I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 175

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When she removed her hood, dazzling blonde hair was revealed. The blue eyes visible beneath were clear and bright.

 

But the look in those eyes was murky. It even gave off an unsettling feeling.

 

Andant thought the woman’s gaze was similar to Countess Tebesa’s.

 

A greedy look that never knew satisfaction with what one possessed.

 

It was the gaze of someone who could throw away everything to get what they wanted.

 

Though her appearance was much better than Countess Tebesa’s.

 

‘But I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before.’

 

Where had I seen her?

 

Andant thought carefully, but no particular person came to mind.

 

Maybe it was his imagination. If he had seen such a beautiful woman, he would never have forgotten her, so that must be it.

 

“Are you done now?”

 

Unlike her pretty face, her voice was still bizarre. She hadn’t released the voice modulation magic.

 

Since he had seen her face, it didn’t matter that her voice was altered.

 

“I’m done.”

 

Andant smiled broadly and sat across from the woman.

 

The woman spoke to Andant without hiding her displeasure.

 

“Then show me what you brought.”

 

“Didn’t you hear from Yan?”

 

Yan was the man Andant always dealt with.

 

“You need to show me the money first.”

 

It was a blatant lie. Andant had always shown Yan the goods first.

 

But he told this lie to confirm whether the woman had really come in Yan’s place.

 

Yan was meticulous by nature, so if he had sent her, he would have mentioned even such minor details.

 

“Of course I heard.”

 

He definitely would have told her.

 

“I was just testing you.”

 

Why was she taking out the money first?

 

Andant watched the woman closely as he opened the box.

 

Inside the box was an eye-widening amount of gold coins.

 

“Exactly fifteen hundred gold.”

 

Seeing that the payment was exactly right, it seemed she hadn’t completely avoided talking to Yan, but what was going on?

 

“I see.”

 

While Andant had various thoughts internally, he smiled like an idiot on the outside and closed the box.

 

The woman narrowed her eyes like a flounder and stared at Andant.

 

“Don’t you need to check if the money is correct?”

 

“Yan sent you, right? Then I can trust it.”

 

“….”

 

The woman pressed her lips together and seemed to think about something, then spoke again.

 

“Now show me what you brought.”

 

“This first.”

 

Andant took out a small pouch from his chest and placed it on the table.

 

The woman eagerly took the pouch and checked inside.

 

The pouch contained mollenche berries that had been well-dried in the sun.

 

A smile of relief spread across the woman’s lips when she saw the mollenche berries.

 

‘Is this woman also a mollenche berry addict?’

 

For that to be the case, her condition seemed fine.

 

And there was an unspoken rule that sellers should never inhale mollenche berries.

 

But why was she so relieved?

 

Simply because she could make money?

 

That didn’t seem right. She was suspicious in many ways.

 

“What about the other stuff?”

 

“That’s too much for me to bring directly. My other colleague will deliver it to your colleague waiting by the side door.”

 

The woman nodded silently and stared at the mollenche berries again.

 

“Can’t you bring more berries? I’ll pay however much you want.”

 

“I’d like to, but surveillance has gotten strict lately.”

 

Right after the New Year festival ended, due to the riot in the town square, not only the Capital Guard but even the Royal Knight Order came out to search for mollenche berries.

 

“Everyone’s being cautious, so we barely managed to harvest even this much. Mollenche berries are more difficult to grow than they look.”

 

“Difficult, my foot.”

 

The woman snorted and tucked the pouch containing the mollenche berries into her chest.

 

“They grow well if you just plant them.”

 

“Oh? You talk as if you’ve grown them before?”

 

When Andant asked back with interest, the woman hesitated and changed the subject.

 

“I saw you riding in the Williot Duchy’s carriage yesterday.”

 

She had seen that?

 

It was possible she had seen it by chance while passing by, but if not, it meant she had been watching him, which made him feel unpleasant.

 

“Are you close with Duke Williot?”

 

He didn’t understand why she was suddenly asking such things.

 

Was she being wary of him?

 

Or did she have some other purpose?

 

Various thoughts occurred to him. While gauging which it might be and staring at the woman, Andant suddenly recalled one fact.

 

Could it be… this woman?

 

“We’re close.”

 

I should confirm if I’m right.

 

Andant answered with a smile full of pretense.

 

“My half-sister was Duke Williot’s fiancée. She’s now working as His Majesty the Emperor’s aide.”

 

If she had been following him, she would have already finished investigating his background.

 

So Andant revealed his identity without hesitation.

 

“She was originally going to become the Duchess Williot, but some strange woman interfered and she couldn’t in the end.”

 

Andant observed the woman’s reaction while telling his story.

 

“To think there would be such a bold con artist in this world. I heard she was a princess of a fallen kingdom.”

 

If my guess is correct.

 

“Since her kingdom fell, she brought such shame to it. Doesn’t she have any pride as a princess?”

 

She’ll definitely react.

 

“….”

 

As expected.

 

Confirming the woman’s face contorting for a moment, Andant quietly chuckled to himself.

