The Tamed Heiress

They changed the way they provided goods for those who could work only when they worked.

When they work, they receive the allowances they get there and the goods they give away in the castle, but they get nothing if not.

When she announced it, of course, some people protested. It was mainly for those who were big, strong, lazy, and coveted others.

“She! She’s the culprit!”

They knew it had happened since they came out, and rushed to harm her.

However, even before coming a few steps, they were blocked by Lisa and lost their life. There was no mercy in cutting them.

“Things like cockroaches.”

Lisa grumbled, shaking off the blood from the sword, and Ahil examined Dana’s complexion.

“Your Grace, are you all right?”

“That’s all right. That’s an example. Cut off their head and hang it by the entrance.”

Ahil was surprised at her words, which were colder than expected, but immediately lowered his head.

“Yes, Your Grace.”

And Dana looked around. Although it was located in the territory, their residence had been created in the remote mountains.

They couldn’t hire everyone at the Deniz merchants anyway.

“Mountain, mountain…”

“Your Highness, what are you thinking? Please tell me.”

“No, please call Daniel for dinner. He’ll understand if you tell him to bring what I researched before.”

The manager bowed his head and said,

“Yes, Ma’am. Then are you sleeping here today?”

“I’ll have to.”

“But it’s so shabby…”

“I won’t visit again if I completely deal with it. It may be troublesome, but please make a suitable bed.”

The manager groveled away and went to deliver Dana’s orders.

While she looked at the residence and met people, the manager was busy making a decent bed.

The entire building for the management office was emptied and used as a bedroom. Dana thought it was a little too much, but it was suitable for them.

Dana spoke to one of the soldiers guarding it before entering the building.

“By the way, has Daniel arrived?”

“Oh, well, that’s…”

The soldier rolled his eyes and couldn’t answer right away. Then the soldier next to him tapped him and answered instead.

“Yes, yes, He has arrived. Please go in.”

Looking at the two soldiers who bowed their heads politely, Dana thought it was strange and just went in. If Daniel had come, that would have worked.

And as she entered the room, Dana stepped back in surprise when she saw the people in the room.

“…Leon.”

“Mamma, ma…!”

Leon sat alone on the bed, and Adrian reached out to welcome Dana on his lap.

Dana was delighted and puzzled to see them.

“How did you get here? What about Daniel?”

“As soon as you saw me, you looked for Daniel first. I’m getting pretty jealous.”

She knew Leon’s wry muttering words were never a joke. Dana quickly approached and sat next to him because she thought it was a mistake.

“No, I don’t think so. I called Daniel, but you are here, so I asked because I was curious.”

“I am the Grand Duke.”

“Right.”

“If he knows, I know, and I can do anything.”

Dana almost laughed at Leon’s blunt answer. People might have thought that Leon was incompetent.

Dana held Adrian on Leon’s lap in her arms, patted him, and looked at him again.

“I see. Then tell me.”

“What…?”

“There’s something I asked Daniel to investigate, and how it turned out.”

“I heard you asked him to see if you could grow Rosaveria.”

Dana clapped her hands in surprise at the answer.

“Oh! You really knew it. I didn’t know.”

“What the hell do you think I am?”

Leon grumbled with his arms crossed as if he was offended. But Dana still said, looking at him with cute eyes.

“So what? Is it possible?”

“We need more research, but he said he found a person who raised Rosaveria in his house’s pot.”

“Really? Is that true? I want him right now…!”

Dana, who was about to jump up, noticed Adrian clenching her clothes, and sat down on the bed again.

“If you can grow it in a pot, you have the potential to grow it.”

“But he grew it in an indoor pot. It’s not affected by the climate.”

“I’ll have to listen to him anyway.”

“Yes, but it’s already late at night.”

Leon accepted Adrian, patting Dana, who showed enthusiasm.

“Did you come here to deliver that message instead?”

“…Rather than that.”

Suddenly, Leon was a little embarrassed and evasive by Dana’s casual question. Dana pushed her face closer.

“But more than that?”

“Adrian said he wanted to see his mother.”

“…Adrian?”

She sat down and looked down at Adrian, who was playing with her hair.

“You mean Adrian, you said, ‘I miss my mom,’ right? Adrian that is just babbling… You mean?”

“Yes, that’s right? Maybe it’s because he’s my son, but he’s also fast.”

Leon said so brazenly and stood up with Adrian in his arms. Then suddenly, Adrian, who missed his mother’s hair, burst into tears.

“Wahh!”

Then Leon became more embarrassed. Dana tapped Leon’s forearm with her hand and took Adrian.

“Why are you making him cry?”

“…”

Then she patted Adrian on the back and lay down on the bed. Leon sat next to her and tapped Dana on the shoulder with his hand.

“Are you going to sleep? Like this?”

“Shh, baby, go to bed.”

Dana raised her index finger and blocked Leon’s mouth. Then she turned back to Adrian and put her hand on the baby’s body.

Leon watched the figure and lay down behind Dana, wrapping his hand around her waist.

“Oh, Leon…!”

Surprised by the tight grip, Dana shouted, and Leon blocked her mouth with his index finger.

“Shh, the baby is sleeping.”

“…”

“I’m going to sleep like this.”

As if to prove the words, the hands wrapped around the waist were calm, Dana’s neck felt relatively okay, and she could breathe.

Dana lay still for a moment, so tense. With a son lying in front and a husband lying in the back, there was a whining sound while she couldn’t move.

She looked at Adrian and he was sound asleep. And when she turned her head a little to look behind her, Leon was also asleep.

You must have been tired.

Seeing that he came all the way here, she thought he was an idle father, but in fact, his schedule was incomparably busy.

When he had just waited a day at the castle and he couldn’t stand it any longer, he chased her with Adrian as an excuse.

Dana smiled and stroked the back of his hand on her waist. And she closed her eyes.

The lamp set off its flame and soon died down.

The night was still, and she slept quite deeply in a narrow bed.

* * *

Even after returning to the castle, Dana paid attention to the work there. She started it because she needed the manpower at the Deniz merchants, but somehow she was worried. And what was going on there was a sort of little experiment.

“There is a gentle ridge over there, so I think it would be good to use it as agricultural land. The focus is on field farming for the self-sufficiency of food for the villagers…”

“Yes, Your Grace.”

Daniel, who could not come because of Leon, could only face Dana when she returned to the castle.

“Daniel, did you contact the person who succeeded in growing the pot?”

“Yes, I have, Your Grace.”

“Okay, then bring him to the castle. We should have a meal and talk slowly.”

“I’ll let you know.”

Dana said so and looked at the people gathered. They looked at Dana half anticipating and half afraid.

Some of them may have recognized Dana, who they saw a long time ago.

“For those who know how to write and are a bit smart, send them to the Deniz merchants, and for those who are not, put them in the direction of farming and building the village infrastructure.”

“Yes, Your Grace.”

“Again… Oh my.”

Dana, who was hanging around the window and talking, suddenly looked down.

At this time, Adrian had started to walk a bit. Adrian, who was with the nanny, found Leon and toddled along.

Leon walked ahead with an expressionless face, pretending not to see. Then the baby fell on the floor and burst into tears.

The nanny nervously approached to help the baby up. Then Leon came back and approached Adrian.

He muttered something, lifted Adrian, and rubbed the child behind his neck.

Adrian giggled with joy, and Leon walked away again.

Dana, who was watching the scene from the window, smiled.

“Your Grace?”

“Oh, where was I?”

Dana asked Daniel with a smile on her face.

It was busy but fun and peaceful.

A warm sunny afternoon was passing like that.

– The end of Tamed Heiress extra –

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