The “Former” Family At That Time.

Going back in time a little at the night party held by Viscount Lance…… the place where the second party was held.

If one were to speak about night parties, they were basically venues where only adult nobles participated, but the night party held this time had quite the different vibe.

“Our child has already participated in beast hunting, so his courage has already been tested.”

“Ohh, that’s quite wonderful. By the way, speaking of our daughter, she has an amazing mind…… and she’s incredible at singing.”

It quickly turned into a so-called matchmaking venue.

Every noble worked to make their children more appealing, and plucking out the rivals in order to establish relationships between their child and a child of better status, better talent or better appearance.

Basically, noble families of lower status desperately tried to appeal to those upper nobles, even thought they were extremely rude towards them. But for everyone, this was common sense, to appeal to others while calling it giving out greetings.

“Grint, what did you think of today’s presentation party? ”

His grandmother, Isis, asked Grint.

Since Isis wasn’t heading to the capital with the rest of the Roundhart family in the morning, she arrived late.

That’s why they finally met at this night party.

However, for Isis, this night party was more important than the presentation party, so this wasn’t much of a problem for her.

“Grandmother! ”

Grint was very fond of Isis.

And completely opposite to her interactions with Ain, Isis always smiled gently towards Grint.

When she went out, she never gave anything to Ain, but always carefully prepared souvenirs for Grint, and was quite doting towards him.

“Oh Mother, you came.”

“Yeah, a little while ago. I greeted a few acquaintances before coming here.”

“Mother-in-law, thank you for your patience in the carriage trip.”

“Not at all Alma-san, I’m sure you’ve had a hard time at these long parties, right? Thank you for your hard work.”

There was a time when Isis was also this kind towards Olivia.

She had placed great expectations on Olivia, whom had married to the Roundhart family for some unknown reason, coming from the great country of Ishtalika.

However, those expectations were shattered by the skills the long-awaited eldest son of the Roundhart family had.

After that moment, the correspondence between the two of them shifted to the point where it came to a stark contrast.

The way she spoke became petulant, the time she spent showing her face to her grandson Ain declined, and besides for when she had some business with Olivia, the time she talked to her got close to zero.

“No, there’s no way that’s the case. After all, this is very important for the future of the Roundhart family…… and Grint’s future also hangs in the line.”

“Fufu…… that’s right.”

In contrast, her attitude towards Alma was visibly better.

Alma was the second wife who came from a Baron family in the Heim Kingdom, so she was basically a concubine.

Therefore, Isis wasn’t particularly cold towards her, but her attitude still wasn’t as good as how she was towards Olivia, the first wife……

However, when Grint was born, and his talent as Holy Knight was known…… Isis started to think that he would be a better choice for the successor of the house.

So now, as she raised Grint splendidly, and cared for Isis, Alma became the best choice even thought she was the second wife.

And even thought she was just the second wife, she was now treated as the de-facto wife.

“By the way, Alma. What is Olivia doing? ”

“Dear……? I told you, didn’t I? Tonight’s party is just about Grint.”

“Yeah, but I feel a little bad for not telling her about this.”

Because his parents were having a conversation, Grint kept to himself and was quiet, but when he heard his father caring for Olivia…… caring for Ain, he couldn’t help but to frown.

“Father…… Am I not good enough?”

Grint’s murmur didn’t reach Logas.

“Logas. You too agreed to it, didn’t you? ”

“……Yeah, but.”

Olivia and Ain were not told about this night party.

The three of them had spoken about it beforehand, and at that time, Alma and Isis had decided not to bring Ain and Olivia here in order to not make them feel humiliated, to which Logas ended up accepting.

Deep down, Logas understood that Ain couldn’t succeed him, and he had refrained from bringing that argument up. Fate and duty were