First of all, the first thing I did was to establish the Monderai and re-establish the bank. Since the value of Sanbate had completely collapsed, despite throwing away all that money, there was no debt in the bank. Moreover, now not only Landhill but also the surrounding territories were using Monderai’s banking rights like currency.

While managing the situation, I sent people to the capital.

It was only three days ago that I received news that Ines was doing well at a high-end hotel in the capital after searching all over the place. I immediately sent people again to bring Ines, but they probably haven’t set foot in the capital yet.

Just a few days after feeling relieved with my wife, a messenger from the palace arrived.

Although I knew that the new lord who would become the emperor was particularly concerned about Ines, the capital and the imperial city were in a state of turmoil.

It was unbelievable that the lord took care of his daughter first in this situation.

“What are you talking about? Are you saying that we forced her to marry and she ran away to the capital?”

“Lower your voice, dear.”

The messenger from the palace was told to get an answer today. Treating the imperial messenger well was natural in noble families. That’s why he was still in the reception room. It was next to the dining room converted from the reception room.

“I said that we needed to have another child.”

“Why are you talking about that now?”

Elena shook her head and buried her face in her hands.

“If we had a reliable younger brother like you, wouldn’t he have been sent to Ines by now?”

“Dear…”

“What should we do now?”

“Elena.”

When her husband quietly called her name, she raised her head. She answered calmly, unlike the tantrum she had just thrown.

“Yes, speak.”

“Think carefully. Have we ever beaten that child once in our lives?”

Elena nodded at her husband’s words.

“I told her not to go, but what can we do now that she’s already on a thorny path?”

“…We couldn’t have cleared the thorns in front of us, so we have to watch from behind.”

“That’s right.”

“If she falls with a lot of wounds, then we will have something to do. So, let’s stand firm in this place. Whenever she needs us, we can trust her to us.”

Elena got up and walked to Andrew. Then she hugged him. Although they spoke so firmly, there was still a long way to go before knowing how much of a mess her husband’s chest was.

He was a man who would lose his appetite if a single injury appeared on young Ines’s finger. He scolded Ines for playing a prank when she fell down the stairs and was a person who couldn’t sleep well at night.

“What you said is right.”

Now it was time for Elena to become stronger. It was time for her to become a strong tree to lean on so that her husband wouldn’t get tired.

“Let’s honestly convey our feelings. He is someone who will understand. Lord.”

“Yes, since Lord is so firm, let’s entrust our daughter to him now.”

The two who asked the messenger to wait a little longer sat down together and pondered over the letter to Carson.

They couldn’t have imagined what kind of impact that letter would have on Carson.

Carson’s hand trembled slightly as he held the letter from Swenden.

“What on earth is this saying?”

He had never lost his composure even though he handled numerous matters. However, now he had completely lost his reason.

“Ines disappeared? Does that make sense? Just a while ago, she said she was quietly staying in the territory.”

Noah couldn’t say anything in response.

The situation where they captured Viscount Grandel and sent him to the capital was a situation that both of them knew well that Ines had orchestrated. Yet, she was not in Landhill.
The messenger who brought the news didn’t know what to do, looking around with uncertain eyes.

Carson grabbed his head, turned to the window, and took a deep breath.

Noah, without lifting the letter that Carson had put down, just lowered his eyes and read the letter.

Andrew’s letter wasn’t long, but it contained all the necessary information.

Andrew expressed his opposition to Ines going to the lord who would become the emperor. That’s why Ines left home abruptly, leaving only a letter behind.

And he concluded the letter with the news that he recently found out she was staying at the Seiteville Hotel in the capital.

“I will send someone to Seiteville.”

Carson didn’t reply, but Noah quickly gave detailed instructions to the knight who was standing by. At that moment, Carson turned around.

“Do you know anything or hear anything?”

The messenger, suddenly asked a question, couldn’t speak and just chewed on his lips.

“Uh…”

As he hesitated and tried to speak, Carson couldn’t hold back and urged him.

“Speak quickly!”

“Well… I overheard the conversation between the Swenden couple. Lord Swenden seems to want to marry Ines to the young lord of Swenden.”

“What?”

“So, she ran away because of that.”

“Oh, damn!”