Common Sense of a Duke's Daughter

“...... It was said that the possibility of Divan being a relative of Yuri’s mother is high .. this is the same information that came out when we examined Yuri before.”

“Yes... Perhaps it’s as you said. The mother of Yuri was working as a maid on the royal palace as recommended from Rubens Duke after being exiled from the Twil country”

“It is also a conclusion that it’s most likely that Divan is an intelligence officer in Twil’s Country, considering that he moved to stop the investigation.”

As I confirmed the facts, I told Tanya.

“Yes ... In reality, there were others who came to that conclusion before us and have evidence”

“Are not we the only people in the nobility investigating this, including father?”

“No. There are others who started investigating first. ”

To that surprising statement, I was amazed and opened my eyes big.

“That’s it ... it’s mostly because they grabbed secrets at national level.”

“While the heart of the loved one was going away, The Baron’s wife must have resented and investigated the woman who caused her the loss of her husband affection, then she secretly eliminated the mother of Ms. Yuri, and kept people monitoring her surroundings while hiding the facts that are too heavy to be known. Was at that moment, that she started seeing apparently Divan and took the role from her mother. ”

“Well, hey, Tanya. Looks like what you said is the most likely scenario for this case.”

Although it was a conclusion that it is highly possible to be a fact, when we investigated before, there was no clues leading to this.

So it’s only circumstantial evidence, because of that, we cannot take it as a proven fact.

Therefore, I want to know more about the source from where this information we taken.

“Of course, from Baron Noir’s house ... it was written in the Baron’s wife diary, because the security of their house was quite loose, I could take the information easily”

Though I thought unexpectedly when it came out of her mouth that it sounded like it was told from a view point of someone in love ... It’s still surprising that she found this reading the diary of Mrs. Noir.

Perhaps the diary expressed these contents based in the grudge from the point of view of the Baron’s wife to the mother of Ms. Yuri and her painful love and hate story with Baron Noir.

“But.. even if there were loose guards, etc. Even so, why so heavy facts, why was she so careless as to leave it written in a diary? ... it sounds very much ... unnecessary?”

“Milady, a person is a being that can not keep heavy secrets in their hearts”

Her words were strangely convincing.

Certainly that fact is too heavy to endure and carry all these years.

The Baroness’s Mind... Wanted to alleviate some of the weight of carrying these secrets all these years by putting it somewhere, and she was not able to keep supporting the black and heavy feelings that were born inside her one after another.

Because I have experience myself in what do you feel hating a woman who robbed yourself of your man, I can imagine her mental state.

“In other words, it is confirmed that the mother of Ms. Yuri was an intelligence officer of Twil’s country, and that the relationship between her and Divan ... Divan is also a high intelligence officer and came with a purpose sent by his country ... It is reasonable to think that he’s acting as a spy ”

“Yes, I also thought like that”

To Tanya’s consent, I exhale a heavy breath.

My head hurts when I think how many times I sighed today.

Yuri’s mother was an intelligence officer of Twil ‘s country.

Divan is the same as Yuri’s mother .... Even if it is slightly different, he is a person that brings some kind of benefit to Twil country.

There is no reason to have come to play to an enemy country just after a ceasefire ... probably, the possibility of him being a spy is very high.

If they were still connected ... it chills me even to think about it.

Yuri is the fiance of the second prince of this country.

And, one after another, she gathered the fiercest and powerful men of the kingdom under her skirt.

No ... Princess Elle is also falling to her?

In any case, the information confirms that Twil country is involved in all this.

...... I can not stay without sighing.

Until now, there was a faction who stopped her actions, starting with father ... Even though father had collapsed, how far did his actions work?

“... What about moves from Divan?”

“He visited the aristocrats of Marquis Maelia faction, and the companies under him are buying and selling food as tradings companies”

“...... What?? !! Divan made contact with Marquis Maelia?”

I’m worried because.. Marquis Maelia is Princess Elle family..

“I’ve created the list of aristocrats he has contacted.”

