The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28

An undefeated card. In other words, a card that never loses.

What an attractive concept this is. Not losing means either winning or drawing, right? At minimum, it’s a tie.

That means I might not die.

In other words, if I use this well, there could be cases where I avoid death.

‘Oh, this is quite…?’

With this new information, the calculator in my head began spinning rapidly.

“…”

Seeing me sitting quietly with my mouth shut, perhaps misunderstanding that I was reacting lukewarmly, Queen Aunt and the Great Spirit spoke urgently.

“Of course, it all depends on what you make of it, so you can just forget about it if you want.”

“Right. Anyway, ‘World Tree’s Lullaby’ is definitely much more profitable than music boxes. Here, look at this, Princess!”

When the Great Spirit raised one hand, a magic scroll was summoned from thin air.

On the scroll that unfolded wide before me, amounts were written.

Looking at the units, it seemed to be the price per piece. One, two, three, four… eight digits?

“What is this?”

“If the Princess signs the contract, you’ll take over a mine. A mine connected to the World Tree’s roots. This is the unit price chart for ‘World Tree’s Lullaby’ that will be extracted there.”

The Great Spirit glanced at my expression and added.

“Of course, for a Princess who is the only daughter of a wealthy family, this probably isn’t such a tremendous amount.”

“Ah, well…”

I was so flustered that I mumbled my response.

Benjamin! Are you listening! Our 94th rank company hit the jackpot!

A scream burst out inside me, but apparently it didn’t show on the outside.

“And, Princess.”

The Great Spirit looked at me carefully and spoke earnestly.

“‘World Tree’s Lullaby’ just needs to be peeled off from the wall. Compared to music boxes that require procuring materials and making them one by one, there are far fewer problems to worry about, but the price is incomparably higher.”

Queen Aunt chimed in from the side.

“Oh right, didn’t you clearly say this earlier? That you wanted a modest but stable and profitable business.”

“That’s right! Exactly! Look at this!”

The Great Spirit snapped his fingers. The magic scroll transformed into something like a blackboard used in schools, and items appeared in a row on it.

“Number 1. ‘Modest’? Currently there are only 2 customers in the entire Empire, so there’s no business more modest than this in the world.”

“Number 2. ‘Stability’? What’s the point of saying it. This business has absolutely no competitors. The Princess is the one and only business operator in the entire Empire. It’s a perfect monopoly. As for demand… as long as customers exist, it’s like a spring that never runs dry.”

“Number 3. ‘Profitability’? This one just makes my mouth hurt to talk about. Look at Queen Aunt. She earned well until age 70. Hey, if the Princess feels her pocket money is a bit lacking, just quietly raise the prices. What can they do? You’re the one and only supplier.”

“Right! Right! And while the contract itself must unavoidably be made with the Crown Prince brothers, from then on you can use an agent. You don’t have to meet face to face and talk!”

“Most importantly…”

The two weren’t satisfied with that and pulled out their trump card.

“Have you thought about this? How delighted your father Duke Carnel will be!”

“That’s right! Your daughter’s 94th rank F-grade company suddenly landed the top secret Imperial contract that was the hottest topic at this general assembly? And with such good conditions too?”

“The Duke will be so shocked he’ll fall over when he learns this! Hey, Princess. Don’t you want to see your aloof father fall over in shock?”

“Forget everything else, I’ll beg like this. Please take it on. Otherwise, World Tree or whatever, I’ll leave this earth? I’ll really leave, for real?”

I was startled.

“No, why would you say such a thing…”

Is my expression really that sullen? They’re trying so hard to persuade me.

“Alright. I said alright. You don’t need to go that far, I was just thinking this seems worth trying.”

“That’s right!”

The two old people’s faces brightened.

“Good thinking, Princess!”

“Then I’ll call the Crown Prince brothers. Is that okay?”

“Yes.”

I nodded. Queen Aunt immediately opened the door and gestured to Aldensis and Zikren.

“Princess Aristina has agreed. What a relief.”

Their gazes turned toward me. Then Aldensis bowed his head.

“Thank you, Princess.”

“Don’t mention it. I only decided because it benefits me.”

I replied calmly.

Shortly after, a contract was prepared on the desk. After going through the customary procedure of confirming the contents, I firmly pressed my seal on the contract.

