Kali covered her mouth with her hand, afraid that her hometown accent would come out.
But only Kali was surprised.
“Is there anywhere else that hurts more?”
Vania asked calmly!
Kali, after quickly calming down...
'No, I really can't!'
“So, Mr. Ryan was the ‘chosen blood’ of Wassenberg?!”
“Wow. You know a lot?”
"It's somewhat known even outside the family. The fact that only one of the Wassenberg family's children inherits the bloodline that gives birth to a person with special abilities."
"I see. But it's not because my father was chosen that I have superpowers. I'm not actually his daughter, but the illegitimate child of Duke Edgar Wassenberg."
"Ah."
"We're pretending to be a father and daughter due to circumstances, but in reality, we're half-siblings. I, like my father, pretended to be incompetent and ran away from home."
“Why would you do something like that...?”
“Isn’t that the same reason you tried to infiltrate Wassenberg?”
For a moment, Kali paused.
Vania asked immediately.
“Did you have a grudge against Wassenberg?”
“...”
“Since when?”
Vania probably heard everything Ryan had to say.
Still, Kali wondered if it was okay to reveal a secret she had kept for over a decade so easily.
...She's already packed her bags and is on her way to Belzer.
“That’s true.”
“When you asked me when it started, I said since I was seven.”
Vania's mouth fell open.
"...really?"
"Yes."
"So, what was Kali planning to do when she was hired as a bodyguard at Wassenberg? Assassinate your escort?"
“Yes. I thought I could catch at least one and die with them.”
"I see."
Vania smiled weakly for some reason.
And after hesitating for a moment, she asked.
“...By any chance. If I were in Wassenberg, and Kali was my bodyguard, would you have assassinated me?”
"Yes?"
But only Kali was surprised.
“Is there anywhere else that hurts more?”
Vania asked calmly!
Kali, after quickly calming down...
'No, I really can't!'
“So, Mr. Ryan was the ‘chosen blood’ of Wassenberg?!”
“Wow. You know a lot?”
"It's somewhat known even outside the family. The fact that only one of the Wassenberg family's children inherits the bloodline that gives birth to a person with special abilities."
"I see. But it's not because my father was chosen that I have superpowers. I'm not actually his daughter, but the illegitimate child of Duke Edgar Wassenberg."
"Ah."
"We're pretending to be a father and daughter due to circumstances, but in reality, we're half-siblings. I, like my father, pretended to be incompetent and ran away from home."
“Why would you do something like that...?”
“Isn’t that the same reason you tried to infiltrate Wassenberg?”
For a moment, Kali paused.
Vania asked immediately.
“Did you have a grudge against Wassenberg?”
“...”
“Since when?”
Vania probably heard everything Ryan had to say.
Still, Kali wondered if it was okay to reveal a secret she had kept for over a decade so easily.
...She's already packed her bags and is on her way to Belzer.
“Resentment, yes... But compared to my own grievance, well, if that family falls, it'll be a blessing for many people.”
“When you asked me when it started, I said since I was seven.”
Vania's mouth fell open.
"...really?"
"Yes."
"So, what was Kali planning to do when she was hired as a bodyguard at Wassenberg? Assassinate your escort?"
“Yes. I thought I could catch at least one and die with them.”
"I see."
Vania smiled weakly for some reason.
And after hesitating for a moment, she asked.
“...By any chance. If I were in Wassenberg, and Kali was my bodyguard, would you have assassinated me?”
"Yes?"
Kali froze, taken aback by the unexpected question.
And she looked at Vania quietly.
A child this young?
“Well, we’ll have to wait and see if that situation actually happens, but I don’t think I could have killed a twelve-year-old girl...”
“Right. Then, would you have killed me when I grew up?”
"Why do you keep asking such horrifying questions?"
And she looked at Vania quietly.
A child this young?
“Well, we’ll have to wait and see if that situation actually happens, but I don’t think I could have killed a twelve-year-old girl...”
“Right. Then, would you have killed me when I grew up?”
"Why do you keep asking such horrifying questions?"
Kali shook her head.
“I don’t know about that.”
“I don’t think I could kill you because I was so attached to you. That’s how I felt about Kali.”
I saw you for the first time today...?
“I think it’s better.”
The twelve-year-old girl's expression and words were somehow strange... Kali couldn't take her eyes off Vania's face.
“But Kali, you’ve been preparing to enter Wassenberg for a long time. Is it okay for you to change your plans so easily?”
"Hmm."
Kali scratched her cheek.
"The moment I saw Mr. Ryan instantly kill the demon, I had no choice. Besides, he was absolutely certain I was trying to infiltrate Wassenberg..."
“Recalling my conversation with Ryan,” Kali continued.
"At the time, I followed suit because I thought it was the best decision in a tight situation. But now that I've seen your abilities, I think it was the right choice. Absolutely."
