TLed by NolepGuy
Chapter 19
Morning at the Glorious Estate.
After preparing breakfast and stepping outside, there were letters in the mailbox. Letters, in a mailbox that had only been collecting dust—two of them, no less.
“Oh….”
With an excited heart, I took out the letters.
Hoping, maybe, they were Love Letters.
A pink letter and a golden letter envelope landed in my hands. As expected, they weren’t Love Letters.
“Miss Hanna and… a letter from the Imperial Family?”
A letter from the Imperial Family.
Not particularly welcome.
Leaving behind the disappointment of no Love Letter, I went up to the second floor and first opened the letter addressed to Miss Hanna. Neatly written handwriting. Truly the handwriting of a Noble, as expected.
Though, not as good as my Young Lady’s.
It was certainly better than mine.
[The matter with the Academy seems difficult. While the seniors might be able to manage somehow, the Professors’ opposition is severe…]
The letter from Hanna ended with an apology and a promise to try once more.
‘I’m already grateful enough; how much more thankful does she want me to be?’
I decided to smuggle a Fortuitous Encounter later and gift it to Hanna. A sword should suffice… should I steal one from Mikhail?
After all, Mikhail uses the Holy Sword in the novel. Stealing one or two swords shouldn’t be an issue. If it does become a problem, Mikhail can just suffer more—so it’s not something I need to worry about.
And, incidentally, it would make Mikhail stronger too. Isn’t that great?
After writing a letter full of gratitude for Hanna, I sealed it with wax.
“Terrible Handwriting.”
“What’s wrong with my handwriting?”
“It’s so messy, it’s hard to read.”
“You can’t even see it from there.”
“Even though I can’t see it clearly, it’s obvious your handwriting is a disaster.”
The Young Lady, sitting on the bed and spying on me, threw out nagging remarks after looking at the handwriting on the letter paper.
If the Young Lady had terrible handwriting, I would’ve snorted and said, ‘Young Lady, look at yourself first,’ but when it comes to handwriting, she’s a top-tier in this world.
There was no need for a computer.
When the Young Lady held a pen, it became a keyboard.
And the letter paper became A4 paper, so I couldn’t refute her, no matter what she said.
As much as I wanted to ask the Young Lady to ghostwrite for me, I couldn’t because of privacy concerns.
I had put in a decent amount of effort, but was my handwriting really so bad it was unreadable?
With doubt in my mind, I asked the Young Lady, and she frowned, saying she’d never seen handwriting that caused nausea before shouting at me.
“This isn’t my fault. The handwriting style of this world is the problem. It’s all weirdly squiggly…”
“I write just fine.”
“You’re the odd one, Young Lady. My hand isn’t at fault here.”
Today was one of those days when I missed Hangul. I yearned for the sharp, angular letters.
Dismissing the Young Lady’s nagging, I organized the letters and began opening the other one next to me.
A golden letter envelope
sealed with the Imperial Red Seal.
Olivia widened her eyes.
“A letter from the Imperial Family?”
“It seems so… but there’s nothing they’d need to send to us.”
“Isn’t it a Ball Invitation?”
The Young Lady snorted.
The Young Lady, with a gaze that would’ve made a tail wag vigorously if she had one like a beastkin, reached out her hand toward me.
“Let me see!”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“If it’s something upsetting, you’ll just tear it up.”
The Young Lady had no response.
It seemed she had indeed intended to tear it up if the contents didn’t please her. The Young Lady folded the hand she had extended and waited her turn politely.
That made sense. It was reasonable for the Young Lady to be mistaken.
Up until just a year ago, invitations to balls from the Imperial Family often arrived. They came during the Empire’s founding festival, the Crown Prince’s birthday, and even the Third Princess’s birthday. The mailbox occasionally held invitations from the Imperial Family.
Although they had stopped now, the memories of that time remained, so I couldn’t help but feel nervous as well.
What if it was an invitation?
I worried in my mind.
From the concern about whether to attend, to what clothes to dress her in, to planning what food to steal from the Imperial buffet—I ran through it all in my head.
After all, we didn’t have the power to refuse the Emperor’s invitation. If we had to go anyway, I would remember the Young Lady’s teachings to make the most of it.
Sipping an imaginary bowl of Kimchi Soup in anticipation, and with the Young Lady snorting with excitement at the thought of attending the ball,
we met each other’s eyes as we slowly broke the wax seal on the letter.
The letter paper revealed itself with a radiant glow.
The Young Lady and I swallowed nervously, waiting for the contents.
After unfolding the letter and reading it first, I pressed my lips tightly together.
“?”
“What is it?”
“…”
“I think you should see it for yourself.”
I showed the letter to the Young Lady, silently asking what on earth this could be.
[There are outstanding fines that have not been paid.]
Unpaid Fine: 700,000 Gold
If not paid within the designated period (three months), the property under the name of Desmond Olivia will be seized.
Property to be seized: The Mansion near the Hamel Mountain Range and 73 Types of Valuables
“?!”
The Young Lady looked toward the window in response. Clearing her throat, her earlobes red, the Young Lady refused to turn her head back.
Not a ball, but a collection notice.
