Episode 59

“Jacob, you know. Carola, I already have two villas in Yurif, but I would like a third.”

Carola knew Jacob couldn't stand being left out of this competition. She spoke to Jacob first.

“Okay? She can't help it if Carola wants it. Let's participate in that public auction too!”

Carola and Jacob were talking about us owning the land.

Besides, this time, Carola was firmly poisoned.

'My dad was beaten up. There must be them behind them.'

Carola's father, the Marquis of Fullmoon, got drunk and showed up half-naked in a crowded hotel and caused a riot. Carola knew her father. He was never sane enough to do such a thing.

“Carola, I am so angry and unfair! I'm going to show Arienne, who usually bothers me, even that bitch.”

“Yes, yes. Carola. I'll pay you whatever you want, so make sure to flatten them!”

Since this stupid competition was started by the three grandchildren of the Cartier family, there was no one in the capital who did not talk about it.

This is because the Cartier family has always been primitive, fighting messily by scattering money. It was always a good spectacle.

Soon, the subject naturally moved to the story of the Cartier family.

And there was endless talk behind the scenes about the private life of the candidates and their wives. The capital's social scene soon began to overflow with vitality.

“Who do you think will win?”

“Isn't it the third most outstanding?”

“Yes. Yes, he is……. Aren't you in the red? After all, it must be Jacob-sama, the eldest man with the most justification.”

“Aren't you just saying that Jacob's company is a business partner of yours?”

“You can't ignore the power of the temple! The second grandson, who is the only one whose father is still alive, must be quite right!”

People even started betting money on that stupid competition. The scale of the bet grew in an instant.

Yurif City Hall is very embarrassed. A public auction date was set for two weeks later.

On that day, many onlookers would gather.

'If there was such an uproar, it would have reached the ears of the head of the family, so I can't back down.'

Carola and Arien thought this at the same time.

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Shortly thereafter, letters were sent to each family from the Yuryev City Hall. The public auction was content that the person who wanted to purchase the land had to attend.

Namely, Elisha, Arien, and Carola. All three had to participate in person. But no one thought that this was the work of wives.

After all, the format of the game is an auction, so the outcome would depend on how much money was spent. In the end, people wonder how much money each brother can spend on this stupid competition. It was how far their game of losing weight would grow.

“You stupid bastard! Can't you handle one of these things? I told you to buy the land because I was embarrassed. Alas, I still haven't found the real corpse of Listralfo…….”

Merha slapped Marco on the cheek. Marco withdrew after being slapped on the cheek.

“Surely Listralpo died then. Do you still believe that there is even a ghost of Lystralpo? You wouldn't believe me even if I told you that I stabbed myself until I died…….”

“Surely he disappeared from there. Damn it I still live in anxiety because I can't find the body……. Besides, that illegitimate bastard makes fun of us! What is Arien doing? You and it are the same!”

A normal couple would be angry that her wife was insulted, but Marco resents and upsets Arien at those words.

He even burst into anger when he thought of Arien flirting in front of Lucerne.

“The hateful son of the youngest bastard is disgracing my face…….”

Merha was largely to blame for Marco's despicable personality, conscious of his surroundings. Merha was when Jacob's father and Lucerne's father were alive. She was the second son caught in the middle, with none of her strengths.

Lucerne's father was a great genius, and Jacob's father had a similar personality to the family head when he was young. So Merha, who had no strengths, took refuge in the temple early on, avoided fighting with them, and had an inferiority complex in everything.

But my son, Marco, was also not loved the most by the family head. Every time she thought about that, Merha got angry and didn't know what to do.

“Also, when I was raising that little Lucerne in the temple, I should have corrected his habits.”

“How do we tame a guy who won't budge even when he's starved, beaten, or verbally abused? Besides, later, Lucerne told the head of the family…….”

At that time, the family lord planted spies around her even though she entrusted Lucerne to Merha. When Merha raised Lucerne and abused her too severely, the family owner eventually recognized Lucerne's tenacious vitality and took Lucerne away.

This made Merha even more hated by the householder. Marco still baselessly believed that Lucerne was cheating on the family head.

