Chapter 12 Black Dove
After recovering from the surprise of her conspiracy being exposed, Vanessa's face gradually regained color. She looked at Shallan and resumed her original appearance as a noble lady.
After a long time, until Sally had returned all the bamboo sticks that had hit her, put on Shalan's clothes, stopped and stood beside Shalan, Vanessa finally spoke again: "Shalan, I miscalculated. I thought that replacing you with an experienced maid would be able to help you better, but now it seems that I didn't think of your request, and it was my fault.
In addition, the servants and maids in this family are indeed a little spoiled. They dare to do anything in Werman Manor. I will discipline them well from now on.
Well, it's getting late now, you should go back and rest as soon as possible. As for your little maid's injuries, our Werman family is not the kind of nobles who eat people, I will have someone send medicine to her in a while."
Listening to Vanessa's words, Shallan raised his eyebrows slightly, but he had to admit that he had underestimated Vanessa. He was able to turn the conflict between her and himself into a tantrum of an ignorant child in a casual manner. This method was not something that any ordinary lady could do.
As for the contents of the two pots of velvet snowflakes, Vanessa could just push the matter aside and say she didn't know. Even if the matter was brought to Rawl's attention, it would be unlikely for Rawl to do anything to Vanessa because there was no evidence. It was impossible for Rawl to deal with Vanessa based on Shallan's words.
Besides, Vanessa's last name is Franklin. According to her memory, that is the surname of a large merchant family engaged in border trade in the Kingdom of Greenland. Although the family of that large merchant is not aristocratic, because he has his own trade channels in several countries in the Seven Kingdoms of Greenland, his status in the Kingdom of Greenland is not low.
It was also because of this that Rawl, the head of the old aristocratic Werman family, chose to marry the daughter of the Franklin family. This way, he could not only obtain the financial support of the Franklin family, but also rely on the Franklin family's trade channels to make his position as Minister of Foreign Trade of the Kingdom's Ministry of Commerce more secure.
Therefore, if there was no solid evidence to beat Vanessa to death, then Rawl would not do anything to Vanessa no matter what. At most, he would just scold her. But Shallan obviously would not be satisfied with this result, so after hearing what Vanessa said, Shallan decided to stop there.
Now is not the time to really go to war with Vanessa. Everything he has comes from Rawl, and everything depends on Rawl's thoughts. Even though Rawl is Shallan's father and truly loves his son, Shallan has never been a person who places his hopes on others, not even his biological father.
Only by gaining the power to make herself independent as soon as possible, Shallan will truly take action to compete with Vanessa, and even the Franklin family behind her!
With a smile on her face, Shalan looked at Vanessa and said calmly, "What mother said makes sense. I am also feeling a little sleepy. I will trouble mother to deal with these few evil servants. I will go back to sleep now."
"Go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow."
"Thank you for your concern, mother. I will go back now."
After saying that, Sharan gestured to Sally and took her out of the basement. At the door of the basement, she passed by Vanessa and Shaman, mother and son, without even looking at them , and soon disappeared from Vanessa's sight.
After Shalan took Sally away, Vanessa showed a hint of anger on her face, but it soon disappeared. She turned her head and glanced at the man cowering in the basement. She looked him up and down and said to the two sturdy servants standing not far away: "Deal with him! Remember, the people of the Werman family have always been gentle and polite. I don't want to hear anything about him , do you understand?"
"I understand!"
" I understand!"
The two strong servants were quite respectful. They all followed Vanessa from the Franklin family, so they naturally had no hesitation in following Vanessa's orders.
"Well, go and deal with him. As for the others, let them return to their respective posts."
After saying that, Vanessa took Shaman out of the damp basement and returned to her room surrounded by some maids outside. The moment the door was closed from the inside by Shaman, Vanessa's face immediately revealed a strong resentment. She grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it against the wall. She looked fiercely in the direction of Shalan's room, and it took a long time before she returned to her original appearance.
Vanessa slowly sat down on the chair behind the desk and said calmly, "Master Black Dove, you told me before that you can cast a more powerful curse. I wonder what the price is and what materials are needed?"
As Vanessa finished speaking, in her slightly dim room, a short and skinny old man in black, with a large bird skull hanging around his neck and a bracelet made of the first phalanx of human fingers on his wrist, slowly walked out from the shadows in the room. He looked at Vanessa with his scarlet eyes and laughed, "Countess, a more powerful curse will naturally be more expensive, and the materials will take some time to prepare. But for ordinary people like you, you may not be able to find those materials at all. I can only look for them myself, which will take even more time."
Vanessa understood what Heijiu meant, nodded slowly, and said, "Master Heijiu, it doesn't matter if it takes a little longer. As for the money, just tell me how much you want."
Hearing this, Heijiu smiled and nodded, saying, "Countess, you only need to give me 15,000 gold coins in total, and I will definitely get things done properly."
Even though Vanessa was born in the Franklin family, when she heard this number, she couldn't help showing a trace of confusion and heartache on her face. Although she was born in the Franklin family , she was not the heir of the Franklin family after all. Such a number of gold coins was indeed a large part of her personal property.
When Heijiu saw that Vanessa did not refuse immediately, he knew that she might really have to pay, so he immediately said: "Countess, if this is done, then Master Shaman will be the only heir to the earldom, a title of earl that is truly recognized by the kingdom's aristocracy and has an ancient family history. This cannot be bought with one million or ten million gold coins."
Heijiu's words really touched Vanessa's heart, causing her to grit her teeth, make up her mind, nod and say, "Okay, then I agree to your request, Master Heijiu. I will send the gold note to you tomorrow morning. I hope you can help me do this beautifully!"
"As you wish, Countess!"
