The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 18

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Chapter 18

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Finally, the day of the assembly.

I asked the maids to pick out the most merchant-like outfit from the dressing room and wore it. And I carried a handbag with golden lock-shaped accessories.

Looking in the mirror, I was quite satisfied.

“Even though I’m 94th place, don’t I look quite like a guild master? At least much more like a guild master than 95th place, right?”

“Yes, Young Lady. Of course. Of course.”

The maids nodded their heads enthusiastically.

“Good. Tell father I’m going to the guild masters’ assembly.”

I declared confidently and left the house with high spirits.

If you want to establish a financial foundation in a relatively short time in the Empire?

Everyone recommended guild management as the answer. People who want to succeed often catch business fever, don’t they?

Just like that, most nobles seemed to try guild management at least once.

Therefore, among the guild masters gathered at the assembly, the proportion of nobles was very high. Especially young noble men and women from high society.

They had been gathering in small groups building friendships, but as soon as I appeared in the assembly hall, they stopped talking abruptly.

“Isn’t that Princess Aristina? How long has it been since she cleared her name and she’s already causing trouble again?”

“Why did she come here? Does she even qualify to enter?”

“No way! Not a chance, right? What could an F-rank do?”

Since it was obvious she’d be denied entry, everyone snickered quietly.

“Sigh…”

The management advisors of the Rosen Duchy turned their heads away, embarrassed by the Young Lady’s childish behavior.

Regardless of that, I walked boldly and placed my hand firmly on the ‘attention measurement device.’

The next moment.

The measurement panel above the entrance flashed brightly, and letters appeared.

‘C-rank.’

People were shocked.

“How did she raise it by 3 grades?”

No one could believe it. Even the duchy’s advisors doubted their eyes, saying ‘Huh?’ ‘No way?’

“That’s impossible! There’s no way a 94th-ranked guild has such an amazing business item!”

Someone shouted loudly.

“This is rigged!”

I spun around sharply.

“Rigged?”

The one who had just shouted was an aristocratic lady wearing a sky-blue bonnet.

I strode toward her. The lady tried to stand her ground confidently, but ended up getting scared by my terrifying approach with flashing red eyes.

“D-don’t come closer…”

But I reached right in front of her in an instant and raised one hand high.

The lady screamed “Ah!” and covered her face defensively…

My hand stopped firmly right in front of her nose.

At my fingertips, there was a white piece of paper.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to take it?”

“…?”

The other lady took it in bewilderment. It was a business card that read:

【Guild acquisition inquiries accepted.】

People’s eyes widened once again.

I distributed business cards to them with the skill I had from handing out flyers before, and everyone looked at each other in confusion.

“Acquisition inquiries…?”

“That’s right.”

The assembly official said while wiping sweat with a handkerchief.

“There’s no way it could be rigged. The Princess has put up her ‘Black Rose Trading Company’ at this assembly. She says she’ll try just this once more and then find a good owner to pass it on to.”

“Wait, she’s selling the entire guild?”

Everyone started murmuring.

Hehehe…

Watching that scene, I laughed inwardly.

Life wisdom number one.

If you don’t have a business item, just sell the guild.

Of course, I can’t actually sell it.

A brilliant idea that came to me that day worked perfectly when I tried it. After putting in the paper, both the official and I were surprised, thinking ‘This actually works?’

According to the official’s explanation, selling off a guild isn’t completely impossible. There are quite a few cases of mergers and acquisitions due to marriage and other reasons.

And ‘Black Rose Trading Company’ was quite an appetizing property. The guild itself was a hole-ridden wreck, but it was backed by the Rosen Duchy, a wealthy family. It was also properly registered without any problems.

If someone acquired this guild and normalized it, they could advertise ‘I’m a Rosen affiliate.’ He said that was legally quite possible.

“Not bad.”

Those who looked like big shots murmured, and the duchy’s advisors looked at each other with pale faces.

“Um, Young Lady. If I may ask, did you get permission from the Duke for this matter?”

“No!”

My answer was so confident that the advisors were flustered. While they were stammering, I pushed past them and entered.

“Guild Master, please put on this name tag first. Come this way and fill out the registry as well.”

I asked while pinning the name tag that read ‘F-rank (C-rank)’ in large letters to my chest.

“Registry? Do I really have to write that?”

“Yes. That’s how investors look at this and make investments.”

“Is it okay if I write it like this?”

“Yes, thank you. I hope you receive many investments. The additional entrance area is over there.”

I followed the guide.

‘They said they’d give me a temporary seat in the corner?’

Perhaps because of that, the atmosphere was a bit chaotic.

