I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53
“That’s not dust…….”
“It is too. You look like a wet cotton ball.”
“C-cotton ball?”
As if being puffed up with dust weren’t enough, now I looked like a wet cotton ball!
Shocked, I blinked my eyes rapidly.
My sister smiled as she gently rubbed my cheek with her index finger.
“It’s all because our Karin is so adorable.”
“But I’m four years old now!”
There was still a long way to go before I grew as large as before. Still, I could run around, and I could even level an entire building if I tried!
But apparently that wasn’t impressive enough yet, because my sister patted my head with a series of gentle taps, as if I were making silly noises.
“Once the Maidservant and the evidence arrive, we’ll make our real move. Going after the Emperor’s head……no, striking from behind. Once we expose the false accusation, we’ll be living in the Capital.”
Vangardium had residences scattered throughout Brosia. One of them was in the Capital, they said.
“So the Capital is the main house?”
“Well, not exactly that any particular place is the main house, but the Capital proved most suitable for watching the Imperial Court.”
Who knew what other schemes that man was hiding.
My sister tucked my hair behind my ear and spoke.
“Once we get back to the Capital, let’s have lots of delicious food together and buy pretty clothes.”
“We’re already doing that though?”
We were eating tons of delicious food right now. We didn’t go out to buy clothes, but the dresses at Vangardium were incredibly beautiful and refined.
‘I wondered at first why there were so many children’s clothes.’
According to the maids, when the deceased Duchess was pregnant, Rodrigo had taken an interest in children’s clothing and collected them one by one.
Since they didn’t know the baby’s sex, he’d gathered everything indiscriminately—boys’ and girls’ clothes alike—until eventually every residence was overflowing with them.
‘Should I really be wearing these?’
It wasn’t that wearing a dead child’s clothes felt wrong or unpleasant. Rather, I wondered if I deserved to wear garments chosen with such happiness for a child they’d been expecting.
Of course, there was nothing else suitable to wear anyway.
‘They all said it was fine, but…….’
Still, I couldn’t help but feel a little sorry.
I wriggled deeper into my sister’s embrace.
‘When I earn money later, I’ll definitely repay the Duke and my sister.’
The books said that if you received help, you ought to repay it in kind.
I couldn’t do much now, but once we got to the Capital, that would change.
‘A lot is going to change from now on.’
Vangardium would be cleared of the false accusation and wouldn’t fall into ruin like before.
‘The evidence arriving won’t be the end.’
This is where it begins.
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“Karin went to sleep. The child must have been tense this whole time.”
Well, she had good reason to be.
After all, it was Karin who’d rolled up her sleeves to find the Crown Prince’s Maidservant.
I don’t know whose genes she inherited, but that girl had a sharp mind. She’d carefully planned out the route and even predicted where the Maidservant would go.
Now that everything was wrapped up, it was only natural that the tension would ease…….
“She cried, so she’s probably tired.”
“Hmm.”
Veronika suddenly had nothing to say and averted her gaze.
She enjoyed joking around normally, but this time she’d been a bit harsh. She’d admitted as much.
It wasn’t malicious intent, but for a child who’d been on edge the whole time, it was a prank that would’ve given her a real scare.
“I won’t do it again. I apologized to Karin several times on the way to her room.”
“That’s the least you can do.”
Rodrigo added it as if it were obvious. The sight of the girl frightened and crying bothered me more than I liked to admit.
“So you were really worried about Karin, weren’t you?”
Veronika, who’d been reflecting on her own fault, casually started down that path.
At the hint of teasing in her tone, Rodrigo narrowed his brow.
“Nonsense.”
“I saw you just now calling her mischievous. But really, you think she’s cute, don’t you?”
“If you’re going to keep talking like that, get out.”
“What. It’s true!”
Even when you were dating your new sister, you called her mischievous!
Someone with such poor communication skills was suddenly saying something like this?
A man who usually just said kill this or that, and now he drops a comment like that? It was blindingly obvious what he meant.
After a series of attacks, irritation slowly built up in Rodrigo, and he twisted one corner of his mouth into a smile.
“Actually, before the Birthday Celebration, I needed someone to scout the situation in the Capital.”
“…….”
“And it looks like I have just the right talent for the job…….”
“Ah, fine! I’ll keep quiet!”
So underhanded!
Just because she was losing the argument, she went and abused her power. Completely underhanded.
Veronika shot him a glare that showed she didn’t hate him for it, and threw herself onto the prepared sofa.
“Once Hyacinth arrives, things are going to get really busy. We need to figure out how to even get into the Imperial Palace.”
They’d set the assault for the Birthday Celebration, but now the question was how to break through the tight security and get inside.
“Or should we just destroy one of the smaller palaces? Like we did with Iztale?”
At this insane suggestion, Rodrigo smirked.
“So you want to become a traitor?”
“Why not. It’s not like we’re destroying the main palace where the crowds are. Just demonstrating by blowing up one small building.”
“Fine then. Do as you like.”
“Really?”
What’s gotten into him?
In that brief moment of confusion, Rodrigo twisted one corner of his mouth crookedly upward.
“Unless you want to be separated from the girl. Try it if you dare.”
“…….”
“With your sentence enhanced, I doubt you’d ever see the light of day again.”
At the thought of such a cruel scenario, Veronika quietly closed her mouth.
She’d rather actually start a rebellion—she’d never prefer to be apart from him, not even in death.
“So what’s your plan then? Sneak in disguised as someone else?”
“We’re not rats.”
For Vangardium to move about sneakily, watching everyone else’s reactions—there was nothing more humiliating than that.
“We go in with our heads held high.”
“…….”
“What crime did we commit, anyway?”
With those words, Rodrigo twisted one corner of his mouth upward. The smile that mixed contempt and mockery toward the Imperial Court was, to anyone’s eye…….
“Wow, you really do look evil. Brother.”
“Just get ready. The gathering isn’t far off.”
According to the urgent message Hyacinth had sent, the Maidservant deliberately set fire to the Cemetery and faked her death.
It was a wise choice. Since they’d be bringing her to Vangardium anyway, the Emperor and Minister Jerban wouldn’t find her.
Not only would they withdraw the knights from the Capital’s perimeter, but also those deployed throughout the city.
Since the Maidservant had slipped away, they’d concentrate their forces at the Imperial Palace to prepare for any contingency.
Entering the Capital itself would become easier from now on. We’d use that gap to slip in and make our move timed with the Birthday Celebration.
But the moment I thought through this plan, a very small problem pierced through my mind.
“But brother.”
“…….”
“What about our Karin?”

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