Chapter 276: 042 – House Kurt 3
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"A concubine is not allowed to own any properties or posses any influence," Lord Kurt explained after taking a breath to calm his annoyance.
"Therefor all your properties will be passed onto your brother, you have three months to make the necessary arrangements for the transfer," he said giving Izlandi a sharp look.
"Unacceptable!" Izlandi shrieked while clenching her fists, "I built up 11 establishments from the ground up, I lay down all the ground work and made them prosper, they belong to me and I will transfer them to a person of my choosing,"
"You built those with the financial support of the family," Cornick snickered in his seat, as he rubbed his still swollen cheek, "Now that you will become some mans personal whore, everything will be returned to the family," he said while struggling not to laugh aloud.
The smile on his toad like face stretched from ear to ear, evidently he was unable to hide his glee at her plight, he'd been pushing his father to transfer all of Izlandi's establishments to him.
She had been making so much through her businesses that the families treasurer was raving about the increased revenues every time he got the chance, he set his eyes on her businesses for years now, trying to find a way take a hold of them or run them out of business.
But as much as he hated to admit it Izlandi was a talented businesswoman, she completely controlled the markets she moved into, while keeping amicable relationships with the merchant's guild branch.
Now that he was finally going to get one of his long cherished dreams come true Cornick was gleeful.
Izlandi snapped her head in his direction with a look of outrage, "Did I say you can speak to me you repulsive beast," she spat in disgust, and quickly turned away from him.
That look in her eyes was as if she was looking at a pile of shit, like the mere sight of him was a stain to her eyes.
"I'll sooner torch my businesses to the ground before it lands in that beasts' claws," she spat hatefully at her father.
"Whether you like it or not, Izlandi you must transfer your businesses," Lord Kurt said in a cold tone.
"I will not be handing anything to that depraved beast," she said with growing fury, "He'll run my every establishment to the ground starting with my Male Escort Service's,"
"Knowing him, he'll be so jealous once he looks at the least attractive of the lot, that he'll likely drag them to the guillotine for the crime of looking better than him," she said with disgust.
"It wouldn't be the first time he did such a thing," she declared in her fit of anger, it was a well-kept secret in the estate.
It happened just a year back Izlandi recalled, Cornick had gone out drinking and a woman he was trying to impress chose another man to spend her night with.
So, in the middle of the night Cornick dragged the two from bed, his deeds to the woman went without saying, when he was finally done he killed her and flayed the man alive.
He'd done it as secretly as possible, but the screams were heard by some of the servants, if not for her quick silencing of the servants it would have become a large scandal and affected the reputation of the family.
The few others that knew were all important members of the family that knew better than to blab.
Cornick glared at her in anger, both his father and brother didn't know of the affair since neither of them were home.
Lord Kurt glared at Cornick angrily, "Is this true?" he asked in a dangerously calm voice.
"Of course not," Cornick said through gritted teeth, "Izlandi is just making things up, she's just being a bitch like usual, since she doesn't want to give her stuff to me," he stammered out fearfully, he knew that to his father nothing was more important than the reputation of the family.
For the sake of the family his father had personally used the guillotine to execute several of his family members, Cornick had always heard stories about an elder brother that he used to have, supposedly he slept with another noble's wife.
It caused a huge scandal and Lord Kurt personally cut of his head to condemn him for his crimes.
He didn't doubt his fathers ability to do the same to him, he looked to his elder brother for support, but he found that Stanley was looking at him with a slight frown.
Evidentially his brother didn't believe him and it was likely that his father didn't believe him either.
"We'll discuss this later," Lord Kurt said coldly, which caused Cornick to shudder, he could tell that his father wouldn't let this matter go.
Lord Kurt turned back to Izlandi, she didn't even look pleased about revealing that info, he could see it in her eyes, she regarded his son as nothing but filth, even a victory over him meant nothing at all to her.
"I'll have the documents redrawn," he stated, "Next time you will sign them without throwing a tantrum or your departure with Tanicks will be a very unpleasant one," he said in a threatening tone.
"Unpleasant!" Izlandi shouted, "I was to be his wife, and now if I'm lucky all I'll be is his glorified whore!"
