Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 970 - 87 Catherine’s Tantrum

Chapter 970: Chapter 87 Catherine’s Tantrum

"You never really understood our thoughts, or rather, you have never truly understood the persistence of the three of us in our family." Catherine sighed, spoke in a softer tone, and said, "You have said these things to my grandfather, and to my father as well, and it never changed their decision, so now saying it to me, you must have anticipated that it will not have any effect."

"Yes, I had guessed as much," Marquis Snape said helplessly, "My aim was only to hope that you would reconsider giving up your debt. Your family has given me much more than I have given, you truly owe me nothing, be it gold or friendship, you have never owed me anything. These debts should not have been borne by three generations of your family, and certainly not by a girl like you. You are beautiful, strong, kind, and resilient. As long as you come back alive this time, you will have a bright future ahead. Someone like you should not be troubled by these shackles any longer. Yes, I have realized now, your actions this time, in my view, are like a high-risk investment. Although the risk is high, the potential returns are immeasurable, so I will not stop you anymore. However, the shackles of this debt will bind your future, and for you, that is not at all fair. You knights always talk about pursuing justice with your life. Why then can you tolerate such injustice happening to you?"

"Thank you, Grandfather," Catherine’s smile revealed a faint sense of happiness as she tossed her wine glass aside, gently embraced the kind old man from behind, and resting her head on his shoulder, she said tenderly, "I understand what you mean, and I can feel your selfless love for me from your words, just as you love my father and my grandfather unconditionally. I am very touched, truly very touched. I am quite clumsy and cannot use flowery words to express my current feelings, but I still hope you can understand the emotions in my heart at this moment. Just like your love for me, for many years, I have loved you as I love my father and grandfather, treating you as my true family member. But, this time I must still refuse your kindness, because this is not only a knight’s insistence, a noble’s insistence, but more importantly, for our family, it is an essential persistence so that we can hold our heads high in the future."

"I don’t understand, of course, I don’t," the old man suddenly became angry, broke free from Catherine’s embrace, and angrily slapped the ship’s rail, saying, "’I don’t understand how you all think. I have made it so clear to you, you never owed me, so why does every one of you not understand, can you all not understand the common tongue?"

"Don’t be angry, Grandfather." Clearly, having spent much time with Pannis, perhaps Catherine didn’t learn anything else, but her skill at being cheeky had dramatically improved. Seeing the old man getting angry, the young girl, far from feeling fear or worry, instead wore a classic Pannis-style mischievous smile, cozied up again and hooked the old man’s arm, gently swinging his arm laughing playfully, and said, "Calm down, Grandfather. Look, I will work hard to earn money in the future, just consider it as saving for my dowry."

"What, what, what dowry?" The old man’s anger was immediately quashed by Catherine’s cheeky words, he stood agape for a long while before stuttering embarrassingly, "How does this relate to dowry?"

"Hehe, Pannis secretly told me already." The knight girl laughed, not at all like a knight but more like a mischievous little devil, mysteriously blinking as she said, "Did you think I wouldn’t know? Our family’s debt to you, you haven’t spent a single coin, always kept it well reserved, even saying that when you die it would be part of my inheritance or for my dowry when I marry, hehe, I knew all along, you may as well stop pretending like you didn’t."

"This, this, this, you knew all of this and had no intention of opposing it," Snape said with a laugh and a tear, "Then what are you still insisting on? You return the money to me, and I give it back to you, is that fun?"

"Why would I have any intention of opposing it?" Catherine retorted, "Just like you couldn’t stop the three generations of our family from striving to repay this debt, I equally cannot stop you from returning this money to me in various ways, haha, such matters only concern oneself, others cannot stop it. Since that’s the case, why would I oppose it?"

"You know you can’t stop me, so why didn’t you just stop repaying from the start? It would have saved so much trouble," Snape said puzzledly, "Your family has gone through so much effort, suffered so much, yet in the end, it’s all meaningless, why? Is there really any need for this?"

"There is a need, because these are two separate matters," Catherine grew serious and spoke earnestly, "Indeed, from your perspective, due to the help of my grandfather, you were able to quickly and easily earn a vast amount of money, even if it meant losing hundreds of millions of gold coins due to his experiments, but to you, that was just a failed investment, without any responsibility on grandfather’s part. Furthermore, through grandfather’s relentless efforts to make amends, you recouped the lost money. Thus, you never considered that our family had any debt toward you. However, from our perspective, it is entirely different. In my grandfather’s eyes, the so-called help he gave you, was merely normal social interactions, introducing two friends to each other, making them acquainted, isn’t that the most ordinary thing? As for what developed afterward, that was your own capability, and grandfather had nothing to do with it. So, grandfather believed he never truly helped you, not at all. What you did was support his experiments, fulfilling his never-ending requests, even when the hopes of success became slimmer, your provided funds never ceased, despite having to borrow money for it, you continuously supported him. And what he ultimately returned was a completely failed experiment, putting you on the brink of bankruptcy."

"It wasn’t his fault, experiments always have successes and failures, no one can absolutely guarantee success, and he didn’t fail on purpose," Snape’s eyes reddened as he said loudly, "Besides, haven’t I already gotten over it? Why was he still insisting, ultimately causing his own death in some adventure, what was he thinking, what are you all thinking!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)