Chapter 12
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“You like me that much?”
“Yeah!”
“Then make sure to promote this stationary store later.”
The child nodded, his plump cheeks shaking each time.
“Okay! Alright, I’ll say that it’s not scary, that it’s not a battlefield, and that there aren’t any ghosts!”
If you say it like that, it will seem like you’re emphasizing those scary things instead…
But since I was weak against young children, I awkwardly turned my head away.
“It’ll take about a week to open ‘Mel’s Stationary Store’.”
“Then I must!”
The child spoke with wide eyes.
“…I-I’ll show up cooly in front of Mel’s Stationary Store!”
The child held tightly onto the music box that he placed on the floor and finished talking.
“I’ll go to my brother first and give him the present and then talk about you.”
‘Are you saying you’re going to promote the stationary store to your brother?’
If it’s this child’s brother, would he be around fifteen years old? Fortunately, our stationary store can cater towards young men too.
“Take this and give it to your brother.”
The young boy received a tightly sealed bottle of slushy with glistening eyes.
“Okay!”
That was how the meeting with the first prospective guest neatly wrapped up.
Sending the unsuspecting aristocratic boy on a rental wagon, I asked, “Where are you going?”
“Imper, no, I’m going home!”
Then the boy whispered to the coachman. But I just let it pass.
Such a long day had passed.
Entering the stationary store, I thought about what had happened.
We finished cleaning the garden, brainwashed three men from Lennox and Hildegart who had been hovering around, and sent my breakup and excommunication letter.
‘I was lucky to have met the devil and made slushies!‘
I even promoted the stationary store to an Academy boy.
There was a lot that went on today, even before the stationary store officially opened.
‘How much more is going to happen in the future?’
“Dominique.”
“Yeah?”
“My breakup and excommunication letter, they should’ve arrived by now, right?”
The post office was fast. As it was a public service business, they were changing the workforce for quick and accurate work, so by now, my letter of breakup and exclusions should have been sent to both families.
What would have happened? Would the mood have turned upside down? Or will they try to change my opinion quickly?
I was really curious. It’s a shame that I can’t see it in person.
***
Two letters from Meldenique arrived to both of the Dukes that night.
As she expected, the two duchies of the Empire were turned upside down. It was Duke Hesman who responded before Duke Vaveloa.
When he arrived at the mansion, he spoke with an unsavory and indifferent look as he saw the Duchess’ old butler.
“What is this.”
“That… the breakup also arrived at this mansion, sir.”
Even if Meldenique said that, he didn’t believe it. Because she was a woman who went back and forth.
‘Those three didn’t say anything, but so suddenly?’
They were capable men.
They didn’t post any reports, but Meldenique suddenly sent a letter to break up?
“Where is Meldenique right now?”
“That… She sent it by mail. She didn’t come in person.”
Lennox, who somehow suppressed the chill, glared and spoke stiffly.
“Ignore it.”
He clenched his teeth, recalling the will his father left behind.
‘We can’t break up. She’s a necessity for my family.’
To be exact, it was that woman’s veins that were a necessity.
“You must marry Meldenique Vaveloa.”
“But Father, that woman’s blood is cursed! I don’t want to be with such a woman-.”
The father, who was dying in a carriage accident, shook his head.
“Kinoa’s blood is not cursed. That is a false rumor.”
“Pardon?”
“Kinoa has the power of a dragon. But no one had the body to develop that power.”
“That…”
“Kinoa successor, Meldenique, has a powerful force.”
Duke Hesman struggled to carry on his words.
“Watch that woman and get married. Repress her so that she can’t manifest any power. When she bears a child, her hidden power will be inherited from generation to generation.”
There was greed filled in the eyes of the old man lying in bed and dying.
“The child of the dragon will be the most powerful man in the Great Land, and good things will follow wherever he goes.”
The most powerful human being on the continent? The great revival of the Hesman seemed to be in his reach.
“I understand, father.”
He closed his father’s eyes with trembling hands.
Since then, Lennox had faithfully carried out all the work his father ordered.
He deliberately approached Meldenique and seduced her. He spent years carefully taming her and keeping her from going anywhere.
‘Where are you going? The rebellious phase is lasting too long.’
He raised his lips and continued talking.
“She’ll come back anyway.”
The butler, standing still and looking at his master, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
“Well, sire, there was a warning written on the envelope.”
“A warning?”
It was something he hasn’t heard.
“If we ignore the breakup… she would make it so we can’t.”
“What?”
The old butler seemed to be looking at him with disdain.
