The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 78

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Chapter 78

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Naturally, the Duchess of Dibosthan had already abandoned Dahlia.

Even when Dahlia came to visit recently, the Duchess of Dibosthan was inside the Duke’s estate.

‘Foolish thing… I clearly told her not to mention Sears’ special ability first.’

She had no need for a chess piece that wouldn’t properly listen to orders.

‘Even if we lose this time, I could have given her other special abilities.’

She was the one who had brought Dahlia out from the monastery where she was confined.

It was on the recommendation of a Dark Mage.

“They said she was very clever. I saw her with Baron Hawin at Delfoben Port in the Western Region. The Dark Mage who faced her was captured by Leopold Nogen and took his own life, but before being caught, he definitely conveyed such words to us.”

The Dark Mage had said this:

“Dahlia Hawin seems very clever, meticulous, and quick at calculating situations, so I’ll try negotiating with her side about Brisa Sears’ ransom.”

The girl who had contact with the Dark Mage at that time was Brisa impersonating Dahlia, but no one knew this.

“As you know, Brisa Sears is someone we must secure by all means. It would be mutually beneficial to deploy a clever fake.”

She believed those words.

So she thought Dahlia would be suitable to place as Sears’ puppet.

The Dark Mages also said they would forcibly conduct ‘experiments’ on her to give her special abilities.

“We’ll give her special abilities before sending her. That child knows nothing. We’ll thoroughly brainwash her into believing it’s Sears’ special ability. Then the Divostan Duke House will be able to withdraw at any time.”

“Well, fine. We have nothing to lose. But didn’t you say granting special abilities has side effects?”

“Regarding those side effects, there’s no particular reason for us to worry about them. Besides, if things go wrong, we can just eliminate her. We’ve inscribed a magic formula that slowly takes away life.”

Proposing the summer wheat cultivation competition was initially calculated to raise Dahlia’s reputation.

But who would have thought she’d suffer such a spectacular defeat.

The Duchess of Dibosthan let out a deep sigh.

Nothing to lose… That wasn’t true at all.

This incident had soured relations with the Western Region.

There was no way Hilberry wouldn’t know about the public opinion campaign they had waged initially. Since they had exercised influence on his territory, there was no way he would just let this slide.

‘He’ll definitely seek revenge in some other way.’

The Duchess of Dibosthan felt her head throbbing.

‘What should I report to Her Majesty the Empress… I told her it seemed like we could get our hands on Sears.’

For the time being, she would have to put all her efforts into preventing the Western Region’s small but successive acts of revenge.

What method could there be to appease the Empress’s anger and make her temporarily turn her gaze away from the Eastern Region?

‘Ah.’

The Duchess of Dibosthan, who suddenly thought of a good move, narrowed her eyes.

‘There was the Southern Region.’

A place that was barely holding on with great difficulty while the situation kept getting worse.

‘I should tell her to completely seize Naisar instead of Sears.’

Then the Empress and Crown Prince wouldn’t harass the Divostan Duke House for a while.

The Duchess of Dibosthan quickly began writing a letter. She had thought of a way to pressure and obtain Naisar in the Southern Region.

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Actually, there was a reason why I hurriedly finished the confrontation with Dahlia.

A few days ago, Leopold had said this.

“Do we really need to continue this stupid confrontation?”

Dahlia’s wheat field had already been hopeless for a long time.

But I was too shocked by Leopold’s words.

“Are you telling me to leave now?”

Telling me to roughly finish the summer wheat confrontation meant he was telling me to go back.

Actually, except for the confrontation, there was no reason to stay. Everything had already been successful.

Through hydroponic cultivation, herbs and leafy vegetables grew quickly, and wheat grew abundantly in the fields.

Still, I didn’t expect Leopold to openly issue such an eviction order.

As I blinked, he sighed and said.

“It seems like I’ll have some business to attend to soon.”

“Not that you have business, but that you’ll have business? What does that even mean? How long?”

“About ten days?”

Leopold avoided my gaze and let out a light sigh.

“About three months ago, I went out too. It’s something like that.”

“It’s already been almost three months.”

I muttered blankly.

“Since I came to the Western Region…”

Actually, I really didn’t realize how time had passed.

There were so many seeds in the Western Region.

Looking at them one by one and having various conversations with the farmers made each day pass quickly.

Even so, I wasn’t confident about how that might look, so I cautiously asked Leopold.

“Isn’t it… a bit strange? A noble lady being interested in things like this…”

“Choose between sincerity and courtesy, and I’ll answer accordingly.”

“Courtesy.”

“I think you should probably seek out a professional counselor and seriously request counseling.”

Leopold said this while personally placing books about Western Region seeds on the bookshelf.

“You, who fed your territory and helped the Western Region overcome its crisis, thinking of yourself as strange is definitely problematic.”

“Then what’s your sincere answer?”

“Thanks to your rather unique interests, I think I was able to become valedictorian at the Academy. How fortunate, looking back.”

Anyway, I spent three months quite happily. Come to think of it, it was almost the beginning of winter, so I should probably return to my territory.

It seemed like the territory was running well in various ways, but there were many things I wanted to see for myself.

“Anyway, I won’t be able to stay by your side much longer after next week.”

Leopold said with a light sigh.

“I want to see you secure your victory before I leave. Though I’m already seeing it all.”

“Right. I still can’t be optimistic about the situation.”

I nodded my head.

“If Dahlia attacks with those giant ants, I’ll die instantly.”

Then I spoke to myself calmly.

“Ants move at a speed of about 2 kilometers per hour… which is incredibly fast compared to their body length. You can think of them as moving 40 times their body length in one second. But those ants are now the size of five people combined… there’s nothing in the world that can keep up with that attack speed.”

At my explanation, Leopold narrowed his eyes and asked back.

“What about Air Strike?”

“It’ll be too late if I use it after they attack first.”

It was obvious that the Duchess of Dibosthan would just abandon Dahlia once she became useless.

Then Dahlia would end up in a situation where she had nowhere to go.

Of course, I could give her a chance if she reformed and repented, but given her personality…

“Alright.”

I reluctantly nodded my head. But Harrison appeared at a surprisingly perfect timing.

“I always owe you a debt, Brisa.”

Harrison folded his eyes into crescents and whispered softly.

“You were always my dance partner during our Academy days, weren’t you? It’s only natural that I’d rush to wherever you call me.”

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