"Who knows how long before he parades me before some noble he wants to curry favour with and offers me up as a gift for the night!" she spat through gritted teeth and stormed her way out of the room.
It was a very common occurrence amongst nobles, she knew that very well, that was the fate of a concubine in noble society, just glorified whores, who would have more in common with the ladies in a brothel than other nobles.
That was to be her fate as a concubine.
When she left Stanley whispered a word to his brother to follow him, but to keep his distance, but as Stanley got up to leave, his father called Cornick away to have a 'private conversation'.
Stanley had no need to ask what it would be about, he knew that he spoiled his little brother, but there were limits, he wouldn't stand up for his brother when he did something that could cause severe damage to the families reputation.
With that in mind he chased after his sister, "Izlandi wait," he called out when she came into sight.
She glanced back at him with a furious glare, but she still stood in place and waited for him.
Stanley looked at her in amusement, he could see that look of disgust in her eyes, as she looked at him coldly with her head held high and her nose pointed up, she was truly the definition of a haughty lady.
If not for the fact that he was her superior, he knew that she wouldn't even care to listen to his words.
"There's something I want to show you, and speak to you about," he said with an amused smile and directed her down a hall.
Izlandi frowned at the unwelcome interruption but she followed along, she never did get along with her brothers, but she knew that Stanley had nothing to worry about from her, so it was unlikely that he'd try to do anything to harm her.
"Your fears about what might happen to you are well founded," Stanley said sympathetically, "But lucky for you I happen to have a method, that could help you solve your predicament," Stanley said with a smirk.
Izlandi narrowed her eyes, she'd long been thinking of a solution to her problems, but almost all of them would be considered treason and turn her into a fugitive.
"Interested are we?" Stanley mused with a smile as they drew close to a door in the long corridor.
"Lucky for you, during my stay in Proge I got to know Tanicks pretty well, during my stay with House Kant went I just arrived in Proge, back then our relationship was pretty close,"
"Until father managed to push for a political marriage between you and Tanicks," Stanley explained with a sigh.
"House Kant already had plans to marry Tanicks to some great family, due to the cultivation talent he revealed, but father managed to get something on them and used his backing to force your marriage into the Kant family," Stanley continued.
"Tanick's suggestion to make you a concubine, was no mere insult, but rather a threat from the entire Kant family to create a blood feud against our family if we didn't comply," Stanley said.
"Are you planning to bore me to sleep with things I already know?" Izlandi said in an irritated voice.
Stanley sighed as he reached the door and pushed it open, "Like I said earlier, I'm pretty familiar with Tanick's, I kept a close eye on him ever since he was set to marry you, and I learned a few things about him,"
"Things that will be useful to you, and I brought along a few people that will be able to teach you what you need to do," he said pushing the door wide open to reveal a lovely room, with a burning hearth and three woman who were sitting there dressed up in elegant clothes.
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"A concubine is not allowed to own any properties or posses any influence," Lord Kurt explained after taking a breath to calm his annoyance.
"Therefor all your properties will be passed onto your brother, you have three months to make the necessary arrangements for the transfer," he said giving Izlandi a sharp look.
"Unacceptable!" Izlandi shrieked while clenching her fists, "I built up 11 establishments from the ground up, I lay down all the ground work and made them prosper, they belong to me and I will transfer them to a person of my choosing,"
"You built those with the financial support of the family," Cornick snickered in his seat, as he rubbed his still swollen cheek, "Now that you will become some mans personal whore, everything will be returned to the family," he said while struggling not to laugh aloud.
The smile on his toad like face stretched from ear to ear, evidently he was unable to hide his glee at her plight, he'd been pushing his father to transfer all of Izlandi's establishments to him.
She had been making so much through her businesses that the families treasurer was raving about the increased revenues every time he got the chance, he set his eyes on her businesses for years now, trying to find a way take a hold of them or run them out of business.
But as much as he hated to admit it Izlandi was a talented businesswoman, she completely controlled the markets she moved into, while keeping amicable relationships with the merchant's guild branch.
Now that he was finally going to get one of his long cherished dreams come true Cornick was gleeful.
