Raising my Fiancè with Money

Mercilessly

Count Bloden had a hall which served as a conference room.

It was a place where important guests gather to hold important meetings when the need arises, so it had not been opened for quite a long time.

Under the huge chandelier, only three people were present.

Count Bloden sat at the very edge of the long table, Violet the Countess on his right, and Heinley on his left.

The conference room was solemn as if it were a funeral hall instead.

Just by looking at the atmosphere alone, it seemed as if there was a tremendous crisis that had occurred in the family.

Breaking the long silence, the eldest son, Heinley, opened his mouth.

“Then I will start the meeting.”

Heinley got up from his seat, he then stood in front of a wheeled cork board.
The Count and Violet turned and looked at Heinley.

Everyone had serious faces and not a single smile could be seen.

“Today’s agenda is…”

Heinley took out a pen and wrote down some letters on the piece of paper that had been secured on to the cork board with tweezers.

“This is Lilia’s new boyfriend.”

[Karhan Evantheon]

The Count slightly distorted his face at the sight of the letters on the white paper.

“I don’t like seeing that name right from the start.”

“I think it’s narrow-minded of someone to judge by name, but I agree with you this time.”

Violet nodded at the Count’s mumbling, Heinley put down the pen with a snap.

In fact, Hainley was the last to hear that Lilia had a new lover, he also only knew about it when his parents told him.

He heard in person that she was postponing her wedding with Richard, but he didn’t know that she was thinking about calling off the marriage.

She even found a new lover.

His head was pounding just thinking about it.

“First of all, this is the data I’ve gathered from my research.
There are a lot of shortcomings within it since it was an urgent investigation.”

Heinley handed out a bunch of paper to the Count and Countess.

The Count and Violet reviewed what was written on the paper quickly.

Most of it was information about the Duchess of Evantheon.
It would have been nice to have more information about Karhan Evantheon, but his private life was tightly covered.

In particular, before he became a successor, there was almost no data about him to the point where they wondered where he lived.

“From my perspective, it seems to be that the little duke is different from the average person.
You could just see it from the way he was sent to the battlefield at the age of 14.”

Even though he was the second son, there were few cases where they were sent to the battlefield as long as he was born as a deficit of the duke’s family.

He could participate on his own request, but no one would walk into a battlefield with their limbs unless they were crazy.

Violet then raised her hand after hearing Heinley’s opinion.

“As far as I can tell, he was sent out to play in the battlefield to lay the groundwork for the eldest son.”

When the Countess made a speculation that he didn’t participate to achieve his ambition, he was told.

“There was a saying that he participated because he liked slaughter.”

It became quiet in an instant.

It was because everyone had heard the rumors surrounding the little duke of Evantheon.

– A murderer with no blood or tears.

– A man who casted out his brother because of his own ambition.

– Vulgar.

The rumors of the little duke that had been heard so far passed through everyone’s head.

“Why did Lilia come to like a man such as him?”

The Count murmured to himself.

But no one could answer his question.

He split up his busy time and held the meeting, but only unanswered questions lingered on the table.

“Has anyone seen the face of the little duke?”

Heinley and Count shook their heads at Violet’s question.

Violet clasped her hands and put them on the table.
She mumbled, as she put her chin on her knuckles.

“We’re gonna have to make them break up anyway, right?”

“Should I give him a castle and tell him to break up with my daughter?”

The Count quickly gave his opinion.

Then Heinley replied, putting up his silver-rimmed glasses.

“The opponent is an Evantheon.
Even if their wealth is not as good as our family, I’m sure he has enough money.”

The Count shut his mouth sullenly.

“How about revealing to Lilia the true nature of the Evantheon little duke?”

Violet shook her head at Heinley’s opinion.

“She already knows and there are only rumors about him without proper evidence…”

As Violet sighed, Heinley turned silent with a gloomy face.
Since then, many opinions were stated from everyone.

How to make her feel bad, stopping her by going on hunger strikes, etc.

However, Lilia had a history of encountering a huge trash called Richard.

They knew better than anyone how great  she is blinded by love

While all opinions were coming out, the Count, who had been quiet, suddenly opened his mouth.

“What if I force her to break up and tell her to reunite with Richard?”

Blood drained out from everyone’s face.

It was a very bad ending.

It was so bad that they even thought for a very short moment that Evantheon little duke might be better.

In silence Violet loosened her fingers.

“If we make a decision here, we won’t be able to do anything later on.
We’d better watch for now.”

If I had the ability to have Lilia listen to my persuasion, she would not have gotten engaged to Richard.

