The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 137

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Chapter 137

“Well, what can I do.”

Editor-in-Chief Gremory crossed her arms and muttered.

“To think I’d leak information for the Rosen Duchy that I despised so much, I feel like my soul has become corrupted. But what can I do when that family’s daughter is the president of our newspaper company. I came to inform you reluctantly since my livelihood depends on it. But it turns out it was all pointless?”

Then she abruptly stood up and tried to leave.

“Wait. Wait.”

I grabbed the hem of the editor-in-chief’s coat.

“Pointless, you say. Thanks to this, the heir selection announcement that’s right around the corner will proceed even more dramatically, won’t it? I’ll have to ask the victim’s family to keep the settlement even more thoroughly hidden. I need to tell Father quickly too. It was very useful information. Please continue to help us in the future.”

After giving such praise, I quickly stood up first.

Before going outside, I looked back to see Editor-in-Chief Gremory throwing both hands up as if to say she couldn’t stop me.

Well, living life means your soul might get a little corrupted sometimes.

Who on earth lives every moment with a perfectly clean soul as if freshly laundered? Right?

With the precious information Editor-in-Chief Gremory had given me, I hurried back to the ducal mansion.

The manor was quiet.

In the cozy hall that served as both living room and parlor, Duke Carnel and the elders sat listlessly. Their faces showed they found everything bothersome.

After the Sion incident ended, the aftermath had struck.

The Duke would feel relieved that his nephew had avoided the death penalty, then suddenly jump up shouting, “I treated him well, second to none!”

Then just when he seemed to calm down thinking it was fortunate it ended at this much, he would suddenly jump up again shouting, “What a family disgrace this is!”

He would bang the desk thinking about receiving others’ pointing fingers, then calm down again saying, “I don’t have close friends anyway.”

The atmosphere in the ducal mansion’s living room had become frayed due to such unpredictable emotional ups and downs.

Into that space, the sound of my shoes echoed with clicking sounds.

Everyone turned their heads to look at me.

I approached Duke Carnel and said.

“Father, please get up.”

“I decided to take a few days of rest.”

“I know. But right now arrows are flying from outside. If we say we’re currently resting, will those arrows stop on their own?”

The Duke looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“Arrows?”

“I just obtained some information. Some force is trying to deal a blow to our family.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Please get up first.”

I looked around at the Duke and the elders.

“I know everyone’s depressed. But how about thinking of it this way? That it was something that was bound to happen anyway.”

What kind of talk is this now?

Everyone looked at me with such expressions.

“Isn’t that right? Father is a perfectionist in personality, but since his physical strength can’t keep up, gaps are bound to appear. And I had never once looked into family affairs until I was framed for poisoning and fire fell on my feet. So it was perfect conditions for a mastermind to emerge.”

I continued speaking confidently.

“Are other families truly completely fine? There probably isn’t a single house without problems even if you search thoroughly. We’ve been working hard thinking that as long as our outward appearance looks decent, that’s enough. But right now, that very outward appearance is in a precarious situation. Do you understand?”

“….”

Silence flowed through the living room. It was a different kind of silence from before.

Duke Carnel and the elders looked at each other. It seemed their senses were finally returning bit by bit.

The Duke hardened his expression and asked.

“What exactly is happening? The shock therapy is enough now, explain properly from the beginning.”

“First, look at this.”

I opened my bag and neatly pulled out the documents I had just shown Editor-in-Chief Gremory.

“Right now, one of the S-rank guilds under our Rosen Duchy is about to fly away. We need to come to our senses quickly and catch it.”

“…!”

Finally, light returned to the Duke’s eyes.

“What are those documents that you’re saying this?”

The elders also rushed to gather around the table.

The living room that had been quiet as a mouse soon became noisy as a stirred beehive.

The grand hall of the ducal mansion’s main building.

Under the dizzyingly high ceiling, a magnificent space where portraits of ancestors hung in a row as if showing the family’s long history.

In that place where a solemn and imposing atmosphere always flowed, today journalists had gathered in droves.

“I introduce the new heir of our Rosen Duchy before our ancestors.”

Duke Carnel’s voice rang out clearly.

Today he wore ceremonial robes in an antique style that had been passed down for hundreds of years according to family tradition. He also wore a ceremonial sword at his waist.

I too wore a dress that was both antique and overflowing with dignity, and chose to wear only jewels that had been passed down for at least three generations.

Adornment isn’t absolutely necessary for survival. But dressed like this, I felt like both our attack and defense power had increased together.

