I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 22

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Chapter 22
Wiiing—
“……Kyaah?!”
Meanwhile, the sudden blare of the Emergency Signal startled Veronica as well. But only for a moment. She steadied her nerves and clicked her tongue.
“What is my brother doing, not keeping proper watch over the girl!”
Who on earth would send an Emergency Signal in the middle of the night?
Sith, who would be moving about in the commander’s office, couldn’t have done it. And Rodrigo, her brother, was the type who’d sooner kill someone than fire off that signal.
That left only one person.
Our Karin.
And the reason the girl had to fire it was surely because she’d been separated from her brother’s side.
She didn’t know the details, but it was clear she’d resorted to this as a last measure.
So really, all of this was her brother’s fault.
Somehow he’d lost track of the girl and let her touch something so dangerous!
Veronica ground her teeth and launched herself forward without hesitation.
It was an unexpected turn, but not enough to derail the plan.
It was as good a way to draw attention as blowing up the building would have been.
‘By now, my brother should be arriving.’
Already, she could hear commotion breaking out in various places. The guards were moving, and so were the prisoners—all at once.
And so the place where the noise was coming from—where Karin and her brother were—would naturally become the focus of danger.
Which meant it was her turn to act now.
Veronica stepped back and snapped her fingers once.
A tremendous amount of Mana condensed like a sphere at her fingertips, then flew with terrifying speed toward the building where the prisoners were held.
Boom-boom-boom-boom!
“?!”
“What—what was that! Where did that explosion come from!”
The guards who’d been moving toward the source of the noise all looked around urgently. Just then, several of Sith’s subordinates caught the wind.
“There! There—prisoners running about!”
“Seize them! Those bastards are really—!”
All the prisoners in Iztale Prison had committed heinous crimes—murder, robbery, and the like. They were meant to spend the rest of their lives here, essentially death-row inmates.
If they made it outside……
One of the guards trembled.
It was the worst possible scenario.
“Move, now! Don’t let a single one escape!”
“Yes, sir!”
The guards moved swiftly. In an instant, their focus shifted from the courtyard to the other prisoners.
With the plan proceeding smoothly, Veronica withdrew with a satisfied smile.
At the same moment.
Sith, who had left first, was already keeping a horse waiting at the back gate of Iztale Prison. Positioned so they could depart at a moment’s notice.
“Sith!”
“Veronica!”
The two who met first nodded to each other.
The rear was still quiet, thanks to the chaos erupting inside. But that wouldn’t last long—soon the guards would begin searching every corner of the prison.
Veronica watched the time, shifting her weight nervously from foot to foot. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. As the seconds ticked away, her anxiety grew.
“……”
“Even so, we’ve made it this far……”
“!”
Veronica’s brow furrowed as she sensed movement.
Sith too quietly tightened her grip on the reins.
Listening intently to the faint voices, she bit her lower lip.
‘Please, stop eating at my nerves. Just…come faster, will you!’
If those footsteps got any closer, the plan would fall apart……!
“Uh, over there……”
“Who’s there!”
“!”
Veronica whipped her head around.
She could feel people gathering in the distance.
“Veronica.”
“Just a moment longer.”
The two hadn’t arrived yet.
She couldn’t leave without them.
If necessary, she’d kill them all and wait anyway.
Veronica was already prepared, having opened her Mana reserves in anticipation of any emergency.
“Hey!”
“What is that?! A horse?”
“Who’s there—!”
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
The pace of their approach quickened.
Veronica turned anxiously toward the entrance again.
“We should move forward.”
“Sith.”
“Not to flee. Just to move slowly.”
If they stood still, even if the two arrived, they’d have no time to respond. So let’s at least move, however slightly.
Having no choice, Veronica accepted the suggestion and nodded. The horses that had been standing idle began to move gradually.
“Uh, uh-uh-uh!”
“Stop right there!”
One of the guards cried out frantically as he watched the horses moving away.
‘……Would you stop if you were in my place?!’
Earlier, she’d felt composed. Now her insides burned with urgency. Veronica stared endlessly toward the entrance.
“Damn it, seize them!”
“Prison Break! It’s a prison break!”
Finally recognizing their quarry as escaped prisoners, the guards shouted. Veronica clenched her teeth.
There was no avoiding it now.
‘They can’t gather any more than this.’
So I’ll kill them right now……!
Crash—!
“!”
“?!”
The wall that had been intact a moment before crumbled in the blink of an eye. A man burst rapidly through the cloud of dust and sand.
Veronica cracked the reins she was holding.
“Get on!”
At that single command, the distance that had seemed so vast suddenly collapsed. Veronica threw one of the reins she held.
Rodrigo, cutting through the rough wind, caught it as it flew toward him.
He leaped onto the saddle, landing beside the rapidly galloping horse.
“……!”
One guard barely escaped through the collapsing wall, his eyes wide as saucers.
“P-p-prison break……!”
The guard stared blankly as the group disappeared into the distance, his trembling lips barely moving.
“B-Bancadium!”
Bancadium had escaped!
* * *
‘That was close.’
Rodrigo disliked wasting time.
He also detested inconvenience.
So originally, the plan had been simple: kill whoever touched the girl and escape quickly.
Veronica and Sith would make their own way out and wait.
Kill every bastard in sight and be done with it—easy enough.
But the problem was distance.
The little one had run as close to the entrance as possible, but there was still a considerable gap.
On top of that, assassins kept pouring in from everywhere like cockroaches, so it took longer than expected to deal with them.
Not that he couldn’t have eliminated them all if he’d wanted.
‘Hm, hm. Duke……’
“……”
But with the girl here, what could he do?
Rodrigo clicked his tongue in annoyance.
In truth, he could have simply blocked out his eyes and ears. But when he tried, his heart just wasn’t in it.
Strangely.
“I thought my heart would explode! Why’d you have to come so late and make me worry like this!”
“Shut up and keep riding.”
“What about Karin? Are you alright, sweetheart?”
“Mmm-uh-uh……”
The child nestled snugly in Rodrigo’s arms made small whimpering sounds. He was holding her so tightly that she could barely lift her head.
Seeing this, Veronica spoke while snapping the reins.
“You’re going to crush the girl’s face flat, you know.”
“I said shut up.”
Rodrigo added his rebuke and quickened their pace. Then, after a moment, he glanced down,
“Mm-mm—”
‘She’s fine.’
Confirming the girl’s face was unharmed, he nodded.

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