Factory.
I headed toward the aide’s office to et Conrad.
“I keep worrying about Blizen’s situation.”
While deep in thought and looking at the ground as I walked, I heard murmuring up ahead.
Among the maids, a single head stood out towering above the rest.
“Conrad?”
He was carrying a heap of things.
His smile was painfully awkward.
“Thank you......”
The maids blushed shyly and clasped their cheeks, sighing “Haaah......”
Among them, one maid admired Conrad’s forearm and said, “We should be the ones thanking you......”
“Hm?”
Suddenly, an all-too-familiar face popped into my sight among them.
“Greta?”
Hearing my voice, Greta’s shoulders jerked up sharply.
She stiffened and chanically turned her head to look at .
“A-a-a-a-... g-g-g-... g-go-od.”
Huh?
She looked like she’d just been caught cheating on soone.
Her pupils trembled as if an earthquake hit, staring at wildly.
Then she blurted out desperately.
“I swear I wasn’t looking elsewhere. I definitely bought sothing for you too. But Lady’s Day is still far off... And besides, Conrad has been so considerate to the maids. We owe him so much. I really, truly love you the most, Lady. I know saying this is aningless, but, so, Lady, I... I’m sorry─!!”
“.......”
Having declared she loves us both with one heart, Greta left with a tearful expression.
“Love is a cri~!”
A cri~!
A cri~!
Greta’s voice echoed through the factory.
...Suddenly, I felt tired.
I watched Greta fade away, shaking my head.
Conrad, awkwardly smiling with a mountain of gifts piled high, strode over to .
“Lady.”
The towering stack of gift boxes hid his face completely, so Conrad barely peeked out beside them and spoke.
“What’s all this?”
“Oh, it’s Gentleman’s Day in four days... I’ll be out starting tomorrow, so I guess he gave them today.”
Ah, Gentleman’s Day?
So it’s already four days away.
The day to give gifts to a gentleman you like.
“Like Valentine’s Day.”
The towering pile of gifts in Conrad’s arms wobbled dangerously.
“For now, put those down. I have sothing to ask. I’ll wait here. The weather’s nice today.”
I took a deep breath of the soft breeze. The scent of grass filled my nose.
“Yes, Lady.”
Conrad hurried back after leaving the gifts at the aide’s office and asked.
“What is it?”
“You watch over the second generation at the Main Estate, right?”
Conrad made a troubled face.
“They call it protection.”
“Whatever. Does that include Uncle Noarizen?”
“Yes. Since he is Master Blizen’s father. But compared to other second gens, the intensity is considerably lighter.”
Even that would be good.
I clasped Conrad’s hands and said with sparkling eyes.
“I want to see those records.”
Conrad glanced around and lowered his voice.
“I will copy and send them to the jurisdiction castle.”
“Okay!”
I nodded quickly with a big smile.
“As expected.”
The effort I made at age three wasn’t wasted.
I placed suitable people everywhere.
“Thanks to that, I can get necessary information this easily.”
I was glad I had worked hard when I was three.
Waving cheerfully, I greeted Conrad as he returned to the office.
Goodbye, Conrad!
My walking, talking factory information guild!
Inside the carriage on the way ho.
I was slouched in the carriage.
It took at least two hours to move each ti we changed locations—it was a nightmare.
Even after loading the Gaho stone of , it was still exhausting.
“I envy Blizen’s Gaho.”
He has two Gahos.
One is an offensive type.
The other is Gaho.
He wields a powerful offensive Gaho while moving it around recklessly.
“Isn’t he a total broken character?”
Even the twins couldn’t beat Blizen in practice matches.
Though matches rarely happened.
Joshua, who has the area attack , trained mostly outside the castle to avoid damaging the dukedom during fights.
Balzac, with Gaho, manifested an aura that was basically an area effect attack.
So the twins’ matches with Blizen happened only once or twice a year as events.
Of course, the twins sotis won.
