Raising my Fiancè with Money - Chapter 58

Special Training

TL: Jasmine

The carriage stopped in the garden. When the lamp was lit up, the inside of the carriage brightened up. Lilia stared at Karhan, who was sitting opposite her.

“I want to hear more details.

At Lilia’s words, Karhan hesitated for a moment. After thinking about where to start, he opened his mouth.

“So, my family…… It was a perfect family without me.”

Karhan began to tell his family affairs calmly. His father, the Duke, was always busy and had no interest in the family. There were only a handful of times he had seen his face properly.

Rebecca, the Duchess, hated Karhan, whom she gave birth to from her belly. Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning. When he was very young, he used to fall asleep in his mother’s arms.

As time went by, his mother’s warm eyes turned into disappointment, and later became as cold as ice. Then one day, she became completely hostile to Karhan.

“…….I thought my mother was disappointed because lacked a lot.”

He constantly tried to be loved by his mother as before. But she kept going against him. She lives in the

same space, but her heart grows farther and farther away.

As a child, Karhan was sad and wrote a letter with sincerity.

If I’ve done something wrong, I’ll fix it, and I’ll try harder, so please love me like you used to.

Karhan waited for his mother’s reaction. It’s okay to scold him for being arrogant, but he wanted to know why she kept him away but the answer never came back.

Karhan went into his mother’s room, wondering if the letter had been delivered properly, and found his letter in the trash can. Shocked, Karhan looked at the trash can and returned to his room. That day, Karhan let go of the relationship he was forcibly holding on to

“It was the same with my brother.”

Karhan calmly continued to talk. The eldest son, Blair, began to be wary of Karhan at some point. The increasingly high level of criticism undermined Karhan’s self-esteem. He fully monopolized his mother’s attention and sympathized with her who discriminated against his younger brother.

Since then, Karhan has been the ghost of the duchy. As all the family members rejected Karhan, the employees naturally ignored him.

“So I half volunteered to participate in the battlefield.”

Karhan fled to the battlefield without any support. He was nothing more than an abandoned child, so he did not directly reveal the name Evantheon.

So people around him thought Karhan was a commoner. Later, when he made an appearance at the ball and met Tession, it was revealed that he was the second son of the Duke of Evantheon.

Lilia’s face darkened after hearing all of Karhan’s stories. It was more serious than she had imagined. Since he had been suffering since he was so young, Karhan didn’t even know it was abuse. It was heartbreaking to imagine young Karhan driven to the corner and eventually choosing the battlefield,

Lilia recalled Karhan, whom she had met for the first time. She thought he was a pushover when she saw him being robbed and swayed by a clerk. However, he was in an environment where he had no choice but to do so.

Now she can see why Karhan, the successor of the Duke’s family, had a terrible reputation. It was clear that they intended on igniting a bad rumor and using it to catch fire and get rid of him with ease.

Lilia clenched her fist. When she thought of the Duchess who smiled kindly at her, she felt like she was going to get upset. She thought it was weird to give so much hospitality…. It was because the Duchess was going to sell Karhan at a high price for her eldest son.

“Lilia?”

When Lilia remained silent for a long time, Karhan called carefully. When he noticed, Lilia picked up the cushion she had put in the corner and ripped it. Her stomach was boiling, but there was no way to relieve it. She couldn’t even run to the Duchy right away and turn it upside down.

Lilia breathed heavily after completely crushing the cushion. She turned to Karhan, who looked at her with bewildered eyes.

“I am angry. But we can’t get back at your family like this.”

Lilia threw away the ripped cushion at random. Apart from being angry, the situation was worse than she imagined.

“You didn’t get any support or education from your family, did you?”

“… That’s right.” (He didn’t)

“How have you been living so far?”

It was impossible to live in the capital without financial support.

No way… Did he go around cleaning dishes without me knowing?

“I was receiving a small amount of money for maintaining my dignity from my family, and I was living on the money I had collected from the battlefield.”

“Do you have any money saved up?”

After wandering around the battlefield for a long time Karhan saved more money than he thought. At first, he was deprived of a lot of credit by his superiors, but after meeting Tession, he was well taken care of.

He didn’t have much money to spend, so he put it all in the bank and forgot, and the accumulated interest was considerable. Thanks to this, he raised enough money that he was lacking anywhere. Karhan said with confidence.

“I’m sure there’s about a million kroel.”

“What a waste.”

Karhan closed his mouth sullenly. Not seeing it, Lilia clicked her tongue. If it was a million kroel, one couldn’t buy a single building in the downtown area. It

seemed that he had been very frugal to endure it so far with that money.

