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Chapter 25:Ā I donāt hold any ambition
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āO, Onii-sama?ā
I thought I had been getting along with my cousin, and Iāve always been beside him. And yetā¦
(This smile Onii-sama has, this is the first Iāve seen itā¦)
Ryuze always wears a gentle, refreshing smile which could disarm anyone.
To that haughty Britney as well, he always showed a smile full of affection. Willingly holding in his arms that greasy, sweaty body without batting an eyelid. He was that kind of person.
However, the expression he has on now looks much more natural on him.
As I thought, the usual soft smile my cousin had on was not his true face.
āI wish I hadnāt heard you say that butā¦ Well, so be it. You donāt seem to have any ambition after all.ā
āO, of course I donāt.ā
āWell then, as we had planned in the beginning, you will be doing your best to get married, right?ā
As he starts speaking his true intentions, I suppose Iām glad heās not trying to cut me off like the rest.
āPresently, it would be better for you to quickly marry into another family. Please do your best to make an influential connection.ā
āWhat pressure-! Please donāt unreasonably give so much pressure on my social debut!ā
I unintentionally spoke my true feelings.
(This is bad, Onii-sama had only been feigning friendliness in front of me.)
There were even deeper layers behind Ryuzeās smile.
āBritney. Youā¦ have a considerably fascinating character inside, huh.ā
āGfuu, Gufufufu.ā
I thought to misdirect him by laughing, but it seems my smiling face is as uncanny as ever.
Aa, I donāt want to be here anymore.
āI know you have been making great efforts recently. The soap you had invented really saved me. For that matter, I am thankful.ā
āā¦ Onii-sama, the wine and the horses youāve produced seem to give much more stable tax revenue though.ā
āIt is better to have a wide range of income sources. That shampoo and rinse wonāt keep for a long time is their only downside.ā
āUu, thatās true. The latest version of shampoo uses the same mixture of honey and essential oils I use in the soap butā¦ it only keeps for about a month. The rinse is the same way, and every time I see it I feel like I have to use it. Therefore, growing more lemons is very important.ā
āMaa, lemons are used because theyāre effective.ā
Before I knew it, we began talking about work.
āIn any case, do your best at the upcoming party. I would like to nominate Ricardo, butā¦ā
āHeās unreasonable because he had dumped me in the past. That said, even I would like if our connection to the Astaru earldom wasnāt cut off.ā
āI see. When he came by the other day, I thought I felt a pulse between you two.ā
Thatās definitely a lie! I gave a tsukkomi in my mind as I left my cousinās room.
As I was wishfully thinking about giving that responseā¦ thatās right, isnāt it?
(ā¦ Nn?)
Which reminds me, Ryuze had said āyou donāt appear to have any ambition after all.ā
Due to my recent activity, was he worried I was aiming to become the next Earl?
(Iām probably overthinking it. I donāt think thereās any way I could take over from Onii-sama.)
Very few female Earls appear in this world.
In the absence of a male Earl, sometimes it seems a woman would take the place of Earl, but normally in the case where thereās no male successor the womanās husband would become Earl.
(That said, although it was a considerable while ago, there was a story where all of the male successors were fools, and exceptionally a woman was nominatedā¦ I learned that in my history classes.)
At any rate, that should be irrelevant to the Hakusu earldom.
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Translatorās Corner:
Ummā¦ Author-san??? Why are you foreshadowing that Britney will succeed the earldom?
Anyway, seems Ryuze was worried she had begun to aim to become Earl. I donāt know why his face turned so ominous thoughā¦ I guess her potential to become a competitor worries him that much?
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