Hello everyone, chapter 2 and 3 are already on Novelupdates, therefore I’ll be continuing onwards. Kindly check them there. Thank you, enjoy reading❤.
Chapter 4
“Yes. First, purchase it, then break the plaster later and try inserting the pin into the lower hole.”
Baeksan pushed it a little towards the princess.
The princess, with slightly widened eyes, looked at the craft and soon a deep smile spread across her face.
“Why are you telling me this?”
“Pardon?”
“You think I didn’t notice you watching me?”
Caught.
Baeksan scratched his cheek. In situations like this, honesty is the best policy.
“I had nowhere else to look.”
“What? Since this is expensive, add it to the inn bill.”
Bartilda, who had been standing quietly for a moment, burst into laughter as if she were taken aback.
“Hahaha! Alright. Dominic, go ahead and purchase it.”
“Yes.”
A knight who had been standing behind the two nodded his head. The princess quietly spoke as she watched him pay.
“If that’s genuine, it would easily surpass 1.5 million gold. Can I hand over something like that to you?”
Even if it’s 1.5 million gold, that’s 1.5 billion. Does a mere egg really cost that much?
Baeksan widened his eyes and bought the craft again.
[Enamel Decorated Egg Craft]
Master craftsman Pavel’s masterpiece ‘Lily of the Battlefield.’ It has a high rarity and is valued at 2,000,000 gold.
…No way! It’s even higher!
“Should I offer to buy it again now? But I don’t have the money!”
And even amidst this, the quest remained incomplete.
“Damn this world.”
Even to the person heading to the afterlife, you would give some money, but I really have nothing.
Disappointed, Baeksan quickly began rationalizing.
“Selling goods is also a job. Especially with high-priced items, it’s more complicated. Even if I had bought it, it would have been difficult to handle, right? It would’ve been tough, right? It must be real, right?”
Though bitter inside, he maintained a tough exterior.
Baeksan shrugged, reaffirming his resolution from his past life.
“Every item has its owner, that’s why I gave it to you since I know who you are.”
This princess, her intuition is too sharp.
Without probing into Baeksan’s brief reaction, the princess didn’t ask how she knew his identity. Instead, she giggled as if finding it amusing.
“Let’s stop with the obvious and boring talk. By the way, aren’t you enjoying this festival?”
“It would be more enjoyable if I had money to enjoy it with.”
“Haha! Well, that’s true. Since you seem to have a good eye for things.”
Princess Batilda said so while looking around.
“If you’re also a citizen of Orkvenia, you’d understand, but at the Blue Moon Fair, national treasures roll on such shabby stalls.”
“It’s a rare sight indeed.”
“Yeah. It’s quite amazing how a fair like this treasure hunt has grown to this scale.”
Baeksan nodded in agreement.
“Well, it seems inevitable that it would grow in size in my opinion.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well.”
Baeksan looked around.
An enormous number of people.
Stalls filling the streets to the end.
Hands counting on top of them.
Coins, bills, and change.
Large-scale. Cash transactions.
Baeksan muttered unconsciously.
“Seems difficult to trace the funds, huh?”
At the same time, Batilda’s eyes narrowed, and in the corner of Baeksan’s vision, a translucent window appeared.
[Quest completed.]
The previously light pocket suddenly felt heavy.
“600 gold!”
The description hovering above Batilda’s head immediately changed.
[Batilda Röhrich Schröder.]
Princess of Orkvenia. Mentioned as a pawn of the puppet king.
Thirsty for talent.
“Somehow ominous description.”
“Amazing. It’s true, all the underworld crime syndicates are laundering black money through this festival today. In fact, they’re the ones who boosted this fair.”
“Okay.”
“Why do you think the royal family is letting that happen?”
Baeksan, who remained silent, subtly avoided her gaze.
“Usually, they would rather take advantage of such flow to catch the tails, right?”
“So, what’s an ‘unusual’ answer?”
“….”
Baeksan immediately sealed his lips. It wasn’t because he had no answer.
“It’s not like the royal family doesn’t have money they want to launder.”
It just wasn’t something to say in front of the princess.
