The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80

It was the first time I had ever heard such words.

Not the First Five Families, but the Original Four Families?

And what did he mean by curse?

But it wasn’t just me – Leopold was also looking at Harrison with an expression of disbelief.

“It’s related to that matter. I thought Sears might be able to help us.”

Harrison explained with a somewhat tense expression and waved his hand.

“Then I’ll stop by the Magic Tower first and head straight to the Sears Marquis Estate.”

And Leopold, who had been holding the horse reins as if ready to leave immediately, froze like a statue and didn’t move.

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“First, Alpheus, you should hurry back to the Marquis Manor. I’m curious about what kind of letter it is. Langsi might have a heart attack from waiting.”

Brisa efficiently organized the situation.

“I’ll go back to the mansion where I was staying, pack my things, and follow right after.”

Originally, she had planned to stay until the summer wheat harvest, but Harrison’s appearance changed the plan to leave the Western Region immediately.

There was no particular reason for Brisa to stay until the harvest anyway.

“I need to give final instructions about the harvest schedule and sending it to Sears Marquis Territory… Where should we send it? For now, it would be best to send it to the Sears Marquis Estate warehouse, right?”

Alpheus answered somewhat bewildered at Brisa’s words.

“It’s your wheat, Brisa. Of course you can do whatever you want with it…”

“Just accept it quietly.”

Brisa said bluntly.

“I haven’t forgotten that you paid off all of Mother’s debts.”

“No, helping each other when times are tough is natural between siblings!”

“I think so too. So I’ll ask them to send the summer wheat to the Sears Marquis Estate warehouse, which is still in tough times.”

With that, Brisa perfectly cut off the conversation full of emotion and love.

“Harrison said he’s stopping by the Magic Tower… It’ll probably take quite a while. Since it’s related to dark magic, it’ll need to go through the Magic Tower Master, and the Magic Tower Master isn’t always waiting for guests.”

In the end, the plan was for all three to scatter and meet up at the Sears Marquis Estate.

“See you later then, Leopold.”

With that, the three said goodbye to Leopold and disappeared.

“Take care of your business.”

Slowly heading toward the Grand Duke Nogen’s residence, Leopold was caught in conflict.

At midnight, he would transform into a wolf-dog again.

It was afternoon now, so there were only a few hours left until his transformation.

‘…So I’ll be Wolf-dog again.’

Leopold let out a deep sigh.

Although Brisa didn’t show it to Leopold, she had missed Wolf-dog quite a bit during the past three months.

When she saw foods like croissants, grapes, and peaches that she used to give Wolf-dog often, she would quietly purse her lips.

They knew it was Leopold’s wolf-dog so they couldn’t bring themselves to ask for it, but they must have grown quite fond of the puppy.

Well, of course… he had been in her arms for ten whole days.

Leopold’s ear tips turned red.

He swore that his consciousness really wasn’t clear at the time.

Strictly speaking, only about half of his consciousness was there. If he had been truly conscious, he wouldn’t have extended his hand just because someone said “hand.”

But he could control his aggression incomparably better than before.

‘But wait a minute.’

Leopold frowned as he thought.

‘From the circumstances, the curse must have manifested in that second son in the Eastern Region.’

Gillab’s reaction, and Alpheus’s testimony about a “monster that sings.”

The Eastern Region’s mansion that had become a sea of water…

He had definitely transformed into a monster related to aquatic beasts.

‘Perhaps the fall of Bakahun in the Northern Region was also due to the curse.’

But according to ancient records, only the four families were cursed.

Come to think of it, Sears in the Central Region was originally a family that joined the First Five Families late.

‘Now that I think about it, was there really a need to include the Central Region’s family?’

The four regions of east, west, south, and north each had their own characteristics.

For example, the Western Region had vast plains, and monsters that didn’t appear in other regions emerged on those plains.

The Eastern Region faced the vast sea, but sea monsters that didn’t exist in other regions appeared there.

The Southern and Northern Regions were similar. But the Central Region had no particular characteristics.

‘Moreover, the Central Region includes the capital and has much smaller territory.’

By similar logic, the Central Region had been excluded from the ancient curse from the beginning. Fundamentally different from the other four families.

This was information he had secretly discovered that wasn’t publicly known, yet this story had come from Harrison’s mouth.

‘…Then what about Naisar in the Southern Region?’

Leopold couldn’t stop his continuing thoughts even as he headed toward the Grand Duke’s Residence.

Why on earth would Harrison say he would request help from Sears?

Did they possess other information that Nogen hadn’t discovered?

If so, shouldn’t he know about it too?

Since it was desperately needed information for him as well.

Moreover, what if the Southern Region’s request for help put Brisa in danger?

‘Of course, Brisa and I are nothing to each other… but still, the Western Region owes her a debt.’

If it weren’t for Brisa, they wouldn’t have been able to grow summer wheat.

Moreover, reports of soil contamination were now coming from all over the Western Region.

But everyone was managing the chaos well with the mindset that “we can still use hydroponic cultivation.”

It seemed they could actually maintain productivity that way for some time.

‘In that case, I can’t just stand by and watch her be in danger. This is a matter of honor.’

Leopold finally pulled on the horse reins.

Transforming at midnight today meant, in other words, that there was time until midnight.

As the transformation time approached, he could instinctively sense it.

This time too, he could maintain his reason. It was definitely different from last time.

After pondering for a moment, he headed for Warp. He planned to go to the Sears Marquis Territory.

He had decided to listen in on what Harrison would say and what kind of request he would make to Sears. Even if it meant revealing his secret if necessary.

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