Chapter 776 – Day 89 – Jad Ober Does What He Can
“Sister Jad! Isn’t this too much?”
In front of the embarrassed Leonie stood Jad Ober, wearing a fancy dress.
No matter how many times she thought about it, no matter how modest she thought it was, she was dressed like she was ready to enjoy the party.
“Oh, mom! What kind of crazy thing is this, sister! I wasn’t angry. I held back! Furthermore, I understood that you had no choice but to do something like that!”
Leonie, so angry that her face turns red, points with her finger to the third floor where her mother is lying.
“But…! Isn’t this really too much? You made my mom sick like that, and then you’re having a party at my house? It’s too much! It’s too much!! Furthermore, it’s too much!”
“Leonie…”
“Don’t think about what to say! Me, I am! Even if I came back after two years, I can’t admit this! How can I throw a party at home!”
Leonie’s prosthetic hand rattled around her fingers as if she were broken as she let out her anger in a rapid-fire manner. Even Jad Ober knew how intense the emotions she was enduring.
Leonie was so angry that if it weren’t for her sister, she would have slashed her face with her prosthetic hand.
“., Venus Holympia gave me a chance.”
“What are you talking about, sister?”
“He knew I was being deceived by Eternity. And given his character, he didn’t allow me to receive Eternity’s gift because he felt like I was going to suffer.”
Jad Ober’s expression was serious.
“I was such a fool that I couldn’t get out of the sweet cradle that Eternity had made unless I was shocked.”
“Sister Jad…”
“So now I realize. It was crazy to try to break the curse on my mother and our family by relying on something like Eternity’s medicine. What was I going to do if it was a medicine that had addictive symptoms in the first place?”
Jad smiled bitterly.
“We almost sold our family to the demons from generation to generation. Rather, I think it’s a good thing that it ends up hurting like my mother… No, that doesn’t mean I’m happy that my mother is sick.”
“… I understand that much, sister.”
Leonie sighed and bumped her sister’s side with her elbow.
“Ugh…!”
“Okay, you’re not saying that because my sister is more stupid than me, she threw the party just to have fun, right?”
“I’m not that stupid. This party has an important purpose.”
Jad Ober takes out his fan, covers his face, and takes a deep breath.
“We, the Auvers family, are a well-known family in the southern part of the empire. Their reputation is so high that they have to provide the most materials and manpower even in wars. The only downside is that they are quite far from Holympia, right?”
“What does that have to do with the party now?”
“When it comes to our family’s level, the mere fact of throwing a party can cause a stir in the social world. My dad, who may be arriving tomorrow, might slap me in the face…”
Jad Ober wanted to be helpful to Venus Holimpia, even if it meant losing his head.
“His Majesty the Emperor declared that the princess was dead. That means there was a political reason whether she was really alive or not.”
“Uh… Even if she’s alive, she’s dead anyway?”
“That’s right. And the princess has a lot of women. I don’t mean in a sexual sense, but there are really many people who are connected to her. I don’t think they will give up on the princess after His Majesty’s announcement.”
Jad Ober’s eyes were shining.
“I want to let this world know that the princess is alive. Although the princess is not here, it is very simple to find out if the princess you and I saw is really the princess.”
“What kind of method was there?”
“Of course, at the same time, the princess was considerate of us.”
Jad Ober looks at the ring on his hand. It was Madame Aubert’s. It was an item that proved that he was acting in a minor way as the head of the Aubert family.
“… You saved our family from seeing blood.”
“Wait a minute, what do you mean, sister? How does that happen?”
“If the princess stayed here and fought against her demons, and here she made it known that she was alive and well… There would be no one who does not know the story that our Aubert family helped the princess.”
“That’s good for us, right?”
Jad Ober shakes his head from side to side without even thinking.
“In a peaceful world, even a drop of water would be a waste, and we would somehow make it our own merit, but what do you think now? What if His Majesty says that the princess is dead, and she says that the princess is alive?”
“Joe, isn’t that a good thing…”
“The Emperor wants the princess to die. If that’s the case, we can make up any number of plausible stories.”
Jad Ober smiles as he looks at the people gathered in the huge hall.
