Chapter 182 (1/2)

Chapter 182: Chapter 182

“You’re welcome. I just did what I was meant to do.”

The baron, who politely bowed his head, sat down on the opposite side. Looking at the face of this loyal family vassal for a moment, I picked up the top of the document on the stack.

‘Let me see… Earl Lanier is the only one who contacted the servant who handed me a drink at the banquet hall and the maid who served me at the 1st Knights Division.’

I smelt a rat. There had to be a document that contained the details of his deal with Duke Jena.

Of course, in principle, such a document is supposed to be burnt right away the moment it is read. Was it possible for him to leave no record at all while dealing with Duke Jena who was very good at shifting responsibility to others? If I were in Lanier’s shoes, I would certainly hide some documents for a deal with him later.

“Well, Baron?”

“Yes, my lady. Please go ahead.”

“Do you think Earl Lanier has any place to hide confidential documents or a hideout?”

“We, I’m actually looking into that. So far I haven’t found anything like that yet. As soon as I find it, I’ll let you know immediately. Let me stop here today. You look very pale.”

As he noticed me wiping cold sweat, he had a very worried expression.

“Let me check out one more person because I really should know about her.”

“Phew, got it.”

I laughed bashfully at the baron who sighed and picked up the document about Jiun.

All kinds of information about her were there. For example, she frequently contacted people at the temple, she went to the palace to approach the crown prince, and she was especially kind to the palace affairs officials. What’s most surprising was the fact that she frequently met with ranking nobles, not content with controlling the young ladies from the noble faction.

How is that possible? No matter how high the possibility of her becoming the crown prince’s bride was, how could she win over their hearts in only three months as people who valued their pedigree more than anybody else?

While looking over the details about her, I noticed a simple paragraph.

I unwittingly smiled, reading it.

‘She is now buying muslin in bulk?’

I recalled reminding Entea about it when I met her recently.

‘You will find it very difficult to raise funds for it.’

One needs money to do whatever one needs to do. So, I felt it might be good to ruin the merchants controlled by Duke Jena one by one.

“Whew!”

I covered the thick papers and put my head with one hand. I felt a bit dizzy after reading the fine print after a long time.

“Are you okay, my lady?”

“Ah, yes.”

“Why don’t you stop here today? If your father saw you now, you would be given a good scolding.”

Baron, who firmly hardened his face, took the documents from me. As I promised anyway, I said, nodding gently, “I know. Then let me ask you a favor.”

“Please go ahead.”

“Please find a way to either appease Earl Lanier or dig into him. And will you convey my message to Entea that she sell the Duke Jena family all the muslins I had ordered her to purchase recently? Let me have her set the selling price, but please ask her to sell it as expensive as possible.”

“Got it. Please have a rest now. Your father is very much worried about the matter of the emperor now, so I don’t know how he will react if he finds out you are sick again.”

“Pardon? What do you mean by the matter of the emperor?”

When I asked, tilting my head, the baron stopped abruptly while setting the documents on order. When I saw his hardened face, I had a bad feeling.

After hesitating for a while, the baron said in a soft voice, “Well, the fact is…”

“… ”

“Don’t be surprised. Just listen.”

“Yes. What’s going on? ”

“The emperor is in a critical condition.”