"What will you do, Your Grace?"

The long table that is full of intimidating nobles, sit sequentially to each other. But the one being the most intimidating is none other than Duke Damon Univers himself.

There's a noble conference about the child with the name Violette.

Whether it's really the Duke's child or not. Some of them is going to use this chance for their own benefits.

"That random wench is not my child." Damon said casually as he put his hand around his chin, getting bored of the conversation and it didn't entertain him a bit.

"Excuse me Your Grace, but Lady Violette is your child." the nobleman that brought Violette to the Univers Estate, Adolf Bedford said confidently.

"Quit your yapping, Lord Bedford. I don't remember having another daughter besides my own real daughter." Damon argued back smoothly, while staring intensely at Adolf Bedford much to his dismay as he felt shiver down his spine, probably taking the wrong turn getting on Damon's bad side.

". . . I don't think so." one of the nobles exclaimed as all heads turned towards him. "Your Grace, I understand about your first daughter because she is your official daughter that disappears. But in Violette's case, it's different. She has the same violet eye colour that only the Univers bloodline can possess." he added, trying to be neutral as possible.

But Adolf saw that as a chance to get Violette accepted into the Univers Dukedom. He thought that he was blessed to find a child that possess the eyes of the Univers, and of course, he merely wanted nothing but reward and live lavishly because of his small, unnoticed household.

"Yes, Your Grace. You can't just throw a child that-"

"I don't care if I had to."

"Your Grace!"

Within minutes, the table became chaotic because of Damon's simple reply to Adolf's unfinished sentence.

One of the noble stood up with grace as he look at Damon with a serious expression, that is Duke Aaron Albrecht, from the Albrecht Dukedom.

"I'm sure Your Grace didn't forget about this Empire's rules. One of the rules is that the eye colours that the nobles posses is the symbol of their own household except commoners who only posses brown or black eyes." he explained truthfully, trying to follow the law of the Empire. With that, he continue,

"The Imperial Family's eye colour is sapphire. Alistaire Marquessate is gold, and even the most feared and tainted clan of Gaines have their own eye colour they possessed, the colour of blood. Such as myself, our household possessed the colour of light magneta. That's why this is not a laughing matter because Lady Violette possessed the eye colour of the Univers Dukedom, that is violet." Duke Aaron explained thoroughly, making anyone's mind clear to think straight resulting Damon's frown through the explanation.

"So, are you saying that I should adopt that child?" Damon asked with his usual calm and cold voice that can send shiver on everyone.

". . . for now, let her stay in your estate as Univers. Your Grace and I will investigate her in the mean time. We can't let her stay in the temple right?" Aaron reasoned Damon logically, trying to gain the cooperation he want. "If it is proved that she is not your child, then you can reject her as much as you want. You can even throw her aside." he smiled friendly at Damon making Damon sighed.

Aaron is the best friend of Damon and he can't really refuse Aaron's suggestions. That's why Damon gave in this conversation and take Aaron's advice.

". . . Alright."

Aaron smiled as he look at all of the nobles that is sitting on their respective chairs, waiting for his next sentence.

"For now, we can see Lady Violette as Duke Damon's illegitimate child. Anyone wants to oppose?"

Adolf want to oppose it but he can't because if he oppose it, Damon might change his mind about letting Violette stay in the estate.

So he stay quiet about it.

-

Aaron approach Damon as he grab Damon's shoulder.

Damon stopped on his tracks as he turned his head towards Aaron who has a worried expression on his face.

"Did you. . . really want to throw your other daughter aside?"

"I never acknowledge her as my daughter in the first place."

"I know! I also knew that you wouldn't . . . play with another woman! But the eye colour cannot lie! Not even magic can hide it!"

With that strong statement, Damon raise his hand as he scratch the back of his neck lazily.

"Quit your yapping Aaron. Even if she's going to say that she's the goddess of this world or whatever, I know one thing for sure,"

Aaron gulp, afraid of the finishing sentence Damon will say.

"She's not my daughter." that's an absolute statement from the one and only Duke Univers.

Once he said something, nothing can change his mind.

"Not now, not ever." that completely shut Damon's one and only best friend.

Damon turned back, walking towards his own carriage.

". . . That child lingering with dark magic. How displeasing to have her to stay in our estate."

-

"Is that really the daughter of this dukedom?"

"She has the violet eye colour though."

". . . I hope Lady Viola will come back soon."

"Yes. . . I don't like Lady Violette. She's like taking Lady Viola's place."

With the whispers and bad news about the new self proclaimed illegitimate daughter from the Univers Dukedom, makes most of the workers despised her.

-

Violette walk around the hallway with a wide smile while looking around the beautiful scenery through the windows that she passed.

". . . My room is around here, right?"

She asked to herself as she look around the hallway and found a door that supposedly to be her room.

She approach it as she opened the door, her eyes widened in surprise by how big and luxurious the room is.

She walked in the room happily while looking around the luxurious tidy room.

She checks her walk in closet that is filled with new dresses and accessories.

". . . Whoa. . . Beautiful." she look at the jewelries that sparkles at her, showing that it's a brand new jewelries that no one wears yet.

"What are you doing here?" a rough, displeasing voice echoed the room making shiver run down Violette's spine without any reason as she turned around to be greeted by the 17 years old Carlos, her third brother(?).

". . . B-brother. . ." It's quite awkward for her to be greeted by her brother in the current time because it's their first meeting of the day.

"Brother? Since when my family adopt you?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, implying that she's just going to stay there until everything is confirmed.

"Also, What are you doing in my sister's room!?"

Violette was quite taken aback by his statement.

"H-huh. . .?" she asked, confused. ". . . B-but I'm your sister. . . (?)" she asked innocently, didn't know how to respond to his statement.

Carlos clicked his tongue as he pull her hand forcefully, dragging her out from the room.

"B-brother!? What are you doing!?"

Carlos let go of his grip and look with her with bulging eyes. "Let me ask your first. What are you doing in my little sister's room. . . !?"

". . . W-what do you mean by sister?"

". . . this stupid wench. . ." Carlos facepalmed as he look down at her.

"My sister. The fourth child, the only daughter and Lady of the Univers Dukedom. Viola Univers."

Violette look at him with wide eyes at the information of another sister.

". . . Huh?"

"Your room is near at the maids headquarters. This is our mansion."

"our?"

"This mansion is special for every child that born within this dukedom. Ed, Val, Vio, and me. We all live in this mansion."

In every household, there's two seperate mansion. The mansion for the Duke and Duchess. And the mansion for their children or child.

". . . b-but. . . I'm your sister too. I'm one of the Unive-"

"Oh please! Father never adopted you! I don't know where you came from, but. . ." Carlos lean closer towards her and give her the most meanest and angriest frown he could form. "I don't need another sister that is an illegitimate child or whatsoever. Father doesn't even know if you're a real one or just a fake one. Until everything is clear that you really is our sister, I won't acknowledge you nor give you my respect. Remember that."

Carlos knew it's weird for him to hate a person right away, but as he said, he doesn't like random person entering his family to only ruin it in the future.

Carlos raise his hand as he pointed at his right side, where the path will lead outside the mansion.

He smirked while intimidate her to no end.

"The maid headquarters is that way, fake sister."

After Carlos little encounter with Violette reach Damon's ear, Damon warned Carlos for it.

Though in the end, fortunately Violette got a better place to stay. That is the room for guests.