“Countess Siez, either confess what that woman received or present something else fitting for her. Otherwise, I’ll send you the ledger noting what I received at the palace. What do you think, sister? I ended up in trouble because of you.”

What? Floria tilted her head. Reneola, who quickly noticed, knelt in front of her, trembling. It seemed to improve Floria’s mood a bit, but if she had only been slightly relieved, Floria wouldn’t have called her.

“I wish my sister would be a bit more humble.”

Floria shook the red gem in front of Reneola as if to say something. After simmering the person’s affections like saying or not saying something, she suddenly applied force to her fingers. At the same time, Reneola’s eyes widened, and as if grasping her heart, she collapsed to the ground.

“Oops!”

Floria held onto the gem with all her might. Watching Reneola writhing in pain on the floor, Floria felt her irritation gradually subsiding.

“Ugh, I-I’m sorry. Your Highness, I was wrong. Ugh!”

Reneola pleaded with tears streaming down her face, suffering from tremendous pain. Seeing her like that, it felt refreshing as if the pent-up breath had been released.

While there was a vengeful desire to break everything, Floria refrained from exerting too much force, as it would be a shame not to witness this ridiculous scene again.

Reneola, gripping her left chest, gasped and breathed heavily.

“I’ll forgive you just this once, sister. We’re family.”

“T-Thank you.”

“Next time, something like this shouldn’t happen. Got it? We should trust each other as a family. If you keep doing this, how can I trust you, sister? Isn’t that right?”

“Yes. I’m sorry. I’ll make sure something like this… Haah, never happens again…”

Floria, who had been stooping down to watch Reneola on the floor, stood up and repeatedly threw the gem into the air to catch it.

Each time, Reneola’s ridiculous figure, nervously worrying if the gem would fall on the floor, was quite amusing. Floria played around several times, seemingly teasing her.

Then, realizing that they needed to find a solution immediately, Floria threw the gem to Shanna. Although she thought it wouldn’t matter if it fell on the floor, unfortunately, Shanna perfectly caught it.

“By the way, what’s the best way to handle that ledger? It’s difficult to come up with a plan, and in my opinion, killing Countess Siez might be the cleanest solution. What do you think, Shanna?”

“It’s not a bad idea. Eliminating the culprit is the most certain way.”

“As expected, Shanna, you always say what I expected. You’re always on my side.”
Floria squealed with delight, as if she were going crazy. Then, with her chin raised, she regained composure and looked down at Reneola, who was now kneeling on the floor.

“Sister, what do you think? What should we do?”

“I have a better idea than just killing me.”

Reneola, avoiding eye contact with Floria as if she were afraid, mumbled.

“What’s your good idea?”

Floria urged her to speak quickly. Only then did Reneola, who had lifted her head, approach her.

“Hoo!”

As soon as Floria left the room, I flicked away the tears with my fingers, once again amazed at my improving acting skills.

“This should be enough to impress the audience.”

Adapting to Floria’s movements while gripping the gem and pretending to be in pain at the right timing was quite challenging. Shedding tears on cue was also a high-level difficulty.

“When she threw the gem into the air, it was really dangerous. I had to pretend to be terrified and simulate heart pain.”

I almost missed the timing and aroused suspicion.

Now that the groundwork is well laid, let’s manipulate Floria well.

Glancing at Floria’s room, I smirked.