episode_0015

sniffling.

I sat down and enjoyed the prepared wine.

— 120,000 Rupees! Is there nothing more!

120,000 loops.

An appropriate amount that is neither too little nor too much.

It’s exactly the amount I expected.

“Diana.”

“Did you call me?”

The ring will be sold for 120,000 rupees.

Unless they go crazy, no one will raise prices there.

“Get ready.”

“Okay.”

I brushed off the dust on my collar.

I guess the Gwangryuseok has already been sold. There are no more business left here.

Just as I was about to get up from my seat.

— 2, 200,000 loops! It’s 200,000 loops!

“Crazy.”

There was.

What a crazy person raising prices here.

“200,000?!”

In the blink of an eye, the bid doubled.

No matter how high-quality Haegeum Stone was crafted, this is too much.

The person who raised the price was someone sitting in the VIP section.

It was hard to see because she was covered by a robe, but looking at the fabric of the robe and her body shape that was not covered, there was no doubt that she was a noble lady.

A smile escaped my lips.

Is this the money copying we only heard about?

I don’t know which family he belongs to, but that blind money will go straight into my pocket.

and.

— 250,000 Rupees!!

The auction resumed with someone once again raising 50,000 Rupees.

The host’s shocked gaze was focused on a woman.

“Huh.”

The person who raised the price was none other than Luna Winfred, Kyle’s sister.

I blinked at the unexpected identity.

Did you really participate in the auction just because of that ring?

But why? What on earth does that ring mean to Luna?

At that time, as if waking me up, the seat shook once again and cheers erupted.

— 3, 300,000!! 300,000 Rupees came out!!

An unidentified noble lady wearing a robe.

She once again added firewood to the dying embers.

‘Who the hell are you?’

Burning that money on a ring that has nothing special about it other than the haegeumstone?

At this point, we can’t simply dismiss him as a fanboy who doesn’t know anything about the world.

When my thoughts reached that point, I couldn’t just watch in peace.

“… ”

The woman who raised the price exchanged something with a man believed to be an association official.

At that time, the robe that wrapped the woman lost its shape for a moment and fell down.

“ … Isabelle?”

Fuck, why is he doing that over there?

Above all, where did you get 300,000 Rupees from?

I sighed and pressed my eyes.

This is because instinctive stress suddenly rose up.

— 300,000 Rupees!! It was sold for the highest price today!!

Taang—

With the cheerful sound of a hammer, I earned 300,000 looprans while sitting still.

I watched Isabelle with sharp eyes.

Isabel, who succeeded in winning the bid, immediately began filling out a document.

“Diana.”

“Yes.”

Diana has an extremely sensitive sense of energy.

Even in the original game, Diana’s five senses were depicted at a level that exceeded their limits.

You can detect poison mixed in food by taste.

Eavesdropping on a conversation from far away.

Or avoid a crisis by detecting a small amount of life.

Of her many achievements, more than 50% are due to her sensitive five senses.

Among them, Diana’s eyesight has literally reached the level of a superhuman.

“Do you see the woman in the robe in front of you? Can you at least see what’s written on the document she’s filling out right now?”

“Let me give it a try.”

Diana’s eyebrows twitched.

I stared at Isabelle with wide-open eyes for a moment.

Diana’s tightly closed lips were carefully opened.

“Loan… Setting up collateral… ?”

“what?!”

After completing the documents, Isabel wore the ring she received on the spot.

He showed a smile that was missing something.

“Ulssigu.”

It’s amazing, really.

****

“This way, customer!”

When the auction ended, the waiting staff directly guided me.

The reason was that I received sales money and that someone was looking for me.

I followed him to the reception room with Diana.

How long did I walk down the darkly lit passage?

When I saw the lights decorated at the end of the road, the staff member guiding me stopped.

“Arrived.”

Squeak—

When I opened the door handle, my eyes were struck by colorful lights that contrasted with the gloomy atmosphere of the passage.

The reception room located deep inside the building was surrounded by beige-toned wallpaper and red velvet curtains.

“You can sit this way.”

Two bright red leather executive sofas faced each other with a long wooden table.

And there.

“See you again? Younger brother.”

Luna, with a smiling face, was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed.

She muttered coolly as she looked at the staff member who guided me.

“There are a lot of eyes watching?”

“… Excuse me. Have a great time.”

Rattling—

The employee left the place with hasty steps.

Only then did I come to my senses and frowned.

“What are your intentions?”

“Oh my? What is your intention? Would you like to sit down first?”

I sat down with a crumpled face.

“Could you please stop showing off like that? I think I’ll be hurt.”

It sounds like it hurts.

