CH 2

The Duke was a hasty man.

“Is this all your luggage?”

“Yes.”

I replied, holding up a simple bag of clothes and a box of the Apples. It’s the valuable modern items that will help my Possesion life in the future.

“What is that box?”

“Are you curious about a Lady’s stuff?”

I spit it out, then I was startled.

Does that fit the medieval grammar?

I felt like I was learning English in the Middle Ages and was unwittingly embarrassing myself with cool gestures. Seeing the face of this foreign friend hardening coldly, I wondered if I had made a mistake. The embarrassment makes me nervous.

How am I supposed to know medieval grammar when English grammar already makes me struggling?

I should stop looking at cider and start to watch the polite-type female lead.

“Oh, right. I made a mistake.”

However, my angelic cousin was not only handsome in appearance, but also in heart.

He held out his hand affectionately and helped me into the carriage.

Goodness, he smells good….

When I smelled the musky scent of his body, I felt emotional. I guess this is why everyone wants to do possession. Vision, hearing, and smell. All my senses are being enhanced.

Just a few hours ago, I was shaking in anger swearing at the platform, but I quickly adapted.

The place where I lived was the countryside, and the view outside the carriage was also a form of healing itself. Cows grazed in the vast pasture, sycamore trees lined the roads, and the sunlight on the leaves sparkled like a summer sea.

I took in the fresh greenery through the window and watched the world of Rofan unfold.

‘What should I do to buy a collection of this, not a trial version?’

I playfully asked the question without expecting an answer.

[The collector’s edition will be released in 20XX].

“Ahh!”

“What’s wrong?”

The elegant man’s voice brought me back to my senses and I smiled.

“I, I like it so much.”

His expression didn’t change in the slightest, but I could hear his thoughts: Is she a little crazy?

[Excellent character analysis! We look forward to your future story.]

The sound of the machine pierced my eardrums and the typeface fluttered in front of my eyes.

I’m not much of a gamer, so I’m not used to this kind of status window, but I’ve been watching a lot of game-inspired Possesion-story webcomics lately, so I didn’t panic and recognised what it was.

I grabbed my racing heart and cursed again inside.

This crazy platform! You’re censoring my thoughts!

[It’s not censorship, but observation. Please pay attention to the word selection. Choosing the right word improves your writing skills.]

What kind of weird bullshit is this?

Why should I worry about writing skills?

‘The emotionless voice in my head made my heart pound uncontrollably, its waves creating chaos in my head.’

You’re telling me to think this way?

I protested with my thoughts, pulling together the expressiveness I’d picked up from somewhere.

[It’s a good sentence, but I’m concerned about readers getting off because of poor readability. The higher the drop rates, the lower the ranking.]

….Readers getting off? Ranking?

Look at this machine? You keep treating me like a writer. Webnovel writers make a lot of money, so pay me a lot of money and treat me like one.

[Starts searching the Data.]

[00 News December 01, 20xx. Reporter NaOO. The Webnovel market, which has no ceiling and no floor … There are many works that earn around KRW 00,000….]

Suddenly, an awkward voice, as if it had been pronounced in a language dictionary, calmly recited a newspaper article. The machine, which sped up at the words thrown as a joke, hurriedly pushed the facts.

‘Okay. Shut up.’

Then the sound stopped.

What was this … this haunting feeling of having my thoughts read by someone in real time….

In the blink of an eye, my healing romance-fantasy Possession experience had transformed into a sci-fi movie with Artificial Intelligence.

[Greetings. This is AI PD who will be in charge of the user and will be developing the content of ‘The Daily Life of an Imperial Villainess‘ together. I will omit the user’s introduction.

Please understand that users are prohibited from exchanging current information for personal information security.]

A captivating word in a lengthy explanation.

‘The Daily Life of an Imperial Villainess’.

It was the novel I fell asleep with last night.

***

Inside the carriage, where the sun shines through on a quiet afternoon. The carriage is as comfortable as a luxury carriage should be.

