I Just Wanted Revenge, But Everyone Loves Me - Chapter 90

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Episode 90
‘It should’ve been around here.’
I’d been weaving through the crowds, but somewhere along the way I’d ended up in a deserted corridor.
“Won’t you come this way?!”
“!”
There!
Finding the direction the voice came from, I ran toward it as fast as I could.
The sound grew steadily closer. I hoped the other person wouldn’t notice me.
By the time I reached the corner—
I carefully slowed my pace.
“Damn it. Hiding like a rat. Who are you?! Who sent you?”
Peeking around the corner, I spotted a massive man and a small child.
‘We don’t look that different in age.’
Maybe three or four years apart at most.
The child had thick black hair and wore clothes that looked filthy at first glance.
Both arms and legs were covered in scars. They reminded me far too much of my past self.
It made me care even more.
‘Without a mask,’
it was clear they’d stumbled in by mistake.
I watched the two of them anxiously.
But as expected.
The man, who’d been scowling the whole time, finally let his frustration explode.
“Ha! Still refusing to talk. I’m asking—who sent you? Huh?”
“Nobody sent me…….”
“Nobody? Then how did someone like you even know about this place?!”
The child tried to object in the tiniest voice, but it didn’t convince the man.
But did that give him the right to treat such a small child like this?
‘I still don’t know for sure if this is actually Arabesque.’
But if this secretive guild turned out to be a petty organization that bullied children, I’d be deeply disappointed.
‘Then I’d need to reconsider the deal too.’
How could I make any agreement with people who treated others like this?
I clenched my fists tight.
Even in this moment, doing nothing and standing still felt painfully familiar.
Then—
Through the black hair, deep-set lavender eyes came into view.
“Nobody sent me, you idiot.”
“……!”
“What, what?! Have you lost your mind?”
Shocked by the sudden profanity, the man barely hesitated before raising his hand high in fury.
He looked ready to strike, but the child didn’t move.
As if they’d given up entirely.
In that moment, my body moved forward without thinking.
“Don’t be reckless just because—!”
“Don’t touch them!”
“?!”
The man, only now noticing me, turned his head.
I’d already rushed toward the child and reached out my hand.
Hum—
The necklace at my throat emitted a white light.
At the same time, a solid Defensive Barrier formed around me.
Bang! The man’s hand, about to strike the child, bounced back off the barrier.
“Aaaaah!”
A dull crash was followed by a scream that seemed to tear through the air.
I rushed over to the child.
“Are you okay?”
At my words, the child froze for a moment, then slowly nodded. I quickly examined them for injuries.
Fortunately, they didn’t seem to have been hit just now.
‘Was it because of the necklace?’
A Defensive Barrier appearing out of nowhere.
It seemed the necklace didn’t just change my appearance—it had other magic woven into it as well.
‘It might’ve been set up as a precaution for emergencies.’
Regardless, it was a relief it worked right now. I grabbed the child’s hand urgently.
We had to get away from that man.
But a single barrier wouldn’t be enough to solve this—the opponent was too formidable.
“Damn it, what the—?!”
Just as we were about to flee, the man planted himself in front of us after waving his hand through the air several times.
And he looked even more furious than before.
“What is this? You two know each other?”
“No!”
We just met today!
I answered confidently.
At my words, the man looked me up and down quickly.
“Then why…… wait, you’re being disrespectful to an adult?!”
“Because you’re a bad person!”
Anyone who was cruel to a child was a bad person, plain and simple.
The man let out a laugh. “Ha!”
“This kid just barges in on their own and—”
“Is this your building?”
“What?”
“It’s not, is it?”
If he didn’t own the place, then it didn’t matter which way the child came in. This was somewhere anyone could enter freely.
“You’re mean.”
If the child had really come here with intent, they would’ve used the back entrance.
But the way we’d just bumped into each other, and how the corridor was empty yet close to the central hall where people gathered—
With so many eyes around, how could they accomplish anything secretly?
The logic was simple if you thought about it for a moment.
But the man, unwilling to admit I had a point, twisted his face into an ugly grimace.
“Now both of you are making a scene!”
He shouted with such overwhelming force that my whole body instinctively shrank back.
But I wasn’t actually scared.
‘He’s not scarier than Duke!’
Maybe from all that mental training with the dragon—even with such an intimidating display, I felt nothing.
If anything, the Duke casually handing me ten billion gold was way more terrifying!
“You brat, acting cocky before your hair’s even dried. That’s the problem with orphans—they have no one to teach them manners, so they just…….”
“Yeah, I don’t have parents!”
The Count and Countess?
I’d never once thought of them as my family.
But—
“You don’t look like you do either!”
“……pft.”
The child next to me burst into quiet laughter. Wait, why are you laughing? I was being serious!
At that moment, the man’s face turned red as hot iron. His expression burned crimson.
“You little brat! Do you know who I—”
“I don’t!”
I could only guess he might belong to Arabesque. I didn’t actually know who he was.
“Damn it, fearless little—!”
“That’s right, I’m fearless.”
If I were fearful, I’d never have gone to Iztale, that place they call the worst prison in existence.
I never could’ve gone.
“Have you ever stolen cake 3,291,931,694 times?!”
“…….”
“I have!”
Though I hadn’t actually stolen anything, you wouldn’t believe the twists and turns it took to fabricate such a crime and end up in prison.
Faced with my continued refute, the man seemed to run out of words. His bitter laugh faded, and his face hardened completely.
“!”
That look was genuinely scary, and I felt myself shrink back involuntarily.
‘Could I run away if I sprint right now?’
To get from here back to where people gathered, or better yet, where Hyacinth was—I’d have to turn the corner and run down a long corridor.
Could I really make it all that way without being caught?
As I was thinking—
suddenly, someone grabbed my hand.
“!”
I reflexively turned my head and saw the child gripping my hand firmly.
Then the child’s lips suddenly began to move.
So—
‘If I count to three,’
together—
‘we run?’
I barely managed to read the silent shape of their mouth as my eyes widened.
The child, holding my hand tight, opened their mouth again.
‘One.’
My body trembled as I read the content.
“Three!”
“……!”
Wait, where did two go?!
The child cheerfully skipped the number entirely and spun around sharply.
I couldn’t resist the momentum and ended up turning away from the man.
“Those damn brats……!”
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
Even as we ran, I could hear the man’s furious roar echoing behind us.
The thought that getting caught here could mean real trouble naturally flickered through my mind.
‘But just a little bit more!’
Thankfully it wasn’t that far away.
If I could just get to the entrance where we came in, I’d be able to call for Hyacinth and Lem.
Just as I was thinking that—
“Whoa!”
We crashed headlong into a massive wall.
“Oof!”
Like the child, I was knocked backward by the impact.
But before we could tumble down—
“My.”
A soft, gentle voice echoed through the corridor.
“Whatever brings children all the way here?”

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