Izlandi snapped her head in his direction with a look of outrage, "Did I say you can speak to me you repulsive beast," she spat in disgust, and quickly turned away from him.
That look in her eyes was as if she was looking at a pile of shit, like the mere sight of him was a stain to her eyes.
"I'll sooner torch my businesses to the ground before it lands in that beasts' claws," she spat hatefully at her father.
"Whether you like it or not, Izlandi you must transfer your businesses," Lord Kurt said in a cold tone.
"I will not be handing anything to that depraved beast," she said with growing fury, "He'll run my every establishment to the ground starting with my Male Escort Service's,"
"Knowing him, he'll be so jealous once he looks at the least attractive of the lot, that he'll likely drag them to the guillotine for the crime of looking better than him," she said with disgust.
"It wouldn't be the first time he did such a thing," she declared in her fit of anger, it was a well-kept secret in the estate.
It happened just a year back Izlandi recalled, Cornick had gone out drinking and a woman he was trying to impress chose another man to spend her night with.
So, in the middle of the night Cornick dragged the two from bed, his deeds to the woman went without saying, when he was finally done he killed her and flayed the man alive.
He'd done it as secretly as possible, but the screams were heard by some of the servants, if not for her quick silencing of the servants it would have become a large scandal and affected the reputation of the family.
The few others that knew were all important members of the family that knew better than to blab.
Cornick glared at her in anger, both his father and brother didn't know of the affair since neither of them were home.
Lord Kurt glared at Cornick angrily, "Is this true?" he asked in a dangerously calm voice.
"Of course not," Cornick said through gritted teeth, "Izlandi is just making things up, she's just being a bitch like usual, since she doesn't want to give her stuff to me," he stammered out fearfully, he knew that to his father nothing was more important than the reputation of the family.
For the sake of the family his father had personally used the guillotine to execute several of his family members, Cornick had always heard stories about an elder brother that he used to have, supposedly he slept with another noble's wife.
It caused a huge scandal and Lord Kurt personally cut of his head to condemn him for his crimes.
He didn't doubt his fathers ability to do the same to him, he looked to his elder brother for support, but he found that Stanley was looking at him with a slight frown.
Evidentially his brother didn't believe him and it was likely that his father didn't believe him either.
"We'll discuss this later," Lord Kurt said coldly, which caused Cornick to shudder, he could tell that his father wouldn't let this matter go.
Lord Kurt turned back to Izlandi, she didn't even look pleased about revealing that info, he could see it in her eyes, she regarded his son as nothing but filth, even a victory over him meant nothing at all to her.
"I'll have the documents redrawn," he stated, "Next time you will sign them without throwing a tantrum or your departure with Tanicks will be a very unpleasant one," he said in a threatening tone.
"Unpleasant!" Izlandi shouted, "I was to be his wife, and now if I'm lucky all I'll be is his glorified whore!"
"Who knows how long before he parades me before some noble he wants to curry favour with and offers me up as a gift for the night!" she spat through gritted teeth and stormed her way out of the room.
It was a very common occurrence amongst nobles, she knew that very well, that was the fate of a concubine in noble society, just glorified whores, who would have more in common with the ladies in a brothel than other nobles.
That was to be her fate as a concubine.
When she left Stanley whispered a word to his brother to follow him, but to keep his distance, but as Stanley got up to leave, his father called Cornick away to have a 'private conversation'.
Stanley had no need to ask what it would be about, he knew that he spoiled his little brother, but there were limits, he wouldn't stand up for his brother when he did something that could cause severe damage to the families reputation.
With that in mind he chased after his sister, "Izlandi wait," he called out when she came into sight.
She glanced back at him with a furious glare, but she still stood in place and waited for him.
Stanley looked at her in amusement, he could see that look of disgust in her eyes, as she looked at him coldly with her head held high and her nose pointed up, she was truly the definition of a haughty lady.
If not for the fact that he was her superior, he knew that she wouldn't even care to listen to his words.
"There's something I want to show you, and speak to you about," he said with an amused smile and directed her down a hall.
Izlandi frowned at the unwelcome interruption but she followed along, she never did get along with her brothers, but she knew that Stanley had nothing to worry about from her, so it was unlikely that he'd try to do anything to harm her.
