Chapter 119
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"Oh!"
"A different color!"
At a glance, different red and blue flames stirred the householders.
"That's the way..."
Lulak nodded, sweeping his beard.
"The reddish side is the real Lombardy check. It's counterfeit that the flame is blue."
Shananet answered, putting out the match before all the checks were burned.
"As you can see, it's an easy way to tell by just burning one corner. Before the important part with the money on it gets burned."
"If that's enough, you'll be able to check it right at the counter! Burning it on fire! It's a really unimaginable way, Madame Shananet!"
Grodic Bray said incredibly in a very excited voice.
"How the hell did you figure this out?"
"...I was lucky trying to figure out how to tell this and that by myself."
"You're amazing!"
Before Shananet answered, there was a slight gap but no one noticed it.
"That's Shananet!"
"What a groundbreaking way. Who could have thought of it!"
The eyes of the householders who looked at the fake and real checks naturally turned to Lulak.
Everyone is waiting for Lulak's decision.
Lulak finally looked at Viese and Shananet once.
Shananet, who was confident but did not smile, and Viese's face, which was distorted by anger, looked at him at the same time.
The householder sometimes has to make difficult decisions for the family.
Now is the time for that.
Lulak spoke in a low voice.
"Let Shananet serve as acting patriarch until I return."
It was the moment when Lord of Lombardy's representative changed from Viese to Shananet.
Viese protested in a tearful voice.
"Father!"
But Lulak seemed to have no intention of reversing that decision.
He only looked at Viese, who cried for himself with a face that had no room for a needle.
"Do you know what this means right now? Father, you have just officially recognized my sister, who is a woman as a candidate for succession!"
"You think I don't know that?"
"Are you really going to do this?"
Viese couldn't beat the anger, so he screamed with blood on his neck.
"You can't do this just for one counterfeit check! I mean, you can't treat me like this!"
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It's as unfair as a man who's been deprived of what he deserves.3
"Do you think it's because of one thing that led you to retire as a Lord?"
"If not, what is it!"
"...I think I made the right decision."
Lulak said coldly.
"You should go now."
There was nothing more he could do.
Viese, who was shaking with his fists clenched, finally glared at Shananet with his killer eyes and walked out of the bedroom.
Bam!
The door closed with a loud noise, but no one cared.
Lulak clicked his tongue and shook his head with a sigh, and the householders vassal family breathed a sigh of relief.
They looked like they could breathe now.
Then Shananet looked back at Florentia, which had so far stood motionless in the doorway.
A door that's closed with a roar might be scary.
Florentia didn't care about that sort of thing.
She just stood there with no expression on her face.
No, rather the child was smiling.1
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Shananet knows.
A seething sense of victory and achievement that doesn't match that calm face at first glance.
Looking at the sparkling eyes of Florentia under her long eyelashes, Shananet smiled.2
* * *
The day Clerivan visited Shananet's residence.
A neat and cold Clerivan and an elegant yet soft Shananet sat opposite each other.
The two are alike but very different.
"I'm here to give you this, Madame Shananet."
Clerivan said, putting a small envelope on the table.
Shananet opened the envelope wondering and checked the contents, and opened her eyes wide with surprise.
"8000 Gold...?"
That was quite a lot to be written on a single anonymous note.
Shananet looked up and stared at Clerivan.
Even with those eyes without laughter, Clerivan was not embarrassed.
It was quite a different response from Grodic Bray's the other day.
"The money belongs to Shananet. No, to be exact, it's Lombardy's money."
In a polite but extremely business-like way, Clerivan said.
"It's the money that Vestian Schultz received the other day when he asked me to turn the diamond mine into the Schultz family."
"...Are you saying you've been asked?"
Shananet said with a slight frown, but Clerivan only shrugged once.
"I'm a businessman and a merchant. I'm after anything that benefits more than justice."
"Benefits..."
Shananet scanned Clerivan with a serious eye.
A man who was so loyal to Lord Lulak that she knew he would stay in Lombardy Family.
But a man who left Lombardy unexpectedly and spread his wings bigger.
She sure he has found something worth more than Lombardy.
There was nothing strange about such a man pursuing profit over justice.
However.
"I don't quite understand that. If you're a real profit seeker, shouldn't you just take this note without anyone knowing?"
When asked by Shananet, Clerivan thought for a moment and nodded lightly.
"In fact, it is more appropriate for me to do so, but..."
She won't know what he's thinking.
A faint smile smudged over Clerivan's face.
