I Plan to End This Possession — Chapter 15

KYAAH! UNCLE!

JUAN ROLAND, YOU.

HOW DARE YOU GO AFTER DANAE...

HOW DARE YOU

TRY TO SEDUCE MY INNOCENT DANAE AND STEAL HER FORTUNE?!

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY JOB!

STOP IT, UNCLE!

WHAT THE?

HE LOST HIS TEMPER THIS MUCH?

I'M SORRY, DANAE. I'M SO SORRY.

I'VE SHOWN YOU AN UNSIGHTLY SIDE OF MYSELF.

IT SEEMS JUAN HAS BEEN HARASSING YOU ALL THIS TIME.

I SHOULD HAVE NOTICED SOONER. I'M SORRY.

THIS REACTION IS FAR MORE EXTREME THAN I EXPECTED, BUT..

THANKS TO THIS, THINGS SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY.

Your Highness~

Have you seen the newspaper?

YES, I SAW IT. YOU WERE FEATURED IN IT.

"PIONEER OF A NEW MARKET, ALICE WINDSOR"

IT SAID.

Hehe.

IMPRESSIVE, ALICE. I HAD NO IDEA YOU POSSESSED SUCH TALENT.

YAY, HE PRAISED ME!

THESE ARMS BELONG ONLY TO ME...

I'M SO HAPPY..

I love you, Your Highness.

AREN'T YOU SWEET?

YOUR HIGHNESS, A LETTER HAS ARRIVED FOR LADY ALICE.

IT WAS SENT BY LADY SANDRA WINDSOR.

FROM MOTHER?

GOOD HEAVENS!

ALICE, HOW COULD YOUR FATHER DO THIS?

BEATING HIM HALF TO DEATH JUST FOR PROPOSING?!

DID YOU SAY "JUST"?!

YES! WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY BROTHER?!

WHAT DOES HE LACK COMPARED TO DANAE?!

SO YOU THINK THEY MAKE A GOOD MATCH?!

A SCOUNDREL WHO USED TO LOITER AROUND BACK-ALLEY GAMBLING DENS...

I BARELY MANAGED TO TURN HIM INTO A DECENT HUMAN BEING, AND THIS IS WHAT HE DOES!

DARLING!

DO YOU THINK THAT'S ALL?

JUAN GAVE DANAE A BOUQUET OF MOONLIGHT FLOWERS.

AND IT WASN'T JUST A BLOSSOM OR TWO.

HE MUST HAVE BEEN SECRETLY EMBEZZLING MOONLIGHT FLOWERS THIS WHOLE TIME!

DON'T BADMOUTH MY BROTHER!

I'M THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO CURSE AT HIM!

YOUR HIGHNESS, COULD YOU LEND ME SOME PAPER AND A PEN?

IS SOMETHING THE MATTER?

CAN I TELL HIM?

HE USED TO BE UNNATURALLY OBSESSED WITH SISTER DANAE...

NO, HE LOVES ME NOW.

IT'S JUST THAT, THEY SAY UNCLE JUAN PROPOSED TO SISTER DANA.

FATHER MUST BE FURIOUS.

AS YOU KNOW, FATHER THINKS OF SISTER DANAE AS HIS OWN DAUGHTER.

YOUR HIGHNESS?

TAKE AND USE AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE.

TO MY DEAREST SISTER DANAE.

DEAR, I'M CURRENTLY AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE.

HIS HIGHNESS KEEPS HOLDING ON TO ME, SO I CAN'T SEEM TO HEAD HOME.

I'M SORRY FOR WRITING A LETTER INSTEAD OF VISITING.

COULD YOU PLEASE PUT IN A GOOD WORD WITH FATHER?

ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW HIM, UNCLE JUAN IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL PERSON.

HE'S MANLY,

AND DEEPLY RESPONSIBLE.

SISTER, BEING TANGLED UP IN SCANDALS LIKE THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR YOU EITHER.

IF ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR REPUTATION, I HOPE YOU MAKE A WISE CHOICE.

AFTER ALL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CRIME IN UNCLE'S LOVE.

SHE'S TRULY SOMETHING ELSE.

HOW ON EARTH DID SHE KEEP THIS PERSONALITY HIDDEN ALL THIS TIME?

DANAE!

WHAT ON EARTH IS JUAN LACKING?!

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER?!

HE WAS SUCH A SWEET BOY WHEN HE WAS LITTLE!

ALWAYS TAGGING ALONG BEHIND ME, CALLING OUT, "SISTER, SISTER!"...

DO YOU KNOW HOW ADORABLE HE WAS?!

MY POOR LITTLE BROTHER.

HOW DID HE END UP GROWING INTO A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING GAMBLER?

YOU CANNOT DO THIS IN HERE...

LET GO OF ME!

HUH?

MY GOODNESS?

YES, NOW I UNDERSTAND.

WITH SUCH A YOUNG, HANDSOME PARAMOUR AT YOUR SIDE,

OF COURSE A MAN LIKE JUAN WOULDN'T SATISFY YOUR TASTES.

HE'S NOT A PARAMOUR, HE'S MY SECRETARY.

HA! SURE, OF COURSE HE'S YOUR SECRETARY!

HE'S FAR TOO GORGEOUS TO BE JUST A SECRETARY.

IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE WASTE NOT TO PUT HIM TO OTHER USES!

LETHE!

COME NOW, WHY NOT LEND YOUR PARAMOUR TO ME TOO?!

HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?! WELL?!

CARRYING ON AN IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP WITH AN EMPLOYEE?!

COME NOW, WHY NOT LEND YOUR PARAMOUR TO ME TOO?!

HOW MUCH WILL IT TAKE?

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER...

LETHE, I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO BE SUBJECTED TO THAT.

IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT, MILADY.

SO, WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW?

AH, WE PROCEED AS PLANNED.

A SINGLE MOONLIGHT FLOWER IS AT TWO BILLION FRANCS RIGHT NOW, ISN'T IT?

YES, MILADY.

UP UNTIL NOW, I DROVE THE PRICE OF MOONLIGHT FLOWERS UP TO NEAR MADNESS.

AND IN THE PROCESS, I MADE FULL USE OF THE SIPHONED MOONLIGHT FLOWERS AS WELL.

TWO BILLION FRANCS IS NO VALUE FOR A MERE FLOWER.

MOONLIGHT FLOWERS HAVE BECOME A MEANS FOR NOBLES TO FLAUNT THEIR WEALTH.

MOREOVER, THEY'VE TURNED INTO AN INVESTMENT VENTURE FOR THE FUTURE.

WHICH MEANS RIGHT NOW IS THE PERFECT TIMING.

LETHE.

TONIGHT, WE BEGIN.

SHOCKING! MOONLIGHT FLOWER PRICES CRASH!

SELLING AT HALF THE HAMMER PRICE ON THE BLACK MARKET!

PLUNGING FROM TWO BILLION FRANCS TO ONE BILLION FRANCS.

WHAT CAUSED MOONLIGHT FLOWERS TO COLLAPSE TO HALF PRICE OVERNIGHT?

HUH...?