Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Chapter 6. I quickly turned my head toward the direction the sound came from.

I had been distracted by the dragon, but the presence was so faint that I didn't even know it was there.

He had a height close to 190 and black skin.

His white hair was long and braided into one, and the buttons were fastened up to the neck.

He said nothing, but from the cool atmosphere swirling around him and the vertically long slit pupils like a snake, I unconsciously knew that this man was the dragon in front of me.

He looked at me with an expressionless face and asked.

“How did you come here?”

Emotionless eyes scanned me.

A strange chill like a delicately made doll moving brushed down my spine.

“I want to ask that. Where is this? I was definitely in the castle...”

“Castle? Do you mean Valfruga Castle?”

A strange light gathered in his blue eyes.

“That's right. Was it you who brought me here?”

“It could be me, or it might not be.”

The voice is exactly like yours.

I swallowed the words that surged up to my throat.

It was better not to say anything that might provoke him unnecessarily.

He took a large step toward where I was.

I also wanted to step back to avoid him, but behind me the huge body of the dragon was blocking, so there was nowhere to escape.

He who approached in front of me bent his waist and met my gaze.

Even in the breath that suddenly touched, there was a chill.

His gaze explored me like a snake's tongue.

“You, what's your name?”

“Felia Poldbish. No, since I'm married, Valfruga.”

“That's too short a period to be called your name. Isn't there a name that has been called longer?”

I looked at the man's face, but still no expression could be read.

Could it be that he knows I possessed this body?

What is his true identity?

I unconsciously took a step back, and when I misstepped and staggered, he grabbed my arm.

“It doesn't matter. If you want to be called by that name from now on.”

And he turned his body half a circle and separated me from the dragon.

It was only a very short moment, but the chill he left on my arm made my whole body tremble.

As if he had no intention of harming me, he stepped back one step and widened the distance with me.

And stroking the body of the dragon like a huge snow mountain, he said.

“Give me a name.”

“What? Your name?”

“Quickly. There isn't much time.”

In a situation that wasn't in the original, I was too confused.

I couldn't even distinguish whether this situation was a dream or reality.

So I just said anything.

When I was young, after first raising a black puppy at the orphanage, the names of all the animal friends at the orphanage were the same.

“Then... Blackie?”

“Yes? Wait...!”

For the first time, something called an expression appeared on the man's face.

But at that moment, my consciousness blurred the same as when I was dragged here.* * *When I opened my eyes, I was on the bed in my room.

“Older sister!”

As soon as I opened my eyes, Lus hugged me with a face full of tears.

Seeing Lus's face, I felt somehow relieved.

It was really a strange dream.

“Older sister suddenly collapsed and I was so worried. The doctor said it was just sleeping... Is it because you've been overdoing it too much lately?”

“It's not that, so don't worry.”

I patted Lus and reassured him, but Lus was so anxious that he didn't try to leave my side at all.

“More than that, Lus. What time is it now? How long have I been asleep?”

Lus hesitated and watched my mood.

“Lus?”

“...

A day has already passed since older sister fell asleep.”

“I see... Huh?”

“It's almost time for the time limit to end, older sister.”

Oh no. I was going to check last whether Frug secretly moved the jewels.

Lus who was tightly stuck next to me whispered to me.

“Frug didn't do anything.”

How did he know?

Because I had just had a strange dream until a moment ago, I ended up looking at Lus with a puzzled gaze.

“Is that what older sister is worried about?”

But the innocently smiling face was the usual Lus.

Right. Our Lus is smart enough to be the male lead, and he knows my entire plan.

“Good. Then what's left is just executing the plan.”

I held Lus's hand and grinned.

“You trust older sister?”

Lus nodded.* * *I and Lus headed to the office.

How hard Frug had spread rumors about this matter, people in the castle were gathered densely.

“Madam. Is your body okay?”

“Our Madam, she's so fragile, what to do?”

“Should we burn more wood?”

“But we don't have money to buy firewood.”

Amid the people exchanging this and that, Frug alone had a triumphant face.

“Come, Madam. Soon it's timeout. Have you prepared ten million marks?”

He seemed confident that there was no way I had prepared the money.

Right. The fact that I played around all week must have already spread widely as a rumor in the castle.

I shook my head side to side.

“Not yet. But I can earn about one million marks quickly.”

“How can you entrust the household to such a girl! She says she can earn about one million marks quickly, everyone. Do you believe it?”

Frug looked around the surrounding people exaggeratedly and shouted.

I turned my body calmly without being agitated.

“If you're curious, I'll tell you right now how to earn one million marks. Everyone follow.”

At my confident attitude, people murmured and followed me.

“Madam. Where are you going?”

“Can you earn one million marks in the castle?”

