CH 2

Chapter 2 – New Beginning (1)

Translator: Lioness

The Marquis of Hamilton had a lot of money. So much that in fact, Alice could have been entertained and fed for the rest of her life while the Marquis was resourceful in his business endeavors. Alice stayed at the Marquis’s mansion and quietly pocketed the money. Her embezzlement went unnoticed as she assisted the Marquis in his work. Her end goal was to run away with the money she had stashed away and live a life of luxury.

The incident that Alice caused was unprecedented, but she was certain that the storm after that would not be so great. The Crown Princess wouldn’t open her mouth easily, and by the time the Crown Prince, the ruler of the empire, found out about it, Alice would have left the Erha Empire and gone to another empire, so it was useless to know.

Even if the rumors were true, she could apologize to the crown princess before then. The angelic crown princess would probably accept her apology, and later, she’d be able to talk the angry Crown Prince.

“Does the Young Lady know what is His Excellency going through now? Are you solving the problem you created?”

The butler burst open the door into her room and shouted. Alice covered her ears in her loud voice.

It has been this way for the past four years. Quietly staying at home, not socializing, and not even leaving the Marquis’s mansion when she should be working to raise the Marquis’s profile, Alice was already ignoring the butler, so the butler shouted again.

“He told me that you’re prohibited from leaving your room until you have someone to marry.”

“Did Father say that?”

“Do you know how much the Marquis was sweating to fix what the lady did?!”

“I came here after being really quiet….”

‘It’s a mess.’

Despite her apologetic expression, the butler didn’t care.

She glanced at her watch and Alice confirmed that she still had a little time left until midnight. If she could blabber at the butler, she could have done so, but the original novel is not finished yet.

After midnight tonight, the original story ends so she shut her mouth. Even so, she will not make a single mistake that will lead to marriage since she is good at twisting words.

“I can’t take it anymore, Gina! Gina!”

At the butler’s words, footsteps rushed toward her room. The sound stopped in front of her door and opened the door without knocking.

“Yes. Did you call me, butler?”

“Never let the lady go until His Excellency the Marquis gives an order.”

“All right.”

‘What do these people think of me? No matter what, I am the only daughter of the marquis.’

At that time, a bright smile appeared on her face as she stared at her watch. The bell rang and midnight passed. Now that the original story was over, she didn’t have to hold her breath anymore.

“Wait a moment.”

Gina was about to leave her when Alice called her.

“Did you call, lady?”

“I will go out tomorrow.”

“Are you saying that amidst the situation?”

“That’s right.”

“By the words of butler… no, Miss cannot go until the Marquis says so.”

“Why can’t I?”

Gina’s expression turned cold at her words. It wasn’t just her butler who ignored her during the four years she was here, everyone did.

“You are strange today, Miss. I’ll bring you some food.”

Gina let out a sigh, shook her head, closed the door with those words, and left. She had a pitiful expression as if seeing an immature child creating trouble. It was said that she has been without a presence for four years, but she was the daughter of a marquis.

‘I’m not going to let you get away with this, really…’

Even when she sat back in the gleaming chair, she couldn’t see the beauty of it.

Four years ago, she possessed Alice’s body and was a writer in Korea. She loved both writing and reading, and she put several of her works out into the world, but they did not sell well. After many rejections, she finally wrote what the publisher asked her to write and brought it into the world.

However, a problem arose afterward. The writings written according to what the publisher wanted were all plagiarized by famous content. The publisher’s attitude toward her work changed like the flip of a palm. Branded as a plagiarist, no one was on her side, and it was no wonder her work was unloved.

‘Why did I get possessed by Alice?’

She had always been curious as to among many characters, why did it has to be Alice?

And on the first day she entered this world, she heard that cold voice. She still couldn’t forget that living voice.

“You are finally here.”

It wasn’t a voice filled with anticipation that the target he had been waiting for had arrived, but a voice full of life. That evening, Alice spent her night awake. Maybe that being was not a God.

