Chapter 5 - Heinley Bloden (1/2)

Heinley Bloden

“Let’s go back home.”

Franchse and Malik quickly clung to Lilia’s words. They opened the carriage door after staring at the man who was standing still.

As Lilia got into the carriage, she saw the man through the window.

Lilia took her eyes off the man who stared blankly at the carriage and closed the curtains.

He was not a person she would see again anyway.

She did not want to care anymore.

As Lilia leaned back she instantly felt tired.

‘Come to think of it, I didn’t even eat properly all day. I stopped by the bank and went shopping…’

As Lilia recalled the series of events of today, she suddenly remembered what the fortune teller had said.

-Go west today. Maybe something good will happen.

“……Did something good happen?”

‘Come to think of it, I bought a store.’

‘I guess the store will work out later.’

Lilia pondered and turned it over in her mind.

[PR: to turn over something in your mind = to keep thinking about something because you are trying to understand it]

The carriage crossed the main street and headed south towards the Bloden family residence.

The site was so large that it ran for a long time after passing through the huge gate.

Outside the window, a garden decorated with money and sincerity passed by.

Both sides of the road were lined with rows of tall shrubs.

As the shrub, which was connected like a thread, was cut off, a circular vacant lot with a fountain was seen.

There stood three baby angels holding up a round bowl where water was constantly rising.

The scattered drops of water glowed red from the glint of the sunset.

Lilia’s hair and eyes were also a vivid red color, her hair looked so vibrant as if it was burning in the sun.

‘Let’s stop thinking.’

Lilia shook her head to rid the useless thoughts.

As Richard was meant to be Lilia’s long-time partner, he had become deeply embedded into her life.

Even though she tried to think about something else, thoughts of Richard still squeezed in.

It seemed a little more time was required before she could completely forget about Richard

Before she knew it, the carriage had arrived in front of the main door.

Lilia got out of the carriage with the help of Malik, as she slowly raised her head, she found a man standing on the porch.

The man had dark blond hair and pale green eyes hidden behind his silver glasses.

“Brother……?”

He was Lilia’s brother, Heinley Bloden.

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Heinley Bloden.

He was the eldest son of the Bloden family and the chief of the academy.

After graduating from the academy early, he went to the public office and worked in the Imperial Palace.

Unlike his friendly face, he was famous for his sharp tongue but he was the sweetest brother in the world to his sister.

When they were young, their parents were very busy. Therefore, Heinley raised his younger sister in their stead.

Because they had a big age gap, he doted on her.

He treated her so preciously that he even delayed his return to the Merley academy due to his worries about her wellbeing

But Heinley’s sister, Lilia, had one strange thing, there was a special luck that no one had heard of before.

Since Lilia was born, her parents have succeeded in every business they did and even an unexpected huge legacy had rolled in.

It was a trivial story to say that the stones Lilia picked up after going for a walk were extremely expensive jewelry or that she bought a lottery ticket and won the first prize.

Amongst the numerous anecdotes the most legendary was the gold vein.

The whole family once went to see both lands to build a summer villa.

-How about here?

-I want to look around.

At her mother’s question, Lilia rode alone.

Lilia, who was walking for a long time, turned around, saying her legs hurt.

Her parents, who believed in Lilia’s fortune like iron, bought the land only where Lilia walked.

As Lilia approached the site to build a villa, the gold vein burst.

There was so much gold buried, they were still digging for it.

Upon hearing the news, the owner of the next land worked hard to turn it over, but nothing could be recovered.

Eventually, Count Bloden became the richest man in the empire.

However, in exchange for giving Lilia her fortune, God did not give her the eyes to see the man.

She fell in love with Richard Tersian.

Richard was the son of Heinley’s direct boss, Marquis of Tersian.

As soon as Lilia introduced Richard as a lover, Heinley disagreed.

Richard was a guy who believed in his family and did not make any effort and was rumored to play prodigalously.

He did not even have to go far, and he was a typical nobleman who liked to eat as little as possible. (T/N: Be graceful in everything possible)

-Even if dirt gets into my eyes, he can’t.

Heinley eagerly persuaded Lilia to break up.

But was that the problem?

Lilia fell into love with Richard like a lover of misery.

Then, when she said she would be engaged, Heinley became angry for the first time.

-You’re not sane.