Chapter 4

2.The First Squad

I spent the day trying to figure out whether this was reality or a dream. In the past, I’d suffered from a fever and went to sleep early, but I didn’t do that this time. I stayed up late last night despite my illness over the excitement that I had eliminated one of my enemies.

But…

“Hmm?”

The moment when I still hadn’t yet adapted to this strange phenomenon of regression, something even more bizarre happened. It was exactly 12 o’clock at night.

Twang.

As the hour hand of the giant wall clock in the hallway pointed to 12 o’clock, something unprecedented happened before my eyes.

「…」

「…」

「Transfer Completed」

「You can enjoy today’s free chapter.」

「Do you want to read “Dangerous Love” Chapter 1?

(Yes/No) 」

As soon as I saw this, I screamed and got up from my seat. If floating white letters suddenly appeared before someone, anyone would react the same way.

“!?”

I blinked my eyes and wiped my eyes with my fists clenched, but the words in the air didn’t disappear.

“Huh?”

「Do you want to read “Dangerous Love” Chapter 1?

(Yes/No) 」

Even when I looked back and forth, the mysterious letters didn’t change. I reflexively closed my eyes and thought about it. From killing a person to knowing that I’ve regressed, I never knew till now I was also suffering from hallucinations.

‘Oh my god. I’m really becoming crazy.’

When I opened my eyes again, the white letters were still in front of me.

“Free chapter…”

I tilted my head to the side rather than skimming through the words in front of me. Even when I calmed down and reread the words, I couldn’t quite understand the meaning of those sentences.

“Read?”

‘Is this a dream or a hallucination?’

As if it was not enough for me to return to my past, at the stroke of midnight such strange, shiny letters popped up in front of my eyes.

“What does it mean?”

As the letters didn’t disappear no matter how much time passed, I decided to take action. If it was me in the past, I wouldn’t have touched the letters because I would be scared of it, but after killing Haures, there was nothing I was afraid of.

“It’s only letters in my head. It’s not like I’m going to die, right?”

As I murmured some self-assuring words and a continued no response from the letters in front of me, I reached into the air and poked at it.

“What is it? Let’s see… Yes! Let’s read it!”

At the same time, I mumbled to myself like a crazy person.

And after a little while.

“!”

Bam.

When my finger accidentally brushed the word ‘yes,’ the number of words in front of me increased instantly. It was incomparable to the previous message.

「Characters in Chapter 1

Vasago: The beloved daughter of Duke Guelder. She has an ideal appearance and a lot of talent.

Eyal: Vasago’s father and the current Duke Guelder.

Aloken: Successor of Louis Jalier.

Naverius: Son of the Count Demandux from a nearby estate.

Preta: Vasago’s older cousin.

Chapter 1

#1. The Mansion of the Duke Guelder

Vasago raised her body from the bed in the gorgeous room. Next to her stood a servant who had brought washing water for her.

Servant: You’re awake.

Vasago: Aah! How could I procrastinate right now? Finally, the day has come for my 16 birthday! After this celebration, I will be recognized as the successor.

Servant: Even the Lord will be impressed by Lady’s appearance becoming mature.

Vasago: Did my cousin say he could come today?

Servant: Yes!

Vasago: You go down first and prepare the dress for the celebration. I should say hello to my father.

(The servant set down the washing water and left the room.)

#2. Hall on the First Floor of the Mansion

Vasago: Father!

Eyal: Baby, a virtuous noble doesn’t run around so loudly.

Vasago: But I wanted to say hello to father before anyone else today. What is that letter in your hand?

Eyal: It’s sad news about the spear match, which should be a sacred duel, was tarnished by the lust for wealth.

Vasago: It’s not been long since the spear match became a game for gamblers.

Eyal approached her and patted her shoulder with a sad expression.

Eyal: The problem is that it was revealed this time that a knight received money from a noble to manipulate the victory of that match. The King was furious, catching the players that were cheating on a large scale. But, it’s said that an innocent friend of Preta

’s was unjustly dragged into the fray. Preta rushed to the capital to speak for him.

Vasago: Does that mean Preta can’t come to my celebration?!

Vasago became angry with that.」

“…!”

Naverius!

My fiancé’s name was written there.

“How… did this…”

The name of my fiancé here… it might be just a coincidence.

“Vasago… Aloken…”

The names of these characters were also the names of nobles I knew of.

‘What is this!’

I thought this was a novel created by my imagination at first. However, the content was quite specific. It even listed the names of people I didn’t know.

‘It definitely said ‘transfer completed’ earlier. What does that mean?’

I briefly recalled the first message that appeared before this. Of course, nothing was clear in the current situation.

‘…No. I might be out of my mind right now. Ah, that’s right. Let’s write it down somewhere for now. Why don’t I check it out with a clear mind after waking up? It’ll probably look strange when I see it in the morning since I’m writing it in a fit of madness.’

Eventually, I decided to write down the displayed words. After I finished all the notation, I wanted to stop looking at the brightly lit words so I lay down and closed my eyes tightly.

* * *

“Lady Vanora? I brought water to clean your face.”

