Chapter 3-8 : The Fourth Daughter, Jasmine – Ⅲ

 

The next day, Will, the knight of Baronet Darelias, came to the living room of the Atwood’s mansion to hear Aaron’s answer. He was no longer tired after having a good sleep all night and his face looked more ruddy than last night.

In the living room, there were Aaron, Ella, and Robin waiting for him.

「Lord Aaron, have you decided? Baronet Darelias is hoping for a good reply from you.」(Will)

A political marriage with the Atwood Family was important for the Darelias Family.

The Darelias Family thought that if they could become a relative of Mylia, a Dragon Slayer, they could ask her for financial assistance and subjugate monsters in their territory. They thought that Mylia would be easy to control because she was still twelve years old.

For that reason, they sent Will and his men as soon as Mylia became a Dragon Slayer so as not to be preceded by other aristocratic families.

They planned to marry their second son to the fourth daughter of the Atwood Family, Jasmine.

Jasmine wasn’t a talented person and she couldn’t do most of the things by herself, and because of that, not many men wanted to marry her. Therefore, the Darelias Family thought that they gave her a great opportunity to marry their second son and become a part of a rich aristocratic family like them.

They were sure that the lord of the Atwood Family, Aaron, would agree right away. However…

「Ah, about this engagement… I haven’t decided yet.」(Aaron)

「…I see. It’s not something you can decide in a day or two after all. However, the Darelias Family is an honorable family that has a big mansion in the royal capital. I think Miss Jasmine will be happy if she can be a part of the Darelias Family.」(Will)

「Even if you say that, I don’t know what kind of house the Darelias Family is. I can’t just give up my daughter.」(Aaron)

For some reason, Aaron behaved completely differently from last night. He was now acting like a father who didn’t want to give up his daughter to a stranger.

Will was confused and frustrated at the same time. He frowned a little.

「Are you going to decline? This is a big opportunity for Miss Jasmine and for you as well. Lord Dite Darelias has been interested in the Atwood Family since a long time ago. He said that he liked the lavender jam produced here. Please think about it more carefully before you decline.」(Will)

Will tried to tell Aaron that the lord of the Darelias Family had an interest in the Atwood Family.

However, Aaron looked away from Will and stared at Robin.

Robin then turned her gaze to Will and talked to him.

「Will-sama, before my father decides, can I go to the royal capital first?」(Robin)

「Excuse me, but you are…」(Will)

「I’m the second daughter, Robin de la Atwood.」(Robin)

Will squinted as soon as he realized that he was talking with the rumored divorced woman from the Atwood Family who cheated on her husband.

「Will-sama, first, I will go to the royal capital with you to find out about the Darelias Family. If I think that they are good people, then we won’t mind marrying Jasmine to their second son. Right, Father?」(Robin)

「That’s right.」(Aaron)

The reason why Aaron changed his mind was that last night Robin told him, “Father, I don’t think we can just trust them. I’ll go to the royal capital and find out about them. If they’re not as great as they said, we can decline the offer and I’ll find a better aristocratic family. Just think about it, if you can marry Jasmine to the best family in the royal capital, you will get the best hunting ground around the royal capital.”

Aaron was only interested in hunting.

The forest around the Atwood Territory was mostly inhabited by monsters, so the area where Aaron could hunt wild animals was very limited. Therefore, the hunting area around the royal capital, which was safe from monsters, was very attractive to him. He blindly trusted Robin and nodded to her in agreement.

The other reason why Aaron agreed with Robin was Mylia.

Now that they had found out that Mylia had become a Dragon Slayer, they were after Mylia’s money.

Robin once heard from the caravan leader who came twice a year that someone could get at least a thousand gold coins from subjugating a dragon.

Aaron and Robin didn’t know how the absent-minded Mylia defeated a dragon but they thought that as long as Mylia was a magician, she should make a contribution to her family.

They selfishly thought that Mylia’s money was also their money.

「Will-sama, the Dragon Slayer, Mylia, is my cute little sister. We get along very well, so I can introduce her to the Darelias Family.」(Robin)

「Is that really so…?」(Will)

「Yes, she is an obedient girl who will do whatever I say.」(Robin)

Robin was truly a shameless woman.

If Mylia heard what Robin said, she would stick wasabi into Robin’s nostrils for sure.

