The tone is light but the content is serious. Eustaf looked at Ran for a moment in thought.
'Do you usually get leaden food even after going through such a thing?'
The behavior will be taken differently by different people.
Some might call it stupid, and some might say it's bold enough to put out their tongues.
What about yourself?
His silence lengthened, but Ran was looking at him without moving. No matter how much I look at her, I can't see it as if she's worried.
Eustaf knew himself well. He had a suspicious personality and a sneaky personality. Leaving that good or bad, he knew he was.
Eustaf exhaled lightly and said,
"Noonim is the only one who can betray me."
Ran frowned at the words.
"I won't."
"Yes"
Eustaf nodded. Ran's eyes were thick, but Eustaf was surprised to say it himself. To be betrayed means to believe.
Trust.
Eustaf took her behavior that way. If you see a young deer who first saw a human being approaching with curiosity and eating salt in his hand, no matter how many hunters they are, they will not stab him in the neck.
In the eyes of Eustaf, what Ran was doing was just like that. Sticking out her neck and saying, "Trust me."
'You're causing a lot of doubts.'
Well, he's not honest with her either.
Eustaf thought so and nodded.
"Okay, let's make a deal."
"It's a wise choice. Then can I decide on the details? I need pocket money."
Eustaf raised his eyebrows lightly as Ran muttered.
"Please feel free to take the money out of 'our' pocket."
"It should be different allowance, my personal allowance."
Ran murmured and Eustaf nodded, "Okay."
"But if you get the money, you can use it as much as you want."
"No, I don't need to have it as the Lazia's head, but to myself, I need an allowance as an individual."
Eustaf's blue eyes narrowed slightly and then return back again.
"Alright"
"Okay, that's the establishment of an alliance."
"You're the founding head. So, what are you going to do after I become a patriarch?"
"Well? Come to think of it, I haven't thought about it···."
Well, if I keep being the Lady of Lazia, am I still gonna married? Isn't this pattern usually associated with second Male Lead and me? But I don't go into second Male Lead here.
Ran was snooping, and Eustaf got up from the seat. He approached and Ran raised her head. Eustaf's fingers lightly brushed under her eyes.
"It's all gone."
"What?"
"The trace of fatigue."
Ran laughed at the words.
"Because I slept for three days."
Oh, that's why my head is clearer. That's true, I've been really busy at work lately.
To put it exaggeratingly, I felt like I was reborn again.
"Can I talk to you a little more in the evening? About dispositions and alliances."
"Okay"
Ran nodded. Eustaf's hand came down and pulled her robe collar lightly to open it more.
"Then excuse me."
Greeting politely, Eustaf left the room. Ran thought, putting another bite of salad in her mouth.
'Eustaf doesn't hate me, doesn't like me, does he use me?'
I'm so lost.
'But I don't think he hates it. There's no way you can feed someone you hated'
Thinking so, Ran finished the salad.
*******
The work was more troublesome than I thought.
The uncle claimed that Robbie thought of trying to rape Ran alone, and that it was because he loved her so much.
"If you love someone, do you rape them?"
When Ran muttered, Eustaf replied coldly, "It is said to be the passion of youth."
Passion of youth!?
Ran put her tongue out at the thought that he would be allowed to do anything because he loves her. To be honest, I was annoyed.
In addition, the uncle defended his son, saying, he didn't mean to rape her, he just wanted to watch her sleep.
A man who adored her beautiful cousin and made a bold plan to get his hands on her who became a housekeeper.
Baron Lindbergh defended his son like that.
"Hmm."
Ran asked Eustaf.
"What do you think, Eus?"
"I don't think we should let it go."
"That's what I think. Then..."
Ran grinned.
"I can be a bit of a brutal."
Eustaf thought for a moment and said,
"You don't have to."
"Huh? Why?"
"You know, and I know that you have to end Baron Lindbergh."
"I was originally going to put him to death, but I'd rather just order Robbie to be deported. And take away Baron Lindbergh succession rights."
"As a single-winner?"
