Caesar O’n’s complete immersion in a relationship with a human spread like wildfire through the family.

Most of the elders said, “I knew it,” or “He’s been a lost cause since he was young,” and cut off all interest in him. Their attitude was as if they no longer even wanted to recognize him as the same species.

And Caesar’s reckless example soon affected Hades as well. The elders invested ever greater expectations in Hades, saying there was only one person fit for head of house: Hades himself.

As a result, Hades, who had been preparing for succession for about four years, had completely run himself into the ground. In effect, burnout from overwork had come to a youth who was at best a middle schooler.

He had to pour in far more hours than was reasonable to meet the adults’ high expectations.

“I’m tired…”

He could not keep up with the schedule at all. He had even quit child-actor work, saying he needed to take classes for succession, but somehow it...

Volume 1 Chapter 20

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