Capitulo 83

Arc 10 Come now, even if you regret it.

Episode 83

The day after I heard the story, I headed to the boutique.

I saw Niveia getting mad at someone in front of the store.

You only brought half the stuff, what the hell are you talking about?

Sorry, the trainers on our side moved to a group… That’s why I’m the boss, right?

It didn’t seem like a simple matter.

What’s going on? What’s going on?

Ah, princess.

Niveia and the coachman bowed their heads. Both had worried faces.

Niveia looked around and lowered her voice.

Let’s go inside.

I turned around, saw Marquis Hunt’s men with aggressive smiles.

I quickly led the people inside.

I sat down in Niveia’s office on the second floor and asked her what she was doing.

How the hell did it happen?

The president of the shipping company revealed his name as Mario and began to explain the situation.

Near the Savon Islands, there are two carriers in the city of Larensi. One company I run and one company run by Giovanni. These are two good places.

The contract with us was Mario’s shipping company.

We signed a contract with him purely for a reasonable price.

The company run by Giovanni was dubious because of its too low prices.

All the products we worked with were expensive items, and the lower the wages were, the less interest the gentlemen had in the items.

So, I signed a contract with Mario’s company, which offered a reasonable price.

Giovanni’s company doubled the wages. We can’t afford to pay that much…

After all, it seems that a lot of distributors have moved.

Yes.

I sighed briefly as I watched him tilt his head as if he had no face.

What can he do in this situation?

I’ll go and check it out. You don’t have to worry about that, princess.

He shook his head at Niveia’s words.

At the same time, it’s my job too, so I’ll go.

…

Given the amount, I think there’s someone after Giovanni. I’m sure I’ll be able to handle it better than Niveia.

Besides, I was thinking of going at least once to the Savons Islands to select the resort location.

Leaving Niveia’s concerns behind, I set a date to go.

We are just thankful that the princess came.

I told Mario not to worry too much, comforted him and sent him on his way.

What are you going to do?

After he left, Niveia asked me.

We have to go and convince him.

It will be difficult. It’s not about anything else, it’s about money.

He’ll never be able to pay that salary. Maybe when Mario collapses, he’ll go back to his place again….

The question was, was he really convincing?

The fact that they started such a bloody competition showed that they were determined to push until one side was destroyed.

If that didn’t work, I had to think of another way.

It was a complex problem and I was worried that it wasn’t likely to be solved easily.

Is there another way?

* * *

That day I told my father that I was going south soon.

On Copyn Island? Why suddenly in that rural town?

There’s some problem with transportation, so I’m going.

I explained to my father what had happened.

My father simply shook his head, probably speechless at the bloody competition.

ha ha… . Then go for it Come to think of it, I heard that the Archduke is heading south now.

The Grand Duke?

There was only one man who would be called Grand Duke in the Empire.

Yes. I heard that he descended under His Majesty’s orders… That’s why he didn’t even show his nose in this commotion.

Come to think of it, I thought it was strange not to see Andrew, who always appeared to solve the problems when they got bigger.

Now Tatiana was under siege.

In the past, he had been accused of involvement in human trafficking, and within the family he had come under scrutiny for coercing an insider to commit a crime.

In a situation where he could do neither this nor that, he lay on his stomach, waiting for time to pass.

«As always, it will calm down with time.»

Although the original’s deterrence was waning, this world was still friendly to Tatiana.

Of course, the problem was that she acted beyond the forgivable range.

Be careful, as you may run into them.

My father’s concern was one.

He seemed worried that I might run into that person and spread strange rumors about me again.

There have been quite a few occasions when malicious rumors have been spread for no reason.

That’s why there were many fights with Wilhelm before the breakup.

But it’s so broad that it will be complicated won’t it?

Yes, that’s true.

Actually, there was no need to worry.

There were strange rumors.

Now there was a lot of talk about the Prince and his wife.

Even Wilhelm was involved, so the rumors did not subside easily.

Tatiana was not stupid enough to confuse me and Andrew in such a situation to create malicious rumors.

As always I will go with Lily. Don’t worry.

I’ll give you some escort knights, so don’t wander around alone.

The escort knight was too flashy.

I’m going to give it up this time because I want to do things quietly….

When I’m working, I have to be moderate.

Don’t worry, Dad.

My father’s face was full of disbelief.

I smiled awkwardly and got up from my seat.

There was too much work to be prepared for.

* * *

Then I hope you have a good time.

The president’s shrill welcome was a bit daunting.

«I heard Karina was greeted that way too.»

Just imagining how upset she must have been at not enjoying the people-watching elicited her laughter.

Daniel toured the academy campus he had long been searching for, immersed in memories.

It was only a short time, but living in the dorm freed him from the pressure of family.

Here he could live as Daniel, not as the heir to the prestigious Duke of Malphyrion.

Is that so?

It was a series of choices he would never have made had he been his original self.

Daniel recently looked at how cruel he had been to Karina in the past.

While revealing his ugly heart, he lashed out at Karina with words close to violence.

«I didn’t know until Karina said it.»

Every time he saw her, he was so embarrassed that his face burned.

And he felt increasingly burdened with Tatiana. He realized how shallow and self-centered the words she whispered were.

«What kind of magic did you use?»

During that time, he just believed her words and gave it his all.

But he couldn’t do that anymore. He withheld all contracts with Tatiana and the Prince of Gloucester.

«It seems I’ve finally come to my senses.»

Daniel sighed as he remembered what his father had told him earlier, that he had gone down to the estate.

Why had he made that choice?

It all seemed to be Tatiana’s fault.

He sat down in a suitable seat and looked at the documents the president had given him.

When he had given the bracelet to Tatiana and Karina, he had received a list of all the merchants participating in the festival.

Among them, he traced his memory by checking the names and items of the merchants selling miscellaneous items.

«Is it because it’s too old?»

Strangely, his memory of that day was hazy.

He was very young, when he was about ten years old, and it was strange that only the memory of buying the bracelet remained.

Obviously, he had memories of coming to play and eating other things.

Now that he thought about it, he thought he got lost while playing and wandered around.

And I think he met a stranger there?

Yuck.

The headache suddenly got worse.

Daniel clutched his head with both hands and leaned over.

An unfamiliar scene flashed in his mind.

In the dark forest, a young lost Daniel was crying.

Are you lost?

A soft-spoken woman helped Daniel.

She took the boy’s hand and led him to the edge of the forest, near the festival site.

Thank you!

She looked at Daniel and smiled.

It was as if there was a fog in his head and he couldn’t see his face well.

The woman took a bracelet woven with round beads out of her pocket.

Give this to Karina.

She seemed to have said that.

Then Daniel thought that Tatiana would be sad if he gave it to Karina.

If he was going to give it, he wanted to give them both equally.

Otherwise, he didn’t want to give it to anyone.

I have one more friend!

At young Daniel’s words, the woman lifted her body and looked off somewhere.

She seemed to have said something with a short sigh.

That’s right, then there’s nothing I can do about it. It must all be fate.

Then she looked at the bracelet for a moment and held it in her hand.

A brief burst of light burst from his clenched fist. Two bracelets of the same shape lay in his open palm.

Daniel bowed his head in excitement at the thought of being able to give gifts to his friends.

Thank you!

A woman with blue eyes looked up at her.

She had an unfamiliar smile.

I don’t know if I’m happy or sad.

That was all there was to remember.