Chapter 31

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Recently, the only joy of Viscount Dier’s life was to give snacks to Luatisha.

The days he regularly comes to the residence are Tuesday and Friday.

Each time, Viscount Dier bought snacks from a famous dessert store and presented them to Luatisha.

Today is Tuesday.

As soon as the meeting was dismissed, Viscount Dier headed to Luatisha’s room.

Snacks in both hands are the weight of happiness.

When he imagined the youngest lady eating deliciously, he naturally hummed.

It was then.

Rumbles…

At the sound of a low explosion, Viscount Dier stopped for a moment and looked out the window.

Then someone approached and talked to him.

“Oh, I thought it was thunder again. It looks like young master Ixion is training.”

It was Allen, one of the butlers of the Duke of Paeraton.

Viscount Dier nodded.

“Yeah, looking at the direction, I think it’s the young master’s training center.”

“I think young master Ixion is constantly training these days.” 

“Is that so?”

“Yes, once he go to the training center, he stays for a long time. Is it because Your Excellency, the Duke is back?”

“There must be a difference between the presence of His Excellency and the absence of His Excellency.” 

Viscount Dier nodded and took a step again. 

“Are you on your way to the youngest lady again today?”

Allen winked and asked as he looked at the dessert store envelope hanging from his hand.

“Yes, today is Forenois with plenty of cherries! She’ll definitely want to eat it right away just by looking at it!” 

“Hahaha, the lady will like it.”

“Of course! I’m giving her gifts to see that reaction. Sometimes her eyes sparkle and welcome me like a pure baby, and another day, she keeps her head up and being wary. Sometimes she look at me like I’m a shameless kidnapper.”

“Yeah…”

Is that a good thing?

Allen looked over his head and laughed.

“It’s so thrilling. What other reactions will she have today?”

Allen took a step back when he saw Dier twisting his body.

“Are both of you going to eat in her room? Or should I set up a tea table in the greenhouse?” 

“Hmm, I’m worried. Both the lady eating in the room and the lady eating in the greenhouse are cute.…. Which would be good?” 

“Hahaha, I don’t know. If that’s the standard, wouldn’t it be better for you to go?” 

“That’s a great idea! What would be a good place?”

“Hmm, since the youngest lady likes flowers… how about the garden?… Oh, it must be hard because it’s winter.” 

“A greenhouse if it’s a flower? But she often went to the greenhouse. Come to think of it, isn’t there a warm magic at stake in the eastern garden?” 

“Oh, it’s also a self-made place. The thermogazebo is the pride of craftsmanship, so the lady will like it!” 

“Then prepare it for me.” 

“Yes, I see.”

Viscount Dier hurried to his steps.

I was already happy at the thought of having a good time with the lady in Gazebo.

And how will she react today?

I’m sure she’ll greet me with a big smile because she missed me!

“It’s food! Food!”

“Lady, welcome me, too.” 

“Wow! It’s a cake!”

As expected, the lady welcomed him with a big smile.

The lady was amazed at the gazebo and enjoyed Forenois very much.

Viscount Dier was happy.

However, the joy was always short and the time to break up quickly came.

“Uncle Dier, do you know where Ixion is?” 

Dier replied without much thought to the youngest lady standing up from eating Forenois. 

“He’ll be at the training center.” 

“Yes, thank you! Bye bye! Bring more next time!”

“Yes, bye-bye!”

Viscount Dier smiled, waving his hands to her. 

* * *

“That’s what happened yesterday.”

Said Viscount Dier.

With everyone silent, Dad said.

“Bring him over.”

Allen denied the charges, but it was meaningless.

Soon, even the circumstances of his request to the Dark Guild were revealed.

Kwagang!

As soon as a black magic hit Allen, a soft hand covered my eyes.

“Shh.”

A friendly voice rang in my ear.

It was Ares.

“Your Majesty, Lulu is surprised.”

“······First, lock it in an ice thorn tree tower. I, myself will review the documents later.”

At the same time my dad said that, the hand, which was covering my eyes, slowly fell off.

I could see Allen being arrested and dragged between Ares’ fingers.

My dad, who turned around, hugged me tightly.

“It’s all thanks to the youngest lady who was able to find out the culprit so quickly!”

“You must have been scared, but you calmly organized the situation, and you’re amazing, my lady!”

Was there anyone who made the most fuss while the vassals were making a noise?

“Dear my youngest lady…! You believed in me!”

It was the Viscount of Dier.

