The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 124

Loren Dmitri was about to face a very difficult situation.

Suddenly, CRASH!

William was thrown to the ground.

William always acted like he was better than everyone else. Now, he was on the floor, looking up at the person who had pushed him.

It was Roman.

Roman’s voice was cold. “Say sorry.”

William’s face went red, then pale. Tears filled his eyes, but he tried not to let them fall. He had never been so ashamed.

Count Castro watched from a distance. He saw his son on the ground. He wanted to help, but he knew he couldn’t. He looked away, his face tight with anger and shame.

Roman said, “Speak now. Say sorry like you mean it. If you don’t… you will regret it.”

Count Castro yelled, “William! Apologize now!”

William cried, his voice shaking. “Loren… I’m sorry! I bullied you… for no reason. Please… forgive me. I’ll leave the academy… I’ll never bother you again!”

He bowed his head to the ground.

All of William’s pride disappeared. He only felt shame and fear.

The students watching were surprised.

One of the students had warned Loren about Roman, but they never thought things would turn out this way.

Loren Dmitri was confused. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“What is happening?” Loren thought, his mind spinning.

He remembered being told that Roman was in danger.

So he had asked his father for help, but what was this situation?

“Is he apologizing to me because of my brother?”

That was the only explanation.

Roman Dmitri had appeared and grabbed William.

Even though the eldest son of the family was being dragged around like a dog, Count Castro could only watch with a gloomy face, unable to say anything.

It was a scene that was unimaginable in the capital.

Loren remembered his classmate’s warning. They said Roman was in danger. But it was the opposite. Roman was in control. He had made the powerful Castro family look weak. He had brought William to Loren like a prize.

Then it hit Loren. He had always thought of Roman as just his older brother, someone who was sometimes in trouble. But this Roman… this Roman was powerful. People were afraid of him. Everything Loren thought he knew about his brother was wrong.

Tears pricked at his eyes. He whispered, “Brother.”

Roman Dmitri had gone to the Castro family alone for him.

He must have known it was dangerous, yet he took the risk and stood up for him.

Count Castro said, “I want to apologize again on behalf of my son. I promise you, this will never happen again. I will make sure he leaves the Cairo Academy, so you won’t have to see him. I am truly sorry.”

The fight with William was over. For now.

Then, a cold feeling went through Loren. He suddenly understood. He had asked his father for help. What would his father do now?

Loren didn’t know how to say this.

When everyone else had gone, Loren was alone with Roman. He wanted to talk, to ask questions, but he didn’t know where to start.

“Loren.”

“…Yes?”

Roman looked down at Loren and said, “What happened today wasn’t just about you. They insulted our family, Dmitri. I had to show them they can’t do that. Remember this: you are a Dmitri. Don’t let anyone treat you like you are nothing.”

“I’m sorry.”

Loren looked ashamed.

Roman’s words were correct.

They shared the same Dmitri name, yet Roman and Rodwell were respected even in the capital.

Loren felt ashamed. He thought, ‘Roman is strong and respected. Rodwell too. But I… I am weak. I am making the Dmitri name look bad.’ He forgot what he wanted to say to Roman.

“Raise your head.”

It wasn’t warm.

Although it was a cold voice, Loren raised his head and looked at Roman.

“Your name is Loren Dmitri. I don’t want my brother to suffer the same fate as today. So, learn what power you have and what you can do in the future. The Castro family is connected to the central government, but if they knew Dmitri’s potential, they wouldn’t have treated you carelessly. Others don’t recognize your strength. It’s up to you to find your own power. Next time, I won’t help you.”

The words were spoken coldly.

However, Loren looked up at Roman, his eyes shining. He felt so grateful, so proud of his brother. ‘Brother,’ he thought again, his heart full.

Loren, fixated on the expression ‘my brother,’ nodded vigorously.

“I will remember everything you said. If the same thing happens again, I won’t just stand there and take it.”

At the youthful appearance, Roman chuckled.

It wasn’t bad.

In his old life, Roman had to be tough and alone. He couldn’t trust anyone. But this life was different.

As he lived a new life, Roman Dmitri did not want to repeat the same terrible life as in his previous life.

‘I don’t want to engage in futile infighting anymore.’

He turned his gaze.

He walked first.

