# 22 -
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"Why are you crying? What's wrong with you?"
Seret's heart trembled as she saw Jeremy crying like a baby.
Did something bad happen at home? Did their father get sick? Seret looked at Jeremy with a worried face.
Jeremy didn't answer Syrett's question, instead collapsing on the floor. He was crying loudly and muttering words that she couldn't clearly understand.
"What are you saying? Jeremy, calm down and talk."
Annoyed, Seret bent her knees and squatted in front of him.
What the hell is going on? Seret's worry touched Jeremy's face.
“Seret, what should I do? Our family will be destroyed because of me.”
Jeremy whined, his shoulders shaking.
"What? What did you say?"
Sirett's eyes widened upon hearing Jeremy's words. destruction? Why will our family be destroyed? What is this sudden talk?
Jeremy started wailing loudly like a baby. Syrette grabbed Jeremy's shoulder tightly and shook him.
“Stop crying and tell me in detail. Why will our family be destroyed?”
“…I was scammed. I was scammed.”
Jeremy grabbed Sirett's arm and spoke. His eyes, looking at Seret, were full of regret. He also seemed ashamed.
Did I hear wrong? Syrette blinked as she looked at Jeremy with a puzzled face. She couldn't understand Jeremy's words at all.
“Scam? What kind of scam did you get exposed to? Huh?”
“Textile factory...the title and the palace...”
Jeremy muttered, avoiding looking into Serret's eyes.
“Jeremy, look at me and speak clearly.”
Seret said to Jeremy in a firm tone. Jeremy sighed deeply and wiped away his tears with the back of his hand. Then he opened his mouth slowly.
“They said they would sell the textile factory in Cervi at a cheap price, so I borrowed money on the security of my father’s title and the palace...”
Jeremy couldn't finish his words and hung his head deeply.
“What? What next? You borrowed, but what happened after that? Continue.”
Sirett's heart was pounding when he heard Jeremy's words.
“This fraudster ran away with my money. The textile factory never existed in the first place. What do we do? What do we do, Siret?”
Jeremy looked at Syrett with a face soaked with tears again. Although he was Seret's older brother, he now seemed like a much younger brother.
"Oh, my God."
Hannah, who was next to Syrett, shouted in alarm upon hearing Jeremy's words.
Siret was also stunned and placed her hand on her forehead. What kind of great calamity is this?
“Did my father know? Did my father know this? Did he allow the textile factory to be bought?”
"…no."
Jeremy shook his head no.
She was right. My father would never have allowed the title to be used as collateral to buy a textile factory.
My father, who valued honor more than money, would never have approved. So, Jeremy did this with a solo decision.
Siret's eyes heated up. Sererite hit Jeremy's shoulder with her fist and screamed.
"I'm crazy! I'm really crazy!"
"True. Maybe I was crazy. Maybe I lost my mind."
“Did you steal the title certificate and palace document without my father’s knowledge?”
“Yes, the last time I visited home.”
Jeremy nodded, watching Syrett's reaction.
“How dare you do something like this without consulting my father with a single word! And you know my father’s character!”
“Seret, a new era has begun. More important than a noble title is money. Money. It is an era in which we cannot live by a noble title alone.”
“Jeremy.”
Syrett called Jeremy's name as if with a sigh.
“Even the Duchy of Freaktwister runs several businesses. We have to have at least one business to survive.”
Jeremy felt upset because his family was a Fricktweitzer family and not wealthy.
It pained him as an older brother to see Seret apprehensive and disturbed whenever she looked at the Duke. He also resented his father's inability to speak comfortably with his future son-in-law.
I believe that for Seret to live with dignity and confidence after her marriage, the Enwhatir family must have a thriving business.
With these thoughts, he was unable to rule wisely and wasted the entire family's wealth. Jeremy felt like cutting off the hand that provided the money to the scammer.
Jeremy wiped away the tears that wet his face and stood up. Seret stood behind him and frowned as she watched him brush the dirt off his clothes.
"Okay, Jeremy. I understand why you did it. I understand the disaster you caused. But why are you here exactly?"
Jeremy, who got scammed out of our mansion and our title, why the hell is he here? He must hurry to my father. Why is he hanging out here?
“Oh? This…”
Jeremy avoided Serret's gaze and rolled his eyes.
“Don't tell me, Jeremy?”
An idea occurred to Seret.
That he came to ask for help from Yoann Fricktweitzer? He judged that the person who would marry his sister would help him, so he came here. This stupid brother in every sense of the word.
Perhaps he thought that Duke Frecktwitzer could easily either pay the debt on his behalf, catch the crook, or both.
"Oh my God! Jeremy!"
Seret screamed loudly.
“I just came to see the Duke's face, because we are family.”
Jeremy muttered with a submissive face.
“What family! I will break off the engagement.”
“Breaking off the engagement? Why? Why are you breaking off the engagement?”
Jeremy looked at his sister with confused eyes at Syrett's words.
If Seret breaks off the engagement, he won't be able to settle this matter. He came with his pride compromised because the only solution was Duke Freaktwister. .
