It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 40

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A corrupted heroine is overwhelmingly convenient.
#40
Felix Arderon was the world’s greatest villain, and moreover, a duke.
Well, not yet.
His power was beyond question, and he possessed an authority that even a count couldn’t easily challenge.
The perfect part was that after Daisy escaped from the count’s house, he wouldn’t even wonder where she went.
After all, villains never cared about other people’s affairs.
So once she’d repaid the debt she owed him like a final invoice, he’d have no reason to seek her out or ever cross paths with her again.
“At least so long as I don’t end up marrying that fool Dern Blight……”
Daisy recalled the original scene where he’d come to kill her husband (ugh), and rubbed her arms with a shudder.
Of course, if she simply managed to escape, that was no concern.
If the escape succeeded, she wouldn’t marry Dern Blight, and if that happened, whether he lived or died was no business of hers.
Of course, the count wouldn’t want to miss the chance to forge a marriage alliance with the Blight ducal house.
“What do I care?”
She had no intention of listening to that wretched fool of a father who married off his one and only daughter to such a man and didn’t even visit before the whole thing went down.
Her goal was to shove that handsome face of his straight into filth.
Truth be told, she’d never actually seen her father since arriving in this world, so she didn’t know what he looked like… but well, he’d probably be slick like Kaelen.
She’d certainly considered the scenario where Felix Arderon accepted the help and then dismissed her outright.
A villain who honors his word.
A rather laughable phrase, wasn’t it?
Yet strangely, Daisy could be certain of one thing.
If she truly gave Felix Arderon substantial help, he wouldn’t dismiss her.
At least, that’s what the Felix Arderon she’d observed so far had shown her.
“So what matters now is this.”
Daisy nodded and murmured in a low voice.
“Getting information.”
* * *
“……”
“……”
“So you’re saying you have no intention of being friendly?”
“I still don’t.”
“Then why’d you come find me?”
“I need information.”
“Information?”
“Yeah, do you know anything about summoned creatures that don’t follow orders?”
At Daisy’s question, Monica Raolee raised her finely groomed purple eyebrows.
“Surprising. I thought you’d dig through the library for hundreds of hours on your own if you needed information.”
“……”
Monica regarded the silent Daisy with narrowed eyes, then nodded as if understanding.
“You don’t have the time.”
‘This girl is really sharp.’
Which is why she’d come looking for her.
If anyone among the first-years knew something, it looked like Monica Raolee no matter how you looked at it.
As if confirming that assumption, Monica shrugged and answered.
“I can give you what I know.”
“Ah, thanks—”
“Five gold.”
“So you weren’t kidding. You’re a real bandit, aren’t you?”
Daisy let out an exasperated breath.
Five gold?
She might not know the prices in this world perfectly, but she knew enough to realize that simple information like this wasn’t worth that much.
‘Ha, they actually dare to fleece the legendary Won-yo Han?’
‘Let me show you the haggling skills honed in traditional markets….’
“Summoned creatures that don’t follow orders—you mean the mad wolf summoned by Felix Arderon? The fact that you don’t have time means it’s a problem that needs solving before the committee reaches a conclusion.”
“……”
“So five gold is fair. That’s the cost for digging through the library for dozens of hours.”
“……”
“One piece of advice: never look desperate before you start bargaining, Daisy Sable Heart.”
“……”
“So are you buying or not?”
“…….”
Damn, you’re thorough.
It was at that moment Daisy, her bargaining spirit extinguished in an instant, let out a sigh.
“Ah.”
Now I remember.
Why the name Monica Raolii sounded so familiar.
「”Try the Information Guild.”」
Someone had once given advice to the original Daisy.
Though she couldn’t quite recall who it was.
「”It won’t help.”」
The original Daisy had already been abandoned by those she trusted, her body and spirit worn down to their very limits.
「”They’re all on the same side. They’d never give someone like me real information.”
「”That place is different.”」
That person had said so.
「”That place sides with nothing but the truth.”
“That place?”
“The Information Guild in Mora.”
“Mora…….”
“The guildmaster’s name comes from the city. What was it again?”」
“Monica Raolii…….”
