The reason Simone lives in the lord's mansion, wearing beautiful dresses and receiving protection and treatment.
The reason why the Duke of Illeston suddenly closed the orphanage.
Simone was lending her power to them and living off of them.
At least to them, Simone, who the director had ignored and looked down on, was a very important and precious person.
“That child saved the Grand Duchess and the Prince as well.”
Do you know what that means?
The director shivered, forgetting even the pain, at the low, cold tone.
He felt like he knew what it meant all too well.
“We have to win that child’s favor to lift all the curses on this mansion.”
It was said that even in this mansion, she was in a position to move the Grand Duke.
'She... did it all by herself?'
Is that necromancer kid that great that she deserves to be treated like this?
The director doesn't know because she's never thought about that child's abilities at all.
In her mind, Simone is just a stupid, timid, ominously haunted child who is bullied.
“So, I will give your life to Simone to win that child’s favor.”
"...Yes?"
The director asked back, dumbfounded. However, the Grand Duke of Illeston stood up and disappeared without saying anything else.
“...”
“...”
The director and the teachers looked at each other.
What should she leave to Simone?
And it wasn't long before they realized what Grand Duke Illeston had said.
So, isn't what Grand Duke Illeston is saying that if she wants to live, she should either persuade Simone or beg for her life?
'You want me to beg her?'
The director thought about the scene for a moment, then shook her head, not wanting to even imagine it.
'That's funny!'
The director and teachers have been watching Simone since she was a newborn.
It's already been 17 years since they took care of Simone and made her do chores.
The time that has passed is too long to change one's attitude just because the situation has become like this.
But now you ask me to beg for my life. How is that possible?
It's just going to be a bit tedious.
“Just come. I won’t leave you alone.”
As always, she'll give her a bucket of abuse and threaten to report her, giving Simone an escape route.
Don't forget to at least slap her on the cheek!
But after a few days, the director and teachers immediately abandoned that idea.
Simone didn't come.
Since the Grand Duke had said so, they naturally expected her to come to see them right away. They expected Simone to seek out the director just as a child seeks out its parents.
If not, they thought she would come here to laugh at them.
But no matter how long they waited, it didn't come.
Moreover, since she didn't come, of course, there was no meal either.
The director and teachers realized.
Simone's world has grown to the point where even things like the director don't remain as trauma.
Now, even if they beg and plead with both hands and feet, will she even care? Simone has no interest in revenge or anything like that.
In fact, at that time, Simone was working on a commission from the Marquis of Berrington, but even without this incident, she probably wouldn't have been particularly curious about the whereabouts of the director and the teachers.
And the Grand Duke of Illeston really didn't take any action against them until Simone spoke.
Even the servants didn't pay any attention when the director yelled at them to bring her in.
The servants who occasionally checked on their status to see if they were reflecting would often frown and say, "That girl?" before just leaving.
But this didn't last long either.
When the three people felt like they would starve to death, they knew.
The servants who occasionally checked on their condition did not come to check if they were reflecting or not, but to check if they were alive or dead.
After three days of this, the teachers, hungry, sick, and cold, finally couldn't bear it anymore and started screaming.
“Please call her...”
“Please, please call her. I will ask for forgiveness...”
As the teachers caused a commotion, the director, who had been holding on well, gradually lost her mind and began to beg.
As a result of all that mad praying, Simone ended up here again.
Simone looked down at them with her legs crossed.
“Please save me. I was wrong.”
“Everything that has bothered you so far. Everything about running away after taking the subsidy.”
Simone watched for a moment and then spoke quietly with a calm expression.
“Should you send it to the Occult Society?”
At her words, the three people were startled and began to cry.
There was too much going on to just say that they were wrong. For Seo Hyun-jung and Simone.
“People who have lived with ghosts themselves would probably like it.”
As Simone muttered to herself, the director and teachers shook their heads like crazy.
“Oh, no!!!! Not the Occult Society...!”
“Why? You were going to send me to the Occult Society.”
Even though they knew that if they went there they would no longer be able to live as humans, they tried to sell Simone there.
