There Is No Need To Be Obsessed

o kill him.

However, Leone stuck to me, and I felt sorry for him, who was on the verge of death after losing both his parents in an unwanted fight at a young age.

So I made him a deal.

In return for helping him to avenge and become a duke, he became my assistant.

At that point, I was struggling to manage the growing merchant group on my own, just right when I was pondering over whether to find an aide.

I thought that a subservient relationship with a clear contract would be better than simple employment.

But of course, I also wanted the wealth of the Duchy of Finisis.
That said, I broke my own rule of maintaining neutrality and helped him.
Eventually, he became a duke safely.

And as promised, he became my aide and we led the merchant group together.

It was a subservient tie at first, but at some point, he became my best friend.

That’s why I came to him.
I think he would recognise me.

However…

“So you’re reporting on our organisation’s head?”

As soon as he saw me, he snorted.
His eyes looking at me were cold.
More precisely, it was like looking into the eyes of a corpse.

He looked completely different from when I last saw him.

“This is ridiculous.
If this is a joke, then it not even funny.”

Even his voice….Although it was summer at the moment, his tone sounded cold and inexorable enough to turn the surroundings into winter at once.

Was that really the Leone I knew?

He looked so different that I thought he might be someone else, only with the same name.

It’s only natural that things change, since 7 years have passed after all.

Was he twenty-eight this year? His build became much larger and his voice was deeper too.

However, it felt a little unlikely to say it was simply a change according to age…

“Lady Eureia Craycia, daughter of a Viscount family.”

I shuddered as my name came out of his mouth.

He had come to finish my background investigation during such a short time.

“The debt to your family is huge.”

“…”

“It’s sad to see you’re trying to pay off your debt, but you have found the wrong way.”

… No matter what, this change was just too drastic.

His coldness sent chills down my spine.

Still, I looked straight into his eyes.

I didn’t know why he had been so hostile, but I had come this far, I could not back down.

“Do you still want the information about the head of the Merchant Group?”

“Ha.”

As soon as I spoke, he sneered as if he had heard something funny.

But it was just for a moment.
He quickly hardened his expression and replied in a chilling tone.

“Seven years, after the reward was raised, how many people have come to visit, and how many scammers do you think there were?”

Ah… I see.

I now understood why Leone’s attitude was so cold.

When I disappeared, Leone placed a huge bounty on my whereabouts, and he got endless visits from scammers.

Though I was dead in the first place.

It was unknown why my dead body was not found and I was regarded as missing, but the expectations, disappointments, and disillusionment Leone experienced during that time must have been beyond comprehension.

In addition, I, Eureia Craycia, was in an astronomical debt, so the intention would have been much more obvious.

“Normally, I wouldn’t have left this alone, but I will just let this slide.
Please go back.”

Leone stood up from his seat as if I was no longer worth dealing with.

Just before he left the room, I opened my mouth, which was kept shut all this time.

“The owner would often say this. ‘Actually, I am not from this world.
I am from another world’.”

“…?”