‘God, um. okay.’

The largest temple in the world existed in Erha Empire, and there was a god in that temple. She wonders if she, the writer, is a god. If someone other than herself is a god, whom will the god resent?

“It is me, hmm. That’s right.”

With a little thought, the answer was obvious. If an author created this world and didn’t love it, the gods would light up and make her find why she should love it. Alice bobbed her head up and down, thinking that if she could have killed him, and scream “How dare you!” at the top of her lungs.

It’s not a god-dependent world, it’s not a world with magic, it’s not a world with great magic, it’s not a world with magical swordsmen, it’s not a world with great swordsmen, but a world with a bunch of so-so stuff. It’s a twisted world that she wrote that had complex situations at the end to get the main leads to marry each other.

“Never, ever meet.”

The shouting voice was quite a spleen. It would be best for her to go back to her original world, but Alice predicted early on that it might be impossible. And, she never actually went back. She needed to survive here in the future.

She had to escape the Erha Empire in order to live a leisurely life without meeting God. Escape from the empire was essential if you didn’t want to meet the god who sometimes spoke to her. It was also the reason she did not intervene in her original story. Because when the world changes, God notices and intervenes.

Anyway, she calmly waited for the original story to be finished. Her last mission had been accomplished admirably, and she had seen the end of the novel, so there was no need to be modest, prudish, or hold her breath.

“It’s finally over! Oh yeah!”

She was so happy that it felt like she was n cloud nine. Preserving that feeling, Alice collapsed on the bed and stamped her feet to enjoy that feeling.

****

When she woke up the next morning, Alice’s fingertips, which always suffered from cold, felt cold. She felt so happy that she fell asleep without opening her hands which were tightly clasped. Looking at her whitened hands, she consciously opened her hands. Her palms were imprinted with deep fingernail marks.

A mischievous laugh leaked out. Alice laughed again and opened her pocket hidden under her bed. The pocket under the bed was an enchanted pocket that only Alice could find. A magic pouch that she bought for ten gold coins. It was a bag that was enchanted with weight loss magic and attribution magic that belonged to the owner.

Opening the pouch, Alice couldn’t hold back her laughter. There were also shiny gold coins and certificates issued by banks guaranteed by the empire. It was her fortune, the fortune she’d spent four years amassing behind the Marquis of Hamilton’s back.

“Now I just have to pick it up and run!”

She suddenly felt stressed so she moved her hand around but at that touch, the gold coins in the pocket clinked and fell. The door was opened by the sound of something falling.

“What are you doing? Miss?”

“No, nothing.”

It was her maid who walked out with her head bowed, asking no more questions as she hurriedly hid her pockets. But there was a hint of annoyance in her eyes. It was clearly her eyes that disregarded Alice. Alice, as always, didn’t pay attention to the look in her eyes.

“You came in as soon as you heard the sound.”

She must have been spying on her right at her door. It seemed like it would be difficult to get out of here comfortably. After taking the gold coins, Alice looked out of her window- she was on the 4th floor. She wanted to sneak out, but it was impossible.

‘Well, if I just jump down, I’ll die.’

There was nothing the possessed person couldn’t do with magic or swordsmanship, but there were so many things Alice couldn’t do. The only thing she was good at was counting money and making money. That was all.

“Okay, I’m going to take this out the front door with a bang!”

She somehow had to go to the banquet again if she was to escape this empire. She needed to go to the Banquet Hall and meet someone who could help her. She wants someone to take her to another empire. Her eyes twinkled as she looked at the mirror.

Her red eyes were tinged with prominence. A spark burned in her willful eyes. As she straightened her tousled hair, she straightened her posture. Stretch her shoulders, pulled her chin in, and straightened her back. As she posed in front of the mirror, her elegant self was reflected.

“The original story is over, so I’m going to run away.”

That’s right. Run away.