The Rise Of The Unwanted Girl (Athena) novel Chapter 112

Chapter 112

Upon hearing the news, Eloise and Willow felt their whole bodies tremble violently.

Both gasped in shock and cried out at nearly the same time, “What? Three hundred thousand coins?”

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an instant, their faces turned pale, their eyes filled only with fear and helplessness.

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Eloise exclaimed, “We only earned a little over a hundred thousand coins, and now we have to repay three hundred thousand? This… this is practically tearing the entire duke’s estate out by the roots! Even if we sold everything in the estate, it still wouldn’t be enough to repay such an enormous debt

Eloise regretted her choices. She wished nothing more than to turn back time.

She wanted to slap herself hard and scream at her own foolishness, wondering why she had ever lost her mind and committed such an unforgivable

mistake.

Willow was also as white as a sheet, her voice trembling as she anxiously asked, “Nicolas, where did you hear this from?”

He explained, “From the Vice Minister of Revenue. He said it’s Prince Xander’s idea. Since punishments haven’t been enough to curb people’s greed, then let money do the job.”

He continued, “In the past, all you had to do was hand over your illegal ramings. But now, however much you made, you have to repay double. On top of that, any officials involved will be fined three years‘ salary and forbidden from participating in any promotion exams during that period.”

After Nicolas finished speaking, he slumped, as if the strength had been drained from his spine. His ambitious dreams instantly burst Uke a bubble.

He had endured three years in the Justice Ministry, hoping to be promoted this year. But now, it seemed all of that had gone up in smoke.

For a moment, the room fell into dead silence.

Henry clutched his head in pain, his body slightly trembling, unable to utter a word.

Eloise looked like she

od like she had just suffered a serious illness. She sat there lifelessly, as if all vitality had been drawn from her.

After a pause, Nicolas’s weary voice sounded again. “Regret is no use now. We need to quickly think of a way to get through this

“The land deeds, the farms… Even if we combine them all, it won’t be enough,” Eloise said in a trembling voice. She looked at Henry. “We have no choice but to seek help from the Crown Prince”

Upon hearing that, a glimmer of hope appeared in Henry’s lifeless eyes.

But it quickly faded again. “The Crown Prince… may not be willing to help

“But we’ve always been loyal and devoted, doing everything for the Crown Prince. He can’t possibly watch us fall into ruin and do nothing, can he?” Nicolas said urgently, a mix of reluctance and hope in his voice.

Henry gave him a deep look, then said, “At this point, we’ll have to try whatever we can. Nicolas, come with me to Fermin Manor,”

Nicolas nodded, and the two immediately set off

That evening, Margaret unusually came to the front hall to have dinner.

Everyone was present at the table.

Athena sat by Margaret’s side, carefully saving her food.

Chapter 112

Margaret glanced around the table. Not seeing Henry and Nicolas, she asked, “Where are the father and son? Why haven’t they returned yet?”

Eloise had ordered the household to keep the matter a secret, so Margaret had not yet heard anything.

Eloise smiled and replied, “They had some court matters to attend to and haven’t returned yet. They’ve already sent word for us not to wait. Please eat

No one dared to move their utensils before Margaret moved hers.

Only after Eloise’s explanation did Margaret begin eating.

The atmosphere at the table wasn’t lively, it was actually quite tense.

He had spent the past few days at the cockfighting arena and had only been dragged back by Nicolas’s men. Upon returning to the mansion, he learned that something serious had happened.

Seeing both of them with stiff expressions and saying nothing, he knew the situation must be grave.

Willow didn’t dare say anything at the dinner table and simply replied, “Joseph, I’ll tell you later.”

Joseph couldn’t wait and immediately asked Willow, “What exactly is going on? Why are Mother and Matthew so grim?”

She only told him that the family needed 300,000 coins to weather the crisis.

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