Before I knew it, a twisted laugh burst out.

“If you don’t have anything to do, get out of the way, right?”

I fired wildly.

Luna shrugged her shoulders as if nothing had happened and got to the point.

“Breaking off engagement.”

“… ”

“I heard you haven’t done it yet? It seems like my fiancee’s persuasion is over the line for now.”

Luna gently pushed a document towards me.

It was a loan contract written in Isabelle’s handwriting.

“Your fiancee also has a big liver? No. Is this just stupid? I can’t believe I borrowed this much for just a ring. Anyway, kids these days are scary?”

Luna’s intentions are roughly understandable.

Participating in the auction out of the blue, raising a bid for a ring, etc., and calling me here as if he had been waiting for the auction to end.

This is probably to create a more solid justification for breaking off my engagement.

Of course, 300,000 looprans is not a very burdensome amount from the perspective of Count Justia.

However, Isabel’s position within the family will be slightly shaken.

“A noble daughter rushed to the auction house at this late hour and sold her family name for a loan. And against that vicious auction association.”

“… ”

“It’s pretty good, right? It’s too good to use it as an excuse to break off the engagement.”

If you threaten the Count with this, you get a free pass on breaking off the engagement.

The meaning behind Luna’s words was simple.

“Persuasion? I assure you, even if it takes 100 days, it won’t work. That bitch’s eyes were completely gone.”

It’s just as Luna said.

Rather than persuading Isabel, who is demanding 300,000 looprans to retrieve a ring, it would be easier to threaten the Count.

“How about it?”

I will help you break off your engagement.

A twisted laugh burst out at Luna’s attitude as if she was saying that.

“Luna Winfred.”

“Recite it.”

“I don’t know the English sentence. Why are you helping me break off my engagement?”

“It’s simple. Should we break off the engagement, Kyle, so you won’t remain in the duke’s house?”

“Why? Are you going to isolate me in the duke’s house and do childish tricks like you always do?”

Luna’s face was distorted by my sarcasm.

Like someone hearing something they never wanted to hear.

Before long, she could barely speak with a frustrated expression on her face.

“… You must be mistaken.”

“Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?”

“I was young at the time, and there was a reason I had no choice but to do that. Of course, there were mistakes on my part, but also your origins, Kyle… ”

A helpless laugh burst out.

Excuses, pretexts, and blame.

That was the only reason for destroying Kyle’s life.

“Ha.”

Luna Winfred is not a villain.

That’s right, Luna is a major character chosen by the world, and even a candidate for heroine.

— I saw it. Kyle: I saw him walking around the hallways in the early morning holding a safe key.

— Who is your sister? Open your ears and listen carefully. I think you’re under the illusion that you’re a member of the duke family, but you’re no better than a common employee.

—Are you that hungry? Why didn’t this guy who was so desperate even eat the meal he prepared for me?

The mistakes she made in the past are just glorified as a girl’s immature past.

At some point, the hurt she inflicted on Kyle is dismissed as if it never happened.

okay.

That’s really…

“It’s convenient.”

“…What?”

“When they accuse you of false accusations and criticize you, when you treat them like idiots in front of knights under the pretext of sparring, and when they throw rotten food in the room instead of eating it.”

“… ”

“Because I was young. Because there was a good reason.”

“That means… ”

“And, because he is an illegitimate child.”

Luna’s mouth was closed as if she was lying.

I looked at her with cold gaze.

“But what now? help? Do you want me?”

“… ”

“Why don’t you just be honest? I need someone to vent my anger on. I need a trash can where I can relieve accumulated emotions at any time.”

Being patient today was harder than usual.

Thinking about the stress Luna experienced in the previous episode, I can’t control my facial expressions.

It was then.

“… Yes, I admit it.”

A thick vein appeared on Luna’s temple.

“I was clumsy.”

She admitted her mistake as if it were a favor.

But why?

I wasn’t happy, frustrated, sad, or angry at all.

I answered immediately in a firm voice.

“What should I do?”

Damn system.

I’m dying because it’s a waste of time.

“You don’t need to explain everything to me.”

“… Kyle Winfred.”

“I told you this last time. I don’t blame you.”

Cold mercy rippled through.

Eventually, it became a huge wave and swallowed Luna in front of her.

She lets out her emotions, and I persevere.

When that simple proposition was violated, her face also collapsed miserably.

The more I talk, the more I feel like my intelligence is decreasing.

I stood up, taking the documents on the table.

I turned my back without hesitation.

After a while, he threw an irritated word at Luna, who was shaking.

“My younger brother is a mess.”

bang-!

The door to the reception room was slammed shut.