episode_0164

Reading texts while looking at books and documents was extremely boring.

The sight of the festival opening and the sky being covered with firecrackers and magical lights is not boring even if you watch it for hours.

Rather than taking classes and learning various things, I want to think about ways to have more fun playing outside.

I don’t like studying.

Playing is good.

Flora has always been like that.

As such, when I first set foot in the Eastern Noble Meeting, I just hated the boring meeting.

While I was thinking about the residents of the territory, I wanted to have fun talking with close people or looking around the market with my family.

but.

Now that time has passed, things have changed a little.

“Uhm… The people of this territory produce a lot of grain, but they don’t have enough money, so they pay the taxes in lieu of grain?”

“Yes. Our youngest, did you listen carefully?”

“Heehee.”

In the past, I would have explained it to him several times, but he would have avoided answering by saying he didn’t know or had forgotten and begged me to go out and have fun, but that wasn’t the case now.

However, there were limits.

“Isn’t this too difficult?”

“Hing. Like you said, it’s too difficult.”

I heard more about the territory from Arina, but it wasn’t enough to make up for the lack of knowledge.

“Don’t be discouraged just because you don’t know. Because Flora is still young. Just learn slowly next to your sister.”

You are still young, so you just have to learn slowly.

That’s something I’ve heard before. These were words that not only Arina, but also Claire and Isabella heard over and over again.

But now, those words feel different.

‘My sisters and mom were doing this complicated thing…’

I guess I can do it when the time comes.

If all you had to do was talk well with the people in your territory, it wouldn’t be that difficult, right?

If you manage the territory like your sisters, you will be praised by your mother!

So foolishly, I used to think it was that easy.

But when I came to my senses, I realized that it was not such an easy matter to think about.

Even though I heard and heard about the situation at the territory for two days, I still know very little.

Even though I listened to and watched it for so long, I could barely get a few answers out of my ears, even if only in a superficial way, and nothing was actually organized in my head.

Although her older sister told her that it was okay to go to rest, Flora still tried to pamper her, saying that she wanted to follow her until the end and watch over her.

Then Arina smiled and held out her hand, and Flora held her older sister’s hand tightly and continued to tour the remaining territory. In the meantime, I never forgot to ask questions and learn.

One day, when he gets older, he will have to take charge of the territory alone.

“So this time, we are planning to expand the space, which we were unable to do last year. How is it?”

“How can there be a problem with Princess Arina saying that!”

“Isn’t there anyone against it?! If there is, I will shut their mouths!”

─Hahahaha!

On the first day, they cheered as soon as Arina came and revealed that she was a temporary lord. Two days later, they accepted the plan without even a single doubt.

There was great cheering even though not a single word had yet been spoken about what instructions to give.

As I walked around and looked around the territory while holding Arina’s hand tightly, I could feel that the people of the territory were following my older sister well.

Arina smiled and stroked her youngest child’s head.

“Flora. Things don’t just work out like this.”

“What do you mean, sister?”

“As you can see, the position of lord carries enormous weight because he is the person who holds all authority over this territory. So the image shown is very important.”

“Image…?”

“From the perspective of the residents, they want their lives to become richer and richer. In that case, you might want to meet a better lord. On the other hand, if their capabilities are low or there are bad rumors about them, they may reject it because it may cause harm to their land. In fact, there are quite a few territories that refuse to accept certain lords.”

Arina adds that she would never want to entrust the land to someone like that.

That moment.

The words suddenly pass through Flora’s mind.

A person who cannot be trusted at all from the perspective of the people of the territory.

That word was stuck in my head.

“Well, then… what if you have a high status like my sister or me, like the Duke of Bagland?”

Flora asks that question in a voice that is noticeably different from before.

“Those people are all commoners. Don’t we, nobles, accept what we say?”

I wonder if this could be resolved somehow if one’s social status is high.

No matter how unwilling you are to accept permanent residence, you are asking whether status can solve this problem.

However, Arina firmly shook her head.

“If I were a rare liar or a despicable cheater, they would never have accepted this plan.”

The ominous feeling that rose in Flora’s mind penetrated her past once again and filled her heart with a stuffy air.

As an ominous feeling of frustration overwhelms her, Flora jumps into the carriage without even looking back.

Then, he hurriedly ordered his coachman to take him to another territory.

A rare liar.

A despicable fraudster.

As Arina mentioned, a person with such an image cannot become a lord.

Nevertheless, there is a person who became the lord of a territory.

Likewise, it was Karssein who received the Chatrene territory and became a lord.

My past self once said something like that to the residents of Chatrene Territory.

-Carcein is a liar!

-You tricked my sisters and mother into becoming a duke! Are you going to believe that liar?

-Even in the work, you just lied and did that. The maids and servants had a hard time because of him!

I don’t want to see him do well because of this land.

Because I don’t want to see myself being recognized by the people of the territory.

I made up something I didn’t mean to say because I was worried that I might gain favor with my family because of this.

He even added these words in hopes that all commoners within the territory would distrust him.

