The Violet Viscount had sold my name to high nobles to raise funds and, as a result, had been sued for fraud by those nobles after losing everything in a scam.

It wasn’t a large sum of money, but it hurt the pride of the nobles. Somehow, Cahilern seemed more irritated than usual.

“Isn’t it ridiculous to say it’s fraud when your father didn’t do it on purpose?”
“If this goes to trial, we’ll be stripped of our noble titles! Then we’ll become commoners. How can we, who have been nobles all our lives, live as commoners?”

The viscountess and Eliya pleaded tearfully.

Rumors spread throughout the capital that Violet Viscount, who had become the first prince’s consort, had been imprisoned for defrauding nobles by selling the name of Reneola Violet.

Even worse, my reputation was completely tarnished with articles in the newspapers.

Well, my reputation was already nothing to boast about, but the problem was that the king’s worsening illness left little time for the succession to the throne. Moreover, there was no one who wanted a queen whose father was a scammer.

And it wasn’t good that Violet Viscount had targeted high-ranking nobles.

In Hyllic Kingdom, the direct descendant of the king usually succeeded to the throne. However, in the case of multiple children, the nobles held a meeting to choose the best among them for the throne.

So, Cahilern and Eric competed for the throne, and in the original, Eric was chosen by the nobles.

Violet Viscount had meddled with those high-ranking nobles who had the right to choose.

“Sorry, Cahilern. We’re in trouble because of our father.”

Upon my apology, Cahilern kissed my forehead.

“Why are you apologizing for that?”

Cahilern, who had used the Dark Guild to investigate Baron Violet, from whom the money was defrauded, found out that those who defrauded money received someone’s guidance.

Who that someone was didn’t need to be known. The one who benefited the most from the current situation was Floria.

“Sister, have you heard the news? Why did father get involved in such a thing?”

In front of the maids, Floria showed the appearance of a daughter worried about her family, but her eyes clearly revealed her intention as a duchess.

It seemed that Floria intended to repay all the investment funds obtained from the high-ranking nobles by Violet Viscount. That way, the public praise for her would be even stronger.

“Thanks to you, sister, I’ve collected quite a bit from the Heights Upper.”

Floria had a face that said that the amount of money was nothing.

In fact, I could repay the funds immediately since Cahilern had much more money. However, Floria didn’t want that, and even if I repaid it with my own hands, Baron Violet would still be stamped as a scammer.

But Floria made a mistake by leaving those who had carried out the task. If they later testified that they had received Floria’s guidance and defrauded Baron Violet, she would face a strong backlash. I looked forward to the future.

“Oh, did you enjoy your honeymoon?”

Floria lightly brushed off Violet Viscount’s affairs, as if a few words about such matters were sufficient.

Upon returning from meeting Floria, I placed a cage in the room. They were pigeons brought by Floria, who asked me to bring them.
The pigeons, for some reason, looked at me with arrogant expressions and nodded their heads as if remembering the time when I was treated by Floria.

As I glared at the pigeons, who were full of malicious intent, Cahilern entered. When the pigeons saw Cahilern, they quickly retreated to the end of the cage.

“So, I’m the funny one, and Cahilern is the scary one, huh?”

Feeling irritated, I took the pigeons out of the cage. Although I had a mindset of loving animals, these pigeons couldn’t be left alone.

“Come to think of it, was it because of them that I had to endure that suffering?”

I grabbed the neck of the pigeon as Cahilern once did, squeezing its beak tightly and glaring at it threateningly.

“If you mutter nonsense about me to Floria one more time, I might just pull this beak out.”

I might be better off without a beak that could potentially devour my eyes. As I opened my eyes wide and made a threat, the frightened pigeons huddled their necks.