“There's not even 30 minutes left until the time limit!”

I led the people and headed to Frug's room.

Frug who had been sneering at me at first gradually made an uneasy expression, and when he confirmed that the direction I was heading was his room, the color drained from his face.

When I grabbed the doorknob of Frug's room door, he turned pale and blocked me with his whole body.

“Wait! What is this! Even if you're Madam, you can't just enter my room carelessly!”

Then, Lus said.

“Frug. Move aside.”

“Duke!”

“Are you going to defy my words? Move aside right now.”

“No! I can't move aside! This is a bet that Madam lost in the first place! I don't know what my room has to do with it!”

As Frug's resistance intensified, the gazes of the people who had been looking at me with puzzled faces at first moved to Frug.

“What on earth is in the room that he's acting like that?”

“No, but why did Madam come to Mr. Frug's room?”

“But isn't Mr. Frug's reaction also something strange? There's no reason to hide the room like that.”

Hearing the people's reactions, Frug then made a face as if realizing too late.

He glared at me for a long time then slowly moved his body aside.

“...

It was only to protect my privacy, so I hope everyone doesn't have unnecessary misunderstandings. Even after entering my room, I hope you don't touch this and that carelessly.”

Frug looked at me and warned.

“Don't worry.”

There's nothing to search or not.

Frug's room was dirty no different from before.

When the pile of papers stacked messily caught on the hem of my skirt, Frug made a fuss.

“Wait! Please be careful! This is my room...!”

“Noisy.”

I pushed Frug aside and flipped the carpet.

People were curious why I was suddenly doing this, but Frug looked like he would faint at any moment.

“Wait a minute! That's...!”

Frug tried to stop me, but Lus first had someone grab Frug.

“No! No! That's mine! How dare an orphan brat touch where!”

I ignored Frug's shouts and lifted the wooden board.

“No!”

When I opened the small box in the empty space under the board, jewels emitting a brilliant light appeared before the people.

Among the people, an exclamation that could be either admiration or shock burst out.

“That's my property! It's an inheritance I personally inherited! How dare a woman like you...!”

Frug rambled looking at the people.

I rummaged through the box and showed the ring inside.

“Is this also an inheritance you inherited?”

Anyone loyal to the Valfruga family would know.

That this ring engraved with the family's seal is the property of the Duke who leads the family.

“That's the former Duke's...!”

“I heard the Duke lost it when he passed away in an accident, but why is that with Mr. Frug...”

“Wh-what on earth is this.”

“Th-this...!”

Frug elbowed the person holding him and charged between the still dazed people.

“Catch him so Frug can't run away!”

At my shout, people reflexively caught Frug.

He screamed and tried to run away, but the people who gradually came to their senses bound him more and more strongly.

In the end, Frug was forcibly made to kneel in front of me and Lus.

Frug glared at me with resentful eyes while his mouth was gagged with cloth.

I ignored such Frug's gaze and handed the small box to Lus.

“This is not property that you Frug inherited, but for Lus.”

Only then did the people seem to realize what had happened.

“W-wait! Then Mr. Frug stole the Duke's relic?!”

“That's the only way it can be explained! Otherwise why would he keep it secretly!”

“Then those, those piled up jewels, what on earth are they!”

The answer to that question came from Lus.

“He secretly embezzled the family's assets. And the one who found that out is my wife, Felia.”

“The newly arrived Madam found it?!”

“Then all this time, while watching us not even able to eat properly, he was hoarding the assets?!”

“Just selling those jewels, we won't starve anymore!”

“Yes! That's right, right!”

“Lucky charm...!”

Someone said.

“M-Madam is a lucky charm! The lucky charm of this castle!”

“That's right, right!”

“If it weren't for Madam, we'd still be completely fooled by that frog-like guy!”

Suddenly someone raised both hands high.

“Long live the lucky charm Madam!”

“Long live the lucky charm Madam!”

People who couldn't control their joy lifted me high and tossed me in a cheer.

“W-wait...!”

“Three cheers for Madam!”

“Long live Madam! Long live! Long live!”

I tried to stop the people, but it was insufficient.

How can one fully express in words the joy of people who can now eat meals with one of the causes of the long-lasting poverty and the assets that cause had hoarded.

Still, seeing people embracing each other and rejoicing, my heart also warmed.

A few days later, an official investigation into Frug proceeded, and evidence of the things he had done so far was discovered one after another.

Frug imprisoned in the prison at first denied his crimes, but eventually admitted them.

Instead of offering his life, he was exiled penniless.

He will never be able to return to this territory again.

I looked down from the window at the shabby back of Frug leaving the castle alone.

And two days after officially taking charge of the castle's household.

I became in a position of having to repay a debt of 1 billion marks immediately.