The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 115

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Chapter 115

To Duke Carnel, Sion was a good and obedient nephew.

Compared to his troublemaker daughter, he seemed like an even more admirable heir candidate.

Since it was a helmet that Sion had worked hard to make as a gift for his great-uncle, it must have been quite precious to him, even if he didn’t show it outwardly.

Well, somehow it’ll work out, won’t it?

The person who stole that thing is desperately trying not to earn Duke Carnel’s hatred.

“Don’t be too upset, Father. At this rate, we might miraculously get it back like a lie.”

“It’s thievery, so fat chance of that happening.”

Duke Carnel replied cynically and looked to the side.

“I should have been more careful and sent knights along. Don’t you think so? Helmu… Where did Helmut go?”

“He said that headband looked too weak, so he went to get a wider and sturdier strap.”

“Stop being overprotective. I’m fine now.”

The Duke said as he untied the cumbersome headband.

“Really. Seeing the newspapers selling like hotcakes made my headache completely disappear. If I were in your position, I would have acted the same way. Items can be obtained again, but business opportunities never come back once you miss them.”

“Right. Those are truly wise words.”

Someone loudly agreed from the auditorium entrance. It was a familiar voice. Everyone was startled and stepped aside while bowing their heads.

“Your Highness the Second Prince!”

Red hair and golden eyes. Already gorgeous on their own, but the person walking in boldly was adorned with golden accessories hanging all over.

His outfit was the same as usual, but today there was something that felt out of place…

Now I could see that he was holding an extra edition published by 【Justice Daily】 in his hand.

Duke Carnel pointed at it with satisfaction.

“Look. His Highness the Second Prince also bought our newspaper.”

I was surprised.

“Zikren bought a newspaper?”

It was a really mismatched combination. Had he ever read anything written before?

“It’s the first time in my life I’ve bought a newspaper.”

Zikren said with slight embarrassment.

“Everyone was buying them competitively, so I bought one too. This is Aristina’s newspaper company, right? People were lining up to apply for subscriptions, so I paid the subscription fee and wrote down my address too. It was really popular.”

“It’s worthy of such attention. A phantom thief stole treasure in broad daylight in the heart of this capital city.”

Sion said.

He had lost a precious purification item in the blink of an eye, and finding it again seemed hopeless.

Just then, when Zikren appeared, a good idea seemed to flash through his mind. You could call it a strategy of borrowing someone else’s sword to catch a thief.

It would be simple if the Transcendent Ones stepped in.

Sion intended to use such a method as he advised Zikren.

“That bastard blatantly ignored the Empire’s public order, so we can’t just let it slide. We must capture him immediately.”

“Right.”

Zikren nodded.

“But first, let’s handle the more urgent matter.”

“A more urgent matter?”

“Hm? Are you asking because you don’t know? Why do you think I came all the way here? Don’t tell me you think I’m someone who leisurely goes for walks?”

Zikren said this while looking back and forth between me and Sion.

“The space is ready to be opened. Now it’s time to go test it with the scale left by the ‘Mother of All Dragons’. If there are no problems, we’ll start right away.”

Already?

I was surprised once again.

It was fortunate we hurried. If we had found out about the purification item just a little later, we might have started without even being able to steal it.

“Right away?”

Sion was visibly flustered.

“But I heard that phantom thief is someone both Your Highnesses are eagerly searching for…”

“…?”

Zikren’s face turned cold for a moment.

That’s a really dangerous sign. Occasionally, when he heard something he thought was stupid even by his own standards, his expression would change like that.

“Don’t you know what’s important right now? We should have conveyed sufficiently how much we want to retrieve that sword, shouldn’t we?”

He said with a frown.

“To open the passage through space according to ancient knowledge, both my brother and I have devoted ourselves to it, setting aside everything else and saving every minute and second. Right now, nothing is more important than retrieving the sword our mother lost.”

“Your Highness is right. What a truly stupid thing to say.”

Duke Carnel also said with a frown.

“It’s a very precious treasure to Sion, so it’s natural that his head is filled with thoughts of it. But don’t worry too much, Sion. It’s not like something terrible will happen immediately just because that helmet is gone.”

I calmly fanned the flames of the burning house.

“…”

Sion was silent for a moment before speaking.

“I apologize. Since it was a gift dedicated to my great-uncle, my head got confused for a moment. Then I’ll prepare immediately and join you.”