He’s a housekeeper who had been working with Duke Hesman for a long time, so he can’t ignore him.
“It says, ‘If you ignore the breakup, I will turn it into a national affair.’”
Lennox’s face was horribly distorted.
The butler quickly passed Meldenique’s letter to him.
After tearing the envelop and confirming the breakup, several sentences began to get tangled in his sight.
[I have all the evidence that you cheated on me with Sheria, so I hope you can break up our marriage.
You also have a reputation to uphold, don’t you?
-Meldenique.]
“Meldenique Vaveloa…”
He muttered grimly and crumpled the envelope in his hand, so no one could see it.
He needed time to figure out what on earth was going on in Meldenique’s head.
“Break up… leave it for now.”
It hurt his pride very much, but he had no choice.
Strangely, one day, he seemed to be constantly being dragged by Meldenique from a leash. He had to be the one to be using Meldenique, that’s all.
Lennox loosened the tie around his neck to get rid of the feeling of frustration.
“Leave this matter unsaid.”
It was time for the butler to talk.
As if she had hidden herself in the stairwell, a girl strode down with a shocked face.
“…Brother.”
It was his weak younger sister, who had a fifteen degree pain, Melissa.
Melissa was his half-sister, born from an affair between his father and his eternal love.
Of course, the incident was considered a disgrace, so it did not leak out of the house, let alone out of the gate.
The child was weak, young and shy.
The only thing that Melissa had was her firm belief that men and women who are in affairs should die.
Lennox, who was looking at his younger sister who seemed to be in pain, frowned as if he had been annoyed and then fixed his expression.
After managing his expression, he spoke forwardly.
“Yes, Melissa. Your brother is back.”
Would Melissa know that his words carried no emotion?
The girl just blinked her purple eyes and didn’t come close to him. She stepped back and muttered through her teeth.
“By any chance, did you commit an affair?”
Lennox, who was looking at Melissa, shook his head quickly.
An affair with Sheria. They didn’t even touch bodies, but she called it an affair. There was nothing more ridiculous than that.
He did not consider the present relationship to be an affair, so he smiled softly, making Melissa freeze.
“No, Melissa. It’s a misunderstanding. I just have a good relationship with her.”
“That’s what people call an affair.”
He frowned.
“…”
Melissa muttered in protest before him, who was speechless, “It’s terrible to cheat. I’m really, really disappointed.”
Lennox shouted at the girl with a timid and nervous temperament.
“I said that’s not it!”
Then, the girl’s eyes filled with tears. It wasn’t because she was scared.
“I feel so sorry for Miss Meldenique…”
Melissa often heard chatters about her being conceived through an affair from the vassals of the family.
For such a child, it’s an affair even if he said it’s just a good relationship. Hearing the story in person must have come as a shock.
Melissa, who had tears filled in her eyes, turned her head and climbed up the stairs.
Thump, thump.
“Damn it.”
He felt good until he started planning the business.
Strangely enough, it felt like everything was being ruined. Meldenique Vaveloa, because of her.
He grazed his head roughly and gnawed his teeth.
No. All he had to do was get married. He’ll definitely get back at her somehow.
He recalled his father’s will once again. He said to marry Meldenique without powers and have children.
“…a child just needs to be born. Only a child who will inherit that blood.”
But to Lennox, the situation was not developing in his favor.
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“You like me that much?”
“Yeah!”
“Then make sure to promote this stationary store later.”
The child nodded, his plump cheeks shaking each time.
“Okay! Alright, I’ll say that it’s not scary, that it’s not a battlefield, and that there aren’t any ghosts!”
If you say it like that, it will seem like you’re emphasizing those scary things instead…
But since I was weak against young children, I awkwardly turned my head away.
“It’ll take about a week to open ‘Mel’s Stationary Store’.”
“Then I must!”
The child spoke with wide eyes.
“…I-I’ll show up cooly in front of Mel’s Stationary Store!”
The child held tightly onto the music box that he placed on the floor and finished talking.
“I’ll go to my brother first and give him the present and then talk about you.”
‘Are you saying you’re going to promote the stationary store to your brother?’
If it’s this child’s brother, would he be around fifteen years old? Fortunately, our stationary store can cater towards young men too.
“Take this and give it to your brother.”
The young boy received a tightly sealed bottle of slushy with glistening eyes.
“Okay!”
That was how the meeting with the first prospective guest neatly wrapped up.
Sending the unsuspecting aristocratic boy on a rental wagon, I asked, “Where are you going?”
“Imper, no, I’m going home!”
