I Picked Up a Witch With Amnesia

5. A Conflict Named Desire – 05

“It’s a garden I really like. really.”

Bianca held out her isom corn and lightly touched the hyacinth that was blooming on the flower bed. The hyacinth touched by Bianca’s flower buds burst with the fragrant scent of spring.

Indeed, it was a picture-like scene. It was a scene of a beautiful woman caressing a flower as if drawn in a painting, not knowing what to do. If a painter were to be seated in this place now, he would be frantically using his brush to capture this scene on canvas as if he had gone mad.

But at the same time, it was also a sight that did not inspire me at all. I never get over it easily. It’s true that that damn girl has a slightly smooth face, but didn’t I know from my own experience that the inside was uglier than anyone else’s?

That woman’s nature is that of a woman who, from childhood, had no qualms about committing the act of punching others.

“Cain. Didn’t you think you were being rude while looking at me?”

“…Well, I’m not sure what you’re talking about.”

When Bianca looked at me like a ghost and pointed out my inner feelings, I deliberately averted my gaze and pretended not to. She was a woman who had a knack for terrifying people even now.

“So you made a decision? Do you think I gave you enough time to think?”

“It is never difficult to make a decision. It just needs understanding.”

“understanding? understand what?

Bianca tilts her head at me and asks a question. When I saw her like that, I burst out laughing without even realizing it. Is that woman acting like me because she really doesn’t know anything, or is she acting like she knows what I’m talking about? Of course, the possibility of the latter is overwhelmingly high. Because she’s a f*cking woman who’s brains have gone bonkers because her smarts have gone too far.

“Yeah, I’m talking about understanding everything related to this situation. Like you said, I’m not that smart.”

“…..”

“No matter how much I think about it, it is not easy to understand. The fact that the Marquis of Castana is trying to donate an enormous amount of money equal to 20% of the net profit, and that it is trying to make a deal with an individual, not the Estel duchy, and also.”

“and?”

“All of you, who think that a transaction can be made between the Duke of Estel and the Marquis of Castana.”

Yes. No matter how much I thought about it, no matter what assumptions I made, it was not easy to draw a picture that the Marquis of Castana would give us such a ridiculous proposal.

It’s a thousand years. There is a saying that even mountains and rivers change in ten years, but a thousand years is an incredible amount of time. It has been a thousand years since the Duke of Estelle and the Marquis of Castana didn’t stop looking at each other and growling, but struggled to feed them taffy.

The emotional gap between them could not be filled in an instant, and the pride of each other was too strong for either side to extend a hand of reconciliation now. Perhaps, in order for a dramatic compromise to be made between the two families, I thought that the ship of those times that had burned hatred toward each other would have to flow. As much as that, the time when the two families hated each other was too long.

But do you think I’ll easily believe the sugar-coated talk about giving away part of the net profit for free? No, did he think that I was not an idiot and would readily believe in the story of a flower garden blooming with such a head?

“Bianca, I don’t want you to come all the way here and measure each other. you won it’s your victory I won’t deny that accepting your offer is the best option for the duke of Estelle, who is in dire need, no, for me, who has to lead the dukedom in the future. It is a fact that I know very well that it is best to accept and eat the blind money without thinking.”

“…..”

“However, I hope you don’t think that I will nod softly to your suggestions. Although I like money, I would like to tell you that if you thought that I would sell the pride of the Duke of Estelle for money, you would be very mistaken.”

Before the return, the Duke of Estelle did not receive any hostile favors from the Marquis of Castana, and the two families went their separate ways. It can’t be said that it was a very comfortable life, but nevertheless, the Duke of Estelle managed to maintain a noble appearance without any major angular parts and ran well.

…Ten years later, the witch who brought winter to the entire continent and Bianca in front of her now destroyed the entire Duchy of Estel.

“So I want you to be as honest and clear as possible. Because I don’t have the confidence to engage in a fierce battle of brains with wizards. If you have nothing more to say to me, let’s end the story here.”

Saying that, I turned my back on Bianca without any hesitation. In fact, a neat attitude that doesn’t look foolish. But in reality, I was barely holding back the thumping of my heart. Resisting that woman with force would have been one of the most foolish things in the world.

It was then.

“Hey, Cain. Aren’t you standing there right now? Who wants to run away during the conversation?”

tall-

As soon as I heard Bianca’s barbed words, my body got out of my control and stopped in place. It must have been the aftereffects of living as a slave under Bianca for the past year.

