IFLDMHF – Chapter 62

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– You heartless thing! Do you want to live 53560f67a5 happily after devouring your parents 876f893650 and their money?d7d8e2d661bcacf8

– If your father were alive, he would’ve helped us for sure!01969136fbd07d3f

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After my parents passed 043877d282 away, my father’s company 5a9361872f was divided among our 53096a9e1b relatives. But surprisingly, the f0f5631a0b company collapsed within 2f7c437d30 three months.efa436de53dd763b

In the end, the 5f28af0ed9 scattered relatives each struggled 2d34a88a64 to start new businesses d57d558129 or small shops, barely 100a80699d managing to make ends 31abc2c10c meet.3c4891060cbba1c8

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Then one day, perhaps 0c15aae242 rumors spread about the 7c3888dea6 success of the investment 32038c1455 company I had founded, 6fbfb7f0a6 and the relatives began 52f17fae41 showing up one after 11b0e57d99 another.aa70f2f572f3a4b5

‘If they at least prepared a decent business plan and asked for investment, it would’ve been tolerable.’3a789fbd9c4f195d

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But just like they had e90be2f22f once latched onto my father’s 376ad9ecbc company, some demanded positions, while 20310524c1 others outright treated me like 557e727931 a walking wallet, shamelessly asking 9940cc88df for money.e2a700d5dcffeabb

The fact that fa132b8862 the word “family” a65f1af39e could sometimes be c00bfcbb0e used as a 4e21d63445 shield to display b628766ebf such brazen and 39c78d0d0a ugly faces only 73cea30af5 made me more 37c2411e84 concerned.08eaa9df1b1a766c

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However…6173882abcfcf525

– I heard Lady Biers visits every day. Do you have a good 27214b337a relationship with your aunt?436e1e0c7a0f2454

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When I couldn’t 03bbae8f2d hold back and 46c8637e8e asked directly, instead 93df944ee8 of subtly hinting, ae6cee5e65 the children’s responses 07889cc7c7 were unexpected, though 7d876ba3e0 they seemed slightly 80ce12d888 flustered.fcaa25f9df134887

– Yes, we do.41c22f0cbac04d2a

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– …Really?19a99796647afbcd

– Really.ab6dca64a1adf85a

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Marianne answered firmly without 65bd903426 wavering, and Dior nodded a04fe625e6 vigorously in agreement.0854452c36a15fcc

But whether it 4524f87283 was because I 6c423087b8 had already grown 4be8be2b1e suspicious, something about 526dfc995a their response still f0c32433d5 felt off and 87aef5f87a weighed on my 0d4ba0b26b mind.6d90935a89913570

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“I think I need to investigate this further.”b65c05e88b407dc5

I was muttering to myself ca4b59e20c as I opened the door 948a68c767 to my room.8f3e37d0b962ef8f

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“Ah, madam! You’ve returned!”bb8391f9612f726b

“Welcome back, madam! You’ve worked hard!”646a01987d1f095c

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I had assumed 6437be961f Anne would be 64726475f9 alone, but to 7add6a2f9b my surprise, Gressel—the 5616e0fc52 knight who was cf45251d65 supposed to guard 0d9e65235f me yet was 6484de3d63 rarely seen in 4b81e38095 the duchy—was there 402152b883 to greet me.e3c692362a7575d5

I had planned c074370300 to scold him b03a7ecb14 for vanishing after 00241bec2f making such an 96800e14b2 earnest vow of ff50f43f9b loyalty, but the 40b8e5e866 way his eyes 16306eb5e6 sparkled as if c58bbf0ef9 he’d reunited with 524909a823 a long-lost master b7e4a20196 left me speechless.24203f44b695d72b

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Nodding briefly, I stepped inside. Gresel quickly closed fb6d0134de the door behind 10e5bc1d25 me, while Anne 13a1768fde spoke up sharply.50ffd29bf76da79f

“But madam, what do you plan to investigate further?”41619f720258ae9a

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“…”db97b876f2c00574

Wow, I had aa09eae1ee muttered that so d314ff786e quietly outside—she actually 5864931021 heard me?88964652c289cdb0

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I was genuinely cf891590a8 impressed by Anne’s 4beb786583 sharp hearing. I was about to fbcb492f2c brush it off as f8d9a66d73 nothing, but then a 9b089e1d79 memory resurfaced.59282b44aaf80a37

The morning after Euclid 54d43011cb had departed, when I 33674e8cfb was waiting in Grace’s 6bcae46c7f room, Anne had entered 403d992fb2 seamlessly with the other 875d6fef34 maids of the duchy.dfed56ea454cfc9c

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‘Honestly, I had been grateful that she managed to adapt to this unfamiliar estate without causing any trouble.’9ed6e928285e9a37

