I Became the Younger Brother of the Female Protagonist in the Novel

The man in the eagle mask who brings great things every time. No, he was too short to be called a man.

But did they say you can’t judge people by their appearance?

Every single item he brought was sold at a high price.

‘… … Enisha will receive an enormous performance bonus this month as well.’

The Gold Rush Auction House operates on a membership basis, and you have a conversation with the person in charge whenever you register an item.

And the person in charge of the owner of the gold was a young female employee named Enisha.

Last month, the bonus she received was 350 silver coins. It was Enisha who received an amount that might be a year’s salary for someone as a performance bonus.

The auction house staff let out a small sigh while expressing envy to her.

‘Originally, I would have been in charge… … .’

low stature.

An employee who let Kaynes off the auction house for that reason alone. He shrugged his shoulders with a look of regret.

And after 2-3 hours, the auction ended.

A female employee with dark hair who appears to be in her early twenties. Enisha swallowed and carefully handed over the money pouch to Kaynes, who had visited the reception facility.

“142 platinum coins and 1,820 gold coins.”

Kayneth nodded once as she put the money bag in her subspace pocket.

“Yes, that is correct. By the way, could you exchange the gold coins for platinum coins?”

“Sure.”

She smiled and exchanged 1,800 gold coins for 18 platinum coins.

“Then, return carefully.”

She politely bowed her head.

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The moment Keynes left the reception facility immediately, Anisha smiled with her lips quivering.

‘This month’s bonus is 500 silver coins… … . No, it might exceed 5 gold coins!’

Trembling with joy, she began checking the commissions she collected from the clients she handled.

Gold Rush Auction House takes 3% as tax and 2% as commission.

Enisha received a fee of 512 gold coins from customers through the auction today.

And among them, 320 gold coins are the owner of gold. In other words, the fee that the eagle mask left behind.

“Uh heh heh… … .”

As she started to laugh bashfully, Kaynes, who was returning to the academy after receiving the winning bid, was also walking down the sidewalk smiling.

“Kuhhhhh… … .”

-Are you thinking of learning the 7th circle already?

“… … No, there is still a long way to go.”

The amount has already been met. However, Keynes was still unable to set foot in the 7th circle due to lack of mana.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, he immediately charged his gold points.

Should I say that gold points are more secure than holding gold coins?

The day was over, and the moment I was about to change into pajamas for bed.

-Come to think of it, did Grans say she was a 6th Circle Warlock?

At Endairon’s question, Keynes nodded once.

“that’s right.”

-If you are now… … Can’t we knock him down somehow?

It was a valid question.

After changing into pajamas, Keynes crossed her eyes with Endairon.

“Well, it wouldn’t be 100% impossible.”

-then… … .

Endairon was about to say something, but Kayneth shook his head.

“Unfortunately, it is difficult to touch him right now. How many nobles in Korea are cooperating with the Order? Even the main nobles of each country on this continent, let alone the royal family, are cooperating with them. In the worst case… … Should I deal with the whole world as an enemy?”

The cult called Death Parade is a large-scale organization that spreads around the world.

If they put their minds to it… … It would be easy enough to create one villain.

I mean the world evil.

-… … .

“And even if he hides his identity and blows it up along with the city of Karvan, Grans has already awakened as a demon. If he even survives without dying… … .”

As he was also attacked, we will prepare strong countermeasures accordingly. If so, defeating him would be even more difficult.

But there was something even more worrisome for Kayneth.

-… … Are you a teacher

“Yes, he is the biggest problem.”

I can’t even properly guess whether he has reached the 7th circle or the 8th circle.

Lack of information now. There’s nothing good about making hasty moves.

“Even in the novel, the leader’s ability didn’t appear properly.”

The writer who stopped serialization was Kaynes, who became resentful.

“Anyway, attacking him right now will only hurt you. So it would be better to secure the information for that part and process it when you are certain. Whoa, I’ll sleep first. It’s already 3:20.”

Kenneth put away his complicated thoughts.

After he lay down on the bed,

“you did well today.”

-… … okay.

I fell asleep with Endairon’s answer.

Early morning came as the sun started to rise.

7:30 am.

After preparing for school with Lin’s help, Kayneth went to the second dormitory at 8:00 am.

And the maid who followed him, Rin, stood erect while maintaining a calm expression despite the eyes gathering around him.

An expressionless face and an action that moves like a machine. I wondered if she had any feelings.

However, her ears were responding sensitively.

‘… … I’ve heard about it in conversations with the other maids, but Lady Sophia’s reputation is really bad. Conversely, did Master Keynes become as if he were being tricked by Lady Sophia?’

A small commotion that happened near the 2nd dormitory the other day.

Lynn heard that Kayneth defended Sophia in front of sophomores and juniors.

However, the story slowly distorted and spread strangely among students and maids.

‘I can’t harm Master Kayneth, the head of the Ardennes family, but… … .’

Rumors about Sophia have gotten worse and seem to have gone in a bad direction.

There are even rumors that he used his younger brother as a shield.

Rin could roughly guess who created the current situation.

‘… … It must have been something that Lady Serene had done.’

Rin closed her eyes.

She acted expressionless until the moment Keynes entered the classroom.

As a maid, she cannot be presumptuous in a dispute within the family.

After taking care of Kayneth as usual, she received shocking news two days later.

Her face hardened severely.

“Eh, what the hell is that… … .”

Episode 40

40. Conspiracy (3)

Rin was listening to various news while hanging out with the maids of the 3rd dormitory.

Soon, unbelievable stories began to come out of the mouths of the maids.

