Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

The sky in the royal capital was as gloomy as usual. Reina put on her dress with the help of the maids as usual, ready to attend His Highness Clan's ball.

It was unknown since when, the originally amiable old king suddenly turned cold towards him, and his childhood sweetheart, Prince Clan, also made no effort to conceal the disgust and contempt in his eyes.

But Reina still patted her cheeks, cheered herself up, and put on her usual smile.

Since her father disappeared, Reina has consciously taken on the responsibility of the eldest sister, taking care of her younger brothers and sisters at home, and even started to re-learn the etiquette courses that she had never been able to learn before.

But soon, the war for succession within the family began, and all the brothers and sisters were given fiefs, and Reina could only do her part well - being a qualified fiancée of the crown prince.

"How dare that guy come here?"

"When I think about Prince Clan marrying this guy, I feel very sorry for His Royal Highness."

"It's a shame for the nobility. It's a shame for the nobility. How could the Lars family have such an ignorant descendant?"

"The Lars family is not a good family. This girl is just the daughter of an executioner."

For some reason, on the way to the ball, the nobles were talking very loudly, not avoiding Reina at all.

Reina didn't dare to look at the faces of these nobles, and could only greet some people she knew with a forced smile on her face.

At this time, there were quite a few people gathered at the entrance to the ballroom, but they seemed to be watching something rather than entering the venue.

Reina squeezed into the crowd out of curiosity and found that the nobles were marveling at two deformed beggars on the ground. The two deformed beggars seemed to be a pair of siblings, leaning against each other, looking at the onlookers with horror.

Prime Minister Kodik, who was holding two beggars with collars and ropes, suddenly pointed at Reina and shouted, "It's this guy, it's the Lars family who made the children become like this!"

The nobles who had just been happily watching the two deformed children turned into righteous people and began to point fingers at Reina.

"This is too much. How can this be possible?"

"I thought Grand Duke Lars was a hero guarding the border."

"Does His Highness Clan really want to marry the descendant of such a family?"

"Go to hell! Go to hell!"

The nobles became excited and started to attack Reina.

"Go to hell!"

"A fellow like you is not worthy of His Highness!"

"How could you do such a cruel thing to innocent children?"

Reina kept explaining while being pushed around by the nobles.

"I'm not, I didn't!"

But the nobles seemed to not hear Reina at all.

"I don't, I really don't, and neither does the Lars family."

The collapsed Reina kept shouting, and finally, the fourth prince Clan arrived at the scene.

"Your Highness!"

Reina seemed to have found her backbone and moved towards Clan, but she didn't expect that the fourth prince Clan would push Reina away with force and curse, "You savage and evil woman, get out of here!"

In an instant, Reina seemed to have missed a step and fell into a bottomless abyss.

While falling, Lena suddenly opened her eyes and found herself lying on a recliner in the lord's tent, with cold sweat soaking her back.

"Did you have a nightmare? Are you okay?"

Lind was sitting at his desk reviewing documents as usual, and at the same time he asked with concern.

Although it was just a very common sentence, Reina felt an unprecedented sense of security. It turned out that she was still among the white-collar workers and her brother was still working as usual.

"It seems like I remembered something from the past, but I can't remember whether it happened or not."

Reina also scratched her head with her usual silly smile.

"If you regret not following Her Highness the Princess back to the capital, it's not too late now."

Linde finished sorting out the documents and said as he looked at the midday sun outside the tent.

But Reina shook her head.

"In fact, I have already felt it. Returning to the capital now won't change anything. Only if I really become the heir of the Lars family, those people may look at me in the right eye."

"And if I leave, grandpa might not deliver supplies to you, brother."

After Lena said this, she saw Linde looking at her with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

"What's wrong brother?"

"No, nothing." Linde suddenly felt like his silly son had grown up, and he was actually somewhat relieved. It seemed that Reina was not as stupid as she appeared in the game.

However, why would Reina, who could think of this, rebel in the future?

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Linde ordered lunch and told Lena about what happened in the territory today.

"There is a student union president from the capital who is staying in the territory to work."

The student union president was Caroline. Linde found out about this in the middle of the banquet. After all, Caroline did not have a white-collar household registration, so if she wanted to apply for a white-collar position, she would have to report to Linde.

However, after seeing that the application form was obtained from Isa, Lind gave the green light. Lind also wanted to know what the nobles of this world thought of their current vertical management system.

But what can I say after Lind met Caroline? It seemed that Caroline was a bit fanatical and asked to work overtime on the same day.

"Why stay here? We are so poor here, there is nothing."

Reina said this while squatting on the ground, grilling the leftovers from yesterday's party in a posture that would make the etiquette teacher's blood pressure soar.

Although Reina said this, her tone was still full of pride. In just a few months, Gray White Collar was able to attract high-end talents from the royal capital to stay. This was something Reina could never have imagined.

"There really is nothing. We must think of ways to generate income."