Violet grabbed the bunch of paper that was handed to them earlier and slammed them on the desk.

“However, it would be fine if we could find out more about who he really is.”

If he is an insignificant man, they would threaten him to break up with her.

Both father and son nodded at her opinion.

Heinley then said as he pushed away the organized paper.

“Then I’ll go and meet with the little duke.”

“Yes, then I will trust that with you.”

The Count and his wife gave Heinley a look full of faith in him.

And so, that was how the meeting of the Bloden family without Lilia ended.

* * *

After having breakfast, Lilia was left alone in the house.

Her father was busy preparing for an exhibition in a few weeks, while her mother went out for some business and her brother went to the Imperial Palace early in the morning.

Lilia started her day after changing into simple clothes.

After sorting out all the letters that came to her, she contemplated on what she would be doing for the day.

Looking out the window blankly, she noticed that the weather looked very good.

Lilia muttered to herself, watching the floating clouds in the deep blue sky.

“Shall I drink tea in the back garden?”

Her worries did not last long.

Lilia then decided to go out to the back garden.

When she left the mansion and arrived at the entrance of the patronage, she saw a magnolia tree.

Passing through the place where magnolia was planted, she went straight into the back garden where a wisteria tree was connected like a tunnel.

Lilia walked slowly under the wisteria tree.

Wisteria branches that had yet to bloom flowers spread out in all directions.

A round wooden table could be found on the place where she stopped.

As Lilia sat at the table, an employee prepared a teapot.

When the water reached the proper temperature, it was then poured and the scent of the flower tea spread softly.

“It smells good.”

The employee smiled silently at Lilia’s words.

He was an employee whom she hired before when she bought a teahouse.

After the store disappeared due to redevelopment, he came into the mansion to work for her.

Although he couldn’t hear, his tea-brewing skills were excellent.

And if they speak slowly to him, there would be no problem in communicating with him because he understood just by looking at the shape of the person’s mouth.

Lilia put down the teacup.

These days, Lilia had more free time and became more leisurely than ever.

Until now, she was always stuck with Richard, but after breaking up with him, she had more time left.

Besides, she didn’t have any friends to meet up with and most of them were related to Richard, even though they were acquaintances.

At that time, she interacter with them reluctantly because of Richard.
However, she had no intention of making friends now.

It was because Lilia, who has been interacting with a variety of people since childhood, thought she was more comfortable alone.

Especially this time, she was able to completely clear her mind due to the Richard incident.

‘What am I going to do in the future…’

Lilia has not given much thought about the future so far.

It was because she believed that she would naturally become Lady of Tersian.

But her engagement with Richard has already flown far away.

So she was going to think about what to do in the future after breaking off the engagement.
In fact, she was at the age where other ordinary young ladies would have already married.

However, the thought of wanting to have a relationship disappeared because of Richard.

At this rate, she didn’t know if she would have to live alone if she missed getting married.

If so….

Lilia carefully brought up the idea that had been deeply embedded in her mind so far.

‘I want to lead the business.’

Count Bloden was a successful business family.

Since she was a child, Lilia has naturally followed her parents into business.

Although her financial luck was so good that it often resulted in success without much effort, she enjoyed the moments where she participated and planned for the business in person.

However, there was no business that had been done by herself so far, and the family business was going to be inherited by the eldest son, Heinley.

He was a strong successor when given various conditions.

Of course, he said he didn’t want to run the business and was instead working in the imperial palace.

First of all, it would be better to break off the engagement first and then think about the problem again.
Lilia picked up her cup again to drink the tea.

At that time, an employee walked from far away.
He was holding a huge bouquet of flowers.

“What…?”

She was staring at it because she wondered if someone had sent her a gift, but the employee stopped and said.

“Lady, a letter and a gift came from the Marquis of Tersian.”

As soon as she heard the name, Lilia frowned.
The employee handed over a letter and a paper knife.

Lilia only received the letter, then opened the envelope and took out the letter.

[Please visit the Marquis estate because I want to talk about some things I couldn’t say last time.
I’ll wait for you any time.
This bouquet of flowers is from my heart to you.]

It sounded so absurd, that a laugh came out of her mouth.

Did you break your leg in the meantime?

Or does he have a disease that would kill him if he comes to see her in person?

Lilia then received the flowers from the employee and without hesitation, she threw it down to the floor.

As she stepped on it with her shoes, the pretty roses were crushed mercilessly.

Lilia stared at the bouquet which had run out of petals.

“Now this looks more like what my heart feels”

Lilia then said to the employee who was watching with a confused face.

“Burn it in the incinerator.”

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