I Would Like To Live A Different Life If I Could Go Back In Time - Episode 73

“Lord Rano, ‘Tailored’ is calling for you.”

“I’ve been waiting. Finally got in touch with you.”

This is one of the mansions located on the territory of the Duke of Brenst.

Duke and Duchess Brenst were arrested during the palace attack, and all the servants who were working at their residence in the royal capital were also taken as accomplices.

The one who was caught as the attacker was my real brother.

I am Rano Brenst, the younger brother.

I know very well that my brother was ambitious. That ambition came from the education he received from our parents.

Since we were young, we were raised to become a family that surpasses the royal family.

My parents’ upbringing was very strict, and sometimes they taught me to abandon my emotions.

My brother succeeded to the title of duke, and I, his younger brother, acted as his hands and feet.

I usually travel to other countries as a merchant, but sometimes I deal with shady merchants and help my brother.

And then the family attacked the palace and was captured. Their daughter, Clara, was also killed by Vera Venegict.

As for me, since I was in another country, I was deemed not involved in the attack and ended up succeeding the duke’s family in my brother’s place.

Of course, the title was downgraded, and the majority of the current territory was confiscated, turning the ducal family into a viscount family.

Blaming my brother is completely misguided.

My brother just lost a noble dispute.

I will meet with my brother and his wife, who are imprisoned in the noble’s dungeon.

“Hey, brother. How have you been?”

“Rano, huh? I’ll leave the rest to you.”

With a tired face, she answered like that. She probably has no regrets. She also spoke to the lady who was imprisoned in the next room.

“Sister-in-law, do you have any requests?”

“Rano. I have no regrets about raising the poisoned cup. I’ll follow my husband. But, you know, there’s just one thing, just one thing I can’t forgive.”

“What can’t you forgive?”

“Clara was an impeccable child as a queen. That person, I can’t forgive them! I want to make them experience something worse than death!”

“Who are you talking about?”

“Vera Venegict! Ah, how infuriating. Clara was obedient and impeccable for us. If she hadn’t been interfered with, Clara would have surely been helping us by now. Please, punish Vera.”

“……That’s difficult. After all, she’s also in the noble’s prison, right?”

“I won’t be satisfied until I make him feel the same pain as Clara! He absolutely has to go through the same ordeal!”

“Honestly, it’s difficult, you know?”

“The reward is behind the painting in the attic of the duke’s mansion.”

“Understood. I don’t know how far I can go, but…”

If I can get a decent reward, I might as well ask. I turned on my heel and headed back to the mansion.

“Fano, bring the painting from the attic.”

“Understood.”

I give instructions to my servant, Fano. As I enter the office and check the work with the butler, Fano brings in about five paintings.

“Rano-sama, we have a few more sheets left. What would you like to do?”

“For now, this is enough. Thank you.”

I quickly examined the back of the painting and found three maps with marked locations, and there was a mark on the map that seemed to be the royal capital.

Since I can’t understand it well just from the seal, I’ll ask the butler.

“Is there something here?”

“It’s a store that the lady often visits. If anything happens, she has instructed the staff to say ‘for Clara’ to call them.”

“Understood.”

I instructed Fano to go to the attic again and check behind all the paintings, but there was nothing behind the other paintings.

I immediately went to the marked shop, told the staff “for Clara,” and they handed over the item they had been holding.

Jewels that could be called the heirlooms of the ducal family. I received them firmly.

“Fano, can you call ‘Tailored’?”

“I don’t know. They move for rewards, you see. Now that I’ve become a viscount, whether they will respond or not…”

“Yeah. We can say we’re bringing out the duke’s family heirloom.”

“Understood.”

While Fano was calling them out, I was struggling with the documents to manage the territory.

A few days later

Fano returned with a smile.

“Rano-sama, ‘Tearad’ has responded. It seems we will meet in a village three days from here.”

“Understood.”

I straightened my collar and headed towards the designated house.

On the day of the transaction, a man came to the mansion. I welcomed him into the salon with Fano.

“Lord Rano, it was unfortunate to be demoted to a viscount, wasn’t it? I didn’t expect to be called like this again.”

“Ah. My sister-in-law asked me to do something before she dies. Of course, a reward is prepared.”

The jewel placed on the table. The man nodded after a single glance.

“Alright. So, what should we do?”

“I want to ask you to help Vera Venegict escape from prison.”

“May I ask the reason?”

“It’s my sister-in-law’s personal vendetta. She wants to make me suffer the same way because her daughter was killed. She wants to get her revenge before she dies.”

“What will you do after escaping from prison?”

“Yeah. After beating him up, just make him unable to walk and dump him at some brothel.”

“Understood.”

The man bowed and then immediately left the house.

“Are you okay?”

“He immediately declines things he can’t do. He didn’t decline this time. It’ll surely go well.”