From this fact alone, it is clear that my father had no intention of hiding anything from the beginning, but now it doesn’t really matter.
Tomorrow, my parents will probably brag about how amazing my younger brother is to the noble attendees at the party, which is being held to officially introduce him as the successor to the Duke’s family.
After all, it’s a party to reveal their pride and joy.
However, my parents don’t know that the more they brag about my brother, Douglas, to the attending nobles, the more they will tighten their own noose, and the more I will become the center of attention.
It is truly not an exaggeration that tomorrow’s party is for me.
With that thought in mind, I skipped breakfast and headed to school.
There’s no need to eat breakfast while looking at the faces of people I dislike, and I don’t want to endure being insulted while eating either.
Besides, I wouldn’t be able to resist smiling at the sight of my family’s faces.
I should spend the day enjoying myself without my family, as it’s likely the last day I can do so.
And today, as always, I headed to school in the Duke’s unnecessarily luxurious carriage.
You can see the pride and vanity of my parents from such places.
It’s fine for them to make fun of me personally, but I suppose they can’t tolerate the Duke’s family being made fun of through me.
They truly are people with small minds.
However, thanks to that, the only people who insult me to my face are my little brother and his followers or my fiancée and her entourage. In that sense, the only good thing about my parents being people with small minds is that it’s limited to those around my little brother and fiancée.
Other than that, they’re as good as nothing.
If anything, they gave birth to me in this world.
However, except for those around my brother and fiancée, the noble students who attend the school don’t even bother to hide their disdain for me, even though they are clearly from lower nobility rank like baronial or knightly families, which is conveyed directly through their words and actions on a daily basis.
Nevertheless, it’s still much better than being directly targeted by my little brother, fiancée and their followers.
Thanks to that, no one in my class talks to me, but I can imagine a shining and uninterrupted future without anyone interfering with my life.
Of course, this also applies to Douglas, but I’m grateful to God that Liliana, my fiancée, is in a different class than me.
Thinking about all of this, the bell for the first class rings in no time.