Reincarnated As A Capture Target

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Akira quickly turned away and found it better to face the other two than a bulky, exposed chest.

Alistair sat down on the couch across from the second brother while the confused Akira remained in his arms, now sitting on his lap.

"...."

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Zane, the second brother, asked, his eyes seemingly cold, directly looking at Alistair's lavender ones.

"..hmm? What am I doing?"

A huge grin appeared on Alistair's face. staring back at the other with a mocking look.

"You're making Akira uncomfortable."

But Zane didn't look offended at all; he looked calm and gave a small smile. He glanced at the youngest, who looked so uncomfortable sitting in the lap of their older brother.

"Akira, if you're uncomfortable, come and sit here," he continued, patting the vacant space beside him.

A distress Akira quickly jumped out of Alistair's embrace without hesitation. He didn't wait to see how the man would react and immediately went to sit down in the vacant seat Zane offered him.

"...What, Aki? "Why are you listening to him?"

Akira didn't respond and only watched as Alistair frowningly pointed his finger at Zane. Then the two continued to bicker with each other without any care.

Akira watched the two bickering with a poker face; his face seemingly looked cold and emotionless, but the intensity of his gaze said otherwise.

He remembered Akira Shein's route in the game. The two showed up, and they were portrayed as loyal dogs to their youngest brother, but later in the game, the two got killed mysteriously, and after that, there was the mysterious disappearance of Shein himself.

Akira sighs softly and glances at his side, and beside him, he meets the Grand Duke's dark violet eyes, also looking back straight at him. Akira can't help but flinch in surprise.

He forgot the Grand Duke's existence!

He was so occupied with his new brothers starting a verbal war that he forgot that they were in the office of their father.

Akira continued to look straight into the other person's eyes. They seem to look cold, but a hint of gentleness, warmth, and concern was found in his new father's eyes.

And Akira found himself lost looking at those.

How can that be?

Is this how a father should look at their offspring?

Akira bit his trembling lips and slowly gazed down to avoid the Grand Duke's gentle gaze towards him.

His trembling hands slowly turn into a fist, tightly keeping it cold.

'No, I shouldn't, or else I will be left broken again."

The image of his father in the previous world, looking back at him with eyes filled with coldness, hatred, and disappointment, flashed before him.

His heart went cold in an instant.

"...Aki? / Akira?"

"....."

Akira came back to his senses and quickly made a huge smile, looking up at his two brothers who called out to him, concerns laced in the tone of their voices.

"Are you okay?"

He was a bit shocked, but Akira still kept his calm face and looked at the Grand Duke who asked the question.

"Father, I have a favor to ask you..."

He said it suddenly and made a small, yet fragile smile that seemed to hurt the hearts of the other three.

They all notice the struggle and pain that was trying to keep hidden beneath those dull-like heterochromatic pairs of eyes.

They all gritted their teeth subconsciously, trying to keep their cool heads in front of the fragile boy in front of them.

"Go on and say it. I will do everything you wish for, my little bunny."

The Grand Duke softly smiled and reached out his hand to pat his youngest son's head.

Akira flinched slightly, not expecting the pat on his head that gave him a slight tingle of warmth inside his body.

He glanced up at the Grand Duke, and seeing the father, who is still willing to listen to him even though the previous owner had already stained the relationship between them, gave him a feeling of butterflies churning inside his stomach and a feeling of reliance he never thought he would feel.

Turning away for a bit and sighing softly before looking back to meet his father's eyes, Akira smiled softly.

'This is it! The first step for my freedom! '

I want to live far away from here! Please allow me to do so!

"Please allow me to leave, Father."