Rawon Stores In Isekai

7. Deception

The red velvet sofa in the workspace of the Foxton residence was so soft and warm, but it could not make Lucas feel at home sitting for long on it. He could only straighten his back, following the tense atmosphere in the room.

Lucas did not dare to lean back, let alone wriggle from his position. Fat poking from the stomach wrapped in a white buttoned shirt. The view towards the end of his feet became blocked.

Lucas wants to get out of there. His eyes looked straight down, only focusing on the two hands squeezing each other. He did not dare to look at his father who was opposite, sitting on a similar velvet sofa.

"You know what your mistake was?" duke Alfred Foxton asked, wiping the thick white mustache perched above his lips. His eldest son shook his head quickly. Alfred is currently holding a letter containing a report from a soldier. How furious the almost half-century-old man was at his son's behavior, to the point that he squeezed the ends of the paper unconsciously.

In one hand, Alfred placed the report on the table between him and Lucas.

"You could be making an adverse transaction behind my back!" scream Alfred. The savagery that radiated in his eyes, made Lucas shudder. The fat youth quickly saw what the contents of the paper were. In the form of handwriting, the arrangement of his words is like the delivery of news by a storyteller.

...Hear that! The Foxtons have bought swathes of land near rivers full of poisonous trees! Hear that! Hear that!...

"You bought that land, didn't you? Answer!" Alfred asked again. Both eyes of Lucas were wide open to read the report. The transaction he made four months ago turned out to have spread the news to the mouth of the city news story. If it has been shouted by a planner in the square, then all residents have known the folly of having bought the land that loses.

"Ah, i-i-ini .. it could have been Linden who did it-" Lucas tried to lie, but his father kicked the table, making him jump. His heart seemed to be escaping from the cavity.

"You're! How dare you slander your own sister! Besides, Linden's not as reckless as you are!" peekkik Alfred's. He watched as his son tried to escape responsibility for his mistakes.

Lucas looked down again, unable to dodge. He himself actually did not expect, that anyone would dare to deceive him like this. Lucas purchased a one-acre plot of land near a stream in the village of Firin, located in the city of Jotun. The seller is someone who claims to need money to charge his ailing wife. Lucas was devastated for such a reason. But he doesn't want to just buy it. The land seller asked him to see the land to be transacted.

Lucas felt nothing strange, just a patch of land of suitable size. In the middle of it flows a small river that is not so swift. There are some trees around the river. Said the seller, it is a typical fruit tree there, which will be picked the next three months. Lucas was not suspicious at all. He bought without checking anything else. What's more, this thing he did could be to help others. 

Thus, with one fingerprinting and the Foxton family stamp, the exclusive rights of ownership of the land fell into the hands of Foxton's eldest son.

Lucas was lucky. He can buy land with fruitful trees. The plan, he will plant other types of crops, then build a farm that will produce big profits. Then, with the flow of the river there, he was sure the land he bought must be very fertile.

Three months later, Lucas realized he had been deceived. The fruit of the trees on the land he was waiting for began to appear. The shape is round oval light brown. Lucas did not know the name of the fruit. All he did after the fruit appeared to ripen on his tree was to pluck it until he got a full basket, and take it home.

In the kitchen, Lucas cut one of them apart. The flesh of the fruit is white. Lucas was excited, imagining good things would happen to him later in life. He will be known as someone who is successful with his farm. No one else would dare to insult her fat and stupid, if later she had succeeded. Lucas almost scooped up the meat, if only a servant hadn't stopped him that day.

"Don't, Young Master! The fruit cannot be eaten! Your attan will be very drunk afterwards!"

"Lucas! Answer my question honestly! Confess, if you've really bought that land!" Duke Foxton's screams disperse Lucas' reverie. The eldest son of the Duke could only nod his head in resignation, which was immediately greeted by a ferocious shout from the father.

"That's a pangium tree! Trees that are from the trunk to the fruit contain poison! Why did you buy it! You can be that stupid!!"

***

Fiona only heard voices, didn't see faces. Even so, he could tell how furious his current great master was. There was no sound of Lucas replying to his father's nagging. Fiona swigged in the heart. The creepy-looking man in his room this morning was able to speak a thousand languages in front of his father.

Is this the scene of the gullible Lucas Foxton? If not wrong .. around chapter twenty so. Because buying land that loses .. ah, moreover, yes?

Fiona tries hard to remember, but nil the result. Webtoon "Lady Renata" portrays Lucas as the antagonist. Surely, Lucas' life has never been highlighted too closely. The story is mostly about Renata himself and the Basset family life. Lucas's appearance in Renata's life is still happening later, after the matchmaking scene. The scene of Lucas being deceived was only heard at a glance by Renata, when he was walking around downtown.

Geez, how am I supposed to survive in this world, if there's no data I can make reference to that webtoon!

Fiona grunted, while continuing her eavesdropping activities.

***

Lucas was still in his place. He really did not think that his father could find out about the land he bought. Lucas planned to sell the land to someone else. Although he had to sell cheaply, but at least his father should not know. However, no matter who leaked it, suddenly until the news of the city even knew it. It's harder for Lucas to sell, because of course the people already know the facts.

"Dad doesn't want to know," Alfred took a breath, then exhaled. "You should be able to profit from your land within a year!"

"Will but, Dad---"

"There's no buts! You are the eldest son of this family! For Gods! You should be responsible for everything you do yourself!" Duke Foxton cut out Lucas's sentence. How much he trusted his son. Though he was the firstborn, but unreliable like the youngest.

Alfred massaged the temple, thinking what was wrong in his method of educating. Both sons he raised in the same way, but the results were different. Lucas is more prone to panic and stress when faced with conflict, in contrast to his younger brother who tends to be calmer.

As this time, Alfred saw Lucas sitting opposite him with a confused and fearful look on his face. Time and again Alfred gave leniency at the request of Sofia, his wife. However, this time he felt he had to behave harder, because there were people who wanted to take advantage of Lucas' carelessness.

It was the person who had deceived Lucas, then spread it through a ban, to bring down the Foxton family's pride. Citizens' trust in Foxton can weaken if they find out that their future leadership candidates can easily be lied to like this.

Alfred must take action. Lucas has to prove he deserves the Duke position.

"You must be able to take advantage of the land within a year, however." Alfred looked into his son's eyes. "If not, Linden will replace you as my successor."

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