Then the boy whispered to the coachman. But I just let it pass.
Such a long day had passed.
Entering the stationary store, I thought about what had happened.
We finished cleaning the garden, brainwashed three men from Lennox and Hildegart who had been hovering around, and sent my breakup and excommunication letter.
‘I was lucky to have met the devil and made slushies!‘
I even promoted the stationary store to an Academy boy.
There was a lot that went on today, even before the stationary store officially opened.
‘How much more is going to happen in the future?’
“Dominique.”
“Yeah?”
“My breakup and excommunication letter, they should’ve arrived by now, right?”
The post office was fast. As it was a public service business, they were changing the workforce for quick and accurate work, so by now, my letter of breakup and exclusions should have been sent to both families.
What would have happened? Would the mood have turned upside down? Or will they try to change my opinion quickly?
I was really curious. It’s a shame that I can’t see it in person.
***
Two letters from Meldenique arrived to both of the Dukes that night.
As she expected, the two duchies of the Empire were turned upside down. It was Duke Hesman who responded before Duke Vaveloa.
When he arrived at the mansion, he spoke with an unsavory and indifferent look as he saw the Duchess’ old butler.
“What is this.”
“That… the breakup also arrived at this mansion, sir.”
Even if Meldenique said that, he didn’t believe it. Because she was a woman who went back and forth.
‘Those three didn’t say anything, but so suddenly?’
They were capable men.
They didn’t post any reports, but Meldenique suddenly sent a letter to break up?
“Where is Meldenique right now?”
“That… She sent it by mail. She didn’t come in person.”
Lennox, who somehow suppressed the chill, glared and spoke stiffly.
“Ignore it.”
He clenched his teeth, recalling the will his father left behind.
‘We can’t break up. She’s a necessity for my family.’
To be exact, it was that woman’s veins that were a necessity.
“You must marry Meldenique Vaveloa.”
“But Father, that woman’s blood is cursed! I don’t want to be with such a woman-.”
The father, who was dying in a carriage accident, shook his head.
“Kinoa’s blood is not cursed. That is a false rumor.”
“Pardon?”
“Kinoa has the power of a dragon. But no one had the body to develop that power.”
“That…”
“Kinoa successor, Meldenique, has a powerful force.”
Duke Hesman struggled to carry on his words.
“Watch that woman and get married. Repress her so that she can’t manifest any power. When she bears a child, her hidden power will be inherited from generation to generation.”
There was greed filled in the eyes of the old man lying in bed and dying.
“The child of the dragon will be the most powerful man in the Great Land, and good things will follow wherever he goes.”
The most powerful human being on the continent? The great revival of the Hesman seemed to be in his reach.
“I understand, father.”
He closed his father’s eyes with trembling hands.
Since then, Lennox had faithfully carried out all the work his father ordered.
He deliberately approached Meldenique and seduced her. He spent years carefully taming her and keeping her from going anywhere.
‘Where are you going? The rebellious phase is lasting too long.’
He raised his lips and continued talking.
“She’ll come back anyway.”
The butler, standing still and looking at his master, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
“Well, sire, there was a warning written on the envelope.”
“A warning?”
It was something he hasn’t heard.
“If we ignore the breakup… she would make it so we can’t.”
“What?”
The old butler seemed to be looking at him with disdain.
He’s a housekeeper who had been working with Duke Hesman for a long time, so he can’t ignore him.
“It says, ‘If you ignore the breakup, I will turn it into a national affair.’”
Lennox’s face was horribly distorted.
The butler quickly passed Meldenique’s letter to him.
After tearing the envelop and confirming the breakup, several sentences began to get tangled in his sight.
[I have all the evidence that you cheated on me with Sheria, so I hope you can break up our marriage.
You also have a reputation to uphold, don’t you?
-Meldenique.]
“Meldenique Vaveloa…”
He muttered grimly and crumpled the envelope in his hand, so no one could see it.
He needed time to figure out what on earth was going on in Meldenique’s head.
“Break up… leave it for now.”
It hurt his pride very much, but he had no choice.
Strangely, one day, he seemed to be constantly being dragged by Meldenique from a leash. He had to be the one to be using Meldenique, that’s all.
Lennox loosened the tie around his neck to get rid of the feeling of frustration.
“Leave this matter unsaid.”
It was time for the butler to talk.
As if she had hidden herself in the stairwell, a girl strode down with a shocked face.
“…Brother.”
It was his weak younger sister, who had a fifteen degree pain, Melissa.
Melissa was his half-sister, born from an affair between his father and his eternal love.
