The primary reason Calon had asked Ino to find an expert in ancient languages was because a complex issue concerning an ancient document had recently arisen.
One day, a noble from Denertum unexpectedly visited Ash Trading Company, claiming to prove his family’s stake in the land that Ash Trading Company intended to buy. He brought an ancient deed written in an ancient language.
Naturally, the document was written in an archaic, unreadable script.
Nevertheless, they managed to find someone with moderate knowledge in ancient languages and reluctantly had the document decoded.
The deal went smoothly. However, an issue arose after Ash Trading Company made the payment.
When they filed for the title transfer at the government office, they received a response much later saying, “This document cannot be accepted as proof of land ownership.”
Upon investigation, it turned out that while the document brought by the man was indeed ancient, it was only a temporary lease, not a deed of ownership.
However, that portion was written in such complicated language that even the staff at Ash Trading Company couldn’t read it properly. Moreover, the person they had consulted for translation turned out to be the cousin of the man who had come to sell the land.
“So we’ve been scammed.”
“Yes. It’s quite an elaborate scam. The noble, his relative, and even the official at the government office are saying that it’s our fault for not verifying the document properly, so we can’t even sue.”
In the end, they were all in cahoots.
Calon decided not to pursue the matter further. They had attacked with intent, so they must have prepared their own countermeasures.
Moreover, if the government office sided with them, it would become even more difficult.
Although they could formally request help from the royal family to file a lawsuit, it would undoubtedly take a long time to resolve everything.
And most importantly, if word got out that they were deceived this way, more scammers would target them.
“The money we lost isn’t that much.”
Considering the budget prepared for this plan, the money they lost couldn’t even buy a day’s snacks for the people at Ash Trading Company.
“Of course, I won’t let this go.”
He is a merchant. There’s no room for loss. He’s lived that way until now and will continue to do so.
Having made a mistake once, there wouldn’t be a second time. Ash Trading Company decided to halt all transactions until they found a proper expert in ancient languages.
In other words, they could only begin operations after finding someone skilled in ancient languages.
“Alright. It’s not the time for us to consider other people’s affairs.”
Calon rose from his seat.
“Prepare to go to Aradis Manor.”
Smack!
With a loud noise, Ael’s face turned to the side. Standing in front of Ael, Elize was red in the face, breathing heavily.
The Lord and Lady stood beside them, saying nothing, their faces only reflecting the same anger as Elize.
Seeing Ael being slapped, Lord Aradis looked around the room as if intending to find something to lash out with.
“You idiot! Are you saying you did well?”
Elize screamed at Ael and suddenly sat down on the sofa beside her, covering her face with her hands and starting to cry.
The Lady approached Elize to console her.
“Oh, our poor Elize. What should we do now?”
“I don’t know! That idiot ruined my life!”
Now Elize’s sobbing turned into wailing. The Lady felt as if her heart was breaking.
Elize’s popularity had been on the rise lately. The Duke had also been contacting and meeting her more frequently than before. They had believed that Elize would undoubtedly become the Duchess.
That’s why the Lady had been dreaming of a beautiful future with her daughter.
It seemed so certain, so close that she could almost touch it, that she had even begun to prepare for her life as the mother of the future Duchess.
I had already made a list of the nobles who had never invited me, mocking me as the wife of a fallen family. All to seat them in the farthest corners during Elize and the Duke’s wedding.
Those who used to subtly ignore me, even the owners of the dress shops, now greeted Lady Ash and Elize with great pleasure upon hearing the news.
They didn’t complain even when we said we would pay for the dresses later.
Not just the dress shops, even the furniture and jewelry stores welcomed the Ash family.
Receiving such elaborate hospitality, Lady Ash imagined her daughter’s wedding.
When that day comes, she thought, she would duly repay these people. And to those who had ignored them all this time, she would return the favor.
Of course, in the name of the Duke who would become her son-in-law!
‘But that fool went and spilled all of Elize’s mistakes in front of Liena…!’
Her beautiful dream shattered in an instant. Liena would undoubtedly spread the rumor throughout high society.
Which is probably why she had invited so many people to her tea party.
The future that had seemed so clear just a moment ago felt murdered.
“What should I do now…”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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