I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 64

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Episode 64
“……Huh?”
The woman listening to me widened her eyes. The Duke, too, wore a look of mild bewilderment—as if he’d never expected me to say such a thing.
“Wait, hold on. Karin. Alone?”
“The Plaza.”
I pointed to the place I’d been looking at just moments before.
“I can go by myself……!”
“Absolutely not.”
“!”
The refusal came before I could even finish my sentence.
“Why? Why not?”
I was bewildered by such a blunt rejection.
But soon I began to dimly understand the reason.
‘Could it be she’s worried I’ll leak Bangcadium’s secrets?’
It was such a secretive place, after all—she might fear I’d spread what I’d learned about Bangcadium, or that someone could forcibly drag me away and interrogate me elsewhere.
‘Of course, I wouldn’t tell them no matter what they did.’
From her and the Duke’s perspective, it was entirely reasonable to worry.
They wouldn’t want their information leaking out.
To prevent any misunderstanding, I hurried to add more.
“I’m actually much faster than I look, and I’m quick-thinking too! Hyacinth said later that I should try learning Magic—I even have talent for it! And I’m brave enough to stay locked in Prison without flinching.”
“K-Karin?”
“And also…… what else is there. Even if someone asks me about Bangcadium, I can keep my mouth shut. I’m good at enduring pain too…….”
“No, no. That’s not the issue—!”
The woman listening grabbed my shoulders.
“It’s because it’s dangerous to go alone. You could get hurt.”
“Me?”
“Yes, you.”
My sister’s expression hardened in an unusual way.
As if she’d heard something she shouldn’t have.
Though I didn’t think I’d made any particular mistake.
I stayed quiet, confused, and my sister spoke with quiet firmness.
“Even if it looks safe like this, it’s a crowded place. If you got hurt by accident, what would I do?”
“But…… I used to come and go from Prison just fine.”
I even blew up buildings and fled from spies in different directions.
True, it got dangerous at the end, but surely once I learned Magic, I could handle something like that somehow, couldn’t I?
“I’m really tough. I can even make explosives, and nothing scares me!”
“That much is true.”
The Duke offered a comment.
My sister shot him an irritated look and let out a long sigh.
“Karin. What if you ran into bad people on the street and got hurt?”
“I’d kill them before they could hurt me.”
“Brother, please……! Be quiet!”
He’s not helping, not helping at all!
My sister glared at the Duke fiercely, muttering in exasperation.
Meanwhile, I carefully mulled over her question.
“You’d be worried and upset.”
If my sister got hurt.
I didn’t even want to imagine it.
“Exactly. That’s exactly how I feel.”
My sister, never taking her eyes from me, spoke in a gentler tone.
“I’d be so worried and upset if Karin went wandering alone and got into danger. Does Karin like it when her sister is upset?”
“No!”
The moment the words left my mouth, I shook my head vigorously. I didn’t want her to be hurt, and I didn’t want her to be upset either.
But I’d never thought about it from the other side. Or more precisely, I’d never even considered that anyone would worry about me.
‘That’s because…….’
I’d always been alone.
Even when I hurt, I had to bear it silently. Even when I was injured, I had to treat myself.
So I’d never thought that anyone would worry about me.
Even my own family had just left me alone. So when my aunt asked if I’d really be okay, what if I got hurt, I didn’t think much of it.
I thought she was just asking whether I could do well once I entered Iztale.
“Getting hurt hurts, doesn’t it? Right? Your sister hates seeing you hurt.”
……I didn’t really hurt much even when I was injured.
The words rose in my throat—that I was used to pain, that it was fine—but I sensed that saying so would make her even sadder.
I didn’t want to trouble her further.
So I nodded, pretending to understand.
“I won’t go out alone.”
“I’m not saying you can’t go out at all. You understand, right?”
I nodded earnestly. When I go somewhere, we’ll go together—that must be what she meant.
At my acknowledgment, my sister finally relaxed and placed a hand over her heart.
“Once we reach the Mansion, I’ll assign you an Escort.”
The Duke, who had been watching us, dropped a remark.
“So we can track your Location wherever you go.”
“…….”
“I’ll select the most skilled ones.”
“?”
I opened my mouth at the Duke’s words.
That meant,
‘Surveillance……? Is that what he means?’
* * *
‘It’s already gotten dark.’
After happily sightseeing at the Plaza, dusk had already fallen. Gazing blankly up at the crimson sky, my eyes soon fell upon a massive structure.
A fortress soaring high into the heavens beyond gray walls, so imposing it took my breath away.
While Bangcadium’s Mansion was quite large, this place was no less impressive.
Even from a distance, I’d thought it remarkable, but up close, it truly was.
‘It wasn’t just one building, they said.’
Centered on the Main Palace where the Emperor dwelt, when you counted all the Secondary Palaces, their number reached dozens.
The grounds were so vast that even riding in a Carriage, it supposedly took half a day to make one circuit.
In a history book, they said it was impossible to see everything in a single day; you’d need several days just to see it all.
Knock, knock.
With a soft knock, Sis opened the door.
“We’ve arrived at the destination.”
The destination.
In other words, I would now have to part ways with both the Duke and my sister.
‘If only it weren’t for the Count.’
I might have asked to go closer, at least to speak with him once.
My sister kept saying everything would be fine, but with a major task ahead, I couldn’t help but worry.
“Karin.”
Before stepping down from the Carriage, my sister scooped me up and held me tight in her arms.
“You have to stay safe while I’m gone. Understood? If there’s anything you need, just order the mage around.”
“Is… is that allowed?”
“Of course it is. If she annoys you, tell me. I’ll punish her.”
“Um…… I’m standing right here?”
Hyacinth, who had positioned herself at the now-open door, wore an expression of pure wounded protest.
My sister, regarding the mage, smiled softly.
“You’d better protect her properly, or else.”
“……I’d still like to live. I’m protecting her with my life on the line, so don’t cause any trouble and come back safely. And definitely don’t blow up any buildings—people will think it’s rebellion.”
“Got it. Please take good care of our girl.”
My sister, ignoring the last part entirely, held me even tighter one more time.
“Oof!”
“Ugh, now I have to go see those pathetic fools. I hate it.”
“Get down. Stop crushing the child.”
“You’re just jealous.”
……But she really did seem like she needed to leave soon.
Still, my remarkable sister didn’t even glance at the Duke until the end.
“You need to be careful out there. Don’t push yourself too hard, understand?”
“Yes, yes. When our Karin speaks, of course I have to listen.”
“Hah.”
The Duke, who had descended first, exhaled sharply.
“Quite the scene. Really something.”
“What? Jealous because she’s worried about her?”
“Jealous, maybe.”
The Duke glanced at me and narrowed his brows.
“Not at all, actually.”

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