Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

As luck would have it, on the day Rafael and Carissa were preparing for their visit to Northwatch Estate, Jessica had someone deliver the accounts. And it was none other than the shopkeeper himself, Eric, who brought them.

Since Helen was staying at Hell Monarch Estate, Eric made the trip personally. Had Helen been at the palace, Jessica would have handled the delivery. Gillian suspected that Eric's visit was also to recognize the people involved, so they could identify them if they came by in the future.

Helen eagerly opened the account book, only to find that the few sparse pages contained sales of only mundane items, with no expensive jewelry at all. The final summary showed a loss.

In one quarter, there was a loss of over ten thousand silver coins. Over ten thousand-this was even more than before.

Helen trembled with anger, and threw the account book to the floor.

"How could there be such a loss? You'd better give me an explanation!" she hollered.

Eric knelt on the floor with a sorrowful expression, and said, "Lady Helen, you don't know how tough business is these days. We hoped to make some profit before the New Year, so we stockpiled a large quantity of goods. Little did we know that many of these goods were flawed and unsellable. While other shops are thriving, our shop is deserted, which is truly heart-wrenching."

page. "This loss was mitigated somewhat because you and Lady Jessica had previously injected some money. Otherwise, the loss would have been at least twenty thousand

her hand on the table, her face turning pale with rage. "The Gilded Tower, deserted? Why did I see it full of customers when I passed by? And many of them were leaving with their hands

The Gilded Tower? When did that happen?

that a woman, who appeared to be from a high-ranking family, had come to buy the popular filigree gold bangles from The Gilded Tower.

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loss, rather than have too much inventory on hand. If we didn't do that, we wouldn't be able to give you a good justification. We sold a lot yesterday, but it was all at a loss. We're still having a discount sale today. If you don't

and she

outside the door, Carissa realized that Helen had been deceived. She immediately stepped

of the filigree gold bangles, which were copied from The Golden Tower's design? You wouldn't be selling them at a loss,

hide it, but she was quicker, and the account book was soon