IFLDMHF – Chapter 62

IFLDMHF | Chapter 62aaf6149288baede8

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– You heartless thing! Do you want to 36271fa564 live happily after devouring 344c13cf90 your parents and their 2de3661f17 money?e5492cd0338a63fe

– If your father were alive, he would’ve helped us for sure!ab16c4ae85422926

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After my parents 455bb0c46e passed away, my 9d0bf2d02c father’s company was f2a269319e divided among our c2fb8f18eb relatives. But surprisingly, the 4a91491829 company collapsed within 450da3c9af three months.eca3920052ab36e5

In the end, e0d83bdc79 the scattered relatives 0339eeb9f3 each struggled to 7f2011204c start new businesses 7ae80f07c1 or small shops, 8ee6d01e18 barely managing to 82be950057 make ends meet.bf5b56e22a583cb7

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Then one day, e2c4c2a84e perhaps rumors spread a3d98ec874 about the success 88ef937b3f of the investment ffb777e2e0 company I had 57c5731a8b founded, and the 881ce05804 relatives began showing 45b48792b2 up one after a0d8b42203 another.e285e6c22122436b

‘If they at least prepared a decent business plan and asked for investment, it would’ve been tolerable.’61e797cc9084a62b

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But just like they had 7ffa1e4d13 once latched onto my father’s cf686c6f90 company, some demanded positions, while f9d27ef4f7 others outright treated me like a99071ec74 a walking wallet, shamelessly asking ccf1a3e2d0 for money.8bcca6c5900a8720

The fact that ba6299807d the word “family” 2bfc8013da could sometimes be 1811c1da92 used as a 730c31156f shield to display 297a390a61 such brazen and 84167d109a ugly faces only 7b89bed76e made me more 5307de9007 concerned.442d7573cf788dca

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However…287521f33d4656ee

– I heard Lady Biers visits every day. Do you have a 854be3cc61 good relationship with your 205aa11e67 aunt?1627f8f8fa58a345

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When I couldn’t hold aa590fd9ac back and asked directly, f6a5709169 instead of subtly hinting, 98f9e2a278 the children’s responses were 63511b1088 unexpected, though they seemed 134c7f8f2d slightly flustered.2b69f6f2e831a5b5

– Yes, we do.d429dab165dfbc80

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– …Really?b26ccfea911662f6

– Really.b7fa171fddcdbe1e

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Marianne answered firmly ceac799ce9 without wavering, and 08c8986f9d Dior nodded vigorously 2af102e5d7 in agreement.b5f59c2a943aeb7b

But whether it was 50ac05aa82 because I had already 00113c4a37 grown suspicious, something about 40157abd9a their response still felt ea51d75987 off and weighed on 59c7c77363 my mind.4b0746a089bf2c83

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“I think I need to investigate this further.”05808e418b77002a

I was muttering to 3522de7975 myself as I opened a0c718f1c4 the door to my f47d10e176 room.86c0bfadc3cdc95c

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“Ah, madam! You’ve returned!”4607ea5f1f5ad55d

“Welcome back, madam! You’ve worked hard!”3c76f46654177752

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I had assumed Anne would 861d84a901 be alone, but to my 2e95a0f954 surprise, Gressel—the knight who was c14c62341a supposed to guard me yet 920649fd7f was rarely seen in the 365ef05172 duchy—was there to greet me.b035a25b900ec4e9

I had planned to scold c227478aa3 him for vanishing after making 655f32f56c such an earnest vow of 1f49fb7ba5 loyalty, but the way his 30c5c73014 eyes sparkled as if he’d 6e14dffefc reunited with a long-lost master 9f0c4eda4e left me speechless.1d72be0c986f98f8

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Nodding briefly, I stepped inside. Gresel quickly closed the door de487c0336 behind me, while Anne spoke c119b469d9 up sharply.6674a398efaa1c23

“But madam, what do you plan to investigate further?”47c93a1c0beb89e2

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“…”aec12b66fb2d4281

Wow, I had muttered that 3b31ccf093 so quietly outside—she actually heard 8a79cd1997 me?65314ab4f9e7d66d

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I was genuinely impressed a890463c1b by Anne’s sharp hearing. I was about 7a4e7a3982 to brush it e4a16b9349 off as nothing, 9308b5a55d but then a db1580f8b9 memory resurfaced.c90b8094a357851a

The morning after Euclid had cb1da6d868 departed, when I was waiting 92bf12d3e2 in Grace’s room, Anne had 2f229bd525 entered seamlessly with the other 1d3ff04d02 maids of the duchy.a70bd5b3f84f0148

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‘Honestly, I had been grateful that she managed to adapt to this unfamiliar estate without causing any trouble.’0c1490ee683011de