"Yes"
"The truth is, he was trying to retrieve the title and kick everyone out, right? Isn't that better? What if he pushes it hard?"
"It's going to hurt the reputation of Patriarch among the people of disciple. Besides, it's not worth it."
Ran pondered, "Really?" It would have been nice if she could root out her uncle's power by this opportunity, but it might have been an unreasonable operation to get him involved.
'But we've managed to capture all the naples of my uncle in the mansion.'
This is a good defense.
"But wouldn't it be better to put Robbie in prison temporarily?"
"No"
Eustaf answered clearly. He lifted his blue eyes and said, looking at Ran said.
"We should deport him."
Is that a worse punishment?
Well, it could be a luxury prison or something like that's right.
This was Ran's weakness.
She did not know everything in the world, especially weak in customs and judicial systems.
"Well, I'll do it. Instead, I will ban uncle from entering the Sky castle."
Eustaf lowered his head slightly.
"That would be good."
"Then let's do it."
Ran said so, stamped her seal and handed over the document. The trial in the estate was one of the principal tasks of the lord. Of course, the Duchess of Lazia had a separate court because it was wide, but she was also a judge because it was a matter of blood.
Baron Lindbergh may post a petition later, but she intended to ignore it. This showed that being on the side of Baron Lindbergh is an enemy of the House.
If you're not an idiot, you won't abandon the Duke of Lazia and choose Baron Lindbergh.
"And the problem is to pick the person who got fired. We're trying to cut back on people when we cut our finances anyway, so we don't have to hire new people right away."
It takes people to verify people. Ran handed over the capture documents.
Eustaf opened his documents and said,
"We're also working on a spellbinding project. I put a kite in the guild, and they said there were about two volunteers."
"I want them to come soon. I think we're on the way to the leverage."
"Do you think the debtors didn't take any suspicious?"
"Yeah, not yet? But as long as they use people to mine, they'll be rumored. I've told the miners that I've found a crystal mine."
"You'll soon find out what's different from the crystal."
"Yeah, but there's not much time left. It won't take long if you hide it for five or six months. Oh, so I'm thinking of selling some of my mother's accessories on top of the Golden Rose."
"Accessories?"
"Yes, that's why I've got the money. And I'm going to pay back the money she borrowed from the disciple. I'm so embarrassed."
She borrowed money from the three families evenly because the most comfortable thing was to borrow money from the disciple family.
The amount of money borrowed from them alone amounted to about 50,000 verat. And 300,000 verats of land were put on mortgage and borrowed from the nearby Marquis Salmon. 200,000 verats on loan from Count Simil.....
As the unit of money was large, interest was enormous, and it was almost impossible to pay back interest every year.
And about 150,000 verats of loan from the top of the deal. 'Don't tell me the Duke of Lazia would take the money.' Ran sighed.
Originally, her uncle regents and sells the land of Lazia in pieces as if it were dismantling it. The only thing left is a title and a Sky castle.
At this point, it's a damn thing to call a duke. And lastly, the plague hit a critical hit, killing the uncle, killing most of the people and the disciple.
Such a duke was succeeded by Eustaf.
Do you see how much trouble he's going to have now?
'If it were me, I would have just given up on Lazia. I don't know.'
However, despite all the circumstances, Eustaf did not give up on Lazia.
'So far, I've been thinking that he's just Male Lead.'
Or maybe Lazia is really precious to Eustaf.
'And then Sina comes.'
The moment when a young woman flies in, rolls and rolls in a poor land and becomes a little happy! Another hardship!
Ran shuddered.
"Eus."
"Yes"
"If it weren't for Eus, I would have jumped out of the duke's house."
She said this was not her own book, but her affection for each and every character she felt while writing the book did not disappear.
Ross stepped in while Eustaf was trying to say something at Ran's words.
"That's a good thing you are the lord."
He said as he put down the teacup with a clack. The tea water overflowed slightly and flowed to the edge of the glass.
Ross turned around and politely lowered the glass in front of Eustaf this time.
How annoying.