Of course, the incident was considered a disgrace, so it did not leak out of the house, let alone out of the gate.
The child was weak, young and shy.
The only thing that Melissa had was her firm belief that men and women who are in affairs should die.
Lennox, who was looking at his younger sister who seemed to be in pain, frowned as if he had been annoyed and then fixed his expression.
After managing his expression, he spoke forwardly.
“Yes, Melissa. Your brother is back.”
Would Melissa know that his words carried no emotion?
The girl just blinked her purple eyes and didn’t come close to him. She stepped back and muttered through her teeth.
“By any chance, did you commit an affair?”
Lennox, who was looking at Melissa, shook his head quickly.
An affair with Sheria. They didn’t even touch bodies, but she called it an affair. There was nothing more ridiculous than that.
He did not consider the present relationship to be an affair, so he smiled softly, making Melissa freeze.
“No, Melissa. It’s a misunderstanding. I just have a good relationship with her.”
“That’s what people call an affair.”
He frowned.
“…”
Melissa muttered in protest before him, who was speechless, “It’s terrible to cheat. I’m really, really disappointed.”
Lennox shouted at the girl with a timid and nervous temperament.
“I said that’s not it!”
Then, the girl’s eyes filled with tears. It wasn’t because she was scared.
“I feel so sorry for Miss Meldenique…”
Melissa often heard chatters about her being conceived through an affair from the vassals of the family.
For such a child, it’s an affair even if he said it’s just a good relationship. Hearing the story in person must have come as a shock.
Melissa, who had tears filled in her eyes, turned her head and climbed up the stairs.
Thump, thump.
“Damn it.”
He felt good until he started planning the business.
Strangely enough, it felt like everything was being ruined. Meldenique Vaveloa, because of her.
He grazed his head roughly and gnawed his teeth.
No. All he had to do was get married. He’ll definitely get back at her somehow.
He recalled his father’s will once again. He said to marry Meldenique without powers and have children.
“…a child just needs to be born. Only a child who will inherit that blood.”
But to Lennox, the situation was not developing in his favor.
You like me that much?Yeah!Then make sure to promote this stationary store later.The child nodded, his plump cheeks shaking each time.Okay! Alright, I'll say that it's not scary, that it's not a battlefield, and that there aren't any ghosts!If you say it like that, it will seem like you're emphasizing those scary things insteadBut since I was weak against young children, I awkwardly turned my head away.It'll take about a week to open Mel's Stationary Store'.Then I must!The child spoke with wide eyes.I-I'll show up cooly in front of Mel's Stationary Store!The child held tightly onto the music box that he placed on the floor and finished talking.I'll go to my brother first and give him the present and then talk about you.Are you saying you're going to promote the stationary store to your brother?'If it's this child's brother, would he be around fifteen years old? Fortunately, our stationary store can cater towards young men too.Take this and give it to your brother.The young boy received a tightly sealed bottle of slushy with glistening eyes.Okay!That was how the meeting with the first prospective guest neatly wrapped up.Sending the unsuspecting aristocratic boy on a rental wagon, I asked, Where are you going?Imper, no, I'm going home!Then the boy whispered to the coachman. But I just let it pass.Such a long day had passed.Entering the stationary store, I thought about what had happened.We finished cleaning the garden, brainwashed three men from Lennox and Hildegart who had been hovering around, and sent my breakup and excommunication letter.I was lucky to have met the devil and made slushies!I even promoted the stationary store to an Academy boy.There was a lot that went on today, even before the stationary store officially opened.How much more is going to happen in the future?'Dominique.Yeah?My breakup and excommunication letter, they should've arrived by now, right?The post office was fast. As it was a public service business, they were changing the workforce for quick and accurate work, so by now, my letter of breakup and exclusions should have been sent to both families.What would have happened? Would the mood have turned upside down? Or will they try to change my opinion quickly?I was really curious. It's a shame that I can't see it in person.