“But Blizen’s win rate was higher.”
There was a reason he never lost his rank.
“Anyway, I’m so jealous of the movent Gaho...”
Not having to ride in a carriage when going to the market district or factory.
Every ti I go out, I feel like I’m taking a long-distance bus to the capital.
“Two hours is basically commuting to the capital.”
Today, I spent more ti in the carriage than outside and was nearly dead tired.
Daymond’s jurisdiction castle.
It was nearly evening when we arrived at the castle.
I was so tired I didn’t even change clothes and collapsed on the bed.
Not eating or doing anything, Heidi and Betty gently comforted .
“If you soak in warm water with rose salt, it’s fragrant and relaxing.”
“We’ll wash you with soft bubbles. We’ll wash your hair too.”
Heidi and Betty laid their heads side by side on my bed and said.
“While you’re in the water, you’ll get so sweet and sour lemonade.”
“When you co out, you’ll find delicious toast waiting.”
“Toasted bread lightly grilled on the outside, topped with avocado, crispy bacon, and a soft poached egg. It’ll be delicious, right?”
Betty whispered while tucking strands of my hair behind my ear buried in the blanket.
“For dessert, milk tea crushed into a crunchy texture...”
I peeked up from burying my face in the bed.
“Okay, okay.”
I answered half asleep.
“I’ll do it...”
They had gotten really good at persuading over the past seven years.
“That toast sounds delicious.”
My mouth watered thinking of toast. It already slled like butter lightly spread on toast.
A warm bath with rose salt was my favorite.
The fragrant rose scent in the warm water wiped away the day’s fatigue.
The maids washed my body with fluffy bubbles floating in the bathtub.
After bathing, sitting in a shower gown, the maids ca with towels and dried my hair.
When I put out my hands, they even clipped my long nails.
“Ah, refreshing.”
Feeling soft and dry, I sat with a blissful expression.
Taking a bite of toast and dipping it into the poached egg yolk was pure heaven.
After finishing, patting my stomach, Betty brought out milk tea ice cream with a pleased smile.
My favorite bath, al, and sweet dessert.
“Oh, the true taste of money, power, and affection.”
I was so happy my eyes felt dizzy.
Betty and Heidi chuckled seeing like that.
“Washed and fed, you did well, didn’t you?”
“Yeah...”
While holding the dessert spoon in my mouth, Han Jihyuk entered the room.
He must have brought the copied docunts Conrad requested earlier that day.
“You looked like you were about to die from exhaustion, but now you’re fine... Lady?”
Han Jihyuk habitually tried to speak informally but quickly corrected himself at Heidi’s glare.
I smiled and said.
“I’m happy.”
Seeing smile brightly, Han Jihyuk made a reluctant face.
“He always gets annoyed when I’m happy.”
“I was pulling weeds under the scorching sun, and you’re drinking lemonade in a cool room?”
“If you don’t like it, I’ll arrange a spot outside.”
“If I go out! What if those cheaters catch ! Make a steward like Michelan!”
“The steward of a grand noble family is soone who graduated from the academy. Do you want to attend the academy now?”
“Sa damn elitist society everywhere...!”
Things like this, or—
“I was shoveling snow for four hours in freezing weather, and you’re eating sweet potatoes in a warm room?”
“I told you like ten tis I can set up a spot outside.”
“Send to the factory. I want to be a steward like Conrad Marcial.”
“Conrad works overti 300 days a year. Are you okay with that?”
“I should report you to the labor office. Damn it.”
Or this—
“I almost got my skin ripped off at the bath with Mosco, and you’re having a bubble bath?”
“I told you a hundred tis I can arrange a spot outside.”
“Make a noble lady like you.”
“Mosco! Mosco─!!”
These sorts of things happened all the ti.
After the maids and Han Jihyuk left, I lay on my stomach on the bed and took out the docunts.
“Let’s see.”
I flipped through them one by one.