“Let the heir come forward.”

At the Duke’s command, I slowly walked and stood under the portrait of the first family head. Behind me, advisors followed, holding up my enormous cloak.

“I, Aristina Bianca Rosen, following the family head’s will, pay my respects before our ancestors.”

As I bowed my head deeply, the first family head’s necklace, sword, and mirror that had been placed under the portrait flashed with light.

The mysterious radiance from the three family treasures spread like mist and enveloped my body.

I raised my head and turned back toward the people.

Duke Carnel declared.

“I hereby announce the selection of the Rosen Duchy’s heir. From now on, Aristina Bianca Rosen will take charge of family affairs both internal and external with the qualifications of the next family head, so everyone shall obey.”

All the advisors and employees bowed their heads and answered resoundingly.

“Yes! We shall obey!”

The ceremony was over.

Today, journalists were allowed entry for the first time, so everyone was excited.

That good-for-nothing young lady whom everyone had clicked their tongues at saying she had no promise, had ultimately defeated the promising Sion Michael to be selected as the next family head.

It was a result no one could have predicted until just a few months ago.

“Congratulations, Young Lady! The gamblers predicted your defeat at 7 to 3 odds, how do you feel right now?”

“What would you say to your cousin who was sentenced to life imprisonment and is now confined?”

Amid the flood of questions.

Suddenly one journalist’s voice overwhelmed all other questions and rang out loudly.

“Young Lady! There’s one question I absolutely must ask here! Recently our 【Daily News】 obtained a scoop. Regarding an accident related to the ducal family….”

He couldn’t finish his question.

“Oh my! You’ve finally arrived?”

Suddenly an even louder voice drowned out the journalist’s voice.

It was Benjamin who had shouted.

He ran across the hall and warmly welcomed the people who were just entering.

They were a family. An ordinary family you might commonly see passing by on the street.

But what caught the eye was a unique device attached to the father’s leg.

It was a walking device that firmly supported his leg, which was twisted from below the knee and couldn’t move, allowing him to walk.

Benjamin shouted loudly enough for the entire hall to hear.

“How is it, Teacher? It seems comfortable?”

“Hmm, better than I expected?”

Jacob, the victim of the transport accident, answered while looking at me with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

He had a very blunt personality, but for the first time since the accident, a smile seemed to almost appear on his lips.

What’s this?

Duke Carnel spoke to the puzzled journalists.

“Since the press has gathered today, I’d like to make an announcement. Recently there was an accident while our family’s subsidiary Argos Guild was transporting goods. My daughter and I immediately began handling the situation upon learning of it….”

The Duke burst into coughing. Cough! Cough! It was coughing meant to convey that my body wasn’t in good condition.

I quickly stepped forward.

“Since guild owner Sion Michael couldn’t take responsibility, I fired the related personnel in his place, apologized to the victim’s family, and delivered settlement money…. But the important thing isn’t that, it’s this.”

When I snapped my fingers, advisors came out carrying a large blackboard.

On it, various plans were organized clearly and systematically.

I explained.

“Through this incident, I realized that there is an urgent need to provide support for expensive prosthetic limbs, artificial legs, and mobility aids for commoners. So through my insurance company, I’ve started a social project to distribute various devices using spirit stones. This project has been named ‘Jacob’s Miracle’ after Mr. Jacob, who was our first recipient. I’d like recommendations for the next recipients, so please spread the word widely.”

“Ah, that’s a wonderful cause.”

The journalists quickly began copying down what was written on the blackboard into their notebooks.

I looked back at the 【Daily News】 reporter.

“What was your question again?”

“…”

The reporter was flustered.

‘The House of Rosen didn’t properly handle the aftermath of the accident, ignored the victim’s pleas, and was only focused on covering it up.’

That’s what you wanted to say, wasn’t it?

Originally, I had planned to give the reporter the floor to let them spout everything, then reveal that it was all already resolved to humiliate them spectacularly.

But today was a joyous occasion for announcing the heir. If other topics came up, it would dampen the mood.

Later, someone might nitpick and exaggerate the story behind the scenes.

So the Duke and I agreed it would be better to take the initiative and block them completely, giving them no opening at all.

‘You should be grateful this is all you’re getting.’

I glared menacingly at the 【Daily News】 reporters.

How desperately had I fought to rise to the position of heir? How dare they try to splash muddy water on this sacred occasion?

They would soon pay the price.

It was the just desserts of lazy puppets who barely deserved to be called journalists, only caring about money.

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