The daily life he didn’t even know was precious was shattered for such a trivial reason.
Milo shed tears of blood and vowed revenge, but he couldn’t keep that vow for months.
David Bedford.
The bastard who killed his sister was one of the highest-ranking nobles, while he was just a commoner with nothing.
Milo despaired at the fact that even revenge was only allowed to those who had something.
But as they say, good fortune comes to those who wait.
That moment finally came for Milo as well.
“If you want revenge, follow me.”
The person who suddenly barged into his house and said these words clearly exuded the aura of a noble. Although most of his face was covered with a hood, there was no mistaking it.
Natural condescension, fine hair, luxurious fabrics and shoes, a confident and upright posture… All of these were characteristics that only the wealthy could possess.
Milo immediately followed him. He knew he could get caught up in something dangerous, be used as a tool, and then be discarded, but he didn’t hesitate.
Because if it was a noble, they could take the revenge he couldn’t. In that case, he didn’t care whose tool he was or how he was used.
…However, things changed when that “who” was the Bedford Duchess.
“Let me introduce myself. I am Ariella.”
Ariella Bedford. It was an unforgettable name.
Because she was the sister of the bastard who had done that to his sister.
The moment he recognized that fact, the anger and resentment that had been suppressed for months exploded.
“Aaaaaargh!!”
Milo’s eyes rolled back and he lunged at Ariella.
He had to make that bastard’s sister the same way, so that he would feel the same despair as him. His reason was paralyzed by this thought.
But he, who had never received proper training, was easily subdued by Adam.
“Kill… Kill you!”
Milo, held firmly in the knight’s large hands, continued to wail.
He couldn’t bear to see the woman in his sight. Unlike his sister, her goddess-like beauty and flawless skin tore at his heart even more.
“…Killing me won’t help your revenge in the slightest. Rather, it will only make David very happy.”
Ariella slowly approached Milo.
“Don’t be so wary. I want the same thing as you.”
Of course, her voice didn’t reach Milo. Ariella, wondering how to calm his excitement, exclaimed “Ah!” and grabbed the hem of her dress.
It wasn’t really related to David, but she thought it would help to ease his hostility.
“…!”
Sure enough, when she lifted her skirt and showed her bare legs, Milo stopped shouting.
Startled by the presence of the unexpected scar, he stared at Ariella. It seemed he was finally ready to listen.
“I have been dreaming of revenge for a very long time. David is one of the targets, and I need your help to deal with him. Will you help me?”
David’s sister wants to take revenge on David?
It was incomprehensible to Milo. But in Ariella’s face, he saw a familiar emotion. It was the very emotion he saw in the mirror.
After pondering this, Milo slowly asked.
“…I want David Bedford to die. Is that really what you want, Miss?”
If she was just mocking him by calling something trivial revenge, he was going to harm Ariella in some way right then and there.
“It’s a little different.”
“Ha! I knew it… A half-baked revenge is worse than no revenge at all! So I refuse! I’m sick of being swayed by a nasty noble like you!”
As Milo spat out insulting words, Adam’s hand, which was holding his arm, tightened.
Noticing this, Ariella lightly shook her head to tell him not to.
“No, that’s not what I meant. I agree with you that half-baked revenge is worse than no revenge at all.”
She took a few more steps towards Milo.
Just when she was close enough to bite her face, Ariella continued in a noble, elegant voice.
“It’s not that I don’t want David to die. I want something more than that.”
“What…?”
“If possible, I want David to crave death in more pain than death itself. It will be more difficult than just killing him, but I want him to writhe like a beast, unable to even decide his own life or death, and beg me to kill him. That’s why I called you here.”
It wasn’t a mistake.
The emotion that stained her beautiful face was a clear and desperate hatred, and a long-standing resentment towards her powerless self.
“I’ll ask you again. Will you take revenge with me?”
The knight’s hand that had been holding him was gone. His body was free, and Ariella was only a hand’s breadth away, so if he tried to attack again, he might succeed this time.
But instead of lunging at her, Milo just stared up at Ariella blankly.
They didn’t look alike at all, but strangely, he saw Maya overlapping her.
Over the face of the noble and beautiful duchess, he kept seeing the face of Maya, who had lost all her vitality and died lonely in a cage with no family or friends.
“…Yes. I will join you.”
So he nodded without hesitating any longer.
“Good. Milo, the first thing you need to do is lure David Bedford and Ronnie Griffith to the same gambling house. Choose one that’s on the outskirts as much as possible.”
“Noble lords don’t frequent gambling houses on the outskirts… Moreover, David Bedford hasn’t been to Salisbury lately.”
