143 The greatest show on earth! (2)
Canael carefully grabbed Elizabeth’s arm.
The divine beasts in their arms raised their tails in excitement when they saw the rapier.
I hurriedly opened my mouth.
“Sir, please calm down.”
“The author insulted my fiance.”
Count Soh responded sharply to my request. His eyes were sharp as when hunting a beast.
A commoner could draw a nobleman’s face at will, which made her angry.
As I was contemplating how to solve this, David, who had been quiet all the time, spoke up.
“Set an example. You are the royal family of the Empire.”
“······Ah Okay. You can lie down.”
Joan, who was spinning towards Sir Elizabeth, saw Prince Sedric and fell to the floor.
It wasn’t like that for me, but the charisma of the main male actor was definitely unique.
There was a greeting saying, ‘I’ll see you, Crown Prince’, but the man didn’t respond.
From a commoner’s point of view, it seemed even more terrifying. I asked calmly.
“Why did you draw Canael?”
“I just wanted to draw. it didn’t make any sense It’s real!”
Joan exclaimed the lever.
He said it was difficult and uncomfortable, and then raised it.
She spoke as if making excuses.
“I have to draw what comes to mind right away. It’s been like that since I was little. It’s not that I have any feelings for that master, it’s just that I got my hands on it in the morning and worked on it. I swear.”
Then he changed his last words to ‘I swear to the Lord!’
I looked over Canael and Sir Elizabeth. The boy whispered affectionately to his fiancée.
“I’m fine, George. I was just a little surprised.”
“······ Clean the walls within today. I’ll come and check it out at midnight.”
‘Sekkung!’ Count Soh put his sword back with the sound. The air softened in an instant.
Canael turned and looked at her.
I couldn’t say anything because I was afraid that the two of them would be offended, but honestly, it was a waste.
You drew it really nicely. I think you’ll like it if you just remove the wall and give it as a gift.
Joan licked his lips as if he thought so.
“This is expensive, Master. You may regret it later.”
“indeed.”
We looked back at the same time. Benjamin smiled softly.
It was the look on his face that he realized something.
“Marquis, do you remember the Penetian painter, Harder O. Janssen?”
“yes? yes.”
I immediately answered Benjamin’s question.
In the quiz he took in the carriage coming to Serenite, his name was mixed with the correct answer.
Yansun, who was naturalized to the Empire ten years ago, was the best star produced by the Auction House.
His new works were sold at the highest price for paintings every time, and focused the attention of the imperial aristocrats at the Austin auction house.
He was also called a ‘faceless painter’ because nothing was known other than his name and the roots of being born aristocrats in a new country.
Consistently praised with the touch of a living brush.
“no way.”
I murmured. Goosebumps appeared on both arms. Benjamin’s wall curved pleasantly.
“Really?”
“I just found out. If you mix the spelling of Haade O. Jansen, you get the name Joanne de Haas.”
“Oh my gosh!”
“Lord, Lord.”
Canael and David groaned.
Count Soh’s eyes became the size of a plate, and the prince tilted his head. A sign of interest was evident.
Joan’s identity is still stagnant, but I was astonished to learn that Benjamin only figured it out in his head without taking out a piece of paper.
The author of ‘Lee Gamshin’ is amazing!
“What is it, uncle? Did you know that so easily?”
The most stunned was by far Joan.
She opened her mouth wide and closed her eyes, forgetting that she had stiffened her neck in front of the prince.
The scarf wrapped around his head slid down as if to represent the shock.
“Nonsense. No one has ever… No one knew! Didn’t you know that before?!”
“I was just lucky. Didn’t you say that it was a precious painting first? I’ve seen your other works.”
“lie!”
“Turn your voice down. Know what safety is.”
“under······.”
Joan bent down again.
However, he continued to shake his head as if he had a strange and resentful heart.
I calmed my excitement and asked the most important question.
“Have you been scammed all this time?”
“I didn’t!”
Joan lifted her head, then looked up at the prince standing next to me and quickly lowered her posture.
She gritted her teeth and spoke.
“shit! Yansun is a stage name I made up. When I was fifteen! I did it because I thought everyone would not look at me properly if I told a crazy man who was just thinking about drawing. By the way.”
The sentence was interrupted for a moment. I quietly took her place.
“Emile decided to use it.”
“······okay.”
Joan answered in a trembling voice. This time, she looked frightened.
His clenched fists turned white.
“He’s really good at that. Making up nonsense words, attaching stories, and making everyone believe. So my mom didn’t have any hesitation in handing over the top to that guy. They say that business is ultimately run by shameless people.”
“·················ogue.”
“I hated that kind of thing in my family to death. Since you were framed for the third generation, even if you live a clean life, you will hear the back story, but you are acting cleverly… I’d rather live upright like my great-grandfather and be broken!”
Her eyes were burning red and her neck was locked. But there were never any tears.
The prince, who had been silent until now, broke his luck.
“So you’re saying you’re innocent?”
“······no.”
Joan meekly denied it. She followed after grabbing the spilled cloth.
“Knowing that my stage name was Shin Guk-shik, Emil made a fake painter and set it up. I put a plausible story on top of it and put a label on it that said it was exclusive to the Auction House. I left it to do what I wanted because I wanted to see who would buy it……”
That was a hit.
In order to get her sister’s continued cooperation, Emile paid her for the painting and demanded the next one.
Joan said in a desperate tone.
“After all, he became an accomplice, and he gave up his inheritance and ran away from home without a single penny. Ever since then…”
“Didn’t I say that you can live well without any money?”
Sir Elizabeth said sarcastically. Joan bit his lip with an angry look on his face.
