Chapter 39 (1/2)
Chapter 39
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The second destination was a restaurant in the downtown area.
<Baroness Viree’s Salon Food>
Such a sign was attached to a fairly elegant restaurant.
Freil was a nobleman who had never heard of a name. Unless he was a poor male baron who was regretting the money to lend his name to such a signboard or a courtesan that succeeded in marrying a noble.
These restaurants were not intended for nobles.
It is a place used by the middle class who are rich in their own way, but cannot interact with the nobility, the knight class who cannot afford to hire a cook, and the noble class who has no inherited title or property.
It was not a place for the Lady Heiress of Rosan’s to visit
Artizea got off without hesitation. Freil hesitated a little.
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Artizea is wearing a veil. Her identity won’t be revealed.
But there was no law that anyone who knew her face would not be in the restaurant.
“Would you like to wear a mask?” Artizea asked.
“… are you kidding?”
She wasn’t kidding. There was really a mask ready in her carriage.
It was nothing more than a simple black cloth with holes for the eyes. Freil could easily imagine her making it.
“I’m sure there’s no one who would recognize you, but if you’re uneasy.”
Artizea said so. Freil sighed.
“Because I’m not Alphonse.”
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Artizea smiled as if she knew. Freil got off the carriage, feeling the misery of a man who had neither popularity nor fame.
The two went through the back door of the restaurant. Unlike the main entrance, where a lot of people enter and exit, this door led them directly to the VIP room.
“Is this the Lady’s shop?”
“Rather than the shop, it would be the entire building.”
Freil rolled his eyes in disbelief.
“When did you buy it?”
“When I got the key to the safe in the mansion of Marquis Rosan,” Artizea answered calmly.
Freil wondered how many buildings she would have in the capital.
As far as he knows, there were eight mansions in the capital that were publicly owned by the Marquisate of Rosan. In addition to that, there will be a cottage or land.
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He didn’t know that they were also buying buildings in downtown areas.
“There’s nothing bad about having a lot of buildings. I might need it for houses or for secret work, but buying real estate in the capital will never hurt you. As an investment.”
Of course, Freil knew very well. He just couldn’t buy any because he didn’t have money.
“That advice, would you please give it to my Lord a little too? It’s my Lord’s side that you should decide to worry about.”
The assets of the Marquis of Rosan were truly enormous.
Originally, it would have been divided and inherited by several descendants.
In other words, the Duke only gave it to Artizea. It was different from the common noble family with many blood relatives.
There were many families that maintained an inheritance method of concentrating on one successor and passing on property. Even so, it was rare that such a fortune was concentrated on one person.
Three of the largest gold mines and six silver mines in the empire belonged to the Marquisate of Rosan. There was also a diamond mine.
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The iron and copper mines that Michael’s brothers and sisters inherited were double digits.
The highly profitable sapphire mine received in lieu of giving Miraila, still made a huge income.
The property managers hired by the emperor on behalf of Miraila have exerted enormous influence over the iron and copper smelting business in the process of growing their wealth. It was used in policies to increase the imperial control over the economy.
It was natural that it could not be returned to Artizea as it was.
The emperor absorbed the smelting business as belonging to the imperial family and returned the appropriate money to Artizea instead.
The amount could not be taken into account of it’s possible impact on the imperial economy.
Even so, it was true that Artizea was one of the richest nobles in the Empire. The funding power that could be mobilized immediately would have been more than the imperial family.
Cedric was somewhat worried about it.
[I don’t intend to deal with the property of the Marquisate of Rosan, but is it good to leave it to Tia as it is? Anyway, she’s 18 years old…]
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[Would the Evron do it well?]
Freil said that with a half sarcastic feeling. Cedric laughed in vain.
[Yes. There’s Marcus…]
Except for the smelting business that the emperor was going to collect back, the family fortune of the Marquisate of Rosan’s was mostly from mines and forestry.
And while land-based businesses don’t prosper very much, on the contrary, they don’t buckle easily after decades.
Like a loyal old general butler, Cedric said he would keep Artizea safe until she got used to it. Thinking about it now, he didn’t know who to worry about whom.
When they entered the VIP room, a simple refreshment was served. Looking at the number of glasses, it seemed that the number of guests to come was three.
Artizea sat down and said.
“I think I have some time left. If you have any questions, ask me.”
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Freil hesitated.
There were a lot of questions. But he couldn’t decide what to ask and how far to ask.
The opponent was the master’s fiancèe, but he just couldn’t accept it that way.
For a person like Artizea, even a question becomes a matter of handing over information.