The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

"I have a question for you, but you can choose not to answer it."

Looking at Xia Ye's calm face, Aarons finally resisted the urge to reveal the truth.

Even if he exposed here that Xia Ye actually had other intentions, he would not get anything in return.

"Why would you willingly accept such a consequence? What good will it do you?"

"I have been wandering outside for many years, and I have always believed in the principle of equal exchange."

This answer sounded a bit irrelevant at first, but Aarons quickly understood the meaning of Xia Ye's words.

"You should be paid for your work and pay for your mistakes. If you can always follow this principle, life will become easier."

"I understand."

Aarons already knew the answer, so he didn't plan to ask any further questions.

"If I catch the real criminal and prove you innocent... I will allow you to ask me for compensation equivalent to this."

"Thank you for your understanding."

Although he didn't know how much compensation he would have to pay in the end, Aarons decided to respect this lifestyle.

Regardless of whether Xia Ye is serving other forces or not, she is still an alien who has left her hometown and ventured out alone. She cannot truly integrate into the human world, and she has no place to return to.

——Perhaps what I did was a bit extreme.

"Just take a good rest here for a few days."

……

After leaving the basement, Aarons came to the yard alone again.

Because Karin canceled Els' training plan at the last minute, there was no one else in the yard at this time. But after wandering around for a while, he ran into the old gardener who came out to trim the flowers and plants.

"Old man, didn't I tell you that you don't have to do this work every day?"

"Young Master, I can't do anything else. If I do anything else, it will only cause trouble for you... Please let me do something at least."

"Well, if you have any difficulties, just tell me and I will try to help you solve it."

Looking at the old gardener with a severe hunchback and a trembling walk, Aarons couldn't believe that he would steal things from the house.

This old man stayed alone during the most difficult times of the Marquis's family. Just based on this, Aarons was willing to pay for his old age and end his life out of his own pocket.

But if he really took the money and things from the house, Aarons also wanted to know why he did such a thing.

"I don't have many days left to live, but you are still young... No matter what happens in the future, you must protect yourself and live well..."

"I see."

Even if it was just to clear the old gardener's suspicion, Aarons decided to seriously find out the truth of the matter.

——And soon, he got the chance.

After lunch the next day, Aarons returned to the Marquis' study as usual to read the information he had obtained earlier. However, not long after, Karin, who was on duty downstairs, knocked on the study door.

"Master, the silver coin you gave me before is gone. Also, I just checked every room and found that the magic sound machine in Xia Ye's room has also disappeared."

The magic sound machine is similar to the radio in Aarons' previous life, except that it uses special communication magic instead of radio waves. Although the value of this thing itself is not high, it is not easy to buy in this border area.

"What are those two little devils doing?"

"The silver coin was still in the kitchen this morning, and Els and Merry were with me this morning. I'm sure they didn't do it."

The perpetrator may have some uncontrollable motives. After all, Xia Ye has been listed as a suspect by Aarons. If it was just a petty theft, he should not take the risk of committing a crime when someone has already taken the blame.

However, something has been stolen from the Marquis's mansion again.

"Xia Ye has been locked up, but this man still dared to commit crimes...Tell Els to go out and wait for me. If anyone asks where I went, just say I was bored and went out for a drink."

"So what should Mellie and I do?"

"Just pretend nothing happened, but don't let anyone out when you're guarding the door. If Mary suddenly comes to you for something, just throw a bag of garbage out the door."

However, Aarons did not intend to catch the man red-handed. He was actually more curious about why the man did this.

"I don't plan to arrest anyone today, but I want to see what this person is going to do after taking the money. So you guys should relax a little and don't let anyone see any flaws."

"Yes, I'll get ready now."

After asking Karin to return to her post, Aarons quietly walked out of the mansion alone. After confirming that no one saw him, he walked out of the yard carefully.

After he waited outside for a while, Els also walked out of the Marquis's Mansion.

"Little boy, you already know what you are going to do today, right?"

"Yes, but... I still don't believe that it was Grandpa who took the things from the mansion."

"I don't believe it either, that's why I asked you to come along."

After hearing what Aarons said, the boy's originally resistant look changed slightly.

He had not expected that this young nobleman would be so protective of his own people, and when he realized that he might also be one of them, his hostility began to waver.

"Let's find a place to hide first and wait for Karin to give us the signal."

Since there were almost no other buildings on the street opposite the gate of the Marquis's Mansion, Aarons and Els could only wait in a restaurant a little further away on another street.

In order not to attract other people's attention, Aarons specially ordered several dishes and asked Els to eat with him.

"There's not even a cook at home. This young master is a little dissatisfied."

"These...why don't you eat them?"

"Eat all you can, I'm not hungry."

In fact, Aarons is at an age where he will feel hungry again after a while of eating, but because he is the kind of middle-aged person who is always worried about problems with his health indicators, he will not take the initiative to eat more even if he feels very hungry.

"This young master is asking you a question... You don't have to stop, just keep eating."

Aarons felt much better as he watched Els constantly putting the stew into his mouth with a spoon.

"If it is true that the old man took the money from the mansion, how would you deal with it?"

"Grandpa... he must have some difficulties. If it were me, I would definitely find a way to help him solve his problems and troubles."

"Huh, how naive."

Although he is a rebellious child, Els has a kind heart - in this peaceful world, such people do not need to worry about being swallowed up by the muddy current of intrigue and deception.

However, he also had to learn how to deal with evil thoughts first.