My Ex-Fiancée Is the Female Lead in the Romance Novel - Chapter 27



27 – Inspection Department (1)

In the corner of the Inspection Department, which is in charge of an important axis of the empire, there was a small office.

It was an office the size of which seemed to reveal the situation of the office owner, who is treated as a nerd inside the inspection department.

And the office was crowded for the first time in a while.

Is it correct to say that it is noisy rather than crowded?

The sound of fighting coming from that office was enough to make the inspectors who used the offices around it frown.

“Inspector Leight! Please do it in moderation. Shouldn’t you be thinking of us who are on the side of the Inspector General? It’s a salty investigator’s salary, but if the inspector refuses even that bundle, our lives will be difficult!”

“So, are you asking me to take this bundle and share it with you guys? I would bite my tongue and die if I did that. It goes against the duty of an inspector to conduct an investigation for money.”

“If you keep doing that, my team will no longer be able to help you with your investigation. Don’t you know? Others will give you money in exchange for actively helping with the investigation. Compared to other investigators, our situation is very poor.”

Alea Leit, one of the few remaining integrity inspectors in the Inspection Department, sighed deeply.

Following her father who was a great inspector, she wanted to become an inspector who would implement justice without accepting any favors or bribes from her, but her reality was not so easy.

The inspectors around them took bribes and used the bribes to recruit competent investigators, solving large and complicated cases and getting promoted.

However, he didn’t do anything like that, and only worked with Jamie’s investigation team, a relationship built on trust.

Of course, Jamie herself excelled in her skills, but it was essential for her to give money to the investigators in order to build a professional investigation team filled with competent people.

In the end, Leitt made the wrong choice for her.

He reported corruption within the prosecution to the royal family and the aristocracy.

It was a foolish act, but he was engulfed in extreme stress and a sense of justice as he watched the bribery around him, and he firmly believed that his actions were right.

And what returned to him was the cut off work and the complete coldness of the entire inspection department.

Of course, the imperial family and the aristocracy also ignored his request.

“Once… Let’s first meet the person who sent this money and think about it.”

“Whew… Think carefully. I will connect him directly.”

Leight closed her eyes as Jamie left her office, leaning her head against her chair.

He was so miserable that he had to worry about accepting the bribe he hated so much that he could only sigh helplessly into the air.

* * *

Inspector Leight, who played a major role in the downfall of the first prince by digging into the corruption of the first prince in the future. When I met him, it had been about two days since I had talked with Lady Rosemary.

“Small Marquis, this is it.”

Inspector Leit’s room was shabby.

The door was the same as the other inspectors, but the scenery inside was not.

There were no case papers that are often scattered around in inspectors’ rooms, and only cheap wooden furniture was placed in the empty room.

“Little Marquis, are you here?”

Amidst the shabby scenery, a young man with an unusual atmosphere that didn’t suit him greeted me.

“Nice to meet you. I am Inspector General Alea Leit.”

“Did you receive the goods you sent?”

I sat down on a sofa that appeared to be set for guests.

“Whether or not you will receive the goods you send will be decided according to the words of the Marquis.”

I laughed.

Then Inspector Leight frowned.

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Now this person is clearly misunderstanding his position.

I need to go ahead and clarify the situation before talking to this person.

This person is not a card to be discarded only this time, so he must have a clear hierarchy.

“Inspector Leight, you are mistaken.”

“What do you mean? If you’re going to talk nonsense, please leave.”

He pointed with his finger in the direction of the exit door.

I ignored him and went on with his words.

“It’s not something the Inspector General can decide other than accepting it. Must get… It is a gift from me and a basic fund to meet the necessary conditions to work with me.”

“Prerequisites… No, I don’t know what to do first.”

“Use the money I gave you to buy competent investigators. Then follow my advice and sell a specific item. If the result is successful, I can assure you of the flower path that will unfold to the observer in the future.”

After I finished speaking, I left his room, leaving behind a worried Leit.

And it didn’t take too long for him to contact me.

* * *

“Seria. How was it?”

As soon as Seria returned to her mansion, she felt a visceral dislike for the duke who clung to her.

But she pretended to be outwardly calm, and she reported false results to the duke.

“I had a good conversation with the 2nd prince, and we decided to continue to meet on good terms.”

“Ohh… ! Good job. Good job.”

Seria pushed away the Duke who was hugging her with her soft but strong-willed touch.

However, the duke was not interested in her intentions.

He was just busy calculating the benefits he would receive from the marriage of Seria and her second prince.

“However, we decided not to talk about marriage for the time being. As you know… Recently, I’m a woman who has been through a broken heart, so if the story of marriage comes out right now, I think I’ll be uncomfortable, so let’s talk about marriage later… The 2nd Prince said it.”

Seria did not forget to cover her face with her hands as if she was embarrassed.

She never imagined that acting, which she had learned instinctively from the past, would be useful except when meeting someone else without Cesar’s knowledge.

“Okay. The second prince and I will discuss that matter.”

The duke answered her with her somewhat stiff face.

As the duke, Seria would want to dispose of the peak value product as quickly as possible in her marriage market.

But now, according to Seria’s words, she has no choice but to spend at least a few months, and at most a few years, without getting married.

It was one of the worst scenarios the Duke could imagine.

“Yes. Father.”

Seria gracefully grabbed the hem of her skirt and bowed her head to the Duke before entering her room.

And the Duke of Argenta yelled at her butler as soon as Seria closed the door.

“Put a letter to the second prince saying that I will go right away. Isn’t this different from the promise!?”

“You don’t have to.”

The Duke of Argenta hurriedly turned around at the familiar voice behind her.

He was the 2nd prince with jet-black hair and a physique trained through countless battles.

As soon as the Duke of Argenta saw her second prince, her body stiffened.

“Meet the Little Sun of the Empire. Please sit down. If you had given me a message and come, I would have served you something, but now tea is all I can do at best.”

However, the Duke of Argenta responded flexibly to the situation.

When she shamelessly gave up her seat of honor to the second prince, the maids came out with tea.

The Duke casually asked the 2nd Prince as he picked up the tea.

“Prince. What are you up to here? I never heard that you would come.”

“Do we have to meet because something has to happen?”

“hahahaha… ! That’s right. What’s between us…… We can just meet.”

That’s what he said, but the duke’s stomach was burning.

It was because I couldn’t guess the prince’s intentions at all.

When the Duke of Argenta continued to sip her tea, keeping an eye on the 2nd Prince, she suddenly poured the 2nd Prince more than half of the remaining tea into one bite.

Then he set her glass down with such force that it broke.

“Duke of Argenta. You must have heard about what happened this morning. I can understand your embarrassment.”

“…… That’s right. Can you explain how it happened? He obviously said that he would promote Seria and her marriage as soon as possible with me.”

“Don’t worry. The wedding will take place within a few months at the most, so the duke should prepare who to invite as the wedding guests. Since there is no duchess, the duke will have to take care of that troublesome task.”

At those words, the Duke of Argenta smiled in relief.

He is the second prince who is stronger than anyone else, humane and friendly in a way, but in the end he is the blood of the imperial family.

She can’t turn down or fight a deal that interests her.

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No matter how important it is to marry, he was a man who could even use marriage for his own benefit.

“Okay.”

After hearing the Duke of Argenta’s answer, the 2nd Prince quickly left the duke’s residence.