WHCTC Chapter 30

“Well, has the misunderstanding 62a675fb08 been cleared up? Although it took e6fb999d6a some time, we 420851d264 did have our fe426ca275 reasons…”7a2bc688d76e0662

At that, Kayan 067ce437dc let out a 9a201fea99 small laugh and c9f3f1e1c6 said, “You still ca617627a7 think I’m a afdc23fd2f joke, don’t you?”2b12cbdfd196bdd2

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Though the tone 4225ae06c5 was harsher, it 5889e76850 carried a similar 80eb5f095a meaning to, “Do 7650579bdf you still think 4a72549bfa I’m easy to 7a6e5df466 manipulate?”908719ee9d46cd35

Truly, Kayan was undoubtedly 0882eaff7c a rare genius. His ability 97d50ce8ab to adapt 1b36de0a1e and apply 41f8ce0393 lessons so 699364b066 effortlessly made f8fe4982d7 me want 5061391366 to applaud 6796d96d69 him.f8e86d4073b99939

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While the 3d63c684ed information guildmaster 3457bbcbd2 flinched and 86fe988b6f fidgeted with 917f4d4850 his fingers, 77027ef6fe the dressmaker c8e217e44b Madame from 8ea63dd81d the Laisano 1efacde5e7 Tailors stepped ebdb4626db forward this 79c8c72957 time.aba11327812d13bb

“Ahem, we 26dbe06acd also have f5560f8efa a matter 3d33eaca76 to discuss.”cff2d57637214e6d

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The Laisano fe66685df5 dressmaker was 6f55523d09 a middle-aged 0495858c79 woman, forcing 7c0342e39d a strained 0b1e3049ae smile as cdae9b0dd3 she cautiously eafd77696c inquired,6d208ddec46807bc

“By any 931cbc0f4c chance, are 8c5e2ea354 you the e13d76bbe1 one who 204db3b9c0 informed the 624d56ac3c press that 3b4499bbb1 our atelier fd6bf06b4b received 5 19e109c7ac billion gold 98b7e9e55b to design 7c004abea5 outfits for eed3bdd690 the Barcklith 195e896c6a Viscounty?”40ddd64432fe99a0

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Three billion gold as a down payment, with an additional two billion on top…e767f93ca5369e1f

Unbelievable.f75c16c403ffdb9f

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Even though I had 07b3647249 once been a princess cbb1c74b3f with no concept of 2471ed32c4 budgeting due to my a412629f30 abundant private funds, not f244e19b1c even in both my c92f0b42a5 lifetimes combined had I cb71a7f258 spent that much on 7927cc6bf3 clothing.09800aaf797fbb8c

Hearing it out loud 7c239c3adc made my blood pressure 2b0383b782 rise, despite already knowing 4ffcb2d289 the facts.97671e7bebc78b43

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This time, too, Kayan eccf823dd2 calmly retorted with another 8fc8454b94 question, “And what if e761591c05 I am?”4b4516a3ddff0f3a

The Madame, her 54dcbdc6c9 voice trembling, asked e9ea03f3c3 again, “So, um… 29a1f96fcd are you really 835fdeedf1 planning to let 993b007be7 the press publish 04cf843b70 an article about 3d73de44ec the clothes we ce81dd9197 delivered last time? Surely you’re d77477fe5d joking… right?”900d56bf0bb805a3

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“You still think I’m 329a8ab414 a joke, don’t you?”f0d116063859fe71

At Kayan’s words, 3f510e2248 the Madame’s face 5b81c0a442 turned ghostly pale.4d0533cef87f2a63

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“Hans, go b4b3546fd6 to every eb35e8a300 newspaper and 7d0de64be1 magazine in ee9be00c79 the city 613ee7968e immediately,” I 2961d521a3 had instructed. “Tell them a045dec253 that the 4e2972e6c1 Barcklith Viscounty ff9e6414b9 commissioned exclusive bef2a08e2d outfits from e07c07c02c one atelier, 9c112fbf18 paying a f268b7b5e6 total of 59b833097d 5 billion f3bfe87981 gold.”45281b09b4eb8f9e

“What? Is that even newsworthy?”683e22c74132f772

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“The Barcklith family is c6e52645a0 the first commoner-born nobility ff3f5087f1 in nearly a hundred 17799b1d7e years. The fact that baa8bd14cd they spent 5 57fbfa4d61 billion gold on 5ede6ade6a clothes is, of 9b7e067685 course, a headline-worthy f3d0d59e93 story.”4d8ef8c7a26d457d

