Villain Princess.

"Yes, Miss."

Prince Lester went out to do his work.

Honestly, Aurora had given this order to Karl to collect food, but there was nothing wrong with asking them to pile up more.

Because...

The problems of White Dukedom would definitely reveal themselves.

Aurora herself didn’t actually do anything much with the White Family’s territory. After Mr. Wren’s death, Duke White wanted to be the one to manage the economy and Aurora handed it over to him.

After all, it was indeed Duke White’s work.

But she secretly asked the butler to show her the management book.

If she didn’t see it, she would not think too much. But after Aurora saw how her father divide the money, she understood the real reason why her father wanted to take over the management.

He wanted the money.

Aurora honestly felt a bit strange with her father’s action because from what she knew, her father was not very fond of money. At least, it was not like her mother who wasted a lot of money through partying here and there.

But then Aurora realized her father was doing a lot of activities and also redecorated the mansion.

The mansion looked much better.

But in Aurora’s eyes, those were nothing more than useless ornaments.

The original mansion was already luxurious enough, but Duke White simply felt that it was not enough, which was why he ended up preparing a lot of things that could enhance that appearance.

Aurora could tell that Duke White really like these things.

She had to say that his taste was really strange.

However, it was also because of his consumption was getting bigger and bigger that the percentage that Aurora separated for them were not enough. They had to raise the tax for the people in the White Dukedom and the amount of money used to manage it was getting less and less each year.

When Aurora saw that, she knew that it was going to be bad.

The butler said that he had reminded Duke White, but Aurora was skeptical that Duke White would listen.

After all, Duke White is a stubborn person and after becoming the duke, he was not exactly the type of person to listen to other people’s words so easily. Aurora herself had no interest to manage her father’s business.

If he wanted to continue this way and possibly Destry his own future, then Aurora would let him be.

Anyway, it would have nothing to do with her.

Aurora had long planned for herself to stay away from Duke White. Besides, based on what she perceived from Queen Ella and Duke White back then, she knew that these two people didn’t want to let her stay alive.

She might as well leave on her own.

Either way, it was not a difficult matter for her.

In this way, Aurora didn’t have to stay with the White Family and able to stay far away. She simply pushed forward with their plan that they have made without consideration of what other people wanted and finally ended in this way.

For Aurora, it was a good result.

But at the same time, she was not doing the duties that a noble should do. They were in the high position in order to protect the people under them and to manage their lives to be better.

Aurora did none of those.

She knew that she indeed has the capability, but she didn’t have that sense of responsibility towards the people under. For this reason, she would not bother with the matter of the territory’s management and handed it all to the butler.

In any case, the butler could do a great job on his own.

In this way, Viscount Arn would not have trouble with this matter.

Aurora could also do her own things.

"The money for the White Dukedom should have almost exhausted by now."

Aurora knew that her grandfather had saved quite a large amount of money for the White Dukedom itself. After all, the territory management for such a big area like the White Dukedom required a lot of money.

The previous Duke White was not rest assured and piled up a lot of money to use in case of emergencies.

But even if he had piled up a lot of money and resources, it was only for the case of emergencies. It should not be used all the time and replenished from time to time.

Mr. Wren and the other vassals have been doing a good job so far.

But their ability and authority has limit.

And it was precisely because of this limit that they were unable to do anything if Duke White wanted to cut down the funds for them to use to manage the territory. Originally, Mr. Wren was the one with the highest power appointed by the previous Duke White.

Perhaps, Aurora’s grandfather had long known that his son is unreliable.

But after Mr. Wren’s death, there was no more restraints for Duke White.

So the situation in the territory worsened.

Aurora could guess that this situation would continue for a longer period of time because of her father’s order.

She didn’t stop him either.

In terms of authority, Aurora’s power was lower than her father. She had no way to stop her father unless she used some other unconventional means. And Aurora was naturally unwilling to use such means for her own father.

She’s a selfish person.

What she wanted was simply a way out for herself to live without the order from her parents or any other people who wanted to use her for her abilities or position.

The problem of the White Family would have been fine if Duke White was given time after knowing the situation.

But would he have the time?

Aurora knew that he didn’t have the time.

To be exact, she made sure he had no time.

Because the war will start.

And when the war started, what the people needed the most would be resources for the war.