Sister, Don’t Marry That Guy – Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Meanwhile, Count Jartu gritted his teeth.

‘This is absurd!’

His attempt to intentionally bankrupt Count Dover had now turned into a situation where a solid family was almost unfairly bankrupted, with the issue affecting even the central government.

The perpetrator and the victim became clear.

Moreover, evidence of collusion with the judge and officials of the customs agency had emerged.

Therefore, it had become a matter that deserved to reach the ears of the Minister of Justice and the Emperor.

‘Kyle Blackwinter! He didn’t contact me! He said he’d tell me the last resort!’

Count Jartu, a man who had lived his entire life playing with money, was exceptionally sharp-minded when it came to bad deeds.

He sensed his crisis.

At the same time, he realized that if things went wrong, Kyle Blackwinter intended to pin everything on him and slip away unscathed.

At this moment, Jartu was dominated by anger.

He actually had something prepared in secret from Kyle Blackwinter.

Evidence that his family and the successor of Blackwinter were colluding.

‘I was going to keep it just in case…!’

Now that it was revealed that he was going to be used as a disposable pawn, he had no intention of just standing by.

He would show the noble successor.

That even a lowly creature squirms and releases poison when stepped on.

“Hey, are you there!”

Jartu presented his loyal page with something he had been carrying in his bosom.

It was something he always kept close. His jaw trembled finely with anger.

‘I won’t die alone, Kyle Blackwinter!’

“Deliver this to the Blackwinter Family immediately… No, to Roxy Eastwood!”

* * *

“Acting Head of Family, the Head of the Kadin Merchant Guild has arrived.”

The Head of the Kadin Merchant Guild arrived faster than expected.

Not only did the top knight rush at the Acting Head of Family’s command, but they also brought the Head of the Kadin Merchant Guild using one of the few teleportation magic tools in the Blackwinter Family.

Meanwhile, the interior was filled with anxiety.

It was obvious that everyone gathered was feeling restless.

Even Gigante Blackwinter, the Acting Head of Family’s brother, had a similar expression.

Only Kyle Blackwinter was calm. Even in this situation, he hadn’t changed much.

‘It’s almost admirable at this point.’

He was an enemy, but he was amazing. While clicking my tongue inwardly, I observed him.

Clearly, until he ordered the Head of the Kadin Merchant Guild to be brought in a little while ago, Kyle had also shown signs of being flustered.

It was a face I had never seen before, but I saw it clearly.

But as time passed, he returned to his natural expression. As if to prove that he was innocent.

That’s strange.

There was no way Kyle Blackwinter could have foreseen this situation.

If he had, it would be a sudden situation where it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Kyle was the one who was possessed, not me.

‘He was definitely flustered at Aunt’s appearance too.’

If that was the case, then Kyle’s calm face now meant he was hiding something.

* * *

The Head of the Kadin Merchant Guild, Kadin, was a merchant with a lean build and a slightly neurotic impression.

Unlike his natural impression, he was someone whose impression changed when he smiled, and the expression he showed, especially in front of the strong and powerful, was extremely servile.

In a way, it was a natural attitude for someone who had a great family as his backing.

If he didn’t have that backing, he wouldn’t have been able to rise to this position, and he was in a position where his money and power could be taken away at any time.

‘Why is Blackwinter looking for me directly?’

The knights who came to find him didn’t tell him anything.

Kadin had heard that Kyle would introduce him and the Kadin Merchant Guild to his father someday, so he just assumed that day was approaching.

He even imagined a golden future.

‘Of course, just in case, I ordered all the secrets within the guild to be taken away.’

Because he had a shady background, he always assumed the worst-case scenario, and it was something he secretly ordered his adjutant just in case.

And the moment he was led into the Blackwinter’s conference room by the knights who came to find him, Kadin felt that something was wrong.

“Kadin Raiba of the Kadin Merchant Guild. Is that correct?”

“Yes? Yes, yes! That’s right.”

His whole body trembled involuntarily.

The moment he entered, he wasn’t even given time to greet. He was sentenced for his crimes by a huge, furious man.

“Kadin Raiba of the Kadin Merchant Guild. Do you admit to all of this?”

Cold air, Kadin knew this kind of air.

In front of him was a huge gallows. A gallows that would probably strangle his neck.

“Stealing monster byproducts from within Blackwinter is a serious crime punishable by death. I’m asking if you admit to it.”

“Doesn’t the Acting Head of Family ask you! Why can’t you answer quickly!”

There was no space to escape.

This space itself was a huge trap.

“……It, it’s true.”

The evidence presented in front of him was so clear that he didn’t know where it had leaked from.

No, it was terrifyingly accurate.

Kadin ran his mind countless times in a short moment, but it was over.

He and his guild could not escape this trap!

Kadin barely looked at one place, pretending to look at the conference room.

It was where his true master was.

