"Thanks a lot. As much as Luna calms me down, deep down I was still worried, but now I can go to Pale with peace of mind."

Said the baron, leaving the courthouse. Taking Royer by the hand, he expressed his sincere gratitude.

Luna also did not forget to express her gratitude.

"Thank you, thank you very much. I don't know how to pay you."

Royer just smiled slightly and said.

"I just did my job. In return, I ask just to stay on good terms with Antares."

The Baron laughed at his answer, and Luna, not knowing what to answer him, smiled and tried to evade the answer.

"If you have any other request, please tell me."

"No. In gratitude for my work, I only ask for this."

"Hahaha! Aren't we already on good terms with him? If you want anything else, just tell me."

"Not really. I believe that your relationship can be much better ..."

When Royer began repeating the same words like a parrot, Luna interrupted him and switched the subject.

"Are you leaving already?"

"No. I still have work. "

"What will you do?"

'Any other business? I thought it was over ...' - thought Luna.

Royer saw her expression and responded with an odd smile.

"Aren't you planning to buy the mansion? After all, this is not an easy matter, you will need to draw up and study contracts, large sums will be at stake, so I must help you. In any case, I have nothing to do until Mr. Antares returns."

In fact, he had an assignment from Antares. His tone was a little harsh, but ... to be more precise, it sounded like Luna was being presented with a fact.

Luna realized that most likely Antares had told him to make sure that nothing happened to her and the Baron during his absence.

Antares's pleas were hard to ignore.

But it seems Royer himself did not mind spending time with the man who so sunk into the soul of Antares.

"If you are uncomfortable, I will go from my residence. Until then, tell me about your plans. I will do my best to help you."

Royer said with a gentle smile.

"Yes, it will be a little uncomfortable! You will feel uncomfortable in our shabby mansion."

The Baron, too, could not hide his excitement, because Royer was the Marquis's lawyer, and it was a shame to compare their old mansion with the Marquis's palace.

"Thank you for deciding to help us. We must buy the mansion as soon as possible. And I have one more request for you."

When Luna said she had a request, Royer waited for her next words with an interested expression.

"I'm trying to find a secretary for my father. I'm new to this business, so I'm not that good at mining."

The Baron realized what Luna was worried about and nodded approvingly.

In the end, Royer gave a positive answer, saying that he had a person who immediately came to his mind.

"In fact, there is a suitable person among my acquaintances. He has worked at the mine for twenty years, but there is one small drawback - he is a little dumb. But he knows his job, he will definitely help you, he is good at working with documents and he has a lot of experience behind him."

"It's not a problem. Plus, if he's so good at his job, he's the one we need right now. Is that right, father?"

His dullness was rather a positive side. So he will not be able to cunningly control the baron, who was too kind by nature.

"Then it's settled. I will try and work well at the mine, there will be no problems with me. I would like to get to work sooner."

The baron said, not suspecting Luna's intentions.

"Then I'll tell him to come to you for an interview."

While they chatted, their crew arrived at their home.

Emma and Laura ran out to Luna. Expecting to know how the courtroom session ended.

"Lady! How did everything go!?"

Her face was full of nervousness and anxiety. When Luna saw their faces, she decided to play along.

Since Luna was silent with a very serious expression, in response to their questions, Laura turned pale and Emma clutched her head.

"Ah, young lady !?"

"No, it can not be!?"

She was having fun, but if she had remained silent a little longer with the answer, she would have had to call a doctor for them. Luna laughed and announced the outcome of the trial.

"Of course I won. How could I lose? We prepared so well. You didn't even need to worry."

"LADY!"

"Why are you making fun of us!"

"Yeah, because it's fun." Luna said with a broad smile.

Relieved, Emma sat down on the ground, blaming Luna along the way. Laura lightly patted Emma on the shoulder and covered her face with her hands, it was not clear from her whether she was laughing or crying.

It hurt her to see them like that. Therefore, Luna hastily changed the subject.

"What is this smell?"

"Ah! I couldn't just sit and wait calmly for you to arrive. So I decided to keep myself busy by preparing food."

Emma explained as she walked into the dining room. There were many dishes on the table that Luna had never seen before.

It's good that everything ended so well. Luna thought.

They began to celebrate their victory and peace and tranquility finally reigned in the baron's house.

***

Even before the Duke's family had time to refute the rumors, the nobles who were present at the trial began to discuss its results.

Of course, this was due to the Dukes' family, so rumors could not be spread openly. For this reason, they quietly spread among a small number of people, mainly among friends. Everything happened very secretly, as if the fate of an entire state depended on it.

The rumor also reached a woman named Rosemary Vincent.

In her boring life, only rumors were her only pleasure.

"What? Indeed? Didn't Lady Pales like Mr. Rodrian?"

Rosemary asked with great interest, blinking her pale green eyes, quite brightly shining from the fact that she had heard a portion of interesting rumors.

The young nobleman, who was directly present at the trial, continued, slowly drinking a sip of tea.

"I heard it too, until I saw them with my own eyes. Rather, it was the other way around."

"If the opposite is true, are you saying that Mr. Rodrian is in love with Lady Pales?"

"I thought so. Unfortunately, as soon as the trial ended, I never saw them again."

"Oh my God. So all the rumors before that ...?"

Rosemary was startled by the sudden opening, covering her mouth with both hands. But she was not particularly cheerful, because it was about Fersen, who recently often upset his family.

The noble watching her with a strange smile said that this was just the beginning.

"As I said earlier, Baron Payles won the trial. Duke Rodrian's family lied in court to cover up this case."

"I never would have thought this family would do such a thing. I especially did not expect this from Mr. Fersen."

Rosemary remembered the face of Fersen, who had been beaten by Antares.

She was always the one who took care of the victim, so it was difficult for her to imagine that he would harm someone.

"I also. Of course, I knew that he kept the Baron in his office all night. But even by my standards, it was already too much."

"Truth?"

Hearing something more than she expected, her eyes sparkled.

"Lady Pales has a boyfriend! After listening to the conversation in court, I hastened to find out who it was."

"Oh, wow."

Suddenly her interest increased even more.

Rosemary was looking forward to the sequel.

As if anticipating this, he asked her a question.

"But you know who it is, right?"

"I don't even suspect ..."

"Do you think you will be surprised to find out?"

Rosemary tried to calm her curiosity. It was amazing for her to find out that Luna rejected a guy like Fersen.

She thought, since Luna rejected Fersen, she would not even be surprised if instead of Fersen she started dating Seira.

Rosemary hadn't expected to hear anything surprising, so she sipped some iced tea as she waited to continue.

"Her boyfriend became - Antares Vincent!"

"Poo-woo-woo!"

Antares's name suddenly surfaced, and Rosemary spat out the tea like a fountain.

Seeing her reaction, the young nobleman rose from his seat with a laugh.

"It seems I have to go. It was fun to see your reaction."

Walking merrily, the nobleman left the drawing-room. Rosemary thought this might be a ruse to add new rumors.

If this were the usual thing, she would have flexibly dodged these rumors and did not take part in them, but now she could not ignore it.

Moving away from the shock, she called the maid.

"Here, call William! Fast!"