Became a Villain in Romance Fantasy

7-Debt

“Sebastian.”

“Yes.”

“Surely our territory has participated in several wars and received considerable rewards?”

“It was.”

“Then what is this…?”

A piece of paper was flying in my hand.

A contract containing the outrageous debts of the Crown Duchy.

“This is a debt deed that proves that you borrowed money.”

“The number written here must be wrong…?”

“Um…One, ten, one million… Ten million. It’s all written.”

“…Is ten million gold the right amount?”

“That’s right.”

Gold.

It is a unit of currency that is widely used across all continents.

The value of 1 gold was enough for an ordinary farmer to spend a week playing.

But ten million gold.

“How much do you have left?”

No matter how crazy he was to borrow 10 million gold, an amount this large was too much to use.

“No.”

“What?”

“I don’t have a penny left.”

“Are you saying that out of 10 million gold, not a penny is left?”

“Aren’t there a lot of items you bought that you didn’t want to leave vague?”

Sebastian held up a glass bottle in the corner of his office and showed it to me.

“Okay. Let’s get out.”

“Yes.”

Looking at Sebastian’s back, I thought.

f*cked.

First of all, the biggest problem is that there is less than half a year left until the deadline for repayment.

There was no way to obtain an amount equivalent to the budget spent by collecting a country’s taxes in such a short period of time.

In addition to that, the paper seal stamped on the contract.

It was the seal of the royal family.

‘Even if I borrow money, what if I borrow it from the royal bank…’

I can see why the Emperor would never hand Scar’s bounty over to me.

If I made a rough estimate and thought it was worth saving, I would use the light as an excuse to eat it, and if I showed a rebellious attitude, on the contrary, it would have been an intention to confiscate the title and territory.

“Ha… Crazy man.”

At this level, I realized that this guy had no answers, and I began to suspect that he might have captured me and possessed me.

This guy has done all the work, but I don’t understand why it’s entirely my job to handle it.

“Oh sh*t!”

Unable to hold back his anger, he screamed and threw the teacup he was holding in his hand toward the door.

It wasn’t like I originally had an anger control disorder like Laplace.

I just got annoyed when I solved one task and waited for the next one over and over again.

But at that time Alice opened the door and came in.

“The lord’s meal… Kyaaak!”

The teacup that had been flying just in time for Alice to open her door and enter, she shattered at close enough distance that her shards did not splash at her.

Then the tray she was holding rolled across her floor with a loud noise.

“Uh…That’s not it.”

“Young, lord, I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

I hurriedly approached Alice, who was trying to clean up the fallen dishes, and tried to make sure she wasn’t hurt.

But she flinched at my touch.

“I’m sorry. I’ve acted presumptuously…”

She

She thought her stuttering had lessened after she got the hat, but Alice started stuttering again, perhaps because she was frightened.

There were simple foods such as sandwiches on the dishes scattered on the floor.

It must have been prepared for me, who skipped breakfast while talking with Sebastian.

And I was the madman who threw her cup at her.

“No. Are there any injuries?”

I checked Alice’s condition while clearing the dishes and food that had fallen in front of the trembling Alice.

“I-I’ll clean it up…”

“That was a mistake. I’m sorry.”

“Yes…?”

Perhaps it was surprising that I had admitted my mistake, Alice’s eyes widened.

I hurriedly arranged the fallen debris and food.

“Anyway… Isn’t it stuffy to use even indoors?”

Alice was still wearing the hat I bought her, even in her mansion.

Since the day after she bought the hat, she has been wearing it all day, even when not going out.

For that reason, I felt a bit sad because I had less chance to wear rabbit ears.

It was fun to watch them go back every day when they were flustered, and I had a thought that I would like to try it one day.

‘Last time I touched it, it was very soft…’

Although it was more like snatching than touching.

“It’s okay…It’s okay…”

As I was about to take off her hat, Alice covered her face by holding the ends of her hat down with her hands.

No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed quite uncomfortable to have my ears covered all day.

Still, the person in charge said he didn’t like it, but I couldn’t force myself to take it off.

