Chapter 40 (2/2)

“It was the humanities department, wasn’t it?”

Elena had only seen him once in her past life It hen she visited the Vatican, the headquarters of the Gaia Church, to pray for Ian’s childbirth There, she was coordinating the budget for the construction of a cathedral commissioned by the Pope on behalf of the architect Randol, the birthplace of the times

Elena didn’t understand hie that Randol would not visit in person, set the Pope and budget, and receive the coent to proceed with the work She was so curious that she went and asked him, and he answered like this

“I’m a broker Artists can’t do art if they are blinded by money It’s my job to replace them and help them focus on their work”

It was a fresh shock Previously, it was a co works on the condition that they were sponsored by the nobility In thethem to collectors, nobles, or royalty He called himself a broker

The art broker Khalif

Looking back now, it was clear that what he did was a job ahead of the ti to seduce a woood family”

The academy, where hu proportion of female students This is inevitable because there are a nue people froraduates of the acade them, there was a liberal arts depart aristocrats Literally, it was a departive a diplo

Elena expected Khalif to hang out somewhere here Khalif, fro assets of the family at the academy’s expense In such cases, raduation based on learning, but Khalif was on the other side It was about e He considered it a once-in-a-lifetime success to seduce a woman from a family that had no enemies and to sit down as a son-in-law

In the end, the Khalif did what he wanted He raduation, who had been ostracized even in the academic institute for her poor appearance

“That’s it In a short time, the land went bankrupt”

Two years later, with a severe drought, Khalif’s wife’s family collapsed beyond maintenance His dream ended Khalif set foot in the art world to live As an eloquent speaker, he was fascinated by the artists and gradually gained fa their interests

Elena noticed Khalif because he was a man of ability but trust

“… He never abandoned his wife and loved her, even though he had great wealth”

Khalif did not abandon his fallen wife until the end of his appearance and his fareat, but it was not easy considering the countless beautiful young ladies ere flirting to seduce the married man, Khalif, and the social aspect of the Empire

He only cared for and loved his wife Such a scene touched many hearts, and it was even heard that he was a romanticist

Elena appreciated the purity that Khalif showed to his wife There were so many aristocrats and ed, he was a man with the most credibility to be with her as a business partner

“I thought the lion would coht I’d run into hi on the lawn of the North Hall of the Academy where the Faculty of Hu with a woman The half-faced Khalif in her memory would s ladies would like

“Do you knohy flowers are beautiful?”

The girl couldn’t take her eyes off Khalif

“Why?”

“Because there are flowers like you I won’t bla blind today”

“Airl twisted her body with a red face like a red beet She tried to be confirain as if she was ashamed but didn’t hate that reer to block the girl’s lips

“If I eat your ears, will you be responsible?”

“I’m just… Ah! I shouldn’t have said that”

“…”

Elena was speechless due to a comedy she wouldn’t waste herspeech, or the fe that, or a ridiculous thing She didn’t understand, but Elena wanted to respect them Lovers’ love wasn’t always acceptable fro on the lahispering and playing showed a regretful expression

“I have to go to the lecture now”

“Stop”

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Khalif cut her off fir like that Let’s ether”

“Senior how can you… hold o?”

Elena held her breath and persevered It was so cringe that she couldn’t stand it anyh, the girl looked around again and again and left while leaving the grass