“[This is a time marker.]”
“Three times?”
“……Yes.”
Although she asked with a brazen face, her heart was thumping. The money already offered by Rickel was enough for her to live a leisurely life if she spent it frugally.
But now she was asking for three times that amount.
‘With that money, forget about saving it, I’ll show them what luxury is!’
Lea stared quietly at the Count, her mind filled with thoughts of a future yet to unfold. He seemed to be contemplating her demand.
‘Did I ask for too much?’
As time passed with the man remaining silent, Lea started to feel increasingly nervous.
Even for a Count of royal blood, it was a considerable sum of money.
Just as she was about to backtrack on her words out of guilt for being too greedy, the Count, pulling up one corner of his mouth, replied.
“I will give you five times the amount you requested.”
His arrogant demeanor suggested that he believed this to be a sufficient amount.
“Oh, thank you… What?”
For a moment, Lea blinked, thinking she had heard him incorrectly.
“Fi, five times?”
“Yes.”
‘Are you crazy? Five times. How much would that be?’
Lea, forgetting that she was standing in front of the Count, began to calculate the sum on her fingers.
‘500 silver coins, so that’s 5 gold coins!?’
She nearly screamed out loud. Five gold coins was a vast fortune. In the economically modest eastern continent, it was enough to live a luxurious life comparable to that of a noble for half a lifetime.
Lea, fueled by excitement, let out a hot breath. She had not hoped for this much. As expected, the Prince’s scale was exceptional.
“How about it? Will you accept the offer?”
‘Of course!’
But, the more crucial the situation, the calmer one must be.
Lea, striving to appear calm, smoothed out her voice. She couldn’t help her mouth turning up at the corners, though.
“Well, if you’re offering that much, I don’t see how it’s a bad deal. I accept your offer. Now, about the payment method…”
“For now…”
He continued, leaning back on the couch.
“Don’t you need to bring me some credible information first?”
‘Damn.’
Lea cursed inwardly at his requirement. No wonder he offered to give five times so easily.
‘He still doesn’t trust me.’
In some ways, the Count’s attitude was justified. Why would he hand over such a large sum of money just based on trust?
She needed to present him with reliable information to gain his trust. To do that, she had to win Rickel’s trust first.
Lea, taking a short breath, looked straight into the Count’s eyes.
“Understood. I’ll bring you news through the one who proposed this deal that you will be pleased with.”
“It should be worth five gold coins…”
The Count’s eyes questioned her openly, seemingly doubtful.
“It will be worth more than that. Please prepare the money you’re going to give me. I’ll be off now.”
With a confident demeanor, Lea bowed to the Count.
“[Dash] Thud.”
‘Impudent.’
Akia, remembering Lea as she vanished from his view, crossed his legs and muttered arrogantly.
“This is interesting.”
Those who chased after money were easy to handle. Their decisions were all swayed by money. All he had to do was offer more money than the other party.
“It won’t hurt to observe for a while.”
The image of the woman, her eyes sparkling just moments ago, brought a pleased smile to his face.
“[This is a time marker.]”
Lea was in the clinic, reading a book until late in the evening. She was looking for a herb to neutralize the toxicity of Polarium.
“[Dash] Knock Knock.”
A short knock sounded.
‘Who could it be at this hour?’
A vague darkness outside the window came into view. She was planning to return to her bedroom after finishing this book.
“Come in.”
Wondering if a sick servant was seeking help, Lea closed the book she was reading. The door opened, revealing Rickel.
“Is it too late?”
Lea, who had planned to just read and return, hadn’t even put on her pharmacist’s robe. Rickel, who had approached her desk, widened his eyes and laughed.
Despite the handsome man’s laughter, Lea found it quite suspicious.
‘I can’t really read him.’
Lea, who had awkwardly smiled at him, covered the book she was reading with other documents. Better safe than sorry.
“I was about to leave, but do you need something?”
He definitely didn’t come to the clinic because he was sick.
As expected……he undoubtedly came to hear the response about the deal he proposed last time.
“We still have unfinished business to discuss.”
He seemed to pull something out from his possession, and then Rickel nonchalantly placed a bag on the desk.
[Thud]The small lump of metal made quite a dull sound as it hit the desk.
‘Wow.’
Upon seeing the small bag, Lea almost let out an exclamation. Even without seeing it, she could tell exactly what was inside the bag.
‘If it’s this size, it must be gold coins.’
Lea swallowed hard. At Rickel’s gesture for her to open it, Lea promptly picked up the bag.
Upon seeing the sparkling gold coins, Lea’s heart fluttered.
“It’s one gold coin. That’s twice as much as your fifty silver coin penalty.”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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