Chapter 81

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“Tell me you’re lying. Actually, because of Lady Abella…….”

“Shh. If you know, you should watch that mouth, right?”

Cade pointed to Burke’s lips with a scabbard. Burke shut his mouth and nodded his head. It was because he knew how sharp and powerful the sword in the scabbard was.

That’s why he was nervous when he learned that Abella had returned.

Obviously, Cade was going to behave strangely!

“Your Majesty……. You must move as carefully as possible. You know that, right?”

“That’s why I’ve been tolerating it until now. I didn’t create any scandals with Abella, but rather she thought I hated her.”

“That’s …”

It was natural when he dragged the pale tired Abella around like a doll, when she returned to Timur and entered the imperial city for the first time.

Burke rolled his eyes.

“So that’s fortunate.”

Cade laughed confidently as if he knew everything.

“… anyway. You have to be careful.”

“I got it. Your nagging grows more and more everyday. Am I married to you?”

“What a terrible remark!”

Burke turned white and took a step backward.

He was overwhelmed with Cade, who sometimes made lousy jokes.  Cade laughed his head off as he watched Burke run away.

“Such a reaction makes me want to tease you more.”

What nonsense.

*

Meanwhile…

Count Gilmus stood anxiously in his room. One of his bright white eyebrows was raised.

Obviously, the Duke of Sirius accepted Gilmus’ offer. However, there were still sightings of Abella and Arsene together.

The predecessor Duke and Duchess Sirius could not easily meet Count Gilmus. Wasn’t it a relationship that was followed by intimidation and conciliations in the first place?

‘No way, have you betrayed me?’

However, there was no way they can give up on Sirius.

“Father, they need time, too. It won’t be that easy to persuade Duke Arsene.”

“Benjamin. Don’t be so laid back. They could hit us in the back of the head.  Isn’t that true of all the nobles’ nature?”

“But that doesn’t mean that you can get on Sirius’ nerves, does it?”

“Ah, that’s enough for now.”

“……. This needs to be approached more carefully, Father. Didn’t you hear that Voloto was kicked out of that house this time?”

“What about Voloto!”

Count Gilmus’ beard trembled. One way or another, Voloto has been a cousin since childhood. He was not so sad as to the point of him going crazy, but it was heartbreaking.

At Count Gilmus’ question, Benjamin shrugged.

“Well, it was a gambling debt and the mansion. But, was Voloto the one who would fall down so easily? He made fun of Abella with his wrong mouth.”

“What power does Abella have, she is stupid. Who would side with the cursed girl?”

“But, doesn’t Abella have strength and money? If Amerigo and Abella are in business, the hearts of the great nobles will also be bought.”

“……At this rate, Amerigo’s entire safe will be stolen.”

Count Gilmus gritted his teeth.

He was informed that the creditor had given up on taking money from Count Gilmus and that he had sold all the bonds.

Count Gilmus was in a position to borrow money, so he couldn’t complain. That was where he lost the halo of the Amerigo name.

The things he thought he was holding in his hand seemed to slip away like grains of sand between his fingers.

Where the hell did it all go wrong?

Count Gilmus was Amerigo’s eldest adult and had lived without any shortcomings. Since he was born three generations ago as the second son of the Duke of Amerigo, he did not inherit the rank of Duke.

This was because the Charope Empire maintained the tradition of inheritance to the eldest son or daughter in the absence of serious problems.

He was a little bit embarrassed and felt inferior to his elder brother that succeeded the Duchy, but he had a satisfactory life.

Since Amerigo’s successors often passed away at an early age with whatever kind of curse they had, Count Gilmus could survive alone and was able to enjoy all of Amerigo in times of upheaval.

But then, after the cursed girl returned, everything was ruined.

‘I should have killed her then!’

Had it been so, Abella wouldn’t be in this world.

Count Gilmus gritted his teeth. It seems that the luck of the world was leaving him all.

Count Gilmus had a deadly pale blue face.

“Benjamin, I can’t.”

Yes?”

“We have to use a different strategy. Isn’t this Timur still conservative?”

In Timur, words were spoken even when men and women were in one place. When one was caught in a free relationship, they were immediately dragged together.

So, even if there were people that are attracted to each other, they would still try to avoid being noticed.

The mere appearance of Abella and Arsene together was enough evidence for people to believe that their engagement was maintained.

Count Gilmus’ eyes shone meanly.