# 79 - 79
“Tulia.”
It was a voice that seemed to be trying to calm me down.
“I know you hold a deep grudge against Tedric now. But please reconsider and show some mercy. You and Tedric are cousins of the same blood, right?”
“Did my cousin shoot me with an arrow from a bow?”
“That was a flaw in the magic tool, how many times do I have to do that…!”
"No no."
That was a flaw in the luck statistic.
“Auntie, as I mentioned before, I ask you to get straight to the point.”
Aubrey spoke, biting her lips nervously, as if she were about to explode.
“…I need those jewelry!”
For a moment, I almost asked “why?” Without thinking.
But I was quickly able to find the answer myself.
Yes.
So what she wanted was money in the end?
The reason Opry needs money now is...
“It must be because of Tedric?”
What? Are you going to cover him in gold when you send Tedrick to the border?
“Then I'll have to bribe the bandits to loot all that gold.”
Hmm.
anyway.
“Returning the jewelry will be difficult, but I can lend it to you in a different way.”
"…What?"
“Besides what I found, you also have a lot of precious jewelry, don’t you, aunt?”
It was instant.
Opray shuddered slightly.
“Of course you will feel guilty.”
This was O'Pray who had half the power of running internal affairs for a very long time.
She took the family jewelry on loan and almost never returned it.
This meant that the precious jewels that were supposed to be in the treasure treasury of the Grand Ducal House were almost all in her personal jewelery box.
“Grandpa doesn’t care about such trivial jewelry, and Grandma isn’t here either.”
So who dares to raise this issue, that's what I mean.
This is how O'Pray embezzled the jewelry easily and without any problems.
All this time so far.
“Of course… I have more jewelry.”
“…”
“We only see a noble lady selling jewelry in the worst circumstances. You won't realize it well because you don't have a mother.”
said O'Pray, her lips trembling.
I nodded slightly and replied.
“Did I ask you to sell the jewelry? I told you I would lend you money if you entrusted it to me as if I were selling it in a pawn shop.”
“You nasty girl!”
Finally, Opry exploded and screamed.
Where does a nobleman try to do pawn shop business like the common people?! There must be limits to bad parenting!
“This is not something the person who embezzled my budget should say.”
"You…!"
“Okay, I understand now.”
I leaned back in my wheelchair with an indifferent expression.
“If it’s too vulgar for a precious noble like me, you can go to a pawnshop abroad and deposit your jewelry there to borrow money.”
“…!”
Opry's eyes widened as much as they could.
“You, how dare you say such a thing now…!”
“What did I say this time to make you angry?”
Opray looked like she was about to shout insults, but in the end, the elegant noblewoman shut her mouth tightly.
“There is no way she can trust them outside.”
Because the jewelry she left behind was the type that was difficult to sell easily.
Do you mean the type that would be instantly recognized as a treasure of the Grand Ducal House if sold?
High quality jewelry of exceptional size and clarity.
Accessories decorated with various colored diamonds, make your joints feel heavy once you wear them.
“Since you have good taste, Auntie, the price will be high as well.”
Opray gritted her teeth.
She must have understood that I was using sarcasm.
She boldly selected only good jewelry and placed them in her personal jewelry box, so if one of them leaked into a pawn shop, they would all be pieces that would definitely cause rumors in high-end circles.
“Since she was surrounded by such jewelry, she probably didn’t need to spend her own money to acquire the jewelry.”
There is no doubt that a noble lady needs a certain amount of jewelry.
Especially for a noblewoman of such stature as O'Pray, and even more so.
She was originally supposed to use her budget to buy jewelry, but she had been using Fraser's treasure vault as a personal jewelry mine all this time.
“That's why she was able to live a more luxurious life.”
This kind of life is over now, Auntie.
“One month!”
O'Bray shouted loudly.
"pardon?"
I'll pay the full amount in one month, so I need you to come up with some money! Go get my whole jewelry box!
As I watched the Opry maid hastily leave the room, I spoke as if I were belatedly remembering something.
“But aunty, I've changed my mind a little in the meantime.”
"What?"
I looked at Opray, who asked sharply, and I slowly wiped my smile.
“Vulgar whore.”
“…?!”
“Common.”
“…!”
“Since you don't have a mother.”
“…”
I blinked slowly at Opray.
“I don't think I can lend you money until you apologize for all those words.”
Finally, I screamed out loud.
“You, this is too much! How dare you respond so rudely to an adult!”
“Okay, then.”
I said, looking at my carefully polished nails.
“I'll give you one minute.”
* * *
"Crazy bitch. Crazy bitch!"
After several hours.
O'Pray, who had returned to her room, paced anxiously about her bedroom.
Although Tullia controlled the authority to administer internal affairs, and although she assumed the responsibility of punishing Tidric.
To them, Tullia was already someone who could not beg for mercy.
That was normal.
The Lilius family and Tullia became at complete odds after they were already under suspicion of hitting Tullia with an arrow, a “magical instrument.”
“When did that bastard Tullia start changing like this...?”
Opry couldn't understand it.
Thanks to her husband's wise actions, Tullia was always vulnerable to naive exploitation.
Tullia only looked like a wild cat on the outside, but inside she was ignorant and stupid.
But somehow.
Somehow, the Lilius family was completely drowning.
Even now, she sometimes felt like she was dreaming with her eyes wide open.
Why, suddenly, how did this happen?
Is Tulia Fraser getting too smart?
Was this the feeling one gets when one is completely swept away by a tsunami wave in an instant?
That early evening, Opray was burning with anger and hostility toward Tullia in her anxious state.
“Madam! Master says to come immediately!”
Lilius' advisor came running.
Don't tell me that that vile Tulia pulled another evil trick in the meantime?!
She had a feeling for it.
O'Bray hurriedly went to look for Lelius, who was in "semi-solitude," with an anxious and troubled heart.
But it was surprising.
"wife!"
Lilius delivered unexpected good news that was also shocking news.
“What did you say?! A marriage proposal came for our Sofia?!”
“That's right! The Crown Prince's marriage proposal has just arrived with an imperial messenger!”
Oh my God, oh my God...!
Soon, Opray, who opened her eyes wide, screamed in joy.
“Then we can save Tedric!”
Lilius was a little surprised by O'Bray's words, who had dismissed him and only cared for their son, but that was not what mattered at the moment.
"This is correct!"
"Ah. God is really with us. Our son is so sweet and affectionate, so of course, it's true... I knew there was a way out."
O'Pray even shed tears of emotion.
In fact, if he had been thinking about Sophia, he wouldn't have shown such a positive reaction right away.
Lilius frowned slightly.
“But Crown Prince Ferdinand is causing some concern...”
Ferdinand Cassel Ivechkaite.
Lower-class nobles who had difficulty entering central political circles may not have known this.
For the current upper nobility, Crown Prince Ferdinand was not an attractive choice at all.
Especially not as a potential husband for their daughter, certainly not.
Lilius passed his hand to his chin and whispered terse words.
“Overpower Syndrome...”
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