Although Ancilla was the second mistress of the main family, she could not control her daring adopted son. It may have been possible when Eugene was young and he had just been adopted, but now, Eugene was an adult.

For a long time, Ancilla had properly faced reality. Her biological children, the twins, were truly outstanding prodigies. If she hadn’t met Eugene, she may have thought her children were geniuses, like any other mother would have. However, she had met Eugene, so she could no longer think the twins were that great geniuses.

Fortunately, the child didn’t wish to become the Patriarch. If anything, he rather loathed the idea of becoming the Patriarch. Thus, there was no reason for her to be hostile toward him. As such, ever since Eugene had become her adopted son, Ancilla had tried to be on good terms with him. She had also coaxed Cyan, who had been caught in his immaturity and ego. Then, she had reasoned with the curious, mischievous Ciel so that she wouldn’t provoke Eugene too much. Ancilla herself tried not to provoke him, for that matter.

Cyan and Ciel had ended up becoming close with Eugene. Although they were related by little blood, the three had become true siblings. Cyan had turned his inferiority complex into a desire to improve himself. Instead of hating Eugene, who was better than him, Cyan yearned for him and wanted to follow in Eugene’s footsteps.

It was also similar for Ciel. She didn’t have a massive inferiority complex like Cyan, but she had definitely been motivated by Eugene and Cyan. She didn’t try to slack off in her training. All the while, Ciel was conscious of Eugene in a different way than Cyan.

In Ancilla’s eyes, their relationship was very peaceful and satisfying.

Eugene wouldn’t become the Patriarch in the end. Even Ciel had chosen to join the Black Lion instead of competing with her biological older brother to become the Patriarch. Cyan was trying his best...