At that moment, Linde finally gave up all hope and no longer dared to harbor any illusions.
He was not actually clueless about what kind of treatment awaited someone abandoned by the family, but past warmth had blinded his eyes, and the direct-line young master treatment he still enjoyed had blinded his heart.
As it turned out, in this family, the one who was truly softest-hearted toward him was indeed only his brother.
He should have known earlier; his mother Helena hated betrayal above all else—ever since that disaster years ago forced her to abandon her brilliantly glowing path as a Magic Swordsman and left her bedridden for many years.
Helena had always been decisive, but Linde truly never expected that she could cut off even her love for her youngest son with such decisiveness.
Yet, leaning against Dieter's chest, Linde's face was completely expressionless: was all of this really his fault?
He knew his personality had problems, but the appearance of the Mutant Silk Spider was not because of him... Faced with a son who had become like this due to their own missteps, did the Earl and his wife never feel any guilt?
Could it be that they felt making Linde a Mage was compensation enough for him?
Linde pressed his lips together. He was well aware that Earl Ster was merely restoring him to the standard treatment of a normal collateral family scion, and furthermore, everything given to him in the past had not been confiscated, which could hardly be called ruthless.
But what about Ellie?
With Ellie turned into her current state, the resources the family poured into her were practically money thrown down the drain... Why did the Earl and his wife not react at all?
They had not even taken back the Hall of