「Hmm…」(Will)

Will thought that Robin’s idea was brilliant.

He thought that Baronet Darelias would be happy if he brought someone who could introduce him to the Dragon Slayer.

He was a bit worried because Robin was the rumored divorced woman at first but then he thought that it wasn’t that important since it had been four years since the rumor about Robin spread.

After thinking for a while, Will nodded at Robin in agreement.

「Alright. I will take you to the royal capital.」(Will)

「Thank you. There’s a lot I need to prepare today, so we will leave tomorrow.」(Robin)

「Understood.」(Will)

Will bowed once and left the living room.

If Mylia saw what happened, she would have shouted to Will, “Don’t listen to that woman!”, but at that time, Mylia was busy solving the mystery of Daemon’s Map with Aria in the school.

In that way, Robin was able to get the opportunity to leave the Atwood Territory and went to the royal capital.

When no one was paying attention to her, Robin smirked. She was happy that her plan was going well.

 

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That night, Jasmine, who didn’t know the circumstances, was trying to sleep in the bedroom.

She was now the only one who slept in the big room with four beds because all her little sisters no longer lived in the mansion.

Moonlight leaking from the cloudy glass window made the atmosphere of the room even more lonely.

When Jasmine was about to close her eyes, suddenly the sound of the door opening was heard.

As soon as she looked at the entrance, she knew who just opened the door even though she couldn’t see that person clearly with her poor eyesight.

It was the person she hated the most in this mansion.

「Jasmine, I come to say goodbye~」(Robin)

From Robin’s voice, Jasmine could tell that she was in a good mood for some reason.

「It’s all thanks to you~ Thank you! You’re not as useless as I thought~」(Robin)

「………..」(Jasmine)

Jasmine didn’t know what happened but she knew that something bad was going on when Robin was in a good mood.

「Do you know why those knights came here~? They came because their lord, Baronet Darelias, wanted to marry his second son to you. Yup, that letter was addressed to you, you know~」(Robin)

「…Eh?」(Jasmine)

Jasmine raised her face when she heard that the letter from last night was addressed to her.

Robin didn’t read it aloud last night, so Jasmine didn’t know the content except for the fact that Mylia became a Dragon Slayer because Robin shouted it out in shock.

「Oh? You rarely respond like that. Are you happy that someone wants to marry a useless girl like you? Hm~?」(Robin)

While saying that, Robin approached Jasmine’s bed, put her fingers on Jasmine’s cheeks and raised her face.

「But too bad! You? Marrying a rich aristocratic man and living luxuriously in the royal capital while I’m trapped in this shitty house? There’s no way I will let that happen! Gyahahaha!」(Robin)

「Wh, What do you mean…?」(Jasmine)

「The Darelias Family was aiming to become Mylia’s relative by marrying one of her sisters, but they chose a useless woman like you instead of a beautiful and smart woman like me! Do you think I can accept that? Hell no!」(Robin)

「………」(Jasmine)

「I’m going to the royal capital on your behalf, so you better be grateful to me! Aahh~ I’m feeling good right now~ I can finally leave this filthy house and live in the royal capital~」(Robin)

While saying that, Robin approached the window and stretched her arms toward the moon like a poor character in a story who was finally able to escape her hellish life.

(Living in the royal capital…? But the one they want to marry is me, right…?)(Jasmine)

Jasmine was very confused. She didn’t know what Robin was up to.

「Ahh~ I really can’t wait to leave this place.」(Robin)

Saying that, Robin lowered her arms and returned her gaze to Jasmine.

She was a little irritated looking at Jasmine who had been looking down all the time. She approached Jasmine, clenched a fist and rubbed it against Jasmine’s head real hard.

「Don’t worry, I will take care of all the engagement proposal letters addressed to you~ Fufu! Aaahaha!」(Robin)

 

〇〇〇

 

Back to the present, Mylia, Chloe, and Aria, who were wearing brand new dresses they bought from the dress shop, were now in the venue of the special party for unmarried aristocrats that was held in the royal capital.

The venue was a big, fancy building that was suitable for young people to find their soulmates.

That building, which was designed by a famous architect in the royal capital, was made with good construction technology mixed with various magic techniques.

(Whoaa… What a fancy place… I feel out of place somehow…)

Mylia, who looked at the building through the window of the carriage she was on, was overwhelmed by the atmosphere.

