I Unintentionally Cured the Grand Duke’s Insomnia - Chapter 68
34. — I Got Hit In the Back of My Head (4)
So, you are saying this book even has rumors…?
I wiped my face at the situation that was bigger than I expected. At the same time, I could hear Note’s mumbled voice as if he was feeling conscious.
“Oh, yes. Of course, there is such a book…”
“Do you have any?”
“Wai-wait a minute…”
“Wait? I’m sure I heard…!”
The frenzy around me became silent in an instant.
The sound became silent in an instant.
I turned toward the young lady, who was saying my name at first glance, while lowering my hand that was covering my face.
“Ad, Adelia Blaise…?”
“Hello, young lady. I apologize, I’m sure you were looking forward to it. However, unfortunately, this book isn’t the book you’re looking for.”
“….”
“So, even if you say you’re dead, you probably wouldn’t know how to seduce the Grand Duke.”
“….”
“If I knew, I would let you know though I also don’t know how to seduce His Highness as well.”
I smiled with my flushed face at the bewildered young ladies before turning towards Note. With his mouth shut, I took out all the money I had and spoke to him, who was already listening to me.
“And Note, I’m sorry but I’ll pay for all my books in this bookstore. So, if anyone finds these books, tell them they’re all sold out.”
“…Yes?”
“Please. Also, I’ll contact the publisher and retrieve all of these books, so if there are customers who are looking for them, they tell me that they have been published incorrectly.”
After handing the bewildered Note a short message, I then turned to ask the young ladies who were watching our conversation before opening my mouth to them.
“This is embarrassing, but I didn’t even know my book was coming out today.”
“Yes?”
“So, by any chance, can you tell me where you heard the rumors about my book coming out from?”
I could see the young ladies, who were surrounded by careful questions, glancing at each other. At the same time, my fist clenched with strength in anger at Cus, who caused this situation.
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〈 “I heard from Mrs. Passe that a book will be published today, which describes how the Young Lady came into association with the Grand Duke.” 〉
〈 “Mrs. Passe is a famous licensed real estate agent in Aren. It’s not too much of an exaggeration to say that all the rumors that spread in Aren started with her because she has a light mouth.” 〉
〈 “…But, is it really nothing like in the book about how you’ve started dating the Grand Duke?” 〉
…No, there’s nothing!
I was not even seducing Cain in the first place. It was just that I wrote a novel about him and got tangled up for surveillance! As I thought that to myself, I took my gaze out of the window of the speeding carriage and asked Lily, who was sitting opposite.
“Lily, are we almost at the publishing house yet?”
“We’re arriving there soon. Just over the hill from here is the Waffle Publishing House.”
Even Lily had gotten nervous at my urgency as I bit my nails and asked that. A worrying question then came out of Lily’s lips as I sat close to the window of the carriage at the sight of the publishing house in the distance.
“Does the Grand Duke happen to know about this, Young Lady?”
I took my gaze away from the window and looked at her.
An answer mixed with a sigh flowed from my mouth on a worried face.
“I don’t know. However, I think it’ll be just a matter of time before it even reaches the Grand Duke’s ears.”
“Wh-why?”
“According to the young ladies I met at the bookstore earlier, rumors about my book being sold at all bookstores across Aren today are being spread around.”
I bit my lips as I watched how everything was going, as if it was deliberate.
The carriage, which had been rattling up the hill, seemed to have finally stopped. As soon as it stopped moving completely, I hurriedly opened the door and went down.
“Young Lady, it’s dangerous!”
Despite Lily’s dissuasion, I swiftly jumped off the carriage.
I felt a sense of relief at seeing the door of the publishing house that was open. Looking at the open door, it seemed that Cus was still at the publishing house. Okay. First of all, I would have to retrieve all the books that were delivered to the bookstore, and then I would have to ask why did he do that…
Suddenly, I had a strange feeling.
Anxiety arose when I saw the windows that were tightly shut even after the rush hour had passed, and there was no sign of human presence that I could feel. It was only then that I saw the mail piled up in front of the publishing house and the paper written ‘Urgent Sale’ attached to the door.
My feet, which were moving busily, slowed down with anxiety.
I narrowed my brow as I stared inside the publishing house through the small gap in the door.
“Yo-Young Lady, wait for me!”
I could hear Lily gasping for her breath behind me.
As I slowly pushed slowly through the opened door to enter, I could see the messy state of the place — broken lamps were on the floor, drawers were agape as if someone was searching for something, and papers were scattered here and there.
No way…
I approached Cus’ seat and opened the first drawer of his desk. A sheet of paper was placed in the drawer, where he kept valuables and the publisher’s slush funds.
Publisher’s circulation of ‘The Mad Grand Duke Loves Me.’
: 1,000 copies
…On-one thousand copies?
Not a hundred, but a thousand?
A scream of anger erupted from my mouth as soon as my head comprehended what was written in front of my eyes.
“Aaaaakkkk! Cus Mori—!”
Thud.
He, the president and the only employee of the Waffle Publishing House, disappeared from Aren overnight. It was not enough to deceive me, he even handed me such a big piece of sh*t.
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