The Male Lead’s Father Refuses to Break Off Our Engagement

Chapter 28

 

As soon as she opened the door without hesitation and entered, Samuel, who was cleaning the glass, greeted her.

“Ah!”

He closed the tavern door and took Evelia to the luxurious room. It wasn’t obvious, but it was her touch that showed the impatience.

There was only one reason why he welcomed Evelia so much.

‘The Talan flower must have worked.’

On her last visit, Evelia asked Samuel to make a decoction of Talan flowers to feed his sickly sister.

At first, Samuel was skeptical and wouldn’t give it to her. But after some research, he realized that the flower was not poisonous, so he gave it to his sister, Aria.

Maybe he’ve tried it himself before.

As usual, Samuel skipped the introduction, the body of the story, and jumped to the conclusion.

“How did you know about the Talan flower?”

It was a difficult question. There was only one reason Evelia knew about it.

It’s just that she’s someone from outside the books.

But I couldn’t say it straight, so I had to make up a lie.

“I have seen a child with the same symptoms as Aria.”

“How are you going to prove that?”

“Do I need to prove it?”

Evelia deliberately speaks more confidently.

“Isn’t the important thing that your sister has improved?”

Perhaps Samuel wouldn’t be able to ask why Evelia didn’t tell him.

Like Evelia said, the important thing to him was not ‘How Evelia knew about that’, but ‘How to make Aria healthy’.

“You’re right.”

He affirmed.

“As the customer said, I gave my younger sister a decoction of Talan flowers and her body improved a lot. In particular, the cough that she always lived with has noticeably decreased.”

No wonder. Talan flowers had the effect of stabilizing divine power.

Aria’s illness was entirely due to the holy power that ran rampant within her body, so even Talan flowers would have been effective.

“Isn’t there something you need to tell me more than that?”

“Ah…”

Samuel offered Evelia a seat and immediately gave her the information she wanted.

“I found the doctor you talked about last time. She lives in the northern part of the capital. Since you know the name, I found her right away.”

“I’d like to go see her, is that possible?”

“Yes, I will guide you. Oh, by the way, I cashed in the jewelry you entrusted last time.”

However, what Samuel handed over was not a gold coin, but a thin rectangular gold ornament. At first glance, it looked like a bookmark.

A lily pattern was drawn on the ornament.

“What is this?”

“It’s a token of Keith Bank.”

Keith Bank was the largest bank in the Empire. This token served as a passbook.

Evelia carefully picked up the token. The right corner where the name should have been written was still blank.

“Why are you giving me this? It wouldn’t take much to exchange the accessories I gave you for gold coins.”

“Yes. It cost about 500 gold.”

One gold was worth 10,000 won in Korea.

“Since there are 10 gold coins, I wouldn’t have to deposit them in the bank.”

“Considering the price of the accessories the lady gave me, that’s the case. It also contains the value of the information the lady gave me.”

“Information value? Are you talking about Talan flowers?”

“Yes, it is.”

Evelia frowned slightly.

“I gave you the information as a way of saying good luck in the future.”

Samuel smiled and crossed his legs.

“It’s the price of my sister’s life, and I can’t just pass it by. I am the type of person who pays back what I receive.”

Evelia looked down at the token for a moment and then nodded. There was no point in refusing the offer.

‘Because I still need money to support Erin.’

Originally, she had intended to break off the marriage with Cassis and ask for money as information and alimony.

She asked Cassis to break off the engagement in exchange for information, but that was a favorable condition for Cassis.

However, I was worried about what to do if I didn’t break up with Cassis, but things turned out well.

“Then I will accept it without hesitation.”

“However, you must engrave your name on the certificate. If you don’t mind, may I ask your name? A pseudonym is fine if you don’t want to be identified. I’m going to put a spell on it so that only the customer can use it anyway.”

“Evelia.”

She murmured, placing her hand on the mark without hesitation. There was no reason to hide her identity now that she was joining hands with Samuel.

At the same time, the token glowed, and the name of ‘Evelia’ was engraved in the empty space.

Samuel explained.

“I put a spell on this token. If it gets away from the young lady by a certain distance, it will return to the young lady. You don’t have to worry if it gets lost or stolen.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

“Then, may I direct you to a doctor named Erin?”

“Before that, I have another request.”

Samuel’s eyes sharpened. If her attitude toward Evelia a moment ago was like a benefactor, he was now treating her as the head of the information guild.

“What kind of request is it?”

“I want to find someone today too.”

“Who are you looking for?”

“My mother.”

“Your mother?”

Samuel’s eyes narrowed; it was obvious what he was thinking, so Evelia added bluntly.

“There are complicated circumstances.”

“There are no people without circumstances. Please tell me some information about your mother, and I will try to find out.”

“I don’t really remember anything. We parted up when I was eight years old, but I was too young to remember where I lived, my mother’s appearance, or her name.”

Samuel murmured in surprise.

“Dear customer, even though we say that finding people is our specialty, the information is too little.”

If there was only this much information, Evelia wouldn’t have been willing to accept the request. But she had a crucial clue.

Evelia slowly took off her hood. Her pink hair, well hidden under her hood, fell to her chest.

Even in this world where various hair colors exist, pink hair is rare. At once, Samuel looked intrigued.

“Did your mother have pink hair?”

“Perhaps it was. I asked for help.”

“But that clue alone will take a little while.”

“We need to find it as soon as possible, within a few days if possible.”

Evelia didn’t know about her mother’s whereabouts, but Count Venion did.

If it goes wrong and he brings her mother tomorrow and threatens her…

So it was important to use her hands before he stepped out.

“Then there must be some more clues.”

There was. A more decisive clue than pink hair.

“Count Venion.”

Evelia said in a cold voice. How cool she was, she was surprised to hear herself say it.

“Twenty years ago, she worked for Count Venion’s family. You can follow her trail from then on.”

There must have been a lot of questions, but Samuel didn’t ask anything. Evelia liked his businesslike demeanor.

“If that’s the case, I think we can find it within three days.”

“If possible, find it sooner than that.”

Samuel burst into laughter like the sound of the wind.

“You’re asking too much. I get it anyway. I’ll try.”

“Thank you. I can give you money, but I will give you other information as a way to help you.”

“I might be able to accept a request without pay, but I’ll listen to the information first. I will pay the price properly.”

“I know a doctor who can cure your sister.”

Samuel’s eyes widened slightly. He murmured with a hard face.

“How could the young lady… No, the young lady might be able to. Because you knew about the Talan flower.”

“To be precise, she is a person with the potential to heal.”

“Who is that?”

Evelia rose from her seat.

“The person we’re going to meet now.”

 

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Erin Launer lived in a slum in the northern part of the capital. Her house was especially shabby among them.

The roof was cracked as if it would collapse at any moment, and water was dripping from the end of the roof.

It didn’t look like a place where people lived.

“Is anyone here?”

Samuel, who had turned expressionless again, knocked on the door.

Soon, a red-haired woman with large glasses opened the door and came out. It was the same as the Erin Launer described in the novel.

Evelia asked involuntarily.

“Are you Erin Launer?”