“I was the most suspicious person! I came up with the idea! Where to eat was suggested to you by me! I’m also the one who said he’s going to be at the training center!”

The Viscount of Dier came to me scattering tears.

It was a very burdensome face.

Dad hugged me tightly as if protecting me from the Viscount of Dier, and Ares blocked him.

“But you rather… to me! You asked who the real culprit was!”

Dad, I’m scared.

“Everyone! It’s because she trusted me!”

No, not at all.

“That’s right! You and I! As much as we spent the snack time together, Because it’s full of love and trust!”

It was a word that destroyed even the love and trust that didn’t exist.

“Take him.”

“Yes.”

“Hey, lady! I love you!”

As he was dragged away by my father’s order, Viscount Dier shouted his love for me like a will.

“I felt it from the first time I saw you, but my mind is also not intact.”

The reason why I doubted others and not Viscount Dier was simple.

‘He’s a mentally ill man, but he’s not stupid.’

The last person I met before I was kidnapped was Dier.

This means that even if the kidnapping succeeds or fails, doubts cannot be avoided.

Especially if he fails, it would be in an instant that he will be identified as a criminal by my testimony, and even the Viscount of Dier was with me when I ripped off the property from the former marquis of Tarenka, or even when I got it back.

How did I interrogate the former and the latter?

I don’t think he will use shallow measures just to get caught so quickly.

It’s only possible if you’re as foolish as my uncle.

It was then.

The window reaches at the same time as the notification sound.

It’s starting to float.

[You’ve completed the quest, “The Vengeful Magpie(1)”] 

[Penalty will be applied again since the quest is over]

[You will get 5,000 cash as a reward] 

[Connection quest <Magpie to avenge> has arrived] 

[You’ve cleared the shortest time in an hour after the quest came up!] 

[Additional rewards will be given!] 

[Princess Paeraton is proud of herself!] 

[Ares admires your reasoning skills!]

[Viscount Dier feel love, gratitude, respect, and loyalty for you]

[Dier’s loyalty is the highest!] 

[The group of Paeraton’s vassals wants to see you again] 

[The group of Paeraton’s employees admires you] 

[You showed the dignity of Paeraton’s princess! Your reputation resonates throughout the Paeraton Duchy!]

[Your influence in the Paeraton family will increase significantly!]

[Special benefit for you who have increased your influence ☆ Pull up to 20,000 cash now!]

‘Wow,······’

There were so many notifications that it was too much to read now.

But among them, there was a phrase that stood out to me.

‘You said 20,000 cash…?’

That’s awesome.

Of course, you have to be lucky because it’s a lottery ticket. · · · · I’m suddenly getting nervous.

‘Oh, right! There was that!’

Lucky potion!

Last time, I received additional compensation for extorting the property of the former marquis of Tarenka well.

‘I can see it.’

How I got 20,000 cash!

I couldn’t wait to pick it out, so I wiggled my butt.

* * *

“Lady, the young master told me not to let anyone into the room.”

“But it wasn’t like that before.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I have to say thank you. Ixion saved me.”

“The young master will know that you are grateful. You may go now.”

I was forced to turn around when I saw my brother’s assistant lowering his head.

I stopped by Ixion’s room on my way back to my room from the conference room, referring to how I wanted to draw cash right away.

Fool Ixion doesn’t even open the door.

‘What’s wrong with him again?…’

I visited Ixion before I went to the meeting room, but it was the same back then.

‘I thought we got a little closer.’

Was it just me? Tch.

“Hahaha, I guess the third young master likes you a lot.”

“I know. I was surprised to see him suddenly looking for you yesterday.”

“Didn’t he feel that you were in danger?”

My maids, who were next to me, comforted me.

Even if I was grateful for that, I wanted to nod and act brightly, but I didn’t feel that way.

“Then what’s the point? He didn’t even open the door.”

I felt my maid sisters embarrassed by my pouting reaction.

I felt sorry for that again, so my steps thumped for no reason.

It’s all because of the penalty.

I keep trying to get sulky like a child.

“I want to be alone. Everyone get out.”

I fell on the bed as soon as I entered the room.

“But lady, if you’re alone….”

“I’m in my room!”

“But…”

“Okay, lady. We’ll be waiting, so call me if you need me.”

“·······Yes.”

Anna took the other sisters out.

This isn’t it.

I should have said “thank you” at the end, not “yes”.

I should’ve told them I’m not mad.

However, my young heart was also venting its anger by beating the bed for no reason.

