Entering the room in a hurry, I immediately found my secret notebook.

I knew who Asilwood Jajak, mentioned by Philen, was.

‘One of the figures in the incident.’

This secret notebook documented the events that occurred in the original work.

When I was four years old, I had vivid memories of my past life. However, as time passed, the memories faded, so I wrote them down in advance.

‘Ah, found it!’

At the front of the notebook, I easily found information about Asilwood Jajak.

Asilwood Jajak was a close associate of Amelia Hwangbi and a very wicked fraudster who swindled people around him.

‘Claiming that magic stones were found on the land he owned, right?’

Currently, half of the production of magic stones was coming from our family’s land, Hesera.

However, Asilwood Jajak claimed that magic stones had been purchased from his land this time.

But nobles in the capital did not move easily, due to their characteristic conservative nature.

When it became difficult to swindle the nobles in the capital, he came down to Hesera, planning to use my dad to orchestrate a massive scam.

‘He brought the magic stones as a gift to my dad during the party.’

It wasn’t uncommon for someone invited to a party to give a small gift to the host.

Asilwood Jajak took advantage of that to carry out his fraud.

‘By lying that the magic stones came from the land he purchased!’

This added credibility to Asilwood Jajak’s words, and his fraudulent activities proceeded very smoothly.

In response to suspicions from those who doubted whether the magic stones were real, my dad had the servants verify the authenticity of the magic stones.

‘The magic stones were indeed real.’

As it was confirmed by the Duke himself, there was no reason to think he had brought fake magic stones.

‘He thought he could deceive all the nobles in the capital by getting an investment from our family, a big player in mining.’

After the truth about the real magic stones was revealed, Jajak tried to use it as an excuse to secure an investment.

‘He claimed to have invested in the Duke’s mansion.’

I don’t know where he got those real magic stones. I squinted my eyes.

‘Never trust a fraudster’s words.’

Moreover, his fraudulent activities didn’t end there. After deceiving the nobles in a big way, he targeted other people, namely the Wystead Guild merchants.

The merchants who had worked tirelessly under my dad succumbed to the sweet talk of the cunning fraudster.

In the end, the guild merchants lent their names to Jajak, and he completely emptied their pockets, including providing investment funds.

Taking money from my dad and taking money from the merchants, Asilwood Jajak ran away to another country.

Upon learning all the facts later, my dad, in great anger, swiftly dealt with all the merchants involved.
‘For venting frustration…’

Of course, I don’t think my dad would do that now.

‘…No, maybe not? Ah, it can’t be.’

I’ve emphasized to my family for the past few years!

‘I’ve told them how scary it is to kill people, how I don’t like hitting, that tearing people apart is a bad thing, and so on. I’ve worked hard to indoctrinate my family.’

‘So even if merchants are being deceived, he won’t kill them.’

After crossing paths with the nobles a few times, I became quite friendly with them.

They somehow figured out my preferences every year and sent me presents like toys and snacks I liked.

Sometimes, when there was a meeting at the noble’s mansion, the merchants would exclaim, ‘Oh, our young lady! You’re at home today!’, ‘Miss! If you’re bored, you can visit the meeting room anytime! Please!’, and always greeted me warmly when we met during those times.

‘Of course, sometimes it gets a bit too much.’

Anyway, I couldn’t just let those kind gentlemen be robbed of their money.

I pondered deeply.

‘Come to think of it, it’s strange. How did Asilwood Jajak approach our family’s merchants?’

According to Philen, on the day of the party, the regular guild meeting was held at the noble’s mansion.

‘So, my dad said he would attend the party after the meeting.’

Since many merchants were coming from a distance, on the day when the guild meeting was held at the noble’s mansion, they stayed in the annex for a day or two.

Merchants staying in the annex never came to the main house. The annex where they stayed and the main house where the party was held were quite far apart.

That means Asilwood Jajak went to the annex himself…

‘Why did Jajak go?’

From there, a new question arose.

Since Asilwood Jajak wasn’t a person who frequently visited our house, he probably wouldn’t know who was staying where in this spacious noble’s mansion.

But how did he know that merchants were staying in the annex?

The date of the party arrived quickly. That meant merchants were arriving one by one at the noble’s mansion to attend the meeting.

“Miss! It’s been a while!”

“It’s Mr. Theophila!”

“Miss! I’m here too!”

“Hello, Mr. Hidal!”

Heading to the annex where the merchants were planning to stay, Theophila and Hidal warmly greeted me.