“The princess we said we found was actually a demon.”
“Sister Jad! Does that make sense?”
“… Why doesn’t it make sense? If His Majesty says so and kills us all, who’s going to say? Do you want to trust His Majesty or me?”
“Oh, no, that’s…”
“Anyway, the people in our family are dissatisfied, and when we die, there will be plenty of nobles drooling at the thought of taking our lands and assets. There is no one who hates the wealth and fame that comes for free.”
If there is some convincing evidence, the story is over, Jad Aubert said, and smiled as he watched the maids busily greeting the nobles who came from all over to play.
“So you understand? The fact that only our Aubert family gets the credit means, in a way, that we become the perfect target for His Majesty’s punishment. The princess thought about that and fell into the hands of the demons.”
“… You thought that deeply? Really?”
“He’s a great person. To put it another way…”
Jad Ober looked quite bitter.
“She doesn’t even remember that Jiabi did such a cruel and terrible thing to her daughter, so God knows with her knowledge and wisdom…”
“… So, she hated the fact that she was a princess?”
Leonie clenches her molars. Her parents were so proud of her. She is survived by her father, a stern but wonderful knight, and her wise and loving mother.
He himself, a nobleman and not a member of the royal family, has this, so how cruel of a person is the father of a princess who is a member of the royal family?
“I understand how the princess feels. So the theme of this party, as you know, is Leonie. It is a celebration of her lovely youngest daughter returning to her family.”
“You know that’s why I’m so angry, sister? Then tell me. What is she actually doing? Is she saying she found the princess? Right? She’s making rumors, right?”
“No. If that were the case, wouldn’t it be rumored that she eventually found the princess in the Aubert family?”
Jad Ober smiles and looks at the nobles who are starting to murmur from afar.
“Actually, only one person in this empire needs to know that the princess is alive. Really, only one person needs to know.”
Jad Ober, with a proud smile, slowly moves from the ledge on the second floor overlooking the hall to the stairs.
“What, is there such a person?”
“I also heard from a friend in Holympia that there is someone who is desperately looking for the princess. Although everyone is skeptical and thinks it is a terrible trap.”
With the clatter of heels, Jad Ober takes Leonie down the stairs and walks to the center of the huge hall.
“I believe. This person is the person who loves Venus Holimpia more than anyone else, and he is the person she can rely on.”
Leone, surprised, follows behind her sister in silence.
“And I believed that he was a wise man who could understand the true meaning of my letter, which was written very loosely in anticipation of prior censorship.”
Jad Ober, standing in the center of the huge hall, swallows his saliva with eyes full of anticipation.
The nobles who were standing at the entrance and talking loudly silenced themselves at some point and retreated to the left and right.
The first to walk on the left and right sides of the richly laid carpet were maids wearing beautiful ornaments.
Their luxury and elegance were such that anyone could tell where they worked and who they were assisting.
“… As expected, my guess was correct this time.”
Jad Ober, with a proud expression, takes a step closer as he sees the woman slowly walking down the red carpet.
The being who appeared with the sound of beautiful heels, again and again, was wearing a pitch black dress.
She had a body so beautiful that it was rude to compare her to ordinary women, and her name was known to all the nobles of this land.
She was a woman who was famous for having nothing in her hands except her name, and had nothing but the love of the princess.
“Thank you, Jad Aubert, for inviting me to the party. I came here from Holimpia to celebrate the return of Miss Léonie Aubert.”
“Thank you, Crown Princess. Please come inside. Today is an auspicious day for our family, so please enjoy the party without any inconvenience.”
“Yes, I will try not to show anything lacking in Léonie Aubert’s congratulations. I heard you made a friend too? Congratulations.”
At Hedone’s words, Jad Ober made eye contact without saying a word.
“What, Jad Ober… Was there a string in the imperial palace too?”
“I thought you were stuck living in the South, but it seems you weren’t?”
Jad Aubert, who looked with satisfaction at the whispering voices of the nobles, gestured to the maids, and Hedone very naturally walked to the room where the distinguished guests were treated.
“… What happened now?”
Léonie Ober was not the only one who did not understand the situation.