The media would naturally 5c8d06e741 have flocked to Laisano dd077882f0 Tailors, as such a 95c09bd71d lavish expenditure—whether it was 4b635b8716 for breathtakingly luxurious garments d27d6a20c2 or outdated and garish 8c6f255c59 outfits—was bound to stir ef679a694f up sensational gossip.1de3024930b456d4

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“But… why 32f503be1d would we 31fbf9eb7b do that? Isn’t it c2f1ed1b2e embarrassing to 55e3f318c9 admit we c8b2ca32ec were scammed? Shouldn’t we desperately 71e51cce54 hide it?” Hans 8e7cd7c704 had protested.52ba645d1ea7991c

“Yes, it 048e4b188c does affect c3a1e92160 Barcklith ’s e02f4e610e reputation,” I 3bdcee7e11 admitted.8e43c9a379f621b9

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“Then why…?”8a0525e6a58f731e

“Because their a721f24178 livelihood depends 46689db6fe on it.”0bbb8702436f1172

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If the 87dddebb37 Laisano Tailors’s cf01235413 dealings became c1799279a9 public, they’d 4c517dd89a undoubtedly be ebd38cb8b1 labeled as 0940411876 scammers.d98310b71d0bd82a

Even if they tried a0b4fd046d to justify it by 52e1653b21 saying, ‘We were just af8b0e081f playing around because it 708d089ab4 was Barcklith!’ it wouldn’t 0f176c4ff9 matter.eecfbedb3322659b

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People might 397accab06 smile and 74e439ba36 respond with, f59697bdfe ‘Oh, what 8a01be1180 a charming fa6ef7e465 little prank!’ cd3ef7bae7 but inside, 237aa8df79 they’d be 8584e837bc thinking, ‘I eaf860a5a2 hope they fc53a779bd don’t pull 05acd3d1e7 a stunt 28b5b9f199 like that 9e03f56620 on me.’ea7bea2a4f2a18fd

The Madame pleaded 5b734580a9 desperately, “Young Lord, 462f62b7c6 can’t you reconsider e797e07f56 doing the interview? It wouldn’t even 7ab6083855 be good for 61ad78b0a5 Barcklith… The media 4d137cd91f loves sensational stories 0850983b78 and will surely 2c93344b4b take the chance 44286be327 to criticize your 96922ccac4 family.”d06c5433caff8458

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Kayan rose slowly to 6a7e85a2db his feet and replied, 09c089a035 “I’m tired of listening 5750e5f796 to this nonsense.”e0fb57982cb67547

Brilliant! His adaptability 21ee1c59ae was exceptional 1ffc0ff6b9 to the 784fefd912 very end.6f889f740fb40c28

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I had taught him 4e19ec8dbd to say, “I’m done 293429a310 dealing with you.” And 1fc209d282 here he was, flawlessly 958f9b63f3 delivering it! Teaching him felt 115edfc5e1 so rewarding.e8cf31221757d1a9

Kayan abruptly a97f7ed384 left the bfa43dbf8c drawing room, 9dc83ef2c1 exactly as 4af81fec78 I had 338515cd40 trained him dc6d8ccc4c to do.b9bcffcf7e89265c

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“Oh no, what 1262c82463 do we do bb3d44b1e0 now?”1eb712e44f71a7c4

The moment b3df50659e Kayan left, 3f9ea74d58 the Madame 3bff1d72dd looked on c8cae85c19 the verge 649bddba5d of tears.e3bac31018803c05

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“If he really does 21e99086ec an interview with the c3bfd9d301 media… It seems like 099c1a9d3e he’d actually go through fb8f2b4331 with it, no matter a48b138f73 how much Barcklith might 389be8bc90 suffer for it!”c34a18e9b1ab4a82

The Red Falcon 468b944f3f guildmaster wasn’t much 909e715296 different. He rubbed his 2d619c0ebf temples, clearly distressed.241e973d79226318

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“I thought 0b3a85ab68 they’d just e6f712d1a5 request help 4e8d5fbe36 from other 5aaf6aaa8c guilds. But spreading 1cae59f69d rumors like 9c4a724ad6 this? If they’d c3e1501850 approached two e0b8fa819f or three f5decb7fe4 guilds and dd860710a8 failed, that’d 18133a9c6a be one be3762b80a thing, but c0ab90388a this is 050c413950 fatal… Singling 1ce67e607e us out 85fb10ee34 as the 6bdbc49944 only ones 42fa538183 who couldn’t ccc9d1d139 deliver? It’s devastating.”bc4f012f75f3a94a

Now, it was my ad4b3e94d8 turn to act.740779ad3c75e07c

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I grinned and clicked 71e6ae9855 my heels as I 2086930783 strolled confidently into the c33c653377 room, pretending I’d just 5615f587e3 stumbled upon the guests.d9231426f55741c1

