The Lady Only Deals With the Real Ones - Chapter 3

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That wasn’t all.

“C-Count! Count!”

The aide who had gone to review the contracts came running back, his face pale as a sheet.

“All the signatures on the contracts have disappeared!”

“…What, what did you say?”

“All the signatures have vanished except for one! This is the only contract with a signature left, please look at this!”

What the aide pulled out with trembling hands was a 《Property Transfer Agreement》.

A contract transferring all property of former Duke Michele Fiochedade Rionet to Hugo Rionet.

Even in his dizziness, Hugo thought it wouldn’t matter as long as this contract was intact.

But then?

“This house is all the property under the Duke’s name!”

“What?! That’s impossible! Even if his private funds and personal vault are gone, there’s the pawnshop!”

“No, please read this!”

The aide thrust forward property documents issued by the bank.

After reading the documents, Hugo held his forehead. He felt dizzy.

“Three days ago… he transferred all property except this house to his granddaughter…?”

“That’s not all! He took out a loan using this house as collateral!”

“What do you mean he took out a loan? How much?”

“He borrowed thirty million gold!”

Hugo, who had been swaying, finally collapsed to his knees.

“Tell me there’s nothing more shocking than this.”

“Well… the thing is…”

Taking out a loan of thirty million gold using this run-down old house as collateral.

Was that even possible?

Thirty million gold was enough money to buy Hugo’s estate, the Count’s mansion in Parnon. Though Parnon was in the countryside where land was cheap.

It was while Hugo was half out of his mind.

“It wasn’t from a formal bank but from private financing, so the interest rate is 50% per month…”

“…”

“You inherited this house along with the debt, so you have to… repay it all…”

Hugo groaned and collapsed, clutching the back of his neck.

The aide, who had been stamping his feet in confusion, finally noticed the empty state of the house and jumped in shock.

“No, but why is the house completely empty?! Where did the Duke go! What on earth happened here!”

He didn’t know how things had come to this, but one thing was certain.

“That damn girl inherited Uncle’s temperament completely!”

Hugo finally fainted.

***

Having come down from the mountain, I looked at the clock tower.

By now, Hugo would have opened the door to the house.

Imagining him sitting there in a daze, completely stunned, made me laugh.

“Ha, this feels so refreshing.”

After my regression, the first thing I did was receive the transfer of all of Grandfather’s property.

Except for the house.

It wasn’t that the house wasn’t precious to me. I had lived there from birth until now, at twenty years old.

But if I had to choose between keeping the pawnshop or the house?

Obviously the pawnshop.

“Grandfather would think the same way.”

I also needed money, and I needed a way to screw over Hugo, so I decided to abandon the house.

Then I went to find the most notorious moneylender in the capital.

“I want to borrow thirty million gold using the house as collateral. I’ll take the maximum interest rate.”

Even the moneylender looked bewildered.

Where would you find a debtor who voluntarily applied for the highest interest rate?

But my situation was different!

‘It’s not like I’m going to be the one paying it back.’

I even recorded the entire conversation so it couldn’t be disputed.

Hugo had definitely said it himself.

That it would be fine as long as there was debt?

‘So I gave him debt that would be just fine. Of course I did.’

The thirty million gold I obtained that way.

Twenty million gold of this went to Grandfather.

‘I saw it in the newspaper in my past life. Belcato Nursing Home.’

They said the facilities, staff, and security were all top-class.

I had been relieved thinking Grandfather was staying in such a nice place.

‘…In reality, far from placing him in a luxury facility, they had abandoned him in the slums.’

Just thinking about it broke my heart.

So I paid a full year’s fees upfront in one lump sum.

At VVIP rates for the best room, best treatment program, and best nursing staff.

I also requested and signed a confidentiality agreement with the nursing home.

‘How readily they agreed to sign it. Money really is wonderful.’

I also bought the recording magic device I used on Hugo earlier and a magic device that vaporizes ink.

