# 85 - 85
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“Miss Tulia. Miss Sofia has arrived.”
"millimeter."
I sat waiting in the reception room.
The door soon opened, and Sophia entered, following the butler's assistant's directions.
Sofia looked stunned the whole time.
Although she quickly hid her expression when she saw me, she couldn't hide her surprise when she saw the inside.
“Right. You only visited Tullia when she was in that damned warehouse, right?”
And only once or twice at that.
After receiving many privileges, my room was recently moved to the “Moon Room.”
The best room that can be used by the immediate members of the Fraser family, with the exception of the Grand Duke and his wife.
In other words, my room became a luxury apartment in the Gangnam Station area with a view of the Han River.
From Sophia's perspective, it must be shocking to see someone who was originally living alone as a beggar in a remote mountain village suddenly become successful.
"Sit."
“Oh, yeah. Okay.”
But she was still a direct member of the Fraser family, and Lilius and Aubrey had completely raised her as a model lady.
Unlike Tullia, whom they raised foolishly.
Thus, Sofia was able to form her facial expressions faster than expected.
Sophia sat elegantly and spoke politely.
“You said you prepared a gift to congratulate my engagement?”
“Yes. We are cousins after all, right? Have some tea first.”
I offered her tea.
As Sofia drank tea like a sophisticated lady, she also glanced at the quality of the teacup and the patterns decorating the table.
This is different from the game.
In this film, Sophia Fraser was a supporting character among the secondary characters.
But she was very clever, and thanks to circumstances she never suffered losses.
Depending on the ending chosen by Kuriko, the fates of the surrounding characters are sometimes briefly mentioned, and Sophia is always accompanied by descriptions of securing rich and good marriage prospects.
But now, there are only three years left before it starts, right?
The age factor cannot be ignored.
Sofia, three years younger, doesn't seem to have the same abilities she once did. This is normal.
But she was very smart for her age.
In other words, she was cunning.
Perhaps she knew that I had the rights to manage the house, so she must have followed the butler's assistant here with mixed feelings.
Otherwise, she would have simply asked me to send engagement gifts through a maid and would not have accepted my invitation.
“Grandmothers.”
“Yes, Miss Tulia.”
“Get them out.”
The butler's assistant brought three jewelry boxes that had been prepared in advance.
“Three of them…?”
Sofia mumbled unconsciously.
Open it. All of them.
“All of them?”
Sophia hurriedly extended her hands.
Oh, my God.
She immediately covered her mouth with both hands.
Gorgeous glow.
Large size.
Even excellent cutting techniques.
I let Sofia be surprised as she pleases for now.
"Do you like it?"
“They're not...bad.”
Sophia could hardly say it.
Contrary to her arrogant answer, her eyes were busy exploring the jewelry boxes here and there.
That's greed.
It was absolutely excellent.
No wonder your eyes are rolling.
Those jewelry were all public funds that O'Pray had embezzled.
As if to prove that they were indeed husband and wife, Lilius' wife, Aubrey, was very greedy.
Although she had returned the family jewels, she would undoubtedly hatch a plan to recover at least some of the jewels once the current situation was resolved.
For example, something like the yellow diamond brooch that Sofia likes so much at the moment.
“You can't get that even with a lot of money.”
How bold of her to take such precious antiques from the family warehouse and keep them in her own jewelry box for more than ten years.
If Roxanne Countess of Fraser, the legitimate wife of Count Nigella Fraser, had been present in the main castle, she would have checked the records for such precious artefacts.
That's why it's important to put the right people in the right positions.
Especially in such large noble families.
Empty ladies of the house.
Thanks to this, didn't O'Pray, who was the lowest-ranking person, start committing all kinds of embezzlement?
“Tulia?”
Sofia barely took her eyes off the jewelry and asked in a reserved voice.
“So, which of these things do you want to give me? Are you asking me to choose?”
“All of them are your engagement gifts.”
"What did you say?!"
“It's an engagement to His Highness the Crown Prince, so did you think I'd be stingy and just give you one?”
"but…!"
“Besides, you know, right? I now have all the local administration rights.”
“...I heard about that.”
“Right? Then I can definitely do this much for you.”
I tilted my head.
“But it’s a bit strange. Originally, Uncle Lilius and Aunt O’Bray had the local management rights.”
“…”
"It would be difficult to give such precious things as gifts every day. But couldn't they have given you at least one on your birthday, or when you passed the academy entrance exam?"
“...Of course I've received similar things before.”
“Right? I almost misunderstood it.”
As I smiled sweetly, I thought to myself.
"Received what? Bullshit!"
There was only one child they loved and saved for from the beginning.
“Well, Tedric has also received a lot of these things. From those two.”
"What?"
Suddenly, Sophia's eyes widened.
“So it is only natural that, as their daughter, you would have received so many of them indiscriminately. Precious artifacts like this.”
“…How did you know that? What did Brother Tedric receive from his parents?”
“How should I know?”
I moved my toes.
“You know why I'm in this wheelchair now, right?”
Sophia was confused for a moment and looked away.
So you've heard of that.
“Tedric was fired, as you know. I have a very bad disposition as well, so I looked through everything thoroughly. Since I took control of household affairs, there were a surprisingly large number of lists for me to review.”
“…”
Sophia quietly bit the inside of her mouth.
I stayed still for a moment to let her imagination run wild in her head.
Do you feel dizzy in your head?
You've never been trapped like this before, have you?
But Tedrick had received this kind of treatment countless times.
Do you feel betrayed?
Too much?
Even if Opry somehow manages to come up with the money she demands to know where all the jewelry is, insisting that according to family law, she should be able to wear it again and write the ledger entries.
All I have to say is that I gave them to Sofia as “Direct Line engagement gifts,” and that’s it.
And then, well, she can yell at me all she wants.
Or I could watch the chaos unfold as she asks Sofia to return the jewelry and they get into a violent fight.
It's none of my business, and at the very least I'll watch as Opry's blood pressure skyrockets.
And in the meantime.
It seems that Sophia has finished her calculations.
More precisely, her anger seemed to have reached its peak.
It was clear on her face.
I pretended not to notice and asked casually.
“What would you ask your grandfather as an engagement gift?”
"Why?! Are you going to interfere?!"
Her voice came out sharp and biting.
This meant that she was extremely angry at the moment, and that she had completely failed to control her emotions.
It was the first time in my life that I felt happy because sparks of love were flying towards me for no reason.
“As expected, this is a million times easier than dealing with that cunning snake Viscount Lilius.”
“How can I interfere with the engagement gift?”
I blinked as if I was surprised, then asked with a sly smile.
“Well, is it an engagement gift related to Tedrick?”
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