Avoid Former Co-Workers

79 – 79. For later

It is said that she suffered stage 1 mana exhaustion, but Adele was still in the hospital.

Precisely, discharge was delayed for some reason. And, at the word that he needed a caregiver, Junon also stepped back to the hospital.

Just. I wonder if I really need a caregiver.

“Excuse me.”

“You came quickly. My child is still in dreamland.”

“…I’ll have to keep the volume down.”

“How about waking up? More than that, yesterday, when I opened the door, he was already gone. It would have been nice to have received a greeting.”

“I can’t be part of the mother-daughter reunion.”

“But that’s the case. How could you receive such help and not be able to even say thank you? It’s sad.”

“Ha ha…”

Her daughter lay soundly asleep on her mother’s lap. She fell asleep, and when her mother touched her, she stumbled and held her tight.

Needless to say how much she wanted to meet her.

Last night when the seat was empty, long words must have been exchanged while shedding profuse tears. For that reason, hard scabs could be seen around Adele’s eyes.

“He got tired of crying and fell asleep in his arms. That’s why you’ll still see it like this.”

“I don’t think it’s strange. It’s natural.”

So what about Rwenna? She said and she laughed again.

She is her mother whom he has not met in a while, and how did Adele take charge of the count’s work with her mind so far?

For a girl who had no place to turn to in this world and tried to somehow belong to the count’s family, this reunion is beyond words.

So, she has something to say.

“Why don’t you quit her activities as the head of the Lewen Merchant and disband the Iman Merchant?”

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“…Why are you saying that?”

She may sound strange to her.

Now that their daughter is with them, it would sound strange to say that they will not be able to revitalize the guild for her more luxurious life, but to disband it.

However, there is already a precedent, so we cannot be vigilant.

“Adele may be targeted again. That’s why she recommends disbanding.”

“Are you being targeted…? Isn’t the Count’s family already gone?”

“The county is not the end. They are a faction.”

It was not Count Kutelli’s family that was blatantly trying to stop the festival, but a faction called the Alliance of Nobles.

Therefore, Adele, who is closely related to their information, will be the one she wants to get rid of from her eyes.

Of course, she won’t be able to directly touch Adele, who once suffered her humiliation, but now, if her mother named Rwena is by her side and the company she runs, conditions will arise.

“The Lewen Merchant is not a guild with strength. It is not a guild that has to borrow an escort from outside, nor is it protected by nobles with titles. Archduke Ardelion may have helped, but that’s just the guild. It is a power that is nothing more than personal security. If they are determined and attack… We must also consider what happened in Ripole Gorge to happen again.”

“Ripole Gorge… You were there too.”

“I won’t deny it. I won’t mind if you ask the executive directly.”

She doesn’t care if her own information is checked. Rather, it is better to avert a catastrophe that is sure to happen.

For Adele’s sake, for the Lewen Merchant’s sake, and finally for the principality’s sake.

“Junon. I’m not saying you’re wrong. But, the only weapon I have to protect Adele…Isn’t the wealth of the upper ranks all there is?”

“It would be nice if there was a family that could be safely protected, but if not, mediocre wealth would only get in the way.”

Property is the most effective way to shake the value of goods.

The most threatening thing that shakes the foundation of the foundation that the alliance of nobles has painstakingly built is capital that does not move according to their will.

What will happen if people with wealth appear in the midst of making a foundation and making continuous profits?

It’s obvious. As in Ripole Gorge, they will try to block it in advance.

Not to mention, there was no way that the Lewen Merchant Army could resist, since they didn’t have a single weapon and didn’t even have a mediocre back ship.

Now, when there are only weaknesses left, the existence of the upper ranks itself is tantamount to holding mothers and daughters back.

“I’ll ask you again. Was there a family in the duchy who would protect the Leuwen Merchant?”

“…”

Silence. It’s clear what that means.

“I understand. Junon. I will do as you say.”

As a merchant with quick calculations, it didn’t take long.

***

It’s finally time.

Unlike the executives who went to the brink of failure, it was fortunate that the lady immediately understood and accepted it.

“Ah. Are you two finished talking?”

Rhenias was waiting for me when I came out of the hospital room.

“Shouldn’t you have knocked and come in? How long did you wait?”

“Mmm… Uh, not too long ago.”

Looking at the moxibustion, I really want to. When was the last time I talked to Mrs. Rwenna?

It’s roughly 11 minutes when Sylvia sleeps… The clock is back at that point, so she seems to be 50 minutes old.

I’m not sure how many minutes it is, but I think I’m well aware of the maximum of 50 minutes.

“…Wasn’t that what you were waiting for outside to finish talking?”

Ehehehehe, seeing Renias laughing awkwardly, I thought that this might be true. Unfortunately, there are no chairs around here.

“Haa, why did you stand like that stupidly. My leg hurts.”

“But I’m a bit hesitant to go in. It doesn’t look like I’m going to get in the way… I’m not overhearing it secretly though! Uh, I haven’t heard much!”

Since she said she stayed standing rather than listening to her gibberish, I think she should have Rhenias sit down.

“Seo, senior?”