Compared to other second gens, the information was very limited.
“Only movent records and holidays.”
Factory.
Jurisdiction castle.
Market district.
Jurisdiction castle...
“Hm?”
Noarizen hadn’t left the estate even once in half a year.
“What? Then how did he et Count Talos?”
Michelan had definitely said Noarizen and Talos t.
“Soone so ticulous wouldn’t have told without checking first.”
What the heck was going on?
I took the communication stone from the nightstand and imdiately connected to Michelan.
[Yes, Lady.]
“When exactly did Count Talos and Noarizen et?”
The sound of pages flipping ca through the stone.
[On the 4th, 11th, and 18th of last month, and the 5th and 12th of this month.]
I quickly grabbed a pen and checked the dates on the docunts again.
“Are you sure?”
[Yes.]
“Okay, thanks.”
I ended the connection.
“What is this?”
I carefully put the communication stone back on the nightstand and reviewed the docunts Conrad gave again.
It was clear that all ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) the days Michelan ntioned were marked as holidays.
But there were no records of leaving the estate.
“Did Blizen teleport him? Hmm... no, that can’t be.”
Blizen was away on duty until the 20th last month.
“Maybe he used a Gaho stone?”
No. That stone hasn’t been discovered yet.
If the Gaho stone existed, there’d already be chaos.
Nobles would be carrying treasures around, begging to sell them.
I understand.
Carriages are exhausting...
“Anyway, if I don’t talk to Blizen, I won’t get anywhere.”
I summoned the maids outside.
And wrote a letter inviting Blizen.
[Blizen, would you invite to the Aisa jurisdiction?]
I got a reply from Blizen.
[Sorry, but I have business, so I can’t invite you.]
I was sowhat dumbfounded.
[I haven’t even said when yet?]
[Not for the foreseeable future.]
[Then can you tell when you can?]
[Not for the foreseeable future.]
[When the foreseeable future passes, I want to go!]
[Not for the foreseeable future.]
[Did you write the sa letter several tis?]
Letters were exchanged several tis.
But I won.
Eventually, I received a reluctant approval.
[If it’s just a mont.]
“Good!”
After getting the reply, I hurriedly finished preparations and left the room.
I quickly climbed into the carriage and headed to the Aisa jurisdiction.
The Gaho stone I briefly thought about yesterday...
“I hope it exists.”
It’s so exhausting to travel by carriage.
I shifted my gaze out the window.
“Wow...”
The path to the jurisdiction castle was covered thick with purple, yellow, and white wildflowers.
“Aunt Aisa really liked wildflowers, didn’t she?”
I couldn’t take my eyes off the beautiful scenery outside.
In front of the Aisa jurisdiction castle.
Seeing a strange carriage embossed with the Astra emblem, a maid suddenly ran breathlessly toward it from afar.
After confirming it was getting off, she gasped in surprise.
“Lady Erilot, what brings you here...!”
I glanced around the unfamiliar Aisa jurisdiction castle.
“I got a letter from Blizen inviting to the jurisdiction.”
“We haven’t heard anything about it... When did you receive the letter?”
I blinked confidently and answered.
“An hour ago.”
“......”
The maids who had run out all looked embarrassed and exchanged glances.
Since the mistress invited , they reluctantly escorted inside.
Their faces turned pale as they hurriedly opened the castle gates wide.
“This way.”
Guided by a maid, I entered the jurisdiction castle and t a man in the corridor.
A handso man with long gray curly hair tied in a classical style, hanging down to his waist.
Uncle Noarizen.
People who looked like administrators were sweating profusely chasing after him.
“I told you that day won’t do.”
“But the moneylender insists on that ti─”
“Anyway, that day won’t do. How many tis do I have to say it?”
Blizen really did inherit his father’s tone.
Noarizen shot a sharp glance at the administrator with a grumpy tone as he walked.
He was nothing like the Uncle Noarizen I knew.
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