Don't Trust the Heroine

CHAPTER 21

"Hmph, didn't you say that Farren framed you and bothered you? You don't need to care about him."

".... No. There must have been some misunderstanding."

When Suzanne defended Farren, Cavan said,

"I'm so glad you came to my family. If you were taken by that viper-like Lady Rodenherg, what would you have been?"

"Farren's not going through a bad thing right now, is he?"

"Well, there are no nobles who bring in people and treat them recklessly. That viper is not ordinary, so it might be different."

Suzanne looked depressed as if she were worried about Farren.

"I heard it from the maid, but Countess Rodenherg is very... they said she's a beautiful and nice person. She's a good person and will soon debut. After the debutante, she will receive a lot of attention from high society. She's such an amazing person. I guess that you misunderstood her."

She praised Medenna for gaining something from Cavan.

As soon as he heard that, Cavan burst into anger.

"Suzanne! No matter how nice you are, you can't trust others so recklessly."

"I'm sorry..."

"But I know why you're saying that. Because everyone doesn't know the real her."

Cavan drank the cold tea at once and put the teacup down on the table.

"I think I'll feel better if I do something to her."

He smiled insidiously while thinking about it. "Come to think of it, if she finally started preparing for the debutante, can we decide not to attend it?"

"Huh?"

"Because debutantes are not held very often. It needed to be on a large scale. Okay... I should use this."

Suzanne blinked curiously as he continued.

"You have nothing to worry about. I'll have to give instructions right away. I drank tea well, Suzanne. See you later."

Cavan got up from his seat and become busy.

Suzanne looked at his back and wrapped the teacup with both hands.

No one noticed the strange smile on her face.

***

The building used as a temporary base at the Lucas Mercenary Guild was narrow and messy.

For efficiency, Sein is using the base she used when she was a merchant.

There were two people in the innermost room of the building, in the room used as a temporary executive meeting room.

A black-haired boy and a white-haired middle-aged woman were there.

It was Farren, the mercenary guild manager, and Sein, the external mercenary guild owner.

Farren was leaning on an old sofa and reviewing documents.

"How's the orichalcum purchase?"

"We've secured all the supplies. There's no problem with warehouse security."

orichalcum was a hard mineral mainly used for weapons and armor. However, the need for orichalcum this time was a completely different use.

"It was quite a novel idea to use orichalcum on jewelry instead of gold or silver. As expected, the master has an excellent eye. It's the color that makes it stand out. It was also quite suitable for accessories, but I guess everyone didn't think about using it because of the stereotype."