Simone looked around blankly and then put her hand behind her back.
People say that the easiest way to check if you are dreaming or in reality during a lucid dream is to bend your finger backward.
If this is a dream, the fingers bent backward will touch the back of the hand.
Why is she suddenly snapping her fingers?
Because this situation was so dreamlike.
Simone blinked once and it was morning.
This only happened when she worked overtime until dawn and passed out from the weight of fatigue.
These days, she eats well and sleeps well, so she doesn't think such annoying things will happen, even if she just puts in a little effort.
'If I had fallen asleep like that, Jace would have woken me up.'
Given Jace's feelings for Simone, he probably wouldn't have left her alone while she was sleeping.
The servants in charge of Simone will also look for Simone.
Let's bend the fingers back like that.
"Ah!"
Her finger bent slightly and then stopped, and she felt a brief pain as a reaction.
A wrinkle formed between Simone's eyebrows.
This situation was not a dream.
A quiet staircase at night. A desolate silence.
Simone walked a little further forward and looked down the stairs.
What was visible was the door leading to the third-floor hallway. Simone was still on the fourth-floor stairs.
What the heck is going on...
As Simone hurried down the stairs in a panic, she felt that her body had become heavy for some reason.
"Uh?"
What is so heavy?
It wasn't a heaviness that she felt because she was not feeling well, but it was a really physically heavy feeling.
It was like the feeling of being possessed by a nine-foot ghost as soon as she left the mansion.
'That's right. That's exactly the feeling.'
"...Uh?"
Simone was startled and felt her shoulder with her hand.
Something was resting on her shoulder. Something that felt very familiar. It was a nine-foot ghost.
'Did you come into the mansion?'
As soon as the old ghost noticed Simone's presence, she slowly reached out and wrapped her arm around her shoulder as usual.
“Ugh...”
The heaviness that weighed down on her grew even stronger.
Simone couldn't hide her confusion, even as she grimaced in pain.
'Wasn't it supposed to be forbidden to enter the mansion?'
Why is the old ghost that used to show signs of regret but would disappear as soon as Simone entered the mansion?
But Simone didn't have time to think about it for long.
“...Ah, it’s heavy!”
The nine-foot ghost was slowly descending more heavily on Simone.
It's much heavier than usual.
Originally, even if it put its entire body weight on her shoulders and pressed her down, it wasn't as heavy as if a person was pressing down on her, but now it felt like she was carrying three people on her shoulders at once.
“Ugh! I told you to get out of here!”
Simone's upper body and knees were slowly collapsing as she could not support the weight, and although she shouted for the nine-foot ghost to quickly come down from her shoulder, the ghost did not respond and just continued to press down.
Eventually, Simone cursed and let out her mana.
Only then did the nine-footed ghost show a slight reaction and soon fell away from Simone.
As soon as her shoulders felt lighter and Simone was free from the pain, she took a deep breath and naturally closed and opened her eyes...
'...'
The world had changed again.
When she opened her eyes, Simone saw an unfamiliar ceiling.
It was a situation where the first sentence of that kind of novel came to mind.
Of course, in Simone's case, it is not an unfamiliar ceiling, but a familiar ceiling.
“...”
The warm morning sunlight, the feel of a cozy blanket wrapped around her body, and the peaceful scenery inside the room.
Simone lay there staring at the ceiling for a long time.
'I thought it wasn't a dream.'
Was it a dream? Her fingers couldn't even reach the back of her hand.
Oh, of course, the tests won't always be successful.
But...
Simone raised her hand and rubbed her shoulder.
It felt like the weight that had been weighing down on her shoulder still remained.
Simone still lying in bed so she doesn't feel any pain, but she has a feeling that the moment she gets up, she'll feel a sharp pain in her shoulder.
That means it was a very realistic dream.
“Are you awake, Simone?”
“Oh. Good morning.”
Simone jumped up. Anna, who was approaching, stopped in surprise.
