Chapter 30 (1/2)
Translator: Wawaa
Editor: WilsonWilson
Lara had been putting it off for a while because Demian’s story came out unexpectedly, but she actually had something to say to Sebastian.
“Sebastian, I have something to tell you.”
“Go on.”
“I plan to disclose about father’s corruption so that mother can get a divorce easily.”
“Pardon?”
His grayish-brown hair, which was oiled and neatly fixed, was slightly disorganized.
Looking at his face, he looked like he was in a bind, so Lara told him first before Sebastian could say anything.
“Father has been providing drugs to the Temple of Glory for years.”
“Pardon?”
“It’s a drug that is not only banned in both the Empire and Hautean but also in most countries on the continent. Because it’s made by black sorcerer.”
“Milady, wait a second.”
“We have to blow it up now, while the whole country is noisy with the appearance of the black sorcerer.”
“Come here.”
Sebastian reached out to Lara. His face hardened and looked pale.
When Lara grabbed his hand, Sebastian took her to the carriage.
“Let’s go.”
Sebastian started talking only after the horseman made the carriage depart.
“How did you know about that?”
“Is that important?”
“It is.”
What should I make up to answer that?
I can’t just tell him that I came back in time and that this is my second life. I will have to make a good excuse.
“That conceited Temple of Glory will do anything if it’s a request from father. So I just kept an eye on them because they look suspicious.”
“That’s all?”
“The relationship between father, the Prince, and the temple is closer than ever. If they make up their mind, it’s not that big of a deal for them to make a saintess.”
Lara skillfully mixed facts, lies, and assumptions.
Sebastian looked at her with a blank look. He took off his hat, put it on his knee, and slowly started talking.
“Actually about that… Madam Isadora already knows about it to some extent.”
“What?”
She did not think that her mother would not know anything.
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But she did not expect her mother to already know about it at this time.
“Both Madam Isadora and I already know that Marquess of Bailey is committing an unforgivable crime. But the Marquess…is your father, so we are just pretending that we don’t know anything in order to not bother him as much as we could.”
“You don’t have to do that.”
“Madam Isadora is worried about you. She’s afraid that if something goes wrong with Marquess of Bailey, the aftermath will reach milady.”
‘I’m the obstacle once again.’
Lara could not hide her sigh.
How heavy was I as the shackles to my mother?
She waited until her daughter became an adult before leaving the house, she endured it even when she wanted a divorce, and she’s even turning a blind eye when her husband is committing a crime.
“Sebastian, what do you think I should do?”
“Is my opinion important?”
“Yes. You’re the closest person to my mother.”
After hearing Lara, Sebastian looked deeply troubled. The wrinkles around his eyes flinched.
“Milady.”
“Go on.”
“Madam Isadora has suffered for a very long time as a member of House of Bailey. They ostracised her, saying that she’s a lowly merchant, a commoner, but they have no problem using her money.”
Lara’s face hardened.
She knew about that fact, but she still felt angry about it.
“But she endured everything. Even though there were a lot of people who told her that it’d be better if she brought you to live far away, she persevered calmly.”
“Because of me…”
“Milady, you’re the one and only future of House of Bailey.”
“Pardon?”
The sound of the horse’s hooves was loud. It was a quiet road, so the horseman was speeding up.
Sebastian grinned and said.
“Madam Isadora wants to make you the Marquess.”
Lara did not know about that. She became speechless and calmed down her restless heart for a while.
She did not know her mother had such a plan.
The Marquess?
Her father had no other children than Lara, she was the only heir to the House of Bailey.
But that was not what Lara wanted. Marquess of Bailey’s hands were already too filthy. It would not be happy nor would it be rewarding to inherit such a family.
Moreover, Lara had already decided to sever ties with her father.
“I don’t want to be the Marquess of Bailey.”
“Are you serious?”
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“Yes, I want to throw everything away.”