It has been said since ancient times that humans are not meant to be rewritten.
They are probably people who would be useless even if forgiven, and it is Simone who should be the one to forgive them, not Seo Hyun-jung who should do it on her own.
Simone whined as she watched the three people crying and making a fuss.
“Um- what should I do?”
Simone was lost in thought without showing any sign of hesitation.
“Hmm- what would I have done in the past?”
At that moment, the startled director slowly raised her head and looked at Simone.
‘...The old me?’
If it was the old Simone, definitely.
'Hey, don't do this... I'm okay...'
...She would have said that.
Simone in front of her just giggled as if it was fun, even though a fully grown adult like her parent was kneeling and bowing her head.
The director felt her heart sink.
A person can't change like this in just a few months, right?
‘...The old me?’
When the director seemed to notice something, Simone simply smiled.
The director widened her eyes in surprise.
'Wait for a second...'
Red eyes that smile brightly without shaking.
A bright smile that seemed to ignore her injuries.
This is not the child the director knew. Simone is a complete adult, tainted by the world, who knows how to tease others and make them miserable.
The director said in astonishment.
“...You’re not Simone.”
Simone smiled even more broadly. Then as if to confirm that her thoughts were correct, she said something Simone would never say.
“Where are you raising your head? Do you want to die?”
Yes. She is not Simone. She is just Seo Hyun-jung who borrowed Simone's body.
Seo Hyun-Jung is neither scary nor merciful to the wicked like Simone.
“Now that you know I’m not Simone, you know there’s no use begging, right?”
Simone got up from bed.
That's why she didn't want to come. Those who insist on seeing sinners are willing to forgive their sins.
Simone had no interest in them, much less in meeting them and forgiving them, so she didn't want to waste her time and energy coming here.
“Wait! Wait a minute!”
The director and teachers, who had starved for several days and were completely exhausted, called out to her desperately, but Simone left the room without even looking back.
Then she spoke to the butler who was watching.
“Tell the Grand Duke to deal with this according to imperial law.”
"All right."
As she was about to go back to her room, she stopped and suddenly turned her head.
"...Ah."
“Why are you following me?”
Jace was also hiding behind a pillar a little way away from her, watching her.
Even though Louis and Abel are good at hiding their presence, it's obvious that Jace is hiding and watching.
Jace looked around in surprise and cautiously approached Simone.
As he is barely able to walk and live normally, he is shorter than the petite Simone, as he was only able to achieve this through the Saint's desire.
“Do you have anything you want to say?”
“Ah, that’s...”
He seemed to have never had much of a conversation with anyone, and he hesitated so much that it was frustrating not to even make eye contact.
If you've been locked up since you were young, are you able to speak and communicate properly?
It seems like he can have a conversation, as Florier occasionally tells him what's going on.
Jace looked into Simone's eyes in anger, then blushed and lowered his head in surprise.
Simone waited quietly for Jace to speak.
After waiting for a long time, Jace spoke in a barely crawling voice.
“I was just... curious.”
His savior, who is completely black, as if she is not from this world.
He was so curious about what kind of person she was, what kind of voice she had, and what kind of conversation she had, like a seven-year-old child, and it was amazing every time she saw her.
“What kind?”
“Just, everything.”
He is the heir to the Grand Duke's throne, but he still speaks like a child. It can't be helped, since that must have been the last time he walked around normally.
Jace hesitated for a while before finally saying one more word.
“I heard that you lifted the curse on the mansion.”
"Yes, that's right."
"Thank you..."
“I am grateful. I am doing this because I also receive something from your father, the Grand Duke.”
"Yes..."
As soon as Simone started walking, Jace naturally followed her.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“Ah! Yes, it’s okay. Thanks to Simone.”
Jace answered with a small smile and paused again.
As they walked for a long time without saying a word, Jace said urgently when he realized that Simone had come with him to her room and that she had brought him there.
“Me too! I want to know what Simone is doing.”
"Yes?"
