CH 134

“I had a relationship when I was young. In addition, he has been steadily connecting with the current executives at the top. All the major decisions at the top are being made through me.”

If that was true, it was quite tempting. Duke Hamilton managed to catch the corner of his mouth about to go up. That son-in-law wasn’t trustworthy enough to be liked by him yet, and it was another thing to find out if that was true.

Besides, if it were true, it was clear that it would be a job that Duke Hamilton would have to send a person to take care of, rather than leave it to Ryan alone.

“That’s true. Is this the only reason we need to see?”

“No actually… I had to ask for help because I had a little problem.”

His face, which had been rekindled with good words, frowned. As soon as the Duke of Hamilton heard it, he burst into anger.

“Something! What’s wrong?”

“…This time it’s about the Grand Duchess that was introduced by Grand Duke Teratius…”

“What about her? Come to think of it, isn’t she Dana Deniz? I’m talking about the representative at the Deniz Merchants. Did you know each other?”

“Father-in-law. I was going to tell you that. She’s the woman who hurt me like this.”

Duke Hamilton looked at him with an expression that he didn’t understand. For what reason did she do that as a woman who would become a high-ranking Grand Duchess?

“Actually, she’s not Dana Deniz.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I don’t know because it happened while I wasn’t at the Deniz merchants… I understand that the real Dana Deniz is missing.”

Duke Hamilton waited for Rian’s next words with his mouth closed. His expression still seemed to be in disbelief.

“Tertius Grand Duchy wanted to deal directly with Dana Deniz’s, so it seems that the upper part hastily used a substitute. They didn’t know it was going to end like this.”

“If that’s true, doesn’t the Great Duke know that she’s fake?”

“I haven’t heard it clearly from his mouth, but I think I should say he knows to some extent in the context of what I heard.”

Rian wanted to hide the fact that he was deeply involved in this, so he wrapped it up as if it were a story he had heard. There was one reason to bring up such a close story.

“Even so, what did she do to hurt you?”

“The woman secretly visited the merchant group alone, fearing that she was found to be fake. And then she ran into me… While I was interrogating, she protested and pushed me off the stairs.”

It was a rather unbelievable story, but Duke Hamilton only clicked his tongue at the sight of Rian wearing a bandage full of blood.

“I tried to take care of it quietly, but the staff who found it first reported it to the security guard…”

“A security guard? Does it mean she’s trapped there?”

“Oh, she was trapped for a while, and the Grand Duke came to pick her up and now she’s released. The problem is that he appealed while taking her to a summary trial.”

Duke Hamilton pressed his forehead with his thumb and middle finger. It wasn’t this son-in-law’s fault, but it seemed to be a little troublesome.

“What are you trying to appeal for?”

“The woman is greedy for the merchant group, citing that she is Dana Deniz. She’s probably going to stumble and fall together as she uses this as an excuse.”

“You said she was fake.”

“Because she’s known externally. I think the Grand Duke already knows and cooperates with it.”

“Oh, my. He knows she’s fake… No, maybe the Grand Duke is doing it on purpose because he wants to swallow the merchant group.”

The Duke of Hamilton remained silent for a moment and lost in thought. Looking at his face full of greed, Rian was also rolling his head at that moment.

It will be convenient in the future only when these elderly people are grilled well.

“Even if we don’t take it, we should prevent the Grand Duke from taking the merchant group spot with a fake representative. I didn’t see him like that, but he’s more greedy than he looks.”

However, it was necessary to be cautious. The opponent was too big to move after listening to Rian.

He was going to ask a little more, but a servant of Duke Hamilton rushed in.

“Your Highness!”

“What’s going on?”

“A person is here. From the security forces…!”

When Rian and the Duke of Hamilton turned their heads there, several people followed behind the servant.

At the front was a security commander, followed by armed knights. It was quite rude to know as this was the Duke of Hamilton’s mansion.

When the chief of security saw the duke, he first greeted him with courtesy.

“Your Grace, Duke of Hamilton, I have been rude to you because I am on official duty.”

The Duke of Hamilton watched him without an answer with anger in his eyes. Then the security chief ceased eye contact and continued to talk.

“I visited like this because I had to investigate Count Rian Felice regarding the trial.”

Rian Felice looked dumbfounded and quickly woke up. He deliberately got too angry.

“Where are you right now? Why are you so rude? If it’s for investigation, if you notify me separately, I’m the victim of this case! What are these armed knights?”

Rian intended to say it with confidence, but so much weighed on his conscience that his voice faltered at the end.