Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure C.797 Family tension

Rose was surprised to hear this at first before saying with a bitter look, "I think I should be the one that's asking you this. You're the one that summoned me back by saying that you're sick."

Count Amboise narrowed his eyes for a bit as if he had to think about this before turning to look at Henry.

Henry turned away when he saw Count Amboise looking at him like this.

Count Amboise remained silent as he kept staring at Henry before turning back to say, "Right, your father was ill, so he wanted you to come back. Is there something wrong with that?"

Rose was surprised by how shameless he was before saying, "But you're not ill."

"I was ill and now I'm better." Count Amboise said in a calm voice, as if he wasn't shaken by her accusation at all.

Rose was even more surprised by how shameless he was.

The sayings really were true…the older a pepper is, the hotter it becomes.

It was clear that Count Amboise had a lot of experience with matters like this, which was why he wasn't fazed at all by Rose's words.

But the clues that I got from this made it very clear who the real culprit behind all of this was.

I could tell that there was someone who had acted behind the count's back to orchestrate all of this, that was why it seemed like the count didn't know anything about this.

And that person was in the room with us.

But as a father, it didn't seem like Count Amboise was planning on exposing that person and was even planning on covering for them.

Rose just looked at Count Amboise for a bit before saying, "Alright, since you're better, there's no reason for us to stay any longer. We're leaving then."

This time it was Count Amboise's turn to be surprised, but the way that he showed it was a bit strange.

Instead of showing actual surprise, he just slightly knitted his brows.

But it was different from Henry and Lily who were not as good at hiding their true feelings.

Lily was the one that came forward to say, "Sweetie, what are you saying? You've finally come back after all this time and you're saying that you're leaving already? How could you do that?"

Rose just had a calm and expressionless look on her face as her mother said this.

Eventually Henry came forward as well and said, "Sister, you shouldn't do this to mother and father. It's been so long since they've seen you and you're just leaving like this? Why not just stay a bit longer?"

Rose turned to look at Henry to say, "If they wanted to see me, why couldn't they come and see me? Why must I come and see them?"

Henry was caught off guard when he heard this.

He opened and closed his mouth a few times before closing it again as he didn't know what to say.

Well, there was something that he wanted to say, but he didn't say it in the end when he saw how Rose looked at him. It was clear that if he were to say what he wanted to say, it wouldn't end well for him.

So the only thing that he could do was turn to me as if he was looking for help.

But I just completely ignored him.

This was something that Rose was doing, so I would support her in the end even if it meant antagonizing her family.

So the only thing that Henry could do in the end was awkwardly turn away.

Rose didn't care about him as she looked at her father and mother.

Both of whom had remained silent during all of this.

In the end though, Lily said, "Sweetie, we're a family. You shouldn't be acting this way."

Rose just said with a snort, "We're a family? Then why did you never visit after pawning me off to some random noble?"

Lily's eyes trembled when she heard this before awkwardly turning away.

Even though the count didn't say anything, it was clear by the slight furrowing of his brows that he also had a slight reaction to this.

Henry came forward and said, "Sister, you can't talk to mother and father like this."

This time, he had actual justification which was what gave him the confidence to speak.

It was just too bad for him that Rose didn't give him any face at all.

"And who do you think you are to talk to me like that? I have to remind you that I am a duchess, the wife of a duke. You are nothing more than the son of a count, one that hasn't even inherited a title yet. Do you really think that you can talk to me like this?"

If she went even further, then she might have slapped him in the face.

But he was still her brother, so it wasn't as if she could just slap him right in the face like that.

That didn't mean that it didn't feel like getting slapped in the face for Henry.

The words that Rose said were like slaps that made his cheeks sting.

It was even so powerful that he wasn't able to lift his head to look at her.

The only thing that he could do was shoot looks at me like he wanted me to help, but this time, he was surprised to see the stern look that I had. The way that I looked at him made him feel pressured as well…

Since my wife was bringing out her status as the duchess, I naturally had to support her as the duke.

If they were going to disrespect her, then I would side with her no matter what.

Both Rose's mother and father didn't know what to say in this situation since she had brought out her title.

After all, both of them were technically lower ranked than her and couldn't say anything if she was to bring out her title.

Even if they were her parents, it couldn't be done.

There was this tense atmosphere that filled the air.