That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Tulia called ‘Cupid’s disease’ or ‘Eros syndrome’, most nobles euphemistically whispered about as ‘divine power excess syndrome’.

 

This was because Crown Prince Ferdinand was nearly twenty years old, yet his outward appearance was still that of a boy.

 

No matter how much the Crown Prince possessed sculpture-like beauty, talent, and guaranteed power as a sacred figure.

 

In the eyes of conservative nobles, he was merely a ‘defective product’ suffering from excessive divine power.

 

However, since that defective product was excessively beautiful, and the temple revered him as devoutly as if a heavenly god had descended, everyone outwardly showed respect.

 

In any case, he was also the legitimate eldest son of the late Empress Olivia.

 

Crown Prince Ferdinand’s characteristically cold and chilly atmosphere also played a part in this.

 

No one except Emperor Alessandro dared to disrespect the Crown Prince to his face.

 

Absolutely not.

 

“Hah.”

 

Viscount Lilius swallowed a sigh.

 

“It’s a bit of a waste to give up Sophia.”

 

It was a statement filled with genuine feeling.

 

The Crown Prince’s proposal was certainly a great matter.

 

However, even the imperial family’s marriage proposal found it difficult to exercise force before the name ‘Frazier’.

 

Since Sophia was the same age as Tulia, Viscount Lilius had been planning to weigh proper wealthy magnates or powerful figures as marriage prospects for his daughter Sophia in the future.

 

If his own power hadn’t suddenly declined this much, if such an important crisis hadn’t struck, he wouldn’t have readily accepted the Crown Prince’s proposal.

 

“Husband!”

 

Aubrey shouted with a sharp edge to her voice.

 

“Our son is in crisis right now, so this is actually fortunate! Don’t go putting useless ideas into Sophia’s head!”

 

“Am I a fool? Of course. It’s just regrettable that we’re losing so much due to the timing.”

 

“Hmph…”

 

Though she inwardly agreed with that, Aubrey soon shook her head.

 

Enough.

 

The most important thing right now was their only son, Tedrick. She spoke with sincerity.

 

“How fortunate we are that we adopted Sophia.”

 

Viscount Lilius nodded his head greatly in agreement with those words.

 

“That was your foresight.”

 

In truth, after giving birth to Tedrick, Aubrey had no intention of having more children.

 

She thought one son was just right for children.

 

The more children there were, the more a father’s love would be divided, and only useless discord would arise between siblings.

 

‘Just like Father is doing now.’

 

One son to inherit the successor position was perfectly sufficient.

 

‘Besides, giving birth is a matter of risking one’s life for a woman.’

 

Of course, thanks to the priests’ divine power and the Grand Ducal House’s excellent doctors, there had been no Frazier women who lost their lives during childbirth.

 

But the terrible pain of childbirth was enough to experience once.

 

Moreover, that child was a son who looked exactly like her, so precious she wouldn’t feel pain even if he were placed in her eyes!

 

However, there was a decisive event that changed Aubrey’s thinking.

 

‘Who would have thought that Princess Hyacinthia had such a large dowry amount allocated to her.’

 

The eldest daughter of Assis Grand Duke Frazier.

 

Hyacinthia Grand Duchess Frazier.

 

It was from when she happened to see the dowry list that had been allocated to her.

 

That’s when she learned.

 

That if Assis Grand Duke Frazier allocated 1 portion to his sons, he had arranged 10 portions for his daughter.

 

Of course, Hyacinthia Grand Duchess Frazier was a tremendous talent who was quietly mentioned as the next family head.

 

But the dowry amount that Assis Grand Duke had set for Princess Hyacinthia was money she could take even without ascending to the position of next family head.

 

An enormous amount that could almost buy an entire ducal house.

 

That’s when Aubrey realized.

 

The fact that Assis Grand Duke Frazier was someone who thought of dowry amounts for daughters or granddaughters on a terrifyingly large scale.

 

So what they adopted was ‘Sophia’, a distant collateral bloodline.

 

“Even now, look how Father, His Grace the Grand Duke, only dotes on that wench Tulia.”

 

Aubrey made an indignant expression.

 

Of course, she suspected.

 

The fact that even if Sophia came rushing back from the academy, she wouldn’t receive as much favor from Assis Grand Duke as Tulia, who was truly of direct bloodline.

 

Moreover, Sophia was just as afraid of Assis Grand Duke Frazier as Tedrick was.

 

She had left for the academy and rarely showed her face.

 

‘But that doesn’t matter.’

 

What Aubrey and Viscount Lilius wanted from the beginning was one thing.

 

“Father gives a gift when a direct member of Frazier becomes engaged.”

 

Viscount Lilius had also received mining rights to a gold mine when he became engaged to Aubrey.

 

Compared to that, what Sophia was now requesting from the Grand Duke was too modest an engagement gift.