***Two letters from Meldenique arrived to both of the Dukes that night.As she expected, the two duchies of the Empire were turned upside down. It was Duke Hesman who responded before Duke Vaveloa.When he arrived at the mansion, he spoke with an unsavory and indifferent look as he saw the Duchess' old butler.What is this.That the breakup also arrived at this mansion, sir.Even if Meldenique said that, he didn't believe it. Because she was a woman who went back and forth.Those three didn't say anything,but so suddenly?'They were capable men.They didn't post any reports, but Meldenique suddenly sent a letter to break up?Where is Meldenique right now?That She sent it by mail. She didn't come in person.Lennox, who somehow suppressed the chill, glared and spoke stiffly.Ignore it.He clenched his teeth, recalling the will his father left behind.We can't break up. She's a necessity for my family.'To be exact, it was that woman's veins that were a necessity.You must marry Meldenique Vaveloa.But Father, that woman's blood is cursed! I don't want to be with such a woman-.The father, who was dying in a carriage accident, shook his head.Kinoa's blood is not cursed. That is a false rumor.Pardon?Kinoa has the power of a dragon. But no one had the body to develop that power.ThatKinoa successor, Meldenique, has a powerful force.Duke Hesman struggled to carry on his words.Watch that woman and get married. Repress her so that she can't manifest any power. When she bears a child, her hidden power will be inherited from generation to generation.There was greed filled in the eyes of the old man lying in bed and dying.The child of the dragon will be the most powerful man in the Great Land, and good things will follow wherever he goes.The most powerful human being on the continent? The great revival of the Hesman seemed to be in his reach.I understand, father.He closed his father's eyes with trembling hands.Since then, Lennox had faithfully carried out all the work his father ordered.He deliberately approached Meldenique and seduced her. He spent years carefully taming her and keeping her from going anywhere.Where are you going? The rebellious phase is lasting too long.'He raised his lips and continued talking.She'll come back anyway.The butler, standing still and looking at his master, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.Well, sire, there was a warning written on the envelope.A warning?It was something he hasn't heard.If we ignore the breakup she would make it so we can't.What?The old butler seemed to be looking at him with disdain.He's a housekeeper who had been working with Duke Hesman for a long time, so he can't ignore him.It says, If you ignore the breakup, I will turn it into a national affair.'Lennox's face was horribly distorted.The butler quickly passed Meldenique's letter to him.After tearing the envelop and confirming the breakup, several sentences began to get tangled in his sight.I have all the evidence that you cheated on me with Sheria, so I hope you can break up our marriage.You also have a reputation to uphold, don't you?-Meldenique.Meldenique VaveloaHe muttered grimly and crumpled the envelope in his hand, so no one could see it.He needed time to figure out what on earth was going on in Meldenique's head.Break up leave it for now.It hurt his pride very much, but he had no choice.Strangely, one day, he seemed to be constantly being dragged by Meldenique from a leash. He had to be the one to be using Meldenique, that's all.Lennox loosened the tie around his neck to get rid of the feeling of frustration.Leave this matter unsaid.It was time for the butler to talk.As if she had hidden herself in the stairwell, a girl strode down with a shocked face.Brother.It was his weak younger sister, who had a fifteen degree pain, Melissa.Melissa was his half-sister, born from an affair between his father and his eternal love.Of course, the incident was considered a disgrace, so it did not leak out of the house, let alone out of the gate.The child was weak, young and shy.The only thing that Melissa had was her firm belief that men and women who are in affairs should die.Lennox, who was looking at his younger sister who seemed to be in pain, frowned as if he had been annoyed and then fixed his expression.After managing his expression, he spoke forwardly.Yes, Melissa. Your brother is back.Would Melissa know that his words carried no emotion?The girl just blinked her purple eyes and didn't come close to him. She stepped back and muttered through her teeth.By any chance, did you commit an affair?Lennox, who was looking at Melissa, shook his head quickly.An affair with Sheria. They didn't even touch bodies, but she called it an affair. There was nothing more ridiculous than that.He did not consider the present relationship to be an affair, so he smiled softly, making Melissa freeze.No, Melissa. It's a misunderstanding. I just have a good relationship with her.That's what people call an affair.He frowned.Melissa muttered in protest before him, who was speechless, It's terrible to cheat. I'm really, really disappointed.Lennox shouted at the girl with a timid and nervous temperament.I said that's not it!Then, the girl's eyes filled with tears. It wasn't because she was scared.I feel so sorry for Miss MeldeniqueMelissa often heard chatters about her being conceived through an affair from the vassals of the family.For such a child, it's an affair even if he said it's just a good relationship. Hearing the story in person must have come as a shock.Melissa, who had tears filled in her eyes, turned her head and climbed up the stairs.Thump, thump.Damn it.He felt good until he started planning the business.Strangely enough, it felt like everything was being ruined. Meldenique Vaveloa, because of her.He grazed his head roughly and gnawed his teeth.No. All he had to do was get married. He'll definitely get back at her somehow.He recalled his father's will once again. He said to marry Meldenique without powers and have children.a child just needs to be born. Only a child who will inherit that blood.But to Lennox, the situation was not developing in his favor.
