I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 16

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Chapter 16

“S-s-sister…”

“Yes, Alice.”

Crack. Dana twisted her shoe heel. She asked with a bright smile.

“You said this was a precious flower, right? But Alice, would this be precious to me too?”

“Sister Dana!”

“Don’t think at your pathetic level. This thing is no different from a piece of trash paper to me.”

She smiled coldly. She nudged the crushed Moonlight Flower with the tip of her shoe.

“Take this and get out right now.”

* * *

As soon as she returned to her room, Alice burst into tears.

“Waaah. Waaah.”

“Alice, don’t cry. Okay?”

“But Miona, waaah, sister, sister!”

Miona comforted Alice with a pitying expression.

“What on earth did Sister Dana say to make you like this?”

“I, I went to apologize and brought a Moonlight Flower as a gift, but sister…”

Alice gasped for breath between sobs.

“Sister said it was a low-class gift.”

“What?”

“And, sob, she smashed the flower pot, and said the Moonlight Flower business I’m in charge of will fail…”

“My goodness! How could she do such a thing!”

Miona seemed shocked.

“Sister Dana is really still as mean as ever.”

“D-don’t say such things.”

“Show her what you’re made of. Just prove that you can do well!”

“But how? Maybe sister is right and I’ll ruin everything. I don’t know anything.”

Alice was truly scared.

She only attended the Academy because all the other noble children attended it.

Her favorite subject was piano, and in classes like economics or business management, she barely managed to avoid failing…

“Don’t worry. I’m here!”

Miona shouted confidently.

‘Come to think of it, Miona always got the highest scores in those subjects.’

Moreover, Miona’s father, Viscount Kruger, was the head of a trading company.

Although he had sunk along with the ship carrying all his fortune while crossing the sea—

Miona had learned many things from her father since childhood. She had been educated as the successor to that company.

“T-then do you have any good ideas?”

When she asked cautiously, Miona fell into deep thought.

“Yes. Actually, I do have a good idea.”

“What is it?”

“Well, it’s…”

* * *

“What?”

Juan frowned deeply.

“Sell Moonlight Flower bulbs?”

“Yes.”

“What kind of stupid talk is that, Alice! Selling roots when the flowers haven’t even bloomed yet!”

“We’re not selling the roots. We’re selling the right to receive them later when they bloom.”

Alice recited exactly what Miona had explained to her.

“We promise to give them the flowers when they bloom, then sell them in advance from the bulb stage.”

“How stupid! Where did you hear such nonsense—”

“Wait a moment.”

Then a man stepped forward.

It was Eric, a retainer of the Windsor Family and the man in charge of the practical affairs of the Moonlight Flower business.

“It sounds like a good idea.”

“Huh?”

Juan made a dumbfounded expression at Eric’s words. A good idea?

“You’re suggesting introducing a pre-sale system. It’s an excellent idea.”

It wasn’t empty flattery. Eric was genuinely impressed.

“If we do as Miss Alice suggests, we’ll be able to earn profits from several years in the future in advance.”

“R-really?”

“Yes. Why didn’t we think of such an idea until now? Did Miss Alice come up with this?”

At Eric’s words, Alice hesitated for a moment.

Actually, this was Miona’s idea, but…

However…

‘If I hadn’t asked Miona, such an idea wouldn’t have come up either.’

So this is practically my idea, isn’t it?

After finishing her thoughts, Alice smiled shyly.

“Yes.”

“How remarkable. I didn’t know you were such a brilliant person, Miss.”

Then Juan grumbled with a disgruntled face from the side.

“Hmph. Well. I’m suspicious of it.”

He was very displeased.

‘Selling even the bulbs? Then it’ll be even harder for me to steal Moonlight Flowers!’

Actually, Juan had been planning to gradually steal Moonlight Flowers to create a Moonlight Flower garden.

But now if they pre-sell even the bulbs— the management would become much more thorough than before.

Then stealing would become almost impossible!

‘Danae said she’d consider marrying me if I created a Moonlight Flower garden!’

He couldn’t just let this proceed smoothly.

“I’m against it. The Moonlight Flowers are already doing well enough, so why take unnecessary risks?”

Then Alice stared directly at Juan.

“It doesn’t matter if Uncle opposes it.”

“What?”

“I also got permission from my parents and became the general manager of sales. So even if Uncle opposes it, I’m going to sell the bulbs.”

Instantly, thick veins bulged on Juan’s forehead.

Could it be that this girl is now.

‘Talking back to me?!’

Rage boiled up inside him.

He wanted to slap her if he could. But if it reached his sister and brother-in-law’s ears, he would surely face consequences.

So he had to endure it.

‘Damn brat!’

* * *

One week later.

“Head of the family, have you heard the news?”

Sandra chattered away with her nose held high.

“Thanks to our Alice’s idea, the Moonlight Flower business is booming!”

The past week had felt like a dream to Sandra.

After Alice was brought in, the bidding prices at Moonlight Flower auctions had more than doubled.

In just one week!

“Alice, isn’t she truly amazing?”

Karl Windsor also seemed proud of his daughter’s achievements.

However.

“It’s too early to jump to conclusions.”

Viego Windsor spoke coldly.

“While we’re seeing short-term gains, you must respond nimbly to ensure this upward trend can be maintained.”

Meanwhile, the face of Alice Windsor, the subject of all this praise, was flushed red.

This past week.

Every Moonlight Flower that came to auction broke record prices, and the bulb auctions were successful too.

‘I heard that even the first bulb auction sold for an incredibly high price.’

A week ago, a Moonlight Flower cost 300 million francs per bloom.

But just yesterday at auction, a Moonlight Flower sold for 600 million francs per bloom. The bulbs sold for nearly the same price.

‘I never expected it to go this well.’

Alice glanced at Dana’s face.

Was she feeling defeated? Dana was silently eating her stew with an expressionless face.

‘Well, she must be embarrassed.’

She had been lost in strange delusions about how I would ruin the Moonlight Flower business within a month, and whatnot.

‘In reality, I’m succeeding brilliantly.’

How embarrassed and mortified must she be feeling right now? How envious must she be, enough to make her stomach ache?

I’ve won the Crown Prince’s love, and now I’m even being called a business genius…

She must be dying of envy, feeling miserable, right?

‘Poor sister Dana. How pitiful.’

At that moment, their eyes met.

“…”

Alice felt a pang in her chest.

‘Why?’

She realized it instantly.

Dana still didn’t envy her. She still wasn’t feeling miserable. Still.

‘Could she be turning away from reality?’

Yes, that must be it. She probably can’t accept this reality.

The sister who had always been the object of admiration now had to watch like a mere spectator.

‘But sister, turning away from reality is dangerous behavior.’

What if she continues living in delusions like this?

Alice looked at Dana with pitying eyes. At her poor cousin sister who was denying her own wretchedness.

Look, even now she’s wearing that subtle smile, isn’t she?

Right?

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