I closed my eyes and leaned against the carriage wall, pretending to sleep. It seemed that my eyes were stained red by the warm sunlight, but I couldn’t afford to pay attention to such things.

‘No, crazy. Then is this the novel I read yesterday?’

[The keywords selected by users were analyzed and we chose the title from among the works viewed in the last 3 months.]

‘No, I think I came in the wrong way? Her name is different, and the Heroine was a high-ranking noblewoman from the beginning!’

[Some settings are changed due to copyright issues. Name, episode, etc.]

‘….What copyright? After you blatantly told me you put me in that novel?’

It’s not a question, but a sarcasm. However, the AI, which interpreted it arbitrarily, answered faithfully.

[We reference character design and status, but other details and episodes are up to the User to create].

If it’s a trial, why am I making new episodes? Just let me try it out.

I’m dying of exhaustion in my real life, but do I have to use my brain even in the game?

Just like the killing time content, give me fast development and fast-paced cider!

[The content we are currently developing is an MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) that many users enjoy together.

To prevent potential conflicts due to sharing the same universe, we adjust the user’s progression in real-time.

If you freeze an episode, this could cause plot conflicts as the plot is fixed].

‘Sharing the same universe?’

[The continent you are on is divided into three Empires. Spring Empire, Summer Empire, Autumn Empire. (*For pronunciation efficiency, ‘Empire’ is abbreviated to ‘guk’.)

Currently, there are 100 Possesion’s young ladies connected at the same time, and 33 young ladies are residing in each Empires. Users are free to move to another Empire as long as the episode is well planned.]

‘Ooh….’

But something doesn’t add up.

‘You said there are 100 people. Where’s the another one?‘

‘One person is in the Fallen Winter Empire, she’s the Imperial Princess of the Winter Empire.’

“…….”

I asked carefully.

‘Do you happen to have any Waste here?’

[The platform produces various materials and contents with a fresh atmosphere….]

‘You mean there is.’

[Yes, that’s right.]

‘I don’t think I’m in a waste. am I right?’

Waste, it is a novel in which the female lead rolls with a nearly 100% probability of being a victim.

I can appreciate it, but if I do possession in this kind of novel, I absolutely refuse.

[User’s preferred keyword is #Cider #Femdom #Misunderstanding #ReverseGrooming #WastingMoney #Adult #ObsessedMan #SweetMan…..]

‘That … stop!’

The pronunciation of the pouring hashtag made me dizzy. The embarrassing keywords that followed were enough to trigger my social fears.

‘Administrator-nim. You really don’t know my name, do you?’

[The user’s personal information is completely encrypted and cannot be viewed.]

‘Really?’

If thoughts had a voice, it would have been a voice full of threat.

[That’s right. You can check the details of your personal information protection in detail through the contract in the tablet we gave you.]

‘How far can you hear my thoughts? I think you can hear everything.’

[Filtering is possible according to the user’s settings. Currently, the user has no filters set, so all information is transferred.

However, obscene thoughts, profanity, and physiological needs are automatically blocked to protect the mental of the editors who will check the data in the future.]

‘Filter! Filtering! How do I do that?!’

[You can set it up after checking through the enclosed device.]

‘You don’t want to tell me, do you?’

[……..]

Yes, I’ll check.

By the way, I’m with the Duke right now, when and how can I check it?

[You can use the Time Warp feature.]

‘Time Warp? What is that?’

[***, Skip Time. We recommend using it less than 3 times per 5,000 words.]

‘Ohhhh! I *** know! Goodness! You should’ve told me earlier if you had something like that! I’ll use it right away!’

***

When I opened my eyes, I was in front of a magnificent palace.

As expected of a Duke’s palace. I could smell the scent of money from the building.

“Harene will show you around, but first, let’s go to your room and relieve your fatigue.”

The Duke’s deep and low voice made me look back at the carriage. A man I recognise as Harene walked up with my luggage.

“Greeting, Lady Daisy. My name is Harene Cretes, the butler of the Aether family.”

