Favored by the Family That Will Become the Strongest! - Chapter 19

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“Compensation?”
“Yes, compensation. You’re not suggesting you’d risk yourself and work without any price in return?”
“Hm? Am I dangerous?”
Varcan fell silent at Diena’s puzzled question. It felt absurd to tell her that he was a dangerous person.
“Take what I offer. You seem to enjoy the work—so why don’t you claim what you’ve earned?”
Varcan said this while studying Diena intently.
“Is there something you want?”
Something she wanted.
Diena’s brow furrowed.
It was a question she’d never once considered.
‘What I want is… Varcan from my past life?’
But that was something she couldn’t have, so she’d need to ask for something else.
‘I don’t really have anything I want to possess.’
For a contract to hold, there had to be an exchange. If Varcan paid her something, he’d also be more inclined to trust their relationship.
Having thought this far, Diena spoke with solemn resolve.
“…Money?”
“Money?”
“Yes, I thought that would be best. And… when I ask for help, would you be able to assist me?”
Without hesitation, Varcan drew a blank check from his pocket.
“Write down as much as you want here. I’ll have Hasen pay you regular wages as well.”
Diena gazed at the check offered to her.
“I’ll give you additional payments each time Bianca’s condition improves.”
Diena found herself accepting the check.
“Wow.”
‘The money I mentioned wasn’t nearly this much.’
An ordinary person would have refused at this point, saying they didn’t need so much, but Diena was no ordinary person.
She readily accepted the money Varcan offered.
It was because of Varcan’s teachings from the past.
“Never refuse money someone else gives you, Diena. Money slips away—it’s here one moment, gone the next. When someone has it, you milk them for all you can.”
After all, Varcan himself had been penniless when she’d met him.
But this version of Varcan had considerable wealth. And he spent it without the slightest hesitation.
‘I won’t let that happen again this time. For now, I should take as much as I can.’
Though he hadn’t meant for her to apply his wisdom to situations like this, Diena decided to follow his lesson faithfully.
“Not enough?”
Diena answered quickly.
“Not exactly, but I won’t refuse if you give me more.”
Varcan, who indeed had plenty of money, nodded coolly.
“Right, I’ll mention it to Hasen.”
“Yes.”
“And if you need help, just let me know.”
“Yes, thank you.”
“So then. Tell me the conditions of our contract.”
Diena hesitated briefly before speaking.
“What if you don’t like the conditions?”
Varcan shrugged as he spoke.
“Then we’d adjust them, or dissolve the contract.”
“…I understand.”
Diena deliberated carefully before opening her mouth.
“First, please guarantee that I have time to spend together with Bianca.”
It was essential for treating Bianca’s Darkness Corruption.
“That’s not difficult.”
“Second, I’d like you not to interfere with the things I do for her.”
Varcan paused for a moment, but seeing the seriousness in Diena’s eyes, he nodded.
“Understood.”
“Third, when you’re in pain, come find me. These three things are all I need from you.”
As he looked at her once more, Varcan nodded readily.
* * *
Sevar Cardian, head of the Cardian Family.
After wandering the Battlefield for months, he had finally returned to the Northern Region.
“Duke, shall we head straight to the Family Territory?”
“No, I need to stop at the Mage Tower first. I need Suppression Agent.”
“Understood, at once!”
Sevar answered the escort knight’s question with a heavy sigh.
His complexion was deathly pale. His already-crimson eyes seemed even redder, riddled with burst capillaries. The knight, alarmed, began driving the carriage urgently.
A Supernatural Power running wild and unchecked.
The enormous force coursing through his veins was so potent that without regular purges—pouring it out over monster corpses—it would erode his very mind.
The moment they arrived at the Mage Tower, the knight hurried inside. Not long after, he emerged with vials of Suppression Agent in hand.
“Here it is, Sevar.”
Sevar snatched the Suppression Agent from him roughly. The carriage door closed.
“…Haah.”
A sharp breath escaped between Sevar’s lips. He gripped the ampule of the anti-side-effect Suppression Agent with brutal force.
Dark veins rippled across his rolled-up arm, proof of his Supernatural Power running amok.
A sharp needle pierced his vein. As the Suppression Agent forcibly compressed his power, he furrowed his brow.
It was an unpleasant sensation every time, no matter how many times he felt it. One dose wasn’t enough; his hand reached roughly for another vial.
Just then, the carriage lurched to a halt.
“What’s the matter.”
His low voice carried an irritation bordering on killing intent.
A man’s voice came from beyond the carriage door.
“Your temperament hasn’t changed a bit.”
“Elder Malacar.”
Sevar’s face darkened as he threw open the carriage door. The man standing there was Malacar.
Sevar spoke irritably.
“Skip the pleasantries and get to the point.”
“Still the same! No respect for your elders whatsoever.”
Malacar stood before the door, regarding Sevar with an upright posture.
“I’ve come to escort you and your Family to your territory.”
Sevar’s eyes turned glacial.
The fresh Suppression Agent heightened his senses beyond their usual sharpness, letting him parse Malacar’s every gesture.
“An escort, you say.”
Sevar tilted his head slightly. His eyes gleamed between strands of disheveled silver hair.
“What’s the reason? I don’t see why you’d visit the Cardian territory.”
His fingers tapped a steady rhythm on the carriage seat.
“Is this the Emperor’s command?”
“The Emperor’s command came to you, not me.”
Despite Sevar’s sharp edge, Malacar’s expression remained composed.
“This is a purely personal matter.”
“What is it?”
“I have an interest in a guest currently staying with your Family.”
Sevar’s eyes narrowed into slits.
“A guest?”
Now that he thought about it, he recalled receiving an urgent message from the main house some time ago. It had mentioned that a guest had come to stay while he was away on the Battlefield.
‘Malacar takes an interest in her?’
Doubt crept up his spine.
Malacar was no idle person. He was the most prominent candidate for the next Mage Tower Master among many aspirants, a sorcerer cynical about all worldly affairs.
For such a man to arrive at the Mage Tower, handle urgent matters, and then set out for the Cardian territory—it was extraordinary.
It meant that this ‘guest’ held enough value to move a Mage Tower Master candidate of his own volition.
Yet from what Sevar knew, this guest was hardly a welcome presence.
‘The Rothwell Family….’
At the thought of that Family name, Sevar’s eyes went cold.
The mere fact that someone from the Rothwell Family had set foot in the Cardian Fortress was unpleasant enough; now the Mage Tower was watching as well.
He had one more reason to be on guard.

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