Elise lifted her chin with a fan. Deboa’s mouth, which had been wide open, closed. Only then did Elise reveal the real reason she met her.
“The Phon Newspaper is going to be up for sale. At a very cheap price. You should be able to buy it with the money you’ve earned. How about participating in the bidding?”
“Buy a newspaper?”
“You wanted to buy one someday. Just think the timing has been moved up a bit. And you can’t start a newspaper under your own name anyway.”
Deboa will start a newspaper seven years later. With the money earned from the coffee salon. She started it, but it wasn’t hers. Because Deboa’s husband was the representative.
It couldn’t be helped. In the kingdom, women couldn’t start a business.
‘Even if acquisition is possible.’
It was a ridiculous law, but it existed in the kingdom and has been kept for a long time.
One of the reasons Elise hid behind Chase. The reason to highlight Chase was big.
“But… Phon Newspaper is a big newspaper among big newspapers. And a perfectly fine newspaper being up for sale, you want me to believe that?”
“Not right now. But it will come out in two weeks. Very urgently. Trust me and prepare the money in advance. You must have earned quite a bit by now.”
Deboa alternately looked at the teacup and Elise.
She could guess what she was thinking.
If she didn’t believe her words, it would be the content that could fulfill what she wanted, and if she believed it, it would be absurd.
Is it because she’s a journalist that she can’t believe it without evidence?
Then she should give her information.
“Do you know that the president of the Phon Newspaper got involved in gambling? A report will be filed. Because he didn’t just get involved in gambling.”
“What is the source of that content? What if it’s not?”
“There’s no way it’s not.”
“You talk as if you’ve seen it. Is it a credible source?”
Looking at Deboa, who was looking at her with doubtful eyes, Elise smiled meaningfully.
‘Because the source is me. It’s something I made up.’
In the past, Elise shut down the Phon Newspaper.
Because the Phon Newspaper poured out negative articles about Chase.
So Elise dug into the back of the president of the Phon Newspaper, and found out that he had not only gambled but also got involved in illegal drug distribution.
Elise naturally reported it to the judiciary.
As a result, the president of the Phon Newspaper was fined a large amount.
‘He didn’t go to jail because he’s a noble.’
Innocent until proven guilty.
It was a dirty world.
At that time, the president of the Phon Newspaper began to put up the buildings and companies he owned for sale at a bargain price. The Phon Newspaper was also included in the property.
In the past, Elise actively participated in the acquisition of the Phon Newspaper.
‘At that time, I had to directly intervene in the public opinion of Bedrokka. I had money too.’
But the situation has changed. Elise has to leave for Tetris, and she doesn’t have enough cash to buy the Phon Newspaper right away.
‘If you just watch, Chase will take the bait.’
If Chase finds out that the Phon Newspaper is up for sale, he will definitely move.
‘If he didn’t take my words lightly.’
Elise taught Chase a lot. One of them was the importance of public opinion.
‘You have to deal with things quickly before Chase knows and moves.’
Elise planned to advance the sale of the Phon Newspaper.
‘It’s too long to report to the judiciary and get a judgment.’
So Elise put a separate word into the president of the Phon Publishing Company.
‘The judiciary will come out for inspection. Sell things to prepare for exile.’
But he won’t be able to exile. Because the judiciary will rush in to arrest him when he leaves.
Elise calculated the time thoroughly.
“I’ll see you at the party. Whether you buy the Phon Newspaper or not, it’s Deboa’s intention, but I hope you don’t miss a good opportunity. And I hope you write an article.”
Elise finished the conversation and got up.
Deboa will move as Elise intended.
Not because she believes in Elise, but because she won’t lose anything if she does as she says.
There was no need to check whether Deboa believed Elise’s words.
An unprecedented extra edition was published in the three-year history of the Alleycat Times.
[Shocking true story.
Did the wild deer who spent the night with the Prince of Tetris really…?]
The fact that Elise and Karan spent the night was reported in the article.
It was a direct and blatant article as Elise wanted.
No one didn’t know that the deer was a symbol of Worton.
Deboa kindly added the word “red-gold hair” so as not to confuse with Iris.
Compared to Iris, who had clear golden hair as if melted pure gold, Elise had golden hair mixed with pumpkin color.
‘They call it dirty blonde.’
And since they wrote that she was the fiancée of the royal family, everyone would have known that the protagonist of the article was Elise, even though they didn’t mention her name.
“I appreciate that they wrote it so clearly.”
Deboa also took some risks in writing the article.
“There could be sanctions from the royal family.”
They might pretend not to care because it’s a gossip paper, but still.
Thud. The sound of folding the newspaper was cheerful.
“Oh, Miss…”
Regina whimpered.
Our gentle lady, the innocent lady who only looked at His Highness Chase, was attached to a barbarian!
Regina’s eyes, looking at Elise reading the newspaper, were full of worry.
How much would Elise be hurt?
And how much would she be anxious?
But contrary to Regina’s worries, Elise was calm even after reading the entire newspaper article. Only Regina was trembling.
