Vol 2. Chapter 49
“Penelope Sinesse was famous for being incompetent, ill-tempered, and greedy, but she stole the credit from the Marquess of Sinesse and received the title of Countess herself.”
“Ah... really?”
“And then she said, ‘I don’t want to be called Countess Sinesse when there’s already a Marquess Sinesse,’ and changed her surname to Noart. At the same time, while the Marquess of Sinesse was away at war, she used all sorts of dirty tricks to take his wealth too.”
“Wow.”
I nodded in admiration at Ray’s explanation.
“That kind of bloodline is very familiar to me. My uncle and aunt are exactly like that.”
“And yet, she hated that ‘Noart’ came from ‘Sinesse’, so she desperately tried to erase that fact. That’s why most people don’t even know about it now.”
Ray continued explaining in a calm tone.
“And when she was about to blow through all the fortune, Caliban Noart stepped in and bailed her out—but demanded marriage in return.”
“Even the part where she fell into some bizarre narcissism and squandered all her wealth is disturbingly familiar. I guess this really is my bloodline.”
In the end, it was essentially a bought marriage, and that’s probably why everyone says Grandpa ‘bought his title.’
As I nodded deeply, Linna blinked and cut in.