Chapter 13:
Editor: Cherish
The next day, His Royal Highness left the Viscount’s estate to go to Her Highness the Grand Duchess. For some reason, he took my father with him.
But of course Father was complaining about not wanting to leave!
Still, the difference in power is obvious between an active military officer’s skill and a civilian officer who is beginning to wither. He couldn’t refuse.
No, I’ve already caused a lot of trouble for my family and misled the people around me, so I need to keep a proper distance. I won’t act recklessly anymore. I’m grateful for all the support I’ve received despite my status. I was able to accept the farewell letter that said, “Thank you very much for your service, regardless of your status,” so that’s it, isn’t it? But I guess it’s worth something.
I was given an awe-inspiring paid leave by Primera-sama, and I received kind words and a letter telling me to come back after settling my own troubles with my territory first.
This is the letter His Royal Highness brought out of his pocket when I was preparing to leave the Viscount’s Domain.
He claimed it was a bargaining chip in case I didn’t return home quietly, but he wanted me to read it from the start.
In that letter, she said that she was concerned about me and that this time it would be more important for me to be in my hometown. She agreed that it’s better to get everything settled first, and then talk to my brother about it slowly. It was all warm words of encouragement. What an angel.
On top of that, I’m so touched by the fact that she concluded, “I’m sorry that I’m going to miss Julia, so I’m only going to allow you three days of paid leave.
I suppressed a shout, “Hmmm!” I let out a strange voice. I didn’t think the day would come when I would sound like this in real life.
I think the maid looked at me and stepped back a bit in surprise, but really, I think Primera-sama is too much of an angel.
I want to meet Primera-sama too.
But it’s true that I was a little too lenient with the situation because of Melek, and I’ve abandoned my role as the eldest daughter too much.
After talking to her, I realized that she was not a bad woman.
Maybe it was because I had a preconceived notion from a previous life that stepmothers and stepchildren are incompatible.
I had always assumed that she didn’t like me, but that was not the case.
What a surprise.
My stepmother, Francesca, was born the second daughter of a county family, and since she had no particularly good looks, she was told to find a moderate match and marry her off quickly.
I’m not really related to the Countess of Pundit or rather, I’m not at all related to her. I’m more of a relative in name. But it seems that the heads of the family at least write to each other to tell each other what’s going on.
Anyway, that’s why Melek made it clear to me that he envied me because I was the eldest daughter and could debut in society even though I was poor, and he didn’t deny that he was jealous of me.
At the same time, Melek confessed to me that he felt sorry for me because he saw a husband who only thought of his ex-wife and felt sorry for his daughter.
“Father…..”
Then I realized why he had to use such abusive language when I came back, and why my brother took over.
I’ve been thinking for a long time that Father has only the minimum talent for a civil servant, and even though this territory can produce a certain amount of stable stone value, conversely, it’s not possible to make more than a certain amount of money.
I can’t think of any other way to earn money, and we’ve been managing to get by since my grandfather’s generation until now. Is it savings? From what? But there are many variable factors that could have influenced our wealth.
On top of that, Father recently started a relationship with a stranger and made some kind of investment and failed. I’m not sure if I did something, but he kept taking my money. Maybe that’s when he started to be unkind to me.
The money that I had sent him at first was saved for his daughter’s wedding when she came back, but even so, his father began to use it instead, and I wondered if this was the end of the baronial family.
“Sister is not married, but she is the princess’s trusted handmaiden. So, due to my family’s circumstances, I couldn’t afford to cause you any trouble, so I’m just going to let you know that my mother knew that, and she was hoping that she could use it as a shield to get away with it. I’m sorry. I’ve been wondering whether I should honestly tell Sister what happened, so I’m just as guilty…”
“That’s because I couldn’t bear the weight of being the eldest daughter of the Viscount’s family and turned my back on reality. I am sorry. I am sorry, stepmother, for all this time. I, as the eldest daughter of this house, I am ashamed.”
“Yes, how embarrassing.”
I had thought that I have a younger brother, and my brother’s own mother probably hates me, so if I just leave, everything will be fine, lucky me.
I hate my modern brain for having thought such a thing. No, no, it’s my fault for only thinking that way.
I should have seen and heard from my childhood that an aristocrat must act as one in this society, no matter if you are only a countryside noble or you live near the royal castle, but the fact is that I thought I could escape from my duty. I didn’t want to be obligated to do anything.
