I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 85

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Episode 85
And now, again.
Rem gazed seriously at the child sitting plainly before him.
Even though he’d stared at it from the ceiling these past two days until he was sick of it, seeing it like this directly….
‘So small. Impossibly small.’
Could such a creature even exist in this world?
The child was so small and precious that such a thought naturally arose. He felt he could place it in the palm of his hand.
Rem marveled in pure admiration.
Everyone he’d seen in his life until now was either a burly mercenary or possessed overwhelming power like a Bancadium.
Having never had the chance to feel that such young children existed in the world, he gazed quietly at the pink dust before his eyes.
‘Cute.’
He’d never imagined he would ever think such a word in his lifetime.
For Rem, small and cute were merely dictionary definitions—words utterly divorced from real life. Yet the moment he saw that child, no other thought came to mind.
Just small, cute—it was overwhelming.
Not the obsessive blindness others might feel, but an utterly objective assessment.
‘Why, why are you staring so intently?’
Of course, unaware of his thoughts, the child rolled its eyes back and forth. The more it did so, the more the pink dust confirmed the thought that it was cute.
“How do you do.”
“!”
The moment those words left his mouth, the child flinched in surprise. Rem, whose mind had been absorbed by its cuteness, now realized there was a flaw in his own face.
His features were generally well-formed, but a long scar ran across one side of his face. Whether called a scar of glory or an unsightly blemish, it was not a wound that looked particularly pleasant to behold.
A young child would certainly be even more startled to see it.
If it were to cry out in shock, he’d have no excuse. After all, there was not only his appearance but also the peculiar aura of a Demon Swordsman.
Even ordinary knights lowered their gaze before him.
But contrary to expectation,
“Oh, hello!”
The child, though unfamiliar, did not avoid his gaze.
Despite having seen the scar on his face, there was not the slightest trace of fear.
“I have taken responsibility starting today.”
A brave bit of dust.
An unusual bit of dust.
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‘Ugh.’
After my conversation with the Duke,
I deliberately resisted the urge to keep glancing back as I returned to my room.
The man who’d said he would be my bodyguard from now on was truly as quiet as his title of shadow suggested. Even his footsteps made no sound.
Unless I’d seen him following me from the office, I wouldn’t even have thought he was trailing behind me.
‘Sister said he was reliable.’
After spending several months with the Bancadium,
I’d come to interpret what Sister meant by “reliable.”
‘He’s an extraordinary person.’
A Bancadium is a being of overwhelming power. The very standard by which one measures strength differs from ordinary people. And for such dragons to give him the evaluation of “reliable” meant he was more than ordinarily skilled.
Much like Hyacinth.
Even someone with the title of next Magic Tower Master received such an evaluation.
There was no guarantee this one wouldn’t as well.
‘When Sister can’t be with us, this one will protect our Karin. Whenever you want to go somewhere, whenever that may be. Regardless of who else it is, you must always take him with you. Understood?’
Sister must have her own personal schedule after all.
Knowing that she couldn’t always watch over me, I understood what Sister meant—never wander about alone when moving somewhere.
‘At first I thought it was only surveillance.’
Assigning a bodyguard had more reasons than I’d initially thought.
The most obvious was my safety going forward.
‘Sister said the Emperor already knew about her.’
There were spies even within Izteil after all.
Then it was highly likely he knew about me too.
‘He probably didn’t recognize that I’m the daughter of House of Amelot.’
I’d always remained within the Amelot estate.
I hadn’t met anyone except family.
And if he had recognized me,
‘He would have said something when I had that private conversation with the Duke.’
Asked what he was doing with the young lady of House of Amelot.
But he hadn’t.
The fact that the Emperor, desperate to find any fault with the Bancadium, had remained quiet meant only one thing—he still didn’t know.
‘That’s fortunate, though.’
I wasn’t out of the woods yet.
The Emperor knowing about me hadn’t changed.
‘He’ll keep watching.’
I was currently the most vulnerable person in the Bancadium’s circle. Through me, he might find a weakness, or he might threaten me to use House of Amelot as leverage.
‘I can’t let that happen.’
Movement would come with certain restrictions, but for now it was necessary to keep a bodyguard close. The Emperor was currently gnashing his teeth over the situation after all.
Now I understood why the Duke had assigned me a bodyguard.
‘There’s no helping it.’
I’d never expected to move about in secret from the start. Now that a bodyguard was explicitly assigned, sneaking out somewhere would be impossible.
It was fine when I was at House of Amelot because I was alone.
Now I wasn’t.
‘I didn’t know he’d keep watching from the ceiling.’
Now that I thought about it,
I’d felt someone watching me earlier.
The person who had observed me so intently was very likely Rem.
‘I’ll probably be suspected.’
Everything I do, where I go, will be seen from now on.
They could demand to know how I learned those places, where that information came from. Suspecting my identity was natural enough.
But.
‘I’ll just be shameless about it!’
I’m the one who mentioned the Oath of Foundation, known only to those involved.
Whatever they discover, they won’t be surprised.
If I were going to be suspicious and cautious, I should have done it from the beginning.
‘I need to revise my plans first.’
Thanks to the Duke, I can even earn money (legitimately?) now.
‘I can’t play forever.’
I’ve spent four days eating, sleeping, and walking with Sister diligently.
‘Now I need to do what I have to do.’
It’s time to work.
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1. Win over the Duke and make him my patron.
2. Once I get out of prison, go straight to my aunt.
3. Uncover all of House of Amelot’s secrets and gather leverage.
4. Take revenge on the Imperial Court for hoarding my tears all this time.
‘Originally, I did ask the Duke to become my patron.’
But thinking about it, I was planning to leave the moment I came of age anyway. Once that happens, I’d have to sever all ties.
To handle it more cleanly and quickly, it seemed better not to have him as a patron.
‘Meeting my aunt is similar.’
I’d thought of contacting her the moment I left prison, but the situation wasn’t favorable yet.
However,
‘Maybe it’s all right now.’
The Bancadium’s false charges have been cleared. I could visit after watching the situation a bit longer.
So what’s left now…….
“Hmm.”
Right,
‘I need to move.’
I’ll have to act directly.
Of course, before that!
“Io.”
“Yes, Miss.”
“Would it be possible to eat snacks right now?”

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