For a moment, I was choked up when I heard it as a Lady Pig, but I quickly recovered my expression.

Daisy. Lady. It’s a name and title that I can’t get used to.

“Well, then, take care of her.”

The f**king handsome Duke spoke without a trace of emotion and turned to leave.

I caught him without realizing it.

“Are you going in, Your Grace?”

“As you can see.”

“Do you have anything else to say to me?”

For example, how much pocket money would you give me, or would you give me a handsome knight as my escort?

[…….]

……I’ll set up the filtering as soon as I get to the room.

I looked eagerly at the Duke again, ignoring the mechanical sound that sounded like a sigh. The Duke answered me with a smile.

“Take a bath and have a meal first, then we’ll have a conversation in my office tomorrow. I’ll get Harene to set your schedule.”

Wow, neat business scheduling. I could smell the Director-Next-Door genre.

He looks in his mid-twenties, but I wasn’t sure if he is actually young or if he is faithful to the setting of ‘If you’re handsome, you’re capable’ as the Male Lead of Rofan.

Anyway, I nodded and followed Harene to my room. Listening to his explanation, I exchanged greetings with the employee assigned to me, and even finished taking a bath and eating.

After two long hours of controlling my thoughts, I finally had some time to myself.

Click.

I locked the door and opened the Apple box that I had put on the table right away.

I turned on my laptop and read the contract … what the hell does this mean?

As I racked my brain while reading the Korean words that didn’t sound like Korean, I turned on the Internet window to do a search out of habit.

Is the Internet working? Wouldn’t it be okay if it’s a simultaneous access content?

Let’s trust the power of Pangyo Techno Valley.

When I turned on the Internet screen nervously, a white blank screen was revealed.

No, it wasn’t a blank screen. In the middle of the screen, clear text shimmered.

[Would you like to join the Possessed Young Lady Community?]

Translator’s Corner:

*For pronunciation efficiency, ‘Empire’ is abbreviated to ‘guk’.): This is because Empire is 제국 (jeguk) so in the original text they shortened it to 국 (guk). So it’s Spring-guk, Autumn-guk. It doesn’t work in English so I’ll just write it as Empire.

Waste (피폐물): A genre tag of web novels in which the main character is forced into desperate circumstances and is devastated.

Femdom: the actual word used is 여공남수 (yeogong-namshu). It’s the genre where the girl is the active one, and the boy is the passive one that’s why I use femdom to translate it.

Reverse Grooming: This is kind of tricky. The word used is 역키잡 (yeogkijab). 키잡 is raise and eat, based from the word 키우다 (raise) and 잡아먹다 (hunt & eat). It’s a word that refers to waiting until a child becomes an adult before dating them. 역키잡 is reverse version of it, so the younger one is the one who does the wait … I think? I’M ACTUALLY NOT SURE. Well … it’s kinda complex concept, you guys can read it yourself. I use the word ‘Grooming’ because it has the closest meaning in English, but it’s not like what you guys think of … kinda. WE DO NOT HAVE A MINOR MALE LEAD IN THIS NOVEL!!!!

“I was choked up when I heard it as a Lady Pig”: this is because ‘Daisy’ and ‘Pig’ in Korean is similiar. Lady Daisy is 데이지 (deiji) 레이디, while Lady Pig is 돼지 (dwaeji) 레이디. Anyway … if we follow noble titles, Daisy should be a mere ‘Miss’ since she is only a Baron’s daughter, but since the word Lady is used in the original, I decided to just follow it … let’s just agree that Daisy is called ‘Lady’ because she is part of Duke household now.

Pangyo Techno Valley (판교테크노밸리): an industrial complex in the city of Pangyo, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is also known as the Silicon Valley of Korea. The complex focuses on information technology, biotech, cultural technology and fusion technology. Yes, I copied this from Wikipedia.

I already read this series up to 80% of it, and I can guarantee it’s a fun journey (even though I haven’t reached the ending yet). I hope you guys will like it!