In the Belldet estate, Evelyn stomped her foot in fury after reading the rankings.

"This is all Ashe's fault! If it weren't for him ruining everything, we could have raked in two whole sets of ranking rewards this time!"

Since Leia hadn't even properly been born yet, her reward would naturally have gone to her parents, Anphel and Iger. Evelyn herself had also appeared on the ranking as the Happiest Merchant, meaning the Belldet family had actually struck a double jackpot in the Happiness Rankings.

However, because of Ashe's interference, the ranking had been invalidated and all rewards were scrapped.

For Evelyn, this was even more infuriating than if Ashe had actually added her to his harem in the story. She had lost two full rewards. Away from the strategic drawing board, Evelyn was actually quite meticulous about her personal gains. While other faction leaders cared far more about the strategic information leaked by the rankings than the actual prizes, Evelyn remained utterly fixated on the loot.

After all, she possessed nothing that was truly her own. Everything she currently owned came from the Belldet family. Even her youthful attempt to run away in search of...