There was even someone sleeping soundly with both feet up on the desk, wrapped up in their cloak.

Judging by the straw hat covering their face, they might be a farming heir?

‘Still, this is something.’

When I appeared, everyone grabbed their desks and chairs and fled.

Only the seat next to the still-sleeping farming heir remained, so I sat there. Simple writing materials were provided on the desk.

‘Can’t have flies buzzing around.’

I first unfolded a piece of paper, wrote a few lines on it, and posted it in front of the desk.

“Now, shall we preview what kind of business talk might come up?”

I picked up a pamphlet from the desk that recorded the hot topics of this assembly.

“‘Phantom thief intrusion at Briar’s Trading Company’…”

It seemed a mysterious phantom thief roaming the night streets had visited the 11th-ranked guild.

They didn’t touch any cash at all and only took the famous ‘Golden Lily.’

‘Come to think of it, even though all sorts of things happened to our Black Rose Trading Company, we never had this kind of incident. I should be grateful we couldn’t get attention because of our low ranking.’

I was thinking such thoughts and hadn’t even read a few pages when shadows suddenly fell over my head.

Contract inquiries already?

‘No.’

Memory fragments stored in my mind surfaced. Experiences Aristina had at every social event.

‘The flies have come.’

I looked up.

Indeed, exactly the same scene as in my memories. Several aristocratic ladies had flocked in front of me. They all seemed displeased that I had attended this assembly.

‘How should I chase them away?’

Thinking about the patterns they had shown so far, the answer came to mind quickly.

‘I’m glad I prepared in advance.’

I glanced at the fly repellent paper I had posted on the desk earlier.

“Princess.”

One of the young ladies stepped forward. As expected, without even glancing at the paper.

“You look truly beautiful today as well.”

She bowed while flattering me with pleasant words.

“But to come to a place like this instead of going to the ball, I suppose you’re officially acknowledging your complete defeat to Lady Serene?”

See? This is exactly what I mean. Just lightly scratching at Aristina makes her explode in anger, so they cleverly provoke her to make her act out.

It seems they planned to drive me away using the same method today.

“…”

I stared at the opposing young lady without saying anything, then smiled brightly and extended my hand.

“Come on, 1 million pell.”

“Pardon?”

“Can’t you see this?”

When I pointed to the paper attached to the front of the desk, the young lady finally read it.

*No idle chatter.

*Business consultations: 1 million pell per case.

The opposing young lady jumped in shock.

“When did I ever have a business consultation? I was…”

“If it’s not work-related talk, then it’s idle chatter.”

I cut off her words and clapped my hands to call the moderator.

“Right now my guild is on the verge of being taken over by someone else, so I’m completely out of my mind with worry, yet this young lady insists on holding me up with useless chatter. Even though I’ve written and posted ‘No idle chatter’ like this.”

“Oh my, this kind of behavior is problematic. This isn’t a social venue. When the opposing guild master has even specified consultation rules separately, to violate them… I have no choice but to give you one warning. As you well know, three warnings mean ejection.”

“It, it was business talk!”

The opposing young lady panicked and pulled out a bundle of bills, placing them on my desk. Then she ran away without looking back.

‘See that, girls? If you want to insult me, pay money to do it.’

I looked around at the young ladies. At that moment, perhaps my red eyes flashed ominously, as they all fell silent and stepped back.

‘Hehe. I already earned 1 million pell before the meeting even started.’

I have a feeling the general meeting will go very smoothly. With a smile on my lips, I picked up the pamphlet again.

But…

“What? Why is this like this?”

The pamphlet wouldn’t budge at all. No matter how much I pulled, it wouldn’t move, so I wondered what was wrong, only to find the guild master next to me had placed his hand on top of the pamphlet. That Farming Heir from earlier.

“Could you please move your hand?”

I asked politely, but he didn’t budge at all.

“How rude.”

I pulled the pamphlet even harder. But it still wouldn’t move at all.

‘Strange? He’s only resting one finger on it.’

At this point, it even stirred my competitive spirit.

“I need to study quickly before it starts!”

I pulled the pamphlet with all my might.

But at that moment.

A powerful force exploded from the Farming Heir’s body, enveloping the pamphlet and pulling it toward him.

I was left stunned.

‘What? This power…?’

In the roughly surging wind, my hair and the hem of my clothes fluttered wildly.

Holding my hair with one hand and shielding my dazzled vision with the other, I looked at my opponent.

Beneath the cloak that had blown away, his appearance was completely revealed.

Red hair and golden eyes. Sun-tanned skin. Light clothing that fully revealed his solid muscles beneath the short top.

The people gathered in the event hall were shocked.

“Your Highness the Second Prince!”

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