Tanya hands me a sheet of paper.

I caught sight of it. Then compare it with the letter that came from Moneda.

“... It’s connected to the price rise incident ...”

Well, reasoning this was logical to have happened.

While wishing that they let me off, it is impossible they don’t oppose me.

“Tanya, please look at this.”

Tanya, carefully see the documents I handed her.

Series of aristocratic houses, were attached to letters from Moneda.

“This is the same as the list I gave you lady ...? Moneda’s handwriting ... Is it that Moneda was investigating this as well?”

“Yeah ... What I asked him is different from what I entrusted you ... That’s where we bought cereals recently. Moneda still has a grasp of each business in the market, so I asked him about the price rise. But .... Well, it seems that it was a trading shop that bought all cereal in the kingdom’s market, so I searched the main order data, some noble families with grain areas in the territory delivered it to the markets where later this trading company purchased it, but it seems that these noble families are giving up their taxes and delivering the goods at the exact time when this trading company comes to collect it from the market. These houses are all written in this list. ”

“In other words, does that mean that Divan is buying grains from these families?”

“Yeah ... Perhaps they are buying the stockpiles that each aristocrat has accumulated, although each noble runs to buy more on the market to make up for the sold goods, but there is no way to make it in time. It is impossible to cover information about all stockpiles and consumption. ”

“Why is Divan running to buy stockpiles, is not it that companies only purchase new items on the market?”

“They are afraid of getting caught, so if they buy such a large amount of new items in a magnificent way, people will see them suspiciously at each market place, each business, commercial guild, country where they buy...”

“However...”

“It is cheaper to purchase stockpiles rather than new ones. If they color a little bit the grains from the purchased stockpiles, they can resell them to each aristocrat house... Maelia Marquis is a prestigious house. There are plenty of places who will be interested in getting a high margin from selling old goods as new ones. It’s a win-win business for both sides. ”

“I see”

“But the best reason is this”

I handed a gold coin to Tanya.

“Has this gold coin, something ...?”

“It’s not an ordinary gold coin, as Moneda investigated, it seems that impurities are mixed in the gold. Five high purity gold coins turn into three ordinary gold coins. The nobility seems to have purchased the items with these gold coins, as these were received by the business they traded with. ”

“No way ...”

“If you are a business person, you will soon notice it, but what happens if it’s a prestigious aristocracy house who bought with this? they will not check, as it’s impossible they would do this ... and it seems they received it as it is. Fortunately, the transaction amount itself seems not big. And.. What if in reality ... it’s Divan is using this gold coin for payment? ”

“Divan can get food items with less than the original price ...?”

“Not only that ... It’s trust ... ”

People created money.

Eventually, with gold as a unified standard, gold gets converted to tickets ... banknotes are issued as certificates that can be exchanged for money. And it will be transferred from there to the management currency system ... ....

Even in this world, the value of gold is standardized like my previous world.

It uses gold for exchange, and trading is done in gold coins, silver coins and copper coins.

In the Duke of Almeria, because banks exist, checks and bills have also appeared.

Well then, what would happen if everyone knows that impurities are mixed in gold coins ....?

“What is the really worth of the gold you own?” It would turn suspicious.

At that point, it will lose its function as money.

For example, when someone comes to buy one of my breads.

I would be willing to exchange it if I were told to exchange it for a sum of genuine guaranteed gold bars issued by a famous metal shop that everyone knows.

But if I got a paper that I never saw, and I’m said that I can exchange it for a gold bar ... what will I respond? I will not respond.

I really do not know if the paper is worth it.

And it is the same in this case.

If you do not know what is the true worth of the thing they want to exchange for your items on sale ... No one will want to exchange.

“No !! ”

Tanya cried, thinking about the appearance of Azuta Corporation with this.

“As the value of gold falls, it is necessary to raise the value of the items, and that problem itself is small ... ... If that really happens, at the end, we can not stop the soaring pricing of foodstuff.”

As the lives of the people lie on my shoulders, I can not be defeated by his tricks...