"Anyway, it would be the mining company that Vestian Schultz stole from, so I thought it was right to return it to you."
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"Oh!"
"A different color!"
At a glance, different red and blue flames stirred the householders.
"That's the way..."
Lulak nodded, sweeping his beard.
"The reddish side is the real Lombardy check. It's counterfeit that the flame is blue."
Shananet answered, putting out the match before all the checks were burned.
"As you can see, it's an easy way to tell by just burning one corner. Before the important part with the money on it gets burned."
"If that's enough, you'll be able to check it right at the counter! Burning it on fire! It's a really unimaginable way, Madame Shananet!"
Grodic Bray said incredibly in a very excited voice.
"How the hell did you figure this out?"
"...I was lucky trying to figure out how to tell this and that by myself."
"You're amazing!"
Before Shananet answered, there was a slight gap but no one noticed it.
"That's Shananet!"
"What a groundbreaking way. Who could have thought of it!"
The eyes of the householders who looked at the fake and real checks naturally turned to Lulak.
Everyone is waiting for Lulak's decision.
Lulak finally looked at Viese and Shananet once.
Shananet, who was confident but did not smile, and Viese's face, which was distorted by anger, looked at him at the same time.
The householder sometimes has to make difficult decisions for the family.
Now is the time for that.
Lulak spoke in a low voice.
"Let Shananet serve as acting patriarch until I return."
It was the moment when Lord of Lombardy's representative changed from Viese to Shananet.
Viese protested in a tearful voice.
"Father!"
But Lulak seemed to have no intention of reversing that decision.
He only looked at Viese, who cried for himself with a face that had no room for a needle.
"Do you know what this means right now? Father, you have just officially recognized my sister, who is a woman as a candidate for succession!"
"You think I don't know that?"
"Are you really going to do this?"
Viese couldn't beat the anger, so he screamed with blood on his neck.
"You can't do this just for one counterfeit check! I mean, you can't treat me like this!"
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It's as unfair as a man who's been deprived of what he deserves.3
"Do you think it's because of one thing that led you to retire as a Lord?"
"If not, what is it!"
"...I think I made the right decision."
Lulak said coldly.
"You should go now."
There was nothing more he could do.
Viese, who was shaking with his fists clenched, finally glared at Shananet with his killer eyes and walked out of the bedroom.
Bam!
The door closed with a loud noise, but no one cared.
Lulak clicked his tongue and shook his head with a sigh, and the householders vassal family breathed a sigh of relief.
They looked like they could breathe now.
Then Shananet looked back at Florentia, which had so far stood motionless in the doorway.
A door that's closed with a roar might be scary.
Florentia didn't care about that sort of thing.
She just stood there with no expression on her face.
No, rather the child was smiling.1
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Shananet knows.
A seething sense of victory and achievement that doesn't match that calm face at first glance.
Looking at the sparkling eyes of Florentia under her long eyelashes, Shananet smiled.2
* * *
The day Clerivan visited Shananet's residence.
A neat and cold Clerivan and an elegant yet soft Shananet sat opposite each other.
The two are alike but very different.
"I'm here to give you this, Madame Shananet."
Clerivan said, putting a small envelope on the table.
Shananet opened the envelope wondering and checked the contents, and opened her eyes wide with surprise.
"8000 Gold...?"
That was quite a lot to be written on a single anonymous note.
Shananet looked up and stared at Clerivan.
Even with those eyes without laughter, Clerivan was not embarrassed.
It was quite a different response from Grodic Bray's the other day.
"The money belongs to Shananet. No, to be exact, it's Lombardy's money."
In a polite but extremely business-like way, Clerivan said.
"It's the money that Vestian Schultz received the other day when he asked me to turn the diamond mine into the Schultz family."
"...Are you saying you've been asked?"
Shananet said with a slight frown, but Clerivan only shrugged once.
"I'm a businessman and a merchant. I'm after anything that benefits more than justice."
"Benefits..."
Shananet scanned Clerivan with a serious eye.
A man who was so loyal to Lord Lulak that she knew he would stay in Lombardy Family.
But a man who left Lombardy unexpectedly and spread his wings bigger.
She sure he has found something worth more than Lombardy.
There was nothing strange about such a man pursuing profit over justice.
However.
"I don't quite understand that. If you're a real profit seeker, shouldn't you just take this note without anyone knowing?"
When asked by Shananet, Clerivan thought for a moment and nodded lightly.
"In fact, it is more appropriate for me to do so, but..."
She won't know what he's thinking.
A faint smile smudged over Clerivan's face.
