The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 89

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Chapter 89

It was truly absurd.

I frowned irritably.

“Why are you really acting like this?”

“Because the Western Region needs you. I think I’ve explained that sufficiently already.”

Leopold said as he picked up the largest piece among the torn paper.

“The Western Region’s power comes from productivity. Because we’re the Empire’s granary, even the Imperial Family can’t do anything to us. But look carefully.”

On the back of that piece, he roughly drew a map of the Western Region. Then he colored quite a large area black.

“Right now, this much of the Western Region’s land is ‘contaminated’.”

I held my breath for a moment.

Since no one had told me, I didn’t know, but the contaminated area was much larger than I thought.

Leopold spoke calmly.

“We don’t know what will happen in the future, and in this changing situation, the Western Region needs your knowledge. So as the heir to the Western Region, I have no choice but to protect you. It’s a rational choice.”

I bit my lower lip briefly.

Worry rushed over me more than emotion.

‘The progression is too fast compared to the original.’

To think the Western Region’s land would be contaminated this much.

Originally, the Western Region being contaminated to this extent was in the mid-to-late part of the original work.

Right now is completely the early part of the original.

Could contamination happen this rapidly?

What exactly is different from the original?

‘…Our siblings stayed in the Western Region. Grand Duke Nogen and Baron Forman openly supported our siblings.’

Hilberry even provided Western Region legal professionals for us.

‘Isn’t Faction 1 already treating the Western Region as an enemy?’

In the original, the Western Region and we weren’t entangled, so they watched slowly, then when it seemed like it wouldn’t become Young’s ally, they started attacking the Western Region in earnest.

Then is the contamination of the Western Region’s land also Faction 1’s doing?

‘Contamination might also be related to Dark Mages.’

As Leopold said, the Western Region’s power comes from productivity.

If that productivity is eliminated, the Western Region has no choice but to waver. It meant they’d be too busy solving internal affairs to have the leisure to support other sides.

“…Fine.”

In the end, I said quietly.

I couldn’t bring up stories related to the original, but still, if my guess was correct, the Western Region had already decided their course anyway.

It meant I wasn’t even in a position to tell them to back out now.

“I understand.”

Then Leopold raised his eyebrows.

“Surprising. I thought you’d oppose it more.”

“I’m originally weak against kids who aren’t in their right mind.”

“I see.”

Leopold nodded in agreement.

“You get along better with Harrison than I expected.”

That’s when it happened.

A maid knocked carefully.

“Excuse me, Marquis. Young Master Harrison Naisar has arrived.”

I shrugged my shoulders and chuckled.

“He’s no gentleman.”

Leopold tilted his head in confusion.

“What do you mean by that?”

I was startled.

Come to think of it, “he’s no gentleman” was something I used to say in my previous life.

Usually these kinds of words didn’t slip out, so why suddenly…

Moreover, originally only memories related to farming remained, so why on earth…

My heart suddenly started pounding.

“Isn’t the daughter crazy too?”

“That’s right. Her features look exactly like my mother.”

I had been so careful not to let any delusions related to the original story slip out, but suddenly this kind of verbal mistake…

“Is she really okay?”

“Well, she seemed fine when I talked to her?”

And it had to be in front of Leopold.

“Brisa? What’s wrong?”

I was too flustered to answer.

Meanwhile, Alpheus, who hadn’t noticed anything, cheerfully called out.

“Tell him to come in!”

Belatedly, I thought I should have made an excuse like ‘Oh, that was a foreign language that suddenly came out.’

However, Leopold had already forgotten my nonsense and was turning his head to look at the wall clock.

11. What Harrison Wants

Harrison entered with the cold night wind.

“Everything went well.”

He sat down next to Leopold with a bright smile.

“I safely handed him over to the Magic Tower Master, and he didn’t die either. The people behind this are probably very troubled. They couldn’t cut off the tail.”

After energetically giving his report first, he looked at Leopold and asked.

“But Leopold, didn’t you say you had business to attend to? Why are you here?”

“In case you failed at something, I needed to be here to criticize you.”

Leopold said indifferently.

“Marquis Sears won’t be able to scold you properly just because you’re young.”

That was true.

To receive double the scolding when we failed, Leopold absolutely had to be there.

“What should I do? I really did everything well though?”

Harrison teased.

“But thanks to that, I remembered something I had forgotten. Brisa, the Magic Tower Master says he’ll process the magic stones as you requested and send them soon.”

Oh, that was good news.

“I had forgotten for a moment. I heard you negotiated with Gillab to give him 10% of the magic stones. I’ll make sure to provide them, of course.”

