Chapter 194 (1/2)

Chapter 194: Chapter 194

My father, who quietly looked at me hesitating for some time, said with a sigh, “Tia, I’m not saying I don’t believe you, but it was reckless of you.”

“… Yes. I’m sorry, Daddy.”

“I don’t think you are going to be in trouble because the emperor has taken the proper measure, but be more careful in the future. Got it?”

“Yes, Daddy.”

“Okay. I think I have to stay at the palace to take care of some work, so go home and take a rest.”

“Yes, Daddy.”

I breathed a sigh of relief because he didn’t seem angry, and went out of the palace with a sigh.

When I arrived at the wagon station and looked for the coachman, a servant came running to me and handed me a small note.

“What is this?”

“It was sent by His Majesty.”

“His Majesty? Got it.”

Tilting my head, I opened the luxurious white paper. There were a few words written in his ornate handwriting.

After carefully folding the note, I got in the wagon.

The carriage started smoothly with the clattering of hoofs. Feeling a faint vibration, I looked at the Central Palace through the window.

I felt something like warmth in my hand that held the note.

I turned over the documents. The piles of papers were handed to me by Baron Carot the other day. They were the reports about the results of my instruction.

‘Let me see. Though he failed to appease Earl Lanier, he completely succeeded in bringing Viscount Apinu into our fold.’

I thought it would not be so easy to persuade the earl, but my efforts up to now paid off to some extent. As for Apinu, I already had Entea work out something in advance to entice him. Anyway, it was obvious that I had more cards to play against them.

‘But why isn’t there any information about the raid of unknown assassins?’

It wouldn’t be a small matter, given that Marquis Mirwa mentioned it. I was in doubt why he failed to report it.

‘I wonder if it’s related to my family.’

Suddenly, one thing came to my mind, but I gave it a pass, giggling at myself. Was it because I heard about the blessed criminal? I felt I thought about nonsense.

Thinking I would ask the baron about it, I wrote down a couple of more instructions asking him to look into Earl Lanier’s hideout. At that moment, Entea knocked on the door and came in.

“Come on in, Entea. You got here faster than I thought. ”

“It’s been a while, Lady Monique. I received a message from when I was about to call on you. I heard you wanted to see me urgently.”

“Yes, I have a few things to ask. Sit down. ” I waited for Entea to sit down before asking.

“Please ask anything.’

“How many merchant groups are affiliated with Duke Jena?”

“There are two. Originally, there were three including the Lainer merchant group, but as you know…”

“I see. How big are those two? Compared to the Sharia merchant group, are they comparable?”

“Well, one of them is, but the other one is not yet big enough to rival the Sharia group. Why are you asking?”

I smiled at her, who looked at me with a puzzled expression, and said, “Isn’t it time for the Sharia merchant group to grow more? At least you have to control the commercial activities in the capital.”

“Are you serious?”

“Yes. Of course, I’m saying this, on condition that you don’t touch the commercial activities of the merchant groups affiliated with the pro-emperor faction. If you merge the two merchant groups, I think you can increase your stake in the capital area. Don’t you think so?”