“Vi, Victor.”
Victor looked at the woman in front of him spitting out blood with a very strange look.
'Why is that woman?... Why is she doing that?'
A woman with a mouth and hands covered in blood. Her face turned pale in an instant as if she had lost her color. Her eyes were like those of a lost child. Anyone who saw her would be terrified.
'How could that woman do that?'
It was difficult to understand the scene before his eyes.
She was a person who looked so elegant that it was tiresome. She was younger than him, but she always had boring eyes that made it seem like she had lived a lot longer than him.
A woman was looking at him with complete fear as if he were her only lifeline.
‘...What should I do...’
While Victor was unable to do anything about the sight, Odette fell to the floor with a thud, like a marionette whose strings had snapped.
Only then did Victor realize that he had been frozen in shock.
He hugged the woman who had fallen to the floor, looking awkward like a normal human being.
He is not like his usual self, who uses his body well.
“Odette...? Honey, what’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”
Blood continued to flow from the corner of the woman's mouth.
'Doctor.'
He lifted Odette. It was much lighter than he had expected. Victor looked down at her again in surprise.
At that moment, a skirt was seen rising lightly over her calves. Victor was astonished.
“Hey, what’s wrong with your legs?”
It was because there was a terrible burn scar on his leg. The moment he saw it, Viktor was sure.
A nobleman who walks alone without a maid, adoption, and a scar on his leg that was never properly treated.
Above all... the muttering from earlier.
“How can I be hated less?”
There was a deep, self-mockery in her tired voice.
A smile that looks so lonely and anxious makes him think she would be better to cry.
Victor's intuition was never wrong.
This mansion was not a safe place for this woman, so leaving her there was crazy.
Victor ran towards the palace, leaving the main gate of the Count's residence right in front of him. There was a doctor in the palace, and as an S-class Transcendent, he had the authority to enter and exit the palace freely.
This is the first time he's used that authority.
Victor heard something even more shocking from the palace doctor who arrived that way.
“Malnutrition and extreme stress. Her stomach is already badly damaged and she has wounds all over her body. And... Is this girl being abused?”
“What are you talking about? Speak so I can understand.”
Even in the midst of all this, Victor did not forget to tear his own uniform apart with brute force and make a shabby piece of khaki cloth to cover the woman's face.
It was to cover her face so that the doctor would not be able to identify Odette.
“There are quite a few bruises and cuts on parts of her body that can’t be seen. There are only wounds that were intentionally calculated not to leave scars. I, uh, by any chance... Uh, I’m sorry, but uh, uh, you didn’t do that, Colonel?”
The doctor showed great courage in facing the Transcendent. This means that Odette was in serious physical condition.
Victor's face hardened into a more murderous expression.
Odette opened her eyes in a dream of a familiar heart wasp.
This time, she opened her eyes near a tree. Right next to the giant tree that she thought was dead.
'Is this dream again?'
She thought it was disgusting and raised her upper body. But the scenery was different from what she had expected.
Because the wasps had almost disappeared, it looked like a desert.
'Many of the heart-shaped wasps that were clinging to the trees have also disappeared.'
Odette caught one of the squirming heart-shaped wasps crawling along the tree. At that moment, the scene where she had just vomited blood flashed through her mind as if she were seeing it with the eyes of a third party.
At that moment, she instinctively felt something.
The reason she just vomited blood was to get these wasps out of this space.
That was when a broken pink status window appeared before my eyes.
[ Retrying to activate status window... ]
[ ERROR ]
[ Activation failed! ]
[Reason for activation failure: Unidentified pest]
The status window, which had been blinking so much that it hurt her eyes as if it were broken, emitted a sharp pink light and then suddenly shut.
“What? What was that status window just now?”
Odette blinked in confusion and checked the necklace around her neck.
“Did this necklace work in my dream just now?”
How many unexpected features are there?
'Besides, the status window just now... was a different color.'
