CH 6

She decided not to get revenge chapter 6

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Schaurillin Inborgia couldn’t have made a mistake. 

Even Katlena believed in his judgment and integrity. He didn’t believe the rumor at first. 

However, the purpose of the incident became clear.

Count Agreta’s brother-in-law was supporting the traitors without knowing their intentions. 

Knowing that his brother-in-law’s friend was suffering from financial difficulties, Count Agreta sealed a guarantee to support them. 

The snowball, once began to roll, had become an avalanche by the time it fell below the slope.

If they investigate the group of rebels and chase the origin of the funds, the end will eventually lead to Count Agreta. 

At that point, he won’t be able to deny it. 

Since circumstances can be fitted later, such appeals alone can’t be used as legal evidence to prove his innocence. 

In any case, if he had committed such a mistake, he should receive the least to maximum prison sentence. 

It would have been unavoidable for the family to fall if they were actually a horrible family.

It didn’t matter how powerful Schaurillin Inborgia was, it was still enough to cause a misunderstanding. 

It was an unclear situation in which it could not be declared as a total ‘misjudgment’. 

In the case of Count Agreta’s family, they were unfortunate to be involved in such a terrible situation that has been misunderstood since the beginning. That even distrusting people can be a crime of treason.

Schaurillin Inborgia, on the other hand, was not originally the person with the right to invoke the power of summary disposition so easily. He was a cautious guy by nature, therefore even if it was merely a ceremonial procedure, he would act only after consulting with the Emperor. 

The circumstances of the treason were so obvious that it was difficult to think that the imperial family responded quickly before being attacked.

That wasn’t something Schaurillin Inborgia was capable of because he’s a decent person.

In fact, he wouldn’t have to. Schaurillin Ingborgia was Count Agreta’s close and longtime friend.

So it was controversial.

Who benefited the most from the fall of the Agreta family?

Count Agreta was a civil official with exceptional administrative skills who was born into a noble family. 

Duke Inborgia’s political influence has decreased since Count Agreta’s ascension.

Shaurillin Inborgia, on the other hand, was not easily dismissed. His reputation had grown over the years, and although he was the same administrative officer, his words had a different weight.

However, there were many people from many groups who despised the stagnant water.

Because Shaurillin Inborgia is not human, he’s skilled at keeping up with the times, but his communication with young people is lacking.

In the view of the younger generation of nobles, he was a daring commander wielding unmatched power with the Emperor’s support. 

There were just as many persons who wished to overthrow Shaurillin Inborgia as there were those who admired him.

How could someone be certain that Count Agreta was not used in the conflict?

Following Count Agreta’s death, the Agreta family’s assets were divided, with half going to the administrative director, Duke Inborgia, and the other half going to the imperial treasury.

Duke Inborgia’s burial mound was in a barren mountainous area, yet it was directly adjacent to the Agreta family’s fertile plains. As a result, Duke Inborgia’s burial mound became capable of self-sufficiency in products.

If the question was asked again, everyone would have given the same answer.

Who benefited the most from the fall of the Agreta family?

This was a story that people all over the world spoke about. Katlena Agreta, on the other hand, was hesitant.

Even after hearing this news, she initially assumed there must have been some unavoidable conditions. 

Katlena Agreta admired and respected the wise and beautiful High Elf, who had always been kind to her throughout the nine short year’s of brief existence.

If he claims that the palace was made of strawberries, she would believe him. If she didn’t trust him, she couldn’t believe in anything and because she blamed him without reason nothing that had already vanished could be returned.

However, as time passed and the circumstances changed as a result of the Agreta family’s destruction, the black flame became imprinted in her memory. 

Her heart was trampled on by an unforgivable emotion.

Finally, this thought should’ve raised his head before officially cutting off her father’s throat in the square, at least once.

‘You should have asked my father at least once.’

‘You should have asked if my father really did that, Shaurillin.’

‘It should’ve been you, not anyone else, that should’ve done that!’

After two and a half years of swallowing a terrible bitter resentment, the Emperor unexpectedly summoned Katlena Agreta and Duke Inborgia at the same time.

The sinner’s daughter could not even stand on the same stairs as the unruly Duke. 

After she smacked her lips on the floor on the lowest stairs, the Emperor declared that the case was re-investigated.

Duke Inborgia’s judgment was disturbing and meaningful, and the treatment was too severe and caused a confusion to the society, so he was sentenced to 40 years in exile, demanding self-reflection. Perhaps there was also a desire to challenge Duke Inborgia’s dominance, which had been maintained for 400 years.

For whatever reason, Katlena Agreta was reinstated without wealth, honor, or fief. 

She was given the right to succession at the age of twelve.

She had lost everything and had become a count with nothing.

•••

“Can you forgive me?”

•••

The main character of the party was Shaurillin Inborgia. 

It was a party organized to celebrate and welcome his return.

As a result, Shaurillin didn’t arrive at the party venue until everyone else had. 

It was a party prepared for everyone to welcome him, thus he deserves to contribute to the party by entering at the end and enjoying hospitality.

He used to have regular private conversations with Count Agreta. In other words, the capital mansions were in close proximity to one another.

Shaurillin had always adored Count Agreta’s rose garden and Katlena liked to explore the tiny forest surrounding Duke Inborgia’s suburban mansion about two decades ago.