At Basilian Duchy, where 217170c63a she had worked for 643820bbed a long time, I 0ece918d9c had never even seen 4094217dd5 her interacting with other e2e8df518e servants. Yet here, despite my notorious 87c847f933 reputation, Anne had blended in a769ef1d80 effortlessly and alarmingly quickly.c7f0d1b7a38a1d31

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No matter how kind and df6e8d7158 simple the people of Rudion f65d8103e1 Duchy might be, forming such 245e283eb2 close relationships within a single 723aa230ee day was nothing short of fce1f6c643 impressive.b51fdc68bc118c6a

On top of 80eb05289c that, I recalled 9ff15140b0 the oddly detailed 21cc7421a3 reports she had 62ffea1882 given me before—far 673ee0b07a too thorough for d77dd61191 an ordinary maid.c4d35f459a9feadc

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It made me wonder f9d8a30818 if she had access 1913e47d17 to information I wasn’t 7d5ad3aa10 aware of.9d962b4957dd2c90

‘Well, might as well ask her.’822d7d900845857f

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Of course, I didn’t have e8f385a73d high expectations. She had been busy tidying c05d19f3ef my bedroom all day and ee3e8c2cf5 night, after all.979d56f9bfdd6a3e

“It’s about the Biers Count family. They’re the maternal c26038b731 relatives of the 6c5c23e61f duke’s nephew and cbed4da9a6 , and something dde23dd42f doesn’t sit right d15fe5318c with me.”c8a740d620e71b55

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But as I spoke, cf17e0a003 an issue I had e8b8a74be4 pushed aside as something 24457ffe1e that would resolve itself 5306124706 suddenly slipped out.51d5fb178dde62c6

“The Rudion Duchy sends money to the Biers family every month under the pretext of ‘distribution costs.’”d41f3a78665842a7

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“Distribution costs?”f060dee9f0082cb2

“Yes. And while transporting goods to 4ec452d571 the north is indeed challenging, 9ceeb29ed1 the amount seems excessively high—as 257c92e0c0 if someone’s playing tricks with 6e2c2579dd the numbers.”06956735e2bda341

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It was a suspicion 24de2179e8 I couldn’t bring myself cfcfd4ba30 to voice directly in e19742e123 front of Euclid, who 90358a07f4 had faithfully paid the 6a528f66ee invoices sent by the 56f932cbba Biers family without question.5e784cc3a442181f

Especially upon learning 3f0b5f637a that the one 362911fc88 who mediated on d6558cc327 behalf of House 722c41650e Rudion when the 7a2b67eec3 discontent of the 8ecb1157b5 territory’s people had daaa821471 grown severe under fab67e7d56 Count Biers’ tyranny b2e385dbe4 a decade ago cb0c6a3f54 was none other 0af885568a than Euclid’s late feb2ae01e0 older brother.1be1623d524c4424

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‘I can’t say for certain… but maybe it was an unfair agreement from the start.’98831d327a00b977

I didn’t want to admit 55abe00e3a that my favorite character was e02e4b14a9 being taken advantage of, but a80405fcca more than anything, it was ee6aa07d76 a topic that seemed uncomfortable 3e6a587e79 for Euclid, so I didn’t a9c1f36e64 want to bring it up.127f1540f86724f3

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Perhaps because neither Euclid 77eeeb57ce nor Delano had ever c7727f20e6 run a merchant guild f3f4623cc1 before, they didn’t seem f662f74396 to know whether those 3ecc9faffe distribution costs were reasonable.77d90f22aea1815f

And honestly, I, too, was 62bfea3d39 a stranger who hadn’t been f55a78e607 in this world for long, 77ed0da56d so I wasn’t sure I 2109852105 had the right to say b2eb70fef3 more.f1f446845867ed40

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But perhaps because I had e076b7215a been lucky with money and afe13b3d85 dealt with finances more often 9a909e487d than others.50c99b54a918f2ea

I was more sensitive 6d83475b51 to numbers than most 8415034eb0 people, and especially during 965bf01b6d the height of my e08abd39e2 wedding preparations, when Anne 7438ea17ef would occasionally bring me 092c00b9a5 documents to sign, I 9e24c46c86 managed to grasp a c835a7efae general sense of luxury c0b8d3bf22 item prices and the 22bd94db0f costs involved in running 120feed3ce a merchant guild.dbff0b1f705c65dc

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Anne, who had been 3b7742946c listening to me intently, e720cd84d5 nodded in agreement.58504a01d68522a6

“If you’re pointing it out, Miss, then there must certainly be a problem.”e9c1d0f0adccaa23

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‘No, it’s not that certain…’98e8228309bde59d