And not just any notice—a seizure notification with a Red Sticker attached. The air in the room turned cold. Though it was early autumn, the atmosphere inside felt colder than the winter wind.
“Oh… I didn’t see this coming.”
“…Neither did I.”
“I did pay 300,000 Gold. I didn’t expect this much to be left…”
“…How much is left?”
“700,000 Gold.”
“Hiccup…!”
The Young Lady hiccupped in shock.
The Young Lady quietly pushed away the Plate of Chocolate that had been on the bed. It seemed she intended to start fasting now.
Without hesitation, I set aside the Young Lady’s chocolate.
If we didn’t want to live under a newspaper, we really had to save.
700,000 Gold.
With 10,000 Gold being about ten million won, 700,000 Gold would be around seven billion won.
‘…I’m in trouble.’
How could we possibly make seven billion won in three months?
We couldn’t even get a loan since we were credit delinquents.
Looking for an answer, I turned to the Young Lady, but she was staring out the window like a faulty nutcracker doll.
“Wow~ The weather’s nice!”
Outside, it was raining.
***
When I think about it, it’s a simple task.
Earning 700,000 Gold is nothing.
Though I’ve been perpetually broke and struggling, I’m still a Possessor, after all. It wouldn’t make sense to suffer because of money.
I’ve already earned a massive sum of 300,000 Gold before. Earning 700,000 Gold should be no problem.
With an unyielding spirit, I stood in front of the wall of the estate. The warning sign was as boldly written as ever.
[Banish the Evil Villainess from the village.]
Last time, they wanted her banished to the Nunnery, but now the warm-hearted villagers are asking for her to be banished from the village. It made my heart burn a little.
“I guess I’ll have to overthrow the Guards soon.”
Thanks to the people who pour their Artistic Soul onto my estate’s walls, I gave up on maintaining the exterior of the mansion.
Even if I erase it, they graffiti again.
Because of that, my workload decreased, and I got cursed at.
Two birds with one stone.
When you give up, your heart feels at ease.
So, I decided to actively utilize the mansion’s wall this time.
Holding a brush in hand, I began painting the wall with fluorescent paint. At that moment, One Teddy Bear came flying toward me from above.
With a splat, the Teddy Bear met its end, and as I locked eyes with it, the booming voice of the Master of the House thundered from above.
“Hey, you bastard!! Stop graffitiing!!”
I responded with a small smile to the Young Lady and put on earplugs.
If she has complaints, she shouldn’t have become a Debtor.
-Swoosh…. Swipe.
It’s realistically impossible to earn 700,000 Gold in three months solely through Adventurer work.
Especially since earning money while taking care of the Young Lady is a challenging feat.
Most Adventurers take high-paying assignments that last one or two days, but that’s not an option for me.
I had to overwhelm with quantity rather than quality.
Even Hanna, the B-Rank Adventurer, was away at the Academy, so taking on high-level assignments was also out of the question.
That’s how I came up with this alternative.
[A Prosecutor who caught the infamous ‘Adventurer Hunter’ is looking for work. ★Anonymity Guaranteed★]
1. I’ll do any work.
2. I’ll take any payment.
3. I’ll even find a lost Puppy.
4. I also accept bounties for wanted criminals.
-Please write the details of your request below.
If there’s no work guaranteeing high income, then I’ll just create work that guarantees high income.
This was the best job opportunity I could think of.
To secure quick cash, I believed this was the only way.
Our Mansion is located behind the Marketplace.
Guards pass by our mansion, and the villagers and merchants also pass by its walls.
It takes 30 minutes to reach the Marketplace through the normal route, but if you cut through the Alleyways near the mansion, it only takes 10 minutes.
Many people passed by the mansion.
Perhaps because of that, the mansion’s wall unintentionally became a dating course for couples and a community space for the villagers.
-Let’s love forever. Ria♥Goff
└This woman cheated on me.
└What? You cheated first.
└Haha. So funny~!
└Where do you live?
└Annoyed, right? Angry, huh? Can’t hold it in, can you? But you don’t know where I live, do you?
In a medieval world without cell phones, Olivia’s Wall became a space for communication.
It served as something like an electronic bulletin board.
Wouldn’t this be a pretty lucrative gig? Especially with my excellent track record.
So I decided to use the wall to look for jobs. I’d cover living expenses with Adventurer work and take on bigger jobs through the wall.
If things worked out, I could pay off the debt in no time.
As I admired the wall with a proud heart, I noticed something was missing.
“Ah….”
Come to think of it, I forgot to write the minimum order amount.
Even delivery services have a minimum order amount, so I couldn’t leave it out.
[Minimum Request Fee.]
Hmm…
[10,000 Gold.]
Perfect.
***
A day passed.
When I stood in front of the wall.
“What’s this?”
I couldn’t help but be surprised.
Someone had taken my half-joke seriously and made a request.
-I’d like to place a request.
●I request the pursuit of a Criminal who escaped during transport.
Request Fee: 300,000 Gold
#If captured alive, an additional 300,000 Gold will be paid. If completed within a week, an extra 400,000 Gold will be added.
For a moment, the image of the insect-like Donation Angel flashed through my mind.