He recalled the first time he saw Kyle Blackwinter when Kyle was not yet an adult.

“I promise, if you follow me, you will enjoy wealth and power, everything.”

A boy who was strangely calm and more ruthless than an adult.

At the time, Kadin, who was a small guild leader, saw this boy and the boy’s reputation, talent, and the family backing him.

He guessed that the boy’s future would be brighter than the sun.

If he followed the boy, he and his small guild would stand tall in the center of this capital. It was a sweet future.

At the same time, he paid the price for following Kyle Blackwinter.

The price of the wealth and power he enjoyed.

“Remember, if things go wrong… it won’t be you, but your family that will die.”

To get to this position, Kadin had squeezed the blood out of countless people and instigated assassinations.

He had no qualms about swallowing black money.

But ridiculously, even though he was such a man, he loved his wife and children more than anything in the world. It was a contradiction.

Kadin’s hands trembled.

“Y, yes. My, my greed was excessive and I orchestrated all of this… I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please, forgive me just once!”

Kadin trembled as he knelt. He was the head of one of the five major guilds in the capital, but he was not someone who could dare to compare to the reputation of a noble like Blackwinter.

Even knowing that there was no way to survive, he begged for his life.

‘I, I can’t die here…!’

Hoping that his young lord, Kyle Blackwinter, who was here, would pity him even once.

The Acting Head of Family’s gaze, which was not only cold but also ruthless, pierced through Kadin.

“I’ll ask one last time. Stealing Blackwinter’s byproducts must have required the help of an internal collaborator. What is the name of the person who collaborated internally?”

Kadin felt despair.

“If you confess it with your own mouth, I will grant your last wish before you die.”

At the Acting Head of Family’s words, Kadin imagined for a moment that he would confess everything and beg for his family’s lives.

“……..”

But he shook his head inwardly.

‘That person wouldn’t stay still.’

Even if his family survived at this moment, he couldn’t guarantee their lives afterward.

Kadin was more afraid of the snake-like Kyle Blackwinter than the Acting Head of Family.

“……There, there is no collaborator.”

There was a collaborator in the family organization that managed the byproducts, but he killed them when the process of stealing the byproducts was established.

Those who were listening frowned as if they couldn’t believe it.

“Dead? Is that true? It’s not that the collaborator is my son, Kyle Blackwinter, is it?”

“……..”

Kadin lowered his head and moistened his lips so that no one could see him.

“No, n, no.”

It was the attitude of a person right before telling a lie, but no one could see his face.

“All of this was done by my, my own decision.”

Except for Leia, who was squatting against the wall without anyone noticing.

‘Tsk tsk, that’s a total lie?’

Following that, Kadin even confessed to the crime of impersonating Kyle Blackwinter’s personal vault.

Leia’s beautiful brows furrowed. Her round eyes turned towards her First Older Brother.

‘He must be having a great time.’

Probably a family member or a weakness. He must have grabbed onto something and threatened him.

Leia, who had read the original story, knew well enough that this was one of the ways Kyle Blackwinter treated his subordinates.

But because of that testimony, the situation was unfolding differently from what Leia and Roxy had expected.

“I, I know that my deep sin cannot be repaid with my lowly life! But…”

Kadin, who was confessing his sins one by one, raised his head.

Then, he quickly took something out of his bosom and stabbed himself in the neck. No one could stop him.

“Cough, cough, cough!”

What he held in his hand was a sharp necklace.

The moment the long crystal necklace was embedded in his neck, he collapsed to the floor.

“Huh, suicide?”

“Acting Head of Family! We can’t leave it like this! We must treat him immediately and interrogate him further!”

As if on cue, those who followed Gigante Blackwinter, that is, the opposition to Kyle, rose up.

“……He’s dead.”

A knight who received the Acting Head of Family’s signal checked the life of the Head of the Kadin Merchant Guild and shook his head.

The commotion in the conference room grew.

The Head of the Kadin Merchant Guild, who was the culprit and the only witness, confessed his crimes and then died?

Then what happens to Kyle Blackwinter’s crimes that they were trying to reveal so far?

“Father. I am truly innocent.”

As if he had been waiting for this moment, Kyle stood up and appealed. His short and firm words sounded quite earnest.

“As your proud son, how could I dare deceive my father’s eyes and go against his will? There is only one thing I am interested in, becoming stronger. It is only to improve my skills to make this Blackwinter even more proud.”

There was heat in his usually cold voice. As if he was enduring this moment even though he was upset.

The vassals who followed Kyle sent him looks of admiration.

“I admit that I may seem dishonest. But since it has been revealed through testimony that it was the work of that person’s own decision, I am fortunate to be able to prove my innocence.”

“In any case, the circumstances and evidence were clear, Kyle Blackwinter.”

At the Acting Head of Family’s following words, Kyle paused. Leia’s eyes also turned to her father.

“I will remember that your actions were not clean.”