Chapter 69
Chapter 69
Using the wing key the door creaked open.
As if entering a door leading to a very secret world, Luciel took a deep breath without realizing it. Evelyn put her hand on Luciel’s shoulder and said.
“Let’s go, Luciel.”
“Yes, Grandma.”
A white annex was revealed on a lawn covered with gravel. There were statues of angels here and there on the white marble pillars. Upon entering the building through the arched entrance, a magic circle was activated on the floor.
“Only the Bellstein family and a few close associates can go inside. If you are not qualified, you will be deflected by the magic circle.”
Evelyn was the first to climb into the magic circle, and then she changed it to record mode.
“Luciel, you also need to register with the magic circle, so please stand here for a moment.”
“Yes, Grandma.”
Luciel stood nervously above the magic circle that was blinking and rotating in green light, after it finally glowed white it let Luciel in safely. Seeing the relieved Luciel, Evelyn burst into laughter.
“Luciel, there is no place in this castle that you cannot go. You are family.”
At her kind words, Luciel was finally calm.
The Angel Palace was divided into three floors, including the basement, among which the jewelry was located along with the gold coin vault and the treasury.
There were three storage rooms full of jewels, which were twice as large as Luciel’s room. Luciel’s eyes twinkled with the unimaginable wealth. Another room was full of several jewelry cabinets, which were displayed in a glass case so that you could immediately see what jewels were inside.
Evelyn smiled as she opened the drawer of the emerald jewelry that lay in front of her. Handfuls of emeralds were stored on a box wrapped in black velvet. Even the same emeralds were very different in color and size.
She handed a large emerald to Luciel.
“Isn’t it really brilliant?”
“……pretty. But why are there so many jewels?”
“There is a gem mine owned by Bellstein, and I’m a dragon for a reason. Some of the things I brought from my lair are also quite antique. Dragons like jewels and gold.”
“Ah…”
‘I learned something new.’
Luciel seemed to know a little bit about why Bellstein was not so greedy for her jewelry.
‘By the way, this emerald. I think it’s a little different from what I made.’
Luciel looked around the emerald and returned it to Evelyn.
“Grandma, here you go.”
“Take one to celebrate your visit to the jewelry vault.”
“……Is that okay?”
When Luciel carefully asked, Evelyn gave her a kiss on the cheek.
“Of course, my sweet Luciel. You don’t know how much happiness you give to us.”
Now, the Duke of Bellstein, without Luciel, was unthinkable. In addition, Luciel was also a benefactor to Evelyn who could appreciate all of these moments thanks to her. Because she woke her up from a long, unplanned sleep.
Luciel was delighted by the gentle expression of affection that touched her cheek, and gently wrapped her hand around her face, blushing.
“Grandma.”
She also approached Evelyn and tightly hugged her waist. However, the following words were groundbreaking.
“Anyway, this will all be yours.”
“What?!”
The next moment, her eyes became as big as an apple.
“N-no. There is Mother Soliaphe, and there is also Grandma.”
“Yes, to be precise, it should be ours. Huhu, but we will give Luciel anything she wants.”
In the end, the only place she toured with Evelyn that day was the jewelry vault, there was so much to see she couldn’t properly look around. In the end, they decided to look at the bigger jewels, crowns and accessories later.
Watching the child look around, Evelyn saw Luciel admiring a ruby necklace that was closely similar with the color of her eyes. Evelyn secretly packed it with a set of matching bracelets.
Ruby, sapphire, topaz, diamond, as well as peridot, garnet, aquamarine, and amethyst, there were many gems that Luciel had never seen before. When she saw the real thing, she knew to some extent the types, shapes, and names of jewels.
Leaving the Angel’s Palace, Luciel put the emerald she received as a souvenir in her arms and went out with a pounding heart filled with excitement.
‘I should compare it with the one I made.’
Perhaps it would be okay to let them know she could make jewels. Such hopes and expectations kept rising like clouds.
“Grandma, thank you for showing me around today. I think there were a lot of things I didn’t know about Bellstein. I thought the family was just rich……but we were very, very rich……!”
“I am glad I was able to show Luciel around the vault. There’s still a lot to show, so look forward to it.”
“Yes.”
“If you need something you want, tell me…….”
“You already gave me this. Thank you, Grandma.”
Luciel said so while holding the emerald she had been gifted. Evelyn stroked Luciel’s hair and asked.
“I heard that the share of your personal budget has not been set yet because it’s before marriage.”
“A budget?”
“In short, it’s money that you can use at will. Buy and eat delicious things, buy pretty clothes…….In life, money has a purpose to be spent.”
“……Yes.”
