I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 254

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#5

Diane and Ber had mutual feelings for each other and were personally exchanging letters!

Leilah was surprised yet delighted by this unexpected fact.

Both Ber and Diane were people she cherished and liked very much, and they were good people.

While Leilah sincerely hoped the two would work out well, she knew it would be difficult, so she didn’t offer Ber empty pleasantries like “I hope it works out well.”

That was because Diane was the beloved niece of the prestigious Baron Azef from the Natsha Kingdom, while Ber was of slave origin.

And not just any slave, but from the lowest class of slaves – a sex slave.

Though he had now laundered his status and become a viscount, the label of his origins hadn’t disappeared.

So if Diane and Ber were to marry, surely Baron Azef as well as Diane’s parents and others would try to stop them.

‘Diane might run away.’

Right now she had feelings for him and was in contact because she didn’t know Ber was of sex slave origin, but if she found out, there was a very high possibility she would be shocked and flee.

This wasn’t because there was something wrong with Diane’s character, but rather it was a natural reaction for any noble.

Nobles like Kalian or Leilah who could accept Ber without prejudice even after hearing about his origins were extremely rare.

Of course, Diane might belong to that extremely rare category of nobles, but her family definitely would not.

And if Diane found out about Ber’s origins and ran away, Ber would surely suffer great emotional wounds.

Diane would be emotionally hurt too.

‘Should I stop them before their feelings deepen further?’

She considered it, but then hesitated, thinking it might be wrong to interfere in someone else’s romantic affairs.

It had only been a few hours since she was happy about Diane coming to visit the Empire, but after hearing about Ber and Diane’s relationship, her heart felt unsettled.

It was when Leilah let out a long sigh and entered the corridor leading to the outer palace.

“Count Aster.”

Someone blocked Leilah’s path. Leilah, who stopped abruptly, checked the face of the person blocking her way and widened her eyes.

“Wizard Baron?”

It was Baron Tail Wizard, one of the vassals of the Williot Duchy.

He was also the person who had helped and supported her the most when Leilah was at the Williot estate.

“Have you been well all this time, Count?”

“Yes, I’ve been well. Have you been well, Baron?”

“Well, I’ve been…”

Tail Wizard trailed off and smiled awkwardly.

Without needing to hear his answer, Leilah could tell just from his expression that Tail Wizard’s recent circumstances weren’t very good.

‘Of course they wouldn’t be.’

Due to Fillen’s foolish choice, the duchy he had served his entire life had collapsed in an instant.

When a family fell, other families connected to it were also affected.

Especially vassal families like the Wizard family suffered great damage when the family they depended on disappeared.

Leilah knew this fact, but she hadn’t been able to pay attention due to other incidents happening one after another.

Then it was forgotten to the back of her memory, and she had completely forgotten about it until she met Tail Wizard.

But seeing Tail Wizard brought back all the forgotten memories, making her feel sorry for not having paid attention.

She felt especially sorry because the person who came to find her was Tail Wizard, who had helped her the most when she was at the Williot Duchy.

If it hadn’t been for Tail Wizard, Leilah wouldn’t have been able to endure among the attendants who ignored her.

Tail Wizard’s influence was part of what enabled her to endure managing the Williot estate for 10 years.

“Wizard Baron, if you have time, shall we go somewhere quiet and talk for a moment?”

Thinking that the reason Tail Wizard suddenly came to find her was to ask for help, Leilah suggested they talk first.

As if her guess was correct, Tail Wizard nodded with tears welling up in his eyes.

“Thank you, Count.”

“Not at all. Come, let’s go this way.”

Leilah took Tail Wizard to a drawing room on the first floor of the outer palace.

After asking a maid for tea and refreshments, she started a conversation to ease the mood of the very tense Tail Wizard until the maid returned.

“Wizard Baron, you have children too, don’t you?”

“Yes. I have one daughter and one son.”

“How lovely. They must be so adorable.”

“Of course. They’re my children who wouldn’t hurt even if I put them in my eyes.”

Tail Wizard finally smiled brightly and went on with various stories. Most were stories about his children.

Having become a parent herself, Leilah had developed much more interest in children and listened to the stories with enjoyment.

Knock knock-

“I’ll come in, Count.”

Then the maid entered, interrupting the flow of conversation.

When the maid finished setting the table and left, Tail Wizard’s face darkened again.

She wanted to continue talking and cheer up Tail Wizard more, but unfortunately there wasn’t time.

“What brings you to see me?”

Since Leilah also had to go to work soon, she had no choice but to ask directly.

She could have asked more bluntly whether he needed her help, but that seemed like it would hurt Tail Wizard’s pride too much, so she didn’t.

