That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 79
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Chapter 79
“Tulia.”
It was a voice that seemed to be trying to soothe me.
“I know you harbor deep resentment toward Tedrick right now. But please reconsider and show some mercy. You and Tedrick are blood-related cousins, aren’t you?”
“That cousin shot me with a bow?”
“That was a defect in the Magic Tool, how many times do I have to…!”
“No, no.”
It was a defect in the Luck Stat.
“Aunt. As I mentioned earlier, please just get straight to the point.”
Aubrey, who had been biting her lips nervously, spoke as if bursting out.
“…I need those jewels!”
For a moment, I almost asked ‘Why?’ without thinking.
But I was quickly able to find the answer myself.
‘Ah.’
So what she wanted was money after all?
The reason Aubrey needs money right now is…
‘It must be because of Tedrick?’
What. Are you going to wrap him in gold when you send Tedrick to the border?
‘Then I’ll have to bribe bandits to plunder all that gold.’
Hmph.
Anyway.
“Returning the jewels would be difficult, but I could lend them to you in a different way.”
“…What?”
“Besides what I found, you have many precious jewels yourself, don’t you, Aunt?”
It was instantaneous.
Aubrey flinched very slightly.
‘Of course she’d feel guilty.’
This was Aubrey who had held half the domestic management authority for a very long time.
She had taken the Family Jewels under the pretext of borrowing them and had almost never returned them.
It meant that the precious jewels that should have been in the Grand Ducal House’s Treasure Vault were almost all in her personal Jewelry Box.
‘Grandfather has no interest in such trivial jewels, and Grandmother isn’t here either.’
So who would dare make an issue of it, that’s what I mean.
That’s how Aubrey had easily embezzled the jewels without any problems.
All this time until now.
“Of, of course… I do have more jewels.”
“…”
“A Noble Lady selling jewels only happens in the worst situations. You wouldn’t know well since you don’t have a Mother.”
Aubrey said while trembling her lips.
I nodded slightly and answered.
“Did I tell you to sell the jewels? I said I’d lend you money if you entrust them to me like a Pawn Shop.”
“You vulgar wench!”
Finally, Aubrey exploded and screamed.
“Where does a noble try to do Pawn Shop business like common people?! There should be limits to how ill-bred you can be!”
“That’s not something the person who embezzled my budget should say.”
“You…!”
“Well then, I understand.”
I leaned back in my Wheelchair with an indifferent expression.
“If it’s too vulgar for a precious noble like me to do, then you can go find a Pawn Shop outside and entrust your jewels there to borrow money.”
“…!”
Aubrey’s eyes widened as much as they possibly could.
“You, how dare you say such a thing right now…!”
“What did I say this time to offend you?”
Aubrey looked like she was about to spout profanities, but in the end, the elegant Noble Lady’s mouth shut tight.
‘She absolutely can’t entrust them outside.’
Because the jewels she had left were only the kind that would be difficult to sell easily.
The kind that would immediately be recognized as the Grand Ducal House’s treasures if sold?
Top-grade jewels of exceptional size and clarity.
Accessories adorned with various Colored Diamonds that would make joints feel heavy just from wearing them.
“Since you have discerning taste, Aunt, they’ll be priced expensively too.”
Aubrey ground her teeth.
She must have understood that I was being sarcastic.
She had boldly taken only the good jewels and put them in her personal Jewelry Box, so if even one leaked out to a Pawn Shop, they would all be items that would definitely cause rumors in High Society.
‘Since she was surrounded by such jewels, she probably didn’t need to spend her own money to acquire jewels.’
A Noble Lady almost certainly needs some degree of Jewelry.
Especially for a Noble Lady of status like Aubrey, even more so.
Originally, she should have used her allocated budget to purchase jewels, but she had been using Frazier’s Treasure Vault like her personal jewelry mine all this time.
‘That’s why she could live even more luxuriously.’
That kind of life is over now, Aunt.
“One month!”
Aubrey shouted loudly.
“Pardon?”
“I’ll pay it all back within one month, so I need you to arrange some money! Go bring my entire Jewelry Box!”
Watching Aubrey’s Maid hurriedly leave the room, I spoke as if just remembering something belatedly.
“But Aunt, I’ve changed my mind a bit in the meantime.”
“What?”
Looking at Aubrey who asked sharply, I slowly erased my smile.
“Vulgar wench.”
“…?!”
“Common thing.”
“…!”
“Since you don’t have a Mother.”
“…”
I blinked slowly toward Aubrey.
“I don’t think I can lend you money until you apologize for all these words.”
She finally screamed loudly.
“You, this is too much! How dare you talk back so insolently to an adult!”
“Yes, well then.”
I said while looking down at my neatly manicured nails.
“I’ll give you 1 minute.”
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“Crazy wench. Crazy wench!”
Several hours later.
Aubrey, who had returned to her room, was pacing around her Bedroom anxiously.
Even though Tulia had taken control of domestic management authority, even though she had taken charge of Tedrick’s punishment.
To them, Tulia was already someone who couldn’t beg for mercy.
It was only natural.
Already under suspicion of hitting Tulia with a ‘magic tool arrow,’ the Lilius Family and Tulia had become completely opposed to each other.
“Just when did that bitch Tulia start changing like that…?”
Aubrey couldn’t understand it.
Thanks to her husband’s wise handling, Tulia had always been foolishly taken advantage of.
Tulia was only like a wildcat on the surface, but inside she was ignorant and stupid.
But somehow.
Somehow the Lilius Family was completely sinking.
Even now, she sometimes felt like she was dreaming with her eyes wide open.
Just why, suddenly, how on earth.
Had Tulia Frazier become so smart?
Was this what it felt like to be completely swept away by a tsunami in an instant?
That early evening, as Aubrey was burning with anger and hostility toward Tulia in her anxious state.
“Madam! The master says to come immediately!”
Lilius’s advisor came running in a hurry.
‘Don’t tell me that bitch Tulia pulled another vicious trick in the meantime?!’
She had a feeling.
Aubrey hurriedly went to find Lilius, who was under ‘semi-confinement,’ with an anxious and restless heart.
But surprisingly.
“Wife!”
Lilius delivered unexpected good news that was also shocking news.
“What did you say?! A marriage proposal came for our Sophia?!”
“That’s right! The Crown Prince’s marriage proposal arrived just now with an imperial messenger!”
“Good, good heavens…!”
Aubrey, who had opened her eyes wide, soon cried out in joy.
“Then we can save our Tedrick!”
Lilius was slightly taken aback by Aubrey’s words, which left him out and only cared about their son, but that wasn’t what was important right now.
“Th, that’s right!”
“Ah. God is indeed on our side. Our son is so kind and gentle, so of course, that’s right… I knew there would be a way out.”
Aubrey even shed tears of emotion.
Actually, if he thought about Sophia, such a positive reaction couldn’t have burst out immediately.
Lilius slightly furrowed his brow.
“Crown Prince Ferdinand is a bit concerning though…”
Ferdinand Cassel Evichkait.
Lower nobility who had difficulty entering central political circles might not know.
To the current high nobility, Crown Prince Ferdinand was absolutely not an attractive option.
Especially not as a prospective husband for their daughter, absolutely not.
Lilius stroked his chin and muttered briefly.
“Divine Power excess syndrome…”
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