“Simone, why are you up so soon?”
Simone, who usually lies in bed for a long time, finally gets up after hearing Kaylee's nagging and heads to the table where the food is set.
Simone shrugged and headed to the table as usual.
“I don’t know. I just wanted to wake up early.”
In fact, she woke up early to check her shoulder pain and organize her thoughts by looking at the instructions.
As soon as Simone sat down at the table, she picked up the instructions along with her fork and asked Anna.
“What about Kaylee?”
“Ah! We have her today! She's away for a bit, but she’ll be back soon.”
“Prince Jace?”
“Yes? Prince Jace?”
Anna tilted her head as if she didn't understand her.
The meaning was, why are you suddenly asking about Prince Jace?
Instead of answering Anna's question, Simone changed the subject and asked again.
“How did I get back to this room yesterday?”
Simone's last memory is of waiting on the fourth floor with Jace until Simone appeared on the fourth floor, and then feeling tired and burying her head in her knees.
After that, she only has memories of a dream where she was left alone on the 4th floor, and she doesn't remember returning to this room and lying on the bed.
So how did Simone come back?
Jace probably moved her himself while she was sleeping, or asked the servants for help, but let's ask anyway.
If she figured out why she didn't wake up and how she got back, she might be able to figure out why she had such a weird and disturbing dream.
Then Anna tilted her head as if she didn't understand the meaning of the question even more.
“What are you saying, Simone?”
“So, who brought me to my room yesterday?”
“Simone, you came back to your room yourself yesterday.”
“...”
Who? Me?
Simone froze, her mouth wide open.
She felt goosebumps rising from the top of her head.
Her actions are unknown to herself.
You mean I walked back to my room on my own feet that day?
“Me by myself?”
“What’s the matter? Yes, you came back yesterday and had a meal...”
“...Can you tell me more? What I did when I got back yesterday.”
Something was off about the situation.
Of course, whenever Simone solves a curse or a strange phenomenon, strange situations have frequently occurred, but this is the first time she's felt this confused.
Simone tried again to break her hand.
"Ouch!"
When her hands didn't break, she turned her head and looked at the clock.
The hands and the numbers on the watch are all normal.
Her memories were so jumbled that she couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality.
She doesn't know where she is or what she's doing, and she's confused as to whether today is the day.
Could it be that she is in a strange situation like when the curse of the royal family was lifted?
Yes, Simone was not aware of her condition at the moment.
A new curse with Simone's name on it, a dream that seemed so real, and actions she couldn't even remember.
'What could it be...?'
There isn't even a clue.
...Was it really a dream that I was alone on the 4th floor at night?
While Simone was lost in thought, forgetting to eat, Anna, who had been watching her worriedly from behind, pointed to Simone's open manual in surprise.
“Hey! Simone! Look at this!”
"Yes."
Anna was pointing to the last chapter of the manual, the newly added instructions.
Simone's eyes sharpened.
The hundredth time, when you see Simone standing on the fourth-floor stairs, run away. Then, when you see Simone standing on the fourth floor, cut off her legs and die.
One hundred and second, as soon as you see this text, go to the fourth floor.
What has changed?
Simone, who had been looking at the instructions for a long time, rolled her eyes.
Then she slowly closed the manual and picked up the fork that she had put down for a moment.
Let's eat first.
“Anna, bring the instructions shared by the servants and call Kaylee and Jane.”
“Yes! Should I call it now?”
“No, tell him to come to Grand Duke Illestone’s study after dinner.”
"All right!"
“Tell the butler that I wish to see the Grand Duke and Prince Jace after dinner.”
Anna nodded and left the room.
"Ha."
Simone took a deep breath and put the boiled chicken breast in her mouth.
It's not like she has a clue or a feeling for something.
She just has no clues and no idea, so she's just trying to keep all possibilities open and try different things.
'I don't remember, but I walked back to my room on my own feet last night.'
And this morning the guidelines changed again.