The necklace's status window was originally white. But what she just saw was a light pink rose color.
Just like the status window given to the main character in the game <Redemption>, with infinite functions.
"What...?"
But the worry didn't last long. Soon, everything around her turned pitch black and the floor caved in.
This time, when Odette opened her eyes, she was in another dream.
Just like her memories from her previous life, she had a dream where she was locked in a deep palace prison. It was exactly the same as the scene she experienced two days ago due to the mental debuff.
Odette frowned.
'Is this another mental debuff? I didn't even check for disgust today?'
But she soon realized that this wasn't a mental debuff. The moment she looked back, her past life self appeared as a third person.
Odette was just looking at her past life self like a ghost.
'It was just a simple dream.'
What good does it do to have to go through that shitty situation so often?
She already got pissed off after experiencing it once in her past life, and once again with a mental debuff...
Victor looked at the woman in front of him spitting out blood with a very strange look.
'Why is that woman?... Why is she doing that?'
A woman with a mouth and hands covered in blood. Her face turned pale in an instant as if she had lost her color. Her eyes were like those of a lost child. Anyone who saw her would be terrified.
'How could that woman do that?'
It was difficult to understand the scene before his eyes.
She was a person who looked so elegant that it was tiresome. She was younger than him, but she always had boring eyes that made it seem like she had lived a lot longer than him.
A woman was looking at him with complete fear as if he were her only lifeline.
‘...What should I do...’
While Victor was unable to do anything about the sight, Odette fell to the floor with a thud, like a marionette whose strings had snapped.
Only then did Victor realize that he had been frozen in shock.
He hugged the woman who had fallen to the floor, looking awkward like a normal human being.
He is not like his usual self, who uses his body well.
“Odette...? Honey, what’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”
Blood continued to flow from the corner of the woman's mouth.
'Doctor.'
He lifted Odette. It was much lighter than he had expected. Victor looked down at her again in surprise.
At that moment, a skirt was seen rising lightly over her calves. Victor was astonished.
“Hey, what’s wrong with your legs?”
It was because there was a terrible burn scar on his leg. The moment he saw it, Viktor was sure.
A nobleman who walks alone without a maid, adoption, and a scar on his leg that was never properly treated.
Above all... the muttering from earlier.
“How can I be hated less?”
There was a deep, self-mockery in her tired voice.
A smile that looks so lonely and anxious makes him think she would be better to cry.
Victor's intuition was never wrong.
This mansion was not a safe place for this woman, so leaving her there was crazy.
Victor ran towards the palace, leaving the main gate of the Count's residence right in front of him. There was a doctor in the palace, and as an S-class Transcendent, he had the authority to enter and exit the palace freely.
This is the first time he's used that authority.
Victor heard something even more shocking from the palace doctor who arrived that way.
“Malnutrition and extreme stress. Her stomach is already badly damaged and she has wounds all over her body. And... Is this girl being abused?”
“What are you talking about? Speak so I can understand.”
Even in the midst of all this, Victor did not forget to tear his own uniform apart with brute force and make a shabby piece of khaki cloth to cover the woman's face.
It was to cover her face so that the doctor would not be able to identify Odette.
“There are quite a few bruises and cuts on parts of her body that can’t be seen. There are only wounds that were intentionally calculated not to leave scars. I, uh, by any chance... Uh, I’m sorry, but uh, uh, you didn’t do that, Colonel?”
The doctor showed great courage in facing the Transcendent. This means that Odette was in serious physical condition.
Victor's face hardened into a more murderous expression.
***
Odette opened her eyes in a dream of a familiar heart wasp.
This time, she opened her eyes near a tree. Right next to the giant tree that she thought was dead.
'Is this dream again?'
She thought it was disgusting and raised her upper body. But the scenery was different from what she had expected.
Because the wasps had almost disappeared, it looked like a desert.
'Many of the heart-shaped wasps that were clinging to the trees have also disappeared.'