“Okay. It’s good to go out and see.”

“Hey, hey…How are you going to eat?”

I felt apologetic when I saw Alice asking me questions while hesitating.

To throw a cup at such a nice girl.

She realized that no matter how much she said it was a mistake, she was doing the same amount of trash as Laplace.

“If you’re ready, I’ll leave now.”

“Yes!”

She sighed as she saw Alice running to the kitchen with a look of joy somewhere.

How should I pay back the ridiculous amount of 10 million gold?

‘Should I just hit them all?’

**

“Sebastian.”

“Yes.”

“How much does the disposal cost?”

“It’s about 7 million gold.”

In addition to the items he had borrowed and purchased, he ordered Sebastian to deal with all the valuables that originally belonged to the duchy.

I was thinking that I wouldn’t be able to get a normal price because I had to dispose of it urgently.

‘Have you saved half of it…’

The merchants probably wanted to hit it harder, but it was just the items that Laplace, the duke of the crown, disposed of.

If they tried to shave more, they would have thought that their necks could be blown off.

“3 Million gold is left…”

“Up until now, you didn’t seem to have much intention of repaying it. Are you sure you want to repay everything?”

“Yes.”

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“Are you paying them all in cash, rather than repaying them for participating in the war as usual…?”

“Yes. There is a problem with the interest rate increasing the later it is.”

“Big…”

When I turned to the side, Sebastian was wiping away tears as he looked at me watching his grown son.

I just finished talking about paying back the borrowed money.

How much did this guy go around playing around? Every time he saw the reactions of the people around him, he thought that he would like to see it in person.

‘3 Million…3 Million…’

In a world overflowing with other cool guys, it was unfair to be possessed as such a strange guy.

But for what he did, he has to be dragged into war. It was even more specific.

As he was rolling his head so hard, he remembered one of the original episodes.

‘Casino…’

The episode in which Angelica, who is only a princess, has a lot of capital at once.

Wakenburg, a city of entertainment run by Mescaline, a crime syndicate ruled by Scar.

Angelica unites with her saintess and subdues a city called Wakenburg, and she obtains the enormous wealth they possessed.

Originally, it seemed better not to touch them until Angelica subdued them in the future.

Scar is already hanging in the Holy Kingdom with her head cut off.

In an instant, a plan was formed in my head that I would both go to work and earn money by gambling, and in the end, I would shake off even a penny.

“Sebastian.”

“Yes.”

“Pack all available cash and prepare for your trip.”

“Take all your cash…Are you trying to escape?”

“No. The destination is Wakenburg.”

“No way…You’re going to go to the casino and get your money’s worth? Don’t you know how many noble families have fallen there?”

Sebastian gave a mischievous look and started shaking him by the shoulder, which he didn’t normally do.

It was a natural reaction.

From the viscount to the count, numerous families have strategized with the money line of this casino.

In a world where there’s not much to say about entertainment, a crazy place called a casino must have seemed like a paradise to the always hungry aristocrats.

And at the same time, it would have given them despair for the first time.

But who am I?

I was a madman who read the wiki once a day because he couldn’t forget the afterglow of the ending even after he ate all of the original work.

That’s why everyone knew.

How the slots in the casino work.

Where should I touch in advance to get the jackpot?

What a prank they were playing.

‘Have some fun at the casino. If they attack first, let’s rob them legally.’

For some reason, I thought that the plan I had made was something that only villains would do, but since the opponents were true villains, I decided not to care.

“Everyone has an idea.”

“But!”

Sebastian started to stop me with his stubborn eyes.

As expected from the original work, he was like a person who assisted Laplace, who showed the end of the madman, until the end.

“Trust me.”

“Then at least an escort…”

“I don’t need an escort. I’ll take Alice.”

“Okay.”

She was happy when she found a way to replace Scar’s bounty that was stolen by the emperor.

If only this debt is resolved, I will not be involved in the original case, and I will just live while developing the territory.

‘I have to shake it off.’

I should have known at this time.

That I am not the main character of this world.