After bowing to everyone, he quickly left the auditorium.

When Sion disappeared, Zikren tilted his head.

“Prepare? Why is he the only one preparing? Aristina, don’t you have anything to prepare?”

“Ah, Sion is just very meticulous. I don’t need anything.”

I shrugged my shoulders.

Sion was probably going somewhere private to use black magic to try to find the helmet’s whereabouts.

‘But that doesn’t seem like a good idea at all.’

Of course, if he succeeded in retrieving the item using black magic, it wouldn’t be a big problem.

But that’s impossible.

He won’t find the item, and his soul will be corrupted from using black magic. It’s a losing proposition either way.

‘It would be wise to abandon that black magic even now.’

Ruellian warned Sion through the crow. That heaven knows and earth knows what Sion has been up to behind the scenes.

If he ignores such a kind warning, wouldn’t that be his own responsibility?

“Let’s go, Aristina.”

At Zikren’s words, I returned to reality.

If the space opens and everything works normally, we’ll immediately go to find the Windfearer.

There was something I needed to finish before that.

“Wait a moment. It’ll just take a second.”

After asking for understanding from Zikren and Duke Carnel, I briefly left the spot.

The 【Justice Daily】 editorial staff were huddled together whispering among themselves. Then they saw me and stopped talking.

“…”

Everyone avoided my gaze.

As Ruellian said, no one shouted ‘President, you’re amazing!’ but I could still feel everyone being awkward.

Human hearts are fickle. Who knows how long this feeling will last.

Therefore, if I was going to bring up that topic, now would be the best time to aim for it.

I approached Editor-in-Chief Gremory and spoke secretly.

“You admitted it with your own mouth. That you investigated our family background.”

The editor-in-chief flinched slightly.

“That was…”

“I’m not trying to blame you, but to say you did well.”

I quickly cut off her words.

“You did very well. I really need that information right now.”

“What information?”

“Editor-in-Chief, you probably know too, there were people who tried to contact various newspaper companies regarding Sion’s guild, right? The Argos Trading Company side must be desperately trying to stop it.”

The editor-in-chief’s expression changed.

“You knew about that too, President?”

“I found out recently. Simply put, it’s related to some accident caused by the Argos Trading Company.”

I lowered my voice even more.

“Of course it would be difficult to change your thoughts about me as a person with just this one incident. But at least you must have realized that I’m working hard not to ruin our family’s business. In that sense, find out the victims’ identities and pass them on to my guild employee.”

The Editor-in-Chief was surprised.

“What did you say?”

“Don’t get any strange ideas. I just want to apologize.”

“…?”

Questions filled the Editor-in-Chief’s eyes behind her monocle.

“The President, with that personality of yours, is going to apologize directly?”

“It’s true.”

I said with emphasis.

“Of course I know that incident has absolutely nothing to do with me. They caused the trouble on their own, and I’m not at fault for anything. But this is our family’s matter. If no one else will handle it, then I should handle it myself. As soon as we finish retrieving the sword, I’ll schedule that appointment right away.”

“….”

Gremory Editor-in-Chief’s gray eyes stared at me intently, as if trying to gauge me. Her face still showed she couldn’t understand.

“Fine. Honestly, I do want to give Sion a hard time over this incident.”

Thinking I couldn’t fool her sharp eyes, I confessed honestly.

“But even if the Editor-in-Chief might not believe me, that’s not everything. The head of some household was disabled due to the fault of Argos Trading Company under our family’s umbrella. I’m someone who only thinks about my own feelings, and my heart isn’t at ease, so I absolutely must apologize and compensate. If you just tell me who the victim is, Benjamin will handle it somehow.”

“….”

To Gremory Editor-in-Chief who gave no response, I spoke seriously once more.

“Please, I’m really asking you, Editor-in-Chief.”

Behind a column in the auditorium.

There was someone hiding there, watching the President of 【Justice Daily】 and the journalists having their conversation.

It was Helmut, holding bandages in one hand.

He hadn’t intended to eavesdrop.

But Young Lady Aristina’s words mixed with the noise and came to him in fragments, forcing him to stop in his tracks.

“…I should handle it myself… the head of some household was disabled due to the fault of Argos Trading Company under our family’s umbrella….”

Thud.

The bundle of bandages fell from Helmut’s hand.

What did she say?

He stared at the Young Lady’s back with a dumbfounded expression.

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