“Anyway, do it right! With the election of the Pope coming soon, every day is very important! Your future depends on whether or not I become the Great Pope. Got it?”

“Yes, I know. Father.”

Merha nodded her head.

“By the way, is that Lucerne's new bride so pretty? You were so pretty that you were humiliated, and Lucerne, who had been standing back until now, attacked you?”

“That is…….”

If that was the case, Marco had nothing to say even with his ten mouths. He just kept his mouth shut with a pale face.

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Merha wasn't the only one curious about Elisha. Everyone made a fuss about Elisha, saying how beautiful she was, how Lucerne was so angry that she drew her sword.

Elisha suddenly became a prominent figure in the capital's social circles, and she began to receive various invitations. All she did was reply to politely rejecting all of Elisha.

In the center of the capital, there were many high-end cafes frequented by aristocrats. One of them is “Breath of the Spring Breeze”

It was a cafe called

“Hello. Princess.”

Elisha met her unexpected face while drinking tea at the cafe she used to frequent. She was the princess of Ilione. Princess Ilione was also wearing a simple dress, as if she had come to drink her tea.

“This is a coincidence. Would you like to have a cup of tea with me?”

Princess Ilione smiled and addressed her.

Elisha got up from her seat, greeted her, and offered her a seat. A tray full of snacks and tea was set on a table by the window where the warm sunlight streamed in.

“I hear you've been coming here for tea often lately?”

“Yes, her husband told her not to go out alone for the time being to be safe. She just doesn't object to coming here.”

Ilione glanced at Nora, who stood behind her Elisha. Knight Nora was one of the most powerful knights in Lucerne. She wanted her to be her escort, even though Lucerne really liked her Elisha.

“I guess you like cafes?”

“It's frustrating to stay at home, and I like to see people on the street. What people were wearing and what items went into the shops along the road today. You have to see that to know how the water works.”

Princess Ilione immediately realized that Elisha was smarter than she thought. This is because she was also a talented woman with a considerable reputation in her imperial family. Ilione had a light conversation with Elisha.

“By the way, can I call the general's wife by her first name?”

“Yes. Of course. Princess.”

“Then Elisha would like you to call me by my first name as well.”

“The status of the princess is very precious. People will see me as being rude, so let's put that aside for later.”

Elisha politely declined. She wasn't talking about building friendships anyway, so Illione brought her up.

“Elisha, why don't she convince the general not to participate in public auctions?”

“Ah, it seems that the news of the auction spread to the imperial palace. By the way, why do you say that?”

Elisha gently put the teacup down.

“Elisha, that's good for you. Elisha doesn't know much about the Cartier family, but they are very scary people. Besides, the daughters-in-law of the Cartier family are not ordinary.”

“I know.”

Elisha said calmly. It sounded like someone who had really been through it. Ilione continued to speak while feeling puzzled.

“Originally, Jacob and Marco fight over nonsense. An expensive carriage, a famous horse, a mansion in the capital or a strong knight……. So there are quite a few people who got caught up in those fights and died.”

“A person died?”

“One day, while competing to see whose article was the best……. Among the knights the two brought, Jacob's was completely defeated.”

“Is Marco's knight dead?”

“Yes. It was a knight belonging to the temple, but the next day it floated on the riverside as a corpse. Everyone says Jacob killed him because his pride was hurt.”

“It's worth knowing.”

Elisha nodded her head.

Cartier, she thought, was above the imperial family. For their pride, the people in the middle were the lives of flies.

“My husband would be fine with a bunch of knights attacking.”

“General, it will be fine. However.”

Ilione's next words were, “You could get really hurt.” Ilione intentionally did not complete the words. However, Elisha understood without difficulty. Elisha smiled very lightly.

She was a fallen aristocrat and had an arranged marriage with Lucerne to trade status. Even if they couldn't touch Lucerne because they were scared, Elisha was always a part that wouldn't be strange if they disappeared.

“I think you are worried that I will have a bad influence on the general.”

Ilione's movements stopped. She carefully examined Elisha.