"Yes?"
"Yes. Mr. Ryan's words about seeking revenge sound reasonable. I didn't think I'd live to see the fall of Wassenberg, but it seems I might."
“It might be possible.”
Vania grabbed Kali's hand.
“Thank you for being my escort. Please take care of me again.”
“...Yes. Me too.”
Kali was puzzled by Vania's apparent intimacy with her, despite meeting her for the first time today.
She was curious, but... on the other hand, she also felt somehow comfortable with this little girl.
“Should we go to sleep now? Let’s sleep together.”
“Yes? Ah!”
Kali woke up.
"Thank you for treating me. Now that I'm ready to serve as your escort, you can rest easy. I'll keep you company, so please go to your room."
“No, not that.”
Vania knocked on the bed with a sad expression on her face for some reason.
“I want to sleep with you, lying side by side...”
“?”
Kali was embarrassed, but being the affectionate person she was, she didn't refuse my request.
We lie side by side.
As was often the case before the regression.
"If you become so close to your escort that you can even sleep in the same bed, you'll have hundreds of opportunities to kill them without anyone knowing. Right?"
“...”
“Why have you been saying such scary things for a while...?”
“Ahaha!”
Seriously, there were hundreds of opportunities to kill me, and I'm glad she didn't.
'I mistakenly thought Kali was a money-grubbing bird, so if I had been just a little bit late, Kali would have gone to Wassenberg like the first time.'
Of course, a high-ranking noble family like Wassenberg would not bring in an escort without any verification.
Kali would have gone through the process of investigating her identity, and since there were no problems, she would have passed before returning.
That means that Kali has been living her entire life with the sole goal of infiltrating Wassenberg, trying to cover up her actions.
Even though she had such a passionate goal, Kali left me alone for eight years.
No, rather, they thoroughly protected him 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without exposing him to any danger.
At first, I was too young...
And later, after living together as a family for several years, she couldn't kill me...
“Your Highness, take the Princess and run away. I will stop you here.”
Before the return, the day of the massacre.
It was Kali who sensed something strange and took me away, and it was Kali who called Nike and handed me over to him.
“Miss, please survive.”
And at the end, laughing, she went to stop Ryan alone...
It was all Kali.
Although Kali was so sincere to me, ironically, she couldn't share everything with me.
Where did you live when you were young?
What did you do in the past?
Are you really willing to do anything just for money?
Most of the answers to the countless questions I asked were probably lies.
Even though we were close, we couldn’t share the truth...
'That's why I feel at ease.'
It's been a long time since I've been back, but now I can finally get to know the 'real' Kali.
“Kali, may I ask what happened that made you harbor a grudge against Wassenberg since you were seven?”
"Ah..."
Kali hesitated.
"We just met today, and I'm asking too many questions. Don't worry, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
“No. It’s just... It’s not a very pleasant story to hear, Miss.”
“I’m fine. If it’s not too hard for you to talk, please tell me.”
"Hmm."
Kaki opened her mouth, her eyes narrowed as if recalling a memory.
“...I had an older brother.”
Kali was an orphan from a village called Rotschild in the southern part of the continent.
An orphan who was abandoned wrapped in a swaddling blanket as a newborn, along with a male brother with the same colored hair.
The day she was discovered by the village elders was her birthday. Her older brother, slightly older than Kali, celebrated the same birthday a year younger.
The siblings were raised together by the kind-hearted villagers of Rothschild.
Everyone had a mother and a father.
"Hey, Kali, that girl! How did you get up that tree? You're hurt, get down now! What kind of girl is that scary!"
“Leave her alone. Look at that big guy. She should have been born a boy, but she was born wrong.”
Kali was a good eater, but she was also naturally strong. At only seven, she was taller and bigger than the ten-year-old boys in the neighborhood.
She has a cheerful personality and is the leader of the neighborhood. The village elders stick out their tongues and say that they can't tell if it's a man or a woman just by looking at Kali.
The other side...
“Hey, what are you doing here? Are you playing tag again?”
Her older brother, a year older than her, was the complete opposite of Kali, as he loved to squat all day and poke around in the dirt.
“Yeah, you’re here.”
He is very skinny, doesn't like to eat, and hates physical activities.
A quirk that pesters the village elders every day to send him to an academy in the capital, even though he is an orphan with no money.
Her brother's name was Revan.
“I don’t know about that.”
“I don’t think I could kill you because I was so attached to you. That’s how I felt about Kali.”
I saw you for the first time today...?
“I think it’s better.”
The twelve-year-old girl's expression and words were somehow strange... Kali couldn't take her eyes off Vania's face.
“But Kali, you’ve been preparing to enter Wassenberg for a long time. Is it okay for you to change your plans so easily?”
