The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 75
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75.
Kuern finally decided to visit ‘Mariposa’.
‘I know it’s become a huge topic of conversation.’
The reason he had been hesitating until now…
was because he couldn’t bring himself to go to his abandoned sister’s shop.
But now he had reached a point where he could no longer pretend not to see it.
‘We must bring Lillian back into the Tillard family.’
That’s what Duke Tillard had said.
‘…! But, Grandfather. The excommunication has already been completed, so how—’
‘First, we just need to reach an agreement with the one who was expelled.’
‘Do you think Lillian would want to come back…?’
‘Does that woman really believe those Baltazar clan would cherish her?’
‘…’
‘Also, does she feel safe that the heartless Tarandia Prince won’t truly destroy her?’
His grandfather was filled with confidence.
Whether it was confidence or anxious blindness was anyone’s guess.
How well could Lillian really be doing in another family anyway?
‘Persuade her nicely. If she wants, let her spend as much budget as she needs.’
Since she was born a Tillard once, he believed she would want to return.
‘Yes, I must make her come back.’
Blood ties are such a fearsome and deep thing.
But as Kuern approached the new shop, his mouth fell open.
“Ha…”
The line of people… was endless…
It’s only 11 AM now?
“Just how early did people start lining up like this?”
His aide whispered in the bewildered Kuern’s ear.
“They say you have to wait from 7 AM to buy anything here, Young Duke.”
“What? 7 o’clock…?”
Have all the people in the world gone mad from having nothing to do in the morning?
‘This isn’t even a cafe or restaurant.’
Artifacts were expensive items. Especially when combined with accessories.
But Kuern had forgotten something.
“Our child’s rank might go up!”
“A miraculous awakening…!”
“This time I’ll pass, Imperial Knights!”
The desire for good fortune was naturally as great as Perniers’ passion for education.
‘But that’s not all.’
While the main building of the shop had more precise expensive items, the annex had smaller artifacts at more accessible prices.
<Moon’s Blessing>
Kuern didn’t know, but it was a product improved once from what was given to the Shadows.
As Lillian had said, the first edition that Shadow possessed had the best efficacy and purity.
Kuern, who had been observing the situation, was dazed.
To think that Lillian was doing all of this alone.
‘I had no idea it would be this amazing.’
But on the other hand, Iris Floren was…
Kuern bit his dry lips and glanced at the building that was almost right next to this shop.
Normally, it should have been bustling with Iris’s regular followers and people trying to place orders.
‘Sales dropped by 20 percent…’
Kuern recalled how the store manager had contacted him separately with a face that looked like crying.
Sales were dropping, but Iris wasn’t taking any particular action.
‘Doesn’t Iris know that’s dangerous?’
Though Kuern was weak with paperwork, he knew what this meant.
Since labor and material costs remained unchanged, there was actually tremendous loss in net profit…
‘I thought Iris was doing well all along, so I didn’t interfere.’
But… what if Lillian had been doing all of that until now…?
‘To think my sister was this amazing.’
…Kuern couldn’t help but feel proud. As expected of his real sister, she had talent!
‘Let’s congratulate her. And this time, let’s have a proper conversation!’
* * *
Why must such an unpleasant encounter befall precious me?
Lillian gazed with indifferent eyes at the former blood relative who had come uninvited.
Since she had opened an artifact business right in front of Iris’s nose, she had expected someone to come pick a fight.
But she hadn’t expected it to be Kuern carrying a huge bouquet like a head ornament, not coming to fight.
“Young Duke Tillard. What brings you here?”
Has this person abandoned manners…
Someone else’s shop is handling the morning rush.
He cut into that line and then crawled inside?
‘Ah… no, that’s not it. He’s acting according to his own common sense.’
Since he’s still in the highest class in the world.
He still couldn’t think of considering others’ time when coming to meet them.
And that huge bouquet…
Isn’t a bouquet quite an awkward gift to carry to the manor without wilting…?
Whether he knew or not, Kuern smiled brightly.
True to Tillard style, when he made an effort, he possessed decent looks.
“I truly congratulate you, little sister.”
“…”
“What truly wonderful skill.”
“…”
“Please accept this congratulatory gift? I bought it for you.”
What was the common trait flowing in Tillard blood?
‘Pretense.’
They were a family specialized in looking decent to others.
He might not have calculated it himself, but to congratulate her in front of so many people like this.
‘If I refuse here, I’ll be the only one who looks bad.’
Even though it was actually Tillard who abandoned her.
Lillian nodded to Marguerite. It meant it was okay to receive the gift on her behalf.
At that sight, Kuern frowned.
“Lillian. Gifts from family shouldn’t be left to a maid.”
“No, Young Duke. It’s because I cannot receive it directly.”
“No matter how angry you are at us—”
“I’m allergic to freesia flowers.”
“…Huh?”
Kuern, who had been trying to find fault, looked bewildered.
“Wh-when did this start—”
“Since I was young. Even when I lived at Tillard Manor.”
“What? But!”
Kuern searched through his memories.
After their parents passed away, he had always given her these flowers as gifts.
They were the flowers that grew most abundantly in the greenhouse.
‘Brother, thank you. The flowers are really love-‘
‘Why do you bother coming to give such greetings? How pointless.’
‘…Ah, I’m sorry… .’
Kuern’s face gradually turned red.
Lillian clicked her tongue inwardly.
I suppose he was trying to act like a good brother in front of others while putting me down.
Not a chance.
“You’ve always liked this gift, haven’t you? So why would you say such things-.”
“Because I knew that if I said I was allergic to these flowers, you’d never bother celebrating my birthday again.”
“…!”
Kuern’s face turned red in an instant.
However, he quickly covered it up with a fake cough.
“Shall we go inside to talk? I’m embarrassed that we might be disturbing people.”
“No, it’s fine.”
I shouldn’t change the battlefield location when I have the advantage.
“Please say what you have to say here.”
“Sigh… Lillian, just come back home.”
How is it that people like this never deviate even an inch from expectations?
“Do you remember the year our parents passed away?”
“…! Of course. It was difficult for all of us-.”
“Do you also remember how I survived by eating grass from the manor grounds after the funeral?”
“…!”
“At that time, you were inside the house, eating meals in the warm dining room. Do you remember when our eyes met?”
Lillian described it matter-of-factly.
The days when she rolled around like an animal before her engagement came back to her hazily.
From the moment her ‘previous life’ intervened, these childhood memories no longer hurt.
Those who had been watching this interesting confrontation began to murmur.
“Young Duke Tillard did that? Aren’t you two… blood siblings…?”
“While he treats Miss Iris so affectionately?”
“She would have been fourteen at the time-.”
Upright, kind, and elegant Kuern Tillard.
This is the kind of backlash that happens when you build yourself up based mainly on character.
If even one flaw is caught, a person looks terribly bad to the world.
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