That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 87

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Chapter 87

“…!”

In that moment, Sophia drew in a sharp breath.

“The shopping district…. My brother’s?”

“You know it too, don’t you? Sophia.”

My gaze was direct. My posture relaxed.

So that she would slowly but surely become shaken.

“Is there another grandchild in our Frazier family who received our grandparents’ love and support as ‘passionately’ as Tedrick?”

To remove the lies that had been covering her eyes and tell her the truth.

“In our Frazier family?”

And thus, to make her move according to my will.

“Brother Leon too…!”

In that moment, Sophia’s voice had risen high but then slowly subsided.

That’s right.

Marquis Aster Frazier might provide Leon with living expenses and such, but he’s a terrible cold-hearted person who doesn’t come to raise him directly.

The fact that Leon Frazier grew up properly enough to make a name for himself at the Academy was purely due to his own capabilities.

“You know too, don’t you? The gifts that Fraziers receive after their debutante balls.”

The direct descendants of the Frazier family received the right to manage land and some land as gifts according to family law after their debutante balls.

It was the family’s intention for them to learn economic concepts by directly managing land, and also to gain advantageous benefits when they married later.

Compared to other families that at most assigned tutors or entrusted them with one small shop owned by the family’s trading company, this was truly an enormous gesture.

“Tedrick got the best shopping district among all the grandchildren.”

“….”

“Thanks to uncle and aunt. You weren’t promised a place that good, were you? For after you have your debutante ball later.”

Grind.

Sophia seemed to have unconsciously gritted her teeth.

Everyone is like that.

When you touch on someone’s complex, their body reacts first.

Sophia, who had lived thinking there wasn’t such a big visible difference between herself and Tedrick, the biological son, even though she was an adopted daughter, would be feeling an even greater sense of betrayal now.

“If you manage Tedrick’s shopping district for him, Sophia.”

“….”

“You’ll become skilled at calculating the national treasury as the future Crown Princess, and well.”

I slowly smiled.

“Your reputation will rise a lot too, and it’ll spread throughout the Imperial Capital’s high society, won’t it?”

“…!”

Sophia, who had seemed entranced by my words, belatedly came to her senses and drew a line.

“Crown Princess, what! I won’t marry that monster!”

“You’ll break off the engagement?”

“Of course! Who would want to be with such a defective product…. Even if I can’t do it right now, I’ll break off the engagement later!”

Even as she spoke coldly, her eyes looked busy.

Reputation.

Her reputation that would spread throughout the Imperial Capital’s high society.

Directly managing a huge commercial district would be very good marriage conditions for unmarried nobles.

The gold that could be earned from Tedrick’s shopping district was a secondary matter.

“….”

Anyway, breaking off the engagement with the Crown Prince wouldn’t be as big a flaw for Sophia as one might think.

That’s what Sophia was thinking.

It wouldn’t be a thought only she had.

As she said, the Crown Prince was suffering from divine power deficiency syndrome, Cupid’s disease.

“An unmarried noble woman holding such a commercial area would be an incredible bride candidate.”

“….”

Sophia didn’t answer, but she seemed sufficiently moved. I could feel her desire stirring from here.

Literally, she was just ‘moved’ for now.

Finally.

She was younger than the clever Sophia from .

And therefore, I drove the final nail into this selfish Frazier who still had plenty of room to be manipulated.

“You know how particularly noisy the Imperial Capital nobles are, don’t you?”

“….”

“When everyone is talking about you like crazy, if you have even one more thing to hold onto.”

“….”

“That too will be imprinted as an attractive advantage to numerous unmarried groom candidates.”

“….”

“Not for the current you, but for the future you.”

Bang.

If I could hear the sound in Sophia’s heart, wouldn’t it be exactly like this?

“…I should call the maids.”

Sophia got up from her seat and pulled the bell cord.

Her maids who had been waiting outside came in.

“Pack up all these jewelry boxes.”

“Yes? Yes, Miss.”

Since Sophia had already closed the lids of the jewelry boxes, the maids couldn’t see the contents inside.

