## Chapter 1003 – Aristocrat Kim Kat

“Are these bastards sending letters?”

The ones who sent the letter were none other than Karin’s family.

Have I ever encountered these guys before? I don’t remember at all. We were definitely not on terms to exchange letters. It seemed they found out our home address somehow after Karin started gaining fame.

So, they sent a letter, huh.

Daring to collect information without permission.

“Hmm.”

The Vestart family.

Karin was born into the prestigious Vestart family, but as the child of a concubine, she had lived without proper treatment. Her late mother was the ninth concubine, and even a Mirkesha prisoner captured during battle, they said.

There’s no way she would have been treated well.

Karin’s father had many wives and concubines, and his children numbered well over a truckload, maybe two or three.

Anyway, Karin, who had been ignored in such a way, joined the Royal Knights, but even there, she was discriminated against for being of mixed barbarian blood. Of course, she possessed considerable strength even then, but unable to endure the constant forced disadvantages in personnel matters, she quit and became a mercenary.

That’s why Karin doesn’t like her family or the Royal Knights at all. If possible, she’d like to beat them to death, but for now, she’s just ignoring them and living her life.

Sending a letter like this to such a Karin.

This is unforgivable on two counts.

“Karin.”

I went straight into the house and called for Karin. She was wearing a tank top and short shorts, having just come out of the shower. Her nipples were visible through the white tank top because of her bursting chest. Her firm thighs were also very attractive.

Enough to make my mouth water.

“Oh, you’re back.”

She greeted me with a towel around her neck.

“This.”
“Huh?”

ㅡWhirr.

I immediately threw the letter like a throwing star, and Karin deftly caught it, then frowned as she checked it.

“What’s this?”
“What it looks like.”
“What’s it about?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t read it yet.”

The letter was still unread.
It was obviously addressed to Karin.

“Sis? Should we read it together? Or do you want to read it first?”
“…It’s probably nothing much. Let’s read it together.”

Karin plopped down on the sofa, and I sat down next to her. As if hearing our voices, the other girls also approached one by one, showing interest.

“Karin? Did something arrive?”
“A letter from my family, apparently.”
“Oh, my goodness.”

Everyone knew Karin’s story. Wienia reacted most strongly. Their family situations were similar.

“A letter from your family, Unni?”
“Take a look.”
“What nerve do they have to send this?”

Indeed.

“…It must be because of the recent fame.”
“Probably. My family name came up when I received the award from the King. Whatever the case, it’s had a positive impact on the Vestart family, so they can’t help but be interested in me.”

Karin replied to Risha’s words as if it were someone else’s business.

“I was expecting it… What are these bastards trying to say?”

With those words, Karin tore open the letter and examined the contents. We also took our places on either side and behind her, looking at it together.

「My beloved daughter.」

“Oh my, what is this, you fucking bastard.”

I was amazed as soon as I read the first line.

“What the fuck, you ball-busting son of a bitch. I didn’t misread that, did I?”
“What on earth…”
“That’s hilarious, really.”
“It’s beyond common sense!!!”

The other girls had similar reactions.

We all knew Karin’s situation, so we could all feel how absurd and insulting that first sentence was. My beloved daughter? What kind of nonsense is this? If you don’t want to die, you better stop right there.

This was a letter sent to try and take advantage of Karin now that she was gaining fame.

“…”

But Karin was silent. Without a change in expression, she was just reading the letter with her eyes narrowed.

“…”
“…”
“…”

At that sight, we had no choice but to close our mouths as well.

This Unni is seriously pissed… I could feel it very clearly. Karin’s animosity towards her family was usually very sharp. I know how she feels right now.

ㅡ…

A moment of silence.

In that fearful atmosphere, I also read the letter.

The content was as follows.

The Marquis of Vestart apparently heard that his family name had come up when the King hosted the award ceremony for the Valkyrie War, and he looked into what was going on.

So, he found out that his former daughter, who had left home, had returned to the capital in triumph after achieving great merit, and he was very welcoming of his daughter’s return and wanted her and her Paladin son-in-law to come to the family and have a close conversation.

“No, what the fuck is this supposed to mean?”

I can’t understand it at all. Even if a person is shameless, there’s a limit. They treated her like she didn’t exist in the family, and now that she’s achieved merit, they call her their beloved daughter and try to summon her. These fucking bastards just need to be beaten to a pulp.

In the first place, son-in-law?

This is just wanting to get a connection to me using Karin as an excuse, so they want to get a connection to the Bronze Sacred Knights. That’s all I can judge it to be.

This definitely deserves a beating.

“Karin?”
“…”

Karin seemed genuinely pissed off.

ㅡSqueeze.

She quietly looked down at the letter, then clenched her fist and crumpled it.

ㅡRustle.

Then, the remains of the powdered letter flowed out from between her fists. It literally turned the letter into powder. Somehow, it seemed to foreshadow the future of the Marquis of Vestart.

A future where he would soon be reduced to ashes and scattered.

I don’t think she’ll really do that, but he’ll definitely pay the price for sending this kind of letter to Karin. No. He has to pay. If she had ignored it, Karin would have continued to not pay much attention to it, as she had done until now.

But they broke that.

“…So, he wants to see his beloved daughter, huh.”
“Unni?”

Karin muttered in an ominous tone.

“Then I should go see him.”

With those muttered words, Karin stretched and got up from her seat. Still, it was a positive reaction. This Unni has the right to unleash violence on her family. I decided to support that.

