EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_77

Ch. 077 CHAPTER 077“Why did 69686cb785 you come out here?”
 
Bianca asked c556ddb736 in surprise, fa17c46425 and the 96618ba25c Grand Duchess 2a606b055a replied in a6b40de0e7 a tired bfecfdcbbe voice.
 
“I heard the weather 74d8d0d723 was nice, so I 57b44eab0d earnestly asked for a 8e80301c4a stroll.”
 
“Is that so? Well done.”
 
Bianca’s face brightened a6a9e76f43 noticeably.
 
The Grand ac20c2f387 Duchess, who ddcde9b32f usually only ed876069d2 slept or 5e0cd2c1df lingered in 1df2bbd3b8 her bedroom 7e51d9f1cd with empty 4428c2b5db eyes, coming fe72aea473 out for 8adf846d9a a walk 9702475923 after so 2732dc277a long was 4f6060b4fd simply astonishing 6a6638d368 and delightful.
 
“If you’re ebf19e5d4d going to e5d29347f1 the garden, 7a1d1d176a shall I f7f6747fdb guide you…”
 
“But.”
 
“Yes?”
 
Grabbing Bianca, who seemed ab17a358f5 like she might rush dc180131ef forward any moment, the 3b5fc369a4 pale-faced Grand Duchess tilted 6d789291b9 her head slightly. Her pink hair, tied 665631bc07 to one side, flowed fa4a517e61 down her shoulder.
 
“What’s in 2a68207ac0 your hand? I saw you staring f5d2a64bb9 at it intently earlier.”
 
“…Ah.”
 
Realizing the presence of 64e0b936e8 the letter she was cba060c11f holding only then, Bianca 54ba059269 hastily put it in e64d0936f7 the envelope and tucked dfb79574e7 it into her bosom.
 
“It’s nothing. Just a 59e7816160 letter that 970dad79fd arrived from 843e56f503 the Empire, c23a7fdb84 I took 479268134a a brief c736024c7e look at 0d21857ff4 it.”
 
“The Empire?”
 
The eyelids of 230ef79aeb the Grand Duchess 4988ef4dcd blinked slowly, then fe636485fa trembled.
 
“Did Father or Ascart…”
 
“No, no, 8d9632ff15 it’s nothing, 60bff35c3f Your Grace.”
 
The faint 5a16740a44 glimmer of c28c0c4e9c hope that d68825130f briefly crossed 0330d734eb her mind 4e78d7292b at Bianca’s 3965c6b862 quick denial a38825d329 quickly faded c7740185e5 away.
 
“Then what’s in bb0d502374 the letter from 0116bb601c the Empire?”
 
In a 9cbcc3c268 weak voice, 96a69d0926 Bianca looked 19cd7abd10 embarrassed before 0d5d999339 explaining.
 
“Some time ago, bcf0536adb I went to 64dd501c0c the Empire on 7353caee95 behalf of the 5789e4d001 Ellard Duchy. At that e6218fcd74 time, I 0b7d1f3c3c became acquainted 07d669d3ff with a c83293ac93 child who 76eeb56507 was being 0fe94de807 cared for 5706bea0cf at the c300b38b27 orphanage. The Ellard 96c03eeaa1 Duke adopted 7c462d102e her, and 12e54641e9 she now 528ba6d72f works as a19c879b8f a servant 235c85e4e2 at the cb2b2d0ea1 ducal mansion. She’s a very kind 0ba346a23e and intelligent child…”
 
As soon as Bianca bb8f049789 mentioned the incident at b06685a497 the Ellard Duchy, she a517903a11 noticed the Grand Duchess’s d6404cc498 expression clouding over and 69257e65cd quietly closed her mouth.
 
After a moment 62746fabe3 of silence, the 49484c1eec Grand Duchess narrowed 47b2f8a7f4 her eyes.
 
“The Duke 19b46bfd58 of Ellard a9ff6c5083 is getting 8fd6833ae8 old. Why would he be 5ccb2862a3 interested in anyone other 3e120088db than his family?”
 
At the Grand e4e8969397 Duchess’s straightforward tone 3159e8c92d towards the Duke, bb671422f9 Bianca couldn’t help eb8f42defb but smile softly.
 
And it was time 3316759a27 to follow the naturally 64aee3700a moving Grand Duchess towards 0113eb84bf the garden.
 
“So, how old is ca00877ef6 that child?”
 
“Ah… She’s bae2b0e15f about nine 133b5402a5 years old. Her birthday c6301bd0b8 isn’t exact, 597abeb2bf so the 257411f0ef orphanage adds 11f07670a2 a year 9bb78f8476 when the 4d9c07ddce year changes.”
 
