I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 60

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Chapter 60
“So don’t worry too much about it. And besides, you’ll just be in the carriage with Hyacinth.”
My sister squeezed me tight, adding that she wouldn’t be entering the Banquet Hall itself.
“Sister, you and Karin have already made plans for everything you’re going to do in the Capital. I mean, we’re still thinking some of it over, but let’s just try each thing out as we go.”
“She’s going to run away, at this rate.”
The Duke clicked his tongue in disapproval.
Before I could say anything, my sister lifted her chin defiantly.
“If you’re jealous, just say so. I can make room for you in the plans.”
“Nonsense.”
The Duke’s brows drew together sharply, as though he disliked the suggestion. Something about the way he cut it off made me feel awkward.
I already knew the Dragon walked alone. Still, I’d thought we’d grown closer lately, and now my heart felt all tangled and heavy…….
‘No, I shouldn’t think like this.’
He’s being kind to me all the time.
I shook my head firmly.
I shouldn’t feel hurt on my own.
‘Come to think of it, Hyacinth must be quite an incredible person.’
To be able to make people mistake one person for another—that would be Mental Magic, and I’d heard that was incredibly difficult.
And not just on one person, but potentially on dozens, even hundreds.
‘The Duke and Sister don’t seem worried at all either.’
Hyacinth herself seemed brimming with confidence. That meant she was certain of her own abilities, and this wasn’t her first time doing it.
‘And she said she won’t even enter the Imperial Palace.’
She’d probably be waiting nearby. The nobility would all be inside anyway, so there wouldn’t be anyone particularly unusual to encounter.
‘I’m a little anxious, though.’
But Hyacinth is going, and so are the Duke and Sister.
‘It should be fine.’
I looked up at my sister.
“Where will you and the Duke be during that time?”
If I was going to be with Hyacinth, then the two of them were going somewhere else, weren’t they?
“Ah, right. We’re going straight into the Banquet Hall. Where the Emperor and all the nobility are gathered.”
“……?”
……What?!
I’d thought we’d be going cautiously, but my mouth fell open.
“Is that… is that really okay? The Emperor won’t just sit still, I don’t think…….”
“Well, of course—no, there will definitely be chaos. They’ll try to capture us right away, the Emperor and the other nobles too.”
Because we’re Uninvited Guests, after all!
My sister smiled brightly as she said it.
“We have all the evidence anyway. We need to move the moment the nobles start getting agitated. Once the Emperor makes his move, the atmosphere can shift in ways you can’t predict.”
In other words, she was aiming to exploit the chaos while people were in disarray.
Not dragging things out unnecessarily.
“Sister.”
“Yeah?”
“You’re not actually going to… blow something up or anything like that, right?”
“Why? Want to watch your sister blow something up for once?”
……Eek!
“No!”
“What a shame.”
My sister wore an expression of genuine regret, as though she’d have done it on the spot if I’d said yes.
“Don’t worry, Karin. Your sister isn’t reckless or rough or crude to that degree.”
“Then what was all that about wanting to blow up the building earlier?”
“Did I? You’re right here nearby—how would I use a dangerous method? What if the child got hurt?”
My sister brushed off the Duke’s rebuke lightly, quirking her lips upward.
“We’ll enter through normal means and leave the same way. I’m planning to ask the Emperor nicely.”
“How?”
“Um—”
My sister paused to think, tilting her head.
“How about we stop fighting and make up?”
“……Pfft!”
I heard laughter from nearby. When I looked, I saw Hyacinth covering her mouth with her fist.
“Ahem. Please… continue.”
“…….”
“Be quiet or I’ll—pfft!”
“…….”
“I’ll just sit here quietly and… Huh?!”
In that instant, everything went dark. My sister had covered my eyes with her hands!
“Wh-what?!”
“Child. Just a moment—”
A gentle voice, then a sharp snap of fingers.
Aaaaaaahhhhh!
Agh! Agh!
Please…! Ahhhhhhhhh!
Agonized screams continued.
Pleas for mercy came along with them.
I swallowed dryly.
‘She should have just stayed quiet while laughing…….’
I didn’t believe the story either, but that was a bit much.
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“Then let’s finalize the departure date and time as planned.”
Late at night, while the child slept soundly, Rodrigo drew up the detailed plan based on the conversations they’d had during the day.
“If we’re going to enter, I think it would be best to aim for when the South Gate of the Imperial Palace is quiet. It happens to be shift change when we move.”
Beside him, Hyacinth, who’d been working late into the night, smirked with hollow eyes.
They said that when a person passes a certain threshold of exhaustion, they go half-mad.
Hyacinth too had hit her limit on fighting sleep, eventually giving half her mind over. But she could still plan out how to take down the Emperor with sharp efficiency.
“If I cast my Magic right at that moment, you two should be able to slip in quickly. But absolutely be cautious until you reach the Banquet Hall.”
“…….”
“My lord?”
Hyacinth, who’d been rattling off the plan, belatedly tilted her head.
She’d been talking this whole time, yet he hadn’t offered even a small comment or objection.
Whatever he was thinking about, he clearly wasn’t focusing on the meeting.
“Is something the matter, my lord?”
“No, nothing.”
……Nothing, he said.
But it obviously looked like there was.
Still, knowing that asking further would only get her hit, Hyacinth simply kept quiet.
In that silence the mage had chosen.
‘If you’re jealous, just say so. I can make room for you in the plans.’
‘Nonsense.’
He should have pretended not to hear.
Rodrigo, turning the earlier conversation over in his mind, furrowed his brow. The girl’s melancholy face flashed before his eyes for a moment.
Such a tiny speck of dust, no bigger than a palm.
Seeing her dejected face somehow made his chest feel unsettled.
She was always cheerful, so seeing her downcast like that was disorienting…….
“Tch.”
That’s not like me.
Rodrigo clicked his tongue.
When had Bancadium ever concerned himself with such a child?
There was too much that needed to be done immediately.
Even after the work was finished and they returned to the Capital, there was hardly time to spare for a single speck of pink dust…….
‘Wait… my lord?’
Damn it. Maybe I should make time later?
If it was just an hour, it shouldn’t be a problem. Rodrigo, finding an alternative without even realizing it, stared seriously at the documents before him.
‘I don’t like this.’
Why was he so bothered by it?
The pea-sized child kept drifting in and out of his vision, and it annoyed him endlessly.
But if she actually disappeared, that would also be… irritating.
‘What is wrong with me?’
Making me uneasy like this.
Meanwhile, Hyacinth, who would never have dreamed that the Dragon was capable of such extraordinary thoughts, cautiously observed his mood.
He looked extraordinarily displeased.
‘Should I make myself scarce?’
Hyacinth swallowed dryly.
One step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
Hyacinth quietly retreated backward, then bolted from the Office.
* * *
Several days passed like that.
At last, the day of reckoning drew near.

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