“More than anything else, the psychological stability that money gives is quite good.”
Grandma was right.
If you don’t have money, you’ll be insecure. Money is also a strength. She tried to set aside some money for herself, just in case.
Evelyn handed a small, round, red wallet made of leather to Luciel.
“Grandma?”
“Just in case, keep it as an emergency fund. This is the first pocket money this grandmother gives to you.”
“First pocket money?”
As Luciel hung question marks above her head, Evelyn stroked her white cheeks and said.
“It’s money given to a cute grandchild to buy snacks and eat them all the time. You can keep everything in here.”
When the metal clasp was opened with a click sound, it appeared that there were, as a rule of thumb, 10,000 tiling in gold coins inside. Although it was excessive, I thought it was a decent amount of pocket money for the Bellstein’s wealth.
Above all, I was happy to receive my first allowance from an adult.
“Thank you, Grandma. I will save it.”
Luciel whispered lovingly as she fell into Evelyn’s arms. Moved by the cuteness of the child, Evelyn touched the tip of her nose and said.
“All right. Have a nice day, now.”
“Yes, Grandma too.”
Upon returning to her room, Luciel showed the wallet to Bessie and Rose, who she had just met.
“I got pocket money from Grandma Evelyn.”
“So cute.”
“Did you get a lot?”
When Rose playfully asked, Luciel said with a smile.
“Ten gold coins.”
“……Fufu, for some reason it doesn’t seem like that’s everything, but congratulations, my Little Madam.”
“Hm…? But this is all.”
Rose laughed as if Luciel was cute and after her and Bessie finished making the bed, they went out.
Alone in the room, Luciel crawled onto the bed, opened her wallet again, and took out gold coins one by one. But what happened next was a little weird. He took out ten, but the gold coins inside did not shrink.
“Huh?”
Luciel, who had tilted her head, turned the wallet upside down. The gold coins fell onto the bed with an endless clicking noise.
“Grandma…what did you give me?”
Luciel muttered with a rather troubled face rather than a happy one. It was only after a bunch of gold coins piled up on the bed that no more coins came out of the wallet.
She was unaware and took such big things without thinking twice……Luciel was dazed at the thought of not knowing where to use all of this, after a while she quickly started putting the gold coins back into her wallet.
Then she sat down at her desk, opened a red notebook, and looked at it for a while. In case Luciel would be left alone, she now had a list of plans to accomplish while staying in Bellstein.
Of course, at that time, she prepared for the future breakup, but even now, after she got safely married, she still had a lot of plans.
<Learn magic.
Make money.
Build a strong relationship with the Bellstein family.
Study the power of jewels and use them.
Set up a hideout.
Find a reliable escort.
Make allies.
Get Mana Nutrients.
Helping Bellstein’s development.
Reviving Ivnak’s Glass Craft.
Help the Phoenix resurrect.
Restore Mother’s health.>
Some of them disappeared or were modified in the middle, and there were plans that had already been achieved or were still in progress. All of a sudden, her notes were ragged, but the more she did, the more Luciel’s plan progressed.
In the case of helping Bellstein, there were many details, so she did not write them all down. There was still a lot of work to be done, but she was proud of what she had accomplished.
The space for storing the jewels was also settled, as her father-in-law would provide a little fief for her.
It was also fortunate that Luciel met Erica. She didn’t know she would be in the Tower, but now she wished to get a little closer to her.
Luciel, who was looking through the list, smiled when she saw the item that was the most successful among all others.
<Building a strong relationship with the Bellstein family.>
Now, it has become more than just a relationship, it has become a family. Inside Bellstein’s fence, Luciel was safer and happier than ever.
Count Orbia, Marquis Cavill, the Imperial Family.
Nowhere had I ever felt that it was a safe and secure home or that they were family. They were just sad and painful memories.
The more Luciel thought about the past, the more precious the present Bellstein became.
It was a warmth she met for the first time. Even if she would have to leave Bellstein in the future, the happy daily life she spent here and the warmth of her family seemed to be unforgettable until the moment of her death.
“I’ll really miss them all, very much.”
Luciel smiled and softly muttered.
All of a sudden, her heart began to flutter, and Luciel felt the mana gathering in her heart again.
Paat.
A Yellow topaz was formed.
Luciel took out one emerald she kept in the box inside the drawer. Then she pulled out the one she had previously packed in her pocket. It was the emerald from the jewel vault that her grandmother gave to her.
Looking at the two emeralds side by side, both were beautifully shiny and dazzling, making it difficult to identify with the naked eye. But if you think about it, the jewels that Luciel made were made of mana.
‘Then maybe it will react to my mana?’
A sudden thought came alive.