Chapter 92

Chapter 92: A Man’s Troubles

Although I kept my guard, I still followed the woman’s steps .

“… . Tanya . ”

Suddenly, she called a name into the empty air in front of her .

There’s no one… . ? Just as that thought appeared in my head, another woman seemingly materialized to her side .

“You called, missus?”

“Mm, please arrange for a doctor immediately . ”

“That’s already been done . We are waiting for missus’ orders . ”

“Ah, atta girl, Tanya… . Then, what do you want to do?”

The conversation was suddenly thrown at me . My only response was confusion .

“What I want to do, that means… . ”

“We’ve already made preparations, so the doctor may go to your little brother promptly . Now, you have two choices- either trust me and have Tanya bring the doctor to your brother’s side right now, or first come to my estate?”

My heart throbbed with a moment’s notice . To be honest, I didn’t want anything more than to have the doctor treat my brother .

… . But .

“… . Let’s go to your estate first . ”

I picked the latter . Hearing my reply, the woman named Iris narrowed her eyes .

“Well, why is that?”

“I told you, I’m not naive enough to trust someone who popped out of nowhere . I’ll go to where you live, and properly discuss what you said . I’m not just going to give up my brother so easily . ”

After I stated my thoughts boldly, she started to smile for some reason .

“That type of thinking isn’t bad… . If you change your mind, just tell me on the spot . Oh, and don’t worry about fees . It’s all on me . ”

“… . I understand . ”

Then, we started walking again . In a while, we arrived at the main street . She boarded a horse carriage parked on the side .

The carriage didn’t look like something for public use or for-rent, but rather her own property . And although it was furnished in a simple manner, anyone with a good eye would immediately see that its quality was high-class .

… . So maybe she wasn’t lying when she said she was the head of the Azuta Conglomerate .

As I brooded, she called my name, and I returned to my senses .

Mm, then…!

I steeled my will, and stepped on the carriage .

As we kept silence between us, the carriage traveled for around half an hour . I felt that we were at somewhere far away, and saw that we were already in the thickets of the aristocrats’ area .

Our cart entered a place that looked extravagant even in comparison to other high-class estates .

… . Ha? The horse carriage kept driving forward .

“Welcome to the Ducal House of the Armelia family . ”

“… . Duke, sama?”

With her words, he felt another shock .

Back then, I thought that I would never even come close to someone like a Duke . I never anticipated such a situation .

“Well, come along in . ”

I was ushered into the manor by the woman .

I believe it’s safe to say that if I were to walk back by myself, I wouldn’t even be able to find the gate . I would definitely get lost .

Before having everything taken away by “that person”, my past life was fairly well-off . But even so, I’ve never seen such a chateau like this .

At last, we walked into something that resembled a guest room .

Well, at least I wasn’t about to be shocked again anytime soon . I sat down in a chair .

“… . Have you calmed down?”

“Do you think that I have… . No, does the madam think that I have?”

Now that I’ve think about it, I’ve never really used any etiquette while speaking . If this were any other situation, I will probably be demanded an apology… . Well, if it does come to that, I’ll just deal with it .

This person probably still wants me to do something for her, so I probably won’t have to do anything now .

“You don’t have to forcibly change your tone and speaking, just learn slowly in the future . ”

Although I did have that idea, I didn’t expect that not only did I not have to apologize, I was fine speaking the way I did .

Aristocrats typically don’t even see us civilians as people… . Rather more like ants .

Because of that, I thought that she couldn’t tolerate how I spoke with her .

“Ha… . ”

The evidence was that even though she said herself that it didn’t matter, the female servant behind her shot daggers at me from her eyes .

“… . Right, Tanya?”

But, she seemed to notice that, and directly spoke to her servant .

Because the master specifically says so, there’s no other way? The servant sighed .

“… . Yes, just as the miss says . ”

“Then, let’s be generous of our words . The things I want you to do right now… . Aren’t much . To put bluntly, how about you learn the correct etiquette for your future job first?”

“… Ha?”

“From today on, you will work for my conglomerate as my hand . In return, we’ll help you get your revenge, and take care of your brother . That’s an exceptional deal, isn’t it?”

“Ah . This is too good to be true, so good that I’m getting really skeptical about any hidden fine print . ”

“Hehehe… . What I wish is that you make good use of yourself after joining the Azuta Conglomerate . When that time comes, I will have instructions for you . ”

“I have a hunch that those instructions will be quite daunting . ”

Bread that falls out of the sky definitely has something hidden behind it… . I wonder what kind of instructions they will be .

“… . I am the leader of the Azuta Conglomerate, the daughter of the Ducal House of Armelia, as well as the Feudal Lord Representative of the Dukedom . ”

Hearing her suddenly officially introducing herself made me shudder unwittingly . Before, I thought that nothing on this world will surprise me anymore . But listening to what she said, I really received a good shock .

Thinking again, it’s fairly clear already . Since she lives in this estate, she possesses Armelia Ducal blood .

But I never imagined that she would be in such a direct bloodline, and much less have the same authority as the Duke himself over this land .

Furthermore, the daughter of the Duke Armelia is the woman who was excommunicated by the Church a while ago, causing massive disturbances throughout the whole region .

“As for any future repercussions, I won’t be able to do anything strange or out-of-place . A part of that reason is because of my father, who is the Prime Minister . More importantly, I won’t be able to face the citizens of my fief… . And, if I’m planning anything in secret, I would rather hire someone more used to that field than you . ”

Although I had questions about the first part of her explanation, I could accept the last part .

Indeed, she could easily find someone else more qualified to do those things .

“… . You’ve noticed, right? I was the one who was excommunicated back then . ”

I found it hard to respond to that question . Seeing my silent expression, she started to laugh .

“I can tell the cat’s out of the bag from your reaction… . Any moves that I make, will be followed closely by everyone else . My status as an aristocrat makes it hard to get matters done . Because of that, I need you . ”

After that, she roughly explained what the conglomerate wanted me to do upon recruitment .

So that’s what she meant by using my prestige and power . Strangely, I could accept her terms .

“… . Then, do you accept our offer? If you do, I’ll have the doctor properly treat your little brother . ”

Just like that, I struck the deal with her .