The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 59
For Gerun, money was something he could earn in any amount if he wished, so spending a billion or two didn’t even make him flinch.
Material wealth didn’t hold much meaning for him in the first place.
Of course, the same would be true for the ducal family.
Gerun Wilfred didn’t care about Roxelyn from the start either.
Initially, her only methods of resistance or retaliation against others were through anger and annoyance.
It was a naive time for her.
As a result, she had a rather poor reputation in social circles, and for Gerun, who disliked foolishness, there was no need to take an interest.
The first time he took notice of her was when Roxelyn ran away from the duke’s residence and suffered retaliation from the nobles.
One day, she intercepted a business deal that Gerun Wilfred had set up.
To be precise, she sold information about a business Gerun was advancing to another count’s family that disliked him.
The count’s family, unbeknownst to Gerun, snatched away people associated with the business and took over the project under better terms.
Caught off guard for the first time in his life, Gerun Wilfred started with a hollow laugh and ended up bursting into laughter.
At first, thinking it was the work of the count’s family, he intended to dig into their background and retaliate.
But a month later, another family started making some noise, and three months after that, yet another family followed suit.
What was smart about Roxelyn was that she almost never caused harm to the places she sold information to.
Nobles had their pride.
None of them wanted the disgrace of having bought information from an ousted ducal lady.
Moreover, since the businesses started with the information she sold generally prospered, there was no reason for them to speak up.
With them keeping silent, the affected families had no way to trace the source of the information.
Of course, Gerun Wilfred was tenacious and did not give up.
Initially, he started tracking out of sheer irritation, and when he found there were about three other victims including himself, curiosity drove him to continue the investigation.
Eventually, after threatening, coaxing, and intimidating the count who had taken over his business, he managed to hear the story from him.
The moment the name ‘Ducal Lady Bellion’ came out of the count’s mouth, Gerun was pleasantly amused.
For the first time since his wife’s death, Gerun Wilfred burst into laughter.
From that point on, Roxelyn became Gerun Wilfred’s interest.
Even after identifying Roxelyn as the culprit and tracking her movements, it was not easy to catch her in the act.
From what he learned, she hadn’t lived a pleasant life.
It seems she had a tough time for the first one or two years after leaving home.
But instead of giving up, she gritted her teeth and persevered, deciding to bite back at them with the information she had gathered and heard over time rather than succumbing and submitting.
Thrown into a harsh world, Roxelyn flourished with her intelligence.
She was good at running away and managed to sell information only to families where it wouldn’t cause harm, spinning a web to avoid detection.
With the money earned from selling information, she hired guards and lived a comfortable life.
‘What surprised me was that even after leaving home, she was meeting with the Third Prince.’
Precisely, it seemed like the Third Prince consistently sought her out for meetings.
‘Perhaps the Third Prince also provided her with information.’
Yes, that’s how Roxelyn survived.
Despite falling from the most noble position to the lowest, becoming a merchant of information, she blatantly indulged in luxury and pleasure with that money.
Surviving like that, she bit back at him and at the nobles, ultimately throwing filth at those who had cornered her.
Thinking of that made him amused, but as he stared at the firmly closed door, his heart sank heavily.
Before he knew it, Gerun, holding the accessories she had sent, stood in front of the firmly closed door and, adjusting his attire, knocked on the door.
Knock, knock.
“Come in.”
Upon hearing the voice from inside, Gerun opened the door and entered.
The woman with aqua-kissed hair, seeing Gerun holding a box, widened her eyes and paused.
“…What brings you here at this hour?”