“Yeah, I’m trash too! I like drawing, but I couldn’t stop because I made money and got recognition from it. I kept brushing with my will!”
she was brave
“How much money do you have? What, am I the only neighborhood gangster? What should I do if the guys I go with cry because their husband is sick and their child is nagging? If you pay for medicines and pay for meals, there is not much left for me!”
“You don’t have much left?”
I asked in amazement.
It is surprising that she was responsible for taking care of the gang locked up in the prison upstairs, but Joan’s paintings set a record for the highest price each time they were put up for auction.
Why should someone have to own a mansion with a lake?
“About 50,000 to 100,000 francs for a painting.”
“·················ogue.”
Joan grunted. The atmosphere inside and outside the iron cage froze.
I just rolled the numbers in my mouth.
Since 10,000 francs are roughly equivalent to one million won in Korean Won, 50,000 was about 5 million won.
And the latest work of ‘Harder O. Yansun’ is…
If my memory is correct, it was sold for 7.5 million francs at the Auction House. It was 7.5 billion.
asked in a gloomy voice.
“Your boss is stealing your money. Why are you suffering?”
“… If it wasn’t for my brother’s skill, I wouldn’t treat my paintings like that anywhere else.”
“Can’t you sell it yourself? If you go to another auction house or market,”
“I am not the one to leave.”
Joan shook his head at my subsequent words. I figured out the meaning.
If it was Emil who turned a talented novice painter into a veteran with a story, it was also possible to plunge her into abyss.
It would have been possible to create public opinion that it was a fake or to expel it by creating a rumor.
There was power in my chin.
Taking advantage of family, not treating them properly, and even deceiving others with it to profit.
“Have you ever done this with other businesses?”
“I don’t know. Because I inherited a lot from my mother and grandmother… There will be quite a few parts that are being run fairly. There’s no way you wouldn’t have made a hole in Emile’s personality. In the first place, the auction is just a regular event to raise the value of the top name.”
Joan said. I reflexively looked back at the prince.
His orange eyes were dim.
Although it was in Serenite, Asus was a free city directly under the emperor.
It was difficult for me to investigate Emil, not Young Ji-min, and I was not familiar with the format or procedure.
However, if it was the Imperial Family, they could be investigated for fraud or tax evasion.
“Marquis. Sir Sarnez has arrived.”
Then, Chantal called me. The servant, standing at the end of the hallway, grabbed the hem of the dress and bowed.
“The dinner is all ready. Would you like to tell the duke’s family to wait a little longer?”
“No, I will go up.”
I said. It didn’t seem like it was going to be a short story anyway. I glanced at my father and blinked.
He clicked his chin in agreement.
Joan looked down at the end and was scratching the stone floor with a desperate face. mouth wrote.
*
“It was a wonderful meal.”
“I’m glad you enjoyed your meal, Duke.”
“The pork tenderloin was really good. The Riesling sauce was also amazing. Thank you, Marquis.”
“I have to congratulate Laurence. Thank you, madam.”
The Duchess of Simon de Sarnaise and Duchess Isabelle greeted me in front of the dining room.
The first meal we had together at Yeongjuseong ended safely.
Juliet Palace’s chef Laurence showed off her extraordinary skills even in an unfamiliar place, and everyone was very satisfied with the taste of the food.
What was different from usual was that the meal was held in a quiet environment overall.
In particular, Kristel was strangely speechless.
To be precise, there are things that I want to say to my friends, including the prince, but they seem to refrain from listening to them in front of their parents.
Probably…
“Kristel, let’s talk to your father before we go back to your room.”
“······yes.”
It was like he was watching his father.
I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but the couple were fighting over marriage these days.
I thought maybe it was because of that.
-Ttogak, totogak…
For a while, only the footsteps of several people reverberated in the corridor of the lord’s castle.
The Duke and Duchess, Sir Elizabeth, and their attendants were walking ahead.
At first, of course, the prince and I were in the lead, but as Christel slowly dragged my sleeves and slowed me down, everyone fell back a little.
The couple did not seem to notice that we were out of sight as they chatted.
I whispered to my father.
“What are you going to do with the As brothers and sisters?”
“You should tell your Majesty first.”
I nodded.
If it was the prince’s authority, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to conduct an independent investigation, but the size of the top was large and the city belonged to the emperor, so she was right to know first.
A couple of peacocks were seen round the corner. That was then.
– Click!
Kristel opened the closet door in the hallway. Then they pushed us in!
“Excuse me!”
“uh?”
-widely!
It wasn’t the prince who could be pushed by force, but when I collapsed, it eventually spilled into the closet.
The main character closed the door and looked at us.
Light came in through a gap in the closet and clearly illuminated the six eyes.
It was so narrow that the three of them were close enough to hurt my shoulders.
It seems like they have some kind of plot from before, but this was it?
“Honey, I don’t have Kristel.”
Isabelle’s voice came over the corner.
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Outside the door, I could feel the bewildered presence of Chantal, Canael, and Sir Elizabeth.
Benjamin and David let out a small sigh.
It was a hide-and-seek game that started out of nowhere, but after I hid strangely, I felt like I should never be caught.
Christel and I, as well as the Crown Prince, were silent as if woven.
“Don’t worry, Marquis!”
Canael whispered through the crack in the door. What are you going to do?
“Is that right, Isabelle? I was following along… this!”
Duke Sarnez’s voice came closer, and then a sound of surprise was heard.
His wife’s reaction was similar.
“Oh my goodness! Simon, don’t disturb me. I’m sorry, Count So.”
‘But Kristel’ and ‘Kristel must have gone first’ followed.
I blinked like a sandwich between Prince and Kristel.
Did you do anything outside?
“·················ogue.”
“·················ogue.”
Kristel and the prince’s eyes narrowed.
Even though it was hot and stuffy due to breathing in each other, curiosity arose.
What? do you two know?