The Ugly Wife of the Shady Duke

y itself and used the fact that jewelry is recognized as personal property when divorcing to buy the most valuable gold with money, Grace speculated.

Thinking up to this point made her depressed again.

Grace murmured incoherently as she reluctantly stepped out of the study, thinking that taking a walk might make her feel better.

“…I want to die.”

Somewhere, she heard something shattering.

Grace, tired and depressed, dismissed it as just an auditory hallucination, considering it insignificant.

‘This emotion is not mine, but it’s a familiar one.’

In her past life, she wasn’t overweight, but she was treated as a failed and inferior member of her family.
She had no remarkable qualities compared to her siblings and was foolish.
Eventually, her illness worsened, leading her to be hospitalized and end her life.

Grace thought of her past life that she tried not to remember as much as possible and shook her head.

She didn’t want to think about it anymore.

‘Well, the map.
The map.’

Before leaving, Grace picked up the latest version of the empire’s map from the library.

“And, also…”

Where could it be? There were various catalogs that the staff in the annex had prepared for Grace.

It was meant to provide her with a change of mood during times when she appeared depressed.

“Maybe it’s in the tea room.”

Grace gathered the map and ledger in one hand and headed to the tea room.

Even though she hadn’t enjoyed tea in the tea room for a while, the tea case was neatly organized.

‘There are so many types.’

She wouldn’t be able to drink them all even if she drank them all year round.
It was clear that some of them would have to be discarded after their preservation period had passed.

Grace cleared her blurry vision and checked the nearby catalog.
It had a description of tea leaf specialty stores in the empire.

What Grace was looking for was the cultivation area of the tea.

“Hmm, Garret’s land…”

Checking the location on the map, areas with well-established transportation routes, such as proximity to gates and harbors, had high land values.

‘Can’t go to a place that’s too expensive.’

Grace had accumulated a considerable amount of wealth over the past two years, but she didn’t plan on spending such a large sum of money on the orphanage.

The business was meant to be handed over to someone else after turning a profit, so the smaller the scale, the better, as it would be difficult to manage on a larger scale.

‘Managing it becomes difficult if it’s on a large scale.’