“The deer in the article is you, right?”
Regina pointed to the Alleycat Times on the table.
“Hm.”
Elise nodded calmly.
“Leaving His Highness Chase…and spending the night with that man of the barbarians… So…”
“Yes, Regina. I spent the night with the Prince of Tetris, who is called a barbarian.”
“Huh.”
Thud. Regina collapsed on the floor.
“What will happen with His Highness Chase?”
“What will happen is breaking up. Completely over.”
“The engagement will be as if it never happened. Are you okay?”
Regina looked like she was about to burst into tears any moment. On the other hand, Elise, the protagonist of the scandal, smiled brightly.
“Of course. It’s all what I want.”
Breaking off the engagement with the parasite Chase, and marrying Karan.
Everything was exactly as Elise intended.
“Miss, did you read the article correctly? Not His Highness Chase, but a barbarian…”
“Regina. From now on, call him His Highness Karan. Don’t mention the word ‘barbarian’ in front of him.”
Regina froze completely.
Did Elise eat breakfast wrong? Was she so shocked that she was confusing reality and the content of the article?
“I’m perfectly sane. And I need to send a letter. Can I take this newspaper? Regina? Regina.”
Only after Elise called her twice did Regina come to her senses.
“Oh, yes! Yes, take it, Miss.”
There were a lot of things Regina wanted to ask Elise, but she couldn’t dig into the secret personal life of her employer.
If Elise took the initiative and told her, that would be another story.
“But Miss, what about that newspaper?”
She could ask at least that much.
“I’m going to send it to His Highness Chase.”
Regina was horrified.
Whether she did or not, Alice neatly folded the newspaper.
****
Just as a shower came without warning, the Viscount Worton’s unpleasant order also came without warning.
“Elise! Come down immediately!”
Elise, who was leisurely drinking tea in the afternoon, frowned at the sound echoing up to her room on the third floor.
“He’s quick. Father, the older he gets the more energetic he becomes.”
As Elise tried to go out, pouring out her casual impressions, Regina blocked her way.
Elise raised her eyebrows.
“Miss, if you go down now, you’ll be scolded severely. Say you’re very sick and meet tomorrow, how about that?”
“Are you saying to wait for the storm to avoid the rain? Regina, it’s better to get hit sooner.”
“That’s not it! I know because I’ve been hit…It’s better to be hit later. The person hitting loses strength.”
“You’ve been hit?”
“Ah…that…that’s not important right now. You shouldn’t go down, Miss.”
Regina had been hit by someone, and judging by her reaction, it seemed to have happened recently, but Elise had no idea.
She knew that the head maid or butler would punish the young servants if they did something wrong.
But Regina was neither a young servant who deserved punishment from them, nor was she clumsy at work.
Moreover, she only served Elise, so she couldn’t offend the feelings of others…
A flash of light struck Elise’s mind as she pondered.
‘They hit Regina because they couldn’t hit me.’
There were often people who thought their master’s prestige was their own and acted arrogantly.
She also heard that they create power and rank among themselves with the prestige of their master.
‘Regina must have had a hard time.’
In the Self-made Viscount Worton’s house, Elise’s position was no better than that of the butler or the head maid.
The engagement with Chase was just a verbal promise, and until recently, Chase’s position was also precarious.
‘I see. That’s why I feel more disgusted.’
Elise clenched her fist.
‘I won’t leave you alone even if I leave.’
Elise’s eyes shone brightly.
“Miss…”
Regina whimpered. Regina was only worried about Elise, not knowing what she was thinking.
“Regina, I’ll be back. Stay here.”
“No, I’ll follow you…”
“I don’t want to show you.”
Regina clenched her hands in front of her chest.
Of course, my neat master wouldn’t want to show me her disheveled appearance.
But if that happens, the plan to get hit instead of Elise would be in vain.
She wanted to follow her even if she had to be stubborn. This was not an ordinary event.
“Stay here.”
But at Elise’s firm command, Regina could only stand still with her feet stuck to the floor.
There was nowhere to ask for help, and she had no power to help Elise. Regina felt a chill in my heart again.
****
“What a wretch! What is this! You can’t keep that one request to stay quietly in the corner of the house and you’re causing this fuss?”
As soon as Elise came down to the hall, the Alleycat Times, with a crumpled surface, was thrown at her.
The Alleycat Times hit Elise’s shoulder and fell to the floor.
Elise’s gaze momentarily stopped and fell on the Alleycat Times spread out on the floor.
“Good day, father, mother. And sister.”
“Good day? What kind of greeting a pierced mouth can say? Is the dirty thing written there true? What on earth are you doing!”
(t/n: pierced mouth-means a warning to be careful what you say)
Viscount Worton, Fraser, lashed out at Elise. His face was flushed with veins in his neck, as if he was really angry.
“It’s as written in the article. I slept with His Highness Karan of Tetris, who is called a barbarian.”
“What, what did you say?”
“It seemed like you were curious.”
At Elise’s calm retort, Fraser grabbed the back of her neck.
