A Money Envelope—Let Me Take It Once

Iri can see strange things that other people cannot.

She makes one proposal to Elkiers, a duke who is being pressured to marry quickly and continue the family line.

“Take me with you and say, ‘If it isn’t this woman, then I won’t get married!’”

“Hm, and then?”

“I’m a commoner, so they’ll definitely oppose me. If I keep stubbornly resisting when they tell us to break up, won’t they eventually give us a money envelope and tell us to get lost?”

“So I take the money envelope and leave far away?”

“Yes. Then, Duke, you’ll have a shield that says, ‘Didn’t you say you wouldn’t marry unless it was that woman?’”

The duke would no longer have to hear nagging about marriage, and Iri could cover her grandmother’s medical expenses.

Iri thought it was the perfect plan.

But then.

“I’m healthy now entirely because of you. I’ll definitely repay this kindness.”

Even the eldest princess, who was said to have lain in bed 360 days out of the year because of frailty.

“Iri unnie, let’s draw pictures and play together again today!”

Even the youngest princess, who was so shy that she never easily let others close.

“From now on, the rest of my life will be devoted to loyalty to the future duchess.”

“To the future duchess, please call me grandpa just once. There’s no need to be shy. Now then.”

to the heads of the closest vassal families serving the ducal house.

“Yes, I concede. Go ahead and hold the engagement ceremony first.”

And even the duchess mother-in-law ultimately approves of this marriage?

“Something’s wrong, Duke! At this rate, we’re really going to get married!”

“We can’t help it. Let’s get engaged first.”

“W-what? How are you planning to clean up after that?”

“Just trust me. An engagement is easier to break than a marriage, after all.”

Can I really trust him? We really can break this engagement, right?

I only wanted to take the money envelope!