“They need me to return the pockets and bag she gave me! Are you able to imagine this? It’s ridiculous!”

As Pedro raged, Mrs. Masha, Ishael’s mom, tightly bit her lip as if she had a guess about one thing.

Mrs. Masha tore open an envelope that got here from a moneylender.

And inside that envelope…

“Oh my goodness! We additionally acquired this filthy warning, no, it’s truly a discover!”

The warning and the discover had been completely different.

The warning was only a easy warning.

However the discover meant they really had a authorized obligation to pay compensation.

“Huh? A compensation discover? You’ll be able to’t ship one thing like this with out consent.”

In Mrs. Masha’s hand was the compensation lawsuit discover despatched by Ishael.

“May it’s that historic language discover I acquired again then…!”

Mrs. Masha and Pedro furrowed their brows as they examined the letters they acquired.

Pedro murmured in a helpless tone.

“For me, it may be potential, however in accordance with imperial regulation, we are able to’t demand compensation from members of the family, proper?”

Mrs. Masa furrowed her forehead.

Soldika additionally spoke up.

“Moreover, Ishael is now not our household.”

“What do you imply…”

In contrast to Mrs. Masha and Pedro, Soldika had a pointy thoughts.

“I believe she obtained married to another person not too way back. That’s why we’re fully separated from one another.”

“What? How lengthy has it been since we broke up… and he or she obtained married…!”

Mrs. Masha additionally clenched her fist with a uncommon expression of anger.

“In spite of everything I’ve completed, elevating her, caring for her, taking care of her, you betray us like this?”

“Sigh!”

“Not simply me, however the household additionally wished to do one thing good, however this idiot who is aware of nothing… ruined every little thing!”

In actuality, it was tough for Mrs. Masa to say that she raised Ishael.

Ishael had acquired scholarships and attended an academy since they had been younger.

Even whereas attending the academy, Ishael managed to help the household.

However she didn’t care about such realities.

Solely her tragedy of being betrayed by her daughter mattered to her.

“Ishael, this brat! How might she betray her household so heartlessly!”

“That may be potential. Soldika, what ought to we do now?”

“Nicely, we’ll have to consider it. It’s going to be tough with out my sister…”

Ishael, the ugly duckling, believed herself to be a wonderful swan.

She needed to illuminate Soldika superbly as her sister.

She gently comforted Pedro.

“Pedro, I do know it upsets your abdomen whenever you see my sister.”

“Huh?”

“Sister will not be engaging. With these glasses and that messy hair… She doesn’t meet your aesthetic requirements.”

Pedro nodded uncomfortably.

“It’s not that upsetting.”

“Actually? Then, assist me with the divorce, Pedro!”

“What can I do? With notices like these flying round!”

Soldika giggled and lined her mouth.

“There’s no method love can change in such a short while, proper?”

“We even obtained engaged…”

“Jealousy might have led to that marriage. As Pedro is aware of, sister’s character and conduct are fairly immature.”

Considerably ugly, Pedro nodded his head.

How devoted Ishael had been to Pedro all this time.

With a surprisingly relieved expression, Pedro frivolously replied, “So, do you will have a particular plan to get her divorced?”

“First, we have to discover out the place Sister resides.”

“After which?”

“Subsequent, Pedro, it’s important to seduce Sister once more.”

There was a time when Sister ran away as a result of she couldn’t bear it anymore.

At the moment, Soldika didn’t act excessively.

She merely despatched Mom to be with Sister and made her shed tears.

To permit the weak-hearted Sister to return to the household.

The same strategy might be used this time as effectively.

“Oh, and lastly, we have to discover out extra about that contract husband.”

An attractive smile curved on Soldika’s lips.

“I’ll care for that. He in all probability gained’t be a good man.”

The person who would meet Sister wouldn’t be so superb.

“He wouldn’t even like Sister.”

She smiled like blooming cherry blossoms.

“The place else would Sister go if not our home, proper?”

“Nicely, that’s true. Who would settle for Ishael?”

They couldn’t know the precise circumstances of how Sister obtained married.

However quickly, that husband would additionally abandon Ishael.

Similar to the individuals who handed by Ishael over the previous twenty years.

However it didn’t matter.

If she married a great man, he would repay Sister’s debt.

Good issues had been good.

“I’ve a pal on the palace. They’ll hint Sister’s whereabouts for us.”

Her lips rose as if portray a smile.

“I’ll discover out her whereabouts and allow you to know, Pedro. Then what?”

“Beginning the seduction once more, I suppose.”

Sister would come again. Undoubtedly.

As a result of that’s Ishael.

* * *

The subsequent morning arrived.

I went to work on the Knights Administration Bureau immediately as effectively.