However, she had to go to the venue to stop Robin.

She clenched her fist to motivate herself and got out of the carriage.

(Robin, I swear I’ll find you!)

 

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  1. The more I read, the more I want the family gone and jasmine saved, I know the mom doesn’t do anything, but she was married to the guy for a long time, so she was probably beaten in to submission, kinda feel sorry for her too as she was probably a happy person.

    1. She had her first daughter when she was 25. That’s considered bro old fir the settings. I’m guessing she was married off to the oaf for the parents to get rid of her (one less mouth to feed). I’m not defending her actions, she’s an enabler. I think she lost all will like her eldest daughter before she married him. She just wants to live and survive.

  2. Yeah… I do not think Bonnie was that bad either. I think literally everyone who was not a useless a**hole of a person needs to be evacuated from that family.

  3. If only the Darelias family knew that the only thing needed to manipulate Mylia is copious amounts of meat…

  4. I gotta say, I am just done with the scum of her house. On one hand, I want them to suffer the worst punishments possible in their society, being that death is too quick k and merciful with how utterly irredeemable they are, but I also just want them to simply be gone even more. I desperately need to see the righteous comeuppance soon, given how much time has been dedicated to establish just how hatable they all are.

    By that, I mean not only just Robin, but also both her parents, as well as the step-brother(?) living at the estate who is quite literally an outright blatant pedophile. It has been heavily implied that he has at the very least assaulted the girls, if not potentially even outright molesting them, and yet *nobody* has said or done *anything* about it. I feel like that guy doesn’t get as much hate as he deserves.

    Finally, I also see people saying that her mother Bonnie wasn’t so bad, but I firmly disagree. Although she did not actively abuse the kids in a direct physical or verbal manner, she did effectively neglect them, particularly in regard to her complete ambivalence towards the abuse they blatantly suffered. Although it’s been a rather long while since I read the earlier chapters, I can’t recall her almost ever even expressing any concern for the childrens condition, let alone actually doing anything about it. Although I can understand how and why she may not oppose the father at all due to the social dynamics of the setting, as well as the physical disparity between the two, but there are no such factors when it comes to Robin. There simply is no reason for her to have constantly and continuously gotten away with so much, and for the mother to never express any remorse or pity for her children. As such, she is an enabler, and although not as guilty as Robin and Aaron, she is still responsible for her own inaction. That’s why I truly hope that she is not spared from any consequences that might occur at the resolution of the arc.

    Anyways, regardless, thank you very much for the translation! It is greatly appreciated, and in spite of all my complaining here, I am always looking forward to the next update!

      1. Ah, good to know! I’m always terrible with names, so I’m definitely not surprised I messed at least one up, lol.

    1. Then living in that middle of nowhere while Mylia and Chloe are enjoying the capital is punishment enough. Success is the greatest punishment for you enemies.

  5. Burn the familly to the ground! (only Robin and Aaron) BURN THEM TO A CRISP AND BE DONE ONCE AND FOR ALL!

  6. They aren’t wrong about her paying for them as that’s literally what she’s doing right now and legally speaking anything she owns might actually be their property until she’s a legal adult.
    Their own stupidity will be their undoing as they resort to crimes for stuff they technically already have.

    1. Legally speaking, according to the world building she’s at the Girl’s Academy and that makes her a ward of the queen, so actually I’m pretty sure the Atwoods have no legal hold over Mylia at all. That’s the express purpose of the academy and the reason Chloe and Mylia were so desperate to get there, they went to the academy to escape the reach of their family. The queen made the academy as a way to free talented young women from families that would squander their abilities (like the atwoods), so they can be trained up and use those abilities in service to the crown instead.

  7. b.bb..But Chloe and Mylia, surely you aren’t going to enter that building at an event for unmarried females seeking husbands?

  8. This entire mini “Let’s hate Robin!” arc feels extremely unnecessary. We already know how irredeemably terrible she is and we don’t need three chapters dedicated to showing it again… or maybe there’s some kind of justification with it being the “reintroduction” of her character since it’s the ‘third arc’? Regardless, it’s a shame that I had to skim through this, since it was just unbearably irritating otherwise.

    1. People like you always get stuff about the story wrong. You have very little mental fortitude. It’s just fiction for goodness sake. Follow the story right. You’re wasting the translator’s efforts.

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