After sending out the maids who had taken the heavy jewelry boxes first, Sophia looked around my room once more.

Burning greed behind her eyes. And jealousy and anger.

I leisurely leaned back in my wheelchair without saying much.

Good.

She fell for it completely.

* * *

Knock knock.

“Come, in.”

Creak.

The door opened and Leon Frazier strode in. As soon as he entered, Leon sniffed the tea fragrance.

“What is this smell?”

Lisian poured tea into a new teacup without saying anything special.

Leon took a sip of the tea he received and tilted his head.

“Why is it so sweet? Brother, you usually don’t drink tea with such strong sweetness, do you?”

What about all those precious teas that are good for the body and taste bitter?

“Did you suddenly have a change of heart?”

“Tulia sent, it as, a gift.”

These were tea leaves that Adel had come to deliver while he was busy getting dressed to attend the banquet.

“These are the tea leaves the young lady likes most. Young master.”

“Is that so?”

He had also heard a message asking to go out together later to buy tea leaves.

Her most cherished tea leaves.

I was curious.

So even in the midst of being busy with preparations, I was deliberately taking time to taste the tea like this.

“It’s Tu-Tulia’s most, most favorite tea leaves.”

“What?!”

Leon Frazier shot up from his seat.

“Mine?!”

“There isn’t any.”

“Why?!”

“Would I give you any when you tor-torment Tulia every day?”

“Torment?! I was just being her horse and giving her rides!”

A horse…

Remembering Tulia turning pale and screaming “Waah!” made Lisian burst into laughter.

Regardless, Leon was busy fuming.

“That kid is really mean?! Why does she discriminate between you and me like this?!”

Leon grumbled indignantly while quickly grabbing the tongs and plopping ice cubes into his tea.

The ice cubes melted into water as soon as they were put in the teacup.

Leon kept adding ice until the tea that had been steaming hot cooled down somewhat, then suddenly downed the entire cup in one gulp.

Jump!

“I need to go confront her about this!”

“Leon. While you’re, you’re at it.”

Lisian took a sip of his still hot and sweet tea before continuing.

“Es-escort Tulia here.”

Leon Frazier’s eyes sparkled brightly.

“Got it!”

“Like a gen-gentleman.”

At those words, Leon immediately deflated.

“You’re just telling me not to run while carrying the wheelchair in a roundabout way. Tch. Fine.”

Then should I carry her on my back and run like a gentleman instead?

Humming cheerfully with an excited heart as he walked, his personal physician quickly followed.

No matter how monster-like Leon Frazier’s stamina was, he was still in a state where his injuries hadn’t fully healed.

So the personal physician constantly followed Leon around.

‘The young master is amazing too. He doesn’t care about the stares at all.’

Today was, in any case, Grand Duke Assis Frazier’s birthday celebration.

So many people had attended.

While outsiders couldn’t enter this inner castle, servants were busily coming and going.

Among them, the maids and quite a number of attendants were staring wide-eyed at Leon’s appearance.

Since it was a banquet, Leon Frazier, who had prepared perfectly, was an outstanding handsome man even from his personal physician’s perspective.

While it was rude for servants to stare directly at their master’s face, it was hard to call being mesmerized like this truly rude.

If it was like this inside, how much more intense would it be outside.

Seeing him walk without the slightest disturbance despite all these stares, it seemed he was truly accustomed to such attention.

‘But he really is handsome from my perspective too.’

Indeed.

Though they were twins, Lisian and Leon were completely different depending on one’s taste. Both were incredibly handsome, but blood is thicker than water.

‘Leon Young Master, whom I serve, is the god of beauty himself.’

Yes, absolutely.

Knock knock.

“Come in.”

With those thoughts, the personal physician followed Leon into Tulia’s quarters.

“I came to get you, Tulia!”

Along with Leon’s hearty shout, the personal physician who entered the room completely changed his mind.

‘Our young master was a false god!’

Leon felt the same way.

Leon, who had just seen Tulia after she finished preparing, rubbed his eyes repeatedly before continuing.

“…am I looking for?”

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