"Your fears about what might happen to you are well founded," Stanley said sympathetically, "But lucky for you I happen to have a method, that could help you solve your predicament," Stanley said with a smirk.
Izlandi narrowed her eyes, she'd long been thinking of a solution to her problems, but almost all of them would be considered treason and turn her into a fugitive.
"Interested are we?" Stanley mused with a smile as they drew close to a door in the long corridor.
"Lucky for you, during my stay in Proge I got to know Tanicks pretty well, during my stay with House Kant went I just arrived in Proge, back then our relationship was pretty close,"
"Until father managed to push for a political marriage between you and Tanicks," Stanley explained with a sigh.
"House Kant already had plans to marry Tanicks to some great family, due to the cultivation talent he revealed, but father managed to get something on them and used his backing to force your marriage into the Kant family," Stanley continued.
"Tanick's suggestion to make you a concubine, was no mere insult, but rather a threat from the entire Kant family to create a blood feud against our family if we didn't comply," Stanley said.
"Are you planning to bore me to sleep with things I already know?" Izlandi said in an irritated voice.
Stanley sighed as he reached the door and pushed it open, "Like I said earlier, I'm pretty familiar with Tanick's, I kept a close eye on him ever since he was set to marry you, and I learned a few things about him,"
"Things that will be useful to you, and I brought along a few people that will be able to teach you what you need to do," he said pushing the door wide open to reveal a lovely room, with a burning hearth and three woman who were sitting there dressed up in elegant clothes.
"A concubine is not allowed to own any properties or posses any influence," Lord Kurt explained after taking a breath to calm his annoyance."Therefor all your properties will be passed onto your brother, you have three months to make the necessary arrangements for the transfer," he said giving Izlandi a sharp look."Unacceptable!" Izlandi shrieked while clenching her fists, "I built up 11 establishments from the ground up, I lay down all the ground work and made them prosper, they belong to me and I will transfer them to a person of my choosing,""You built those with the financial support of the family," Cornick snickered in his seat, as he rubbed his still swollen cheek, "Now that you will become some mans personal whore, everything will be returned to the family," he said while struggling not to laugh aloud.The smile on his toad like face stretched from ear to ear, evidently he was unable to hide his glee at her plight, he'd been pushing his father to transfer all of Izlandi's establishments to him.She had been making so much through her businesses that the families treasurer was raving about the increased revenues every time he got the chance, he set his eyes on her businesses for years now, trying to find a way take a hold of them or run them out of business.But as much as he hated to admit it Izlandi was a talented businesswoman, she completely controlled the markets she moved into, while keeping amicable relationships with the merchant's guild branch.Now that he was finally going to get one of his long cherished dreams come true Cornick was gleeful.Izlandi snapped her head in his direction with a look of outrage, "Did I say you can speak to me you repulsive beast," she spat in disgust, and quickly turned away from him.That look in her eyes was as if she was looking at a pile of shit, like the mere sight of him was a stain to her eyes."I'll sooner torch my businesses to the ground before it lands in that beasts' claws," she spat hatefully at her father."Whether you like it or not, Izlandi you must transfer your businesses," Lord Kurt said in a cold tone."I will not be handing anything to that depraved beast," she said with growing fury, "He'll run my every establishment to the ground starting with my Male Escort Service's,""Knowing him, he'll be so jealous once he looks at the least attractive of the lot, that he'll likely drag them to the guillotine for the crime of looking better than him," she said with disgust."It wouldn't be the first time he did such a thing," she declared in her fit of anger, it was a well-kept secret in the estate.It happened just a year back Izlandi recalled, Cornick had gone out drinking and a woman he was trying to impress chose another man to spend her night with.So, in the middle of the night Cornick dragged the two from bed, his deeds to the woman went without saying, when he was finally done he killed her and flayed the man alive.He'd done it as secretly as possible, but the screams were heard by some of the servants, if not for her quick silencing of the servants it would have become a large scandal and affected the reputation of the family.The few others that knew were all important members of the family that knew better than to blab.Cornick glared at her in anger, both his father and brother didn't know of the affair since neither of them were home.Lord Kurt glared at