The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 230

“Where’s today’s newspaper?”

As soon as the Duke of Ganiello sat down at the breakfast table, what he looked for was a popular daily newspaper currently sweeping through the imperial capital, aimed at the middle class. Originally dismissed by high nobles as vulgar and sensationalist—something they would secretly read for amusement—lately even the noblest houses in the capital were scrambling to get their hands on it.

The reason for its sudden popularity was simple: the much-talked-about serialized novel, “Betrayal.”

The butler presented a silver tray bearing the newspaper to his master. As the Duke unfolded it and turned directly to the fiction section, his second son, Colin, entered the dining room.

Colin wore a disgruntled expression—as he had these days, without fail. He sat down, glanced at his father, then asked hesitantly,

“Father, about going out today…”

“No. Stay quietly indoors until I personally permit otherwise.”

With the political situation so volatile, it would do no good for the Duke of Ganiello’s only healthy son to wander about aimlessly. Unaware of his father’s concerns, Colin’s face darkened with dissatisfaction.

“How much longer? Isn’t this precisely the moment we should prove our loyalty to His Highness the Crown Prince? His Highness needs his own loyalists—how can it be normal that he’s forced to reach out to minor nobles simply because he lacks trustworthy people?”

“And while you’re at it, you’d also get to see that girl, Megara?”

Colin flinched. The Duke clicked his tongue.

“Don’t entertain foolish thoughts. In times like these, the wisest course is simply to stay quiet and avoid getting entangled.”

Unlike the House of Elantria—established since the empire’s founding—or the House of Grunehals, which had gradually risen through the ranks, the House of Ganiello had become high nobility only after a foreign royal family integrated into the Empire of Vista.

Long ago, when the House of Palos lost its heirs, the Emperor of Vista needed a new close confidant to absorb some of that house’s influence and maintain balance among the nobility. The first Duke of Ganiello happened to align perfectly with those interests.

Centuries had passed since then—so long that “foreign royal blood” now carried no meaning beyond historical fact. Yet the proud people of Vista never missed a chance to treat the Ganiellos as outsiders.

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