"Anyway, it would be the mining company that Vestian Schultz stole from, so I thought it was right to return it to you."
"Oh!""A different color!"At a glance, different red and blue flames stirred the householders."That's the way..."Lulak nodded, sweeping his beard."The reddish side is the real Lombardy check. It's counterfeit that the flame is blue."Shananet answered, putting out the match before all the checks were burned."As you can see, it's an easy way to tell by just burning one corner. Before the important part with the money on it gets burned.""If that's enough, you'll be able to check it right at the counter! Burning it on fire! It's a really unimaginable way, Madame Shananet!"Grodic Bray said incredibly in a very excited voice."How the hell did you figure this out?""...I was lucky trying to figure out how to tell this and that by myself.""You're amazing!"Before Shananet answered, there was a slight gap but no one noticed it."That's Shananet!""What a groundbreaking way. Who could have thought of it!"The eyes of the householders who looked at the fake and real checks naturally turned to Lulak.Everyone is waiting for Lulak's decision.Lulak finally looked at Viese and Shananet once.Shananet, who was confident but did not smile, and Viese's face, which was distorted by anger, looked at him at the same time.The householder sometimes has to make difficult decisions for the family.Now is the time for that.Lulak spoke in a low voice."Let Shananet serve as acting patriarch until I return."It was the moment when Lord of Lombardy's representative changed from Viese to Shananet.Viese protested in a tearful voice."Father!"But Lulak seemed to have no intention of reversing that decision.He only looked at Viese, who cried for himself with a face that had no room for a needle."Do you know what this means right now? Father, you have just officially recognized my sister, who is a woman as a candidate for succession!""You think I don't know that?""Are you really going to do this?"Viese couldn't beat the anger, so he screamed with blood on his neck."You can't do this just for one counterfeit check! I mean, you can't treat me like this!"Please read this chapter at www.lightnovelreader.com for faster releasesIt's as unfair as a man who's been deprived of what he deserves.3"Do you think it's because of one thing that led you to retire as a Lord?""If not, what is it!""...I think I made the right decision."Lulak said coldly."You should go now."There was nothing more he could do.Viese, who was shaking with his fists clenched, finally glared at Shananet with his killer eyes and walked out of the bedroom.Bam!The door closed with a loud noise, but no one cared.Lulak clicked his tongue and shook his head with a sigh, and the householders vassal family breathed a sigh of relief.They looked like they could breathe now.Then Shananet looked back at Florentia, which had so far stood motionless in the doorway.A door that's closed with a roar might be scary.Florentia didn't care about that sort of thing.She just stood there with no expression on her face.No, rather the child was smiling.1Please read this chapter at www.lightnovelreader.com for faster releasesShananet knows.A seething sense of victory and achievement that doesn't match that calm face at first glance.Looking at the sparkling eyes of Florentia under her long eyelashes, Shananet smiled.2* * *The day Clerivan visited Shananet's residence.A neat and cold Clerivan and an elegant yet soft Shananet sat opposite each other.The two are alike but very different."I'm here to give you this, Madame Shananet."Clerivan said, putting a small envelope on the table.Shananet opened the envelope wondering and checked the contents, and opened her eyes wide with surprise."8000 Gold...?"That was quite a lot to be written on a single anonymous note.Shananet looked up and stared at Clerivan.Even with those eyes without laughter, Clerivan was not embarrassed.It was quite a different response from Grodic Bray's the other day."The money belongs to Shananet. No, to be exact, it's Lombardy's money."In a polite but extremely business-like way, Clerivan said."It's the money that Vestian Schultz received the other day when he asked me to turn the diamond mine into the Schultz family.""...Are you saying you've been asked?"Shananet said with a slight frown, but Clerivan only shrugged once."I'm a businessman and a merchant. I'm after anything that benefits more than justice.""Benefits..."Shananet scanned Clerivan with a serious eye.A man who was so loyal to Lord Lulak that she knew he would stay in Lombardy Family.But a man who left Lombardy unexpectedly and spread his wings bigger.She sure he has found something worth more than Lombardy.There was nothing strange about such a man pursuing profit over justice.However."I don't quite understand that. If you're a real profit seeker, shouldn't you just take this note without anyone knowing?"When asked by Shananet, Clerivan thought for a moment and nodded lightly."In fact, it is more appropriate for me to do so, but..."She won't know what he's thinking.A faint smile smudged over Clerivan's face."Anyway, it would be the mining company that Vestian Schultz stole from, so I thought it was right to return it to you."
