## Chapter 353 – 353. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
353. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated into the Baek Family
Makaros, the prime minister of the Rapelli Kingdom, stormed into a mansion on the outskirts of the royal capital with his knights, taking the great criminal Basib Meikeld with them.
“Search every nook and cranny!”
Makaros, having given the order, turned his gaze aside. Though his expression was impassive, his mood was far from good. The King’s birthday celebration banquet was still ongoing.
He should have been at the banquet, but instead, he was investigating and digging into Basib Meikeld’s affairs on the King’s orders. It was an easy task. The swindler had confessed everything in less than an hour of torture.
Basib Meikeld.
No, his real name was Rohad, a commoner who had been a mercenary. He had stumbled upon the corpse of a nobleman, the real Basib Meikeld, while passing by. He stole the ring and documents, the symbols of the Meikeld family, from the corpse and pretended to be a nobleman.
During the fight with Baron Eugene Prukerus at the banquet, Makaros had even considered helping Rohad. However, the fraud was too flimsy to help him. He decided to stay put, as intervening would only tarnish his own reputation.
‘How foolish.’
According to him, he had planned to make a big score, cross the border, go into hiding, and live a life of luxury. But Makaros didn’t believe it. He had seen several swindlers who didn’t know how scary nobles were, and they kept on swindling as if it were a habit. More than 90% of what came out of their mouths were lies. Some of the more serious ones even believed their own lies to be the truth.
“Y-Your Lordship! W-What is going on here!”
An old man rushed out from the crowd, prostrating himself on the ground as he asked. The old man was missing his left arm.
“You should be the one asking what you’re doing. We are carrying out the orders of His Majesty the King. Just because you don’t have much time left to live, does that mean you can ignore the royal affairs and look down on His Majesty the King?”
“N-No, absolutely not! I am Marco, who used to work for the 3rd Royal Knights Order 20 years ago! This mansion is my property that I lent to Baron Meikeld, so I came forward even though I know it’s rude.”
“……”
If he was from the Royal Knights Order, they couldn’t treat him carelessly here. Makaros was being guarded by knights who were also from the Royal Knights Order.
“Baron Basib Meikeld is not a nobleman. He is an imposter. His real name is Rohad. He was a mercenary.”
“…Yes?”
The old man looked at Rohad, who was bound in chains. Rohad avoided his gaze.
“Baron Meikeld…! No, Rohad! You promised me 5 million ner when you borrowed the mansion! When are you going to give me my 5 million ner?!”
“Quiet, Marco. Don’t make a fuss. You’re lucky that we’re not cutting off your head for obstructing us while we’re carrying out the orders of His Majesty the King. But we’ll let it slide this once, considering your past loyalty to the royal family as a member of the Royal Knights Order. Stay put and don’t interfere, Marco.”
Marco, sweating profusely, backed away at Makaros’s sharp warning. Even he, who had been reckless because he was close to death, was afraid of Makaros.
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister. There’s nothing inside. Not even a single ner.”
“……”
Makaros looked at Rohad.
“N-No, Your Excellency! I only told the truth! I kept all the investment money I had collected in this mansion! My two colleagues should be guarding the money!”
“……”
Makaros thought.
It was unlikely that Rohad was lying. The old commoner had recognized Rohad, and Rohad was weak against torture.
The most likely possibilities were that Rohad’s colleagues had run away with the money, or that someone else had intervened and taken it.
Makaros thought the latter was more likely.
“We’re returning to the royal palace. Rohad. You lied, so you will be tortured until you die.”
“Y-Your Excellency! No! I told the truth! Your Excellency! Please, not the torture…! Please stop the torture! Your Excellency!”
“……”
***
I had firmly established my presence among the nobles with this incident.
Although I had caused a commotion at the banquet, none of the nobles criticized me. Rather, they praised me, saying I was amazing. It was because the swindler was a noble imposter. Nobles were extremely wary of challenges to their authority.
Bibi Heolis was intentionally avoiding me. She had given me 500 million to invest in the swindler, and Prime Minister Makaros had just told the nobles that the money could not be found in the current situation.
The truth was that I had the money. I had Yuria recover the money earlier today. The amount was a whopping 1.73 billion ner. The sudden windfall made me happy.
10 PM. The banquet was still going strong.
I had Yuria invite Bibi Heolis to the room that the royal family had provided for me. A little later, Yuria and Bibi entered the room. Since Yuria had moved personally, no one would know that Bibi had entered my room.
I said to the hesitant Bibi, expressionless.
“Please, sit down, Sister-in-law.”
“…Yes. Baron Prukerus.”
Bibi sat down. I scanned her from head to toe. Bright lime-green hair, rare even in this world, emerald-like eyes. Snow-white skin. She was exceptionally beautiful. However, sadly, her chest was an A cup.
Perhaps she sensed the danger in my gaze. She shuddered once.
“Sister-in-law. You’ve heard about Baron Basib Meikeld… no, Rohad, haven’t you?”
“He’s a swindler… and I heard the Prime Minister say that the money disappeared.”
“It’s late, so I’ll get straight to the point. 820 million ner. How do you plan to repay it?”
“P-Please wait. I can repay the money. I am the daughter of the Heolis family.”
“Do you plan to ask Marquis Heolis for the money?”
If it was Marquis Heolis, he could repay the money in an instant.
“That’s not it! I can repay the money without my father’s help.”
“How so?”
