Chapter 715 : I Want to Buy Her

Ever since her mother passed away from illness, Fiorella had never cried so heart-wrenchingly as she did now.

Her cheek throbbed with a fiery pain. Taking advantage of this momentum, all the emotions in her heart were released along with her tears.

The past fatigue, bitterness, despair, helplessness, and the regret of thinking she had felt warmth only to find it was a false temperature, all dripped onto the ground, onto Felyn, with her tears.

Felyn held her shoulders but didn't pull her into an embrace, merely lending his shoulder for her to lean on.

The girl's constantly trembling shoulders made Felyn's eyelids droop as well. He took out a handkerchief but didn't wipe her tear-streaked face.

Viloti and Anise both stood to the side, neither of them disturbing them.

A long time later.

Fiorella's throat was already hoarse, and her eyes were red and swollen.

She rubbed her head against Felyn's chest, slowly calming down.

Fiorella lifted her tear-soaked hazel eyes, a few teardrops still clinging to her eyelashes.

"I'm sorry, Lord Felyn, for getting your clothes dirty. I'll compensate you."

"It's fine."

She looked at the tear stains on Felyn's clothes, took a greedy, gentle breath, then took two steps back, leaving Felyn's embrace.

Lord Felyn's embrace is so warm, but... it doesn't belong to me.

"I'm sorry, Miss Viloti. I-I and Mr. Felyn..." Fiorella walked up to Viloti, biting her lower lip, not daring to look at Viloti's reaction.

She had hugged Felyn right in front of Viloti. She knew what consequences she would face if Viloti got angry.

"It's fine."

"But..." Fiorella looked at Viloti's indifferent face and heard her somewhat cold voice, her hands tightly clutching her clothes.

Miss Viloti must still be angry...

"Fiorella, Viloti isn't mad at you. Her expression is always like this." As Felyn spoke, he walked to Viloti's side and pulled at her cheeks with both hands, distorting her face a little.

"Is that so? Miss Viloti, if you're unhappy, you can punish me however you like."

"I'm not. Felyn is right. I'm just, uh..." Viloti rubbed her cheeks, which were a little sore from Felyn's pinching, unable to recall the word for a moment.

Felyn added, "Just aloof."

"Mhm."

Fiorella looked at Viloti and Felyn's intimate behavior, and a smile slowly appeared on her lips.

Her smile at this moment was as clear and bright as the sky after the haze had been washed away by the rain.

Lord Felyn and Miss Viloti are a good match.

She thought to herself: Fiorella, don't think about unnecessary things anymore. Just forget this memory.

"Cough, cough, cough cough..."

Loca wasn't dead yet.

He clutched his chest, blood already overflowing from his mouth.

Loca struggled to get up, fell to his knees, and crawled to Felyn's feet.

"L-lord... I didn't mean it. I thought you were tired of playing with Fiorella, so I got angry and wanted her to please you..."

Felyn took a step back, not letting him hug his ankle. "Loca, although Fiorella is my property, she is not my toy. I respect her, so don't let me hear words like 'tired of playing' again, understand?"

Loca was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

Respect?

Is this Lord Felyn's way of saying he's going to marry Fiorella?!

Am I really going to become Lord Felyn's father-in-law?!

"I came here this time to find you too." Felyn took out two agreements and threw them in front of Loca. "You originally planned to sell Fiorella, right? How about selling her to me for two hundred thousand crowns?"

"T-two hundred thousand crowns?!" Loca stood there in a daze, hastily picking up the dirt-stained agreements and confirming the amount on them.

Fiorella also turned her head sharply to look at Felyn. She tugged on his sleeve, a little flustered.

Am I going to be... bought by Lord Felyn?

Does Lord Felyn really... really want to buy me as a maid?

But... why? And for two hundred thousand crowns...

Fiorella's face was flushed red. She kept fiddling with the hair behind her ear.

"Unwilling?" Felyn looked at Loca and said.

"No, no, no, I'm willing, I'm willing! Lord Felyn, you are a pillar of the Empire. It is our family's fortune for several lifetimes for Fiorella to be able to serve you."

Felyn grunted, then pointed at the agreement. "You haven't finished reading, have you? Not just Fiorella, I'm buying Lina too."

"Lina? I-I understand!" Loca was well aware of the perverted behaviors of nobles. Perhaps Felyn thought it would be even better to be served by a pair of sisters.

Loca signed the agreements with almost no hesitation, then respectfully handed Felyn's copy back with both hands.

After Felyn confirmed there were no issues, he gestured for Anise to come over.

While Anise and Loca were discussing the details of the transaction, Fiorella quickly pulled Felyn aside and leaned close to his ear.

After crying, the girl carried the fresh scent of rain.

"Lord Felyn, what on earth is going on?"

Loca left happily with the money. Now, from a legal standpoint in the Empire, Fiorella and Lina had no relationship with Loca anymore.

Fiorella wiped several benches clean with a handkerchief and invited Felyn and the others to sit down.

"Daddy, are you really my daddy now?" Lina threw herself into Felyn's arms, tilted her head up, a little excited.

"Well... it's a long story..." Felyn scratched his face, stood up, and bowed his head to Fiorella in apology. "Miss Fiorella, I'm sorry, I lied to you."

"Lord Felyn..."

"When Lina told me about you, my initial thought wasn't to make money off you, but to investigate Waldrick's matter. Because I wanted to help Viloti get rid of the parasite in her family."

Felyn ruffled Lina's hair as he spoke. "I was worried that if I revealed my identity to you at the beginning, it would arouse the suspicion of your uncle and Waldrick's men, so I simply concealed my identity."

"Later on, I used you again to complete Eitani's plan, putting you in a dangerous situation. I used you from beginning to end."

Fiorella shook her head. "But I wasn't hurt at all. Didn't Lord Felyn send Miss Anise to protect me?"

"But your life was thrown into chaos because of my appearance, just like what happened just now. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had to suffer like that."

Although Felyn's appearance helped Fiorella escape Waldrick's clutches, it also plunged Fiorella into a deeper crisis.

Felyn often thought that perhaps if he hadn't appeared, Fiorella could have escaped this home on her own.

"The two hundred thousand just now wasn't my money, but Miss Eitani's. She was very satisfied with yesterday's performance, so this two hundred thousand is your remuneration."

Eitani didn't understand human currency. She threw Felyn a magic crystal and asked him to transfer it to Fiorella.

Felyn then converted the magic crystal into crowns for Fiorella.

"Although that two hundred thousand was just given to your uncle, I will give you an additional two hundred thousand for living expenses."

"Lord Felyn, you-you don't have to do this!" Fiorella quickly refused. "I'm already very grateful that you helped me break away from that demon. How could I possibly let you spend so much more money?"

Felyn glanced at Anise, then continued, "It's fine. Your uncle will be accidentally kidnapped by cultists while walking at night tonight, and accidentally have two hundred thousand crowns stolen from him. Anise will happen to pass by and pick up that money. So I won't lose anything."

Would he give that guy Loca two hundred thousand crowns?

Wishful thinking. Felyn hated people like him the most. Not killing him was already an act of mercy from his heart.

"Lord Felyn..."

Fiorella clutched her chest, looking at the sparkling Felyn in the room, at the warm smile on his face.

"By the way, Fiorella." Felyn scratched his head in embarrassment. "All this compensation was from Eitani. To express my apology, can you go somewhere with me?"

(End of Chapter)