Seeing Baeksan’s lack of response, Batilda laughed heartily.
“Hahaha, I can tell from your expression that you know the reason.”
“It’s just a guess.”
“I appreciate that you know it but don’t say it out loud.”
“You’re overestimating.”
Batilda smiled playfully and kept her arms crossed, still watching Baeksan. Then, out of the blue, she said:
“I’d like to know your name.”
Baeksan was about to answer ‘Baeksan’ but changed his mind at the last moment.
“Minervina Le Tour.”
“….”
For a moment, Batilda hesitated. The knight behind her did the same.
“…Unexpected?”
“Yes?”
“I thought it was well hidden.”
Why?
Some thoughts flashed through his mind.
‘Did they know Minervina?’
This is checkmate without a doubt.
‘It would be suspicious to feign memory loss now. Definitely suspicious.’
Flustered, Baeksan remained silent for a moment.
Meanwhile, surprisingly, Batilda sorted out the situation.
“Alright. Perhaps this is also fate.”
She smiled mysteriously and then gestured to the knight behind her.
“Did you say you needed accommodation?”
The knight immediately produced a hefty-looking purse and handed it to Baeksan. Batilda then handed it to Baeksan.
“Use this. It should be generous enough.”
“Thank you.”
“And…”
Continuing, Batilda took off a brooch from the knight’s shoulder.
“In the future, come to the Leventor Palace with this brooch. If you find Dominic Kito at the entrance, he’ll guide you to me.”
“….”
It was undoubtedly a fancy brooch that looked noble.
When Baeksan hesitated to take it, Batilda directly placed it in Baeksan’s hand.
“Understand? Make sure to come.”
“…”
Baeksan briefly glanced at her head.
[Batilda Röhrich Schröder]
Princess of Orkvenia.
She hires talent with high rewards and enjoys watching them suffer.
Baeksan grinned.
“Yes. I’ll definitely come.”
“Well, no, I won’t.”
***
After parting ways with Minervina Le Tour.
Princess Batilda Röhrich Schröder and her knight Dominic headed down a deserted alleyway.
As they moved away from the crowd, Batilda chuckled as if amused.
“Indeed, Blue Moon Fair it is. We’ve encountered a good omen, haven’t we?”
“….”
“Do you have any grievances?”
Dominic, who had been hesitant, lowered his blue eyes and spoke quietly.
“Perhaps you’ve given too much money.”
“Haha. Pain is nothing to me. Besides, it’s just pocket change. And since it’s Leventor, I might as well consider it a debt to a possible connection.”
After Batilda finished speaking, she brightened her eyes.
“Well, since we’re here, let’s check it out. You were told to break the plaster and try poking the bottom, right?”
“Yes.”
Dominic immediately applied force to the plaster and split it in half.
As they roughly broke the plaster egg-like object coated with enamel, a surprisingly delicate egg craft was revealed.
From that moment, Batilda and Dominic fell silent. The thought of “Huh?” crossed both of their minds.
“I’ll try inserting it.”
“Go ahead.”
Dominic retrieved a pin from somewhere and inserted it into the bottom of the craft.
The next moment, they could only widen their eyes in astonishment.
The egg-shaped craft unfolded into four pieces, revealing a lily sculpture meticulously embedded with diamonds inside.
The diamond lily began to rotate, emitting a soft musical sound.
“…..”
“…..”
Batilda remained silent until the music ended, then finally opened her mouth.
“It’s authentic.”
“Yes.”
Even Dominic, who didn’t easily show his emotions, had a surprised expression.
It’s no wonder, as Pavel’s crafts are worth their weight in gold.
At the most recent auction, it was sold for 1.7 million gold.
“Ha.”
Batilda, who had been suppressing her laughter, burst into laughter and clutched her stomach.
“Hahaha! Well, well. Looks like I hit the jackpot. Even if we’re being generous, it’s worth about 1.69 million gold, right?”
Curiosity soon flashed in her crimson eyes.
“I wonder how you knew this. Moreover, knowing it and still handing it over to me. Was the Lady of Leventor always like this?”
Who is she🤔
Btw thanks for the chapter 🥰