I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 32

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Chapter 32
Document forgery.
At those words alone, Rodrigo found himself thinking of the child without meaning to.
To enter Izutale, the worst of prisons, one would need to forge various documents—trial records, investigation files, and more. And beyond that, one would need to recruit the people who could approve such forgeries.
The capacity to handle work of that magnitude almost certainly pointed to an organization rather than an individual.
Hyacinth nodded as if he too knew exactly where Rodrigo’s thoughts were leading.
“I’ve been thinking along similar lines myself. Perhaps someone there tampered with that boy’s case file. But there seems to be no connection whatsoever. The child doesn’t possess that sort of wealth.”
It felt as though there ought to be some link, yet they could find no thread to trace it by.
Because between the two of them, there existed no connection at all.
“Use every means necessary. Just don’t get caught.”
“Rest assured, sir. Who am I? One of Bangkadium’s finest mages….”
“Go.”
“Yes, sir.”
Hyacinth rose obediently from his seat.
After he left to pack his things, Veronica settled back and stroked her chin thoughtfully.
“I have to admit, I’m curious too. Just who does our little one want to take Blood Revenge against?”
……
“It doesn’t seem like she wants to kill the Emperor.”
If that were the case, she would have said so long ago. She’d complained about despising the Imperial Court numerous times over.
But if not the Emperor, then who exactly was the child’s real target?
Hmm. Veronica rose from her musings and got to her feet.
Part of her wanted to go straight and ask, but she doubted the child would answer. As she watched over her in the days ahead, the truth would likely emerge naturally enough—but first, Bangkadium had to clear its name.
“I hope Hyacinth handles this well. Ideally without me having to step in.”
Veronica herself was a direct member of Bangkadium, yet she had never once shown her face publicly.
Not until the escape from Izutale.
Now that her identity had been exposed, she too bore a Wanted Order.
But fortunately, unlike Rodrigo—whose face, height, and build had all become known—hers had not.
She could change her hair and eye color with ease, and only a vague description of “a woman of this general appearance” had been circulated. She enjoyed far greater freedom than Rodrigo.
Of course, even so, she kept to the shadows in preparation for any unforeseen situation. But should something happen to Hyacinth, or if a moment came when she had to act, it would fall to her to step forward instead of Rodrigo.
However.
“Until then, I’ll spend time with our little one eating delicious things and playing.”
Nothing to worry about had happened yet.
Self-absorbed as he was, Hyacinth ranked among the finest mages on the continent. Even if trouble arose, he wouldn’t go down easily.
So until new word came, she intended to play with the child in earnest.
“From now on, will I be staying with the child?”
“Keep an eye on her as appropriate. For now we need to remain cautious…….”
“Really, you. You’ve already brought her all the way to Bangkadium.”
If he’d been worried, he never would have brought her in the first place.
Veronica clicked her tongue with amusement.
“If you’re envious of us sleeping together, just say so.”
“Envious, my foot.”
Rodrigo glared at his sister with irritation.
Veronica met his displeasure with a brazen shrug.
Despite how much distaste he showed, he accepted everything in the end. The child had clearly won his affection.
It was a pity he couldn’t admit it so readily.
From what she’d seen, this kind of resistance often led to even worse fussing down the line.
‘Just like my brother.’
She already found herself curious about how the child’s presence would transform Bangkadium.
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The next day.
I toured the mansion with Veronica.
“You’ll be staying here until he finishes his work and returns.”
Finding one person was easier said than done.
Tracking down someone who’d deliberately hidden herself would be difficult even by my reckoning. And that maidservant would know that the Emperor was searching for her.
Caught, and she’d die. Knowing that plainly, would she be careless in her hiding?
‘If I were her, I’d crawl into the smallest mouse hole.’
I’d hide so thoroughly that not a single strand of hair showed. So I’d already anticipated that this would take some time.
‘Hyacinth will find the maidservant.’
I needed to do what I could.
‘I have to prepare for the future.’
My birth family, the Amelot Count’s House, was already in league with the Imperial Court. Now that I’d vanished, I wasn’t sure whether their relationship had strengthened or weakened, but they hadn’t broken ties entirely.
So for now,
‘I need to sever the connection.’
Even if the Count’s House fell into danger, the Imperial Court had to have no grounds to act. I needed to demolish the relationship between the two first.
That way, I could thoroughly ruin the Amelot Count’s House and…….
“Oh my!”
“What heavy thoughts occupy our little one’s mind?”
In a blink, she’d scooped me up into her arms.
Nestled naturally against her warm embrace, I let out a startled gasp.
“P-please, put me down, Sister.”
“Hmm? Why? Am I making you uncomfortable?”
“N-no.”
Uncomfortable, though.
Her embrace was the most comfortable thing in the world.
But.
“You’ll hurt your back, Sister.”
This might have been acceptable in prison.
But now that I was at Bangkadium, I had to conduct myself properly.
‘I can’t let myself grow accustomed.’
The housemaids already doted on me so much. If Veronica kept holding me like this, there’d come a moment when I’d grow too comfortable with it all.
With this gentle kindness.
‘I can’t let that happen.’
I came to Bangkadium solely for safety, not to be coddled like other children.
‘I can’t develop that habit.’
There had been a similar incident before.
Once, when the Count obtained the Jewel and stroked my head, I later asked him to do it again—only to have him curse me for pestering him with whining.
‘Of course, Sister is different from the Count.’
Still, I had to be careful.
‘Even Hyacinth was like that.’
Bangkadium dislikes inconvenience.
‘……At least.’
I didn’t want to remain a bothersome child to Sister. I wanted to stay quiet, a child who grows well when left alone.
“Karin.”
Just then, Sister, who had been quiet until now, called my name.
Her voice carried a gravity it hadn’t before, and my eyes widened without thinking.
‘Not like she’s asking me to cling to her again.’
My asking to be put down shouldn’t have bothered her.
As I tilted my head curiously, Sister suddenly opened her mouth and—
“Nom nom nom!”
She bit my cheek—gently, but unmistakably!
“Eh, eh—?”
Finding my cheek suddenly offered up to her, I stared at Sister in bewilderment.
Veronica let out a soft snort of amusement.
“What did you think your sister was, little one?”

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