I Reincarnated as a Noble Girl Villainess But Why Did It Turn Out This Way? (WN)

"… Cheng Cheng, I understand your situation and what you are doing. On top of that, I'd like to say a few things."

Corneille and Faelia turn to me as I cut out so in a gloomy mood. Now is the time to get that look on your face...

"Let me look into some of Miss Faelia's engagements. There are still some parts that have not been investigated, but let's conclude what we know now. It's almost impossible to dissolve the engagement between the Augrains and the Roguesias."

"... what?

Corneille distorted her expression uncomfortably. I have trouble talking in an instant, and I turn my gaze toward Oscar. Oscar nodded one in a harsh motion that resembled the Count well, and he began to give details on my behalf.

"The engagement of the Augrains to the Roguesia family involves the debts of the Roguesia family. It was about 15 years ago, but the Augrains and the Roguesia family were linked from a relationship between their wives to create a new public company in the Viscount of Roguesia. At that time, it was the Augrains who gave loans as capital. The loan was also large and the law required a marital relationship between the two families, so the engagement of your son and daughter was decided."

I am talking about just when the Augrain family's son and Fayria were all born together. Viscount Augrain's wife was from the Grunfeld region and was in a childhood relationship with Fayria's mother.

"I'll skip the process, but this business has failed. In order to regain their lethargy, the two houses grew in debt, and in the last five years or so, they have finally become profitable. but the Roguesias owe money from the Augrains, and to lend that money, the Augrains owe money from the later Nordstelm. Well, simply put, it's a currency change."

"Oh no... your father says he's in debt?

"Yeah, that's right. Because of that circumstance, the Rogue Shea and Augrain families cannot break their engagement without reducing their debt to no more than 3 million alk. If you do, you will become self-bankrupt, and you will be stripped of your title, forfeited your right to govern, and your territory will also be subject to acquisition."

Whenever the Oscars proceeded to talk pale, Faelia's face grew blue. I know exactly how twitching and despair seep into my eyes.

The matrimonial relationship would be included in the House of Lords lecture, so I guess it would have been a little less shocking if I had kept that possibility in mind, but well, that's not what I learned because of the sweetness of my prospects.

Conversely, the look on Corneille's face sitting next to Fayria like that contrasted, and he looked serious about something. Well, a Fletcher Borderline Uncle would be able to pom out up to about 5 million alk for the conjugation of his son's daughter-in-law. He seems to be turning his mind to the extent to which he can intervene under the power of his own home.

"... that's all I know. I don't have any further information directly involved in the business, and I don't have the means to look into it."

To my words, Corneille looks up at me, laying low in her thoughts, looking straight at me.

Not a bad look, I thought. I shouldn't be able to see through the lack of room, but I see reality trying to deal with the problem.

Is there just a boulder named Uncle Borderline's son? It would have been better if greed had always moved with some doubt around me, too.

"How much will the Rogue Shea family owe?

"Unknown. I believe it has reached the limit once, and the last five years have been profitable, so I believe it is about 15 million alk."

"15 million..."

Maybe more, maybe less, actually. However, the debt records can only be viewed by the parties and the landlord, as well as by the Treasury, which issues the Deed of Borrowing. There will be debts and donations unrelated to the Treasury where they have nothing to do with the engagement, but that's irrelevant now.

Corneille wrinkled his eyebrows a long time ago, as much as 15 million alk, a forehead that, if successful, would likely buy one small territory. It's not that easy for students to twist.

"About ten years of my salary. That's quite something!

Claudia, who had listened in silence until now, pinched her mouth in an impressive, light-mouthed manner.

Her salary and that of Oscar, who was assigned to the Knight, is given out of the Count's personal possessions and the tax revenues of the Cardian territory. That's roughly 1.5 million alk a year.

A little more expensive if you are a Knights that operates directly into the kingdom, not a private Knights. Would the Kingsguard Knights, the highest knights in the country, have an annual salary of about 3.5 million alk? Around 3 million alk for border knights and even more from there for officers.

By the way, knights are well-paid among the nobles. Earnings on an annual basis are higher than the average baron.

Silence falls on the guest room. Oscar whispered something to Claudia and left the room.

The light of the day outside the window is leaning a lot when I notice it. Should it be time to prepare snacks for these two guests?

I can't return it to the Academy by the end of the day.

"... I have one question to ask."

That's how Corneille cut it out after a while of being lost. Faelia anxiously pulled his sleeve, but he didn't look away from me.

Something, prompted, Corneille asks me in a firm tone, albeit slightly frightened.

"Viscount Cardia, what do you want to be done with the engagement of the Rogue Shea and Augrain families? I want to tell you what I really mean."

That was a totally too stupid question.

... Claudia next door is laughing with a satisfied look. Chivalry Spiritually, was it a question full of flowers?

"Let me ask you something, and I don't think that other noblemen will get the hang of it."

Saying so with a sigh, neighbor Claudia laughs low down her throat like a cat. Funny. You can flank my puffy here, so I can't help but answer the question.

"... To be honest, I don't care if this engagement can't be fulfilled. There is no profit in our territory. but when the engagement of both houses is broken while the debt is left behind, it will also burn powder here. I have no choice but to move."

I can't even tell the boulder about Daphelias, but I'm going to explain my current situation out of the way.

"In other words?"

"... if you can arrange for your engagement to be broken, it's not too late to miss out on what your noble son will do."

I was slightly touched by the prompting, and spat that word in a blink of an eye.

Everyone in the reception drops their shoulders disappointingly. I know very well that if Camille had been here, she would have gotten a novel saying, "I'm not being honest."