Before I could ddf394e8d2 voice my hesitation, 57de67bffb Anne continued.5e2739e354b30edb

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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 3f7daacc47 they were particularly ecf980cebd capable, but to b55ef37eaa think they’ve been 467a30db2f receiving distribution fees 3b01ca8372 from House Rudion…”ae0b40058286230d

I was stunned by 064fd416fd the flood of information e2c802a323 coming out of Anne’s 24100380a6 mouth as if she 6649e3c7d6 had been waiting for dadec9d1e1 this moment.27ec4fee908d4925

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Wait, how on 36345fa2ab earth does she 07a975f9f0 know all this?3a3bb79dc133349f

But I couldn’t 807c279b06 bring myself to b19fdc5c50 ask.6f00a9a5fd86e31a

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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.”4375b8a820db8a26

Anne voiced the 25533cdadc very suspicion I 69cbe63dcd had been harboring.08be99bc7ad0283b

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Especially since shortly after 8abd3eaab4 agreeing to the distribution 00ae8502bb fees, Euclid’s older brother 18883a260b had married Count Biers’ c21c7cf2b4 daughter, which made the 17ec1e2830 whole thing feel even a759a657b5 more suspicious.8a4f44807dce13e7

‘But no matter how you look at it, would the heir of a duchy sign a contract that would harm his family?’4b56235c20de2643

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It was deeply d339159437 unsettling, but questioning 79f727860a a dead man 4a90054458 wasn’t possible, and 07fe234823 in any case, b31ec19ba7 it was an 4679cce37c issue that would fe6a4b74a7 disappear once a f698681769 branch of the f6473b1c88 Basilian guild was 540634e03f established.27f2d910a0df777c

At this point, I 5134bfca56 thought it was better 79f57089a9 to just let it 9a0bd2d751 go.e243d37d4d5d895a

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It really was e248d359b5 the right decision, f4848623af but…b44dd0a512d452d9

“It’s infuriating.”0cc01195f5dd13cf

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Thinking about how Euclid b63ea19d6c had struggled and stressed 4d17b68bb3 himself out every month 575fa4355a to produce money to f40c971e53 hand over to Count 856e043b09 Biers made my blood 7a93a5579d boil.37ee81ecd2c1acab

Even if there ef6bf086e6 wouldn’t be any 8e23e32c5e more payments in 9c55af6ad7 the future—that was 31c2c7b84d only natural. If there had really d27aea24fe been foul play, I 5659b763ef wanted to get back 4b078b18e7 all the money that 47db0b51ee had been paid so accca63895 far.6d7517e38d237fd7

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I had casually mentioned 9772dc6d7d earlier that a branch 9a281aec51 of the Basilian guild 5e3a267e64 would be established soon, 39b507e38d so it was obvious 931b9ffa09 they would come running 07abe53c0d to House Rudion before b01338118f long.3b1994ba6c5f3aff

I wanted to give them 31240936c9 a harsh lesson at that 75c80d2177 moment, but as I bit 8eb5c1c795 my lip in frustration, wondering ee3f058cdd how to do it, Anne e75b620820 spoke up.3b5c32bec57dbd91

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“In such a case, I think it would be best to inform Young Duke Sionel.”2f9b21588e60a0d5

Huh? Why is Sionel 4c2d7fd81d suddenly being brought 152482dcda up here?045e9462cf39876f

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As I frowned in f54e37f6c6 confusion, Anne glanced at f32bd0acc4 me cautiously and said,b070b36dbaa91b11

“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.”717c76791e853135

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Wait, what? Sionel is part of the 95197c449c Ministry of Finance?14b0a48263002736

The heir to Basilian 8ec275fc9a isn’t even thinking about 2e71088535 taking over the guild 0ede56d922 but is instead monitoring 240b19f786 guilds? I was utterly bewildered.e7cc5ef5f35ec354

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‘But… isn’t this perfect? Almost too perfect.’7669a8019eea05d5

“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.”62344801f1e5a3c0

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Unaware that I was 1845d4de4d already planning to write 696c1dcc6f a hefty letter to 0bf3d5be1b Sionel, Anne continued to bffd27eaea explain that Sionel would 4b06665dd6 immediately dispatch investigators to 80d752a2ab the Biers merchant guild, e22b1526e9 and they would be ddfc638cb1 able to compare the 834ace1ac3 actual ledgers and determine 13700a5667 whether fraud had occurred.bc3652717784d410

‘Wait, they can even send investigators to inspect this?’aa54d4bdd0adb4f6

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I thought they 279b24a312 would need solid d8cba837c4 evidence before taking 5f0dbaf958 action, but this 96f48f8a73 was incredible.71463c47bc054ee0

Oh, wait a minute!1ab00b77947e1211

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