“I, too, am someone who has to get used to curses and such... When you lift the curse, can I come with you...?”
The reason why the Duke of Illeston suddenly closed the orphanage.
Simone was lending her power to them and living off of them.
At least to them, Simone, who the director had ignored and looked down on, was a very important and precious person.
“That child saved the Grand Duchess and the Prince as well.”
Do you know what that means?
The director shivered, forgetting even the pain, at the low, cold tone.
He felt like he knew what it meant all too well.
“We have to win that child’s favor to lift all the curses on this mansion.”
It was said that even in this mansion, she was in a position to move the Grand Duke.
'She... did it all by herself?'
Is that necromancer kid that great that she deserves to be treated like this?
The director doesn't know because she's never thought about that child's abilities at all.
In her mind, Simone is just a stupid, timid, ominously haunted child who is bullied.
“So, I will give your life to Simone to win that child’s favor.”
"...Yes?"
The director asked back, dumbfounded. However, the Grand Duke of Illeston stood up and disappeared without saying anything else.
“...”
“...”
The director and the teachers looked at each other.
What should she leave to Simone?
And it wasn't long before they realized what Grand Duke Illeston had said.
So, isn't what Grand Duke Illeston is saying that if she wants to live, she should either persuade Simone or beg for her life?
'You want me to beg her?'
The director thought about the scene for a moment, then shook her head, not wanting to even imagine it.
'That's funny!'
The director and teachers have been watching Simone since she was a newborn.
It's already been 17 years since they took care of Simone and made her do chores.
The time that has passed is too long to change one's attitude just because the situation has become like this.
But now you ask me to beg for my life. How is that possible?
It's just going to be a bit tedious.
“Just come. I won’t leave you alone.”
As always, she'll give her a bucket of abuse and threaten to report her, giving Simone an escape route.
Don't forget to at least slap her on the cheek!
But after a few days, the director and teachers immediately abandoned that idea.
Simone didn't come.
Since the Grand Duke had said so, they naturally expected her to come to see them right away. They expected Simone to seek out the director just as a child seeks out its parents.
If not, they thought she would come here to laugh at them.
But no matter how long they waited, it didn't come.
Moreover, since she didn't come, of course, there was no meal either.
The director and teachers realized.
Simone's world has grown to the point where even things like the director don't remain as trauma.
Now, even if they beg and plead with both hands and feet, will she even care? Simone has no interest in revenge or anything like that.
In fact, at that time, Simone was working on a commission from the Marquis of Berrington, but even without this incident, she probably wouldn't have been particularly curious about the whereabouts of the director and the teachers.
And the Grand Duke of Illeston really didn't take any action against them until Simone spoke.
Even the servants didn't pay any attention when the director yelled at them to bring her in.
The servants who occasionally checked on their status to see if they were reflecting would often frown and say, "That girl?" before just leaving.
But this didn't last long either.
When the three people felt like they would starve to death, they knew.
The servants who occasionally checked on their condition did not come to check if they were reflecting or not, but to check if they were alive or dead.
After three days of this, the teachers, hungry, sick, and cold, finally couldn't bear it anymore and started screaming.
“Please call her...”
“Please, please call her. I will ask for forgiveness...”
As the teachers caused a commotion, the director, who had been holding on well, gradually lost her mind and began to beg.
As a result of all that mad praying, Simone ended up here again.
Simone looked down at them with her legs crossed.
“Please save me. I was wrong.”
“Everything that has bothered you so far. Everything about running away after taking the subsidy.”
Simone watched for a moment and then spoke quietly with a calm expression.
“Should you send it to the Occult Society?”
At her words, the three people were startled and began to cry.
There was too much going on to just say that they were wrong. For Seo Hyun-jung and Simone.
“People who have lived with ghosts themselves would probably like it.”
As Simone muttered to herself, the director and teachers shook their heads like crazy.
“Oh, no!!!! Not the Occult Society...!”
“Why? You were going to send me to the Occult Society.”
Even though they knew that if they went there they would no longer be able to live as humans, they tried to sell Simone there.