Loren hurriedly followed Roman, then suddenly remembered his father’s situation.

“Brother! We need to contact the family right away! If we leave it like this, I don’t know what Dad might do!”

Little did Loren know, his father was already planning something big. Something much bigger than just a fight. Something that could change everything.

Count Castro returned to his mansion.

The decorations greeted his eyes, but today they did not feel like symbols of power at all.

“You damned son!”

Slap!

As soon as he returned home, he slapped his son across the face.

William fell to the floor.

Holding his red cheek, William looked up at Count Castro with a shocked face.

“…Father?”

“Don’t even call me father! I’ve raised a fool! Do you know who you messed with today? Roman Dmitri is a rising star. Everyone important in Cairo wants him on their side! And you made him angry!”

Count Fabius witnessed this incident.

Even the academy students saw it, so even if they tried to cover it up, the rumors would soon spread throughout Cairo.

“From now on, people will say the Castro family are useless fools who can’t do anything against Dmitri. From the moment you knelt down, our status has fallen to the bottom.”

There is no way to recover.

From the moment William crossed the line, it was already foreseen.

Thinking about the reputation that would plummet in aristocratic society, Count Castro felt a sense of dizziness.

‘Damn it.’

Duke Benedict. He was worried about how to face him.

If, as Count Fabius said, he was really trying to take Roman Dmitri as his son-in-law, then the relationship they had built up over the years could collapse in an instant.

Duke Benedict was that kind of person.

The Castro family could be pushed back in the central government if they made even the slightest mistake.

For now, he wanted to clear his head.

After telling the servant to get his son out of his sight, Count Castro sat on the sofa and opened a bottle of wine.

A fragrant smell.

Just as he was about to take a sip…

“Count! We have received a call from the Dmitri family.”

“From Dmitri?”

At those words, Count Castro frowned and put down his glass.

Roman and Castro. It was already a settled matter.

But Baron Romero, unaware of the truth, made a grand entrance.

“Castro! I heard you hurt my son! Just because you are nobles in the capital doesn’t mean you can push us around! You touched a Dmitri! We will not forget this!” Baron Romero’s face filled the screen. His voice was loud and angry.

Count Castro had a headache.

He was already mentally shocked, so why was Baron Romero picking a fight over a problem that was already over?

“Tomorrow, we declare war! And we will stop all trade with you. We will take back all our money from your bank. We will make you suffer!” There was no hesitation in his words.

Without even listening to the other party’s response, he poured out everything he wanted to say.

Baron Romero’s threat was very threatening.

If what he said became a reality, the Castro family would be in real danger.

‘That must never happen.’

He felt dizzy.

If the bonds came back and hostile forces gained power, that alone was enough to make him suffocate.

Even if they gained an advantage in the domain war against the Dmitri family, they would be shaken as Baron Romero said if they put financial pressure on them.

Moreover, they could not guarantee victory in the domain war in the first place.

While ordinary noble families do not have more than two hundred private soldiers, Dmitri’s military power exceeded the level of the frontier.

And if mercenaries such as the Benjamin Mercenary Corps joined forces, they could mobilize more than a thousand troops.

Lastly, wasn’t there Roman Dmitri?

At first, he was simply worried about Duke Benedict’s feelings, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized that Dmitri’s potential was not insignificant.

If they waged war against them, no matter how powerful they were in the capital, they would have no choice but to fall into ruin.

‘Roman Dmitri is just like his father.’

A fiery temper. He didn’t look back.

He couldn’t even grasp what to say to persuade Baron Romero.

It was then…

“Release my son immediately. This is my last warning.”

In an instant, Count Castro felt something was wrong.

Holding his son, thinking that the other party might be mistaken, Count Castro said urgently, “Baron Dmitri! You seem to be mistaken, we are not holding anyone from the Dmitri family. My son did wrong to Loren Dmitri. But he is fully repenting for that problem, and my son went directly to apologize on his knees. It’s already over, so why suddenly a domain war? We did our best.”

He revealed the truth.

Then, beyond the screen, Baron Romero looked embarrassed.

“…Is that true?”

The anger that had been erupting like a volcano subsided at once.

Baron Romero, who had finished all the war preparations, could not bring himself to accept the reality that Roman had already received an apology from Castro.