The Blond Male Lead is Too Much - Chapter 39



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‘What the hell is going on! What happened to Shailene?!’

My heart sank when I saw my granddaughter, who was the first in the family to run out, closing her eyes as if she were dead.

‘Da, Diane… … .’

Because my dead daughter overlaps with me.

Of course, Shailene’s injuries weren’t serious enough to kill her.

For some reason, after that, I had a hard time seeing my granddaughter and it was painful.

Whether it was his mother’s side or his father’s side, it was torture for Bartholomew.

So, I was being immature and ignored Shailene for a while.

“… … To be honest, Shailene. I hated your father. I hated him so much for stealing my only daughter from me. That’s why I deliberately ignored you.”

This much I could say with confidence.

“But I swear I never thought you were the one who killed Diane.”

As Gwen Charophée said, she didn’t hate Shailene.

After all, it’s my blood.

“… … !”

Shailene was taken aback by the unexpected confession.

As I looked at the Diat ball with shaking eyes, he continued speaking in a sorrowful voice.

“Deep down in my heart, I’ve missed you, but I’ve never hated you or resented you in that way.”

At those words, Shailene felt her breath catch in her throat.

Before and after her escape, she grew up feeling like she was never loved anywhere.

But when I heard Bartholomew’s honest confession… … my heart was moved.

Her lips moved, trembling.

“Are you sure…? If it weren’t for me, Mom wouldn’t have passed away.”

“No, if it weren’t for your father, Diane wouldn’t have died. You wouldn’t have had a hard life either.”

Bartholomew let out a frustrated sigh as he recalled the Count’s attitude of openly looking down on Shailene.

“I warned Count Charophet clearly. You are my granddaughter, so I cannot take you away carelessly.”

“… … .”

“So don’t be anxious or worried any longer. You can stay here as long as you want.”

Something welled up inside Shailene at the softer-than-usual voice.

Bartholomew reached out and took her hand.

“How hard has it been for you, Shailene?”

“……I am…….”

I tried to say that it wasn’t that hard, but strangely my mouth wouldn’t move.

As if telling me not to lie.

Shailene, who had been moving her lips several times, lowered her eyes.

“… … To be honest, it was hard. I was afraid that today, too, the Lord would listen to my mother and send me away… … .”

“How could I do that!”

Bartholomew denied it in horror.

Shailene felt relieved at the sight. It really seemed like he wouldn’t give up on her so easily.

“Shailene, we’re family, but we’ve been living apart for a long time. So it’s natural for us to feel like strangers.”

Bartholomew spoke softly, holding her hand.

“But it’s okay. We just need to start making efforts from now on and slowly get closer.”

“… … Will that work? It seems like it would take a lot of time… … .”

“Whatever. If it takes a long time, just take your time.”

Bartholomew smiled as he patted the back of Shailene’s hand, which was showing a negative reaction.

So Shailene couldn’t say anything anymore.

‘I’m not the real Shailene anyway, so it won’t work out… … .’

Swallowing these feelings.

“Thank you, Gong.”

Anyway, I bowed my head to him who took my side.

Then Bartholomew said with a displeased expression.

“Now that I think about it, that title is a bit annoying.”

“Yes? What kind of… … .”

“Shouldn’t I call my grandfather ‘grandfather’?”

Shailene blinked blankly.

She briefly considered refusing the offer, but… … .

“Yes, Grandpa.”

I finally accepted it.

Bartholomew, unable to hide his bright smile, patted his granddaughter on the shoulder.

“Thank you too. You must be tired, so get some rest. I’ll go.”

After he left, Shailene was left alone and thought about Gwen and Janice, who must be in a state of extreme anger by now.

He came to put me in trouble, but instead he ended up removing a wall between me and the Duke.

‘This is what they call stepping on one’s own foot.’

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Shailene smiled slightly.

I don’t know if I can truly become a family with the Duke and his family.

Thanks to that, I feel at ease as I now have a strong support system.

8. Donating too much

Mandy has just taken a new job at the Duke’s house as my personal maid.