"Hmm."
Kali scratched her cheek.
"The moment I saw Mr. Ryan instantly kill the demon, I had no choice. Besides, he was absolutely certain I was trying to infiltrate Wassenberg..."
“Recalling my conversation with Ryan,” Kali continued.
"At the time, I followed suit because I thought it was the best decision in a tight situation. But now that I've seen your abilities, I think it was the right choice. Absolutely."
"Yes?"
"Yes. Mr. Ryan's words about seeking revenge sound reasonable. I didn't think I'd live to see the fall of Wassenberg, but it seems I might."
“It might be possible.”
Vania grabbed Kali's hand.
“Thank you for being my escort. Please take care of me again.”
“...Yes. Me too.”
Kali was puzzled by Vania's apparent intimacy with her, despite meeting her for the first time today.
She was curious, but... on the other hand, she also felt somehow comfortable with this little girl.
“Should we go to sleep now? Let’s sleep together.”
“Yes? Ah!”
Kali woke up.
"Thank you for treating me. Now that I'm ready to serve as your escort, you can rest easy. I'll keep you company, so please go to your room."
“No, not that.”
Vania knocked on the bed with a sad expression on her face for some reason.
“I want to sleep with you, lying side by side...”
“?”
***
Kali was embarrassed, but being the affectionate person she was, she didn't refuse my request.
We lie side by side.
As was often the case before the regression.
"If you become so close to your escort that you can even sleep in the same bed, you'll have hundreds of opportunities to kill them without anyone knowing. Right?"
“...”
Kali licked her lips and turned to look at me as I lay beside her.
“Ahaha!”
Seriously, there were hundreds of opportunities to kill me, and I'm glad she didn't.
'I mistakenly thought Kali was a money-grubbing bird, so if I had been just a little bit late, Kali would have gone to Wassenberg like the first time.'
Of course, a high-ranking noble family like Wassenberg would not bring in an escort without any verification.
Kali would have gone through the process of investigating her identity, and since there were no problems, she would have passed before returning.
That means that Kali has been living her entire life with the sole goal of infiltrating Wassenberg, trying to cover up her actions.
Even though she had such a passionate goal, Kali left me alone for eight years.
No, rather, they thoroughly protected him 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without exposing him to any danger.
At first, I was too young...
And later, after living together as a family for several years, she couldn't kill me...
“Your Highness, take the Princess and run away. I will stop you here.”
Before the return, the day of the massacre.
It was Kali who sensed something strange and took me away, and it was Kali who called Nike and handed me over to him.
“Miss, please survive.”
And at the end, laughing, she went to stop Ryan alone...
It was all Kali.
Although Kali was so sincere to me, ironically, she couldn't share everything with me.
Where did you live when you were young?
What did you do in the past?
Are you really willing to do anything just for money?
Most of the answers to the countless questions I asked were probably lies.
Even though we were close, we couldn’t share the truth...
'That's why I feel at ease.'
It's been a long time since I've been back, but now I can finally get to know the 'real' Kali.
“Kali, may I ask what happened that made you harbor a grudge against Wassenberg since you were seven?”
"Ah..."
Kali hesitated.
"We just met today, and I'm asking too many questions. Don't worry, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
“No. It’s just... It’s not a very pleasant story to hear, Miss.”
“I’m fine. If it’s not too hard for you to talk, please tell me.”
"Hmm."
Kaki opened her mouth, her eyes narrowed as if recalling a memory.
“...I had an older brother.”
***
Kali was an orphan from a village called Rotschild in the southern part of the continent.
An orphan who was abandoned wrapped in a swaddling blanket as a newborn, along with a male brother with the same colored hair.
The day she was discovered by the village elders was her birthday. Her older brother, slightly older than Kali, celebrated the same birthday a year younger.
The siblings were raised together by the kind-hearted villagers of Rothschild.
Everyone had a mother and a father.
"Hey, Kali, that girl! How did you get up that tree? You're hurt, get down now! What kind of girl is that scary!"
“Leave her alone. Look at that big guy. She should have been born a boy, but she was born wrong.”
Kali was a good eater, but she was also naturally strong. At only seven, she was taller and bigger than the ten-year-old boys in the neighborhood.
She has a cheerful personality and is the leader of the neighborhood. The village elders stick out their tongues and say that they can't tell if it's a man or a woman just by looking at Kali.
The other side...
“Hey, what are you doing here? Are you playing tag again?”
Her older brother, a year older than her, was the complete opposite of Kali, as he loved to squat all day and poke around in the dirt.
“Yeah, you’re here.”
He is very skinny, doesn't like to eat, and hates physical activities.
A quirk that pesters the village elders every day to send him to an academy in the capital, even though he is an orphan with no money.
Her brother's name was Revan.
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