That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was because Lisian was walking down the stairs laid out below the highest seat.

 

Wearing a noble dress uniform that fit his body perfectly, he was undeniably handsome enough to play the male lead in any major game.

 

And that mysteriously unrealistic silver hair on top of it all.

 

Lisian, who had walked up to me before I knew it, asked the personal physician.

 

“Can I, can I move her seat up, up higher?”

 

“Without the wheelchair, you mean?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Just make sure not to let her foot touch the ground.”

 

“Tulia.”

 

Lisian, who had been looking at me, smiled warmly.

 

This was why I couldn’t help but like him.

 

Warmth always lingered in Lisian’s smile.

 

Unlike his sunny, warm impression, Lisian lifted me up very easily.

 

Step by step, no one opened their mouth while he climbed the stairs.

 

‘Oh. This feels like becoming Cinderella in its own way.’

 

A silver-haired handsome young man as my means of transportation.

 

Lisian carefully set me down on the highest seat where he had been sitting.

 

Then he took off the ring he had been wearing the whole time and pressed it into my hand.

 

“That’s the ring of the ‘Marquis’ Frazier.”

 

“More precisely, it’s the heir’s ring.”

 

Gauging the heavy weight of the ring I felt in my hand.

 

I looked down at Tedrick, both physically and mentally.

 

Whether it was due to the clear difference in eye level, or just because I disliked him so very much.

 

Tedrick’s eyes were full of anger mixed with inferiority complex.

 

‘Really now.’

 

Yeah, go ahead and glare all day. It’ll only hurt your own eyes.

 

I’m planning to finish you off completely this time.

 

“Uncle. You said Tedrick made a mistake because of a poorly made magic tool, right?”

 

Viscount Lilius quickly answered.

 

“That’s right, Tulia. The magic tool was the problem. We’ll formally protest to the Magic Tower in the name of Frazier!”

 

“There’s no need for that.”

 

At my words, clear anxiety rippled across Viscount Lilius’s face like waves.

 

“…Tulia. There’s no need for that?”

 

“Uncle. Speaking from the position of someone who was attacked that day.”

 

I continued speaking while staring directly at Tedrick.

 

“Tedrick Frazier tried to kill me and brother Leon.”

 

In an instant, the grand conference room was literally turned upside down.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

“Honey.”

 

Aubrey opened her mouth anxiously. The handkerchief embroidered with beautiful patterns had already been crumpled hundreds of times in her hands.

 

“Should we put our Tedrick in a wheelchair too? Should we take him to the forest in one?”

 

“No. That would only make things look more ridiculous.”

 

From the beginning, they should have brought him out making all sorts of fuss like Tulia had done.

 

He had also instructed his personal physician to wrap Tedrick in bandages to make him ‘look much more injured.’

 

But Tulia had gone further.

 

She looked like a critically ill patient who had barely managed to come to the conference room.

 

‘How has she hidden that cunning mind until now?’

 

Now Viscount Lilius found Tulia’s very existence puzzling.

 

At first, he thought everything was all under the orders of Marquis Aster Frazier.

 

He thought the Marquis was giving instructions to act this way or that way in the Grand Duchy main castle, in exchange for precious gifts that Viscount Lilius or Aubrey could never even dream of, or incredibly expensive sacred artifacts.

 

But with yesterday and today’s events, Viscount Lilius was feeling great doubt about his thoughts.

 

Tedrick shooting Tulia was clearly an impulsive accident, yet they were responding so frighteningly?

 

During that short time, there was absolutely no way for Tulia, Lisian, or Leon to contact Marquis Aster Frazier.

 

‘How far is it from the border to here!’

 

“Honey, what on earth could that girl be scheming?”

 

Meanwhile, Aubrey continued asking in a voice full of anxiety.

 

“What could she possibly be thinking, suggesting we all come out here together?”

 

Feeling anxious and fearful.

 

He felt the same way.

 

They were now, no, all the retainers who had been in the conference room were now.

 

Following Tulia out to the forest where the hunting competition had been held.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

“Then, I’ll stand here.”

 

Just like the day the hunting competition was held, like the day Leon Frazier and I became arrow targets.

 

The air was good and the sky was clear.

 

There was almost no wind, making it very suitable weather.

 

I wrapped the cloak I had brought in advance a little tighter and got out of the wheelchair.

 

‘It really is a bit hard to stand.’

 

The moment I got up from the wheelchair, my foot hurt and I staggered slightly, but fortunately it wasn’t enough to make me fall.

 

“Then, Uncle Viscount Lilius.”

 

The exact spot where Tedrick had stood a few days ago.