Tail Wizard clenched his hands on his knees and bowed his head.

“This is shameless of me… but I came because I have a favor to ask of you, Count.”

So he did come to get my help after all.

When Leilah remained silent, Tail Wizard bowed his head even lower.

“I’m sorry for coming to you with such matters, Count.”

“It’s fine.”

If Kent or another attendant had come, she might have thought it was a nuisance, but not Tail Wizard.

Though there had been some unpleasant incidents in between, their relationship hadn’t soured, and Leilah had received enough help from Tail Wizard to overlook that.

Not only when she was at the Williot mansion, but even after leaving, Tail Wizard had gathered the belongings of the deceased Misa and brought them to Leilah.

Without him, she wouldn’t have been able to properly comfort Misa’s soul.

Moreover, the unpleasant incident that occurred then wasn’t because Tail Wizard disliked or ignored Leilah, but because he truly loved the estate and its people.

So Leilah could fully understand and forgive Tail Wizard’s actions from that time.

“What can I help you with?”

“Do you happen to… know what the current state of the 17th estate is?”

She expected him to immediately say what he needed help with, but Tail Wizard brought up an unexpected topic.

And the 17th estate, no less.

The 17th estate was the new name given when the Williot estate was returned to the imperial family. It meant it was the 17th estate managed by the imperial family.

The 17th estate was a place of mixed feelings for Leilah.

It was an ironic place that made her happy when she thought of the late Duke and Duchess Williot, but sad when she thought of Fillen Williot.

But when Tail Wizard brought up that place, Leilah unconsciously became tense and clasped her hands together.

“No. I don’t know. Why? Did the estate administrator cause some problem?”

Since the imperial family couldn’t directly manage all those estates, they dispatched estate administrators to handle estate management.

Naturally, an estate administrator was also dispatched to the 17th estate, but had that administrator caused problems that needed solving?

“No. The estate administrator is working hard at his role. The problem is the estate’s people.”

“The estate’s people?”

“Yes. They’re leaving the estate, saying they feel uneasy living in an estate that was ruled by a traitor to the Empire.”

“Ah.”

Though somewhat surprising, it wasn’t strange. It had happened several times in the past.

Not only the estate’s people, but even nobles living on that land often fled, fearing that trouble might splash onto them.

“Since the situation was already bad before that, the 17th estate has had so many people leave that it could almost be called a ghost town now. Naturally, no one is coming in either.”

“Oh my.”

To think that beautiful, vibrant estate had become a ghost town in an instant.

Though she disliked Fillen, she was attached to the estate, so Leilah clicked her tongue in regret.

But wait. The fact that Tail Wizard knew the situation of the 17th estate in detail meant…

“Wizard Baron, you haven’t left the 17th estate yet?”

“Yes. Our family chose to remain in the estate. Though all the other families have left.”

She had naturally assumed he would have left, so this was surprising. When Leilah stared at him with round eyes, Tail Wizard smiled bitterly.

“It’s not that I never thought about leaving. I thought about it countless times, but the conclusion was always the same.”

“….”

“The land where I was born and raised is right here, so I can’t go anywhere else. I came to the conclusion that even if I die, I should die here, which is why I haven’t been able to leave and have been staying until now.”

“That’s amazing, Wizard Baron.”

It was pure admiration, not mockery. Wizard Baron Tail must have felt that way too, as he scratched his head with an embarrassed smile.

“It’s not really that amazing. I wouldn’t have anything to do if I went elsewhere, and the current domain administrator gives me work, so I just keep staying there.”

“That makes it even more amazing. It means the current domain administrator recognized Wizard Baron’s abilities enough to entrust you with work.”

“Thank you for thinking of it that way, Count.”

A brief silence passed. Leilah picked up her teacup to moisten her dry throat from talking.

Wizard Baron Tail also drank his tea while watching Leilah’s expression, and when she set down her teacup, he spoke again.

“Um, earlier I heard the conversation between Count Delonde and you in the document storage room.”

Leilah paused mid-motion while setting down her teacup. Her gaze turned toward Wizard Baron Tail.

Meeting her eyes, Wizard Baron Tail hastily made excuses.

“I, I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop. I just heard that you were in the document storage room and went to find you, then happened to overhear.”

“I see.”

Leilah was slightly displeased, but since it was her own fault for having the conversation in such an open space, she didn’t say anything.

It wasn’t something that needed to be hidden anyway.

“So why are you bringing up that conversation?”

“Well, that’s….”

As if it was difficult to say, Wizard Baron Tail fidgeted with his hands while watching Leilah’s expression, then carefully continued.

“I hope you will choose the 17th Domain as your Aster Domain, Count.”

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