Rin stared blankly at them, startled.

“… … It looks like Sophia stole Her Highness’s belongings. They say he has been called to the president’s office now.”

“Ah, no, for what reason did he steal Her Highness’s belongings? I heard that the Spay One family also receives an enormous amount of gold coins every month for their living expenses?”

“By the way, the thing is called ‘Tears of Atlantis’. Did you say that you bought it at an auction house by paying dozens of platinum coins? It was even something handed down from the Empress Mama to Her Highness… … .”

“No matter what, the third daughter of the Spey One family… … .”

Just like Rin, the dark-haired maid shook her head in disbelief.

“According to Serene-sama, Sophia-sama has had bad hand habits since childhood or something… … .”

Rin was a little taken aback by the maids’ conversation.

I can’t believe Serene spread such a story.

Rin, who worked at the main building, had some understanding of Sophia’s personality.

‘You said Sophia had a kleptomaniac? What kind of nonsense… … .’

If the maids in the main building had heard it, they would have been dumbfounded.

But Rin couldn’t stop Se-Rin’s actions. As the eldest daughter of the Spaywon family and at the same time the fiancée of His Highness, how could she, a mere maid, dare to stop her?

All he can do now is report the current situation intact to the Spey One family.

‘The head of the household looked at Lady Serene’s behavior in a bad way. If Lady Sophia breaks off her engagement with the Welford family because of this incident… … . I’m sure Lady Serene will get scolded too.’

Serene, who was betrothed to the crown prince, would not be punished severely.

Just, with a big scolding, just a warning.

Instead, in the case of Sophia, as her usefulness disappeared, she might get married as the concubine of an aged count or marquis.

‘I’m sure Master Keynes won’t leave it alone… … .’

Currently, Kayneth’s position in the Spey One family was greatly elevated.

Serene and Kayneth’s positions within the Spey One family can be said to be a bit ambiguous.

Within the family, Kayneth was in a higher position than Serene.

But the future part. In other words, considering that Celine is the fiancée of the crown prince, Seline’s right to speak would inevitably be stronger than Keynes’s.

‘It’s already spilled. If Lady Serene is punished, her engagement to the Crown Prince will be disrupted. On the other hand, if we leave current events as they are, the engagement with the Welford family… … .’

Grans would definitely prioritize the engagement of the crown prince.

No matter how much the family of the Marquess of Welford is counted as one of the great families of the empire, it could not be compared to the imperial family.

Lynn let out a small sigh as she thought of the clash between Celine and Kayneth.

And he began to obtain deeper and more detailed information from the maids around him.

* * *

Several female students, including Sophia and the second princess, were summoned to the academy’s president’s office.

Currently, the first princess of the Labadian Empire is the second wife of the emperor. In other words, she was the daughter of the second empress.

And the second princess, Luna, is the first daughter of the empress.

‘Tears of Atlantis’ that stolen items were traded for dozens of platinum coins in the past.

Value is also valuable, but considering the fact that the empress directly handed it down to the second princess, Luna, you can see how precious the tears of Atlantis are.

“… … So, are you saying Miss Sophia didn’t steal my necklace?”

Runia stares at Sophia with cold eyes.

Sophia frowned slightly and answered.

“I don’t even know what floor and what room Her Highness lives in Dormitory 1. I don’t even know what the tears of Atlantis look like, but how can I… … .”

“Then why did this come out of your bedroom?”

“I am rather suspicious as to why they inspected my bedroom in the first place. If someone hid it in my bedroom and told me to investigate it first… … .”

Runia raised her right hand to cut off Sofia’s words.

“Unfortunately, the reason we investigated your bedroom first was because there was an eyewitness.”

“witness… … ?”

After a while, a woman enters the president’s office.

As soon as Sophia saw her, she couldn’t help but be shocked.

“Uh, why… … .”

Runia’s expression grew colder.

“This is Lady Anis L Ramtas, who is currently taking a lecture in the same class as you. Then can you explain? Miss Anise.”

Anis, who entered the president’s office at Lunia’s request, looked at her for a moment, then nodded.

“… … yes.”

Anise’s eyewitness remarks were as follows.

around 11 am yesterday. A masked man visits Dormitory 2.

And Sophia, who greeted the masked man and received the tears of Atlantis.

Anis stated that she “accidentally” witnessed the scene on her way to Sophia’s bedroom.

“Why did you visit Lady Sophia’s bedroom?”

Anis answered Runia’s question by swallowing once.

“I heard that Ms. Sophia was not feeling well, so I was going to visit her to give her the tea she got from her parents’ house.”

At Anis’s statement, Sophia burst out laughing as if it was absurd.

I never thought I’d spit out stories that didn’t even exist as if they were true.

She must have felt a great sense of betrayal by Anis.

On the other hand, seeing Anis’ nervous appearance, Runia let out a small sigh, then immediately shifted her gaze to Sophia.

“It has also been confirmed that you have visited the slums of the islands on several occasions.”

Sophia frowned at Lunia’s remarks.

“It is personal. Regarding this, you will be able to get confirmation from the head of the Roxpell family, Mr. Rubelis.”

“indeed… … . Are you going to sell him now?”

Runia narrows her eyes fiercely.

Sofia’s head began to pound at the reaction of Runia.

No matter what they answer, they say whatever they want, so how can they explain it?

In the end, the president of the academy decided to decide the punishment for the case in an on-campus trial.

It was up to each individual whether Sophia would be punished by suspension or expulsion through the school trial, or whether she would be found innocent.

However, as the rumor spread throughout the academy, the students started to speak bad words about Sofia.