The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 34
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Chapter 34
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Baron Forman Territory.
“Leo!”
Baron Forman’s granddaughter, Silvia, came running over.
“What on earth happened here… Oh my, Grandfather?”
Silvia’s eyes widened as she jumped in surprise.
“Where on earth have you been all this time! You left just one measly letter saying you’d be away briefly on the Grand Duke’s orders! All this time without a single word!”
Baron Forman hadn’t even informed his family of his whereabouts.
“I didn’t know I’d be away from the territory for so long either, Silvia. And Leo came too.”
Leopold appeared from behind Baron Forman. Leopold greeted her halfheartedly.
“Your voice is as loud as ever, Silvia.”
Baron Forman lived with his son and daughter-in-law, and his granddaughter, with Silvia being his only granddaughter. In other words, she was Leopold’s only cousin.
“Your attitude is as terrible as ever too, Leo.”
Silvia shrugged and shot back as usual, then asked Baron Forman.
“Grandfather, so you’ve been with Leo all this time?”
Silvia was a fourteen-year-old girl, the same age as Leopold.
Baron Forman didn’t answer any of his granddaughter’s questions and casually asked.
“Nothing unusual happened in the territory?”
“Something unusual did happen. It’s been exactly 63 days since I started begging Father to let me get engaged.”
Baron Forman let out a deep sigh upon hearing Silvia’s words.
His granddaughter, who would someday inherit this territory, lacked common sense unlike Leopold. She had grown close to a boy at the Academy where he’d sent her to study, and now she was pestering them about getting engaged.
“Matthias and I are destined for each other. I want to get engaged.”
“Silvia, come to your senses.”
“But if we don’t decide right now, I might end up marrying guys who only care about my background! Marriage proposals are already pouring in to Father! Can you believe it, without even knowing what I look like!”
“So you want to get engaged at fourteen?”
“It’s the perfect age for engagement! Brisa Sears got engaged when she was seven…”
Leopold casually interrupted Silvia’s words.
“But she safely broke off the engagement. Silvia, I’m also against engagements that are too early.”
“Really? Do you truly think that? Swearing on your honor and face?”
“No.”
Leopold corrected himself halfheartedly.
“Actually, I’m not really interested.”
“I figured as much. Why would you care about my fate?”
Silvia crossed her arms and spoke sarcastically.
“The great Leopold Nogen already has his own ‘destiny,’ after all.”
“Is Uncle in the library?”
Leopold didn’t particularly acknowledge Silvia and strode into the mansion.
“I came because there’s something I need to check in the library.”
The library at Baron Forman’s estate contained vast materials. This was because Silvia’s father, Baron Forman’s only son, was the director of the ‘Nogen Magic Library.’
There were about ten ‘Magic Libraries’ in the Empire. The Capital Academy and Magic Tower libraries were among them.
And the ‘Nogen Magic Library’ located in Baron Forman Territory was also a magic library.
There were many libraries that simply collected books. But magic libraries were uniquely special because all books and research papers were automatically stored in subspace and could be searched by title and author.
“Did you prepare 2 gold?”
Silvia mercilessly demanded the library entrance fee from her cousin.
“You know there’s no family discount, right? Especially not for family members richer than me.”
“I’m not interested in discounts. Just like I’m not interested in your fate.”
Leopold threw out his words curtly and strode away.
“Of course. Your fate would come before mine anyway.”
Silvia stuck her tongue out at his retreating back.
After Leopold disappeared into the library, Baron Forman lowered his voice and asked Silvia.
“What? ‘Fate’? What’s that about?”
“Just fate, that’s all.”
Silvia said with a giggle.
“The whole time he was at the Academy, Leo was frantically searching for someone. He kept going to the library looking for traces of that ‘fate’ of his.”
She continued as if finding it amusing.
“If Grand Duke Nogen wants Leo to marry quickly, he should pray that the ‘fate’ Leo is searching for is a woman his age.”
“What on earth are you talking about?”
Baron Forman stamped his foot and gasped for breath.
Silvia shrugged her shoulders.
“Exactly what I said. There’s someone Leo wants to meet. He doesn’t know their face, age, or gender.”
“What kind of person is it?”
“I don’t really know either, but it seems to be the author of some research paper. Rather than author, it would be more accurate to call them a paper factory? He said they have an incredible number of papers.”
“Paper factory?”
“Does Leo ever tell anyone details about anything? I only know this much because it’s me.”
“If it’s someone like that, why can’t he find them?”
“I heard that paper author uses a pseudonym.”
Silvia said, tilting her head.
“So he said he absolutely can’t figure out their identity.”
“What’s the pseudonym?”
“How would I know? What if I asked out of politeness and actually got a proper answer? Honestly, I’m not that interested.”
Baron Forman nodded. Indeed, they had a normal cousin relationship.
“But Grandfather, where did you really go?”
“Never mind that, do you have any potatoes in the mansion?”
“We should have some. Should I have them prepared as a late-night snack?”
“Yes. It would be nice to have some small fish as a side dish too.”
“Yes!”
Silvia fluttered off to the kitchen.
Baron Forman was anxiously waiting for his late-night snack, eating potatoes and muttering, “This doesn’t taste right…” when it happened.
“Great-grandfather.”
Leopold had returned from the library at some point and stood before him.
Leopold asked Baron Forman.
“You investigated Brisa Sears, didn’t you?”
“You’re quick to ask.”
Baron Forman took another bite of potato and answered.
“I like that girl.”
“I see.”
Leopold replied as if he had no interest in his great-grandfather’s feelings, then added anxiously.
“I want to meet that girl as soon as possible.”
Baron Forman finally looked up from his plate. But Leopold was holding a research paper in his hand.
Southern wheat…
“And these wheats aren’t Western wheat. I think they’re Southern wheat, but investigate it anyway.”
When Brisa had said that, Baron Forman also thought it was meaningful information. To ignore Western wheat and specifically use Southern wheat that costs more to distribute…
Moreover, the Southern Region wasn’t even functioning properly as a territory right now.
In other words, the Dark Mages caught at the Western Port were connected to the Southern Region. At least their main base was definitely in the Southern Region.
“Anyway, to investigate the Southern Region, we have to wait until Warp is operational.”
Baron Forman finished swallowing his food and said.
“There’s nothing we can do anyway.”
“Ah, I’m not talking about the Southern wheat.”
Leopold thrust the research paper toward Baron Forman.
“A review paper on Southern wheat might be helpful too. ‘Characteristics and Considerations of Southern Wheat Varieties.’ It’s the only paper that deals exclusively with Southern wheat anyway.”
It was the paper Brisa had recommended last time.
“You’re not telling your great-grandfather, who just went through all kinds of hardships and finally came back to eat potatoes, to read this, are you?”
When Baron Forman asked, Leopold quietly pointed to the author’s name.
“Hmm?”
Baron Forman’s eyes narrowed.
The author’s name was simply ‘El’, just one character.
“I’m looking for this person.”
“…What does that have to do with the Young Lady of House of Sears?”
“Great-grandfather, this person’s papers aren’t easy to find. Because the name is only one character.”
Every magic library had Search Magic services.
Only then could Baron Forman understand what Leopold meant.
There were an enormous number of names that included ‘El’.
The Magic Tower automatically registers research papers as long as they meet the basic requirements. So even if you searched for ‘El’ at the search desk, you’d only get tens of millions of results.
“I didn’t know Brisa Sears would be familiar with this person’s research papers.”
Leopold said with a serious expression.
“If that girl knows more about this person’s papers, we need to find even the smallest clue.”
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