I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84
‘Did I mishear?’
What did you just say you’d give me?
I glanced furtively at the place the Duke pointed to.
But no matter how hard I looked, the X mark didn’t disappear.
“It’s a trade route in the Northern Region. Its name is Shutrage. They also call it the Golden Path.”
“…….”
“It’s the empire’s greatest highway—one that connects easily to foreign lands. The center of commerce, a place that marks an epoch in trade itself.”
“That’s too much!”
Regardless of how much he’s helped me, this is just too overwhelming!
At my words, the Duke’s expression shifted into something rarely seen on his face—surprise. The others wore the same look.
My sister certainly did, and Hyacinth and Sis, who stood nearby, seemed quite flustered as well.
It really was that astounding when the Duke offered something this grand…….
“Hmm, it seems she’d prefer a kingdom to a trade route?”
“I agree with that assessment.”
“Little one. How about I grab you a pretty kingdom by the sea instead of that one?”
“……?”
I blinked, utterly unable to follow the conversation’s thread.
‘Are you… all…’
Was it really nothing to you that I receive a trade route? Is that it?
No, I’m saying I’ll take it!
Shutrage!
‘This place makes tons of money!’
Or more precisely, it was like a goose that laid golden eggs every single day.
The widest trading path in all of Brosia. The number of carriages passing through each day was incalculable, and from the tolls and merchant guild commissions alone that generated…….
‘The… the math doesn’t work out.’
There’s too much!
The numbers grew exponentially, far beyond any realm where I could reasonably comprehend them.
Yet the Duke—and everyone else—seemed to have no objections whatsoever to me possessing such a golden goose.
“Really, I’m fine with it…… but I think this would help Bangcadium so much. We’d make so much money.”
At my words, my sister’s eyes went round, and she broke into a wide smile.
“Karin. Bangcadium has so, so much money that it could buy you ten thousand puddings. We’re the kind of place where money is literally all we have.”
“That’s right, Dust.”
Hyacinth nodded along and popped a macaron into her mouth.
“Even though I seduced him with an overwhelmingly enormous sum, Bangcadium has money flowing in such abundance that if you work here for just a month, you could buy a house in the Capital. Because they pay so generously.”
“Wow, wow.”
“So feel free to take it without burden. Compared to what you’ll receive going forward, this is peanuts.”
“?”
More, here?
‘I feel like I’ve already earned enough to live carefree for a lifetime.’
It wasn’t over yet.
At this point, I had no idea how much further my shock could extend.
“Karin.”
Just then, my sister called to me.
“Honestly, what I should be giving you is far greater than this. Because the place you saved is Bangcadium.”
“…….”
“You saved me and my brother. Not only the family members, but our retainers too. You saved the lives of so many people.”
I saved them?
‘I thought I just needed to save Bangcadium alone.’
I had actually saved everyone. My heart swelled with emotion.
It felt incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, as if my entire being was being filled to the brim.
Changing the future had become an act of saving countless lives.
Without thinking, a smile bloomed across my face.
“So you can accept this without hesitation. Apart from any transaction, it’s our gratitude for saving us.”
My sister whispered softly.
I asked carefully.
“Really, I can take it?”
“Of course.”
My sister nodded readily.
The Duke cleared his throat once.
“I’ll put it under your name, so any revenue that comes from there is yours to use as you see fit. Of course, that’s separate from the personal allowance that will be disbursed to you later.”
“What’s a personal allowance?”
“Money that will be given to you going forward…….”
“It’s snacks!”
“Mm.”
I tilted my head in confusion.
My sister called it snacks, but
“I’m pretty sure I heard the word money just now—”
“No, it’s snacks. Snacks. My brother must have misspoken. Wasn’t he?”
“……Yes. I misspoke.”
Hmm. Are we really talking about snacks?
I looked back and forth between Hyacinth and Sis to be safe.
They all enthusiastically explained that a personal allowance was delicious snacks—cookies and cakes.
Something felt off about it, but since I didn’t know the exact meaning of the word, it was awkward to object.
“Thank you so much!”
In the end, I could only trust the majority’s interpretation and nodded.
At that moment, the Duke spoke.
“Finally, there’s someone I’d like to introduce you to.”
“Someone to introduce?”
“Yes. Someone who will protect you going forward.”
The Duke finished his brief explanation and snapped his fingers once.
“Come in.”
* * *
‘Giress. I’m giving you a new assignment.’
‘At your service, my lord.’
‘From now on, protect the pink dust.’
‘Will that be acceptable, Jungsin?’
“…….”
A knight of Bangcadium, a Magic Swordsman among the continent’s finest, a loyal hound to the dragon.
There were countless epithets for Giress.
From mercenary origins to magic swordsman to joining Bangcadium.
Because that journey had been so fraught with peril, people both revered and feared him.
In many ways, one might say he resembled Bangcadium itself—people feared him even as they envied him.
But he paid no attention whatsoever to these surrounding judgments.
Giress possessed an extraordinarily indifferent nature.
Toward others.
And toward himself.
For him, only one thing mattered.
Loyalty to Bangcadium, the force that had saved him from a horrific death.
So he had anchored himself here for half a lifetime—but now,
‘This is strange. Very.’
They said Iztail was the empire’s worst prison. That much was true.
‘Protect the pink dust, they said.’
What on earth could that be?
The first order from his lord upon his return was incomprehensible in every way.
Giress had never seen pink dust in his life. Dust was gray. Why pink?
Never suspecting that it referred to a person, Giress spent the entire night thinking seriously about it.
Of course, no answer emerged.
He could only think.
But two days after his lord returned to Bangcadium, Giress happened upon it and understood.
A pink figure toddling along while clutching a young lady’s hand.
‘So that’s the dust.’
It was clearly just worthless dust. At first he’d wondered what could possibly be called that, but
The moment he saw it, he knew.
It was dust.
Fluffy dust.
‘I’m planning to introduce you myself, so in the meantime, protect her discreetly. Don’t let her know.’
‘I shall obey, my lord.’
So for the past two days, Giress had been clinging to the ceiling.
Because he was told not to let the child notice.
He simply remained there, suspended.
Most people only looked forward.
They would never think to check if someone was clinging to the ceiling above them.

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