“Shall I go take a look at the old family home for the first time in a while?”

Anyway, Karin naturally went upstairs to the second floor, leaving behind the frozen space. Only after she went up the stairs was the time freeze released.

“Kat-nim…! Karin-nim seems very angry!!! I’m so scared!!! What should we do!!!”

Hilde was making a fuss, but this time, it couldn’t be called a fuss at all.

“Fuck, I know.”
“What the hell should we do. Karin Unni seems really pissed.”
“What else can we do? We have to let Unni do what she wants.”
“That’s right, isn’t it?”
“Yeah. Karin definitely has that right.”

If they weren’t going to contact her, they should have never done it. Doing it at this timing is no different from requesting her to come and beat them up.

“Humans are so cunning. They used to look down on her, but now that she’s achieved merit, they treat her like their beloved daughter… Can’t they think about how the other party will react?”

Ari tilted her head and questioned, criticizing the human race.

“Originally. Humans are a race that easily forgets the past.”
“It would be wise to act in a way that doesn’t cause harm even if they forget.”
“People aren’t usually that wise.”

If people were a wise race, wars wouldn’t happen.

“Anyway, Karin… She seemed very angry. Really, why did they send this kind of thing now? It seems like a family that’s just like Karin, fucking awful.”

Liztina subtly dissed Karin, but her face was filled with worry.

“That’s… No. Liz Unni? Are you suddenly insulting Karin Unni?”
“Is this an insult? It’s just an expression.”

Whatever.

“Kat. Hurry. You have to comfort Karin. She’s Kat’s precious wife, right?”
“I know that without you saying it, Claudia.”

Let’s go up.

* * *

Marquis Leyden Vestart.

Karin’s father, said to be a warrior with considerable skill. In his youth, he made a large income by selling war prisoners acquired while fighting the Mirkesha, and based on that, he created the current `prestigious` Vestart family. However, he is said to have a very messy history with women, which earns him finger-pointing.

But he has accumulated considerable power to the point where he is called a prestigious family, so his womanizing is always ignored because there aren’t many people who can mess with him carelessly. But because there are so many children and illegitimate children, there is a subtle feeling of being ridiculed as a `prestigious family`.

Anyway, the Marquis of Vestart is not a lord.

He only has a large estate a bit far from the capital, which seems to be managed by relatives, and his work in the capital seems to be managing his own real estate and operating businesses.

“A typical capital aristocrat. Not a lord, but a very livable aristocrat. At least that’s what Unni knows, but I don’t know what it’s like now.”

Karin’s information is old.

“Anyway. Unni, are you very angry?”
“How can I not be pissed? Even though I look like this, I’m very angry right now.”

She sat on the dresser with her arms crossed and closed her eyes.

She definitely looks very angry.
I know this feeling very well.

“Those fucking bastards sent a letter without knowing their place. First of all, the first line is the problem. My beloved daughter? Are they just advertising that they want to be killed? It’s so absurd.”

As she said that.

“Tell me about it.”

Karin nodded, agreeing with my words.

“It would be one thing if it was just a letter, but putting it in the first line makes me so pissed.”
“They’re complete assholes.”
“They need to be killed.”
“They definitely need to be beaten to a pulp. Unni. You have to make them pay the price.”
“That’s right. They want to see my face, so let’s go show them our faces too.”
“If we go, fuck.”
“Let’s watch what they say and beat them up if they say anything fucked up.”

In the first place, just because they’re a prestigious family doesn’t mean they can handle us. The Marquis of Vestart is quite strong, but only at the mid-level of the Royal Knights, and I can play with that level with one hand.

Although it’s old information.

But I have some questions.

“But why did they call you? It doesn’t make sense to call you just because you received an award from the King. Even if they have a thick face, don’t they remember how they treated you?”

Even if they’re complete idiots, they should know that they won’t see good things. I don’t understand why they bothered to write a letter trying to score points by saying they love you or whatever.

“Hmm.”

Karin seemed to be thinking for a moment at my question.

“There are so many kids that they simply forgot, or they want to get a connection to our Paladin and are trying to seize the opportunity, or there’s a reason to call me even without those things.”

She put forward such hypotheses.

What could be the reason?

“There shouldn’t be many. You said there are a lot of kids, right? Then those kids won’t welcome you.”

They’ll just cause trouble with things like property. The heirs of noble families often regard their siblings as potential competitors. If there are many kids, there will be a fight over who will inherit the family, and the same goes for inheritance.

“That’s true too… Well, I’m curious. Why are they calling me?”
“Anyway, let’s go.”
“If they called, we have to go.”
“But when?”

The letter has already been turned to powder and disappeared.

“They said they’ll send a formal invitation soon. Well, let’s wait until then.”
“Okay.”

If they send a formal invitation.

“Anyway, Unni. Don’t be too upset. There’s no reason to care about them, right? Isn’t that right? It’s just frustrating to worry about that kind of thing.”
“Hey, hey. It’s okay. I’m just pissed, not uncomfortable. Why. Are you worried that Unni is upset?”
“That’s what I’m always thinking.”
“You’re so cute.”

Perhaps her mood had improved a bit, the corners of Karin’s mouth went up.

Marquis Vestart, you fucking bastard.

I’ll have to take care of those small hands soon.

Anyway, Karin said she would wait, so let’s wait until the formal invitation arrives.