I Unintentionally Cured the Grand Duke’s Insomnia - Chapter 69
35. — Unexpected (1)
“My voice is quite good. It’s not far from the center of Aren, but it’s quieter because of the distance… Aaak!”
I slowly turned my head at the woman’s scream coming from behind me.
Through my tangled hair, I could see the figure of a slumped woman. She was holding the wad of paper, which looked about the size of a finger, gazed at me in horror and asked stutteringly.
“Wh-who are you?”
On the pile of paper the woman embraced, the name ‘Aren Real Estate Director, Haus Passe’ was written on it.
…Passe?
As I frowned at the name, which I seemed to have heard somewhere, a man following her stepped back as if surprised.
“N-no matter how cheap this palace is, I don’t like it… a building where ghosts come out in broad daylight like this—!”
“What? What do you mean, a ghost…!”
“I’ve thought it was strange ever since that greedy Cus gave it away so cheaply!”
The man screamed as he made eye contact with me and quickly ran out of the publishing house in an instant. From their conversation and the name on the stack of paper she was holding, I realized that the woman in front of me was Madam. Passe, whom the ladies I had met at the bookstore had told me about.
“Madam Passe?”
Her body visibly shuddered as I cautiously called out to her. I lowered my waist, closing the distance between me and the woman who was getting further and further away with each step.
“Right, Mrs. Passe…?”
“H-how do you know about me… Could you be Young Lady Blaise?”
The color drained from her embarrassed face in an instant. As I looked at her appearance, I locked eyes with her and asked.
“Based on the conversation between the man who ran away earlier and the Madam, I’m guessing you were thinking of selling the building?”
“Yes?”
“If I remember correctly, this building was owned by Coos.”
Madam Passe’s eyes flickered violently at my second question. I met her eyes and asked in a disbelieving voice.
“…By any chance, did Cus put this building up for sale?”
I knew it the moment the words came out of my mouth.
The piles of mail, the for-sale signs on the door, and the huge mishaps he made without thinking about the consequences…
“Th-that’s right. Cus came to me a few days ago and said he asked me to sell the building for 30 percent below market value.”
“….”
“Instead, the sale must be done after the Young Lady’s book was published today, so this morning it’s already passed…”
I was convinced by the muttering of the Madam’s words. Even though I didn’t know what he was thinking, the fact that this time, he had done it without even thinking about retrieving the book he actually published.
“La-Lady Adelia?”
Looking at the wad of paper that had the words ‘Contract’ written on them, I raised a corner of my mouth. Meanwhile, Passe, who flinched at my smirked face with cold eyes, turned her gaze.
“Madam, you said this building was 30 percent cheaper than market value?”
“What? Oh, yes!”
“Good. At that price, it would be beneficial to just leave it alone.”
“…Yes?”
‘I’ll buy it.’
Passe blinked in confusion as if she was taken aback at my abruptness. Seeing her like that, I uttered again in a firm voice.
“I’ll buy it, this building.”
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Lily was speechless as she watched me scrawl over the contract that Madam Passe was holding.
I left the Madam, who looked back and forth between the contract and me as if in disbelief at the situation, and climbed back into the carriage that had been parked near the publishing house. Meanwhile, Lily, who had been observing the situation, asked as she climbed into the carriage after me.
“You-Young Lady! I thought you were here to see Cus?”
“I was.”
“But why did you suddenly buy the building…”
Lily looked even more flustered than I thought.
Well, it would be surprising for her when I suddenly signed a contract to buy a building since I had never spent anything but books before.
“I bought the building to see Cus.”
“…Yes?”
“I’ve been bounced around doing all this, so shouldn’t heaven be on my side as much as it was for Cus?”
“….”
“Even if I don’t have the ability to catch the guy who ran away from me, I’m lucky enough to have the money to make him come to me.”
Even after my words, Lily still looked puzzled, like she couldn’t understand my actions. She blinked as if trying to understand my words for a moment before asking with a puzzled face while glancing at the scenery outside the carriage window.
“So, where are we going this time?”
“First the house, then the square.”
“Yes…?”
“I’m going to get the money from home first, and then I’m going to start circling the bookstores in the square to collect the books.”
“….”
“Because in Aren, the square is the most populated place.”
‘…It’s okay, there’s no need to be impatient.’
The book came out today, and I was already trying to fix it in less than three hours since I’d confirmed that the book was published.
So, I was sure I could still fix it.
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