At Basilian Duchy, c7dde15100 where she had 9e55a1680e worked for a 4ee3506a90 long time, I 19a196e547 had never even 743c1dabef seen her interacting f46ad62bf1 with other servants. Yet here, despite my notorious 28f1f09225 reputation, Anne had blended in b9982cb60c effortlessly and alarmingly quickly.0369f81b1612a295

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No matter how kind and 5083508305 simple the people of Rudion 91c8d700a2 Duchy might be, forming such c08ed7dd72 close relationships within a single 4ed83ef7fc day was nothing short of 64a9294893 impressive.c99d6eeae8910344

On top of that, b7e5b8b74c I recalled the oddly ccc8869f02 detailed reports she had 085cbdc3ed given me before—far too c7296b00f3 thorough for an ordinary 9601a289f4 maid.c3e6f1a3801f342c

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It made me 0571b52041 wonder if she ea8e481906 had access to 90cf8f7b89 information I wasn’t d8c14652f3 aware of.e54ad7cc6ff246a2

‘Well, might as well ask her.’a3333fe1450a2eb6

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Of course, I didn’t have 4ab9ca69b5 high expectations. She had been 9dbe7b5231 busy tidying my 71ed6fabd4 bedroom all day e98958e3b7 and night, after aefd8ee724 all.c7ab8926eff452a3

“It’s about the Biers Count family. They’re the maternal relatives 5a1da62924 of the duke’s nephew 56321b955c and , and something 6455ac4e60 doesn’t sit right with 03f64fb306 me.”f87b5e3290113e5f

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But as I spoke, 9f09775f8e an issue I had b8839987d2 pushed aside as something ecdf4e32ba that would resolve itself 510fb36b98 suddenly slipped out.6ffdfc6ecf13b8ea

“The Rudion Duchy sends money to the Biers family every month under the pretext of ‘distribution costs.’”1e0f4bb037ef4cae

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“Distribution costs?”51696c3f8707d3bd

“Yes. And while transporting 59c2de3dec goods to the 328b9074a9 north is indeed 5509b8cf2c challenging, the amount 90d870de29 seems excessively high—as 5374060e07 if someone’s playing 849540c7b5 tricks with the fe59ffd0ed numbers.”92d23707c724ce3f

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It was a suspicion I 737c6a4721 couldn’t bring myself to voice c1f5d29df3 directly in front of Euclid, d1939eeea5 who had faithfully paid the 7d8b647c2a invoices sent by the Biers 2c81ba47f2 family without question.b0865d375cdfe9db

Especially upon learning 1384c651f5 that the one 41009d6431 who mediated on 8e7adeb582 behalf of House 5e167ba789 Rudion when the eddf82c11c discontent of the 36260148cd territory’s people had f8923a8892 grown severe under 9260ce9242 Count Biers’ tyranny 5b4d3161a2 a decade ago a3dfafc6a5 was none other d75b859f03 than Euclid’s late 155d17ebd0 older brother.ca9efd13130eed6d

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‘I can’t say for certain… but maybe it was an unfair agreement from the start.’9d06af6789061e8e

I didn’t want to admit 36c0384975 that my favorite character was a065bdb732 being taken advantage of, but 2146645765 more than anything, it was ba3fa200ad a topic that seemed uncomfortable 2655477c7e for Euclid, so I didn’t bd7aedaa40 want to bring it up.6a0e71b64ccf7a64

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Perhaps because neither Euclid nor 66a3e80af8 Delano had ever run a d654a0a782 merchant guild before, they didn’t 0383eb8ab7 seem to know whether those 3d1e16b064 distribution costs were reasonable.534fe41540dc1cbe

And honestly, I, too, 0e12ef7c2d was a stranger who 748fe9c59d hadn’t been in this aeabb2af6b world for long, so dc36f323cc I wasn’t sure I 27b336aa00 had the right to 74bb64ab89 say more.204e7c8726667582

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But perhaps because I had 9f47b0f5e4 been lucky with money and 64f984db49 dealt with finances more often 3535e643ba than others.27dddca24761cf16

I was more sensitive 8853ea36eb to numbers than most d8abd3a4cf people, and especially during e6172af116 the height of my 4399a87a4f wedding preparations, when Anne 30b3e4fa50 would occasionally bring me 2b008dbfe0 documents to sign, I dd2ed0c76c managed to grasp a f5cb8ead93 general sense of luxury 226c3f6ebb item prices and the dc93b52654 costs involved in running 4b1bbc0f6a a merchant guild.556a1f1baf268ab3

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Anne, who had been a9d61c7f40 listening to me intently, d39befe03d nodded in agreement.e6d352c066459f36

“If you’re pointing it out, Miss, then there must certainly be a problem.”43e08f39451aafc6

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‘No, it’s not that certain…’7857b8025efb025e

