Chapter 339 A Slap in the Face

Chapter 339

A Slap in the Face

"Butler? Aren’t you going to prepare the resources for me?" Grace began to feel a little irritated as she watched the butler remain still. Couldn’t he just be shocked in a moderate manner? Was it really necessary to stand there and frown at her!?

Seeing that the young lady was starting to get annoyed, the butler, who had been trying to think of a way to speak without upsetting her, decided it was best to be straightforward. Even though her powers were useful, but...

Before he could say anything, a servant came running in, his face showed excitement he could barely contain.

"Butler, we need to hurry. The Setter family has just opened up reservations for our Rhea Kingdom, after taking Ares’s reservations. The family head wants us to quickly calculate the resources we can gather as soon as possible. If we miss this reservation, who knows if we’ll need more resources next time." Hearing what the newcomer, who almost ignored her completely, said, Grace grew even more annoyed.

"What’s going on?" She asked with clear displeasure. In her room...could just anyone barge in like that? Even if he was looking for the butler, this was a lady’s private room. How could an ordinary servant, a mere butler’s assistant, just rush in like this? Did they not see her at all!?

"My lady...I must excuse myself for now. I’ll come back to explain everything to you later when I have time." Although he wanted to explain to the girl, the important thing now wasn’t this young lady. If he delayed any longer, it could lead to significant losses.

After excusing himself, the butler didn’t wait for permission. He finished speaking and quickly left the room. If running wouldn’t be considered impolite, he probably would have done that too. Grace jumped up in shock, nearly stumbling. Who would have thought that her earlier arrogance would be so easily shattered?

What could be more important for the family now than her ability to create dimensional rings? Grace felt furious. She tried to take deep breaths, but the anger made her feel like her head was about to explode.

"My lady..." The maid saw the situation was deteriorating and quickly moved to support Grace, but Grace shook her off. The once bright and easily understanding young woman had her confidence shattered once again and couldn’t bear it any longer.

"Make a preparation."

"Yes?"

"I told you to make a preparation for me. I’m going out," Grace said through gritted teeth, trying to suppress her emotions.

Fine...If the Fronda family didn’t need her abilities right now, then she would find another family instead. She hoped the butler wouldn’t regret ignoring her later on!

"Uh, my lady...The Fronda family is very busy right now. I think..."

"Do you have the right to think for me now? Oh, so now many servants can climb over my head, is that it?!!" Grace was furious. First, she was ignored by the butler and his assistant, and now even her own maid thought she could prevent her from going out?

"M-My lady, I apologize. I’ll prepare your outfit right away." The maid trembled. She almost ran out of the room, calling other servants to help prepare the equipment. Grace frowned. No matter how much she wanted to throw a fit, she knew that doing so wouldn’t be beneficial for the future.

Grace thought about what would happen in the future. After negotiating with other families to trade dimensional rings for the first time, and causing the Fronda family to lose their first customer along with hundreds of millions of gold coins, Grace felt a bit happier.

For those who dared to ignore her, she wouldn’t let them live comfortably. Even if the other party was the capable butler who had served the family for a long time, she would make him kneel and apologize! If he didn’t, she wouldn’t create any more dimensional rings!!

Grace was very confident in her plan. Thus, she prepared to approach other prestigious families. However, the young woman didn’t realize that no family was interested in her proposal. Even if she asked for only 100 million gold coins, which was the production cost.

The other families simply laughed at the girl who knew nothing. Some families, out of courtesy, praised her rare skills, but suggested she return to her family and have her father negotiate the collaboration instead.

She was utterly confused, unable to comprehend the situation at all. The news of the young lady from the Fronda family gaining additional powers gradually spread. However, this wasn’t beneficial for her; instead, it turned into rumors mocking her confidence and worthless abilities.

"Sigh, that young lady dares to demand so much! The Setter family traded for 1,000,000 ordinary weapons while only needing 100,000 level 1 weapons, which is much cheaper in value. How dare she ask for 100 million gold coins!"

"This young lady is very confident in her skills. Perhaps she doesn’t know that the Setter family has opened the reservation for the goods at such low prices."

"In fact, her actions make me respect the young lady of the Setter family even more. I heard that the exchange offer came from her. The Setter family is very bold, stating that they also profit from this deal. The real price of a dimensional ring on the 7th floor of the tower is only about 6,000 tols. But how much they sell it for is their business."

"Exactly...Even if they sell at the price of 10,000,000 low-level weapons, it’s still cheaper than the general market. Or even if it were 100 million low-level weapons, we’d still have to find the equipment to offer. Yet, they only take a few pieces, truly helping people."

"That’s right. The Setter family is like this. They don’t want to exploit people. If it were me...I don’t know if I could be this generous."

"From now on, everyone will have dimensional equipment, making resource gathering more efficient. I think we will definitely be able to buy good cities on the 7th floor of the tower."

"Sigh, the powers of the young lady from the Fronda family are indeed interesting, but whatever she does seems worthless. The materials needed to create a dimensional ring are very expensive and hard to find. Who knows if she can even make 2-3 pieces in her lifetime? It’s rather pitiful."

"Pitiful? Her own family doesn’t care about her. She dared to sell goods to outside families. What’s so pitiful about that? She seems rather wicked."

