The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 156

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Chapter 156

“You’re talking as if Brisa is twenty-three. She’s only thirteen now.”

“You can’t use her youth as an excuse. Brisa is a high-ranking noble who was engaged at seven. Silvia will at least inherit the library, but that child has nothing. Marquis Sears doesn’t understand how the world works, but noble young ladies in such circumstances usually get engaged quickly.”

“Speaking so coherently like this, who exactly are you to be occupying Harrison’s body? Actually, it was strange from when you accurately used the term ‘spreading false information’ earlier.”

“It’s because I’m frustrated! How frustrated must I have been for my brain cells to awaken?”

Harrison snorted.

“I watched Brisa staring blankly at your back throughout our Academy days. She still does that. But you won’t even partner with her, and you use Silvia as a shield while showing no interest in other women. Yet when you’re not around, you send that wolf-dog like a surveillance guard.”

“…”

“I just think that… doesn’t seem very good for Brisa. If you’re not going to accept her feelings, how about you just disappear from in front of Brisa entirely? It looks kind of… pitiful.”

“I didn’t know you had so much sympathy. Am I not pitiful?”

“You have a lot. Why would you be pitiful?”

Leopold raised his eyebrows.

His mother was said to have loved reading.

If she hadn’t become the Grand Duchess of Nogen, his mother probably would have become the director of this library.

If she hadn’t married his father, she would probably be living peacefully here day by day.

There was no need to tell Harrison such things, so he just chuckled.

“I’ll handle it myself.”

His curse was now controllable. By none other than Brisa.

Of course, that didn’t mean he could boldly tell Brisa ‘I want to stand by your side.’

The wolf inside him hadn’t completely disappeared. And curses are hereditary.

No matter how controllable it was, if this curse appeared in his and Brisa’s child…

And if due to some unknown variable, that child’s curse couldn’t be controlled…

“I plan to meet a good husband, have pretty children, and raise them well with love.”

Unless he was completely free from the curse, he couldn’t fulfill that ordinary wish.

Of course, there was hope. Even very close now.

If he could obtain the ring as planned, he might be able to break the curse entirely.

Then the reason he had desperately distanced himself from Brisa would completely disappear.

The ‘circumstances’ that had first led him to search for ‘El’ would end happily like this.

The Western Region would be freed from the curse, and the ‘contamination’ was also resolved through 【Purification】.

It was all thanks to Brisa.

However, Brisa…

“The Dark Mages are trying to use you to bring disaster to this continent.”

Brisa herself had gained nothing except terrible truths so far.

Even if she seemed to have gained much, it was mostly things that benefited the residents of Sears’ territory more.

“If I kill you here, I’d at least be doing one good thing for the world.”

Leopold vividly remembered how Brisa’s body had stiffened when she heard those words.

Even if they destroyed the ring and brought down the Crown Prince, Brisa wouldn’t be safe unless they rooted out the Dark Mages.

“What are you going to handle yourself?”

“I’ll protect her.”

Leopold said in a low voice.

“Somehow, I will, directly, certainly, staking everything I have.”

Then he dipped his quill in ink and said.

“Anyway, this kind of relationship isn’t my preference either. I don’t plan to live like this forever.”

“Really? Then what exactly is your preference?”

“Direct confrontation.”

Harrison’s eyes widened.

Leopold snorted and said arrogantly.

“At the upcoming Imperial banquet, I’ll definitely fulfill your wish regarding Brisa.”

Then, before Harrison could ask more questions, he shouted loudly toward Silvia.

“Silvia, I know you often become foolish in front of books, but wouldn’t it be good to deliver that letter within this year?”

Silvia, who had been hiding behind the bookshelf, gasped in surprise.

“I’m going to get Harrison out of the Western Region somehow before harvest season.”

Leopold said languidly.

“The praise for what I possess keeps increasing daily, and if he witnesses the harvest season too, he might seriously aim for the Grand Duchess position.”

Finally, Silvia, who had been restless, took a deep breath and revealed herself.

Then she approached them with very awkward steps.