Before I could voice my 6637243012 hesitation, Anne continued.6b45a09244855345

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“Well, the House of Count Biers has been responsible for supplying necessities to the North for a long time, yet their guild hasn’t grown much. I didn’t think fd76bf63bb they were particularly 7f0eb36a07 capable, but to 6b1241d8dd think they’ve been 0da653ab30 receiving distribution fees 2dfae21526 from House Rudion…”8608cf48e9f3487e

I was stunned d862384937 by the flood 2004df7af0 of information coming 62194c5cbe out of Anne’s aafe85482c mouth as if a85d8dfc1b she had been c73721b305 waiting for this f49255e5b5 moment.a37be7623d7719e9

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Wait, how on earth does f128d568ab she know all this?eb4216ec2dc7b0e2

But I couldn’t 396968c1fa bring myself to 04d147d15c ask.821c4d9baf882385

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“There’s a high chance that there was some kind of deal during the initial mediation process, or perhaps some other issue at play.”77b429b130c987a0

Anne voiced the ce508ec70e very suspicion I 89e33ced90 had been harboring.95f5fe9f16f76800

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Especially since shortly after agreeing d3be3d7a88 to the distribution fees, Euclid’s 1b87f49934 older brother had married Count 5a82970e98 Biers’ daughter, which made the a4bd6f3918 whole thing feel even more 05fc815e9d suspicious.c2e7b3be864e7c45

‘But no matter how you look at it, would the heir of a duchy sign a contract that would harm his family?’79474f547b674a73

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It was deeply unsettling, but 0449976437 questioning a dead man wasn’t 308806a650 possible, and in any case, 0d3ccbb91c it was an issue that a1b93256d1 would disappear once a branch c200823e36 of the Basilian guild was dcec41bb65 established.7e418820577518d6

At this point, I thought f563a1b74a it was better to just a92d175d83 let it go.002232ef3ed1f824

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It really was the ac00318659 right decision, but…16a3211cb87cfadb

“It’s infuriating.”d9f14af249751b97

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Thinking about how Euclid cc85a6555a had struggled and stressed e289d60b28 himself out every month 55bc3ebf78 to produce money to 173204a7a6 hand over to Count 903f4c6c50 Biers made my blood ad4d9cdb1c boil.2bc9b5fbe625a24f

Even if there wouldn’t b1856bc89f be any more payments d2550cd953 in the future—that was 1d45ce1e0c only natural. If there had really been 3e68fd1f31 foul play, I wanted to df6faf247b get back all the money 01cd9f2715 that had been paid so 1a85654a4c far.7c704a8a1e4e4350

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I had casually mentioned 1b06c4663e earlier that a branch 55ca5b5ab5 of the Basilian guild 829917cfb1 would be established soon, 6c46951e4d so it was obvious 20558a5373 they would come running bfec99f19a to House Rudion before 5e7a216868 long.a0c7e9c345cbd687

I wanted to b4938b2738 give them a dc59f3c63d harsh lesson at 5c00a7e262 that moment, but 43c8d079da as I bit f1f15b96f9 my lip in d117c524ba frustration, wondering how b752b3d345 to do it, b664fd9281 Anne spoke up.dd06266ec2c917a5

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“In such a case, I think it would be best to inform Young Duke Sionel.”cedda961d1b628f6

Huh? Why is Sionel 1e9a53734e suddenly being brought a6544c7634 up here?030b22988d3fbbd3

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As I frowned in confusion, ebf4711a3e Anne glanced at me cautiously 28cfc43a92 and said,340ca7b8cd54408b

“I know you might not like the idea of asking the Young Duke for help… But he’s part of the Ministry of Finance, and he happens to be responsible for overseeing unfair and anti-competitive economic practices like monopolies and collusion.”498c268205b2537e

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Wait, what? Sionel is part of the b5a2a39e40 Ministry of Finance?051368b9fc08d104

The heir to 943a021662 Basilian isn’t even 43f9c7e0a1 thinking about taking 5ead07867c over the guild 6c40d8ecb6 but is instead 10508d4dcd monitoring guilds? I was utterly bewildered.381d8978b029cead

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‘But… isn’t this perfect? Almost too perfect.’e3a0f269efc7db14

“All Madame would need to do is send a few documents proving the distribution fees paid by House Ludion to Count Biers to Young Duke Sionel.”6888ce2396f000fb

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Unaware that I was ecebcd9a4a already planning to write 3f5170a2c5 a hefty letter to 1c41d2cd92 Sionel, Anne continued to 6f0a0e89a5 explain that Sionel would a53ce8af3f immediately dispatch investigators to 60eb22559c the Biers merchant guild, 6d5d3f1fea and they would be 6d9177138e able to compare the c0ba082354 actual ledgers and determine d062f9784e whether fraud had occurred.a71a5964e05c43b3

‘Wait, they can even send investigators to inspect this?’3f77be6d711f17ae

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I thought they would need 147dc749b7 solid evidence before taking action, 60878b1726 but this was incredible.f7c60fab06ced2ed

Oh, wait a minute!e92dcb29a696759f

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