I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 157

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Judith’s eyes widened at the information price that had doubled in an instant.

“My goodness, really? That’s wonderful!”

Judith clapped her hands in joy, then seemed to catch herself and closed her mouth, raising her eyebrows.

“Oh, um. Did I just get too excited about someone else’s family discord? Please keep it a secret, Master.”

Ekian smiled silently behind his mask.

He found Judith rather fascinating.

Despite taking several tutoring jobs at such a young age and living in a cramped boarding house, she was always bright.

Ekian had also started living alone at seventeen. He had established an information guild from nothing and began earning his living.

The reason for establishing an information guild was simple. It was a profession where covering one’s face wasn’t strange.

He hadn’t been so bright when he was seventeen.

Well, that’s why he could give her about 2 gold.

Because seeing that smile made him feel good.

It absolutely wasn’t that he was raising the price for no particular reason.

“Then I’ll see you again next time. Thank you, Master.”

Judith stood up from her seat and greeted him cheerfully. Ekian nodded lightly in response.

After she left, Louis came up from downstairs.

“Master.”

Louis was one of his right-hand men who had been with him since establishing the 【Grey Information Guild】. He was also the first person to guide Judith to him.

“About that young lady. She acts like she’ll bring some amazing information, but there’s been nothing special so far, has there?”

It was actually true.

Even today’s information about the Palena Marquis and Marchioness’s divorce was like that.

Even if they divorced, nothing in this world would particularly change. They weren’t doing business together, they weren’t handsome and beautiful enough to spread scandals around, and their discord wasn’t significant enough to influence anything.

Judith consistently brought exactly that kind of information.

“Knowing that Master is a minor, I thought there might be something to it… but even that seems like a lucky guess.”

Louis frowned and crossed his arms.

“I don’t think Master needs to deal with her personally. Please send her to me from now on.”

Is that so?

Ekian fell into thought, resting his chin on his hand.

Indeed, he was a busy person who didn’t meet just anyone.

There were no customers who dealt with mere 2-gold information in front of him.

Well, it seemed fine to pass her off to Louis…

Judith’s smile briefly flashed through Ekian’s mind.

‘Oh my, Sir Louis! You’re giving me 2 whole gold? My goodness, thank you! I’m so happy!’

Then that crescent-moon eye smile would be directed at Louis, wouldn’t it?

‘Well then, I’ll be going now! I have classes. I have four afternoon classes today! If it’s hard? Well, I’m just grateful I can earn this much. I have to pay interest and boarding fees too!’

Her busy schedule would also be shared with Louis. Then Louis would gradually start thinking that young lady was ‘amazing’ too. Though he wasn’t sure what was amazing about it.

“Hmm.”

Ekian let out a brief groan.

“No. I’ll just handle it myself.”

Louis tilted his head at the low response.

“Pardon?”

His expression showed it was hard to accept.

“But Master, aren’t you busy enough without that baron’s daughter? We’ve investigated her background, but there’s absolutely nothing special about that baron’s daughter! Nothing remarkable and no one backing her up.”

Everything Louis said was correct. But Ekian explained gently.

“Louis, think about it carefully. If I only meet big shots and don’t deal with young ladies who bring such trivial information, when would I ever rest?”

“…Pardon?”

“Dealing with big shots is extremely draining work. But handling worthless information isn’t.”

“Well, um, couldn’t you just rest during the time you’d spend dealing with that baron’s daughter?”

“That doesn’t work well for me. I keep thinking about information. I can only rest my mind when worthless information enters my brain.”

Louis looked unconvinced.

Ekian cleared his throat once and continued.

“For me to rest a bit, it’s better if I continue handling that young lady myself.”

Now that he said it, it really seemed to be true.

The information Judith brought was insignificant, so it was easy to treat it lightly.

It absolutely wasn’t because he enjoyed meeting with Judith.

Besides, wasn’t it true that she brought information from directions no one else could? What if she actually brought some amazing information someday?

“And Louis, you have plenty of work to do too.”

Also, thinking about it, he didn’t seem to care much about employee welfare.

“I can’t increase your workload. I was already considering whether to hire one more person.”

“What? Since when?”

It was actually a thought that had just occurred to him, but Ekian said solemnly.

“For a while now.”

It absolutely wasn’t that he was having this conversation because he hoped Louis would never again say something like ‘I’ll handle Miss Judith myself.’

Well, anyway, that’s how it was.

After three months passed in this seemingly peaceful yet precarious manner, one night.

Ekian quietly set out with Louis.

It was the day of the 【Regional Information Guild Meeting】.

Ekian found this meeting extremely bothersome, but he had to attend to operate his information guild.

This meeting where information guilds from the same region gathered to share various information was essential for those running guilds.

Among them, information was money, so they didn’t exchange crucial details. Still, everyone agreed that regularly exchanging information they hadn’t grasped made it easier when dealing with ‘ordinary people.’ Giving clients the impression that you knew everything was important for customer recruitment.

“Oh, the Master of Grey Trading Company has arrived.”

Ekian appeared at the meeting place wearing his usual mask, and Lawrence Sakers, the guild leader, welcomed him warmly.

“Please sit here.”

As Ekian joined last, the meeting began as if they had been waiting.

It was time for everyone to list their mediocre information. Ekian also had plenty of information he could mention at times like this.

“It seems the Palena Marquis and Marchioness have some unknown discord.”

It was exactly the information Judith had sold.

“And… this time, yellow roses were planted in the Oratanon Count’s glass greenhouse.”

But then, Lawrence interjected with a sly smile.

“Master of Grey, I have one question.”

“Anything.”

When Ekian responded leisurely, Lawrence clasped his hands together and said:

“That information was provided by Miss Judith, wasn’t it?”

Ekian’s shoulders flinched for a moment.

“A fallen baron who frequently visits information guilds… She seems suitable as someone to bring trivial information about noble houses.”

It wasn’t a secret that Judith frequently visited the Grey Information Guild. Especially not to people in the same industry.

When Ekian said nothing, Louis glanced around and answered.

“That’s correct. She often earns gold with information that isn’t particularly important.”

“Aha, I thought so.”

Lawrence said with a sly smile.

“Master of Grey, if that information isn’t particularly useful to you… could you connect Miss Judith to me?”

Ekian frowned. He hadn’t expected to receive such a proposal.

“Unlike you, our guild is very actively involved in noble affairs… And if she’s someone who has dealt with you for a long time, we can trust her too.”

Indeed, Ekian avoided getting involved in noble affairs because he didn’t want to get entangled with the Meius Marquis Family.

“If you connect Miss Judith to us, we’ll pay double the market price for whatever information she brings. How about you take a 20% commission from that? This seems like a win-win situation.”

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