The Mars family estate.
Its current lord, Dale, sighed deeply as he looked at the documents spread before him.
If it were just a matter of too many documents, he could deal with it.
But the vassals had been hounding him until just moments ago, leaving him drained.
'Goddamn annoying humans.'
They weren't the owners of the carriage, yet they were coachmen who devoted their lives to it.
But even as the owner, a coachman was essential to drive the carriage.
So he tried to appease the vassals while running the estate…
"Why the hell does Karl's name keep coming up?"
His younger brother, the second son of the family, Karl.
The vassals kept comparing him to Karl, driving him crazy.
Karl's existence even posed a problem for Dale's legitimacy.
Normally, the eldest son would naturally inherit the family.
But in a mage family, it was fundamentally merit-based.
In ordinary circumstances, Dale would have struggled to become lord.