After completing the contract, we scheduled the next matters that needed to be handled. Then I exchanged greetings with all of them and left Silverpigeon Palace.

‘I’m tired.’

Only when I was alone did fatigue finally wash over me.

Too many things had happened in one day. I needed time to organize my thoughts calmly.

‘I need to contact the company and let them know about the contract…’

But if I contacted them at this hour, I’d be an evil company boss. Since it was late today, I decided to go home first.

“Home.”

“Yes, Young Lady.”

The coachman immediately drove the carriage.

Lost in various thoughts, I soon arrived at the ducal mansion.

I thought it would be shrouded in darkness today too, but unexpectedly, the entire mansion was brightly lit.

‘Hmm?’

As soon as I got out of the carriage, the head butler came running frantically.

“Young Lady! You’re just arriving? The Duke has been waiting anxiously!”

“Father has?”

Ah, I see. With the Duke’s family’s information network, news must have already reached father’s ears. So he was waiting for me?

Well, it is a jackpot after all.

I entered the mansion triumphantly like a victorious general. And headed straight to Duke Carnel’s study.

But…

“The Young Lady has arrived.”

Guided by the head butler, the moment I stepped into the study, an eerie chill swept over me.

‘Huh?’

Duke Carnel was sitting at his desk with his arms crossed, looking straight at me.

His eyes demanded an explanation.

Had I done something wrong? No matter how much I thought about it, nothing came to mind.

“What’s the matter?”

As I walked over hesitantly, the Duke pushed a paper on his desk toward me.

It was a newspaper article.

…Princess Aristina Bianca Rosen, who constantly causes incidents and accidents, is once again drawing public criticism with her thoughtless act of donating the huge sum of 100 million perel to the notorious Elven Faith followers…

Gasp.

For a moment, no words came out.

‘Those damn reporters!’

The Duke spoke coldly to me, whose mouth had sealed shut.

“When I told you to restrain your extravagance, you answered ‘Yes, yes.’ But inside, you must have found your father’s words quite annoying? Is this your rebellion?”

That’s not it…

Since Duke Carnel had a personality that absolutely hated excuses, instead of making lengthy excuses, I opened my bag and rummaged for a paper. Then I placed it on the Duke’s desk.

【Imperial Top Secret Business Contract】.

At the bottom of the document with that title written in large letters, my seal as a princess of House Rosen was stamped.

Right next to it, seals in the shape of a Gold Dragon and Red Dragon respectively were clearly imprinted.

“…?”

The Duke’s eyes widened.

“What is this?”

It’s obvious just by looking, isn’t it? Perhaps his thoughts had momentarily stopped, as he asked me in a bewildered tone.

“Exactly what the name says.”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“I won this business at the Guild Leaders’ Assembly. It wasn’t what I originally applied for, but I ended up contracting with the Imperial Court after passing a secret test. Supporting the Elven Faith was an unavoidable choice I had to make to solve the challenge posed by the organizers.”

A look of bewilderment filled the Duke’s face as he listened to my explanation. It seemed he truly knew nothing about it.

I was puzzled.

“I thought you would know…”

The Duke’s complexion turned red.

“How was I supposed to know this? You came home late yesterday and went straight to bed without even giving me a report.”

Huh? The lights were definitely off yesterday, but he was actually waiting for my report?

‘But surely…’

The Duke had Eunice tracking all my movements, didn’t he? Since she’s a capable chief aide, she would have found out quite a lot if she tried.

At the very least, she wouldn’t have been completely unaware like this.

‘Was that person not Eunice? Did I see wrong?’

I entertained that doubt, but it didn’t make sense.

No.

I was certain.

‘That was definitely Eunice.’

Since I had mistaken her for Ruellian for a moment, I had looked at that person very carefully. So my concentration was extremely high.

I’m excellent at distinguishing people’s faces. That person’s jawline was definitely Eunice’s.

‘No matter how I think about it, it’s strange.’

While clearly storing this fact in my mind, I fell into thought for a moment.

Then I suddenly realized.

‘Why is it so quiet?’

Duke Carnel hadn’t said anything for a while now.

What’s this? Just as I was about to lift my head.

His voice came flying over.

“By any chance… were you hurt by what just happened?”

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