“I’m planning to move up the wedding with Prince Gent. If I get married in three months, I’ll be his wife, so I can embezzle his assets…”
“I’m sorry, but Sister-in-law, my brother doesn’t have much wealth.”
“…Yes? The Baron said that I could get money this way last time.”
“That was because I didn’t know much about my brother Gent back then. But after investigating recently, I found out that my brother Gent doesn’t have much wealth.”
“Prince Gent is the successor of Count Prukerus!”
“He’s just a strong candidate for successor. I’m also aiming for the successor position. The successor won’t be decided for at least three years.”
“B-But if the Baron waits, I can repay the money. …It might take a little longer, but the contract didn’t specify a time limit in the first place.”
“Yes. But the contract also states that if I think you don’t have the will to repay the money, or if you’re not in a position to repay it, I can demand the money. And in the worst case, I can demand it from Marquis Heolis.”
“No! I can repay it!”
Bibi said sharply. I silently stared at her. Feeling the pressure, she avoided my gaze.
“I didn’t see any will to repay the money. Yesterday, when His Majesty asked the nobles who had been defrauded to come forward, why didn’t you come forward?”
“…How could I go out there? Not only my father but other nobles were watching…! My life is just beginning. I can’t leave such a dark mark on my history. If this gets out, imagine how much the social circles will gossip…”
I understood Bibi’s words. Unlike the successors who inherited the territory and family, most of the value of noble ladies was in the social circles.
“Did you perhaps go to the Prime Minister separately and ask him to find the money from the swindler?”
“There are too many eyes watching. How could I do that? And if the Marquis leaked even a rumor to the social circles…”
Bibi squeezed her eyes shut. Of course, I felt no sympathy at all.
“Hoo. It seems that you have neither the will nor the ability to repay the money, Sister-in-law. I’m sorry, Sister-in-law. I will tell the Marquis about this.”
“Please wait, Baron! You’re being hasty! I can repay it. I can repay it, I tell you…!”
“It’s over 800 million ner. How much money do you have saved up, Sister-in-law?”
“That’s…”
“You don’t have any, do you? If you had money, you wouldn’t have borrowed money from me.”
Bibi was a vain woman. Even if she had received an allowance from the Marquis, she would have used it right away.
As I got up from my seat, Bibi, startled, grabbed my arm.
“Baron! Give me time! Time…! If I have time, I can repay it!”
“……Can you really repay it?”
“Yes. I can repay it! Please believe me!”
“…I don’t have much faith, but I’ll give you a chance.”
Bibi’s face brightened at my words.
“Thank you, Baron!”
“However, there is a condition.”
“A condition…?”
I reached out my hand towards Bibi’s face. As I slowly caressed her snow-white cheek, her eyes trembled. She realized what I wanted from my touch.
“I want your body, Sister-in-law. If you don’t accept this condition… I will go to the Marquis right away.”
“T-This is blackmail! Were you always this kind of person, Baron?!”
“Yes. I was always this kind of person. And if you had the ability to repay the money properly, this wouldn’t have happened.”
“I’ll tell my father! My father will never forgive you. Not only you but the entire Prukerus family!”
“Do you think the Marquis will believe you? There’s no evidence.”
“My father will definitely believe me!”
“I have the contract. It’s the document that proves you owe 820 million ner. I will tell the Marquis that you, who have no ability to repay the money, are giving false testimony.”
“T-That’s…!”
Bibi was the daughter of Marquis Heolis. She knew well that Marquis Heolis had no blood or tears when it came to money. She also knew that he would believe the contract rather than his daughter’s words.
Tears welled up in Bibi’s eyes. My hand was slowly moving down from her cheek to her neck.
“No! I have to protect my purity!”
“Sister-in-law. Purity refers to the hymen, doesn’t it?”
“Y-Yes. I’m going to have my first night with Prince Gent right after the wedding, and if I don’t have a hymen, it will be a problem.”
“Don’t worry. There are ways.”
“…Ways?”
“I’ll create an artificial hymen with magic. My brother Gent doesn’t know anything about magic, so you can get through it safely. I’ll help you get through the first night safely, so don’t worry. Or you can go with me to the Marquis right now. What will you do?”
My hand touched Bibi’s shoulder. Bibi rolled her green eyes, calculating what was beneficial and what was detrimental.
“…If there’s magic for an artificial hymen, can I really get through the first night without being caught?”
In fact, there was no need to go as far as magic. There were even products called artificial hymens sold in the real world. There was also a hymen regeneration surgery.
“I guarantee it.”
“…Okay. I’ll give my body to you, Baron. You have to keep your promise.”
“Of course. I won’t be rushing you for money in the future. But if you don’t repay it for too long, you’ll have to grant me a few more of these requests.”
“……”
I took off Bibi’s dress, who had resigned herself. Yuria took the fallen dress and stepped back.
“…That maid has been listening to our conversation since earlier.”
“She’s a trustworthy maid, so you don’t have to worry.”
“……”
I looked at her upper body. Her A-cup breasts were barely big enough to hold in my hand. I reached out my hand to her protruding breasts. The pink nipples at the ends of her breasts slowly hardened.
“Sister-in-law. You smell nice. Did you spray perfume on your breasts?”
“…What are you talking about? What woman in this world sprays perfume on her breasts? And please don’t just touch my breasts. These small breasts… they’re not attractive at all.”
“That can’t be. How can those breasts not be attractive when you’re so attractive?”
My head moved towards Bibi’s small breasts.
