CH 77

“Master. I contacted you about the request I made yesterday.”

“Yes. I was waiting for you to contact me.”

What, he was waiting? He should’ve called me first.

I was thinking nonsense, but I hurriedly escaped from my thoughts.

“You asked me to tell you about Violet and every move she made today.”

“Yeah. Violet just went here, and I want to know about her whereabouts in real time.”

“Morris is after Violet right now. By the way, Violet was here? Is there anything missing?”

I answered calmly, shrugging my shoulders lightly.

“There are a lot of things that are missing.”

“I’ll give my men instructions to take Violet right now

“No, leave her alone. This is an investment.”

“What do you mean?”

“I am not sure what’s going to happen either. I’ll tell you when it’s done.”

After a while, I turned off the communication mirror and got up from my seat.

“Antonia. I have a place to go for a while. Can you take care of Rose House in the meantime?”

“Sure. Have a safe trip.”

“Yes, thank you.”

I went to look for Violet after dressing more luxurious than usual.

“You thief! I was looking for you!”

As the master told me, Violet was caught stealing a loaf of bread and was being beaten by the bakery owner.

“You’ll make me go out of business! If you were born healthy, you should think about working justly, but you go around stealing my precious bread?”

Violet was kicked but did not let go of the bread in her arms.

‘Looking at that grit and persistence, it’s Violet from the original.’

I quickly approached the bakery owner.

“Wait a minute.”

“What is it?”

The bakery owner paused at my brilliant appearance.

“D, Duchess Palesdon?”

“She’s my guest, what’s wrong?”

“I-it’s not like that!”

“What’s not like that?”

“Sorry, sorry!”

I thought I had a better reputation these days, but my notoriety still seemed to be etched in people’s minds.

The bakery owner was afraid of me just by talking to him.

“Customer. You left your money at the store.”

I approached Violet and held out the gold.

Violet stared blankly at the gold I handed her.

“Isn’t this your money?”

Soon Violet’s eyes were filled with greed.

She reached out and grabbed my gold.

“Yes, that’s right. …………my money.”

“Then you can pay for the bread, so you don’t have to be beaten like this.”

It meant that I wanted her to pay for the bread with the gold I gave her.

Violet looked at me with eyes that saw something strange.

It was clear to me that she was thinking, ‘Why me?’

I laughed and took another gold out of my pocket.

“Come to think of it, you left one more gold.”

If Violet pays for the bread with gold, I’ll give her gold again.

Violet’s purple eyes shook with suspicion.

Soon she was in agony.

There was gold in Violet’s hand now.

If she ran away like this, she could secure one gold.

But now she had a chance to get gold and bread.

Instead, in this case, two conditions had to be established together.

1. Violet gives gold to the bakery owner.

2. I give gold to Violet.

Even if Violet keeps No. 1, if she doesn’t keep No. 2, Violet will only get bread.

‘If you steal the gold I’m holding here, you’ll get a total of two golds.’

What about Violet?

I waited happily for her choice.

Violet, who had been agonizing for a long time, offered gold to the bakery owner.

Then she reaches out to me.

The attitude was so confident that I was satisfied.

‘Yes, you should have this kind of guts!’

I asked the bakery owner, who was watching the situation with a puzzled face.

“Is there anything left for my guest?”

“Oh, no! It’s an honor for the Duchess Palesdon to visit her personally!”

Eventually, the bakery owner bowed down to the point where his forehead touched his knee.

‘If I don’t go soon, he’ll fall down.’

I walked thinking Violet would follow me.

‘As expected. She’s following me.’

I climbed into the waiting carriage and motioned to Violet.

“Get in.”

No more honorifics were used.

‘Since we have to set the mood well from now on.’

Violet, who hugged her bread, looked around warily and carefully, then got into the carriage.

Suddenly, I thought as I looked at the bread that Violet was hugging.

‘If it’s that big, then the bakery owner deserves to be angry.’

The bread was bigger than Violet’s thin body.

“What’s your name?”

Violet hugged the bread and raised her wild cat-like eyes.

I asked again with a slight shrug.

“The bread is yours now, so you can eat it. What’s your name?”

“………………Violet. Violet Jean.”

Violet replied with a suspicious look.

I asked without realizing it when I saw her biting the bread.

“What’s your father’s name? By any chance, is it Val Jean………?”

“What? What are you talking about? What are you gonna do with me?”

I was just joking, but Violet reacted sharply.

A dangerous aura came from her as if threatening.

I wasn’t scared at all because there was a knight next to me who would protect me now.

And because I know her desires well.

“Here you go.”

While Violet was hugging the bread, she managed to grab the rose I put out.

“This is………….”

“You stole it from Rose House a while ago.”

“Do you have proof? Do you have proof that I stole it?”

Violet put out her duck feet first.

‘Good. Shameless is a pass.’

However, I did not express these thoughts on my face.

“Don’t worry. I’m not asking. It’s for you.”

“Why are you giving me this precious thing?”

“I want to ask you something.”

I crossed my legs at the right time.

My dress fluttered and the jewels on the hem sparkled.

It was natural for Violet to look possessed.

I was not satisfied there.

I purposely tilted my head to make the expensive jewelry I wore visible.

Everything I am wearing right now is worth several mansions.

Looking at myself decorated with splendor from head to toe, the greed in Violet’s eyes deepened.

“What would you do if you had a chance to change your life?”

“I’ll change it. Unconditionally.”

Violet’s determined will flared up.

‘She even passed ambition. I’ll give her a perfect score.’

I liked her for expressing her desire frankly.

“All right, I’ll give you a chance to choose. If you succeed, I promise you wealth to the point where you can’t use it all up even if you try to spend it all your whole life.”

“How am I supposed to believe that promise?”

“You saw me a while ago. I keep my promise.”

I didn’t throw gold on the street because I had a lot of money left.

While testing Violet, I instilled trust in me.

Violet tilted her head.

She seemed to be thinking about whether she could negotiate a better offer even after receiving an already huge one.

Soon she nodded.

“All right.”

Violet’s eyes twinkled with a curious desire.

Her desire for wealth will be her driving force to never betray me.

I said with a smile.

“Then we should start with the names first, right? I’m not asking you to use extreme honorifics, but I would be troubled with the way you talk right now.”

“………………Yes, my Lord!”

I waved my hand in embarrassment as Violet shouted loudly.

“What Lord? It’s too grand.”

“Yes, master!”

“Are you my slave?”

Violet crumpled her face and murmured that she was picky, but I generously pretended not to hear.

Violet, who was struggling with frowning, presented a candidate for the title again.

“Ms. Banker?”

(t/n: it sounds unnatural, but this is the literal translation of 물주님 that I could think of. 님 = Ms; 물주 = banker)

“That’s good enough.”

Violet gladly nodded at the title she threw with a suspicious face.

“It’s really good.”

It was just a word that expressed the relationship between me and Violet.

“Are you out of your mind?”

“Oh ho.”

“Are you out of your mind, Ms. Banker?”

“Yes, of course.”

At that moment, a lot of thoughts crossed Violet’s eyes.

– I think she’s out of her mind

– Can I trust her?

– Should I run away now?

But in the end, Violet sat quietly in the carriage.

So my contract with Violet was concluded safely.