The World Mistakes Me for Terminally Ill - Chapter 36

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The World Thinks I’m Terminally Ill Episode 036

 

‘Elisia’ is the empire’s top celebrity. Everyone looks up to her, is curious about her private life, and wants to imitate her.

 

“I guarantee that once the article comes out, the first tourist spot will be fully booked within a day.”

 

And I was someone who could strategically utilize that to any extent.

 

Bella, who had been looking at me with deep eyes at my words, opened her mouth.

 

“Most of them will probably be ladies and young ladies from the capital.”

 

“That’s right, Mother. So for the first time, I think it would be good to keep the recruitment numbers small and compose the escort with knights.”

 

“That would certainly be better. But no matter how small, the capital women won’t like moving in groups, will they?”

 

“Yes, that’s probably true. And that’s exactly how it should be.”

 

“How it should be?”

 

I smiled meaningfully, narrowing my eyes.

 

“If everything is perfect from the start, there’s no excitement in anticipating ‘what’s next,’ right? For them, the only thing that needs to be perfect is the experience at the hot springs. Other minor inconveniences will be improved next time. For example… after the new train station is completed.”

 

“…!”

 

They will unconsciously start waiting for when the new train station will be completed amidst their regret and inconvenience.

 

“We can mention the train station citing manpower shortage or safety reasons. Then the train station will naturally be imprinted in people’s minds.”

 

I plan to connect the entire Northern Region with train routes.

 

And tourists will travel freely throughout the Northern Region following these routes.

 

The artificial changes I create will eventually become an inevitable flow that will firmly unite the Northern Region.

 

The tourism business was one of the devices for this purpose.

 

“And requesting escort from Lunein will be very expensive. Of course it will be, right? After all, you’re receiving protection from the Duchy House.”

 

“Then ordinary commoners with relatively less money won’t be able to enjoy this.”

 

“That’s right. So we need to give them another alternative.”

 

“An alternative, ah.”

 

Jerkhal picked up on Bella’s realization.

 

“Mercenaries.”

 

Bingo.

 

In the distant future, tourists will be free to choose. Either receive escort from the Duchy’s soldiers, or hire mercenaries separately.

 

Mercenaries with strong individualism might not be suitable for public duties that clash with estate residents, but they were still part of the Northern Region anyway.

 

Near the stations, guard posts and mercenary guilds would naturally form, along with blacksmiths to serve them, people gathering to make requests, taverns, inns, markets, and so on.

 

‘Just like during the Thousand-Year War.’

 

That was exactly Lunein’s past and future.

 

“With differentiated pricing, we give the upper class the right to consume vanity, and give others the opportunity to chase their aspirations.”

 

Jerkhal gazed at me with deep eyes.

 

“Afterwards, private hot springs for the upper class will naturally emerge. Like the eastern coastal areas, there will be those who want to build villas near the snowy mountains where hot springs are located.”

 

“Those villas will be empty most of the year, but they’ll have other value. For example, nobles who want to enjoy exclusivity will tremendously raise the land prices that had no monetary value before.”

 

“That will soon become an object of envy and desire. Fashion will spread like wildfire, and people will accept owning a villa with a private hot spring as one of the symbols of wealth and power.”

 

“This elegant image born from desire will belong entirely to the Northern Region.”

 

After playfully finishing the exchange with Father, I added seriously.

 

“This image will protect Lunein. Until Lunein spreads its crouched wings and soars again.”

 

No matter how much I spread rumors about privately building a train station, anyone who wasn’t a fool and was watching this place would have gradually noticed the changes in the Northern Region.

 

‘Since it’s three years before the original story begins, the villains haven’t made direct moves yet.’

 

But from now on, it’s different. If I develop the Northern Region any further, they will definitely make their move.

 

So it was time to create a second shield.

 

“Even if someone tries to interfere with the train station construction, those who want to build villas in the Northern Region won’t stand for it.”

 

After that, visitors would naturally increase, making it impossible for them to interfere even if they wanted to, so it would be fine.

 

I enthusiastically explained other things too.

 

How to operate the business, how to connect the train station routes, what the response direction would be when variables occurred, and so on.

 

Jerkhal, who had been silently listening to my words, finally opened his mouth.

 

“I’ll allow it. Do as you wish.”

 

I smiled brightly at the answer I had expected.

 

“Yes!”

 

This was a matter of completely different scale from the wheat trade or knight appointments.

 

That was assisting with things already being done, and this was pioneering a new path.

 

If something went wrong, it could directly tarnish Lunein’s name, but entrusting me with full authority was literally an expression of trust.

 

“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely make it succeed.”

 

At my words, my in-laws and husband nodded as if they believed me.

 

After Elisia left first due to urgent matters.

 

The Duchess couple and Shubel sat with darkened faces.

 

“That child seems to be planning to use herself as a torch to illuminate Lunein again.”

 

Bella quietly sighed.

 

Jerkhal turned his head toward his son, who was just staring blankly at where his daughter-in-law had left.

 

“She probably didn’t say anything because she was worried we’d be concerned, but you know, don’t you.”

 

“…”

 

“She seems to be planning to promote the hot springs with her image, and among the effects the child mentioned, there’s health as well as beauty.”

 

They were now thinking that Elisia was planning to promote that she had recovered from her illness through the hot springs.

 

If Elisia had known, she would have been shocked and said, ‘But that’s also an actual hot spring effect, and I included it because health is most people’s concern!’

 

Unfortunately, she had already left, and thanks to that, the misunderstanding grew smoothly.

 

“She has to serve as an example, so she can’t show it outwardly and will suffer inwardly again. I feel so sorry for her.”

 

“Even if the child pretends to be fine, you must take good care of her by her side. Do you understand?”

 

Bella and Jerkhal said.

 

Shubel looked at the door Elisia had left through with deeply sunken eyes.

 

‘Because you showed favor to Seton, I can do this for Lunein too.’

 

Was she trying to save the Northern Region by sacrificing herself for such a simple reason?

 

Something boiled deep in his chest.

 

‘You are truly a fair person, my lady.’

 

After Elisia’s second coughing up blood, Shubel came to his senses from the devastating failure he experienced for the first time.

 

He acknowledged that Elisia was an irreplaceable being, and upon acknowledging this, he now wanted to monopolize her attention.

 

He didn’t know. That his gradually withering emotions were slowly beginning to revive because of her.

 

That his life, which had been boring from staring at and thinking about only Elisia all day, now had no time to be tedious.

 

Shubel answered.

 

“Yes.”

 

His fair lady was so versatile that she was also skilled at hiding her inner thoughts.

 

But when it came to her health, he had no intention of being easily deceived.

 

Seeing Elisia’s blood drove him mad.

 

‘So please don’t hide it from me, my lady.’

 

Human thoughts are narrow-minded, and once fixed in that direction, they become trapped in the stereotypes they create themselves.

 

This misunderstanding seemed impossible to reverse anymore.

 

With the full support of my in-laws, the hot spring tourism business proceeded swiftly.

 

Although the cold war with Shubel fizzled out due to what happened at the business announcement and tea time.

 

After that, he treated me as if nothing had happened, and I did the same.

 

On the surface.

 

But at least I knew this was my unreasonable emotional violence.

 

‘I really should apologize.’

 

In the end, I suffered alone from embarrassment and came to that conclusion… but I kept postponing it under the excuse of leading the new business, and before I knew it, this week had passed in an instant.

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