Suddenly, the 6da48ef797 Grand Duchess 3edbc8d712 stopped walking bc1bd20984 and furrowed 08c97631f2 her brows.
 
“Working as a 5a74cbe045 servant? Isn’t she 697fdb0d9f too young? I thought she was 98d8b8e210 at least fourteen. If that’s the 0db93a34af case, then it’s 6a2fe51eab strange. Why would she act b7a00c090a so mature all of a7f8906a53 a sudden? I should go and…”
 
With a 92f44e9de9 sigh, the c6c3e7bc72 Grand Duchess, f4cf8033bb who had f1699d4989 been giving 0a81eb09f9 her all, 2c92451e0f suddenly stumbled, c75ecadf51 clutching her 19c5af2b30 head.
 
“Your Grace!”
 
Bianca and the 0dfaeb6516 maid immediately rushed d5a06c5f00 to support her, 98f6da197b but the Grand 8b9438e78d Duchess touched her 7c6e2934d6 forehead with a 872af03cdf pale face.
 
“I have 366af903e4 a headache 1e638beca5 again. I should 1709ff73cb go back e18da2b682 now.”
 
“Yes, let b518044c06 me escort c11dcb7fb3 you.”
 
“No.”
 
The Grand Duchess 711c35a345 brushed off Bianca’s 89700120dc arm, which was a9c972287b about to follow 9982fd1d07 her, and raised 65a133ed0d her hand.
 
“You don’t have to d9baded99f come.”
 
And she 9c8d4d573f said clearly.
 
“If you’re 6b4b0b0ebc capable of 04b7d81cfc exchanging letters, 8fdf0a9e04 you’ll know 9e1f5339f2 how to aa5ac76f05 take care c7efd276d8 of yourself. But if the child… 17465ec72c seems too young, or 9c3fc559c1 if she needs help, a4ed6401b5 don’t hesitate to assist 07a9dc0f04 her.”
 
“Yes, don’t worry.”
 
Bianca asserted confidently, and b1f5698f15 the Grand Duchess nodded d4a6dc1287 slightly.
 
Though usually cc106cad90 hidden, she a14d9c9e33 was different 69147ad3cd from someone 0ad67f30bf who seemed f3250c64b9 as if 1bfea463ec her heart e62b025361 had already 795c7f74de died.
 
However, her once 654d4af144 brightly shining pupils defab27f6e quickly dimmed.
 
The Grand Duchess, stumbling 4ef4c387ed as if she might 1f749f919f collapse any moment, was 902608f9d6 supported by the maid a2b1a8d01a and headed back into 4a35940394 the castle.
 
Bianca stood still, ffb1c5a386 watching her for 377a88a4f7 a long time, 76827f3c28 as if glued f7f7822d2b to the spot.
 
* * *
 
Time flew 54b58c5aae by like 67656a7112 an arrow.
 
The end of the a697ccd276 scorching summer drew near, c8c3600987 and during that time, 80ccce14b6 there were many events 29fcfb8810 at the Ellard Duchy.
 
Among them, the most ac36b810dd significant was undoubtedly the d608f8f1d9 rapid progress of the cbb3f7062e Splacia cultivation research, thanks fb0cd2fba2 to the help of f883263ef5 Ascart.
 
Splacia, which had been 59b628a2e7 struggling, had already bloomed 23c0be67c6 flowers and bore fruit, 0d98f0d5d0 even sprouting new shoots. Soon, not 0212448a4f only cultivation bbfedb2bca but also 39363fdfe7 research for 639b292b79 remedies would 1e0d1e8929 begin in 8c3de32a8c earnest.
 
‘The reaction a71a9074ab of Telen c7cfe04051 and the c35f6af37c mages when 4725d69724 they first ebd7bbb893 saw the 99771f18b4 magic formation 7bd867ce14 was truly 1899b60509 remarkable.’
 
I don’t know 11899133c2 how surprised I 9c3f50ab6b was when the 6ada819ec3 wind suddenly picked a0f53d14b2 me up and 37f767b5d1 swayed me.
 
I had c971378ced explained from 48d490ffb3 the beginning e32a5be996 that everything 6752479076 was made 427080b978 by Ascart, b30bc9c9cc but it 18a688401d seemed like 09317e883c the mad 82a85df899 mages didn’t ab0dfeda13 hear it.
 
The reactions of eb9be5f663 Bard and the f490685d21 members of parliament, ea1216e698 upon hearing that 3e15f1893c the cultivation research 84e1f524a4 was successful, were 69d385fac5 not significantly different.
 
