The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140

“Who did you say is currently sitting in Duke Backhun’s position?”

“A man named Paul… It was belatedly revealed that he had some Backhun blood mixed in, so at the last minute he was adopted by my uncle and received the Backhun surname. Before that, he was a shepherd tending sheep in the duchy.”

The current duke’s background was quite unexpected.

Alpheus, the war hero who had been present when the shepherd was appointed duke, interjected.

“But if it hadn’t been Paul, the civil war wouldn’t have ended. The vassal families said they could only hand over the ducal title to Paul.”

“Well, that’s because Paul was a guaranteed puppet from the start.”

Isabela replied demurely.

“At least in his own territory, he can do as he pleases. Well, I’ll admit that was still your best option.”

I muttered thoughtfully.

“Hmm, so they originally raise sheep in the Duke’s Estate pastures… And those sheep are still fine.”

It would be quite tricky, but catching them in the act would probably be the cleanest approach.

“If that’s their headquarters… I’m thinking we could use the sheep’s characteristics to set a trap.”

I muttered while lost in thought.

“Considering the sheep’s traits, several plans come to mind… For now, I do know of a good sheepdog that shepherds take with them to herd sheep.”

At that, Leopold frowned slightly.

“We’ll all be able to meet soon enough, and of course we’d need to get consent…”

I glanced at him and shrugged my shoulders.

Well, it’s almost transformation time anyway…

Of course, ten days was too short a time to work as a sheepdog. It takes quite a while to befriend and train sheep.

‘But what if I call upon my true name and become able to control that demon?’

Wolf-dog was originally close to me, so I thought he might listen to me well.

‘So even if I told him to spend a month as a dog herding sheep, I think he’d do it… Of course, assuming Leopold agrees…’

I naturally had no intention of forcing it.

But Leopold was the next lord of the Western Region. For the sake of 【Purification】, he would naturally sacrifice this much.

Anyway, to think they’d elevate a shepherd to duke – I’d heard the Northern Region was hastily organized, but it really was a complete mess.

“Well, they still sought legitimacy from Backhun somehow. Backhun really must be something special in the Northern Region.”

That was true in the original story too.

As soon as Isabela appeared, the Northern Region quickly united as if they’d never fought each other.

‘By the way, given Isabela’s current attitude, it seemed like she’d never go back, but in the original she ascended to the Northern Region’s throne with Alpheus. Without telling Alpheus about the curse or anything.’

Well, they weren’t lovers who talked much to begin with.

Perhaps Isabela, belatedly learning that the Northern Region had been taken over by Dark Mages, had no choice but to step forward.

The more I learned about the situation, the more I thought this.

The thought that Northern Region independence might not have been a perfect happy ending.

“Certainly, those animals will probably be used for experiments.”

I sighed and muttered.

“Dark Magic experiments…”

Even Alpheus and Harrison couldn’t offer hopeful rebuttals.

“We must, in one go, somehow end it all.”

I said gloomily.

Then Leopold, having apparently made up his mind, slowly replied.

“That would be best.”

After briefly agreeing, he slowly added.

“So returning to the earlier topic, Wolf-dog probably won’t be able to play the sheepdog role.”

Ah, so he doesn’t like it after all.

Well, he might not like doing role-playing while stuck as a beast…

Since it wasn’t something I could force, I was nodding when he continued.

“Size-wise, a wolf role would be more reasonable.”

He simply wanted to object to the role assignment.

I shrugged and argued back.

“But wouldn’t sheepdog suit you better? Cute, kind, and gentle.”

Then Harrison jumped in with alarm.

“You mean Wolf-dog? That ridiculously huge, mean-looking beast you kept around? No, Brisa. Anyone can see that’s clearly a vicious wolf.”

“If you’re going to fabricate things in the future, put some time between them, Harrison. Everyone here knows I didn’t actually call him vicious.”

Leopold gracefully criticized.

I also shrugged and advised.

“Right. Your intelligence is a bit lacking for manipulating public opinion. But well, you have ‘Charm’, so with a little more effort you might become a B-grade playboy.”

Harrison, relatively unaffected by our attacks, consistently maintained his position.

“Now that I think about it, you’re the only one insisting on calling that thing a dog, Brisa. Why are you being so unlike yourself? You must have lost your objective perspective because you like Wolf-dog too much.”

“Keep going, Harrison.”

Then Leopold raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms.

“More details. Then I’ll forgive you for calling me an ‘idiot’ without any basis in front of the Centauros earlier.”

Unable to give up hope, I carefully asked in the meantime.

“If that’s really the case, how about one dog, two roles?”

Isabela, who had no intention of listening to the teenagers’ pointless argument, cut in decisively.

“I’ll make the objective assessment of whether that’s a dog or wolf. For now, let’s discuss how we’ll plan our strategy using the sheep.”

Borem and Isabela weren’t from shepherd backgrounds but from the original ducal family, so they didn’t know much about sheep, and Rudolph Village wasn’t a place that made a living raising sheep. Therefore, the strategy ultimately had to be devised by me, having thoroughly read the entire 【Understanding Livestock】 series multiple times.

“Alright, for the next few weeks.”

That is, until Wolf-dog appears again.

“Let’s do our best.”

And so several weeks passed.

While we made full preparations, Leopold’s transformation cycle also approached.

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