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Chapter 14

My heart pounded as I followed the old man.

‘This is the place!’

The kitchen that had been covered with dirty cloth was now a wonderfully colorful room. I coughed and waited for Sven with my legs crossed.

This is, in fact, the headquarters of the Vestian Dark Information Guild.

Of course, I know this place because the Male Lead uses it in the original book. To be exact, he asked for a discount for his title here after winning a lot of money from the race venue.

The Vestian Dark Information Guild handles all the information, but their so-called illegal entertainment businesses were also extremely good.

“Who are you, by the way?”

Not long after, a man in his early thirties sat in front of me with a smile. He had gray hair and blue eyes and was holding a black cat.

“My name is Sven Vestian. I’m surprised you know my real name, Miss Laria Rose Icard.”

Then, the black cat he was holding jumped and sat on my lap.

“Ah…” The black cat’s yellow eyes looked straight at me.

I wasn’t interested in Sven’s pet, but Sven’s eyes grew bigger when he saw the cat sitting on my lap.

“Oh, this… oh, my God.”

“Ah.”

Now that I couldn’t afford to be interested in this, I picked up the cat and said, returning it to Sven.

“Meow?” The cat looked at me with an expression, ‘How dare you not care about me when I am this cute?’

Unfortunately, however, I am in a situation where even the cat could not be cute.

“We don’t have much time. So, I’ll be straightforward.”

I put a check on the table.

“I want you to leave me ten gold. I want you to do three things with the remaining money that is left.”

Sven, still alternating between the black cat and me, answered slowly.

“Yes, madam… just tell me.”

“First, I want to buy a title.”

“What?”

“Second. I’d like to buy territory.”

The results of the race of the original male owner, Seymour were also shared in half along with the territory he purchased. I couldn’t buy all the land because I am a little short on money, so I will only purchase half of it.

It had to be that territory.

It was because this was the land where Seymour used to make money and even where iron ore will be produced later on.

So in a way, Seymour was sharing everything he had to do.

Though I couldn’t help it. In the novel, not all perspectives are written, only the main character’s actions were focused on. So, of course, it couldn’t be helped to follow others’ steps.

“Of course, in secret.” And I had no conscience.

“Duke Icard could never know.”

Once my life is detached from theirs, I would take care of my conscience.

“If it’s a title… Icard’s little lady is still too young. Aren’t you fourteen?”

“The title little lady doesn’t have a good ring for me. Please call me just Laria. And the problem is…”

As expected of the Information Guild Master… He already knew my age.

“I should have an alternate name.” I spoke quickly.

“Make a fake identity. The territory is in Haneu, though I can’t buy everything all at once.”

Sven frowned as he picked up a spot on the map on the wall.

“It’s not expensive. It is for sale, but it will be of great value when iron ore is produced later. I can’t buy all the land because I don’t have enough money, but I can buy half of it.”

And even Seymour will only get half the money because I bought all this land anyway. Of course, I can’t even buy my title, so I’ll start with Baron.

‘If you’re the true male lead, try to overcome the hardships I have.’

I simply rationalized it and said it cleanly.

“Maybe I can buy the title baron after you buy a territory?”

“Yes. What’s the name of the alias then?”

I pondered for a moment and said whatever came to my mind. “Kyle Dart Ravonis.”

I purposely said a man’s name just in case since I had to make up someone completely opposite to me. Since Haneu is so far away from here anyway, I thought it would be all right to choose any name.

“Well, I heard half of it. What’s the third one then?”

“The third is…” I spoke quickly.

“In a few moments now, Duke Icard, who is my father, will seek a doctor.”

It was also in the original book.

Duke Icard kept checking my condition by a doctor’s note. He was a thorough villain, so it was in order for him to see if the person he was keeping an eye on was going to die.

“I want to use my own doctor for that position. I’m sure I will find the best one, but I want you to bring them here on your own”

Therefore, my doctor’s position was the first thing I had to get done safely first.

“If you leave this job to the Vestian Guild, the result will be satisfying.”

“Okay. If you can, please ask for a woman. And please choose the right person.”

“I don’t know if I have a choice… but I got it. I’ll do my best.”

“The family name of my doctor is Serena Morristo. Look for the person with this name, you’ll probably notice her right away.”

I liked the way he spoke.

With the cat was walking around, it looked like a fool but quickly came to its senses.

I was going to ask him why he was looking at the cat regularly, but he just seemed to be an ordinary cat butler.

‘Well, if it’s your cat, it would be nice to see it over and over.’ I admit it.

“Okay, thank you.”

“It’s a big deal, so I have to accept it.”

I swallowed a light sigh due to satisfaction.

The Vestian Information Guild had the advantage of absolutely protecting the client’s secrets.

Later, he even kept his mouth shut despite the threat from Duke Icard to dig up information about the Male Lead, Seymour, who was entangled with the Princess.

He took my check and gave back one hundred golds.

“I asked you to leave me only ten golds…”

“I know. The rest is what I give you because I want to do business with you.”

“With me?”

“Yes.”

“What do you want from me?”

He smiled with his fingers crossed. “Information.”

“I don’t know anything about the duke. Is this about my father?”

“Not the Duke of Icard.”

I blinked my eyes.

“I’d like to know some information about Laria Rose Icard, Miss Laria.”

At that moment, I had a hunch that depending on my answer, it would be decided whether I would be imprinted as a ‘long-term customer’ or remain a ‘teen-year-old who doesn’t know anything.’

Well, I don’t think it’s a big deal to dig up information about me because he would have a rough idea about it anyway.

If we are going to keep the deal anyway, we are going to have to let him know something about me. However, there’s no way Sven wouldn’t know that.

This is a test for me.

And in the running dark information guild, an ice-cold chair was ready for me.

“All right.”

I spoke clearly, handed the hundred gold check back to him, and said. “But I won’t sell it for money.”

“What?”

“I’ll take information as well.”

Then, Sven laughed as if he was interested.

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