 

Indeed, this woman was that woman.

 

The princess of the fallen kingdom.

 

Fillen Williot’s mistress and the woman who had pulled off a bold con.

 

Sisly Helios.

 

‘I definitely heard she fell off a cliff and died.’

 

Had she survived? She was a woman with more tenacious vitality than a cockroach.

 

Moreover, a former princess was dealing drugs.

 

‘Maybe she’s not just dealing drugs.’

 

“Pfft.”

 

Catching a glimpse of reddish marks on the woman’s, Sisly’s, nape, Andant unconsciously let out a laugh.

 

“…Why are you laughing?”

 

Then Sisly glared at him fiercely and asked.

 

“Nothing.”

 

Andant shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly as if nothing had happened.

 

Sisly glared at Andant for a long while before pulling her robe down deeply.

 

“Since the deal is finished, I’ll be going now.”

 

“As you wish.”

 

Andant leaned back against his chair and answered leisurely.

 

Sisly glared intensely at Andant before standing up from her seat.

 

Andant, who had been whistling and acting relaxed, spoke up just before Sisly left.

 

“By any chance, do you know that princess from the fallen kingdom?”

 

Sisly stopped abruptly just as she was about to leave.

 

Andant stretched his lips into a long grin as he looked at Sisly’s back.

 

“You seem strangely similar to her.”

 

“…”

 

“Am I mistaken?”

 

Sisly didn’t answer and went outside.

 

“Puhahahat!”

 

Andant’s cheerful laughter followed after her.

 

Sisly quickly crossed the hallway and opened the side door to go out.

 

“Are you finished already?”

 

The man who had been waiting outside for Sisly asked her.

 

Instead of answering, Sisly chewed her lips and glared at the building where Andant was with intense eyes.

 

“Madam?”

 

“…Did you get the goods?”

 

The man nodded at Sisly’s question.

 

“Yes. I checked everything and loaded it into the carriage.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“But why did you suddenly buy so much of that? If you needed it, it would have been better to order from the trading company.”

 

“That would leave traces.”

 

She had deliberately spent expensive money to ask them to avoid leaving traces, but who would have thought that Leilah’s half-brother would be in that group.

 

That alone was annoying enough, but what made her even angrier was the fact that he had insulted her and her homeland.

 

“I absolutely cannot forgive him.”

 

Sisly bit her lips hard enough to draw blood as she got into the carriage and muttered.

 

“I’ll make that man, Andant Tebesa, a sacrifice.”

 

* * *

 

Another drug riot caused by Mollenche berries had occurred.

 

This time it was in a commercial district with more people than before.

 

The fact that another drug riot had occurred was shocking, but there was an even more shocking truth.

 

The perpetrators who caused the riot were children not even ten years old.

 

Still, it was easy to subdue them since the perpetrators were young.

 

“Mother, mother!”

 

“Waaaaah!”

 

The prison was instantly filled with the children’s crying.

 

The Imperial Palace soldiers and guards were confused about how to handle the unprecedentedly young criminals.

 

They couldn’t conduct harsh interrogations on young children like they did with existing criminals.

 

Therefore, they called Adrina and other teachers from the orphanage to comfort and soothe the children to uncover the truth of the incident.

 

They investigated everything comprehensively, including the children’s parents and the places where the children had been.

 

What they discovered was truly shocking.

 

“Someone held a tasting event and gave milk to the children for free.”

 

Children who couldn’t refuse free food all drank the milk eagerly.

 

“But that milk contained Mollenche berry powder. The children who drank it were collectively poisoned by Mollenche berries.”

 

“Putting drugs in drinks that children consume. They’ve lost their minds.”

 

Kalian frowned and gave a brief comment.

 

I also agreed with Kalian’s words in silence and continued the report.

 

“We searched for the person who distributed the milk to the children, but couldn’t find them as they had vanished without a trace.”

 

“Did you ask the nearby merchants?”

 

“Yes. They all seemed unaware.”

 

I placed the report I was holding in front of Kalian and continued my report.

 

“We also investigated all the trading companies that sell milk, but they said they had never done such a thing and hadn’t sold that much milk recently.”

 

Kalian read the report and asked me.

 

“So it was brought in from outside?”

 

“I thought so too and looked into it, but they said there was no milk among the goods that recently passed through the checkpoint.”

 

Kalian looked at me with slight surprise at my answer.

 

“You already investigated that far? Impressive.”

 

“Not at all. I simply did what needed to be done.”

 

“If all administrators thought and acted like you, it would be very convenient for me.”

 

Kalian smiled and stood up from his seat.

 

“What is Count Grace doing?”

 

“I believe he’s resolving the case at the Marshal’s Office.”

 

“Then let’s go to the Marshal’s Office.”

 

As Kalian fastened the cuff buttons he had loosened, I handed him his outer coat.

 

“I tried to resolve this quietly since there are still foreign envoys who haven’t left, but that’s no longer possible.”

 

Kalian continued speaking as he put on his outer coat.

 

“I’ll make this incident public and conduct a large-scale search for drug dealers.”

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