from the start.

His mother had said, "You'll grow to like her as you live together," but his wife looked even less attractive without makeup, and she was far from Orland's taste. Their marital life was cold, and they had never been warm to each other.

Orland eventually placed a woman he liked as his assistant.

It wasn't an affair.

He just let her work by his side.

Perhaps he smiled a bit more when she was around.

Perhaps he was a bit more lenient with her mistakes.

But that was all.

He had tried hard to suppress his feelings.

However, his wife didn't see it that way.

Even at the divorce mediation, the maids and servants testified.

"The master never showed a smile to his wife, but he had a very gentle and relaxed expression when he was with that secretary."

"The wife was always kind and considerate, but the master was only gentle with the beautiful secretary."

"The wife had been preparing a gift for a long time, but the master sent the secretary to buy it. He bought gifts for the secretary himself."

"The wife was busy preparing for a party, but the master only praised the secretary who was relaxing."

There were countless such testimonies.

In the end, even his kindness to a maid he found cute was brought up.

His wife had been having a genuine affair with a childhood friend.

Despite this, Orland's infidelity seemed more serious.

The alimony was given out of pity for Orland, who was being evicted from the house.

He thought about retaliating, but he reminded them that he had worked for the Baldor family without pay.

The former sister-in-law remarried a childhood friend who was described as honest and excellent, but the Leroy parents lamented that there would be no more opportunities for Orland to become a son-in-law after this divorce. Dian thought, "What honesty is there in someone who cheats?" but his brother's "infidelity" had come first, and his sister-in-law's affair was only recent, after she decided to divorce him.

Seeing his second brother, who looked as if he had withered and fallen into depression, made Dian feel as if the blood drained from his face.

It felt like his own future.

Just then, he learned that Noel had become a foster daughter of the Michelle family.

Noel was excellent.

It was obvious if one thought about it.

Even commoners with magic often become foster children of noble families.

Noel, being Professor Michelle's favorite, was bound to be taken in by a good family.

—What am I doing?

Noel was his type. They got along well, and he enjoyed being with her.

He liked her.

He had always thought she was cute.

But because she was from a poor family, he only considered her as a potential concubine.

He was angry when he heard she had been disowned by the earl's family.

She had been a candidate for a concubine.

He didn't want to be associated with a woman who had been disowned and exposed to strange rumors.

It would affect his prospects as a son-in-law.

So he avoided her.

Just like the other boys.

Now, Noel wouldn't even look at Dian.

Of course not.

He had ignored and avoided her when she needed him.

She probably thought he wasn't even a friend.

Cute Noel.

His first love was fleeting.

—You only realize some things after you lose them.

The empty space in his chest felt hollow and lonely.