Chapter 75

Emma’s Proposal and the Contract [Part 1]

“I brought her here. George.”

A voice came from the door.

“Kuh—!”

“Ah—!”

“Father!”

Leonard came from the stairs later than Koumei.

He looked considerably angry.

“George, William!! You didn’t leave a word and stayed outside without permission. Of course I’ll be worried!”

” “W-We’re sorry!” “

George and William straightened up their backs in panic and apologized.

Leonard approached the two and dropped his fist on their heads. *whack* Emma could tell from the dull sound that it must’ve hurt.

“Good grief, what are you going to do if something happens to Emma?”

” “W-We’re sorry!” “

” “W-We’re sorry!” “

“Emma, too. Don’t worry me too much, okay?”

Leonard hugged Emma and reminded her softly.

He doted on his daughter to an abnormal extent and used her name for the finest variety of silk produced in the territory. If he remembered correctly, the name of that silk is Emma Silk...

That young boy Emma, who’s being hugged by Leonard, is... the Count’s beloved daughter... Emma Stuart???

“I-I’m sorry! I-I’ve let your precious children spend a night at such a dirty place...”

*shudder* Chills ran through Harold’s body.

For noble children to stay overnight in the slums is an unforgivable thing.

“No, no, the children look fine, so it’s alright. Well, it’s going to be that if the children aren’t safe, though.”

“Hahaha,” Leonard laughed harmlessly, but it gave Harold further chills.

“Father, Harold-san makes amazing ink, you see? I want to try using it to dye silk.”

Emma made a proposition while admiring the handsome uncle who was trembling from Leonard’s joke.

As the development for the dyeing process had been in a bottleneck for a long time, perhaps this ink could wield some results.

Bright colors are produced just from dyeing one time, and it also doesn’t fade.

This could cause a revolution from the existing wash-dye-wash repeated dyeing method.

They could even expect a lower production cost as dyeing with this ink doesn’t require water, which is valuable in Palace.

“Just do it if Emma wants to try it. Umm, Harold-san? Would you be willing to sell this amazing ink to us?”

Leonard accepted his child’s suggestion without question and requested the purchase of the ink from Harold. He would buy it no matter the price, so it ended up with him bidding the price until it reached the asking price.

Harold knew now that his doting on his daughter wasn’t just a rumor but the truth.

“P-Please wait a moment!!”