Dear Contract Husband, I Didn't Know You Were Like This? - Chapter 64
Had there been a major incident in the north this time, he might have been satisfied and focused more on weeding out loyalists in the capital trying to fix him.
But the monster disappeared too quickly, and House Bayarden suffered no damage.
This was the butterfly effect of Maya saving Alec.
“It’s very irritating that they don’t show their faces at all.”
No matter how severe their ailments, it was irritating that all the people of the Bayarden family remained in the north.
Without seeing them directly, his anxiety only grew.
Blocking resources, support troops, and even the Mage Tower connected to the capital was a way to force them out eventually.
“But isn’t his newly wedded wife coming up this time?”
The effects of his actions were finally showing.
“Please calm your anger, Your Majesty.”
Sebastian worked hard to flatter Reserfield.
Though he possessed skills worthy of being the Master of the Mage Tower, Sebastian, who had been a commoner since childhood, had a complex about his status and became an unparalleled sycophant.
Count Carrion Baker, who had been watching Sebastian’s social maneuvers, also bravely stepped forward.
Being a sycophant second to none, he couldn’t miss this opportunity.
“Ahem, at the upcoming banquet, I will meet his wife and thoroughly inform her of Your Majesty’s greatness.”
Count Baker, who had bought his title with money, used his connections well to align himself with the emperor.
A household with a beautiful daughter and the honor of serving the emperor. Along with a widely known trading company.
The Baker family was enjoying continuous prosperity.
“Keep an eye on them.”
“Understood.”
In front of the emperor, who could give them what they desired, pride was irrelevant.
The two men, who answered in unison, bowed deeply and withdrew.
“Maya Pendragon, huh.”
It seemed suspicious that they had become a couple with no apparent connection.
Moreover, Pendragon and Bayarden.
‘Isn’t this like the union of the dragon families from old legends?’
Although the Pendragon family had declined and the Bayarden family lived quietly like a toothless lion, it still couldn’t help but be bothersome.
“The banquet will be suitably grand.”
It’s best to crush their spirits early on, like brainwashing that never fades from memory.
“House Bayarden is holding a wedding, and the new wife is coming up—we can’t just leave it be.”
Reserfield smiled.
“Contact House Pendragon.”
It’s always better to seize a weakness early.
***
There was a limit to how much money could be borrowed under the Pendragon name.
“Maya, where has that girl gone? Does she really think she can live away from home?”
Elise’s eyes flashed as she shouted. But there wasn’t a single maid around to attend to her.
Elise, Otto, and Maguire had been the ones to kick her out and disown her, but they believed Maya would eventually come back, bowing her head deeply towards them.
They knew she had no one to help her.
But Maya did not return.
Maguire, who had already lost people’s trust, was out of the question, and Elise and Otto borrowed money using the remaining family honor, hoping for a big win.
But hitting the jackpot wasn’t as easy as they thought.
In the end, they fired all the servants and maids, pawned the furniture, and even borrowed money from loan sharks.
Tonight’s gamble was really their last chance, but as usual, they lost their money.
“We need to borrow money… money!”
Beside Elise, who was ranting with bulging veins, Otto was biting his nails. He was just as anxious.
“Mother, look at this!”
Maguire, who had been rummaging through the empty mansion for any possible invitations, came running in a flurry.
“Is it from Maya?”
“No, it’s from someone even greater than Maya. Forget about that girl now.”
Maguire smiled and handed over a letter stamped with the emperor’s seal.
“H-His Majesty the Emperor is contacting us?”
Elise and Otto were in an uproar over this unexpected big shot.
They cleared off a dusty table and, with trembling hands, tore open the envelope.
Flutter, flutter. As they held and read the emperor’s letter, Elise and Otto’s eyes widened.
“We might have to take back what we said about forgetting Maya.”
Otto said with a trembling voice in response to Maguire’s stunned words.
“Maguire, the person we’re dealing with is none other than the Grand Duke of Bayarden. Bayarden.”
Finally, a gamble-like opportunity had come their way.