So the first possibility that Simone thinks of is possession.
People say that the easiest way to check if you are dreaming or in reality during a lucid dream is to bend your finger backward.
If this is a dream, the fingers bent backward will touch the back of the hand.
Why is she suddenly snapping her fingers?
Because this situation was so dreamlike.
Simone blinked once and it was morning.
This only happened when she worked overtime until dawn and passed out from the weight of fatigue.
These days, she eats well and sleeps well, so she doesn't think such annoying things will happen, even if she just puts in a little effort.
'If I had fallen asleep like that, Jace would have woken me up.'
Given Jace's feelings for Simone, he probably wouldn't have left her alone while she was sleeping.
The servants in charge of Simone will also look for Simone.
Let's bend the fingers back like that.
"Ah!"
Her finger bent slightly and then stopped, and she felt a brief pain as a reaction.
A wrinkle formed between Simone's eyebrows.
This situation was not a dream.
A quiet staircase at night. A desolate silence.
Simone walked a little further forward and looked down the stairs.
What was visible was the door leading to the third-floor hallway. Simone was still on the fourth-floor stairs.
What the heck is going on...
As Simone hurried down the stairs in a panic, she felt that her body had become heavy for some reason.
"Uh?"
What is so heavy?
It wasn't a heaviness that she felt because she was not feeling well, but it was a really physically heavy feeling.
It was like the feeling of being possessed by a nine-foot ghost as soon as she left the mansion.
'That's right. That's exactly the feeling.'
"...Uh?"
Simone was startled and felt her shoulder with her hand.
Something was resting on her shoulder. Something that felt very familiar. It was a nine-foot ghost.
'Did you come into the mansion?'
As soon as the old ghost noticed Simone's presence, she slowly reached out and wrapped her arm around her shoulder as usual.
“Ugh...”
The heaviness that weighed down on her grew even stronger.
Simone couldn't hide her confusion, even as she grimaced in pain.
'Wasn't it supposed to be forbidden to enter the mansion?'
Why is the old ghost that used to show signs of regret but would disappear as soon as Simone entered the mansion?
But Simone didn't have time to think about it for long.
“...Ah, it’s heavy!”
The nine-foot ghost was slowly descending more heavily on Simone.
It's much heavier than usual.
Originally, even if it put its entire body weight on her shoulders and pressed her down, it wasn't as heavy as if a person was pressing down on her, but now it felt like she was carrying three people on her shoulders at once.
“Ugh! I told you to get out of here!”
Simone's upper body and knees were slowly collapsing as she could not support the weight, and although she shouted for the nine-foot ghost to quickly come down from her shoulder, the ghost did not respond and just continued to press down.
Eventually, Simone cursed and let out her mana.
Only then did the nine-footed ghost show a slight reaction and soon fell away from Simone.
As soon as her shoulders felt lighter and Simone was free from the pain, she took a deep breath and naturally closed and opened her eyes...
'...'
The world had changed again.
***
When she opened her eyes, Simone saw an unfamiliar ceiling.
It was a situation where the first sentence of that kind of novel came to mind.
Of course, in Simone's case, it is not an unfamiliar ceiling, but a familiar ceiling.
“...”
The warm morning sunlight, the feel of a cozy blanket wrapped around her body, and the peaceful scenery inside the room.
Simone lay there staring at the ceiling for a long time.
'I thought it wasn't a dream.'
Was it a dream? Her fingers couldn't even reach the back of her hand.
Oh, of course, the tests won't always be successful.
But...
Simone raised her hand and rubbed her shoulder.
It felt like the weight that had been weighing down on her shoulder still remained.
Simone still lying in bed so she doesn't feel any pain, but she has a feeling that the moment she gets up, she'll feel a sharp pain in her shoulder.
That means it was a very realistic dream.
“Are you awake, Simone?”
“Oh. Good morning.”
Simone jumped up. Anna, who was approaching, stopped in surprise.
“Simone, why are you up so soon?”