-Check carefully to see if they are doing anything trickery! They’re clearly here to ruin something!

So that if something happens, it will definitely be his fault.

If you give any instructions, make sure they are lies.

He cleverly deceived people.

and…

As if words were becoming seeds, in Shatlaine, as soon as Karssein took office as a temporary lord and gave instructions, the harvest was incomparably poor, and the land was ruined after that.

In that way, Karssein took all the blame and was reduced to the greatest liar who deceived the people of Chatrene Territory and was sent back to the duchy.

So… what will happen when Karssein, the conman who deceived the entire territory, steps into the territory?

Probably, it’s as you guessed.

‘Please, please… don’t let anything happen…!’

Flora begged and begged again.

I hoped nothing happened.

I prayed that Karssein wasn’t being framed for the lies he spread there. Until the carriage arrived at Chatelaine.

It was as if I was making a wish that was close to denial.

‘Where, where are you!’

After arriving at Chatelaine, I wandered around for a while.

I set out to find Carcein, but I knew nothing about this place.

For a place so famous, it wouldn’t have been strange to know the geography at least once.

It was a moment when I once again resented myself for not having studied anything.

Fortunately.

“────!!”

I heard human voices around me.

however…

“If you don’t want to follow my policy, you don’t have to. I will not give you any command except this one.”

What I saw when I came here were the seeds of malice she had sown in the past.

Water welled up inside her stuffy chest, and soon water began to form in Flora’s eyes.

***

Karssein’s temporary permanent residency sentence, which was two days late, was disastrous.

The residents of the territory were already full of suspicion and were ready to kick him out, asking if he had come to deceive the territory again.

By some means, he was able to operate within this territory…

That was the same as giving up all of his authority as a lord.

“Inhale…!”

After that, Flora wandered around Chatelaine, shedding tears.

Once again, he was covered in wounds.

It wasn’t just the duke’s house that couldn’t enjoy anything.

Even outside the duchy. There were already a lot of sparks flying.

Like Karsein I saw in my dream.

“Ugh!”

Flora, who recalled the sight of Carcein burning away in her dream, was startled and took a deep breath.

“No. Probably not… It happened because of me…”

I wanted to deny it.

I wanted to believe that it didn’t happen because of me.

I wanted to argue that it made no sense for him not to be treated as a lord just because of those few words.

okay. You can claim it.

All you have to do is go ask Karssein directly and claim that I didn’t mean to do that.

Let’s go ask.

Let’s go check it out.

To where Karssein is.

To the place where Karssein walked.

I moved my little feet to meet him.

“Why did you come again?”

Seeing him ask that question bluntly, I felt like my breath had stopped for a moment.

But Flora opened her mouth again and again.

“No…? Karsein. I’m saying that I was falsely accused here too… That’s not true. Right…?”

Quickly tell me it’s not my fault.

Please tell me that it was just a coincidence of accidents.

It was your fault that the Shatren Territory was ruined…

“Isn’t this the situation you wanted?”

At that time, when I was ignoring reality by making all kinds of excuses in my mind, I felt a cold chill coming over me.

Flora reflexively stopped wiping her tears and looked at Carcein.

“Oh, indeed. I made a mistake with my words. okay. It wasn’t what you were hoping for, it was just a rumor that came from somewhere, right?”

no way.

Probably not.

‘Probably not. It shouldn’t be…!’

however.

A cold smile was already on his lips.

It’s that feeling again, again.

Infinitely cold and cold.

It was this frustrating feeling of a huge boundary being drawn without a sound.

Only after feeling this frustration did Flora come to her senses.

‘What on earth was I thinking!!’

You knew it from the beginning.

It wasn’t Karssein’s fault, it was mine.

If you were tormenting Karssein again with lies you made up, you should have admitted it first!

Inside, I hated myself like crazy for trying to ignore reality again.

However, this is not the time to be carefree and blame yourself.

I have to say something.

He should not be able to do anything like before and all his sins should not be his.

“, I don’t know how those words fit so perfectly. Are you saying I’m going to ruin Shatlaine? I thought the rumor was just a rumor, but it almost seems like it was a prophet.”

But my mouth won’t drop.

What should I say?

What can I say to deny that?

How am I supposed to reveal that it was my fault!

“I should have listened to that too. If the news had reached me a little sooner and I hadn’t done anything, Chatelaine wouldn’t have been ruined. How can you make an accident like this? I still remember that time.”

no.

Nope.

Where is that word?

If you say that, then what I exaggerated is…!

“So I wasn’t framed. I am self-employed. Even though I was a low-class citizen and had no ability, I fell asleep saying that I would save Yeongji for no reason. So this time, I’m going to stay silent and wait for the punishment. The opportunity given by heaven may come again, right?”

At that moment, Flora realized.

Also, I missed the timing.

I wish I had been honest about it from the beginning.

It would have been better if he had acknowledged from the beginning that the situation had become bigger because of him.

I ended up missing an opportunity because I ignored reality again.

“Fool, idiot…”

Pop. Pop.

Tears were falling down Flora’s cheeks as she muttered those words to no one.