Honey : The Empire's Treasure 172 The Cold War... 6

"Did you hear?"

"No, what?"

"It was Lady Jaelah who stole everyone's things!"

"What!? Why would she do that!?"

"Maybe her family isn't doing so well, and they needed the money..."

"I heard it's because she spent all her money, and she didn't want anyone to find out!"

"Well, I heard it's because she developed a gambling problem..."

"I heard..."

"I heard..."

"I heard..."

Rumors were once again running rapidly all over the Amara clan, but this time the focus of the talks was on Lady Jaelah, not Lady Delju.

Pia listened in to all of the servants' gossip as she gathered food supplies for their kitchen the next morning after Lady Jaelah was placed on house arrest.

"Look, either way, I don't care why she stole my things. I'm just glad to get my stuff back."

"Well, that seems unlikely..."

"What!? Why?"

"The things that they found in her storage shed yesterday doesn't even make up an eighth of the things that were stolen from everyone."

"...!"

"So where is the rest!?"

"Gone...probably sold off already."

"No!"

"This is unbelievable."

"My things!"

"How could Lady Jaelah do this!?"

Leaving the disgruntled servants, Pia walked back to Lyra's residence with all the news.

In the kitchen, Lyra was chopping some onions to prepare the day's meals when Pia ran in.

"Lady Lyra...Lady Lyra! It's just as you said, Lady Delju was the one you did it!" Pia rushed into the kitchen panting, she wanted to deliver the news she gathered as soon as possible.

Lyra frowned at Pia's lack of awareness in her surrounding.

Pouring a cup of water, Lyra waited for her to drink and calm down enough to explain the whole situation.

"Sorry, Lady Lyra, I got too excited," Pia whispered after looking around the room.

"It's fine...now tell me what going on in the clan." Lyra took a carrot and started chopping it to add it to the onions.

"It's like you said, Lady Delju had her maids go around the clan spreading rumors about the stolen items being found in Lady Jaelah's home." Pia washed her hands to join Lyra in preparing the meals for the day.

"Hmm...how much-stolen items did they find in Lady Jaelah's place?"

"Not much, not even a quarter of the lost items. Plus the majority of the things found were from the servants, not really valuable..." Lifting a large pot of water to boil on the stove, Pia prayed for the kitchen staff to be well enough to come back by next week.

"What is Lady Delju up to?" Lyra muttered as she stopped cutting up the vegetables.

"What do you mean?... Doesn't she just want to frame Lady Jaelah...?"

"Yes and no...Did the elders find out how everyone's homes were rob?"

"No... I think that's why they haven't prosecuted Lady Jaelah yet."

"En...When will Sienna go back to school?"

"Umm...I believe she is due to go back in two weeks...Is something wrong?" The jump in issue had Pia a little confused.

"No, I just finally understand why Lady Delju took the risk of hiring thieves to steal from the clan." Lyra smiled as she shook her head.

Hmph...Lady Delju and Sienna are still too ignorant and greedy for their plots to become a danger to Mikaela. However, to harm Lady Jaelah, this is perfect...

"I don't understand my Lady, what does this have to do with Miss Sienna going back to school?" Pia sorely wanted Lyra to tell her what Lady Delju was planning.

"Delju wants to kill two birds with one stone. She needs money, and she wants to get back at Jaelah, right?"

"En...but what does this have to do with Miss Sienna?"

"Sienna had always had self-esteem issues since she was young. It was mainly due to her and Kamryn's rivalry. When she had started schooling, it had gotten worse after seeing all the other prominent wealthy young misses there...oh! turn down the water and add these vegetables." Lyra pa.s.sed the chopping vegetables to Pia as she started on a new dish.

"When Sienna got bullied by her friends for regularly wearing old-fas.h.i.+oned clothes and jewelry, she and Delju came up with the plot to pilfer from the treasury." After cutting up a red hen, she threw it into a pan to cook.

"Though Sienna is smarter than her mother, she forgot about how greedy her mother is...which ultimately led to Delju's predicament now."

"Mmm..." Pia stirred the soup on the stove while intently listening to Lyra's explanation.

"Sienna had made a name for herself using the pilfer money and stolen honey from Amara's tree farm. Now that both means are gone, she has two choices, be the girl who is looked down upon by her peers or find a way to continue funding the image she has made for herself...Which one do you think she will choose?" Lyra smirked as she sprinkled flour on the table for Pia to knead the bread dough.

"...but they can only steal and frame Lady Jaelah one time. If they do it again everyone would catch on."

"En, which is why they got outside help." Lyra and Pia placed the loaves inside the oven before working on dessert.

"Unfortunately for them, they forgot one thing..."
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"What is that?" Pia looked at Lyra.

"Partners.h.i.+ps don't always last."