“I think we should make a simple plan. Do you have any specialties?”

Karhan hesitated. He replied after a long time, as if he couldn’t think of anything to boast as a specialty

……I can make a fire with stones in thirty seconds, and I can find my way with constellations.”

It was all dismissed.

“What about swordsmanship?”

“I didn’t learn swordsmanship separately…….”

Karhan scratched only his innocent knees with neat nails. What he learned was swordsmanship based on the instinct to live. It was not appropriate to show in the capital, only on the battlefield.

“It’s a bit hopeless.”

Suddenly, as if facing a star in the sky, the successor’s position seemed far away. She didn’t know he would have nothing like this. She belatedly realized how absurd her proposal was, but she did not intend to withdraw it.

Lilia intended to make Karhan the Duke of Evantheon. Even if he was not supported by the Duchess, he had a good chance of winning if he established himself as a successor. Of course, the process will be very rough and difficult.

….Karhan, you’re physically strong, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

Karhan nodded hard as if he was confident in that.

‘It’s kind of tough…..his memorization skills seemed to be good.

Lilia, who had a rough strand, said, putting her hands crossed on her lap.

“Let’s start some special training.”

(Continued in Volume 3]

Volume 3

Chapter 9

Inside the carriage going back to the Duchy of Evantheon.

Karhan looked at the increasingly distant Bloden mansion and leaned his back against the board. His heart hadn’t calmed down since earlier. So much emotion poured out that he felt nauseous as if he had motion sickness.

Karhan didn’t want to see Lilia, who would be disappointed in him, so he kept hiding the truth. The weight of the truth became heavier as happy days continued.

Every time he went to see Lilia, he decided to reveal it that time. Nevertheless, the reason why he couldn’t say it in person was because he was a coward.

Eventually, when Richard revealed what he had been hiding so far, Karhan was prepared to end his short

happiness. A broken deal was natural, and he thought Lilia would never see his face again.

However, the worst situation that he always imagined did not unfold. Lilia made another suggestion rather than pushing him away or being cold-hearted. To become a real successor. She believed in him, who was at rock bottom.

Karhan looked at Tession, who was sitting opposite

him.

“Tession.”

“Yes, Mr. Karhan.”

“…It will be very difficult in the future. If you want, you can leave.”

Neither the Duchess nor the Elders would stand still and watch his progress. They set him up as a puppet that listened well, but he is cutting the string and becoming a real existence.

“I’m already done with my determination. I’ll be by your side.”

At Tession’s answer, Karhan smiled lightly.

“Thank you”

The words that were said numerous times. From the first time they met until now. And in the future…….

Tession was silent for a moment. Then, after rubbing his eyes with his sleeves, he replied,

“……..I’ll work even harder for you.”

Listening to his sniffling voice, Karhan briefly replied, ‘Yes’. Karhan saved Tession’s life in the war zone, but he might be the one who is rescued. If it weren’t for Tession, he wouldn’t have come this far.

Karhan looked out the window. Far away, he could see the Evantheon mansion buried in darkness. It looked like a huge crouching beast. Every time he saw the mansion, he felt uncomfortable and scared…

For the first time, Karhan thought the mansion was not scary.

(P/R: Oh f*** that hit me right in the heart)

A few days later, the promised day with Lilia came. As soon as the day dawned, Karhan headed straight to Bloden’s mansion. He was nervous for nothing because she said that in the future he would receive special training. When he arrived in front of the annex, he was greeted warmly by Lilia.

“You’re here just in time. We’re all gathered here.”

“Are other people here?”

At Karhan’s question, Lilia smiled meaningfully.

“You’ll know when you see it.”

Karhan followed Lilia into the annex with expectations and worries. The annex was smaller than the main building, but it was quiet. It focused on practicality rather than splendor.

Lilia, who was walking down her hallway, stopped in front of a room. And when the door was opened, the people sitting in turned their heads their way at once

“They are the faculty who will teach you from now on.”

As soon as Lilia’s words were over, they got up from their seats and started introducing themselves.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Mezra Genius.”

“My name is….”

Tession, who had been hearing their names, opened his mouth as if his jaw was falling out. All of them were enormous characters, not just flashy. Writers of books that have been used as textbooks for over twenty years, honorary professors of the Academy called the Genius of the Century, and well-known etiquette teachers in society……

“No… Uh, How did you bring them here?!”

Tession stuttered and asked Lilia. Lilia answered with a face that said he should know the obvious,

“With money.”
T/N: whooo!!! We are in Volume 3 finally!!!