“Ixion Fool! Idiot! Sea anemones! Dog!”

“Ahhh!······.”

I lay upside down and looked at the ceiling.

“My condition.”

Luatisha L Paeraton 

Aptanes’ contractor 

Characteristic <Rush & Cash>

Characteristic Grade F

Novel being summoned — None

The ability to extract novels 0/5 

Ability that I have — None

Penalty <Lack of consciousness> 

In-progress quest 

The completed quest — See more detail●

Item that I have — Lucky Potion

Still, “first control of the house (1)” has not been completed.

This means that Ixion did not recognize me as a family.

“…”

It didn’t really matter before, but now my heart stings.

“Bad boy. Bad boy.”

What happens if you just accept me as a family?

“It’s not my fault that I don’t have a magic.”

Sniffle.

Tears came out of sadness.

Why do you care about me if you’re going to be like this?

‘No, thank you for saving me.’

‘Oh, I would have been in big trouble if Ixion hadn’t saved me.’

‘Let’s cheer up!’

I clenched both fists.

‘I have a lot of cash draw coupons!’

3,000 cash lottery tickets, 5,000 cash lottery tickets, and so on. “The 20,000 cash lottery ticket!”

Of course, if all of these come out in 100 cash, it’ll be ruined.

But I have a lucky potion!

Saintus and luck resonating beautifully in the dirty random drawing world.

When I touched “Lucky Potion” in the status window, the explanation came out.

<Lucky Potion> 

This potion started for the first time in Britannia and gave luck to the recipient once a year…….

‘What is this?’

The unfamiliar potion felt like it has a familiar explanation.

‘Tch, can I really read all of it? Aren’t they telling me to make the same potion and turn it around?’

I’m a little nervous, but I finished reading the explanation.

This potion that has been transferred to you now gives you good luck. 

Because that’s the reward. 

-Effective: After taking it, luck goes up in all draws for an hour.

‘Oh!’

It’s making people nervous for no reason. I was surprised.

[Will you use <Lucky Potion>?]

I thought about it. Wouldn’t it be better to complete more quests, collect more coupons, and use them?

‘But then you might drop out of your life.’

If the quest is completed without being recognized as a family by Ixion, I will realize it right away.

When I finished answering, “I’m going to use it!” a new window was created. And there was a green potion in it.

It was like a picture, but it was caught when I reached out and touched it.

‘That’s amazing.’

I opened the cap of the potion bottle.

There is no hesitation.

I drank the potion in one shot.

‘Hyuk! This taste was mint chocolate! Just by tasting it, I thought luck would rise. Oh, by the way. Who doesn’t like mint chocolate?’

There’s no more, right? Mint chocolate is definitely good luck.

“Let’s go! 20,000 cash! Da! Da! Tang!”

I shouted with full confidence.

[We’re going to use the 20,000 cash coupon.]

Along with the notification, a familiar spinning board appeared.

The devil was waving, but even that looked cute today.

The spinning wheel began to spin.

[Congratulations!] [20,000 cash!]

“20,000 cash?”

I was so surprised that there were four balls!

I did it!

I did it!

I drove this momentum and turned the rest of the lottery ticket.

[5000 cash draw card] 

[Use 3,000 cash draw card] 

[3500 cash]

[2000 cash won!]

It’s a bit disappointing that 5,000 cash and 3,000 cash didn’t come out, but it was a satisfactory result.

-Cash held: 31600 cash.

I’m full just by looking at that.

“Okay, I can summon a novel with this.”

I took Akitus out of the drawer.

[Would you like to summon <novel> using cash?]

“Yes.”

[Tell us <novel> you want to summon] 

I didn’t have to think about it.

Now that I don’t know what Ikxion is thinking, I needed to check his “likability”.

“<The wicked woman of the hour does not want love>”

[Use Cash to summon the novel <The wicked woman of the hour does not want love>]

[Use the attribute <Rush and Cash> to extract the abilities of the female protagonist in <Novel>.]

Pararak-.

(tl: sound effects of pages flipping.???? i know i definitely suck at these)

As soon as the book shone, letters began to be engraved.

And from that book, five gems came out. It was the same scene as before.

[There is only one ability that can be used in the current level]

[Pick one of the skills you extracted]

“Good!”

You said I’ll get more luck in every draw, so the same goes for here!

I believe in you, lucky potion!

That’s the reward!

I proudly reached out.

And

[Skills <Coughing, crying> You chose ]