Who Regressed the Timekeeper? (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

“!”

Everyone in the courtroom was startled. Among them, the Second Prince and Amy’s parents were the most shocked. The person they had believed would cling to this matter with unyielding tenacity had just declared surrender first.

Benedict was no exception—he stood there with his mouth agape, wearing a foolish expression.

“But before that, there’s one thing I’d like to confirm.”

Noah raised a straight finger and pointed toward Amy’s parents in the spectator seats. All eyes turned to them.

“If Amelia were to return, even belatedly, would you be willing to give back her property?”

“!”

Unlike grieving parents, the Countess Besford—whose skin glowed with health from eating and sleeping well—stammered in flustered confusion at the sudden accusation.

From behind, the woman presumed to be the Second Prince’s consort quickly whispered something to them. Immediately, Count Besford cleared his throat gravely.

“Of course. We desire nothing more than for Amelia to return and be embraced by us once again—far more than any property.”

A small wave of jeers immediately rippled through the courtroom. Everyone already knew well enough from months of legal battles just how obsessed they were with money. Now, having acquired the continent’s greatest wealth, their feigned concern for their daughter struck everyone as blatant deception, and frowns spread across the crowd.

Noah nodded.

“I see. So you still intend to claim the property? In other words… you have no intention of leaving it under my management as it is now?”

“Hah! So that was your true aim all along.”

Contempt and mockery appeared on Amy’s parents’ faces. The Grand Duke, hailed as the one who brought spring to the frozen north and performed miracles as a Sword Master—after all that pretense of desperately waiting for his daughter—it turned out his real goal was simply to keep from losing the fortune.

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