If I apologize for that, Stepmother will say, “No way!” She apologized and told me that I had been disowned because I hadn’t made my debut in the community. They were shocked to find out that I hadn’t debuted, and even more shocked about Merek’s debut, and that there was enough money left over to still make her look good as a baroness. She looked like she was going to fall apart.
Honestly, I didn’t think that far ahead, so please don’t make me feel more guilty than I already am. Please.
This is how my stepmother and I reconnected with each other as mother and daughter.
My brother also said again, “I have always hoped that the day will come when we can spend our time laughing with Mother and Sister like this. And it has! If you ask me, you’re an angel.”
However, I have to do something about the territory.
Because of the debt my father created by his investment or something, the money in the territory was being used for flood control construction and so on. It wouldn’t be good if there was a delay!
Oh, I see. I was now convinced that His Royal Highness had taken my father out so I could secretly raid the study.
Well, I suppose I should figure out what to do, though I’m not a professional.
And then I found this bill for gambling. What are you doing, Dad?
And isn’t this a wild card? Isn’t it strange? And you’re behind on your payments? Aren’t you paying too many late fees?
Is this what you call black money? Is there such a thing in this world?
All those thoughts passed at once!
We have to do something about it, but it’s impossible to pay it with just my hard-earned salary.
I had no proof of this, but what I did know was that the finance my father had was borrowed money from “Talbot and Company”.
Hmmm. I’m going to ask Ridgeline to find out what kind of reputation they have.
Also…let’s try to sneak a look at my favorite company, Jenda Trading Company.
Hmm? How about I just enrich the territory?
My magic is less than human, and I’m only good at making tea. What can a person with that level of skill do?
Well, I was a flat clerk in the HR department of a subsidiary of a large company in a previous life!
I only wanted to work overtime when things got busy in HR, and sometimes I wanted to whisper a nasty comment to the bureaucrats when they forced me to do something!
Was holding back my thoughts my expertise? Not particularly.
But I had become good at listening to people complain, listening to people talk, and getting their gossip in my ear.
Of course, I still am!
Chapter 13:
Editor: Cherish
The next day, His Royal Highness left the Viscount’s estate to go to Her Highness the Grand Duchess. For some reason, he took my father with him.
But of course Father was complaining about not wanting to leave!
Still, the difference in power is obvious between an active military officer’s skill and a civilian officer who is beginning to wither. He couldn’t refuse.
No, I’ve already caused a lot of trouble for my family and misled the people around me, so I need to keep a proper distance. I won’t act recklessly anymore. I’m grateful for all the support I’ve received despite my status. I was able to accept the farewell letter that said, “Thank you very much for your service, regardless of your status,” so that’s it, isn’t it? But I guess it’s worth something.
I was given an awe-inspiring paid leave by Primera-sama, and I received kind words and a letter telling me to come back after settling my own troubles with my territory first.
This is the letter His Royal Highness brought out of his pocket when I was preparing to leave the Viscount’s Domain.
He claimed it was a bargaining chip in case I didn’t return home quietly, but he wanted me to read it from the start.
In that letter, she said that she was concerned about me and that this time it would be more important for me to be in my hometown. She agreed that it’s better to get everything settled first, and then talk to my brother about it slowly. It was all warm words of encouragement. What an angel.
On top of that, I’m so touched by the fact that she concluded, “I’m sorry that I’m going to miss Julia, so I’m only going to allow you three days of paid leave.
I suppressed a shout, “Hmmm!” I let out a strange voice. I didn’t think the day would come when I would sound like this in real life.
I think the maid looked at me and stepped back a bit in surprise, but really, I think Primera-sama is too much of an angel.
I want to meet Primera-sama too.
But it’s true that I was a little too lenient with the situation because of Melek, and I’ve abandoned my role as the eldest daughter too much.
After talking to her, I realized that she was not a bad woman.
Maybe it was because I had a preconceived notion from a previous life that stepmothers and stepchildren are incompatible.
I had always assumed that she didn’t like me, but that was not the case.
What a surprise.
My stepmother, Francesca, was born the second daughter of a county family, and since she had no particularly good looks, she was told to find a moderate match and marry her off quickly.