After contracting for a warehouse to store the belongings I’d removed from the house, I had 9.5 million gold left.

‘I need to save the rest.’

Because I need it for the pawnshop.

Stretching vigorously, I rummaged through the pocket of my paint-stained apron.

Even in the darkness, the pawnshop key gleamed brightly.

‘By now Hugo must have seen all the property documents too.’

Hugo would definitely come to the pawnshop soon.

But not immediately. Hugo was simple-minded, so there was room to manipulate him.

‘That’s why he was so cooperative. He was so happy thinking things were going better than expected that he didn’t check properly.’

There was another reason I acted so compliant.

In my past life, I had refused Hugo’s proposal after much deliberation.

When I wouldn’t sign to the end, he reluctantly called for reinforcements.

A woman who was Hugo’s older sister.

Baroness Rosaline.

Unlike her brother, she was cold and cruel.

‘That woman wouldn’t have cared about paint and would have entered the house to check if Grandfather was there first. She would have been hard to fool.’

Fortunately, Hugo was afraid of Rosaline.

Having rashly made a contract on his own and ended up not just being deceived but saddled with enormous debt, he obviously wouldn’t be able to report to Rosaline and would desperately try to hide it.

He’d try to secretly solve it on his own and make a mess of things.

That meant I had bought myself time.

Fingering my necklace like a talisman, I headed to a small hotel in the city.

“I’d like to rent a room.”

Grandfather used to say.

Before doing anything big, you should eat well, rest well, and sleep well.

I was planning to follow Grandfather’s advice.

While running a bath and waiting for room service, I took out my notebook.

To-Do List

Writing it out in large letters on the first page of my notebook made me feel newly determined.

I pressed down hard as I wrote what I had been thinking about ever since my regression.

To-Do List

[1. Reclaim the Rionet Family]

When I thought about what would be the most devastating revenge against them, this was the answer.

After three days of investigation, I found that the current Rionet Family was in complete shambles.

They were so busy fighting among themselves for scraps that their titles were all torn apart, and their prime territories had been sold off.

I wanted to reclaim the Rionet that those people were thoroughly ruining.

Along with Grandfather’s honor.

‘Does it even make sense for someone who was a duke to be excommunicated in the first place?’

Unless someone framed him and drove him out to seize his title and territory.

Moreover, the reason for Grandfather’s excommunication was kept secret.

They just excommunicate someone who committed a crime serious enough to be kept secret and leave them alone?

It doesn’t make sense.

‘I need to find out who dared to do such a thing.’

To-Do List

[1. Reclaim the Rionet Family]

[2. Run the pawnshop well]

Since I was going to inherit the pawnshop anyway, I had no intention of doing it half-heartedly.

It was a means of making money and a shop that Grandfather cherished, but most of all, I loved that place.

The pawnshop full of fascinating items was like a treasure vault to me as a child.

‘Though he didn’t take me there often. I guess he was worried I might break something?’

I had always dreamed of running the pawnshop together with Grandfather in harmony.

Now it was time to put what I had learned to use.

To-Do List

[1. Reclaim the Rionet Family]

[2. Run the pawnshop well]

[3. ]

I hesitated for a moment as I was about to write the last item.

For some reason, my eyes felt hot.

Taking a deep breath, I tried to write neatly and carefully.

To-Do List

[1. Reclaim the Rionet Family]

[2. Run the pawnshop well]

[3. Find a way to cure Grandfather]

Actually, these would all be easier if I asked Grandfather for help.

Running the pawnshop, getting revenge on the Rionet, and accurately assessing the scale of Grandfather’s wealth that those bastards were desperately trying to steal.

‘But…’

I couldn’t do that.

I can’t.

“…Who are you? Who are you to be here?”

“Grandfather, what do you mean? It’s me. Your granddaughter, Elisha…”

Because Grandfather often forgets even me.

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