I was reading the morning newspaper. This newspaper, which has been published under the parliament for some time now, contains the marriage news of famous people within the kingdom, records of wanted criminals, or major events that should be announced from generation to generation.

“…”

I silently read the newspaper in my hand for a while. After that, I washed my face with the icy water brought by my servant.

And after a while, I thought after washing my face in the morning with ice-like water brought by my servant,

‘What the hell did I see yesterday?’

As soon as I woke up in the morning, I remembered everything that had happened at midnight. As I read the paper I had hidden under my pillow, I realized that it was not a dream. However, what surprised me more was the news mentioning the same incident mentioned in those words.

‘The King was angry at the fraudulent spear match, which should be a sacred duel for knights.’

I started reading newspapers after I made my debut. That means I had never seen this newspaper when I was 15.

“…”

I skimmed through other vulgar information in the newspaper and raised my head only after the servant had left my room.

‘Is it true that an incident that isn’t in my memory matches up with what I read yesterday?’

I crumpled the newspaper and then stopped by the mansion’s library to search through the list of nobles.

‘Vasago’s relatives… No way. There’s really a man named Preta among her relatives!’

This was also a clue that proves the phenomenon I had seen was not a hallucination.

Returning to my room, I plopped down on the bed. After I began to think about it, I came to this conclusion.

‘Maybe that’s not a dream but reality?’

At this point, isn’t it more logical to speculate that the letters that came to my view at midnight may be magic?

“Magic. It’s magic.”

But soon, my brows furrowed.

‘It is because of magic that I remembered my past life? I don’t really want something like that.’

I returned to my young body after great pains and I couldn’t miss this opportunity.

“I need strength to get revenge. For example…”

While agonizing, I briefly uttered the words I was aiming for.

“Holy relics.”

I’d already accepted the fact that I’d returned now and last night’s incident was relatively easy to absorb.

“Io… That was definitely unknown at this time, right?”

Because in this world, there was nothing besides the holy relics of God that allowed humans to use magic.

* * *

“Among the three holy things of the god, I have finally found the one that Your Majesty wished for the most!”

“Ooh! Sir, your hard work has paid off! It’s not enough to give you a title. I will give you a congratulatory ball!”

A long time ago, there was an omnipotent being who took care of the earth in the beginning. We called this being Mother God. It created the world and took good care of it. However, God had not rested in the thousand years, so it decided to take a long slumber one day.

During that time, human intelligence developed day by day and a tribal society had already formed. Amongst them, the particularly outstanding became the group leaders and led their group, so God thought that they could develop on their own even if they weren’t confident. But, as their parents, their worries were endless.

God, afraid that a disaster might strike them while it was asleep and they would be wiped out, came to give part of its power to the humans it loved before it fell asleep. It gave the three best leaders the tools to interfere with the world’s laws. God distributed things to those three leaders called ‘Holy relics.’ The name of the holy relics is said to be modeled after the person’s name who had it first, but this fact wasn’t clear because this old story has been passed down as a legend.

“With this alone, it is not a dream for our Kingdom to become more prosperous and to achieve the unification of the world!”

“That’s right, Your Majesty!”

These sacred objects were called Io, Ganimede, and Europa. And their abilities have had many influences on human history.

Europa could interfere with the laws of time in the world.

Ganimede could control location.

And Io was said to control power.

“Io, a holy relic that is said to make you have supernatural power. With this, we will win any war!”

“Glory to the Kingdom of Kasius!”

“Eternal Glory!”

The holy relic that Vanora was aiming for was also Io.

* * *

Io. The holy relic was originally discovered two years later by the knight who the King had dispatched in search for the holy relics.

‘Then it means that they haven’t found a clue yet at this time.’

I once imagined that the holy relics could change my life.

What if I go to the King with my current memory and reveal to him the whereabouts of the holy relic?

Should I chase for money and honor instead?

‘Io. As long as you have a holy relic that gives you supernatural strength…’

However, this was simply a delusion that wasn’t feasible. Aside from the crime of stealing property, I couldn’t tell them about my memories of the past.

‘As long as I have that holy relic!’

But the current me meets all the conditions to have that. I knew where the holy relic was and as long as I’ve decided to take revenge, there’s no longer any need to be conscientious.

‘I don’t know who the knight that was supposed to be promoted from finding it is.’

I also didn’t care if the knight, who was supposed to gain exceptional success in return for finding the holy relic in the future, would wander around the world for the rest of his life.

‘It would be helpful if news of me finding the holy relic would spread around.’

I needed strength anyway. Of course, if I start training and change what I eat from now on, I will be able to gain a certain level of muscle strength. However, no matter how hard I train, it’s difficult to have enough physical strength to 100% defeat my enemies that threaten my life.

‘If I don’t have strength, I might end up trying to kill others again. Besides, the more powerful one is, the wider the range of means there are, and the harder it is to guess the perpetrator…’

What I want is the ability to completely capture others and take their lives.

“I don’t have time to procrastinate. Let’s move right away tomorrow.”

I was determined to acquire the holy relic that would help me more than anything else. It was not as difficult as I thought to steal from the future owner of it.