Linde sighed and squatted on the ground with Lena. The two top leaders of the gray-collar workers started to roast the leftovers in a very tasteless way.

Although the profit margin of sugar is very high, even if Gray White Collar only acts as a supplier, it has already made a lot of money. However, it is definitely unhealthy to rely solely on sugar exports, not to mention that the current sales channels basically all rely on the downstream town of Fassen.

This made Lind feel very insecure.

Lind had asked the head maid Lila before about perfumes and soaps, which are must-haves for time travelers. Unfortunately, Lila's answer was that it was difficult to make money from these things.

In fact, due to the body odor of Westerners, perfume developed very early in the Middle Ages, but in the early days it only remained at the level of church incense. It was not until later times that specialized perfumers appeared to make perfumes.

But this world where alchemy really exists is different. Not only do we have perfumes, we even have soap for bathing.

Even soap makers, like perfumers, have become a profession that specifically serves the nobility. Most commoners don't even know that there is such a profession because soap makers and perfumers have the same resources as the nobility. The truly excellent resources are only circulated internally and ordinary people cannot access them at all.

Then why didn’t Reina bring along a dedicated soap maker and perfumer?

Well, after taking a look at Rena who was sucking her fingers after finishing her roast duck, Linde held his head and thought that this question was a bit stupid.

Speak of the devil, and here he comes. Just as Linde remembered what Lila had said, he saw Lila, who was carrying a document, looking at him and Rena, who was squatting beside him, with some disgust. Looking at that expression, Linde could probably imagine how devastated the etiquette teachers were when they saw Rena's posture.

"My Lord, are you really going to allow that noble from the capital to do things in your territory?"

Now that Lila has been promoted to the position of Director of the Human Resources Department and part-time head maid, her status and workload are no longer what they used to be.

"Is there a problem? Or did you find out she's a spy?"

Linde quickly wiped his hands with a silk scarf and took the document handed over by Lila.

"No, that's not the case."

Lila adjusted her glasses and said, "But she is a little... a little too enthusiastic. She is so enthusiastic that I am a little scared."

“It’s a good thing that young people have a lot of energy.”

Linde's words sounded very mature, and had the flavor of a speech by a leader in his previous life.

"As long as you follow the rules, your background won't matter. Haven't you also expressed your wish several times that someone could share some of the work with you?"

"But my lord, she is a noble from the capital who came with the royal family."

As a full-time maid, Lila can better understand how close the connection is between the royal family and the nobles in the capital.

"Indeed, then assign more people to monitor her. However, if she deserves a promotion, then give her a promotion. If she deserves a job, then there's no need to hide it."

After thinking for a while, Lind decided to let Caroline shine in the territory. Lind also talked to Isa about Caroline.

Isa thinks Caroline and Lena are of the same type. Although Lind has no idea what the similarities are between the elegant Caroline and Lena, who is chewing on duck bones after eating a duck leg, Lind chooses to believe the heroine's judgment.

"What's wrong brother?"

Reina noticed Linde's gaze and looked at him innocently while holding a duck bone in her mouth.

"No, it's nothing."

Well, it seems that this heroine sometimes makes mistakes in her judgment of people.

"My Lord, there is one more thing. The list of people who were secretly monitoring the young lady that you mentioned before has been compiled."

After saying that, Lila took out a list from a pile of documents and handed it to Lind.

Hearing that it was related to her, Reina finished sucking the duck leg and came over.

"let me see!"

Reina snatched the list and read it seriously, but the more she read, the more shocked she looked.

"How is this possible! This knight has been with me since he was a child. How could he be my grandfather's man?"

"The same goes for this maid. I picked her up on the street. How did she become Grandpa's?"

"What? Even Susan? Lila, you too?"

Reina looked at Lind in disbelief and asked, "Brother, are you the same? Does grandpa know that I'm lazy every day?"

After saying that, Lena nervously stood in front of Linde, blocking his view of the plate of remaining roast duck.

Although he wanted to ask Reina: Are you awake? Lind explained:

"If I were, what would I need this list for?"

"Oh, too."

After saying that, Reina sat back down and enjoyed the rest of the meal.

"That's not right, brother. Grandpa won't harm me. Why are you investigating this?"

Did he only realize something was wrong now? Linde didn't even know how to complain.

"Don't worry, it's just that some things in the territory are inconvenient for the Grand Duke to know. You saw that last time you wrote a letter saying a few more words about the situation in the territory, the quality of the craftsmen sent over has deteriorated. If the Grand Duke knew that we can make money in our territory, how can we let Grand Duke Lars continue to send us supplies?"

After hearing this explanation, Reina believed it without hesitation and said, "Then you can ask those who monitor me to say more good things about me, saying that I study every day and I am not lazy!"

That would definitely reveal her flaws. Reina is lazy and bullies the kids in the territory every day, and stealing their toys is a daily routine. If those spies really report that Reina is studying hard, Grand Duke Lars will probably know at first sight that his spies have been lost.

But Lind still nodded and gave him a look that said "don't worry".