Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Translator: Effe

Editor: Yonnee

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No, there was nothing to be surprised about. The Weaving guild had become so famous these days that he was aware of trends, but he had never looked into Claire’s current situation.

If she had gotten married and had children, of course she would have a child of four years old. No, it feels like getting turned inside out.

Pavel whispered, lowering his voice even more.

“So I poked into the hotel staff to find out, but they said she doesn’t have a husband yet.”

Erich froze.

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Twelve sheets of papers to be reviewed were placed in front of her.

Claire looked up at Grey Sherwood, who laid down the papers in front of her with a subtle mood.

He was the legal counsel to Baron Delford family. And he was formerly a scholarship student sponsored by the barony, and Claire’s errand boy and playmate when she was younger.

For Claire, it’s not that vivid of a memory. It wasn’t until she was seven that Grey was by her side.

The events leading up to her regaining memories of her previous life were originally rather vague, and Gray hadn’t been around for long.

Around the time Claire started learning to read, Grey looked over her shoulder to learn writing and counting, and secretly stole a book to read and was then caught by a tutor.

Claire’s father, seeing that the peasant child he brought in as an errand boy was very clever, decided to try giving him an education.

It was originally common to teach a child of a smart commoner and raise them as a vassal. Together with the railroad creations, having scholarship students in the capital became common, so Grey benefited from it too.

He graduated from Imperial University at the top of his class. Claire urged her parents not to invite him to the estate.

[ Everything is happening in the capital now. What are we going to do by bringing an excellent lawyer to our estate? Rather, he would be outdated and useless. It doesn’t matter if the person who ghostwrites Father’s letter is thirty times worse than that. ]

Claire said straight up.

[ Leave him to grow freely in the capital. Would he ever forget the grace you gave him? And the more successful he is, the higher the name of the Delford Barony will be. ]

A great lawyer was coveted by everyone. As the industry developed, contracts became more important and lawsuits increased significantly. Legal articles are gradually increasing, and it has become common to seek advice from lawyers when making important decisions.

Beyond Claire’s expectations, Grey went on the roll in the capital. He wasn’t just good at studies, he was competent enough to be recognized.

He had never told Claire, but there were probably some high-ranking nobles who wanted to take him over. But he didn’t.

[ If I throw away the grace I received, I am not a human being. ]

When Claire’s parents died, he didn’t hesitate to come back. Claire shook her head.

[ Stay as you are now. Since my parents aren’t here, I need someone in the capital all the more. When something urgent happens, help me at that time. ]

Grey complied with her words.

He was now the owner of a well-known law firm in the capital. He went into politics with the patronage of Duke Ernst, his teacher who gave him the spot.

Even so, he still did not forget Barony Delford’s grace. He might now have a number of other responsibilities, but he has always made the work as the Delford Barony’s legal advisor his priority.

‘It’s like putting a horseshoe on a dog’s foot.’

It was all due to his gratitude towards Claire.

Her parents weren’t popular or famous, and they didn’t have a knack for increasing their wealth.

However, when she thought about it later after inheriting everything after their passing, they did not leave only the family name and title.

Grey asked as Claire stared, lost in thought.

“What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”

“No, it’s a waste to use you for a wedding such as this.”

Claire shook her head.

Not only was he competent, but his face was also quite nice. Since he was only studying, she thought he might be a bit of a bookworm, but he wasn’t.

He was slender, but he was tall and lean with good posture and broad shoulders.

His hair was a little too dark gray to call silver. The eyes behind his glasses were sharp green. It reminded her of the brilliance of a blade rather than a clear tree shade.

He was six years older than Claire, so he’s now thirty-three. Thirty-three in this era was by no means young. The marriageable age for men was slightly more forgiving than for women, but it was still more common for men to get married before thirty.

“Why didn’t you get married? There must have been a lot of people who tried to seduce you.”

“…….”

Grey’s brow narrowed slightly. Claire gave an excuse.

“I’m not trying to pry into your private life… There must have been a lot of people introducing good marriage partners, so I’m curious.”

“This doesn’t seem like a good topic when we’re reviewing a marriage contract.”

“If you think about it that way, it’s strange that you, the groom, has drawn up a marriage contract and presented it to me to review.”

“I’m just doing my job…”

Grey replied politely, but flatly.

As expected, it’s like he’s got a horseshoe. House Delford couldn’t have been enough to receive such loyalty from a man of this magnitude.

Claire skimmed through the contract. All required conditions were written down.

“Okay, let’s do it like this.”

“Wouldn’t you like to get advice from another lawyer?”

“You can’t fool me.”

It’s not even a real marriage anyway.

Originally, Claire had no intention of getting married.

Even in her previous life, it was not common for marriage to be a completely person-to-person union, but the meaning of marriage in this era was much greater as a union of families. To nobles, it meant almost everything.

Was such a marriage necessary?

Claire was a person who was free from the common notions of this age that said that one must get married and start a family when one was old enough.

However, she did not take the family name seriously enough to draw a big picture for the family and choose a marriage alliance.

She wouldn’t know if she met someone she loved enough to risk everything. But there seemed little chance of that. Every person she met was either a stiff-headed noble or a crooked servitude.

It would be nice if they could communicate, but most of the time it was difficult to talk for more than twenty minutes. She didn’t want to clear her head and talk about just the weather.

Most of them backtracked, treating Claire as an eccentric just when she slightly hinted at her true intentions.

‘Nobles are lucky to be born as nobles.’

She just wants to know the truth as it was. 

Then, should she say that it was bad luck to have been born a noble?

Anyway, most of them were bad people. The true blue bloods humbly acknowledged the fact that they had received the honor of their ancestors.

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