I’m not really related to the Countess of Pundit or rather, I’m not at all related to her. I’m more of a relative in name. But it seems that the heads of the family at least write to each other to tell each other what’s going on.
Anyway, that’s why Melek made it clear to me that he envied me because I was the eldest daughter and could debut in society even though I was poor, and he didn’t deny that he was jealous of me.
At the same time, Melek confessed to me that he felt sorry for me because he saw a husband who only thought of his ex-wife and felt sorry for his daughter.
“Father…..”
Then I realized why he had to use such abusive language when I came back, and why my brother took over.
I’ve been thinking for a long time that Father has only the minimum talent for a civil servant, and even though this territory can produce a certain amount of stable stone value, conversely, it’s not possible to make more than a certain amount of money.
I can’t think of any other way to earn money, and we’ve been managing to get by since my grandfather’s generation until now. Is it savings? From what? But there are many variable factors that could have influenced our wealth.
On top of that, Father recently started a relationship with a stranger and made some kind of investment and failed. I’m not sure if I did something, but he kept taking my money. Maybe that’s when he started to be unkind to me.
The money that I had sent him at first was saved for his daughter’s wedding when she came back, but even so, his father began to use it instead, and I wondered if this was the end of the baronial family.
“Sister is not married, but she is the princess’s trusted handmaiden. So, due to my family’s circumstances, I couldn’t afford to cause you any trouble, so I’m just going to let you know that my mother knew that, and she was hoping that she could use it as a shield to get away with it. I’m sorry. I’ve been wondering whether I should honestly tell Sister what happened, so I’m just as guilty…”
“That’s because I couldn’t bear the weight of being the eldest daughter of the Viscount’s family and turned my back on reality. I am sorry. I am sorry, stepmother, for all this time. I, as the eldest daughter of this house, I am ashamed.”
“Yes, how embarrassing.”
I had thought that I have a younger brother, and my brother’s own mother probably hates me, so if I just leave, everything will be fine, lucky me.
I hate my modern brain for having thought such a thing. No, no, it’s my fault for only thinking that way.
I should have seen and heard from my childhood that an aristocrat must act as one in this society, no matter if you are only a countryside noble or you live near the royal castle, but the fact is that I thought I could escape from my duty. I didn’t want to be obligated to do anything.
If I apologize for that, Stepmother will say, “No way!” She apologized and told me that I had been disowned because I hadn’t made my debut in the community. They were shocked to find out that I hadn’t debuted, and even more shocked about Merek’s debut, and that there was enough money left over to still make her look good as a baroness. She looked like she was going to fall apart.
Honestly, I didn’t think that far ahead, so please don’t make me feel more guilty than I already am. Please.
This is how my stepmother and I reconnected with each other as mother and daughter.
My brother also said again, “I have always hoped that the day will come when we can spend our time laughing with Mother and Sister like this. And it has! If you ask me, you’re an angel.”
However, I have to do something about the territory.
Because of the debt my father created by his investment or something, the money in the territory was being used for flood control construction and so on. It wouldn’t be good if there was a delay!
Oh, I see. I was now convinced that His Royal Highness had taken my father out so I could secretly raid the study.
Well, I suppose I should figure out what to do, though I’m not a professional.
And then I found this bill for gambling. What are you doing, Dad?
And isn’t this a wild card? Isn’t it strange? And you’re behind on your payments? Aren’t you paying too many late fees?
Is this what you call black money? Is there such a thing in this world?
All those thoughts passed at once!
We have to do something about it, but it’s impossible to pay it with just my hard-earned salary.
I had no proof of this, but what I did know was that the finance my father had was borrowed money from “Talbot and Company”.
Hmmm. I’m going to ask Ridgeline to find out what kind of reputation they have.
Also…let’s try to sneak a look at my favorite company, Jenda Trading Company.
Hmm? How about I just enrich the territory?
My magic is less than human, and I’m only good at making tea. What can a person with that level of skill do?
Well, I was a flat clerk in the HR department of a subsidiary of a large company in a previous life!
I only wanted to work overtime when things got busy in HR, and sometimes I wanted to whisper a nasty comment to the bureaucrats when they forced me to do something!
Was holding back my thoughts my expertise? Not particularly.
But I had become good at listening to people complain, listening to people talk, and getting their gossip in my ear.
Of course, I still am!