‘…shit.’

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Momentarily, the story of puppies that ring a bell every time they feed them, and then salivate reflexively at the ringing of the bell, flashes through my head. It seems that my situation is no different from those puppies. What is the difference between me and a puppy who has no pride and stands tall as that woman told her to stand?

After a round of self-reflection, he barely turned his stiff neck from tension and looked at Bianca. She looked at me with a distorted expression, like a bloody slaughter.

…But, fortunately, my expectations were wrong.

“…Whoa, good. Cain. I’ll tell you everything. If you are now, it is also true that you deserve it.”

“…Qualification?”

What does this mean again?

“But before that, there is one thing I want to confirm. Rumor has it that he won a duel with the Duke of Tournigen, who had risen to the level of a master, at the banquet hall of the system, but is that really true?”

“…lucky. That too.”

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My answer was nothing more than a simple fact, neither humility nor humility. If I fight him again, I’ll never be able to win.

“Huh, that’s true.”

However, no matter how she accepted my answer, Bianca nodded with a very satisfied expression.

“Your questions are all right. Certainly, I don’t have a very close relationship with the Marquis of Castana and the Duke of Estel. At least it’s certain that it’s not a relationship like this to the extent of coming and going.”

Bianca continued with a grim expression on her face, wondering what was so disappointing this time.

“But things have changed. More precisely, the person you are has changed the whole situation. The reason why we made such an absurd proposal to the Duke of Estelle, and why we are making such a ridiculous offer to you right now, is all because of you. Cain.”

“…What?”

…Why is it because of me?

“What is it, you are still refusing to talk about the subject I told you to be honest with me. Do you really want me to tell you in detail what you’ve been doing? Cain?”

“…..”

No, I really don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t remember anything I’ve done lately besides playing with Aria, being run over by the princess, or courting Ariel. What on earth is this woman talking about?

“Well, that’s how you’re going to come out. Certainly not something worth talking about with your own mouth. Such a cautious attitude, I don’t hate it either.”

Saying that, Bianca began to look at me with mysterious eyes.

“That spectacular scandal you caused a few months ago. Shortly after that, he broke off his engagement to Sarah Cernard. And it wasn’t enough to go to Jedo Island and meet the emperor, but a duel with the Duke of Tournigen.”

Bianca counted her fingers on each of the splendid achievements I had caused over the past few months, and soon came to an absurd conclusion.

“This is all what you intended, right?”

“…What?”

Bianca continued talking, not caring at all about the expression I was making toward her, as I was completely unaware of the situation.

“When I first heard of that dirty rumor surrounding you, I almost fell for it. But after thinking about it, the chances of that happening are pretty slim. The man I know of you is nothing more than an asshole. He is nothing more than an idiot who can’t even touch a woman he’s seen for the first time, let alone a coward. Am I wrong?”

“…..”

I am grateful that they believed in my innocence, but I thought that there was no need to stick with such an afterword.

“In addition, the speed at which rumors about you spread was too fast. As if someone artificially spread it. To be honest, do you think it makes sense for a story like that to spread so rapidly?”

…that’s right. Why the hell did that damn rumor spread so quickly?

“I made an inference from there. What would you gain from expanding and reproducing the scandal about yourself? What on earth do you have to do to even drop your own honor to the ground?”

After saying that, Bianca drew an answer in a much lighter voice than before. Bondi, the tone of the person who thought he had solved the riddle was much lighter.

“I could only think of one answer. It must have been the emperor’s order, right? Just as the engagement was unwanted by the emperor’s order, the Emperor’s hand must have touched the other side of this break-up, too, right?”

“…What?”

It was a novel interpretation that would leave your mouth open. It was so new and novel that it was an amazing interpretation that even I, the person in charge, heard for the first time today. What kind of thinking process do you have to go through to come to that conclusion?

“You don’t have to make that face. I have no intention of spreading rumors anywhere. I just hope that you will give me a little cooperation in exchange for our silence.”

“…Cooperation? What else is that?”

“Well, it’s not that difficult. In a way, it’s a proposal that can be called luck for you. No man in the world has ever had an offer like this.”

As she said that, Bianca’s ear lobe could be seen slightly reddened. Why do they show such an attitude because they are trying to bring out such grandiose words?

“Are you thinking of getting engaged to me?”