 

It was a loss equivalent to losing an entire gold mine, so the more he calculated, the more regrettable it became, but that couldn’t be helped.

 

‘Is this loss unavoidable?’

 

Viscount Lilius glanced at Aubrey.

 

His wife looked ready to put poison in Tulia’s cup if she couldn’t save Tedrick.

 

Of course, he had no intention of blaming her for that.

 

He wanted to do that first more than anyone!

 

However, on the other hand, Aubrey also seemed a bit pathetic to him.

 

Aubrey’s glistening eyes were to the extent that she might mistake Tulia for having ordered Tedrick’s head to be cut off.

 

Though Aubrey had always been protective of Tedrick, lately it felt like madness.

 

‘She said she absolutely hated the idea of having one more son.’

 

Viscount Lilius wisely swallowed all the words he wanted to say and prepared to go out for the first time in a while.

 

Viscount Lilius couldn’t even leave his room due to house arrest because of the scheduled trial.

 

But thanks to deliberately spreading the news that Sophia had received the Crown Prince’s proposal, even the soldiers who had been guarding him began to read Viscount Lilius’s mood.

 

It meant that as long as there were no major issues, he could come and go tactfully enough.

 

“For now, I’ll go out and deliver this news to Elder Brother Nigella. I also need to leak it to the elders who support me while I’m at it.”

 

And in any case.

 

“Since my daughter Sophia is in a situation where she’ll be designated as the Crown Princess, Elder Brother Nigella won’t be able to look down on us like before either.”

 

The positions of Nigella and himself could be reversed in an instant.

 

Thinking of Nigella who would have to read his mood, his previously fallen spirits suddenly began to rise.

 

“We really did well to adopt Sophia.”

 

Viscount Lilius went outside with a smile for the first time in truly a long while.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

And finally.

 

The carriage carrying Sophia Frazier arrived.

 

“Have you arrived, Miss Sophia.”

 

Aubrey’s maids who had hurriedly come out to greet her bowed.

 

Sophia threw her ornate hat to the maids as if tossing it, then looked around the beautiful and magnificent castle.

 

“Frazier Main Castle is still impressive, isn’t it? Well, of course, since there’s no one with skills like our parents.”

 

Aubrey’s maids just smiled awkwardly.

 

“What are you doing? Let’s go quickly. You’ve been taking good care of my room, right?”

 

“How could there be any question of that.”

 

Sophia, as she always had, walked without hesitation like a princess of this Frazier Castle.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

“So, now all the ‘Frazier grandchildren’ have arrived, is that it?”

 

“Yes. Miss Tulia.”

 

There are quite a lot of Frazier grandchildren.

 

First, me and the twins.

 

And Kiel Frazier, the ‘legitimate heir’ of Count Nigella Frazier.

 

Also Kanes Frazier, the second son that Count Nigella had with his mistress.

 

And Sandra Frazier, the mistress’s daughter that Count Nigella officially registered.

 

Tedrick is, well, out of the picture, so whatever.

 

Right now the biggest catch is the adopted daughter of Lilius and Aubrey, who also received a marriage proposal from Crown Prince Ferdinand…

 

Sophia Frazier.

 

It was her.

 

“Sophia Frazier came too?”

 

“Yes. Miss Sophia went straight to greet His Grace the Grand Duke.”

 

“She’s suddenly going to become the main character of Grandfather’s birthday banquet.”

 

I worked so hard preparing for Grandfather’s sake.

 

I felt somewhat disappointed about it.

 

Though Grandfather himself isn’t the type to care about such things at all.

 

“Miss. Will you be changing the hall decorations?”

 

“Hmm…”

 

I pondered for a moment at Adel’s question.

 

It’s true that a great fortune has suddenly come to the family.

 

In such cases, it would be proper etiquette to change the decorations of the planned banquet, but.

 

“No. I won’t change them. Come to think of it, why should I change them?”

 

“What if Viscountess Aubrey says she wants to change them?”

 

“Then I’ll offer her ‘Prano Hall’ and tell her to decorate that.”

 

Adel chuckled softly.

 

The Prano Hall I mentioned was a small-scale hall.

 

About the size of a dining room that could accommodate around twenty people.

 

The scale itself was completely different from this Grand Banquet Hall that could accommodate hundreds.

 

“Don’t give her the storage keys even if she asks for them.”

 

“Yes, Miss. I understand.”

 

If I gave her the storage keys, she might take out all sorts of precious decorations from there to decorate with.

 

I had absolutely no intention of showing such mercy.

 

“Oh, and Adel.”

 

“Yes?”

 

I lowered my voice and asked Adel.

 

“Did you prepare ‘that thing’?”

 

Then Adel smiled slyly.

 

“Of course I prepared it. Miss.”

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