“If a similar situation arises as before, please call me. I will handle it swiftly.”
It sounded like the Penil Viscount’s bodyguard mentioning the incident where they pointed a sword at me just a while ago.
“You can trust Zen with that. But there’s no need to make him do something I can handle alone.”
“My lord is concerned.”
When Zen mentioned Olland, I involuntarily fell silent.
I had caused a lot of worries to Olland due to the incident ten years ago. Just thinking about what Olland had done for me at that time made me unable to lift my face because of the guilt.
“…Is Father still worried that I’m active as a weapon master?”
Zen didn’t respond to my words. Silence meant affirmation.
Olland didn’t stop me from doing what I wanted, but he seemed to hope that I would marry a nobleman and enjoy ordinary happiness.
However, his worries seemed to increase as suitors came looking for me every day, and he fainted and drove them away.
I wasn’t someone who could live quietly, but I felt the need to be careful not to cause any more worries from now on.
“I understand what you mean. I’ll try to act as safely as possible, so please convey that to Father as well.”
“Yes, miss.”
Zen nodded with an expressionless face, but unlike before, there was a sense of satisfaction, and I couldn’t help but chuckle.
Zen had some resemblance to Ascan. So somehow, his words seemed to be heard better by me.
As I mentioned to Noksia before, I conducted interviews to send more people to the Kalua Empire.
With the ascension of Helcyon as the emperor of the Kalua Empire, the long-standing turmoil ended. However, relying solely on those who went to interrogate Ascan could impose limitations on information gathering.
Looking at the neatly dressed middle-aged man sitting in front of me, I asked.
“You’ve been working for the Brellof family for over ten years, right?”
“Yes. I’ve been working steadily since I was young.”
The paper in my hand was filled with personal information about the man undergoing the interview.
There was only one reason for conducting the interview. It was to choose as trustworthy people as possible to send to the Kalua Empire.
Ascan’s personal information was top secret.
To find him, it was necessary to reveal unique facts such as handling an eternal flame or being able to steelify the body.
However, if that fact went to the Kalua Empire’s higher-ups, it could be dangerous because it might reveal that he was from a human weapon experimentation lab.
The Kalua Empire had officially announced the abandonment of large-scale human weapon experiments long ago, and as evidence, they issued orders to kill those from the experimentation lab.
Back then, when I mobilized the Brellof family’s information network to find Ascan, I found out that there was an order for extermination.
So, I couldn’t publicly search for Ascan.
When there was still human weapon experimentation, it was difficult due to the Kalua Empire’s confidential information, and later, it became cautious because of the danger of being exposed to the extermination order.
If Ascan were alive, he would undoubtedly be hiding his identity.
In such a situation where I had to secretly find him, I could only face numerous obstacles and difficulties, but…
I had never once given up.
“Do you know that if you pass this interview with me, you’ll have to go straight to the Kalua Empire?”
In response to my words, the middle-aged man being interviewed nodded with a tense expression.
“I already know. There shouldn’t be any difficulties in settling there since my wife is from the Kalua Empire.”
The middle-aged man had been a diligent worker in the Brellof family for a long time. Moreover, the fact that his wife was from the Kalua Empire made the conditions very favorable.
As I had to be dispatched for a long time until I found Ascan, many families immigrated to the Kalua Empire as a group.
In many ways, he felt suitable.
“Alright. I’ll support everything for you to settle in the Kalua Empire. However, please find only one person there.”
The man, who realized that he passed the interview, smiled brightly. Then, with a curious look, he asked me.
“Who are you looking for?”
Instead of answering, I took out the paper I had put in the drawer and showed it to him.
There, Ascan’s personal information was written.
At the top was a detailed portrait of Ascan’s face, along with age, height, and other details about his abilities with fire and steelization.
In a way, it was not much different from a missing person flyer.
“Ah…”
The man read the contents on the paper, looking surprised, and stared at me with an expression that he hadn’t expected the person I was looking for to be a boy like this.
It was a familiar gaze, so when our eyes met, I spoke with a serious expression.
“I drew his face as a portrait from ten years ago, so it may be different from now. Please refer to it and memorize the contents. After that, burn the paper and leave.”
“I understand.”
The man carefully looked at the paper, memorizing the contents.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!