Triumph Card (1)

I went back home knowing that my mission was falling apart into loopholes. What an idiotic fool am I? Ugh... my stupid emotions. I bit my lips to stop myself from groaning. Me and my perfect lady ideals. Though I was excited about the progress made at home.

I wonder if Lillia has brought the store I wanted to buy. The same one that I had gone over to look at and got face slapped at the other day. That dress shop wasn't actually that bad. Their material quality was good. I wonder if it would make a hit into the public.

I also wonder if my "collaborative" plan of trust went well. Probably not. I knew that Crown Prince Ares wasn't a man who would trust someone that easily. Actually, what was I thinking when I said collaboration? I must have been an idiot...

A classic idiot who wanted to... by all mean just wanted to be greedy. And I wonder what that Bastard of Hell meant when he gave me a smile and we did a handshake to keep our "fake" acquaintance.

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Lillia's face was down as I approached her. I blinked twice when I saw her looking away from me. I frowned. Exactly what happened?! I rushed over to call over my nursery maid.

"Lillia? What happened today?" I called her out. Seeing that my only kind maid wouldn't respond, I went up to her to raise her chin from drooping. Suddenly I stopped.

There was a bruise~ on her face! What the holy F*CK!

"WHO DID THIS!" I snapped at her angrily, causing her to tremble in fear. Lillia started shaking as she pulled her face away from me. I frowned but angrily asked: "Who the holy F*ck on the God's name...!"

"M-miss, I-I can- explain-"

"Tell me." I snap at her before she could finish her sentence. She froze when she noticed me shaking. Her face turned into a surprise as she stared into my eyes. My eyes, I knew they went bloodshot.

"I-It was..." She started quivering. "It's nothing... it's just that someone..."

"Tell me. Who. The. F*ck. Touched. The. Crest. Family. Name." I say as the temperature drops.

"Miss! I am so sorry! I am extremely sorry that I have brought shame upon the Duke Crest Name! Please... please have me fired! This maid cannot do a simple job!" Lillia started crying as she dropped on the floor.

Seeing her kneel like this shook my heart. Fired? This woman was talking about being Fired?

"Tell me," I say with a calmer voice. "And who is getting fired?"

"...Miss, when I went to the store, there was already another family negotiating with the Price Owners of the store..." she explained. "Apparently, the store manager that day wasn't the same one. News went around that someone else had already brought the store long ago before that! Now that another store owner was selling it- he refused the 50% discount for buying the store."

I was getting angrier and angrier as Lillia explained each line.

So there have already been rumors going around... hasn't there?

Apparently, the store owner we meet that day already sold the store out someone else. That new store owner quickly went over to sell that store to get more profits. Apparently there was another family who was negotiating with that new store owner to buy the store.

The family was no other than the Myers family.

The Myers family weren't exactly nobility. Their origins came from their Entrepreneurship and business deals. They were extremely wealthy and in fact didn't come from Emperizia. They came from another foreign country.. and apparently want to expand their business circle globally.

I am not sure if our Crest Dukedom might hold off into a fight. Though I can guarantee our Dukedom is more powerful than their family... but the Myers family... they got nothing to lose. They aren't someone anyone can trample over. I heard they have stronger backups.

Even if we successfully trample them... their backups from other Kingdoms will totally subdue us.

But.

I went on my explosive rage when I heard what happened later on. When Lillia went over to negotiate the business deals, the New Owner totally refused her down and asked her: "Where is your agent?"

When Lillia mentioned that she came from the Crest Dukedom... the Myers family burst into laughter. Lillia started defending the Crest family, but then it escalated over to a fight... not a financial auction.

The Myers family started slandering... YES... Slandering the Crest Family Dukedom. I gritted my teeth. Soon it came to a physical fight where Lillia got slapped. And then... after even all of this happening... the Myers family got the ownership of the shop.

...

I threw over the expensive vase filled with flowers on the floor... where it shattered into pieces. Soon an army of maids rushed over to see a rage on my face.

"Slander? Did they just slander our name?" I cursed and mocked them off. I bitterly sneered. Lillia seemed confused.

"I am so sorry, My lady! Please! I have ashamed the Crest Family! Please fire-" she said, completely misunderstanding the situation as she fell on her knees.

"Stop." I angrily stare the floor. Lillia froze. "No one. Is. Getting. Fired." I ordered her. I looked at her bruise on her face.

If it wasn't enough to slander the Crest Family name... they also slandered my father's fine dignity and reputation. What the hell did they want to get at??! Do they want us to know that we are tiny imbeciles that they could trample over??! Also... Hitting my very own nursery maid??

I controlled my emotions. And I bit my lips, while clenching my fists. Who the f*ck cares now? I'll trample their asses and the Crown Prince. Just you wait.

"Lillia, get up and sit on my bed," I order her. Lillia obediently sat down on my bed. I rushed out to get out a first aid kit from the bottom dresser drawer. First. I needed to take care of this red mark on her face!

Then I'll slowly trample everyone. I gently applied the ointment on her face. Lillia seemed surprised as she quickly stood up and said:

"Miss- I-"

"SIT," I order her angrily. Lillia senses my anger and obediently sits down. I apply the salve over her face gently. They say a woman's face is the most fragile part of the body. It's the window to the soul.

If someone slaps and tramples on them- they won't have a piece of dignity! How will Lillia ever find her happily ever after?! I try to shut out all of my rage as I control myself. Be calm. Be steady.

I am a lady of High Nobility. If I act stupidly... I'll lose.

I'll take one step at a time to get back at everyone. Not only at that damn man... but also the Myer family.

Hmph... trample my father or my Ancestors? You have to be trampled on first!