[Bonus chapter]The Second Son of the Forger Family (3)

"You believe that the count's beliefs are false?" Regaleon asked in a neutral tone.

"Of course it is!" Arnold raised his tone because of his emotions. "My mother had been faithful to him once they were married. She had told him many times that I… I am his son. But he does not believe her words."

"And why does your father not believe your mother's words?" I asked.

"Because their marriage was a forced one." Arnold replied. "My mother… she was the most beautiful lady in the city in her youthful days. She was a daughter of a lower noble family and was engaged to her lover that is a merchant who is but a commoner. My father was infatuated with her and he… he did ways to get her."

"Those ways were not good, I suppose?" Regaleon asked.