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"Prince Giancarlo! Prince Giovanni! Are you safe!?"
At the entrance of the garden, the knights wearing the same armor as Kyriros-sensei, having heard the explosion from earlier, had rushed over and were waiting with their swords drawn.
However, whether it's "interesting" or "obvious," almost none of the knights are worried about me.
Well, I'm not the type of person to sulk about it, but is it okay for someone serving the royal family?
"What about the doctor?"
"Hah! He will be here soon, he's here!"
When I looked around with my gaze at those words, I saw the doctor running over with a medicine box in his arms.
Seeing that, Kyriros-sensei immediately put me down and had Gian-aniki lie on the stretcher made of white cloth and a pole that the doctor had brought, and they were immediately carried away.
"Wa, it."
In the midst of all that, Gian-aniki quietly reached out his hand to me.
"Gian nii-sama?"
When I got closer, he smiled faintly, even though he was looking pale and suffering.
"Rai. Thank, you."
"Giancarlo-sama. Please rest now."
Whether he didn't want to let me talk to him that much, or whether Gian-aniki's condition was that bad, Gian-aniki was carried away without waiting for my words.
"However, what on earth was that explosion just now..."
Now that we had finally come to a safe zone, Kyriros-sensei began to ponder something again.
However, the content is something.
"Kyriros-shishou. That's why, I'm telling you I did that explosion!"
"............."
No matter how much I insist, Kyriros-sensei is dubious and confused.
He knows that I don't need to make such meaningless lies and that I'm not the type of person to do so, but even so, it seemed hard to believe that I, who is only five years old, caused that explosion.
"Niarchos. What Raymond is saying is true. I testify to that."
With Giovanni-aniki's testimony, the people around me suddenly started buzzing.
"At that age...?"
"No, doesn't this mean he has magic talent second only to Bertrand-sama?"
"No, but,
Isn't it dangerous?"
That word, spoken by someone unknown, gradually began to spread with fear.
Well, I can understand that feeling.
After all, the son of a concubine who publicly declares that he will kick out the first prince and become the Crown Prince can cause a big explosion with magic, right? It's nothing but terror.
I understand that feeling, so I can't say anything.
Besides, even if I said something here, it would be counterproductive.
Normally, I wouldn't care how much they say such things, but today was different.
Originally, today was my birthday, and Gian-aniki was planning to hold a tea party for me.
But Giovanni-aniki denies me just because I'm Mother's son, and the soldiers suspect me of rebellion just because I'm Mother's son.
Even though it's not what I wanted, and it's not what I said.
Those muddy feelings threatened to overflow from my heart, and I hurriedly put on a smile.
"Kyriros-shishou."
"Raymond-dono? What's wrong?"
Kyriros-sensei's ears didn't seem to be picking up the words of the surrounding soldiers, perhaps because he was thinking about the explosion from earlier.
"I'm going back to my room today. Just tell me about Gian nii-sama's condition later."
"Then I will escort you to your room."
"It's okay!!"
I slapped away Kyriros-sensei's hand, who was trying to pick me up.
Since I fell in love with Kyriros-sensei, there have been many times that I have reached out my arm, but this is the first time that I have slapped away Kyriros-sensei's hand. So Kyriros-sensei's eyes are widening in surprise.
"I'm okay by myself. Excuse me, Giovanni nii-sama."
"Wha!? Please wait! Raymond-sama!!"
Kyriros-sensei calls out to me, but ignoring that voice, I ran back to my room, almost running.
"Raymond-sama!! Are you safe!??
As soon as I entered the room, Maria rushed over and checked to see if I was injured.
Apparently, she had been evacuated earlier due to the explosion I had caused earlier.
"Hey, Maria."
"Yes. Raymond-sama."
"What should I do?"
"Eh?"
I've been thinking about it ever since I was born.
Why was I born with my memories?
The brothers I only hear about have their own roles.
Federico-aniki, the eldest, is helping Father with his work as the Crown Prince.
Bertrand-aniki, the second son, graduated from the academy at a young age and is teaching.
Andrea-aniki and Orlando-aniki are studying diplomacy while studying abroad in other countries.
Giovanni-aniki has a talent for music despite his appearance, and he is already captivating many people both domestically and internationally.
Gian-aniki is talented in painting, but he is the same as Giovanni-aniki in that respect.
Then what about me?
What can I do as the seventh born?
Studying magic would be a copy of Bertrand-aniki.
I have no talent for art at all, and even if I try to do something for the country, I will be suspected by those around me because of Mother's words.
There is no war, so there is no point in becoming strong.
The only place where I can use force is as an adventurer.
Go out into the wild to hunt monsters, report to the guild, and get rewards.
Anyone can become an adventurer if they register with the guild, and they are classified from E rank to SS rank, which changes the quests they can receive.
Adventurers of A rank and above are rare, and those people are sometimes summoned by nobles or the royal palace.
And those who go beyond SS rank are called heroes.
I don't particularly want to be a hero.
I just want to be seen and evaluated.
If I had been born as just a commoner instead of royalty,
"I might be more free than I am now."
Using convenient reasons such as "for my sake," I am confined to the royal palace, to my room.
A five-year-old child is not allowed to leave the room, and all I know is the garden that can be seen from the room.
Even though I'm young, why can't I walk around freely even inside the royal palace?
The only ones I can talk to are Maria, Kyriros-sensei, and Gian-aniki.
Why can't I talk to my other brothers, even though they are half-siblings?
Mother and Father talk to me, but the conversation is always one-sided.
"No one listens to my story."
Thoughts that have been hidden deep in my heart since I was a child, since I was born into this world.
The servants who grimace when they look at me.
They pity me, abandon me for their own sake, and then despise me for not knowing my place.
It can't be helped.
After all, everyone loves themselves the most.
It can't be helped.
It can't be helped.
It can't be helped.
It can't be helped...
"I'm lonely!"
"Raymond-sama..."
Maria hugged my body tightly.
"Raymond-sama. Please cry more."
It was only then that I noticed the tears running down my cheeks.
"Maria is always by Raymond-sama's side. I am by your side."
"U, fuaah."
"Raymond-sama. Please cry."
"Hic, Ma, ria."
"You're too obedient. It's okay to be more selfish."
As it was, I cried out loud for the first time since I was born.
And that evening, I was informed that the dinner party to celebrate my birthday, which had been scheduled, had been canceled.
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