Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!

Chapter 104: Chapter 104 - Back to the noisy academe again

As I entered the gates of the academe, there were more people in the academe grounds since it is still in the middle of the afternoon. Some were talking with friends and even having their little picnics. Time went by quickly, it is already my 43rd day since I arrived in this world. A lot of things have happened but I feel like none of my plans are moving as quick as I wanted them to be. I have to pull the schedule a little earlier.

I walked around the academe grounds for the first time in a while. I observed how the other students spend their free time, looked at the flowers and stared at the flowing water at the fountain to clear my mind. While I was enjoying my ”me time”, somebody came to speak to me. He simply said with a bit of stuttering which may be due to being too nervous, ”Umm. Excuse me. I don’t know if you remember me but I am your classmate in your farming class. We have met a few times. My name is Dimitri. Can we discuss something in private?”

I stayed quiet as I listened to him introducing himself. He was my nerdy classmate in the farming class. He is quite smart and seem to know a lot about taking care of plants and farm animals. I asked Void to give me information about all the men that recently entered the academe and I can honestly say that I have the most detailed information on each of them. Void is impressive as he even unearthed birth secrets, family background, current financial situation, personality, hobbies, misdemeanors if any as well as their preferences. As for this guy, he wasn’t really a nerd. He was using a disguise he chose for himself. That stutter was a well-studied quirk. He wasn’t nervous at all when he was talking to me. His eyes and his actions show his firm and confident self, the total opposite of nervousness he is trying to portray. He patiently waited for me to be alone to approach me which means he came to me with something important or confidential. He bidded his time, observing me from afar to get his chance.

Based on Void’s research, he came from the southern territory of the Athanoviya Empire where most of the food produce come from. I have been eyeing that area as a potential place of business after Feivel gave me reports about the profitability of that part of the empire. If he did not make his move today, I might have found a way to approach him myself during one of these days.

As I stayed quiet, I noticed that his nervousness eventually became real and not an act anymore. I slowly turned around to face him and gave him a sweet smile as I said, ”Nice to meet you, Dimitri. I’m Luna, one of the summoned ones here in the academe. What do you need from me? If you want to meet in private, I can bring you some place else.” He looked at me in surprise and he seemed stunned for a few seconds. As for me, I started walking to the direction of the academe library. It took him a few seconds to realize that I am asking him to follow me so he had to run after me to catch up.

Once we reached the library, I greeted the librarian and requested a private study room and I indicated that I needed a different one. I placed 2 silver coins on the desk and then he led us to one of the medium sized study rooms. Once we are in, he closed the room behind him and left us to talk. Once the librarian is gone, Dimitri started removing his glasses and then he removed a necklace and a ring that he was wearing and put it on the study desk in the room. Once he did so, I was finally able to see his real face and figure. He lost a lot of weight and became more well-built, his skin whitened a lot and smoothened out, he became about a head taller than me and his hair color and eye color changed. I knew he was wearing a disguise but I did not bother to probe since I have learned to be more careful after the things that happened with the people I met in the entertainment district. Who would have thought that he would look this amazing? Another fun fact is that all those accessories are crazy expensive which meant that this guy is pretty loaded. Damn the quality of men in this world!

I looked at him with an emotionless face as he was removing all the layers of his disguise. He stared at my eyes as he was doing so as if trying to see if I am liking what I see. Well, I do like it but I won’t let him know about it. As he did not see the reaction he was hoping for, he broke the eye contact first and sat on one of the chairs near the desk. I also sat in front of him and to be fair, I removed all the disguises I have too except the one that is keeping my mana and soul power hidden. He was stunned and had his mouth open in disbelief after my transformation.

I had to snap him out of his trance by asking, ”I wanted to be fair so I removed all of my disguise as well. What do you want to discuss?” He coughed a bit to hide his embarassment and then took out some sheets of paper and even what looked like a blueprint of a huge area out of his storage. He then all placed it on the table and then started talking, ”I want to propose a marriage of convenience and of mutual gain. These are the things I want to offer as part of this deal.” I looked through the papers he brought and it included a marriage certificate that had an expiration date, a certificate of co-management of properties that also has an expiration date, a non-disclosure agreement, a list of dowries that his family has prepared for him and lastly a blueprint that covered 2/3 of the southern territory. It included a wide area that has a villa, several tenant houses, an orchard, a lake, a wide farm land and an animal farm. Another part of it was a medium sized town on the right side which seems to be part of the territory of his family as well. Hmm. Impressive. This is how you prepare for a deal!

I read through all of the documents quickly and looked at all the blueprints and once I was done I stared at him for a few seconds. He looked back at me firmly as if he was confident that I will agree to his proposal. I answered in a serious tone and said, ”I want to give a counteroffer of a two-year co-management of properties as business partners. The terms will simply be profit-sharing. If we decide to part ways after the two-year period, you can just pay to purchase any ideas or inventions I have added to your territory as a means to improve its profitability further. I think the men who came here are looking for either marriage partners or business connections. I do not understand why you had to choose the more complicated option out of those two.” He was shocked as to how much information I have analyzed and how I was able to make a counteroffer to his proposal within 30 minutes. He was stunned but he doesn’t look like someone who will take no for an answer. He spoke in a serious tone, ”I need a marriage since I am not getting any younger. Just so you know, I only have my grandparents with me as both of my parents are already dead. I need to have a child. I don’t think it’s complicated if I am willing to go through all of it. Won’t you be able to co-own everything if you marry me?” I laughed and then said, ”You lost this deal. You have already come clean with you personal interests. Business should be separated from personal relationships, Dimitri. If that is your plan, putting an expiry date on the marriage certificate is as good as a lie. Do you think I will stop supporting you after you bear me a child? I know that you have been observing me so you know that I am not that type of woman that is why you are taking a chance with me, right?” He was not able to counter my last statement and he kept his silence. Since he doesn’t have anything else to discuss, I stood up and gradually placed all my disguises back on. As for him, he was clenching his fists on top of the table and was looking down. As I was leaving, I left him a last offer, ”If you want this business deal to happen, my offer is the best option you have. Take it or leave it.” As I said my last piece, I left the private room of the library.

It was already 5pm so it is time to fetch my overthinker husband so we can eat dinner together. As I walked towards the dormitories, I overheard a commotion in one of the corridors. It was that Arthur again and wait. Is he actually trying to bully Ioannis?

I listened in to their conversation first to check on how audacious this man can be so I can think of an appropriate punishment. I used an invisibility spell and approached them. I stayed right behind Ioannis at about three steps away so I can hear everything clearly. As for this Arthur, he’s been causing trouble many times (with the rumor mongering, always trying to bully Ioannis and instigating other people to talk about me and Ioannis negatively behind our backs) and he won’t stop until he’s punished appropriately.