Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Four hours passed-no more, no less. Outside, night had long fallen. The cold was even harsher.

The accountant with the long beard came in to make a report.

"Grand Princess Eleanor, the accounts have been thoroughly reviewed. There are no discrepancies with the numbers compared to the ones Lady Carissa has shown us."

"That's outrageous!" Eleanor smashed another cup, which crashed loudly.

The sound startled Helen awake. she looked at Eleanor with sleep-laden eyes, bewildered by the fury radiating from the latter.

Eleanor's voice was filled with rage as she declared, "How dare that vile servant falsify accounts and embezzle Helen and Jessica's money? I will make sure he is severely punished!"

Carissa released Helen and said, "It's enough that we've settled the accounts. Since Eric is the one at Court to fault, there's no need for you to get involved, Aunt Eleanor. I'll have him sent to the Supreme recover all the embezzled funds."

"Carissa!" Eleanor's tone softened considerably as she sighed. "Jessica is at fault as well, for failing to supervise and not realizing so much money was embezzled. Since Eric is a servant from Ironridge Estate, making this a public scandal would be detrimental to both the Marquis of Ironridge's family and your cousin-in-law.

"How about this? Hand him over to me, and I'll make sure he returns the money. If he fails to do so, your cousin's share of the 30% percent will be forfeited, and The entire Gilded Tower will be yours. You're already aware of the profits The Gilded Tower has made over the years. It will continue to be profitable. You won't be losing out if you control the entire business, right?"

can't let my cousin-in-law suffer alone. Since Jessica manages The Gilded Tower, and the shopkeepers and staff were all appointed

such

together to avoid tearing apart

took out

since the shop is profitable, our share should naturally increase. But as I mentioned earlier, since we are relatives,

the paper. It was over 260,000

be better if Carissa

Jessica's face turned ashen. "Since it's a partnership,

Starting tomorrow, we'll post notices about the sale. But before we do that, we need to settle how much money we're each owed.

Sell the shop?

The Gilded Tower had

it,"

"It's settled, then. As for the distribution of profits, would you prefer

you

advance this amount?"