Today's Goal is a Safe Divorce!

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Chapter 20

“The last is when your spouse indulges in excessive luxury. Well… This has happened several times in noble societies. Sometimes there are people who are so extravagant that their families are shaken. Or, get a divorce from the head who ruins the family through gambling.”

“Therefore… The only way is to die, to have an affair, or to be extravagant?”

Damon couldn’t gamble. He had absolutely no interest in gambling or anything like that, but rather, he looked down on it.

For him, he had something more exhilarating than gambling.

That meant she had to be extravagant enough to shake her family. Fortunately, the last condition of the three she had heard so far was the best.

“It’s kind of like that. Though Your Grace doesn’t have to worry about it as it has nothing to do with Your Grace. No bride has ever been divorced from Grand Duchy Raphael.”

“Yes…”

It seemed that Estelle thought she was afraid of getting divorced. In reality, however, it was the opposite. Elysia very much wanted a divorce. There was nothing more dangerous than living with a killer. As long as she knew who he was, she had to leave him.

“And, after all, luxury is different for each family… It’s by no means a luxury for the Grand Duchy, no matter how much Your Grace spends.”

“No matter how much I spend…?”

“Yes. The Grand Duchy is the wealthiest family in the Caesar Empire.”

Even the conditions that she thought were hopeful didn’t work. There was no such despair. It was as if God was saying there was no way in the world to safely divorce Damon.

‘No! I’m still going to divorce Damon, anyway!’

For one thing, her goal was to divorce him before she was poisoned.

“So, you don’t have to worry about anything. Let’s take a look at what is allocated to the wedding preparation budget together.”

When Estelle smiled sweetly, saying not to worry, Elysia gave a meaningful smile. Wedding preparation budget… The words came out of Estelle’s mouth, and she had a good idea. They are the wealthiest family in the Caesar Empire.

…What if she spends so much as if she was uprooting the finances?

Luxury. Yes, it was a luxury.

“A budget?”

“Yes. First of all, this is the budget given to you by the Grand Duke, and this amount was not easily spent even by ordinary high noble. But, the Grand Duke said that if there was not enough, he would always increase it.”

Luxury was ultimately up to one’s thoughts. If she had started luxurious from the wedding budget, even before the marriage, Damon could have reconsidered this marriage. He didn’t have to choose her because he had many ladies who wanted to marry him.

Elysia was just lucky the timing was right.

“What is the allocated budget?”

Whatever it was, she would spend twice that amount. After all, who wants a wife who spends twice as much money that even the great nobles do not easily spend? Elysia could assure that no one would ever want it.

Despite the fact that it was just an idea that just came to her mind, she really liked it. If this was the case, she wouldn’t have to go through the troubles to get a divorce.

The wedding will be canceled even before the wedding!

“You mean the budget allotted for wedding preparations?”

“Yes.”

Elysia was determined that she would spend twice as much as Estelle said. It was not difficult to spend it. She thought, at best, that she would surpass it if she bought a little more expensive dresses and jewelry.

“Are you curious about the budget? Wait. You have a lot of budgets allocated, so I have to do some calculations.”

Saying so, Estelle took out her glasses from somewhere and put them on, then went through the papers and started doing her calculations.

Looking at her, Elysia’s heart was burning. It’s an amount that’s big enough for her to count…

In fact, she had never personally spent money on herself. Naturally, she had no budget allotted to her by County Caitlyn, and all she had to do was put together her money, which Edward saved for her from time to time. Still, she’d never once made up her mind and bought anything.

“The budget related to Your Grace’s decoration is ten million gold. The budget given to the estate residents is also ten million gold. If you need anything else, use it. The budget allocated to the other is ten million gold.”

“Then, you mean over thirty million gold…?”

Elysia’s mouth was wide open when she heard that her total budget was thirty million gold.

She thought, at best, that she would have a total of five million gold. Or, no matter how much she was given, she expected at best ten million gold. Even the amount of ten million gold for her was an absurd amount in the first place. She never spent her money properly, though it wasn’t that she didn’t even have an idea of ​​the economy.