It has been said since ancient times that humans are not meant to be rewritten.
They are probably people who would be useless even if forgiven, and it is Simone who should be the one to forgive them, not Seo Hyun-jung who should do it on her own.
Simone whined as she watched the three people crying and making a fuss.
“Um- what should I do?”
Simone was lost in thought without showing any sign of hesitation.
“Hmm- what would I have done in the past?”
At that moment, the startled director slowly raised her head and looked at Simone.
‘...The old me?’
If it was the old Simone, definitely.
'Hey, don't do this... I'm okay...'
...She would have said that.
Simone in front of her just giggled as if it was fun, even though a fully grown adult like her parent was kneeling and bowing her head.
The director felt her heart sink.
A person can't change like this in just a few months, right?
‘...The old me?’
When the director seemed to notice something, Simone simply smiled.
The director widened her eyes in surprise.
'Wait for a second...'
Red eyes that smile brightly without shaking.
A bright smile that seemed to ignore her injuries.
This is not the child the director knew. Simone is a complete adult, tainted by the world, who knows how to tease others and make them miserable.
The director said in astonishment.
“...You’re not Simone.”
Simone smiled even more broadly. Then as if to confirm that her thoughts were correct, she said something Simone would never say.
“Where are you raising your head? Do you want to die?”
Yes. She is not Simone. She is just Seo Hyun-jung who borrowed Simone's body.
Seo Hyun-Jung is neither scary nor merciful to the wicked like Simone.
“Now that you know I’m not Simone, you know there’s no use begging, right?”
Simone got up from bed.
That's why she didn't want to come. Those who insist on seeing sinners are willing to forgive their sins.
Simone had no interest in them, much less in meeting them and forgiving them, so she didn't want to waste her time and energy coming here.
“Wait! Wait a minute!”
The director and teachers, who had starved for several days and were completely exhausted, called out to her desperately, but Simone left the room without even looking back.
Then she spoke to the butler who was watching.
“Tell the Grand Duke to deal with this according to imperial law.”
"All right."
As she was about to go back to her room, she stopped and suddenly turned her head.
"...Ah."
“Why are you following me?”
Jace was also hiding behind a pillar a little way away from her, watching her.
Even though Louis and Abel are good at hiding their presence, it's obvious that Jace is hiding and watching.
Jace looked around in surprise and cautiously approached Simone.
As he is barely able to walk and live normally, he is shorter than the petite Simone, as he was only able to achieve this through the Saint's desire.
“Do you have anything you want to say?”
“Ah, that’s...”
He seemed to have never had much of a conversation with anyone, and he hesitated so much that it was frustrating not to even make eye contact.
If you've been locked up since you were young, are you able to speak and communicate properly?
It seems like he can have a conversation, as Florier occasionally tells him what's going on.
Jace looked into Simone's eyes in anger, then blushed and lowered his head in surprise.
Simone waited quietly for Jace to speak.
After waiting for a long time, Jace spoke in a barely crawling voice.
“I was just... curious.”
His savior, who is completely black, as if she is not from this world.
He was so curious about what kind of person she was, what kind of voice she had, and what kind of conversation she had, like a seven-year-old child, and it was amazing every time she saw her.
“What kind?”
“Just, everything.”
He is the heir to the Grand Duke's throne, but he still speaks like a child. It can't be helped, since that must have been the last time he walked around normally.
Jace hesitated for a while before finally saying one more word.
“I heard that you lifted the curse on the mansion.”
"Yes, that's right."
"Thank you..."
“I am grateful. I am doing this because I also receive something from your father, the Grand Duke.”
"Yes..."
As soon as Simone started walking, Jace naturally followed her.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“Ah! Yes, it’s okay. Thanks to Simone.”
Jace answered with a small smile and paused again.
As they walked for a long time without saying a word, Jace said urgently when he realized that Simone had come with him to her room and that she had brought him there.
“Me too! I want to know what Simone is doing.”
"Yes?"
“I, too, am someone who has to get used to curses and such... When you lift the curse, can I come with you...?”
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