Daisy breathed out the name like a groan.
“You bastard.”
So you’re going to become the guildmaster of the Information Guild.
No wonder your appraisal of information values was no joke.
“Won’t you buy it?”
“I will. Yes.”
Five gold stung a bit, but knowing that Monica would become the guildmaster of the Mora Information Guild filled her with certainty.
The information she’d priced at five gold would surely be worth it.
“Before that, though.”
Daisy lifted her head.
Her emerald eyes gleamed with depth.
“Sides with nothing but the truth, right?”
Hearing those words, Monica, who had worn a cryptic expression for a moment, opened her mouth.
“……Information always sides with the truth.”
“A splendid answer. Wait here. I’ll bring the money.”
Monica watched Daisy leave the room.
She couldn’t believe it.
So Daisy Sablehearte…….
“How on earth does she know that phrase?”
* * *
“I never thought the young lady of Count Sablehearte wouldn’t have five gold.”
Neither did I…….
Daisy listened to Monica’s shocked remark with a despondent expression.
On Daisy’s palm lay only three gold.
Even after searching everywhere thoroughly, she’d found only these three gold.
“This is awkward to even accept.”
“Pitying me?”
“A little.”
“Thanks.”
Daisy answered shamelessly.
“Doesn’t the academy usually provide allowances? You should be able to get some there.”
“…….”
She did get an allowance, of course.
Count Sablehearte wasn’t the type to fuss over such paltry sums.
The problem was she’d forgotten that the allowance never actually made it into her own pocket.
「”Your allowance has been taken again, it seems.”
“T-taken? I’m not having it taken, I’m the one who——”
“It cannot be helped. From now on, I shall manage your allowance myself. Speak to me when you need something.”
“B-but…….”
“It is the Count’s orders.”
“Ah… I understand…….”
From that moment on, the butler truly withheld her allowance.
So the original Daisy had been short on money throughout her time at the academy.
Of course, he would send anything needed for her studies by telegram, but nothing beyond that.
Unless someone paid for her share, she couldn’t go out to play with friends, couldn’t buy drinks at a café, couldn’t purchase anything she liked.
Always the oversized academy uniform and the outdated, dowdy formal dress that was several seasons out of fashion.
That was all.
‘I’ll need to fix that too.’
Daisy thought to herself.
Of course, she had no intention of writing to her father or the butler asking for more allowance.
That wasn’t something Kwon Do-yo was used to.
So instead,
“Is there any part-time work available at the academy?”
“Part-time work? What’s that?”
Monica asked.
“Working for a daily wage.”
“Who? You, surely not?”
“Yes.”
“You’re an earl’s daughter.”
“That’s true.”
“Then why don’t you just contact your father and ask him to send you more allowance?”
“I can’t.”
“Why?”
…….
Because my father wouldn’t care that I’m short on money, and even if I died bearing false accusations, he wouldn’t bat an eye as long as it benefited the family.
She couldn’t say that.
Instead, Daisy simply said,
“Everyone should have money their father doesn’t know about.”
After hearing that, Monica fell silent for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“That’s true.”
She actually accepted that.
“Then let’s do this.”
“Do you know of any work?”
“I’ll let you know if something comes up. But right now, there’s something you can sell to me.”
……?
* * *
The information Monica shared was rather shocking.
“Summoned beasts not obeying their masters? I’ve read about that in books. Before the Eldvain gift ceremony, I read every book I could find about the relationship between master and summoned beast and summoning methods.”
Yes, that made sense…….
“If something goes wrong during the summoning of a beast, it apparently happens fairly often.”
“If something goes wrong? What do you mean?”
“Many things can go wrong. Mana, magic circles, the executor, the master’s mindset, and so on…….”
Daisy recalled the magic circle that had seemed odd from the moment she drew it.
The professor examining the magic circle carefully.
The strange vibration.
The smoke seeping from the magic circle.
In a way, her own summoned beast wasn’t quite normal either.
A black sparrow that could transform into a wolf—that was insane.
Then should she have waited for the professor to repair the magic circle at that time?

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