TVRTH [Book 1]

Chapter 101

The Future Different From The Past, Part VII

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

"... Did he take over the casino?"

"Yes, the Crown Prince has sold the casino. It's going to be announced."

'Why? Wasn't the casino still managed by the Crown Prince?' She couldn't understand why it was suddenly sold off.

"Why? His Highness would not have intended to sell the casino..."

She tried to ask him if the Crown Prince had no intention to sell the casino, but she hurriedly closed her mouth. Then eyes poured on her, who did not keep her speech. In particular, the eyes of Asher were persistent. She was horrified that his blue eyes would pierce her heart. He glared his eyes as if to hasten the following words of Aria.

"... I thought so."

So she hurriedly changed her words as if she had been thinking. Fortunately, it continued naturally. But the content wasn't.

Asher, who had been watching the debate all along, asked, "Why did you think so?"

'That's because he didn't sell it in the past.' The Crown Prince had run the casino until a big accident had happened. Everyone had accused him of being incapable and had cursed him for ruining the Empire. Aria also remembered that she had helped with the voice.

"That's... it's not long since he started managing it on behalf of Viscount Lupre. If he were going to dispose of it so quickly, wouldn't it be normal not to take it in the first place?"

On a plausible excuse, most seemed convinced that she had thought so. But it wasn't Asher.

He asked tenaciously again as if to interrogate her, "There is a possibility that he managed the casino for a while to investigate it in detail. Since then, isn't it natural to say that he's sold it to the right person?"

"It can't be. Viscount Vigue is a core person among the Aristocratic Party, but how could he be the right man for the Crown Prince?"

"Well..."

Instead of answering Aria's question, he put his mouth up and laughed. At the smile, Aria realized that she was thinking something wrong.

'What the hell did I miss?' After a moment of thought, she found the answer in the words used by Asher.

"... the meaning of the words 'the right person' was a trap!"

"What do you mean?"

"It means that he is not suitable for good management for the casino. Perhaps... it can be interpreted that he is the right person for the Crown Prince to play on."

The one who didn't know the truth seemed to be Aria alone. The attention and interest poured on her, who grasped the meaning faster than they thought and more accurately.

"... because the financial crisis for the Aristocratic Party is at stake, Viscount Vigue who took over the casino has to put himself on steam. If he makes a contribution this time, he'll be in a different position."

She grasped the flow, but there was one strange thing. In the past, Viscount Vigue had not been included in the casino case, but why did he enter this time?

Unlike in the past, who persuaded the Crown Prince? Had it been done after the last meeting she had insisted on doing so? An outcome would change if there was a cause, but no matter how many times she thought, the only reason that came to her mind was the remarks she had made in this meeting.