She stared at him, but Ran didn't say anything out of course. But it's a good thing that there's a knight devoted to Eustaf like that.
At that time, Eustaf got up from his seat and changed his glass and Ran's. Ross's face turned red. Eustaf said in a quiet voice.
"Your fingertips are getting dirty."
"Huh? I'm fine."
While saying so, Ran grinned at Ross and quickly raised her glass.
"Thank you, Eus."
"Don't mention it."
Eustaf said so and sat down on the chair. Ross approached and wiped the surface of Eustaf's glass with his handkerchief.
Who told you to put your glass down?
'By the way, Eus is amazing.'
Rather than saying, "Don't do that," it was clearly demonstrated in action. Ross won't do that again in the future.
Ran thought so, sipping cold tea and handing over the documents.
"Noonim, I mean the accessories you mentioned earlier."
"Uh, yeah."
Ran looked up.
"Are you sure it's okay to dispose of your belongings?"
"Yes, but it won't be much money to sell them, so I'll sell only a few things that won't cost me a fortune. I'm sure there will be enough rumors."
Ran looked at Eustaf with a smile.
"And I'll leave the rest for the future Duchess."
I've never seen Sina, but I'm sure she's a pretty person.
I won't let you suffer this time. No, if you read the future, isn't it "this time"?
'But it's just liked the original to me.'
It doesn't matter if I say this. The conclusion was reached.
"The future Duchess?"
Eustaf asked back, and Ran nodded.
"Yeah. She might fall from the sky, right?"
Ran laughed again, telling the truth like a joke. If Sina comes and falls in love later, I'll have to use this story again.
'I said she was going to fall from the sky, right?'
But somehow Eustaf was showing signs of nervousness. Ran was embarrassed.
'What? Did it happen? Can't it? Still, did I work hard?'
One of the trauma caused by stepmother and tutor was misogyny.
'But this time, it wasn't that bad.···'
Ran looked worriedly at Eustaf.
'Well, it could be a mild symptom. Wouldn't it be better if he grew up?'
Let's do our best to observe.
Ran nodded inward, determined so.
It was true that there were many shortcomings. My mother supported Ran, who had died and survived. It was all the more so because Ran, who fell into the world, was confused.
Even though she felt sorry for losing her own daughter, Ran followed her mother as much as she could.
As a result, he could not actively appeal to Eustaf.
Ran's greatest achievement was sending Eustaf to the Academy. So even though I hated the ghost of Eustaf.
Maybe he kicked her out far away.
'But that was my best shot?'
At least she stopped you from mixing your meals with poison, punishing, smacking, and insulting you.
'I'm afraid. I'm scared.'
Ran thought so and came up with some jewelry to dispose of.
Oh, right. And-
I've asked Levery to fix the Earl of Illuminati's daughter, but I'll ask him.
At the same time, Ran contacted Levery at the magic station.
Even if it's a magic communication channel, it doesn't work if it's far away, but fortunately, Levery was still in Lazia.
I heard that it was because of the ice crystal transportation.
'It's good for me.'
Ran greeted her.
"Hello, Mrs. Levery."
"Long time no see, Lord."
Ran asked because she felt a little tired of Levery's voice.
"Are you busy these days?"
"It's a busy time. But if you don't do it now, when will you work like this? So, what's going on?"
It was like a man whose time was gold to get straight to the point.
Ran said she wanted to sell jewelry, and she also brought up the therapist she asked for.
"I'll send someone else for the accessories. And the therapist you mentioned."
Levery sighed.
"I don't think he's going to move. Elf therapists don't even move with money."
"I see."
Ran bit her lips lightly and said,
"Then I'll send him something. Let's say he can't stand it if he doesn't move after looking at it."
"Oh my!"
Levery's voice was filled with pleasant curiosity.
"What could it be?"
"I'll send it with a letter."
"Then I'll call you and send you a person tomorrow. You can send it through there."
"Yes, call me right away if you need anything else." "Huhu, I'm looking forward to December."
December is the beginning of the social season. Ran also laughed at Levery's words.
"I'm looking forward to it, too."