“Stay still. Your legs won’t loosen up if you sit down for a while.”

“I’m good enough to walk by myself…! Until I need you to carry me in my arms like this…”

“It’s okay, so stay still. Moving will make it harder for me.”

After saying a few words to the struggling Rhenias and having her sit on the chair, I gently touched her calf with her fingers.

“…”

Look at him. Are you going to put up with it while pretending it doesn’t hurt?

Let’s see if it doesn’t make a sound no matter where you press it.

“Stop it, senpai! Surrender! I was wrong!”

“Ehh. Why are you holding up like that? I must have been standing still for at least 30 minutes.”

“Huh… But…”

“Okay, put your legs up. I’ll let you go.”

“Huh… Cool… Huh.”

“…Just say it’s cool. I don’t intend to scold you.”

“Eheh heh. Yes…”

While doing this, I often recall what Lenias looked like when he first encountered exercise in the gym.

He snorted and rushed at it, but soon after, he panted and then lay on the floor like a rabbit, saying he couldn’t do it any more.

Then, because of the rats, he became so sad that he even cried out.

However, I wasn’t the only one who felt that way.

“Ugh… You always show me this kind of thing to seniors…”

Anyway, the first time is bound to be a strong memory, and now a senior is loosening up the legs just like back then.

It doesn’t look much different from back then, but this time he’s only touching his fingers, as if he knows he’s embarrassed.

Then the girl, who was giggling with a shy expression, would let out a languid noise whenever the muscles that were tight from standing up until now loosened up.

Really, there are no rabbits.

“How far have you heard?”

“Yes, four? What?”

“Because I was halfway there, I must not have heard it all.”

“Wow… How can you say that you know all these things like a ghost?”

I wonder if it was because I was in a very ambiguous position that I wanted to listen to it, but then I thought that I couldn’t do it, so I was hanging around.

It seems the cause has been that I’ve always asked for it to be passed on whenever something happened.

“My legs are all undone, so please tell me as you go. What can I do for Adele sunbaenim and Lewena aunt?”

“Hmm. From there.”

That’s why he said it’s better to dismantle the Lewen Merchant, even though it’s only one weapon.

Nevertheless, the best way for a mother and daughter who are being targeted by high-ranking aristocrats to escape from their threat.

The key was held by Rhenias.

***

End of semester assessment. Semester Assessment. Defense of Osoptera. Placement test.

He was always present at the place where big incidents occurred, and he always brought out good results by putting more than a constant.

If such an act had been known, of course, the upper ranks of the academy would have noticed that he was not an ordinary person and tried to keep an eye on him.

But he was unknown for several months.

And it was discovered much later. And even to the man with the highest rank, Archduke Ardelion.

‘I had no choice this time.’

So far, I’ve tried my best not to spread his actions knowingly or unknowingly, but this time it was useless.

The work of Count Kutelli’s house had no choice but to have his name written on it no matter what.

“This makes it clear. Ophelia. Do you have any excuses?”

“…No.”

What did the Grand Duke want so far?

I prayed that those who take the lead in breaking the conventional wisdom of high-ranking aristocrats who promote the idea of the chosen people and supremacy would emerge.

I hoped that the example of announcing that the ideology of freedom and equality was never wrong would break the academy’s wrong customs.

I even had a wish that such a comet-like person would come and spread hope beyond the academy to the entire principality.

However, covering up the existence of a star that already exists was a difficult thing to bear.

“If you were attached to the high-ranking nobles, you would have committed even worse things. However, the fact that such a thing never happened and there are no signs of it… I’m guessing that you acted that way because you had some thoughts.”

“…”

“So, now tell me with your own mouth. Why the hell did you bury such an avant-garde student’s performance so deeply?”

Ophelia also followed the will of the Grand Duke, and she definitely did not intend to rebel against her father as the Grand Duke had thought.

On the contrary, it was more than the Grand Duke, but at least not less.

To the extent of practicing the ideology of freedom and equality and even leading the academy’s leadership team in order to check the conspiracy of the aristocratic union, is it necessary to say more?

However, Ophelia also had a reason to act like this this time.

“If I could answer this… Would you be willing to respect my wishes?”

“I think that’s a story worth hearing. Besides, don’t you know too well? Only when Lee’s name is continuously known and raised, can the rotten roots of the principality be pulled out little by little.”

“I know the principality needs such talent. But…”

She didn’t want her party, Junon, to be known, so she couldn’t readily continue.

That he does not want to walk the rough and arduous road itself.

The grand duke, who had been carefully examining Ophelia’s reaction, let out a sigh before presenting a different opinion.

“How about it? Isn’t it okay as a compromise?”

“Yes? But, Father. Taking action like that…”

“Are you still dissatisfied with the concession? That’s a bit embarrassing.”

“No, no. It’s more surprising than that…”

“That’s it. You know that.”

The Grand Duke took a step back and respected Ophelia’s choice.

He said that he would leave all matters related to Junon up to Ophelia’s judgment without further questioning or arguing, so this means that Junon’s secrets and actions will no longer be spread.

However, there was a sense of stepping back farther than this was a compromise.