This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 39

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Chapter 39

 

So Kyle is the future knight commander sprout? Not Baron?

 

‘But Baron beat Kyle in strength, right? Even though Baron is three years younger?’

 

I started to get confused about whether I was remembering the original story correctly.

 

I examined the appearances of Baron and Kyle standing in front of me.

 

Both had black hair. Kyle’s was long and Baron’s was short, but hair grows anyway so that didn’t matter.

 

But their eye colors were confusing.

 

“Kyle, by any chance… has the Frediki family been knights for generations?”

 

Kyle’s eyes sparkled at my careful question.

 

“Huh? Nuna, you know our family?”

 

No, I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.

 

If it was a family unrelated to knights, then Baron would seem to be the future knight commander sprout, not Kyle.

 

Kyle shrugged his shoulders.

 

“That’s right. We’ve been a knight family protecting the Utra Border Count’s Domain for generations.”

 

Good heavens. I started getting even more confused.

 

Unexpectedly, Baron sighed and pressed his forehead.

 

“Ah, Utra Border Count. I wondered what kind of family Frediki was, turns out it’s a vassal family of that side.”

 

“You know that name?”

 

“I don’t know Frediki, but I know the Utra Family. The current head is a man in his 50s who’s old-fashioned and values principles, right? He’s a typical person who’s strong to the weak and weak to the strong, and he’s famous for being merciless when the weak don’t meet his standards. About two years ago, he was harsh to his vassals over internal matters.”

 

I was surprised by how detailed his explanation was.

 

“You know even that much?”

 

A mere seven-year-old child?

 

“Ah.”

 

Baron, who finally opened his eyes wide, smacked his lips.

 

“Actually, my parents made me memorize noble genealogies and characteristics from early on. So I know most of the major noble genealogies starting from the Royal Court.”

 

Kyle, who was surprised, asked Baron.

 

“Were you a noble too? Did your family get wiped out?”

 

Instead of answering, Baron avoided Kyle’s gaze. Then Kyle pressed further.

 

“Tell me. What’s your family name?”

 

“El… dit.”

 

“What? I’ve never seen or heard that name. Must have been some vassal family of a rural lord in the countryside.”

 

Kyle rudely mocked Baron’s answer that came out with a sigh as if he had no choice, then continued his questioning.

 

“Why did your family get wiped out?”

 

“I don’t know that either. Do you know why your family got wiped out?”

 

“It’s my family’s business so of course I know the reason, but what are you to me, hyung.”

 

“You’re weaker than me but you want to be called hyung. How shameless.”

 

“What?”

 

Kyle clenched his fist. Then Baron also clenched his fist.

 

“Why? Want to try it with fists this time?”

 

“Hmph, fighting isn’t just about strength, you know?”

 

“You think you can win with technique?”

 

Kyle, unable to contain his provocation, suddenly reached out to grab Baron’s collar. But Baron lightly dodged Kyle’s hand.

 

“You!”

 

“Kid, don’t cry when you get beaten up for acting tough.”

 

“Who are you calling a kid? Baron, you’re younger and shorter than me!”

 

Seeing both their tones getting increasingly rough, it seemed like a real fistfight would break out if I didn’t stop them now.

 

No matter how young they both are, if they start competing in strength, it’ll be hard for me to stop them.

 

“Both of you, stop.”

 

I firmly cut them off and pulled over two dining chairs, placing them facing the wall with some distance between them.

 

“Ugh! It’s the thinking chair again?”

 

“Thinking chair? What’s that?”

 

“Baron knows well.”

 

I placed my hands on the shoulders of Baron, who looked disgusted, and Kyle, who looked puzzled, and smiled brightly.

 

“From Nuna’s perspective, you both did something wrong, right? So both of you shouldn’t talk. It would be good to calmly look at the wall and think about what you did wrong for a moment. Let’s talk with Nuna after that.”

 

At my words, Baron rolled his eyes and then broke out in a cold sweat.

 

“…Um, this is a bit inconvenient right now… Do I have to sit in the thinking chair?”

 

What reason could a young child have for it being inconvenient to receive home education?

 

Instead of answering, I pointed to the chair with my hand.

