I Reincarnated as a White Pig Noble's Daughter from a Shoujo Manga (On Hold)

Uncle and Aunt VS Cousin Part 36

As I entered the room, the subject of Ryuze's parent's attack changed to me.

My father's older sister was my aunt in this married couple, and my uncle is her husband.

For a while now these two people have only seen me as the daughter of the eldest son and as a hindrance.

Once grandfather retires they would quickly kick me out of the residence and intend to make this mansion their own.

"I just thought of a good idea! It would be good for Britney to leave this house! She could become the second wife of an old man and tie a suitable house to ours..." ( WHAT. Who would accept that???Darn these complex family relations.)

As expected of Ryuze's mother – my aunt steered the conversation towards me. My uncle quickly took advantage of the misdirection.

"T, that's right. Were the money-grubbing Britney to disappear, the earldom's expenses would decrease greatly. Rather, this way we would even receive money!"

These two only think of money don't they? I'm already weary of this.

Arranging such selfish sentences, are they even aware of where the money they use comes from?

(... Maa, they're like the past me, so I'm not in a position to call them out about it.)

Instead of me who is astonished and can not speak up, my cousin objected.

"Britney isn't a money-grubbing insect like you two. Rather, she is contributing a significant amount to the Hakusu earldom's finances."

"Such a thing-! But, Britney has squandered so much! And don't even get me started on the engagement with the Astaru earldom's household..."

"When is that story from? The current Hakusu earldom's increase in income is largely due to Britney's successes. The matter of the engagement was bad luck, but His Highness the crown prince was greatly pleased with her. If we drive her out without a really compelling reason it would be the end of our household."

"Ryuze! Your opinion is completely unrelated. The current head of household is Ojii-sama so let us hear his thoughts!"

My uncle and aunt drew near Grandfather. He stoically gazed at them and opened his mouth to speak.

"No matter what anyone says, my cute Britney is going nowhere. Furthermore, regarding the matter of breaking off relations with you two, I will entrust the matter to Ryuze."

"Ryuze has only just turned eighteen! He's not old enough to make such a judgement!"

"No, rather, Ryuze seems to have firmly laid the groundwork among the royal family in preparation for something like this. He and His Highness the crown prince are considerably close, I'm aware... A little while ago, His Highness even secretly visited our house. That occasion was..."

"No way, Ryuze! That's a lie isn't it? We're your family you know?"

My aunt who was tearing off her long hair once again raised a shrill voice.

Although they usually leave Ryuze to his own devices, only in times like this do they insist they're connected by blood.

Seeing this, it seems the young Ryuze had to endure many hardships.

Their personality is what it is, so it probably couldn't be helped.

Both his parents have similar problems with their conduct, Grandfather is unreliable, and his younger cousin is an idiot white pig.

From a young age he was probably at war with his surroundings. He was all alone.

Once my previous life's memories returned, and I could calmly observe my cousin's actions, I was able to understand the awful situation he was in.

Ryuze desperately wanted to rebuild the Hakusu earldom, and for the longest time had been taking solitary action to do so.

He did what he had to do, all by himself.

"How, how did we raise such an ungrateful child!"

My aunt continues to blame Ryuze.

I ceased my patience, and forcibly interrupted their conversation.

"The true ungrateful person is you! Aren't you embarrassed to act this way in front of your biological son?"

"Britney, you keep out of this! You're just like Ryuze. You're still a child who doesn't know anything."

"Aunt-sama you should also be silent. You don't understand anything... Did you even know that each time you took on debt, Ryuze-oniisama had to repeatedly bow his head to the related parties? The only reason the Hakusu earldom was even able to borrow so much was due to their confidence in him."

After my memory returned, I have been properly looking at Ryuze's conduct.

My cousin interacted with other nobles on behalf of Grandfather and contested with various merchants all on his own.

"W, what are you talking about?"

"It's the same with the territory's management. After we weren't able to earn much money from rearing horses, it was almost entirely Ryuze-oniisama who reshaped the Hakusu earldom."

"But, Ryuze is still young at eighteen-years-old..."

"Aren't you ashamed of causing so much trouble for your eighteen-year-old son? Did you know that while you were living in luxury, Onii-sama did his absolute best to increase tax revenue? Maa, until a little while ago I was also causing trouble for him, and only recently have been able to temper myself."

Were I personally asked whether I get along with Ryuze or not, I would answer that he's a little hard to deal with.

However, his efforts to reform the territory are the real thing.

My cousin while dealing with these difficult characters, improved the horse and wine production, and rebuilt this declining territory to trend towards improvement.

In addition, no matter how far I developed my soaps and face lotions, without Ryuze who promoted the product leading to an income, the territory would not have improved.

A twelve-year-old white pig who has yet to even enter high society wouldn't be able to sell soap extensively at all. Nobody would trust her, and nobody would even consider they would such a product.

The current Hakusu earldom wouldn't be here without him.

As expected Grandfather had run out of patience with my aunt and uncle, and with a stern expression stood up from his place on the couch.

"I'm disappointed in you two. From now on I request you never step foot in this estate. Furthermore never come into contact with my grandchildren again."

The matter about breaking off relations was put on hold, but this time was a good lesson for my aunt and uncle.

They were prohibited from stepping foot on the estate's grounds, and from now on it's been decided that all requests for money will be rejected.

After those two left the grounds, Grandfather headed to his study to do clerical work.

There are many things Grandfather is weak at, but he is still great at reading and writing documents.

Now only Ryuze and I remained in the room.

(The delicate atmosphere is still here... I will return to the laboratory.)

As I touched the door, Ryuze who was still seated on the couch called out to me.

"Ne~, Britney. I never thought that you would defend me."

"That's true, I also never thought I would. However, I got angry and let all that slip."

"Is that so... By the way..."

Ryuze gracefully stood up from the couch and stared unblinkingly at me.

"... Who the hell are you?"