“You came to ask the Duke for help to solve the problem you caused, and you were caught red-handed? Right?”
“Seret, why are you breaking off the engagement? Has the Duke offended you? If not, you can’t break off the engagement.”
Jeremy shook his head and grabbed Seret's arm.
His face was so urgent that Seret laughed faintly. Then suddenly an idea occurred to her. Did this incident also happen in her past life?
“Is it possible that you have visited the Duke in the past? Have you?”
"No! This is the first time. The first time."
Jeremy said, waving his hands.
“No, what I mean is...”
Seret swallowed her words. In any case, Jeremy won't remember anything from his past life, and interrogating him will be of no use.
But Syrett was almost certain that Jeremy had visited Yuan in the past as well. If you remember, Jeremy's behavior towards Yuan was a bit strange.
I remembered Jeremy's actions, which showed exaggerated submission to Yuan.
After the marriage, she did not see her father, Baron Enohater, even once, but Jeremy would show his face every now and then at the duke's castle or at the duke's palace in the capital.
His actions towards Yuan every time were suspicious.
Thinking about it now, that behavior wasn't in vain. In the past life, Jeremy successfully borrowed money from Yuan.
“And so was my father...”
In the past life, her father did not come when Sereret invited him to the duke's castle. He didn't attend the annual fishing tournament, just sent Jeremy.
Each time, the reason for her father's refusal was because he felt guilty and unable to meet Yuan. In the past life, her father knew about the problem caused by Jeremy, and also knew that Yuan had solved it.
“I was the only one who didn't know. I was the only one who didn't know.”
Yuan and Jeremy both kept silent and didn't tell her anything at all.
Seret sighed and placed her hand on her forehead. Jeremy opened his mouth, watching Syrett warily.
“Listen, Seret. Please postpone the annulment of the engagement and ask the Duke for a favor...”
“Say something logical!”
Syrette shouted at Jeremy.
“Who else but the Duke can solve this problem now, what do we do? Do you have any other ingenious solution?”
Jeremy said with a gloomy face.
Jeremy's words weren't entirely wrong, and Syrett felt desperate. Yuan is the person who can solve this problem in the easiest way.
“How much did you borrow?”
Sererite asked with a sigh.
“170 thousand.”
Jeremy said in a barely audible voice.
It was a really crazy amount. With this money you can buy a luxury house in the capital, and three houses attached to farms in Mushili.
Siret felt dizzy and swayed, it seemed like a sum that only Yuan could solve, Jeremy said.
“Miss.”
A surprised Hannah rushed to support Siret.
“Hannah, I'm ashamed of you too.”
Jeremy said to Hannah with a gloomy face.
Hannah secretly thought he was a foolish master, but she could not curse her master, so she smiled sweetly with difficulty.
“Let's at least get my father's title back first.”
Siret took off the necklace from her neck. Then she took out the rings and bracelets and gave them to Jeremy.
It didn't stop there. She opened her suitcase, unloaded some dresses and jewelry, and placed them on Jeremy's lap.
They were all gifts from Yuan. Originally, she was going to leave them, but Yuan bothered her so she decided to bring them all.
“I bid farewell and regain my father’s title first. I will manage the money.”
“Can you do that? Thank you, Siret. Really thank you.”
Jeremy looked relieved, as if he understood that she would try to solve the problem through Yuan.
After sternly asking him not to tell his father anything, Seret sent Jeremy back.
“Miss, let's go home. What was this gentleman thinking to make such a mess? If the Baron found out, he would faint…”
Seret sighed deeply as she heard Hana's worried voice.
"No, Hanna. Let's go back to the Duke's Palace. Now is not the time to go home."
Seret turned around. It seemed best to stay in the capital to resolve this crisis.
On her way to the palace, Seret thought about how she could come up with money. When she arrived at the palace, Seret entered her room and sighed deeply.
“Hanna, take out the luggage again.”
Seret Hana ordered in a weak voice, then collapsed onto the sofa.
She felt as if all the blood had drained from her body. No wise thought came to her mind, but she was sure that now was not the time to leave.
***
“Come in.”
Yuan, who was flipping through papers in his office, answered the knock on the door. The assistant entered after opening the door and saying hello.
"What is there?"
“I have a report to report.”
"to speak."
Yuan tilted his head as he leaned back in his chair.
“The title and palace of Baron Enohater have been offered as collateral.”
"What?"
Yuan frowned upon hearing his assistant's words.
The title and palace of Baron Enohater? What the hell happened? With his personality, he would never offer his title and palace as collateral. Has something bad happened to the Enohater family?
Yuan was surprised, a look of astonishment on his face.
“The person who borrowed the money on collateral is Jeremy Enohater, the eldest son of the Enohater family. What do we do?”
The assistant asked.
It was unexpected. Based on Baron Enohater's character, this may have been a unilateral decision on Jeremy's part.
So…
“Book them. Secretly.”
Yuan raised the corner of his mouth, remembering Seret's face as she asked to break off the engagement.