I Unintentionally Cured the Grand Duke’s Insomnia - Chapter 71

36. — Encounter (1)

“You really don’t have a copy? I’ll pay double the original price for it?”

“Oh my, even if you give me three times, I couldn’t even sell it to you. Everyone is clamoring for me to sell that book, but we’ve sold everything that came in. We’re wondering how we can’t get more.”

“….”

“I didn’t know that it would sell so well, so I’ve only ordered a little bit of it. Ha!”

…Could this really be happening?

How was it possible to sell out a thousand copies of a book that was the first printing in a single day, no, within five hours after it was republished?

“Young Lady, this is the last place. There are no bookstores left in Aren.”

Lily, who was holding a map that marked Arne’s bookstores, cried out a despairing voice.

Biting my fingers, I closed my eyes tightly at her voice. I thought money would solve everything. In my previous life, I died of starvation because I only had a few pennies, so in this life as Adelia, I thought there was nothing I couldn’t do with money.

It wasn’t like that at all.

There were more things in the world that couldn’t be done with money… especially if it has become so popular that you couldn’t get it even if you pay more.

“Well, don’t be so sad. I think you just need to wait a little longer and see.”

“What do you mean I can just wait…?”

“Originally, books are often resold as used books. Apparently, there aren’t as many people who would read and re-read a book they had read once.”

“….”

“So, if you really want to get the book, I think it would be faster to wait for it to come back on the market as a used book.”

“….”

“The publisher of that book is Waffle Publishing Company, but the president of that publishing company is now in hiding, so it might be right to assume that there’s no chance of a second printing coming out.”

At the owner’s comforting words, I nodded as if there was nothing I could do.

“Ha… Well, if you find any used books available, be sure to contact the Blaise family. I’ll buy them all.”

“Yes, of course. Blaise…? Yes? The Blaise family?”

The suddenly raised pitch of the owner’s voice made me look up at him.

The owner’s eyes, which had been looking at me with bewilderment, slowly swept across my face as he opened his mouth again.

“Th-then, is the Young Lady, Million, the author of this book?”

“Million?”

All of a sudden, a cheerful voice came from behind my back. The unfamiliar voice made me turn around quickly, and there, in front of me, was a man who looked more beautiful than a woman. He had silver hair that shimmered like moonlight and eyes as black as obsidian.

I stared at the man’s face, which seemed to resemble someone else, and he smiled back at me.

“I thought it wasn’t a common name, but is the Young Lady’s name also Million?”

“Yes? Oh, no. Million isn’t my name—”

“Young Lord* Black, it’s nice to see you again! Are you here to buy books again today?”
[ T/N: Here, the author actually used the title ‘소후작,’ which meant ‘heir to the marquis’ though it would be long to keep calling him that all the time, so I’m using ‘young lord’ instead ]

Young Lord Black…?

The bookseller’s voice, tinged with delight, drew my gaze back to the man.

“Young Lord Million Black?”

As the man nodded playfully at my question, I narrowed my eyes at the incomprehensible situation as I saw him smiling at me.

“Why are you alive…”

“Yes?”

“No, no. I’m sorry, I made a slip of the tongue.”

I ducked my head, avoiding the man’s gaze as he quietly studied my face.

There was no way that the man in front of me was Million Black. It was because he should be in the house suspended now.

“Young Lady?”

Million Black.

He was the son of the Marquis of Lautner Black, the novel’s main villain, and the brother of Evelyn Black. With a gentle impression, soft-spoken and natural courteous manners like breathing, he was described as the finest groom in Aren. However, in reality, he was sickly and timid.

And he, as far as I remembered…

“…Are you really the Young Lord Million Black?”

“Well, I never thought the moment would come when I had to prove my identity, but…”

“….”

“Oh, how about this?”

As the man smiled and showed me the ring he was wearing, the large obsidian ring he wore bore the sigil of the Marquis of Black.

“Would this be enough to prove my identity?”

He was indeed Million Black.

The Million Black, whose father didn’t like his weak personality and ended up making him a sacrifice to black magic… a man who was sacrificed to black magic by the Marquis of Black but was discovered by the heroine, Irene, and dramatically saved.

“Young Lady?”

I lowered my gaze, which had been staring at him blankly. While my head was a mess due to the complexity of the situation, fortunately, my mouth was moving steadily.

“Oh, my name is Adelia Blaise. Million is my pen name.”

“Adelia Blaise?”

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