Simone, who usually lies in bed for a long time, finally gets up after hearing Kaylee's nagging and heads to the table where the food is set.
Simone shrugged and headed to the table as usual.
“I don’t know. I just wanted to wake up early.”
In fact, she woke up early to check her shoulder pain and organize her thoughts by looking at the instructions.
As soon as Simone sat down at the table, she picked up the instructions along with her fork and asked Anna.
“What about Kaylee?”
“Ah! We have her today! She's away for a bit, but she’ll be back soon.”
“Prince Jace?”
“Yes? Prince Jace?”
Anna tilted her head as if she didn't understand her.
The meaning was, why are you suddenly asking about Prince Jace?
Instead of answering Anna's question, Simone changed the subject and asked again.
“How did I get back to this room yesterday?”
Simone's last memory is of waiting on the fourth floor with Jace until Simone appeared on the fourth floor, and then feeling tired and burying her head in her knees.
After that, she only has memories of a dream where she was left alone on the 4th floor, and she doesn't remember returning to this room and lying on the bed.
So how did Simone come back?
Jace probably moved her himself while she was sleeping, or asked the servants for help, but let's ask anyway.
If she figured out why she didn't wake up and how she got back, she might be able to figure out why she had such a weird and disturbing dream.
Then Anna tilted her head as if she didn't understand the meaning of the question even more.
“What are you saying, Simone?”
“So, who brought me to my room yesterday?”
“Simone, you came back to your room yourself yesterday.”
“...”
Who? Me?
Simone froze, her mouth wide open.
She felt goosebumps rising from the top of her head.
Her actions are unknown to herself.
You mean I walked back to my room on my own feet that day?
“Me by myself?”
“What’s the matter? Yes, you came back yesterday and had a meal...”
“...Can you tell me more? What I did when I got back yesterday.”
Something was off about the situation.
Of course, whenever Simone solves a curse or a strange phenomenon, strange situations have frequently occurred, but this is the first time she's felt this confused.
Simone tried again to break her hand.
"Ouch!"
When her hands didn't break, she turned her head and looked at the clock.
The hands and the numbers on the watch are all normal.
Her memories were so jumbled that she couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality.
She doesn't know where she is or what she's doing, and she's confused as to whether today is the day.
Could it be that she is in a strange situation like when the curse of the royal family was lifted?
Yes, Simone was not aware of her condition at the moment.
A new curse with Simone's name on it, a dream that seemed so real, and actions she couldn't even remember.
'What could it be...?'
There isn't even a clue.
...Was it really a dream that I was alone on the 4th floor at night?
While Simone was lost in thought, forgetting to eat, Anna, who had been watching her worriedly from behind, pointed to Simone's open manual in surprise.
“Hey! Simone! Look at this!”
"Yes."
Anna was pointing to the last chapter of the manual, the newly added instructions.
Simone's eyes sharpened.
The hundredth time, when you see Simone standing on the fourth-floor stairs, run away. Then, when you see Simone standing on the fourth floor, cut off her legs and die.
One hundred and second, as soon as you see this text, go to the fourth floor.
What has changed?
Simone, who had been looking at the instructions for a long time, rolled her eyes.
Then she slowly closed the manual and picked up the fork that she had put down for a moment.
Let's eat first.
“Anna, bring the instructions shared by the servants and call Kaylee and Jane.”
“Yes! Should I call it now?”
“No, tell him to come to Grand Duke Illestone’s study after dinner.”
"All right!"
“Tell the butler that I wish to see the Grand Duke and Prince Jace after dinner.”
Anna nodded and left the room.
"Ha."
Simone took a deep breath and put the boiled chicken breast in her mouth.
It's not like she has a clue or a feeling for something.
She just has no clues and no idea, so she's just trying to keep all possibilities open and try different things.
'I don't remember, but I walked back to my room on my own feet last night.'
And this morning the guidelines changed again.
So the first possibility that Simone thinks of is possession.
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