Many people in the Rhea Kingdom were contacted by this young lady. She sought out all those she thought had money. Therefore, the rumors spread quickly. Everyone laughed at her efforts, but no one told her what was really going on. They just let her go back and ask her family.

Grace was extremely irritated. Everyone looked at her as if she were a fool. She held back her anger as she slowly stepped down from the carriage. At that moment, a group of family soldiers rushed towards her. If the rumors were already widespread outside, did they think the Fronda family wouldn’t know about the disgraceful situation their young lady had caused?

"What is it?"

"My lady, the master has summoned you to his office." Grace’s eyes lit up slightly. However, after reflecting on everything and noticing how the soldiers looked at her, she realized that this summons might not be for a good reason. Nevertheless, she held her head high and confidently followed them. She didn’t know what she had done wrong to displease the family head again, but she believed that the valuable item she had as a trump card would surely save her from any trouble.

"Father..."

Slap!!

Grace didn’t get a chance to say anything more disgraceful. The head of the Fronda family was furious. Initially, they had reasons to celebrate. The Fronda family had sent their reservation to the Setter family and received confirmation. They needed to hurry to gather as many resources as possible to deliver on time. They could only confirm 20 dimensional rings. If not for Grace’s previous actions, they would have had plenty of resources by now. Unfortunately, they had to give some to the ruler of the Ares Kingdom because of the trouble his daughter had caused.

Today’s anger, however, wasn’t as intense as hearing that his daughter had gone out and embarrassed the family. It wasn’t enough that she had an embarrassing power, but she had made others aware of it, causing them to mock the family.

When Grace first acquired her rare power, the Fronda family thought they would gain prestige. They sent her to the Ares Kingdom to learn how to use the greatest magic in history. It was fine if she didn’t want to train beasts due to the care required, as long as she used her power and became someone great. But after a year, all she could do was clean up after demonic beasts. Suddenly, she gained the power to create dimensional rings. Wasn’t that too ridiculous?

Did she think other families were foolish? Creating dimensional rings that required over 100 million coins in resources and expecting to profit from selling them at twice the cost? Even the dumbest person would know it’s not worth it.

The Setter family used only low-level weapons for the exchange, not caring if they were worth hundreds of copper coins or just 1 silver coin. And his daughter...had she lost her mind?

If it were him, having such a weak and useless power, he would have stayed quiet and waited to train other abilities before boasting. Why would she bring such shame upon herself!?

Other families now looked down on them terribly. Some even accused them of contracting the stupidity from the fools of the Ares Kingdom shortly after arriving there. This made him feel deeply humiliated.

"Father, why did you hit me!?" Grace was extremely displeased. He didn’t listen or speak; he just resorted to violence. What kind of uncivilized place was this!? She was so frustrated she wanted to hit someone. But the next sentence made her face burn with shame.

"Don’t you know? You must be very confident in your pathetic power to run around like this. Don’t you realize the Setter family is now selling dimensional rings for just a few million gold coins, which is extremely cheap? And you...you went asking others for 100 million gold coins in resources? I think even beggars have more dignity than you, you ungrateful daughter!!" The family head was furious.

He actually wanted to hit her more but held back in the end. Grace’s actions were both laughable and infuriating. She didn’t know that the Setter family had such abundant resources and ended up doing something so absurd. What really angered him was that she didn’t wait for the family’s explanation and instead ran off to disgrace them in front of others. Wanting to give a lesson to people in the family? Who did she think she was?!!

"Wh-what, what did you say, Father? The Setter family..."

"You heard correctly. No matter what you can do, you’re already 1 step behind the Setter family. Any power you have now is utterly useless!"

Being harshly scolded like this, Grace, whose heart was fragile and had never faced such a severe defeat, felt like she was going to faint. The maid behind her caught her just in time to prevent her head from hitting the floor. Seeing her incredulous expression, the family head sighed and waved his hand, trying to calm his anger.

"Take her away. From now on, don’t let her go anywhere. Keep her confined until it’s time for school to start. In the meantime, have a tutor watch over her and force her to read books every day, except during meals and sleep."

He ordered the punishment immediately, knowing that his daughter’s main weakness was her strong dislike for reading. Other punishments wouldn’t faze her, but forcing her to stay with books would!

While Grace felt as if the sky had fallen, a small figure appeared on the 3rd floor of the tower. She wasn’t in a rush to start working. Her spores weren’t very effective, but they could still monitor the surrounding area. She knew where the camp of the light magic users was located, and it turned out they were preparing to use a powerful weapon. No wonder...they were so confident of victory.

The highly dense light bombs seemed to be equipment they had developed themselves. If it weren’t for Ellie volunteering to deal with them in advance and setting up defenses on the 3rd-floor city, everyone might have been wiped out before they could even issue a command.

"As expected of the Central Association, their developed weapons are truly valuable," Ellie nodded in satisfaction. Those weapons were like highly potent light bombs, filled to the brim with light magic power. Once fired, the magic bombs would activate over a wide area.

Anyone else would have been terrified of their power, but their opponent was Ellie and the little fairy, who was practically drooling at the sight of such concentrated magic power. It was as if the fairy was thinking about how much its level would increase if it could consume all that magic...