Cornick angrily, "Is this true?" he asked in a dangerously calm voice."Of course not," Cornick said through gritted teeth, "Izlandi is just making things up, she's just being a bitch like usual, since she doesn't want to give her stuff to me," he stammered out fearfully, he knew that to his father nothing was more important than the reputation of the family.For the sake of the family his father had personally used the guillotine to execute several of his family members, Cornick had always heard stories about an elder brother that he used to have, supposedly he slept with another noble's wife.It caused a huge scandal and Lord Kurt personally cut of his head to condemn him for his crimes.He didn't doubt his fathers ability to do the same to him, he looked to his elder brother for support, but he found that Stanley was looking at him with a slight frown.Evidentially his brother didn't believe him and it was likely that his father didn't believe him either."We'll discuss this later," Lord Kurt said coldly, which caused Cornick to shudder, he could tell that his father wouldn't let this matter go.Lord Kurt turned back to Izlandi, she didn't even look pleased about revealing that info, he could see it in her eyes, she regarded his son as nothing but filth, even a victory over him meant nothing at all to her."I'll have the documents redrawn," he stated, "Next time you will sign them without throwing a tantrum or your departure with Tanicks will be a very unpleasant one," he said in a threatening tone."Unpleasant!" Izlandi shouted, "I was to be his wife, and now if I'm lucky all I'll be is his glorified whore!""Who knows how long before he parades me before some noble he wants to curry favour with and offers me up as a gift for the night!" she spat through gritted teeth and stormed her way out of the room.It was a very common occurrence amongst nobles, she knew that very well, that was the fate of a concubine in noble society, just glorified whores, who would have more in common with the ladies in a brothel than other nobles.That was to be her fate as a concubine.When she left Stanley whispered a word to his brother to follow him, but to keep his distance, but as Stanley got up to leave, his father called Cornick away to have a 'private conversation'.Stanley had no need to ask what it would be about, he knew that he spoiled his little brother, but there were limits, he wouldn't stand up for his brother when he did something that could cause severe damage to the families reputation.With that in mind he chased after his sister, "Izlandi wait," he called out when she came into sight.She glanced back at him with a furious glare, but she still stood in place and waited for him.Stanley looked at her in amusement, he could see that look of disgust in her eyes, as she looked at him coldly with her head held high and her nose pointed up, she was truly the definition of a haughty lady.If not for the fact that he was her superior, he knew that she wouldn't even care to listen to his words."There's something I want to show you, and speak to you about," he said with an amused smile and directed her down a hall.Izlandi frowned at the unwelcome interruption but she followed along, she never did get along with her brothers, but she knew that Stanley had nothing to worry about from her, so it was unlikely that he'd try to do anything to harm her."Your fears about what might happen to you are well founded," Stanley said sympathetically, "But lucky for you I happen to have a method, that could help you solve your predicament," Stanley said with a smirk.Izlandi narrowed her eyes, she'd long been thinking of a solution to her problems, but almost all of them would be considered treason and turn her into a fugitive."Interested are we?" Stanley mused with a smile as they drew close to a door in the long corridor."Lucky for you, during my stay in Proge I got to know Tanicks pretty well, during my stay with House Kant went I just arrived in Proge, back then our relationship was pretty close,""Until father managed to push for a political marriage between you and Tanicks," Stanley explained with a sigh."House Kant already had plans to marry Tanicks to some great family, due to the cultivation talent he revealed, but father managed to get something on them and used his backing to force your marriage into the Kant family," Stanley continued."Tanick's suggestion to make you a concubine, was no mere insult, but rather a threat from the entire Kant family to create a blood feud against our family if we didn't comply," Stanley said."Are you planning to bore me to sleep with things I already know?" Izlandi said in an irritated voice.Stanley sighed as he reached the door and pushed it open, "Like I said earlier, I'm pretty familiar with Tanick's, I kept a close eye on him ever since he was set to marry you, and I learned a few things about him,""Things that will be useful to you, and I brought along a few people that will be able to teach you what you need to do," he said pushing the door wide open to reveal a lovely room, with a burning hearth and three woman who were sitting there dressed up in elegant clothes.