As a result, Former Count Agreta’s mansion served as a spot for Shaurillin to walk without needing to ride in a wagon.

Since it was a street that even a child walked on it meant nothing to the elf and it just felt like visiting a neighbor’s house.

To be honest, Schaurillin didn’t get a carriage since he had an unique sense of distance from humans, and Count Agreta’s capital mansion was extremely close.

However, riding a luxurious carriage on such a day serves as a polite greeting to the organizer.

They say that it will save face, so he had to get a carriage to meet the new administrative minister named Katlena Agreta and not to do something disrespectful on such a day and avoid losing to her right away.

Of course, it took longer to get to the Agreta mansion in a rented carriage than just walking from his mansion. 

Still, he wasn’t very worried. He was the main character of the party, and it was standard for the main character to be late.

However, when he arrived at the party, he had to pause for a second, somewhat, unexpectedly, and ask himself, ‘Should I really be late?’

Despite the fact that he entered slowly, no one approached him properly and greeted him like a nobleman. Everyone was hesitant to check each other.

They appeared to want to push someone’s back and force them to go first. 

In other words, they were like individuals set to be executed rather than being in a party.

Not only that, but the atmosphere at the party place was quite cold. 

Roschodur’s party, as he remembered, was not originally hosted in such a strict setting. 

This just means that the problem is either from Shaurillin, the main character of the party, or the party itself.

In a way, Katlena probably did something. 

Because she was in-charge of the party preparations and picking on Alve spies, she would have naturally considered using this occasion to attract someone else.

Shaurillin admitted that he felt a little complacent. 

He assumed that she was intending to get rid of individuals, that’s why she informed him on purpose that “There’s someone among the administration and the aristocrats surrounding him who steals information.”

The renowned iron-blooded judge then went her separate way, and it was assumed that she would silently clean their throats before and after the party. 

Like an emissary, she moves silently and covertly while maintaining a visible presence.

Then he thought it was done at the party that welcomed him.

Shaurillin, who was thinking coldly, smiled calmly at the audience.

Anyways, it became obvious who turned the celebration into an execution site, thus it was only natural that he would be the first to be received. 

But meeting her first made sense because she was the organizer, and in many ways, that’s exactly what happened. As a result, it was both difficult and interesting.

‘If I do this, it will look like she owns me, right?’ 

Shaurillin blinked gently,  smiling toward Katlena, who walked through the crowd. 

He wasn’t sure if the sharp greeting in his eyes was delivered, but Katlena approached him with a bright smile and greeted him.

“You have come, Shaurillin . I was waiting for you. All of us, for a very long time. We were all ‘preparing’ until ‘just a moment ago’, looking forward to making the party we’ve prepared just for you ‘perfect’.”

Those words eventually become permission for the rest of them to ‘just enjoy the party again’. 

To be more precise, Shaurillin would be just like Katlena’s “below man”. 

That’s what happened. 

Katlena is the administrative minister now. 

Shaurillin Inborgia bent his purple eyes roundly again, this time glancing at Katlena, who called him ‘by name’ with great amusement.

“Sure, ‘Katlena’. I’m so happy that you’re welcoming me.”

So he gently took her hand  and greeted her affectionately as if holding it up. 

It’s part of the job that he should not be ashamed of, so shouldn’t he also counterattack a little bit when it comes to public affairs? That’s the ‘Rules of Human Society’.

“Unlike the narrow-minded perception of the world, you have decided not to take revenge on me.”

However, Katlena Agreta just smiled with a face that didn’t even seem to have been hit so hard. 

Rather, she responded smoothly and without delay, as if she had been waiting for those words. 

Like the most luxurious welcoming words in the world.

“Sure. I’ve decided not to hold you accountable for anything that’s not your fault.”

And as if she were expressing her affection for him, she gave a light hug that close acquaintances often do, and whispered softly as if reading a poem.

“Should I say it again? I’ve decided not to take revenge on you.”

This time, it was a small voice that only Shaurillin could hear.

“Please consider the true meaning of these words…”

That was the end of the sentence. 

As it was a ritual hug, it fell off immediately as soon as it touched, and there seemed to be no reason for them to talk more when the usual greetings of the organizer and the party’s main character ended.

It was then that the people who took their breath began to split into two and gather as if they had waited. 

Katlena is the only one carrying her elegant execution platform to perform endless executions in a party where some dance, some chat happily, and others move to prepare for a new direction, and Shaurillin feels a significant malice toward her. He easily read the absurd greeting in light of his situation.

Yes, these are the most luxurious welcoming words in the world. 

Even the secular elf so accustomed to the human world had no intention of dancing with anybody, and Shaurillin automatically moved to the wall at the end of the nobles’ social chat and closed his eyes as if enjoying the moment.

He truly grasped the situation. 

Katlena Agreta, more than everyone else in this place, awaited Shaurillin’s return the most.

In other words, the warm embrace sounded like a warm welcome. 

It was all in preparation for the awful execution of power that she now wields.

He had no idea what to say in his welcome speech.

And when he heard the greeting, he realized he had finally returned to the “human land.”

He stood there once more. 

The white fairy, who had betrayed the Holy land, straightened its back and took a deep breath.

It was above the rules established by ‘humans’.

The words of welcoming end.