Obviously, It’s My Child - Chapter 105

Chapter 105

Translator: Effe

Editor: Yonee

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“The Empress is the Empress. She is the one who holds control over the Imperial Family more than His Majesty, but she is not an official regent and cannot handle everything in her imperial name alone. She must control her House of Representatives.”

“Money is very important in politics… It costs a lot.”

The Ernst Duchy was not able to build wealth unilaterally enough to be said that they’re as powerful as the Klausener Duchy.

Even if both policy and law support it, there was a limit to the amount of money that could be earned legally.

Ultimately, in this era, only those who exclusively possess market-acceptable technology or could supply source materials can achieve great success.

And when it came to the matter of dignity, this would further limit their movements so as to graciously allow others their successes.

The Ernst Duchy was wealthy, but in fact, there comes a point when wealth won’t be able to be enough for the resources needed to enjoy a prosperous life.

Those in power indulged in wealth, and the rich sought out power. But in the end, the core of it all lay in the ability to control others.

“Am I making this too complicated? I don’t know if I was just being used to take down the enemy.”

“That’s very likely.”

“I wish I could meet Stefan Heinz. If I actually meet him personally, I might get different information than you do.”

Erich did not answer readily. Claire elaborated.

“It’s not that I don’t trust you, but your original perspective changes depending on your location.”

“Yes.”

Erich responded in a rare tone as if he was trying to end the conversation.

“Are you also concerned about the relationship with the special investigation team? Once they export it, if you bring it back, will it be too noticeable?”

“…No.”

Erich answered after a pause.

There wasn’t much emotion on his poker face, but Claire’s intuition told her something.

“Hmm.”

She went around her desk to Erich’s side. Then, she lightly hugged his neck from behind and caressed his jawline with his fingertips.

“Tell me honestly. I don’t think it’s because you’re worried about another scandal.”

“…….”

“We’ve both already had our fair share based on rumors alone, but this is new.”

Erich clicked his tongue.

“Or is it because Stefan Heinz is a handsome man beyond imagination?”

“Claire.”

Erich made a stern voice. But his warning had no effect on Claire.

“It’s right to reveal my face.”

Claire turned his head and looked at his fair, porcelain forehead and cheeks as if appraising them.

She thought that personality and sincerity were the most important, and then someone she could communicate well with. But looking at this face, she began to suspect that her soul did not accept her sanity first and instead looked for the face first.

Erich looked at her indifferently.

“If you want to kiss me, just say so.”

He tilted his head. Their lips met, and soon his hand swept up the back of Claire’s neck and dug into her hair.

She planned to tease him, but it ended up being a situation where she was the one losing.

‘Is it really okay to live like this before marriage?’

“Don’t think about useless things.”

Erich warned, as if he realized she wasn’t paying attention.

In fact, he had no idea about Stefan Heinz. The security department agents were whispering about him being as handsome as chocolate, but the man’s face was none of his business.

However, as he watched Claire welcoming Maximillian, he felt uncomfortable for some reason.

Maximillian held an important position and was one of his most trusted men. Since he saved Claire and stayed behind, it’s natural for her to be worried.

‘There are a lot of men.’

Erich now agreed with some of what Louisa said. He doesn’t mean it in the promiscuous sense that Louisa meant when she says it, but I mean it purely in terms of gender.

He had no intention of interfering with Claire’s work.

However, Stefan Heinz was a man adept in seducing nobles to make money. It’s not a particularly important requirement, but there’s no need to make such a man and his fiancée meet.

He needed to find a new female escort knight. A secretary, too. Looking around, he would find plenty of talented people to recommend.

She complained every day that there was no one to entrust her work to, so if he recommended it, she would not refuse it.

18. The secret of one’s birth

The only officially known information about the incident that day was that a drug dealer had been discovered and a special investigation team would be formed.

However, the only thing that can stop Levi Times’ fluttering pen was the owner’s fat wallet.

The reporter was told he could go home, but he ran straight to the newspaper office. The editor-in-chief came running in wearing pajama pants, and the youngest ran all night to wake up the print shop owner.

Although they were not given specific instructions, Levi Times was able to determine which articles they could publish and which ones they could not.

When the rotary press overheated and ran to the point where it stopped working, what came out was a scandal that everyone could be excited about.

《 Exclusive report! It was Countess Schneider’s lover who harmed the Duke’s fiancée!? 》

The Cinderella story, in which Count Schneider married a singer from a fallen noble family out of true love, has been met with backlash for the first time in seventeen years. The papers were flying off the shelves and selling like crazy.

“If she had a lover at the opera house, then it wasn’t the new guy she was dating, right?”

“I heard the man is also middle-aged. It would have been a young man if it was a new lover.”

“No, that aside, why did that man kidnap the Duke’s fiancée?”

“Look at the article. I heard he kidnapped the fiancée and tried to sell her to another nobleman.”

“So does this make sense?”

“Levi Times comes with only provocative stories, right? Only the newspaper writes facts.”

It was very easy to read between the lines. This was because the people who read newspapers have already seen the names of Count Schneider and Duke Klausener together for quite some time.

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