With thirty million gold, she could have bought a small castle. It was never a small amount of money. She didn’t know for sure, but even the marriage of the imperial family didn’t seem to have a budget to this extent…

“It is a little considerable. It’s the first time I’ve ever had something like this. Perhaps, for this amount of money, it would be comparable to an imperial wedding.”

“….”

Estelle’s words that it was comparable to an imperial wedding forced Elysia to abandon her plan to double the money. She had already spent all she could afford to buy a castle, and she was not confident enough to spend it again.

“Do I… have to use all of that budget?”

“Oh, are you burdened with too much budget? Of course, you don’t have to use all of them. It seems to me that the Grand Duke has given it generously. So, you don’t have to feel burdened at all.”

“What if I use it all?”

“Are you going to spend all of this budget?”

Estelle tilted her head when she said she was spending out the budget. After all, even in her eyes, she said that it was close to luxury to spend this amount.

If this is the case, let’s correct the target.

The new goal was to spend the entire thirty million gold budget!

“Yes!”

“Of course, you can spend it all.”

However, Estelle’s reaction, which she thought would be a shuddering reaction, was nothing at all. As she smiled brightly and clapped her hands, Elysia felt that something was wrong with her.

“I was upset that you only have a month to prepare… But, if you have a more glamorous wedding than anyone else, those words will go away!”

“Yes…?”

“I thought, of course, that Your Grace was going to use up all the budget. In this regard, we are on the same page!”

After she said that she would spend the budget, Estelle’s motivation went up even more. Elysia didn’t know what excited her, though she was at a loss for words as Estelle became more passionate. She seemed to have pressed Estelle’s passion point.

Estelle’s plans while rolling up her arms and tossing around made Elysia helpless.

“We plan to make the original wedding dress as quickly as possible. So, you have to measure today. How about matching three wedding dresses?”

“Match three wedding dresses?”

At Estelle’s words that she would match three wedding dresses, Elysia wondered if she had heard it wrong.

Who dares to match three wedding dresses? How was she going to try on all three outfits? It was absurd. Unless she was doing a fashion show at the reception, she didn’t need three dresses. However, Estelle responded that it was natural.

Rather, she was concerned.

“Yes. Will it still be enough? It would be right to get five, right?”

“…Yes?”

“All right. I’d like to order five dresses.”

She didn’t even have time to stop Estelle. She moved from place to place as if she had wings on her feet.

“Mar, Marchioness… I don’t think we need five wedding dresses.”

“Oh! Your Grace. You can call me Estelle comfortably.”

“That…”

“If you’re still awkward, call me Mrs. Blair. Although if you call me Estelle, I’d be more than happy.”

She didn’t know what made Estelle like her, though she was more favorable to Elysia than the first time.

“Estelle, I think it’s a waste to make five wedding dresses.”

“Is that so…? It would be a waste to make five dresses, right? Then we can match it up with everyday dresses and party dresses!”

She made up her mind that she wanted it luxurious, yet unwittingly said it was a waste.

As expected, those who have eaten meat eat well, and those who have luxuries do it.

“Then, I’ll just match three wedding dresses lightly.”

“Yes, yes…”

In her opinion, Estelle was more capable than her in this regard. As Estelle was a Marchioness, she must have spent a lot of money, and it seemed right to go with her wishes.

“Hmm… I got a female dance teacher.”

“A woman?”

“Yes, we don’t have a decent male teacher.”

Elysia tilted her head.

Even in dance practice, at least, there was a separate dance role for men. She thought it was strange that a woman taught a men’s role.

“Is it because you got it urgently?”

“Ah… Yes, that is correct. The teacher was not available because I was in a hurry.”

No matter how urgent it was, she thought that if it was under Grand Duchy Raphael’s name, she thought Estelle could get it… If not, wasn’t it because male dance teachers were not that common? If that was the case, it was understandable to some extent.

“I guess there aren’t many male teachers in the first place.”

“Yes.”

There was no reason for Estelle to lie to her, so Elysia believed it.

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