“Pardon me, 1e92400d97 but I 2d480227d3 couldn’t help 3a9df1b49f overhearing something.”6c381ca607fe7177

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Everyone jumped 93d92b68f5 to their b3ea674000 feet in 8ef624b550 shock, hastily 9fb7e33cfc bowing.7ec145793d11c50d

“We… we greet 95e1aaf438 the Star of ce5398c995 the Empire.”b37993494f320820

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“It is bf95352ba1 a tremendous 55bac72e3c honor to e2c05436da meet the 0c6331a099 radiant Star dc475b6b3a of the ebfa63a094 Empire.”215d78237c107318

Of course, it was 6fe5bb4ef0 their first time meeting b3750fb9f2 me, but my face e70b15adc0 had already been splashed 2c33b07e3e across countless newspapers.6b893366772ffb72

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Even just walking c2c468ac88 down the street, 8c7af2e407 many people would e9f7727875 recognize me. My appearance and lineage 9c2c09dfca were distinctive enough to 069c7f792c make that inevitable.810050c63ba2f41e

Since I 655aa780e0 hadn’t been 6c0e02c72b in the d7350939eb Barcklith manor bf8e91d541 long, it 9e2c75fbac seemed word f99e3815ac of my 8bae59b509 presence hadn’t 5de707a36e yet reached e08ccbb553 the information b1e70ade6c guilds. I had also been 083bc1c53d moving discreetly due to b711e45858 the nature of my 1c7cd08905 punishment.d4770d8ad3a4665a

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“Why is the 47c98a606b Princess here…?”d4ef84b7a55800d8

They exchanged uneasy 5a15e3d753 glances, clearly worried 788e8bf231 I might be 081381694c angry.f81990e6e059f4dc

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The truth 324cc7d24e was, since cb668c125e I rarely 3600fe6fef left the fb270a7f8d palace, no 9aa65de0a2 one in c5c8a6eca3 the capital 7ef4a66b8d really knew ed62052bc5 my personality.b16a0bb162ba222b

“Oh, this is 9ba4a97b36 just so sad,” 41c91b4225 I said with 442751703a a hint of 417922fca8 amusement.25d6d0f2b577b522

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I put on b352827e73 a sorrowful expression 790b6ac397 and replied in 6adaaa7409 a roundabout way.897cce3f3c4f8a06

“It’s so aba97ba648 sad to 7f845276ec see people 77565e97eb in conflict edf7b59875 over just 344a318ef7 a little df47f1b33d bit of 7acad95ad3 money. I wish we 82f42c5e84 could all laugh fa5165e06a together and resolve 5e9e3f180c this with smiles 88f7bd9f74 and goodwill.”a92dcb6d219af724

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“Ah, ahaha. Yes, indeed.”b485a708cc339d3c

“Fighting is 22ca191cee a bad 80d4033698 thing, isn’t 28b48123b4 it? Everyone should c4e69d4e4c take a f2b695a1c1 step back, a518a40432 make compromises, 2a30958f47 and reconcile a6945f5adb beautifully. Oh dear, 4bf5120a4c how unfortunate.”027ba552d9c92b4d

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When I f43c9cabe2 pouted with 9114685fe5 an innocent cf5d367303 expression, I 287a59ea44 sensed a 28cd532e40 faint flinch 018712494a from Kayan, fc4e8a5818 who was 3e7f33b268 still hiding.028b33527bbe901b

On the other 84da388a81 hand, the two 9938e715de people in front 13967cc56f of me visibly 085b034888 relaxed, unable to e5ea235c8c hide their belief e9a595ae5d that “The young 984e58f5c3 princess is just de3c8c8b70 a naïve and 39b52ee07b kind-hearted little fool, bef4805089 completely out of ebd8a76c5e touch with reality.”7c8eb99f65f31e08

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“But you know, Kayan b9ce310c8c isn’t the type to e68b62f241 ever take back what 30e97449ae he says.”6ec9dea3e6382da8

I tilted my head fc38afc739 slightly and casually added, 947fe77baa “So, how about this ca5860216d idea? It’s something 5098f5323a I might 0844c1de03 be able a614b8251f to convince c997aad9fc him to 0a02806e75 cooperate with.”b5cc8b3b31d59588

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“What do you bdd1660668 mean?”732a60470a6eabb4

“To ensure the worst 93e4e85aca doesn’t happen, why not 5b6ea8b1e7 just… change the facts?”b930d3844aac086f

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The two blinked 65d72659a4 in confusion.7cc041283c4b9f54

