I Ended Up Snatching a Marriage With the Male Lead! - Chapter 29

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I’d ended up in a whirlwind marriage with the male lead.
Chapter 29

His face softened at Emilia’s earnest praise.
The image of his capable granddaughter came to mind.
“Of course! After that, she grew and cultivated the plants herself entirely.”
He continued speaking as he took a sip of the tea Emilia had brought.
“She saw the estate folk struggling and insisted on trying something herself. It’s hardly fitting for a noble young lady, but what could I do? When she was set on it, I had no choice but to let her be.”
Ardel clicked his tongue, yet there was unmistakable pride in his eyes as he spoke of his granddaughter.
“My, how remarkable. It’s not easy for someone so young to think of the common folk’s hardships.”
“Ahem! She inherited that from her parents, I’d say.”
As Emilia listened to Ardel’s stories with a smile, his demeanor had grown noticeably more relaxed than before.
“My grandson was no less impressive! That boy could solve mathematical formulas like nothing from childhood…….”
Just as he was about to shift to stories of his grandson, the reception room door opened.
“Miss Emilia? What brings you here……?”
Herald, entering with documents in hand, looked bewildered at the sight of Emilia beside Ardel.
Noticing the oddness in his tone, Ardel asked a question.
“Hmm? She’s not one of the servants?”
“Ah, no…….”
Emilia laughed awkwardly and grasped the trolley handle.
She’d brought the tea in Lora’s place and was planning to leave now.
Ardel’s expression had softened considerably since earlier.
Meanwhile, Herald, who had been puzzled at the sight of Emilia, soon stiffened his expression again.
He had more pressing business than curiosity about why she was here.
He approached the sofa and sat down, placing the documents on the desk.
“If you’re so curious about why your Business Proposal was rejected, why don’t you check this yourself? I’ve even written down the reasons for rejection. What may look impressive to you, sir, is something anyone can achieve.”
With that, Herald let out a weary sigh.
“You know well that coming here won’t change anything.”
‘Ah, that kind of remark…….’
Emilia glanced sideways in an instant.
Indeed, Ardel’s face had flushed with shame.
The old man lowered his head in silence, his fists clenching.
Herald flinched at that.
But Ardel took no further action. The young advisor’s words had struck home.
As a lord responsible for his small territory, he understood that his current behavior was causing trouble.
‘But still…….’
He wanted to know why his grandson’s proposal had been rejected.
Not out of partiality, but because the technology his grandson developed was truly remarkable.
He’d been told the results showed numbers far superior to existing technology.
From Ardel’s perspective, it made no sense.
Looking down, Ardel noticed his own wrinkled hands.
‘That’s right.’
Of course, he couldn’t claim his private wishes hadn’t played a part.
When his son and daughter-in-law had passed away early in a carriage accident, only he remained as family for his grandchildren.
Though he had no serious ailments at present, he felt his body aging day by day.
The worry for his grandchildren’s future was inevitable.
So he wanted to create a means for them to live without hardship even after he was gone.
At least enough for them to care for the estate folk and manage their own affairs.
Fortunately, the children had overcome their grief well and discovered their own talents.
How fulfilling it would be if they succeeded with the research they’d pursued their whole lives.
Yet his grandson’s proposal had been rejected, contrary to expectations.
Beyond the regret, he had thought to himself.
What was so difficult about reviewing that technology once more?
His grandson had spent years working to develop that technique.
He’d been throwing a tantrum out of selfishness.
But now that his head had cooled, his embarrassing behavior became all too clear.
“……I’ve been out of line.”
Ardel spoke in a dejected voice.
Just as he began to lift his heavy frame——
“If you don’t mind, may I take a look?”
Emilia broke the silence, asking Ardel.
“……You, miss?”
At Ardel’s bewildered expression, Emilia added calmly.
“Yes. I’m able to read documents. I think I could explain things to you so you might understand better.”
Ardel nodded slowly without much resistance.
Besides, even if he looked at the documents on the desk, he wouldn’t understand them anyway.
With his permission, Emilia came to the sofa and sat down.
Among the business proposals she’d examined before to help Herald, Ardel Young-sik’s was not among them.
However, having reviewed the other proposals, she should be able to identify the problems in this one.
‘Let me see.’
She picked up Ardel Young-sik’s Business Proposal.
‘Hmm.’
But from the very first page, she was greeted by absolutely dreadful handwriting.
For someone already exhausted from reviewing numerous documents, it was far from welcome.
Emilia first flipped to the very last page to check the reason for rejection.

Insufficient efficiency compared to existing technology.

The reason for rejection was clear enough that there was no disagreement.
But judging from Ardel’s attitude, there seemed to be something else…….
Emilia began reviewing the documents again from the first page.
‘Mana Stone Internal Energy Extraction Efficiency business…….’
Aside from the handwriting being difficult to read, the proposal’s content was quite substantial.
Goals and expected results, phased implementation strategies, budget planning.
The section explaining the energy extraction method was extraordinarily detailed.
Then, seeing the numbers written in the experimental results section, Emilia tilted her head.
And on a hunch, she asked Ardel.
“Hmm. Does your grandson perhaps read a lot of texts from the Zaridan Kingdom?”
Ardel nodded.
“He does. My daughter-in-law is from the Zaridan Kingdom.”
At that, Emilia examined the numbers in the experimental results section once more.
Particularly the units written beside the numbers.
“Could there perhaps be a problem with the units here?”
“A problem with the units?”
At her words, both Herald and Ardel wore expressions of confusion.
“Ah, what I mean is, the numbers in this document might be written using the units from the Zaridan Kingdom instead.”
The Zaridan Kingdom and the Empire used different measurement units for energy.
And the Zaridan Kingdom’s units were larger than the Empire’s.
Emilia did the calculation in her head as she spoke.
“So converted to the Empire’s units, you’d be extracting 16 mr of energy per 1 gram of Mana Stone.”
“What?”
Herald’s eyes widened at Emilia’s words.
“Wait, could you show me that as well?”
Herald asked urgently, and Emilia handed him the documents.
Herald pressed his nose close to the documents and blinked.
It really did appear to be closer to wr, the Zaridan Kingdom’s unit, than to mr, the Empire’s unit.
Herald recalled when he had examined these documents.
‘I think I might remember…….’
After taking one look at the handwriting that made anyone’s brow furrow,
he remembered hastily glancing past just the results section and setting it aside in disappointment.
As Emilia watched the somewhat dazed Herald, she thought to herself.
From his shocked expression, it was clear he’d assumed the Empire’s units were used.
‘Of course, in this situation…….’
It would have been better to convert to the Empire’s units or list both.
But from Ardel Young-sik’s perspective, since he’d clearly written the units at the end, he probably thought it didn’t matter.
“Wait. So if that’s the case…….”
Herald stammered.

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