That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 6

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Chapter 6

I immediately prostrated myself flat again.

“After I repay my debt to Uncle Lilius, I’ll live quietly like I’m dead, Grandfather! I’ll take care of the servants of this Randel Castle and live as a minor lady with proper cultivation and dignity!”

This castle was large, but it was so old that the drafts were severe! It costs a lot of money to buy firewood too!

“I won’t cause any more trouble, so please lift my indefinite confinement…!”

It was quiet. No answer came back at all.

When I cautiously raised my head to gauge the situation, my eyes met directly with the Grand Duke who was leaning back against his chair, glaring at me.

“Lilius.”

“Yes, Father…!”

When I glanced to the side, Lilius had turned deathly pale. But Grand Duke Frazier’s expression didn’t soften in the slightest.

“Didn’t I entrust the children’s domestic affairs entirely to you and your wife?”

“Yes, Father… That’s correct…”

Lilius answered while trembling.

Since he was the youngest son of Grand Duke Frazier, he had inherited the title of viscount.

Lilius, together with his wife, was in charge of half the domestic affairs of the Grand Duke Frazier House.

Being in charge of even half the domestic affairs of the Grand Duke Frazier House, which was said to be as wealthy as the Imperial Family, was like baking bread with golden grains every single day.

‘But wait, why is he cornering Lilius like that? What did Lilius do wrong?’

My question was quickly resolved.

“Tulia Frazier’s confinement was imposed three years ago. Why is a one-month confinement still continuing?”

“Th-that’s…”

“And as an ‘indefinite’ confinement order at that?”

‘What?’

At Assis Grand Duke Frazier’s words, I looked at Lilius in bewilderment.

Right. Tulia had received confinement punishment three years ago for causing a big incident. And since that day, the confinement had never been lifted.

Thanks to that, Tulia, who was already poor, became even more servile and dependent on Lilius. But that was all Lilius’s lie?

However, he was too busy breaking out in cold sweat with his pale face to have time to look at me.

“Did you embezzle Tulia Frazier’s budget?”

“Th-there seems to have been a misunderstanding!”

“A misunderstanding?”

“Yes, Father!”

“Then why does Tulia Frazier think this warehouse is Randel Castle?”

This time I could only blink blankly as well.

This place wasn’t a castle, but merely a warehouse?

Lilius’s mouth was completely sealed shut. Everyone present couldn’t even breathe properly.

Even in the midst of this, to think they used such a massive structure as just a warehouse. No wonder they say the wealth of the Grand Duke Frazier House rivals that of the Imperial Family.

‘But why did someone as high-ranking as the Grand Duke silently eat a meal in a warehouse without saying anything?’

“Your wife said that even though the confinement was over, Tulia Frazier was throwing a tantrum, crying and making a fuss about wanting to stay in this warehouse out of rebelliousness.”

“…”

“She said Tulia would foam at the mouth whenever they tried to call her to the main castle.”

‘Ah. So that’s how they covered it up.’

Now Lilius was even breaking out in cold sweat.

“There seems to have been a misunderstanding, Father. Neither I nor my wife ever told Tulia that this place was Randel Castle.”

Lilius looked at me with a haggard face and smiled.

“Tulia, why did you have such a misunderstanding, hmm? What wicked person deceived you? Tell me right now. This uncle will teach them a lesson!”

“You promise?”

When I asked back with delight, Lilius answered with slight bewilderment.

“Of-of course.”

You have no idea how much I’d been waiting for those words.

I immediately looked up at Grand Duke Assis.

Though my heart seemed to shrivel under his still murderous gaze, I was too cold and too hungry to miss this opportunity because of that.

Grand Duke Frazier, who disliked tattling among relatives.

But I instinctively sensed that this moment was the one and only chance to tattle to the Grand Duke.

Right.

Let’s do it.

I bit hard on the mucous membrane inside my mouth. Feeling the metallic smell of blood, I opened my mouth.

“What are you staring at with those wide eyes, you beggar?”

“…!”

“It’s true that your father abandoned you.”

“…”

“What’s so unfair that you caused a scene at the banquet?”

“…”

“That’s why you got indefinite confinement from Grandfather.”

The eyes of Assis Grand Duke Frazier, who had been glaring at me terrifyingly, began to take on an indescribable light.

That’s right. These were the abusive words I had heard from Tedrick this morning.

“It’s a well-known fact that your mother had an affair and gave birth to you. From the beginning, it makes no sense for a girl like you to be above my head…”

Crash!

The sound of a chair noisily falling over came from behind. I turned around.

Tedrick Frazier’s face was turning red and then blue alternately.

When I mischievously stuck my tongue out at Tedrick, whose eyes met mine, Tedrick finally lost his reason and pointed his finger at me.

“You, you…!”

“Tedrick Frazier!”

It was truly a thunderous voice that seemed like it would collapse the space.

I was just startled enough to prostrate myself flat, but Tedrick Frazier’s legs gave out completely and he collapsed with a thud.

Grand Duke Assis Frazier, who had risen from his seat at some point, was glaring at Tedrick with a terrifying expression.

“G-Grandfather…”

“There’s no need to interrogate whether those words are true.”

“Th-that’s not it…!”

Grand Duke Assis Frazier strode over and reached for Tedrick’s neck.

In an instant, the small pendant hanging around Tedrick’s neck was confiscated.

“F-Father!”

Lilius cried out in a horrified voice.

‘The Direct Lineage Necklace.’

Just as every group has uniforms for a sense of belonging, prestigious noble families also have jewelry they share.

The direct descendants of House Frazier receive expensive and beautiful pendants at the same time they have their debutante ball at age 16.

Having that symbol representing direct lineage of the Grand Ducal House taken away meant…

“I will withdraw the authority of direct lineage I had granted you for a while.”

Grand Duke Frazier warned with a chillingly cold gaze.

“Do you understand?”

Tedrick couldn’t even answer properly and just trembled while barely managing to nod his head.

The declaration to withdraw the authority of direct lineage seemed to be in a similar category to a confinement order, as servants came to take Tedrick away.

Lilius seemed quite worried about his son who was half-dragged away. He also made clumsy excuses and hurriedly left.

I gauged the situation, then immediately bowed to Grand Duke Assis and quietly escaped.

I was afraid that if the Grand Duke called me back and started a one-on-one interrogation, I might faint, but fortunately that didn’t happen.

Too many things had happened, and though I had achieved my intended goal, I was extremely exhausted. I wanted to rest.

As soon as I returned to the bedroom and buried myself completely under the blanket, I seemed to fall asleep immediately.

Fortunately, no one bothered me or woke me up.

* * *

The next day.

‘They’re not even giving me breakfast now?’

Unlike the previous day, seeing the completely empty table made my fighting spirit surge.

Now that the budget that was barely the size of a fingernail would be normalized, what was so difficult or scary about me having to read the butler and maids’ faces?

However, I nearly fainted when I boldly threw open the bedroom door.

An unexpected figure was standing there properly.

“Miss Tulia. Are you awake?”

“Ruk?”

The middle-aged man called Ruk stared at me intently and asked back.

“You know my name?”

“Of course?”

If you play a few hundred times, you naturally memorize it. The name of Ruk Kelfosher, the direct advisor to Assis Grand Duke Frazier.

Age: early to mid-50s. In his youth, he was famously known as a great handsome man. Thanks to that, even now he exudes a dignified noble air. An incredible strategist. Basically has a cold personality.

He shows loyalty only to Assis Grand Duke Frazier.

And the most important point.

‘In the That Honey Bread world, he’s the easiest character for Tulia to win over!’

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