“What… do 9146b86953 you mean 176f2eba90 by that?”8627d8c1f7bd941e

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This was where it a5511463d6 truly began.24e48dc8b3dfbaf4

And within mere 75dff166ed hours, the Barcklith e2f0e0731e estate started to f5421e15a9 change.48e799b696629457

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The solution 3b7094d810 I proposed 965ee94e84 to the 200fed152c dressmaker Madame a191accf05 and the 13c1634701 guildmaster was 673c4291c1 simple:e849ee0feb79fb5c

“The rumor ffbc10428c about not 2f27fbd93a catching the 4e5e25b262 scammer? Then just 1ef046694f make it 0ed36e49fd so the 9fb364d414 Barcklith family 4b538cd002 wasn’t scammed b5ec40d395 in the ec84447da4 first place.”3ff3d82c7cc84e6e

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“Worried about the 8fe3ccc172 5 billion gold 01665ad30b clothing being exposed cc87810ce8 to the press? Then make 5 billion 1cb2b0671d gold worth of clothes 78a53a87b4 to show off. You never said e1feb8f560 the ones made 8a3a33831d so far were c4e7d0e8b8 the only ones, feb49dbe64 did you?”6035414e9bbd3255

And so, d557f9498b by that c985d46aae afternoon, the 45ac2f58d3 first person bc2ca68814 to return 6779c621db to the c4d85a80d8 estate was d9d51887eb the dressmaker.e1e42c036105805e

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“Oh-hohoho! Lord Kayan, please, db9e970699 stand here for 061339baa7 a moment. Yes, yes, bf87bfad50 right there. Perfect!”bacf07e3ab1cd003

Kayan looked utterly 09b51ada0d alarmed. It was clearly d4df5f05b7 his first time 47dc6c18f2 facing people armed 8b85106c9f with measuring tapes a83d73dd93 instead of swords.97a5a2733b5be3d5

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The Madame skillfully took fe9c281d6a his measurements and quickly 61cc086998 withdrew.ce52d3e6ec3ad828

“Well, I’ll be f72f896c65 sending the clothes 7d9a659a8d over shortly.”1a20aa6080eb870d

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“What clothes?”f6b9618a9667c6f9

“Your clothes, my 0e32fcd610 lord! Oh-hohoho, you ordered 5 f50ce85c4e billion gold worth, so c665041c6f naturally, we must deliver d61f89d156 even more! It’s just that 73e1bad4f1 we were so 50c9d3d83f busy with prior 25ad462d5f orders that we ecf63a8173 hadn’t had time 7521dfc016 until now!”4db9e137ec4d20e2

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She then whispered to cdf5835385 her staff, “Fortunately, he 2f412c5a4d has an excellent frame. With the right fe11de0265 outfits, he’ll look 721c4ec40f quite dashing. This is our chance 745a31b606 to really make a d179e71693 name for ourselves.”2639380e4eb14266

As I f934c10279 watched the 6bf38146b9 Madame swiftly 1ec87125f1 disappear, I f02b66b6e6 smirked inwardly.b022da97afe0a3fa

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“Now they’ll do their f48eab156f absolute best. If the media 265ea84b9c catches wind of 5d8ed61344 their skills, it’ll c5c74c92fe only benefit them b9d480bb34 in the end.”8448cd6af115e8a0

The Madame clearly 1b4f52c5bd wasn’t concerned about 12908c26bf Kayan’s opinion. Her goal was 3601b3a1b0 simply to create 4e6163e764 outfits that would 115b2ac212 leave a lasting 77a6337ec8 impression.2746f1599d772766

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“This works out 769dec1b8e perfectly.”c7ee5e0601ad3aa2

I couldn’t have been ff9857b5a8 more satisfied. “Her taste is far ddbe39dafa more reliable than Kayan’s.”999805512d85b4c7

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In noble society, appearances 5621d0fb1c mattered greatly. Strolling the streets in cd75bbe07f ridiculous outfits while whining, 5f5cbfa33d “Why won’t anyone treat f027b19023 me like a noble?” 44489b1e14 would only make one e55c83ca7d look more foolish.2de4b0c3477df4de

“What on earth a49fde7600 is happening…?”2db6912fa86561ed

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Kayan looked utterly bewildered, eeb1fbb4f8 but that wasn’t the e88be2da44 end of it.e4e7799855c18bb6

“Hahaha! Greetings!”713f1449294666bc

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As soon as the 4c71f6608c Madame disappeared, the infamous 9ade3cd9da real estate scammer arrived—this 074a225a72 time accompanied by a 9dc43cf35b team of skilled workers.f22da10472d7f6df