TVRTH [Book 1]

Chapter 90

Asterope Franz, Part VII

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

"... what are you talking about, sister? I have Oscar."

"Ah... I forgot about that since Mr. Oscar has visited this mansion a few times. Sorry, Mielle."

"His visit has been rare, but he has sent me presents often. You may not know well."

'Why are you so satisfied with that love that was gained by others' hands? He is a man who has been seduced by your sister and exchanged secret letters with.'

Mielle, who proudly explained her relationship with Oscar, was quite confident. Without Oscar, she couldn't inflict devastating pain on Mielle. She had to get him back at all cost.

"I think you're reluctant to do it, so I'll have to do what never happened."

"Oh, our Aria's still young, so she doesn't know well. Don't think it's totally gone."

He seemed to want to somehow continue his relationship with Lane's master even if he had to sell his stepdaughter to a lower aristocrat.

'It is frustrating to have a life of a pudibund aristocratic lady! It's a life which is swayed by politics and the economy without choice!'

In this regard, Mielle must have been a lucky girl. She had come to like her politically entangled fiancé.

Since then, Lane and the count began to talk about the trivial things of his business, and Aria quietly finished her meal and went up to her room. She was in a bad mood throughout the meal, but she was a little relieved by the good news that Lane's master had stopped paying attention to Mielle. And as she tried to relax and read a book and get ready to go to bed, someone knocked on the door.

"Who might that be? No one comes to visit the mansion at this time..."

Jessie cocked her head in wonder. Then she covered her mouth in surprise at the voice that followed, "It's Lane."

"What brings you here?"

"My master gave me a letter with a bouquet of flowers, but I forgot and didn't give it to you."

'A letter? What letter did the man send, who had had no interest in her in the meantime?'

Aria asked Annie to pick it up, but Lane said he would not go back until she finished reading and gave a reply.

"Reply... here now?"

"Yes. Please read it first. Then you'll understand."

Aria opened the letter because it was a trivial thing. Then she read the first paragraph, which began with a flowing and elegant style, and she dropped it from her hand.

[Dear Aria Roscent,

How have you been? This is Asher. I sent my servant to hear your answer.

Have you made up your mind?]

'... Asher?'

Aria, who rose from her seat, hurried up to Lane, who was waiting beyond the door. Lane's face was calm as if he knew it even when he faced Aria, who was surprised.

"Your master... is Asher?"

"Yes."

"How could...!"

She thought he was an ordinary lower-class aristocrat but he wasn't. Aria couldn't speak because Asher was an important figure that she had never thought of.