After receiving confirmation from Duke Dibostane.

“If you permit it, I’ll take care of sending a letter to the Magic Tower myself.”

I had indeed sent a letter to the Magic Tower.

Requesting 10% of the magic stones provided by Duke Dibostane’s House, but asking for new processing.

Because I needed magic stones for something I definitely wanted to implement here.

“Thank you.”

I gave a light greeting.

He had come all this way for me and even ran errands to the Magic Tower, so I naturally had to show my gratitude.

“Young Master Naisar, thank you so much.”

But Alpheus, judging it was time for gratitude, joined in while looking at Harrison seriously.

“The Dahlia Hawin incident was a matter of Sears Marquis Territory, but you took responsibility and handled it well to the end, didn’t you? How should I repay this debt… Whatever you desire, Young Master, Sears will definitely help. Please tell me anytime.”

I was inwardly outraged at the novice marquis’s excessive gratitude. When a noble house spoke like that, it meant they would sacrifice their life for you.

‘If you say that, you have to grant whatever he asks for! What do you think he might demand in return?’

If Harrison literally asked for me as his fiancée in return, Alpheus would have to grant that request.

That’s why I told him not to say ‘thank you’ carelessly!

Before I could show my anger outwardly, Harrison jumped up.

“Oh my, formal speech and all. I’m not even the heir. Please speak comfortably, Elder Brother!”

“This can’t be.”

At Harrison’s words, I forgot my anger and muttered blankly.

“To say ‘Elder Brother’ to Alpheus, you’re in big trouble now.”

“Why?”

“Alpheus is weak to such humanly warm words.”

I explained with a devastated face.

“Now if you say something like ‘Brother Alphy, actually I’m still young so the world scares me,’ you might spend your whole life here receiving Alpheus’s care and affection, growing plump until you die of old age.”

“Aha.”

Harrison was delighted.

“That’s something Leopold could never do in his lifetime, so it’s an honor to achieve a crushing victory over the Western Region’s heir in at least one area.”

I had no choice but to agree with that. Leopold would never be able to say something like ‘Brother Alphy’ even if he died and came back to life.

Indeed, Leopold only let out a faint groan and couldn’t say anything.

“It’s okay.”

I consoled him calmly.

“I’ll never say things like ‘Alpheus oppa’ for the rest of my life either.”

Then Alpheus openly showed his sadness.

“Such words without dreams or hope…”

In the midst of this, Alpheus already seemed to have taken a liking to Harrison.

Harrison’s posture as he sat casually in the chair was as free as his attire.

He was the complete opposite of Leopold, whose clothes weren’t wrinkled at all and whose posture was upright and undisturbed.

Alpheus, who had lived as a commoner for a long time, would instinctively feel more comfortable with Harrison.

Indeed, Alpheus already had his mouth hanging wide open.

“Hahaha, well. It’s actually better when we’re comfortable with each other. Then I’ll call you Harrison.”

“Yes, Elder Brother Alpheus!”

I held my forehead.

In the end, the two had crossed a river of no return.

Now that it had come to this, Alpheus and Harrison had no choice but to maintain a good relationship as sworn brothers for life.

“Um, then can I ask something first?”

Alpheus quickly started making small talk.

“Of course, Elder Brother Alpheus!”

Harrison used his ultimate technique from the beginning.

Alpheus showed a somewhat moved expression once before asking his question.

“What exactly is the situation in the Southern Region? I heard the Second Prince went there, but we’ve lost contact with him since then, so I’m worried.”

The protagonist took care of loyalty first.

I swallowed a groan inwardly.

“I don’t know much about it, but the Southern Region has been suffering from the ‘Curse of Sleep’ for a long time, right? Could you explain it in detail?”

Actually, this was a situation I had expected.

Since he had even received money from the Second Empress, it didn’t seem like Alpheus would pretend not to know about the Second Prince.

But since I was also somewhat curious about the situation in the Southern Region, I kept my mouth shut for now.

“Ah, the Southern Region.”

But Harrison let out a slight sigh.

“The Second Prince will be safe. You don’t need to worry too much.”

“But why can’t we contact him…”

“He probably entered the forest affected by the ‘Curse of Sleep’ and fell asleep. But he’ll be safe. The forest affected by the ‘Curse of Sleep’ is a space where everyone is asleep, so there’s no one to attack the Second Prince.”

I opened my eyes wide in disbelief.

“He fell asleep again? Again?”

In the Eastern Region too, the Second Prince had fallen asleep and nearly died.

But the same thing happened in the Southern Region?

Perhaps because various events were overwhelming us, the time was already past ten-thirty at night.

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