The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 71
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Chapter 71
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Dahlia looked out at the vast tomato field.
Spectators gathered around her.
“Isn’t it really funny? Nobles from the Central Region competing in the Western and Eastern Regions.”
“Well, but if they plant wheat for us, we’d be grateful. The tomato farming failed too.”
“But you received a huge amount of compensation, right? Thanks to Young Lady Brisa Sears.”
“We received a full year’s worth, so we just need to watch.”
She could hear all the murmuring voices of the farmers.
They already had high trust in Brisa. Because she had immediately identified the cause of the withering tomatoes.
“But who exactly is that young lady?”
“She’s the daughter of Baron Hawin’s House. I heard she’s Marquis Sears’ cousin.”
“Baron Hawin’s House? It sounds familiar, but also unfamiliar…”
“You should have read the newspaper. He’s a criminal and is currently in prison.”
“Then is it really okay to entrust our land to that young lady?”
Dahlia gritted her teeth inwardly.
Her heart was pounding.
“Remember this. You’re not protecting something right now, you’re taking it away.”
The gentle voice of the Duchess of Dibosthan echoed in her ears.
“So you mustn’t act rashly. You need to slowly show your abilities. Make others acknowledge you. If you show your special ability and public opinion starts saying ‘Is that all?’, then everything is over. You must act slowly, building up others’ expectations.”
She had given this advice even while suing Sears.
“First, don’t mention the term ‘Sears Special Ability’ to anyone except nobles. Show your abilities first, let those abilities be exaggerated, and then say it’s the Sears Special Ability. There are many people with superhuman abilities. Just look at Alpheus Sears.”
Indeed, there were quite a few people with special abilities.
Most of them were usually at the Magic Tower. It’s just that the special abilities of the First Five Families were more powerful and famous because they were inherited through bloodlines.
“You must be careful because if you attach the name ‘Sears Special Ability’ and then show it off proudly, you might get a reaction that it’s not as impressive as expected.”
But from Dahlia’s perspective, public opinion was already tilted.
When Brisa went to the Seldoche Herb Field and brought up this competition, the Western Region farmers cheered for her. They had already seen the success of hydroponic cultivation with their own eyes, so they acknowledged her.
But what about these Eastern Region farmers?
They were just looking at her with suspicious eyes, as if evaluating her.
‘How dare these lowly things, when even the Duchess of Dibosthan acknowledged me…’
They were even whispering as if they already acknowledged Brisa’s abilities.
‘This won’t do.’
Dahlia thought as she swallowed dryly.
‘If I lose momentum early on, I’ll be defeated.’
In truth, she didn’t know much about farming. But she had a special ability.
The miraculous opportunity for a special ability that had come to her while she was being dragged to the monastery.
“Um, Young Lady.”
Having whispered enough among themselves, the farm workers from the Eastern Region slowly approached Dahlia.
“Should we… help you with something?”
“Oh, no. It’s fine.”
Dahlia smiled forcefully.
This wouldn’t do. She needed to seize the momentum.
The Duchess of Dibosthan had told her to be sparing with mentioning Sears’ special ability, but in Dahlia’s view, this power had no reason to be undervalued.
So she smiled proudly.
“I have Sears’ special ability.”
“…Pardon?”
The farmers, who didn’t know the detailed circumstances and only knew this was a family competition, widened their eyes.
“Watch carefully.”
Dahlia took a deep breath and raised her hand high. At the same time, about five ants that had been crawling around in the field began to grow rapidly.
“Huh?”
“Whoa!”
“What…?”
All the farmers who were watching were so startled they nearly fell backward.
Dahlia commanded the ants that had grown to the size of her body.
“Now. Completely plow the tomato field.”
The tomato field was currently in a state where tomatoes were scattered and the ground was torn up.
“Clean it up neatly.”
The five enlarged ants began plowing the ground.
Dahlia smiled as if showing off.
“This is Sears’ special ability, 【Taming】.”
People knew nothing about taming. So everyone blinked slowly. It was an amazing phenomenon, after all.
“Mm.”
The ants worked really fast.
“There, the ground is clean now. Water it thoroughly.”
Dahlia commanded confidently as if showing off.
“The wheat seeds… let me see.”
After that, she began selecting the wheat seeds sent from the Western Region.
“The Duke certainly said that the larger the wheat seeds, the taller they grow and the more wheat grains they bear.”
The farmers from the Eastern Region had been growing tomatoes, so they didn’t know much about wheat farming.
Of course, even if they knew something more, they couldn’t tell Dahlia due to the rules of the competition. Everything had to be decided by Dahlia herself.
“Good. Then we just need to select and plant only the large seeds.”
Dahlia lifted her chin and looked at the farmers.
“Of course, if the grains grow densely and abundantly, harvesting might be tricky, but we have the ants, so it’s fine. They’re different from people.”
The farmers were now watching the ants as if mesmerized, as they efficiently poured water on their own. Literally, there was no comparison to human strength or speed.
“Brisa Sears?”
Dahlia said with her arms crossed.
“Don’t believe her nonsense.”
The farmers looked at each other with confused faces.
Dahlia shrugged her shoulders and smiled wickedly.
“Her mother was crazy. Really.”
The rumor that the Last Princess of Riente was mad had been openly circulating. However, it hadn’t been confirmed as fact, and after her death, it wasn’t even a matter of people’s interest.
But if these words came from the mouth of a noble, and moreover a relative who had lived nearby…
“Brisa Sears inherited that madness too. That’s why her engagement was broken off. Because she went mad. And that elder brother of hers is a lowly mercenary who grew up among commoners, so he goes along with all her crazy talk.”
Dahlia said triumphantly.
“How can you believe the words of such a girl? It’s the same here. I just told them to dig the ground and they happened to stumble upon a magic stone.”
The farmers couldn’t refute Dahlia’s words at that point.
Actually, when you think about it, it was someone else’s business. They weren’t really interested in the complicated circumstances either. However, the fact that someone was mad and her daughter’s engagement was broken off because of it was stimulating.
“At this rate, Sears will disappear into history.”
Dahlia said with satisfaction.
“That madness will be hereditary, so who on earth would marry Brisa? Not to mention Alpheus with his tainted blood mixed in.”
Everyone just glanced at each other and watched for reactions.
“She’s the girl who cut down all the olive trees, which are the symbol of Sears.”
Dahlia shrugged her shoulders.
“So tell your friends in the Western Region. If you entrust your land to a crazy girl, there’s no telling what might happen.”
Everyone looked at Dahlia with half-believing eyes.
“Rather, it’s better to entrust it to these strong, diligent, tamed creatures.”
Indeed, the ants quickly turned over the soil. As soon as the wheat seeds arrived, they even planted them evenly.
The ants didn’t rest, and they didn’t need supervising eyes either.
“Plant as quickly as possible. Early summer has already passed, hasn’t it?”
And so, a few days later.
In the tomato field, wheat began to grow rapidly just as Dahlia had said.
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