However…

There have been letters from my household in our workplace’s mailbox on the Knights Administration Bureau.

“Sister, come again. I’m so apprehensive that you just’re caught up with a wierd man… Suing for compensation, what does that imply? We’re household.”

I crumpled the letter with a wry smile on my face.

“What’s this? Even canines can write letters.”

Now that I had come again to life, it grew to become clear.

To Soldika, I used to be the fish-shaped cake from the road stall, the mist flower amongst a bouquet of roses, a background in a portray.

Only a device that might illuminate her stunning self.

In order that’s why she’s attempting to influence me like this.

As a result of I’m not but a noble, haven’t married a good nobleman, and haven’t secured a dowry.

However now that I, the supply of cash, have left, will probably be inconvenient for her.

“Actually… she’s placing up a struggle.”

I chuckled.

I had no intention of falling for it once more.

* * *

Time flew by, and the weekend arrived.

Emmanuel, the present director of the Housing Provide Administration Bureau, arrived on the picnic website.

“In the present day, we’ve got come right here with a noble mission.”

The officers standing beside him appeared uninteresting.

“What’s with the sleepy faces?”

“What? Coming to work on a weekend morning for ineffective issues… Oh, the filter isn’t working. I’m sorry.”

“It’s about residing passionately. Ardour, ardour, ardour! Shout the slogan!”

The executive officers retorted like dried fish struggling on the seashore.

“Ardour, ardour, ardour…”

“Ha, that is one thing. It wasn’t like this in my time.”

“We are going to make enhancements.”

Emmanuel narrowed his eyes and stated.

“Sure. The slogan inside that placard appears fairly good, doesn’t it?”

[Yo! Married couples have gathered!

Fun! Fun! Let’s have a picnic! Cheers!]

He appeared on the placard with a proud expression.

That catchy phrase was one thing he had put plenty of effort into.

It was a catchphrase created after dedicating useful lunch break time.

Therefore, the reply was predetermined.

However…

“Wow, who made that? It’s actually not good. It’s cheesy…”

“…”

Emmanuel silently lowered the executive official’s efficiency ranking in his thoughts.

That’s proper.

Emmanuel, he was an old style individual.

He turned his gaze away from the executive official who yawned incessantly.

He requested Mora, a subordinate administrative official who volunteered to work on the weekend.

“How are you? Are you okay?”

“Oh, sure! I’m superb.”

“Don’t be nervous. The newlywed {couples} might be right here quickly.”

“It’s definitely a momentous event. Wasn’t the development of those townhouses one thing our Housing Administration Bureau has been wanting all alongside?”

At a time when the proportion of married {couples} was lowering and the Empire’s family-centered ideology was wavering.

They had been moved to have the ability to cooperate with the Welfare Bureau and specifically present these townhouses to newlywed {couples} at an affordable value.

There was additionally some political calculation concerned.

Housing administration within the Empire was divided into two essential areas.

One was the Housing Administration Bureau that issued rental permits.

The opposite was the Provide Bureau, which provided public housing known as Council Homes to commoners and the impoverished fallen aristocracy at affordable costs for residential security.

Due to this fact, the Housing Administration Bureau couldn’t immediately intervene within the public housing venture within the capital.

However bold Emmanuel had set his sights on the general public housing provide job.

Then, someday.

“The variety of newlywed {couples} is lowering! We’ve to cease it!” The Welfare Bureau got here crying for assist.

Emmanuel didn’t miss the chance.

Because of that, he was in a position to launch the townhouses particularly for newlywed {couples} beneath the title of the Housing Administration Bureau.

So how might immediately not be a momentous day?

“Although the start could also be modest, the tip might be grand!”

Sorbon awkwardly clapped his fingers.

“We all know our function, proper?”

“Everybody gathered right here might be accountable for figuring out if the {couples} are real newlyweds.”

They deliberate to intently monitor whether or not the so-called “contract {couples}” who had been rampant as of late had been among the many residents.

“Sure, that’s proper. That’s why we got here up with this picnic concept.”

One of many administrative officers, who had been staring with frozen eyes, made a facial features that stated, “I do know it’s an concept that goes past widespread sense.”

He couldn’t even handle his facial expressions correctly.

His work efficiency ranking simply went down once more.

However proper at that second.

“Hey, the newlywed {couples} are right here!”

Emmanuel stared on the folks approaching from a distance with sharp eyes.

Truly, he was barely excited.

Emmanuel was a extreme workaholic, and due to that, he nonetheless had some grand fantasies about courting and marriage.

“Seeing the newlywed {couples} backing out can be fairly amusing. …No, no.”

He cleared his throat and watched the approaching newlywed {couples}.

However, what’s this?

They had been retaining their distance, observing social distancing measures.