I couldn’t just turn away the person who came running all the way from Charophe Estate for me, so I asked Duke Diat for help.

‘Am I really going to become your maid again…?’

‘Well, Mandy. You were my only maid in the Count’s mansion.’

‘Oh, thank you…! I’m so happy! Everyone always said I was foolish and stuffy, but you weren’t like that, young lady.’

Mandy always felt sorry for Shailene, who was always lonely in the Count’s house.

He felt grateful to her for recognizing his true worth, even though he was said to be kind and gentle, and was rather foolish.

Mandy’s loyalty was based on these two feelings.

‘So I’d much rather have Mandy around than just anyone.’

Anyway, it can’t hurt to have someone you can trust by your side.

“Miss, are you awake?”

“Yeah, good morning.”

Mandy opened the curtains and greeted me with a bright face.

She brought me water to wash in as if it was flowing water, helped me change into my clothes, and brought me a simple breakfast.

I had a duke’s maid who took care of me before, but this one who knew me well was different.

It was much more comfortable because it moved on its own without me having to tell it to do it every time.

‘It’s nice to see you again, Mandy.’

It was time to finish the meal and drink tea with a satisfied smile on my face.

– Tiring!

A new mission has arisen.

【Mission: I am the Donation King today? Let’s donate 100 magic stones to the temple!

You were a kind and gentle girl who often donated to the temple even in difficult circumstances. ദ്ദി・ᴗ・)✧

If we continue to accumulate virtue, only good things will happen in the future, right?

Donate 100 magic stones to the capital city’s central shrine!

Deadline: 2 weeks

Success Condition: Receive a donation certificate with the donor’s signature

Penalty on failure: Infamy spreads throughout social circles (◞‸◟)】

I looked at the mission window with my eyes wide open.

What? A hundred magic stones?

‘A hundred a hundred a hundred a hundred?’

I immediately opened the newspaper and checked the freshly updated price of magic stone in the morning.

1 million gold each.

A hundred is 100 million gold.

‘Are you crazy? Do you know whose dog’s name is 100 million?’

My current total wealth was 700,000 gold.

The 600,000 gold left over from helping Deborah earlier was gradually increased through stocks.

For someone like me, 100 million gold is a very small amount of money.

In addition, money was of the essence, but the empire was experiencing a shortage of magic stones after the largest magic mine in the country was closed last year.

That’s why the price of magic stones has skyrocketed.

In this situation, even if I managed to raise 100 million gold, there was a high possibility that there would be no one willing to sell me magic stones.

‘What am I supposed to do if I’m given this difficult mission for only two weeks! If I dig the ground, money and magic stones come out?!’

Anyway, he’s acting rudely, saying that he’s not doing a mission.

After cursing the system for a while, I started to hold my head and worry about what to do.

Just before I was about to become frustrated because there was no answer, an idea suddenly occurred to me.

‘Chance Ticket!’

The special reward I received last time.

“I, I want to use the chance ticket! Tell me how to solve this mission.”

As I shouted into the air, a system window that recognized my words appeared right away.

【Oh my, you’re already using your chance coupon? You won’t regret it, right? 〜(^∇^〜）】

Oh, no. Tell me quickly.

【If you are so determined, I will activate the ‘chance’.

The cheapest way to get 100 magic stones in a short period of time is―.】

This system window just started loading without telling me anything.

What, ‘revealed in 60 seconds’?

Do you think you’re the host of some audition program?

And then literally a minute later, the loading was done and new text appeared.

【Participate in the secret auction held at the Arco Mansion on Fifth Avenue in three days!

Among the items for auction there, the ‘Baron Silver Mine’ is rumored to be a mine on the verge of closing down, but in fact, a considerable amount of magic stones are buried there.

The expected highest bid is 900,000 gold. Please prepare enough funds~! ٩(｡•ω< ｡)و】

So now there are two things I have to do.

Find out how to attend a secret auction and raise funds to bid.

Luckily, I was able to resolve this issue quickly.

It was all thanks to the help of unexpected people.

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