Before Lady Mary confessed in person, Ann didn't know which member of the Rebain family Wright's father was, so there was no possibility of further investigation. The detailed situation can only be learned from Lady Mary's mouth for the time being.
Consistent with Elland's investigation, Lady Mary used to be a servant of the Rebain family. To be precise, she worked in a manor under George's name.
Mary was born in the imperial capital. She was originally the daughter of a wealthy businessman and received a good education since she was a child. But later, the family fell into decline, both parents passed away, and the family property was defrauded. At only fourteen years old, she had no choice but to work at George's house after being introduced by an acquaintance.
However, Mary is not willing to give up. She has been smart since she was a child and plans to use this job as a cover and save a sum of money to recover everything from the jackals and tigers that devoured her parents' assets in the future!
At that time, the empire was not as stable as it is now, and there were many loopholes in the contract system. The person who introduced the job to Mary had no good intentions. In order to get the highest level of benefits, he deceived her into signing a contract that seemed like selling herself to someone who had never been exposed to a work contract.
This type of contract was for those who were completely desperate, and was completely contrary to Mary's wishes.
Realizing that there was something wrong with the salary she received, Mary realized after questioning several times that she had been deceived.
Angry, she wanted to argue with the introducer, but according to the contract, it was difficult for her to even leave the manor, not to mention that the introducer had already fled.
At that time, the empire was under the rule of the previous king, and the policies were equally liberal. In similar cases, as long as the situation is confirmed to be true, Mary can re-sign the contract, and only the introducer will be held accountable.
Mary held out hope and went to explain the situation to the housekeeper.
However, the housekeeper was greedy for Mary's extraordinary appearance and did not seek justice for her. Instead, he accused her of telling lies and warned other servants in the manor. Later, he formed a group with those who had misappropriated the assets of Mary's parents.
Mary was essentially placed under house arrest in the manor!
Since the manor was not George's permanent residence, the housekeeper became the de facto talker. Mary had nowhere to redress her injustice, and with all her wisdom, she could only protect herself from additional harm.
Until one day, the housekeeper ordered Mary to be locked up in a dark room regardless of her apparent skill.
Desperate, she didn't see the butler for a long time. After calming down, she realized that her chance might have come - the butler would do this, and it was probably the owner of the manor who had returned!
Thinking that this was her only possibility of escape, Mary desperately broke open the door and escaped at the cost of dislocating her arm.
Hearing the noise, George pushed aside the obstruction and came to check. He was shocked to see Mary covered in injuries. After learning the whole story, he ignored the butler's sophistry and captured her.
Seeing that the housekeeper was arrested, Mary fainted after relaxing. When she woke up again, the injuries on her body had been properly taken care of, and it was George himself who was taking good care of her.
George admired Mary's courage and wisdom very much, and Mary was also grateful to George for saving her life. During the period of recuperation, the two fell in love with each other.
Later, under George's active pursuit, they came together.
However, George knew that his parents would not approve of his marriage to Mary, who was not of noble birth, so he could only find a way to hand over the management of the manor to Mary.
Mary, who was deeply in love, also thought of a solution in her own way. As time passed, she succeeded in revenge with her own efforts, regained her assets, established a chamber of commerce, and with proper management, she gained wealth far beyond that of ordinary nobles.
In order to surprise her lover, Mary kept her name anonymous, and the representative of the Chamber of Commerce was an agent she personally trained.
One time when she heard her lover complaining about her parents' pressure to get married, Mary couldn't help but show her strength to George. George was pleasantly surprised, and the two agreed that the time had come to confess.
But when they told George's parents everything, George's parents thought that Mary had succeeded with George's help, and still disagreed with their marriage, and even intervened.
At this time, Mary discovered that she was pregnant.
Past experiences made her understand that she should not trust others easily, and George's parents had a very tough attitude. In order to ensure that their child was born safely, Mary did not tell them the truth. She ostensibly agreed to the request of George's parents and left the Rebain family.
In order to ensure safety, Mary chose to live in an area where most of the family members of the Imperial Army lived and were far away from the Rebain family's territory; in order to ensure the quality of life of her children, she also moved the Chamber of Commerce's radiation range here...
The planning and arrangement of all this was very complicated, and George's parents were extremely guarded. Mary did not get the chance to tell her lover the truth.
George, who didn't know the truth, saw Mary leaving and felt that he was not capable enough. Angry at his parents and himself, he turned around and joined the Imperial Army, severing contact with his parents. After that, she refused her family's request for marriage and insisted on enduring the pressure and remaining single.
His tough attitude made Mary very happy and satisfied, but the problem was that after George joined the Imperial Army, she couldn't contact him!
Later, the late king became seriously ill and wars broke out frequently. The two had no chance to communicate, and Mary had to raise the child alone.
It wasn't until Lecco started the Unification War and the Empire was victorious that Mary was able to contact George.
George thought Mary was married and had children, but he didn't expect that she was also single like him. He actually had a child with Mary, which made George dizzy with happiness.
When Mrs. Mary talked to this point, her face looked very happy.
"I will never forget his expression at that time in my life!" Mrs. Mary lightly covered her mouth, "Fortunately, Wright's appearance is exactly the same as when he was young. He believed the proofs I prepared before they were used... "
Ann had to admit that this story was a bit unexpected.
I thought that Lady Mary was a weak victim, but I never thought that she was a strong woman who had overcome many difficulties on her own and sustained herself for so many years.
It's worth to admire!
Needless to say, the reason why Mrs. Mary did not confess to Wright was because she definitely did not want to put too much burden on her children. The reason why she did not confess to the Rebain family is not difficult to understand.
Nobles have always valued reputation more than anything else, and this is especially true for the Rebain family, which is second only to the royal family in terms of power in the empire. Even if the story of Wright's parents can be regarded as a good story among the people, in the eyes of the aristocracy, having children outside of marriage and beating up mandarin ducks will also become a stigma.
According to the past style of George's parents, it was impossible for them to admit their mistakes.
Both Mary and George still have a way to go if they want to be with their lover openly and openly.
"It seems that if Colonel George wants to meet you now, he can only come pretending to be a businessman after fulfilling his duties as a city guard?" An looked at Mrs. Mary.
The other party nodded: "You really understand everything clearly."
The focus of this trip was on the intelligence on the intruder. As for Wright's life experience, An only had the idea of trying to see if he could get some clues. Although I got a good story, it didn't do much to progress the attack.
However, there is one thing Ann doesn't understand. Since Wright's parents are not ordinary people, why didn't they react much after Shuen, who was pretending to be Wright, was imprisoned?
"Forgive me for asking more, but when Wright was in prison..."
"Oh, I was too worried at that time and fell down on the hospital bed; George couldn't do things in a big way, and his attention was on me. We couldn't make time for the time being." Mrs. Mary understood what An was asking, "Wait a minute We have arranged a way out for him after your speech."
The way out?
Originally it was just a casual question, the purpose was just to clear up confusion rather than to obtain key information, but Mrs. Mary's answer made An aware of it.
"Who did you two arrange for Wright?"
boom--
Just as Lady Mary was about to speak, the door was suddenly knocked open.
George, the city guard cadet, stumbled in.