 

“…Ah.”

 

Baron, who sighed softly, puffed out his breath and blew his bangs. His face even turned red, showing he really didn’t want to sit in the thinking chair. But eventually he dropped his shoulders as if he had no choice.

 

When Baron sat properly in the thinking chair facing the wall, Kyle also sat in the other chair.

 

With both children keeping their mouths shut, the house became quiet. While they were thinking, I started tidying up the messy house.

 

About 5 minutes later, Raven’s voice suddenly came from outside the door.

 

“Hailey-nim, Baron-nim. We’re here.”

 

Looking back, I saw Raven standing at the door, looking at Baron’s side as if he found it very amusing.

 

But when Baron turned his head to look, Raven quickly covered his laugh-filled mouth with his hand and lowered his eyebrows pretending to be sad.

 

“Oh my, what’s this. You’re sitting in the thinking chair. What trouble did you cause? Seeing you sitting side by side, did you two fight?”

 

His voice sounded regretful. Baron narrowed his brow with a defeated expression and squinted his eyes.

 

“You’re excited and laughing, what do you mean.”

 

“Excited? How could that be.”

 

“Put that hand down.”

 

“Ahem! Cough! Cough! I must have a cold coming on, I keep coughing so I covered it.”

 

“What cold, I told you to put it down.”

 

Even though Raven said to treat him comfortably, speaking in a commanding tone to an adult. I quickly waved my hand.

 

“Baron, stop. Didn’t Nuna tell you not to talk? Think calmly.”

 

Baron pouted his lips in displeasure but didn’t argue back and turned his gaze to the wall.

 

I hurriedly stepped outside.

 

“Let’s talk outside.”

 

Outside, Kimarise was still wearing his half-mask. And Ben and Peter were there too, along with three unfamiliar ajummas and three ajusshis. A cart pulled by horses was fully loaded with several large containers and various items.

 

Raven said.

 

“I brought some temporary housing barracks and daily necessities, food, and clothes that are immediately needed.”

 

Since it would take time to assess the children’s information and take appropriate measures, he must have brought the urgent things first.

 

At Raven’s instruction, the three ajusshis found a spot on nearby flat land and started setting up barracks.

 

“And I also hired three ajummas to help with the necessary work while the children are here.”

 

The ajummas also started unloading the luggage from the cart.

 

Raven looked at Ben and smiled.

 

“And Ben-ssi bought all the lunch ingredients and clothes.”

 

“Ben-ssi did?”

 

I was really surprised.

 

When I went to the market before to buy Baron’s pajamas, I learned that clothes were very expensive here, unlike the modern world I used to live in.

 

Even with simple designs made in advance, everything from weaving the fabric to completion required manual labor.

 

But he bought thirty-two sets of clothes? That must have been quite a burden.

 

“Yesterday was so hard that I went straight home. But when I woke up and thought about it, I wondered how I should repay the kindness of finding our Peter.”

 

Ben scratched his head awkwardly.

 

“Also, our kid came home to sleep and eat, but I wondered if the other kids were even eating.”

 

Ben’s expression was dark. He seemed to have a heavy heart.

 

“When I found out they all went to Miss’s house, I brought some things. It must have been difficult to even house them for one day… By the way, did they get something to eat?”

 

“Yes, we were lucky to catch a lot of conch, and the children helped too.”

 

“Enough for all these people to eat?”

 

“Yes. Even after feeding everyone, there would be plenty of shellfish left over. So I think I’ll need to make several trips back and forth.”

 

At those words, Ben snapped his fingers.

 

“Ah! I have a good idea. Let’s do it this way then, Miss.”

 

Ben looked around and then pointed to the front of the house.

 

“Leave the seafood you want to sell to me here. Instead of Miss having to carry heavy loads, I’ll come check every three days and then leave money and take everything myself.”

 

“…What? That would be really great for me, but wouldn’t that be troublesome for you, Ajusshi?”

 

Ben stroked the bridge of the horse’s nose that he had brought with him.

 

“If I could, I’d like to give you this horse, but I only have one.”

 

“A horse! No way!”

 

I waved both hands in surprise.

 

“I didn’t do this expecting anything in return.”

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