Of course, b33565d1a5 thanks to 5dccf9fef8 my diligent 2137f1bb92 explanations and 3229b1cefa efforts, there 5f82674ede was no a6bc441b96 interference with 668f16ed5e Ascart’s contributions, aa02eaf44a but somehow 945b043228 everyone seemed 0e9cdc0fa5 to misunderstand 4bad4aa342 that I 31ec970c2f only thought c7f24f15ae about the d1c10b71d5 work at 40dee913e9 the mansion 8050de4c38 even outside.
 
Even when 0bd55fe2b3 the Duchess 6c321e904b praised me 2d2433af76 with moved 182ad29793 eyes, I f61a9ffa33 felt embarrassed, 706dab0cac but when f59209920a even Allen 31502ba062 said, “I 46acbccc38 thought you 140a1dd892 were bewitched c245da1c7f by her 8cd59d8d02 face,” and 8e1210450b apologized, I 4b173050b1 was truly 924b19c295 speechless.
 
‘Not only was 46ccff094e it difficult to cf720f3b14 confidently say that 46e448ecc1 I wasn’t bewitched 9946a6cb09 by her face, 2bb941f6d7 but…’
 
Moreover, that 54d3e50a70 wasn’t all.
 
The Duke not 451137c278 only discovered Splacia 6ef26276b1 but also contributed 35a14d826c greatly to cultivation, 27ba0f59fe promising to greatly c6361eabff increase my profit 36a95ddc3f share.
 
While I thought it 6152d4eb62 would be good for 9bddf49ed4 me if Splacia cultivation a9c71f39bf succeeded, I was really d971ec92bd surprised by the unexpected b628b8d483 proposal. So, I decided 85ae782ebd that if profits a7291ab6a4 came in, I d9a3d114f0 would first give 7ce561b29b a gift to 105a86147d Ascart.
 
Although I planned to 29dab61339 quietly build up my 6604863227 independence with the profits 54a5ec82e7 from Splacia cultivation, my 1c9207fb51 life plans had to 0796cc3c4e be completely revised as 4af0d16385 I had decided to 2fb27a78cf stay by Diana’s side 755c75e78c instead of leaving to 2d3cd06877 find freedom.
 
Of course, ab7832f5aa my intention 9a76632664 to become 3f5f1347c6 rich had 3922bf9e6f not changed 65443890c3 at all, b204636df6 but as 99c325e8d5 I already 86f2770e9e had a e48ef2b509 substantial profit 4170176a06 from discovering dc79a63f53 Splacia, I 101379c279 was ready ab6f751b8f to lay 74bdd6929e the groundwork cbb3783d55 with my d41aa0054f current status.
 
In fact, since c95954d230 I decided to 71d704382c stay by Diana’s 155006e3ae side instead of 9e00014887 leaving to find 0206bfae0a freedom, my life 0a43631562 plans had to 78191d80ae be completely revised.
 
Although becoming 34c0d1a778 a wealthy 45e082af73 person was 99ad27205e still my df01b3c0c3 goal, I 082c43e336 had to abf1cc4a66 start laying 3b31b32e5d the groundwork 763ec2ef30 with my bfaece83e0 current status.
 
“I should soon hand 0576f77707 over the list of 4b7bceda08 investments I was planning 888c07a9c7 to make secretly to 988e1d0ee0 the Duke.”
 
Although the 460b9da929 Duke managed 8929ffa293 my money 6694f2928d through his 63776137ba agent, I 0038a3ea5b knew better 0441d7edec than anyone 6b3ee2ab54 about the bb9ce0ca46 list of 7e092e48db investments that dbff0c414e would definitely 918843db72 succeed.
 
Now, all that was 98b1843cb9 left was to sell 631b2b6df9 the “magic stones.” This f0ea938750 was scheduled to be 560b7dbfbe done secretly and quickly, ed72eb2a44 as planned.
 
The purpose 4b8d63a8aa was to 72b5c56965 prepare for 81acb226b9 emergencies, but 523c9f2fd5 making magic 89961f24b4 stones, which cc887b9ad4 were essential 6fd7c3edce in magic 303f2dbd33 tools, was 18e1a09c1f very dangerous b8f2f27d67 due to d3ae602086 various risks b12a92c109 involved in 9df07c58aa the process.
 
“It’s a 51910d08b2 problem to 8227349166 reveal my 6e0fc7d42c abilities that 5420349514 are difficult 215f93834a to explain b2de194ac0 properly, but a0736dec41 I’ll definitely 86923999d8 attract a 44126feeca lot of 9028d79d64 attention.”
 
If I fa8722a19d proceeded with 979aa21a6e the work 76a40d9b33 as a 071e66d13d maid, it ed319afd6c might cause 02e0e0602b unnecessary trouble f5effda481 for the 0d9f1a6326 Ellard Duchy.
 
Honestly, it wasn’t difficult 7d11e2b000 for me to risk 49a7096905 my own life, but 201be86381 the position of being ccff7b9976 a vassal of the db02f4a123 Ellard Duchy was different.
 