 

Looking at Viscount Lilius standing in precisely that spot, I continued speaking.

 

“Please shoot me again with that magic tool.”

 

“…?!”

 

When all the nobles and mages who had attended the conference room gathered, a crowd of about 800 people surrounded us from all sides.

 

Everyone was wrapped tightly in cloaks and coats, unable to understand the intent of my words and wearing serious expressions.

 

Only a few particularly clever ones, or Viscount Lilius standing in front, seemed to have read my intention.

 

Viscount Lilius Frazier slowly opened his mouth.

 

“Tulia. So what you’re saying now is…”

 

“You said there was a serious flaw in that magic tool, right? That it wasn’t Tedrick’s sinister intention?”

 

“That’s right, our son absolutely didn’t intend to harm you!”

 

Aubrey cried out in a tearful scream.

 

I glanced at her and stared at Viscount Lilius again.

 

“That’s what you’re saying.”

 

“…”

 

“So to prove Tedrick’s innocence and resolve Aunt’s resentment, Uncle should directly.”

 

“…”

 

“Just shoot that magic tool at me.”

 

“But, but how could I, to my own niece…”

 

Should I just make flyers about him embezzling my money and distribute them throughout the entire territory?

 

Watching Viscount Lilius’s suffocating pretense made me think such mischievous thoughts first.

 

Anyway, for now.

 

“Haven’t the retainers known better than me that Uncle has been an expert marksman since childhood?”

 

That was actually true.

 

Tedrick hadn’t been showing off for nothing when he bragged about being good with a bow.

 

His father, Viscount Lilius Frazier, had also been exceptionally skilled with a bow since childhood.

 

Whether that blood had been passed down, Tedrick was also outstanding when it came to archery skills alone.

 

“So Uncle shooting would be the most accurate. Isn’t that right? Uncle Nigella.”

 

Count Nigela Frazier, who had been standing with his arms crossed, slightly furrowed his brow.

 

“Hmm… Now that I hear it, it’s not entirely wrong.”

 

“B-Brother!”

 

“You’ve always been good with a bow. Father even praised you directly for that part.”

 

“But…”

 

“That’s right, Viscount. You caught the most deer in this hunting competition too.”

 

Lilius’s retainers and his loyal followers hurriedly spoke up in agreement.

 

‘Well, they’d be in trouble too if Lilius sinks like this.’

 

If they failed to prove the magic tool’s defect and Tedrick was confirmed guilty of attempted murder, it would be like saying Lilius’s ship was about to sink.

 

Moreover, Lilius’s head must be spinning right now too.

 

‘No matter what, we can’t throw Tedrick into the underground prison. We can’t.’

 

But Lisian would demand astronomical compensation.

 

And Lilius, who had failed to secure the Statis Plain ranch business rights, was certainly not in good financial shape right now.

 

In other words.

 

There had only been one option from the beginning.

 

After pondering for a moment, Lilius nodded.

 

“Then to prove Tedrick’s innocence, I have no choice but to reluctantly, really reluctantly aim the magic tool at our precious Tulia.”

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

‘Could there be such a foolish girl?’

 

Lilius laughed inwardly.

 

Being cunning and being smart were different things.

 

Tulia Frazier was a perfect example of that.

 

Right now, Lilius just had to shoot Tulia Frazier.

 

If he did that, he could blame it on the magic tool’s defect, and if he was luckier, that girl would die along with it.

 

‘If I kill her outright, Marquis Frazier might come up here.’

 

Of course, that would be troublesome.

 

But he was confident enough to make her disabled.

 

As Tulia had said, Lilius’s archery skills were unparalleled.

 

Of course, even that was slightly inferior to Marquis Aster Frazier.

 

That damned eldest brother of his.

 

It had always been like that.

 

Marquis Aster Frazier was outstanding in almost every way, and even had a cold personality.

 

Born as the youngest, he had no choice but to build an image opposite to his brother.

 

Affable, kind, and merciful to everyone.

 

The ambitious Lilius had sworn that someday he would definitely claim the Grand Duke’s position.

 

Count Nigella Frazier, who was currently holding hands with him, and Marquis Aster Frazier, who had gone to the border and had no contact at all.

 

In the end, they would all have everything stolen by the youngest brother they had ignored.

 

‘Tulia Frazier.’

 

Resent being born as your father’s daughter!

 

He wanted to smile but couldn’t.

 

He just acted with a serious and solemn expression.

 

As Lilius paid attention to managing his expression and was just lifting the magic tool.

 

“Ah, wait a moment.”

 

Tulia suddenly raised her hand.

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