“Hmm? Silvia?”

Harrison smiled, crinkling his eyes.

“It’s been a while. This library is really nice. Thank you for letting me use it freely.”

Silvia’s pupils instantly dilated.

“Right, I think I’m really starting to love this library from this very moment…”

Meanwhile, Leopold snatched the letters from Silvia’s hand.

“You came to deliver these, right?”

His eyes narrowed as he held the two letters.

“Wait. Why are there two?”

One was a letter Silvia had written to Harrison.

It was obviously going to be a lengthy welcome message saying it was an honor to have him here and hoping to continue their friendship.

But the other one was addressed to Leopold.

Leopold immediately recognized the sender from the round handwriting.

“You should have given me something like this quickly.”

He threw Silvia’s letter to Harrison while frowning.

“I thought both were similarly useless things.”

Then Silvia came to her senses.

She opened her eyes in triangular shapes and answered.

“They’re both useless, right. A talking trash can just took both of them.”

However, Leopold couldn’t retort to that comment. He had to focus on the short letter Brisa had sent.

The content was simple.

[Progress is smooth, and proceeding faster than expected.]

She must have obtained information about the ring faster than anticipated.

“As expected, quite capable.”

After carefully sorting through several documents he had been reviewing, Leopold stood up abruptly.

“I’m going to see Grandfather.”

Looking at Harrison’s bewildered face, Leopold gave brief instructions.

“Let’s go to the capital now, Harrison. You prepare too.”

“Huh? Is Brisa taking long?”

“Well, it’s not exactly that.”

But since she said progress was fast… wouldn’t it be okay to go a little earlier than originally scheduled?

Leopold mumbled vaguely.

“Just as a consideration.”

Then Harrison asked without much thought.

“Ah, consideration for Brisa’s schedule?”

No. For my heart.

* * *

After the gathering at Count Isitna’s mansion ended.

“Wow.”

Isabela said with a dazed expression inside the carriage.

“To think it would end so quickly.”

Once Delmia stepped forward, everything became really easy.

Mrs. Pirin originally wouldn’t even make eye contact with us, but when Delmia said “Madam?” once, the whole situation was over.

“This is a necklace my mother gave me. I plan to pass it down to my daughter or daughter-in-law too. But I wonder how long this tradition will last… I hope it remains a meaningful piece of jewelry for a long time, would that be possible?”

In fact, if asked ‘tell me about the rings of the imperial women right now,’ it was obvious she would rattle off answers.

But Mrs. Pirin might come to her senses and immediately go report to the Imperial Court. So I asked as indirectly as possible.

Sure enough, Mrs. Pirin answered immediately.

“Of course it’s possible! The Imperial Family even has rings that have been passed down for 800 years.”

“Oh, really? Are those rings that were traditionally passed down to daughters?”

“No, they belong to the Imperial Court. In fact, the Empress Dowager lent one to the Imperial Princess for a while, and when the Imperial Princess married and left for a foreign country, she returned it to the Empress Dowager before departing.”

Delmia was at a loss for words here. The script content we had prepared in advance had ended. So I stepped in.

“Oh my, but why weren’t we told about this? It has such deep meaning, it would have been nice if you had boasted about it!”

After I spoke, Delmia only needed to say one thing.

“That’s right, I want to know the reason. I wish someone would tell us.”

The Empire’s greatest beauty’s lisping had strong impact.

Mrs. Pirin spoke earnestly with enchanted eyes.

“Well… it’s not such a flashy ring, so it’s not suitable for openly boasting about. Moreover, it has a snake engraved on it, so to declare it as an official tradition is a bit… The animal symbolizing the Empire is a bird, you know?”

That was enough.

Mrs. Pirin would probably think ‘I babbled on my own without even being asked’ and keep her mouth shut.

I received more information than expected. Enough that we wouldn’t need to have any more gatherings like this.

“Please give my regards to the Empress Dowager.”

But when I threw out that comment feeling slightly guilty, an unexpected answer came back.

“Well… I haven’t seen the Empress Dowager for quite some time myself.”

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