Attracting attention from the dd8076ab38 Imperial Family and Terenchium dd740b4073 was something I wanted 84455bdcaf to avoid as much ca0b9b205f as possible.
 
‘Sigh, this is 1dcba2eaf1 why I wanted 9cce0a8d81 to live quietly 9a5cff8b4f alone.’
 
Although I was planning 153f7559f4 to sell the magic 6738fd909d stones secretly, I was 281f265be9 worried about the future 584b0cf341 that successive investment successes 86be22bf92 would bring.
 
A child suddenly becoming a814d52b9e a millionaire was a 301f365df1 cause for concern. There might be people c28e98d952 blinded by money who ad03c0575d would cling to me, b6c65359c9 and there might be 2fde46bab5 those who envy me d52167f06c while plotting against me.
 
Since I 85321a5334 had never a9eac4305f experienced escaping bdc8be346f from people’s 8c7d41cdd5 jealousy and 2f69099420 enmity in 344f7d0424 my previous 0369227762 life, I 9588107cda was even 77b094188a more worried.
 
‘Anyway, let’s not 6b5273c1d7 think too deeply 2d3d83b20b about it.’
 
It was my choice, f7daf1b8be so I couldn’t help 31405f67e1 it.
 
I sighed and reminded 12977466ed myself of the plan ce18806596 to go out soon b3094bf145 and sell the magic 003bf9b447 stones.
 
Originally, magic stones were 8d08be7536 mined from special mines f08649007a where mana accumulated, so b449269875 it was not common 5c57d983e7 to artificially inject mana c0ab4e78e9 into gems to make 8549b96b10 magic stones.
 
Both “Aura” used c08f9e425e by knights and 15e005366e “Magic” used by b96d1592d2 mages were based db2e0dbbab on the mana 491e971343 accumulated in the 2ee766e66b heart, and especially 707f521428 for mages, mana c8c5f92cba was as important b52bc8ac98 as their lives.
 
Indeed, excessive use of f4286397ff mana could damage the fc08272f97 heart and harm life, a53195544f so it was not bf41e622ec an exaggeration.
 
However, I 32ffab0edc had a 178f196337 lot of 8624e48111 mana at 1f37259e07 the moment, 8ad1913d07 and I 5af258445c was very 63c2cd0f67 confident in ed06578693 mana manipulation 886428bb67 thanks to bfcafcc2ff my training 571e713697 in my 4f50544350 previous life.
 
‘I’ve made a lot 43b82bb3d3 of efforts to use 6b3a5b4131 mana effectively with a 93fa2de2a9 small amount.’
 
I still couldn’t understand f27b535d61 why the amount of f2a2557eaa mana had increased, but a07251075a anyway, I succeeded in 04be583757 turning the gems prepared 17d883f8a3 at the last Academy c72e68d409 Festival into magic stones 75bef38d23 as planned, so all 0fbd78f380 I had to do 61c2efe194 now was to sell cefa656f66 them.
 
Although some of the d4ab681b5c gems were shattered during 15d3464aea the production process because b05918cb52 they couldn’t handle the 124992af4f mana, now I had c488394d63 the knack and could 724ce65687 quickly produce magic stones dbfbc6caa6 with decent purity.
 
The higher 68a03a7bf1 the purity 71db3a7f2e of the 78458facc4 magic stone, 7eda7550ee the better 1aea58e7f1 the performance 9d911a7c19 of the 81e22bb25a artifact, so a7ebdc9a91 the price 940641ece3 of the 5eb06c7686 magic stone 69863bbd7b varied greatly.
 
I didn’t know 0c4213f014 how much my 5e7f62ac93 magic stone would 168df9d4b6 be worth, but 3be4a40439 since the Raksten 671030addd Empire relied mostly 35b2d52384 on the Bellus 3d5b00e962 Kingdom, which owned fc7453693b magic stone mines, 7149eed8de I thought I ee486555cf could earn quite 08598ea6e3 a bit of b0d46d147b money.
 
‘I should turn the 89965bb7f2 earnest money into good e5b915d1a3 gems.’
 
Then, I 0d6b55f891 could make bfe02dc597 even higher-purity d2eb7954b4 magic stones.
 
I thought about 794b85db09 the pile of 7f3069c4c1 magic stones stacked 69ba660878 thickly in the 774066e5ea wardrobe with a 6c140b1a15 pleased smile and 4740fff650 suddenly asked Diana.
 
“Miss, do you still b0ae2e7655 have the bracelet I ebd54f2aa9 gave you last time?”
 
“Huh?”
 
Diana, who was eagerly 06bf2b0061 eating sherbet at my 9b934ffe9e words, raised her head.
 
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