That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82

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“So now Adel is the head maid in charge of the main castle.”

“Thank you, Miss Tulia.”

“Clara?”

“Y-yes!”

“You’ll serve as my senior maid.”

Clara, who had been trembling with fear, hunched her shoulders even more fearfully at those words.

‘Scared, aren’t you? Keep being scared.’

Clara.

One of the maids that Aubrey had bribed to put me in danger.

The very maid that Aubrey, after being counterattacked by me, had beaten mercilessly in her rage and then sold off to an illegal slave auction house.

And she was from the borderlands.

I had bought Clara back with a large sum of money—or more precisely, with the money I got from dismantling and selling the pure gold hairpin I had received from Empress Carmi.

And I made her my senior maid.

As if to show off.

“Miss Tulia.”

The assistant butler approached and whispered in a small voice.

I looked in the direction the assistant butler’s gaze was pointing and asked.

“Aunt Aubrey left, didn’t she?”

“Yes. She saw Clara just now, turned pale as a corpse, and left immediately.”

“Good. Well done.”

The assistant butler bowed his head lightly and disappeared with Clara.

‘She must be terrified, hehe.’

I could imagine Aubrey’s expression without even seeing it.

An illegal slave auction house.

Of course, the Briyang Empire doesn’t recognize slavery.

But as is the case everywhere, the wealthy class often indulged in strange tastes as open secrets.

In too, there were quite a few such nobles mentioned.

However, openly selling a family’s ‘servant’ to such a place was quite—no, a major problem.

It could crack Viscountess Aubrey’s reputation beyond repair and deal quite a significant blow to it.

Depending on how I use Clara as a card, perhaps Aubrey might be completely…

Hehehe.

I almost burst into joyful laughter without realizing it.

“Tulia. Shall we, shall we go to the ban, banquet hall now?”

At Lisian’s words, I nodded.

“Put your shoes back on.”

“Okay.”

Since I was sitting in the wheelchair, I had taken off my shoes and was comfortably wiggling my feet.

Although I had to stay in the wheelchair for the time being, I couldn’t be barefoot even in the banquet hall.

Just as Adel was about to move to put my shoes on.

“Brother?”

I blinked in confusion.

Because Lisian had knelt down on one knee himself to put my shoes on.

“Comfortable?”

“Huh? Yeah.”

I nodded awkwardly.

For a high-ranking noble like Lisian to kneel down so casually and put shoes on someone else.

Wasn’t this kind of thing a Coriko exclusive privilege?

I felt somewhat embarrassed but also had other thoughts.

‘Sigh. This is the kind of thing that should have been shown at places like the Academy with lots of people.’

Or at least at a grand ball overflowing with ladies and noble women.

I knew well enough from how tremendously popular these twins were in Briyang Empire’s high society.

‘Oh my, what am I thinking again with angel-like Lisian.’

Tulia’s characteristically wicked personality must have popped out. Yes, yes. There’s no way I would think such things.

To think I should show off to countless ladies the sight of such a tremendous handsome man kneeling to put shoes on me.

No, rather than a thought, was it a sinister ulterior motive?

“Hyung. Are you done putting her shoes on?”

My endlessly flowing thoughts were interrupted by a voice that suddenly popped up.

It was Leon Frazier’s voice coming from right behind me.

“Yeah. All done putting them on.”

Lisian smiled gently as he stood up.

“Really?”

From Leon Frazier’s questioning tone, I felt a tremendous sense of foreboding.

“…Hey.”

“Then we should go to the banquet hall.”

“Hey…”

“Hold on tight.”

“Hey! Let go!”

But Leon Frazier wasn’t the type to listen to what I said in the first place.

“Ahh!”

The wheelchair began racing like a runaway locomotive, just like last time.

I screamed and gripped the safety handles attached to the wheelchair tightly.

“Hey! Go slowly!”

“Huh? You’re hungry? Run faster?”

“Leon! Hey!”

The sound of Leon Frazier bursting into delighted laughter rang in my ears.

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The banquet hall.

Grandfather sat at the head table.

Below him, seats were arranged according to generational order.

I sat at a fairly high position and looked down at the delicious food being placed before me.

I scooped up a spoonful of soup and pushed it into my mouth.

Beef cooked tender enough to fall apart, rich butter, and savory cream mixed together to stimulate my appetite.

There was also a basketful of bread with crusts baked to a crispy light brown and insides that were white and fluffy.

I picked up a fist-sized piece of bread and spread sweet cranberry jam on it before eating.

Since this was a banquet held among family first to celebrate Grandfather’s ‘birthday.’

All the drinks were unified as champagne.

Among them were many sweet champagnes that suited my taste well. Of course, they were incredibly expensive.

‘300,000 gold per glass, so about 300,000 won?’

Champagne worth 300,000 won per glass…

I had already requested and drunk three glasses of that expensive champagne.

The servants politely and respectfully served me a fresh glass of cool champagne.

If I had just said the word, they would have certainly brought me the entire bottle.

Gulp, gulp.

The bursting bubbles stimulated my tongue and throat as they went down refreshingly.

Then I pushed the newly arrived sweet and spicy shrimp dish into my mouth. There wasn’t a hint of fishy smell.

Only the blissfully firm and savory texture of the shrimp delighted my mouth.

When eaten with leafy vegetables garnished with snowflake-like grated cheese, the taste was completely different.

‘How can the chefs of the main castle, who work directly under Grandfather, cook so well…?’

They were on another level entirely, incomparable to the chefs in my kitchen.

I was able to enjoy the continuing meal very pleasantly.

Unlike the others.

‘Tedrick couldn’t even join this gathering.’

The same was true for Lilius.

Aubrey and Sophia.

Only those two were members of the ‘Viscount House’ who could have a place in this banquet hall.

Perhaps it was because the head of the house and the heir couldn’t attend.

Both Sophia and Aubrey looked cautious.

“…”

Aubrey looked particularly unwell.

My goodness.

To not be able to properly enjoy such expensive and delicious food.

It was so pitiful that I felt full myself.

After the main meal ended, we moved to the dining room.

Outside, guests seemed to have already started arriving, as small commotions could be felt beyond the thick doors.

‘Since it’s Grandfather’s birthday banquet, many people must have come.’

Moreover, the news that Sophia had received Crown Prince Ferdinand’s proposal must have already spread widely.

This birthday banquet would be large-scale in many ways.

While I was recalling the various preparations made in the grand banquet hall, Grandfather called Sophia.

“Sophia Frazier.”

“Yes, G-Grandfather.”

Sophia was no different from the other grandchildren.

A slightly trembling voice. But compared to Tedrick or the former Tulia, her posture looked much better.

“You must have already heard from your mother.”

“…?”

“Crown Prince Ferdinand has proposed to you.”

“…?!”

And at that moment, seeing Sophia’s eyes widen immediately, I could tell right away.

The fact that she was hearing this news for the first time.

If I noticed it, how could anyone else in this place not know?

Grandfather also seemed to realize that Sophia was hearing about this proposal for the first time right here.

“Did you not tell Sophia in advance?”

Aubrey hurriedly stood up from her seat and spoke in a respectful posture.

“Ah, since it’s such an important matter, I thought it would be better for Sophia to hear it directly from Father…”

“Hmm. So what is your opinion?”

“Sh-she and I have decided to accept the proposal.”

“…!”

Sophia’s eyes widened as much as they possibly could.

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