Odette caught one of the squirming heart-shaped wasps crawling along the tree. At that moment, the scene where she had just vomited blood flashed through her mind as if she were seeing it with the eyes of a third party.
At that moment, she instinctively felt something.
The reason she just vomited blood was to get these wasps out of this space.
That was when a broken pink status window appeared before my eyes.
[ Retrying to activate status window... ]
[ ERROR ]
[ Activation failed! ]
[Reason for activation failure: Unidentified pest]
The status window, which had been blinking so much that it hurt her eyes as if it were broken, emitted a sharp pink light and then suddenly shut.
“What? What was that status window just now?”
Odette blinked in confusion and checked the necklace around her neck.
“Did this necklace work in my dream just now?”
How many unexpected features are there?
'Besides, the status window just now... was a different color.'
The necklace's status window was originally white. But what she just saw was a light pink rose color.
Just like the status window given to the main character in the game <Redemption>, with infinite functions.
"What...?"
But the worry didn't last long. Soon, everything around her turned pitch black and the floor caved in.
***
This time, when Odette opened her eyes, she was in another dream.
Just like her memories from her previous life, she had a dream where she was locked in a deep palace prison. It was exactly the same as the scene she experienced two days ago due to the mental debuff.
Odette frowned.
'Is this another mental debuff? I didn't even check for disgust today?'
But she soon realized that this wasn't a mental debuff. The moment she looked back, her past life self appeared as a third person.
Odette was just looking at her past life self like a ghost.
'It was just a simple dream.'
What good does it do to have to go through that shitty situation so often?
She already got pissed off after experiencing it once in her past life, and once again with a mental debuff...
Should I look at this as a dream again from a new perspective?
‘...But what is that stench? My head feels like it’s going to burst.’
The space was filled with an artificial, strong rose smell that was nauseating.
'This... is that the smell coming from me?'
It was at that moment that she heard footsteps coming in.
She could guess whose footsteps those were. That was the day she first met Charlotte.
As expected, a girl came in through the open door. The pleasant scent of roses filled the prison.
Light pink hair, light blue eyes.
Heart-shaped lips form when she smiles. Cute front teeth that remind you of a rabbit. Harmless and lovely like cotton candy...
‘...And what a gentle scent.’
The presence of the stench was blurred. It was overwhelmed by the pleasant scent of roses on a rainy spring day.
Soon, John and Sion, both wearing blindfolds, appeared and stood guard over Charlotte.
As if she could attack Charlotte while she was locked in the bars.
John, wearing a blindfold, urged her on.
“This damn woman. She cut out her own tongue to avoid making a statement?”
The moment Odette heard that voice, she suddenly felt dizzy. Then, the stench and fragrance of roses that had filled this place suddenly disappeared.
Her body, which was like a ghost in her previous life, was sucked in as is. Just like when she got the mental debuff, she became her previous life's self.
“..."
‘...Hey, what was I thinking just now?’
Odette stared blankly into His Highness the Crown Prince's eyes.
Oh, right.
'I was thinking about why the guards suddenly came to the mansion, why my father did such a terrible thing to my tongue, and why the guards dragged me to prison.'
Because she doesn't understand why that happened.
But why does His Highness tell me that I 'cut off my own tongue'?
'That's not me... m'
But Odette didn't shake her head. She couldn't.
Because even a wink or the slightest gesture was possible only with her father's permission.
She never received any acting instruction from her father about what it would be like to be locked behind bars.
Unless her father had practiced the situation in advance, there was only one thing she had to do.
As always, she has that dignified, doll-like expression.
'If I just shake my head without thinking, I might get abandoned again.'
She didn't want to be abandoned. If she listened to her father, her family would definitely come to her rescue.
Didn't Father tell you? If you listen well, he'll come get you again.
“You pathetic thing. Is it just a tongue? Is it that hard to endure pain for a little while? I’m doing this for your own good! I’m doing this to save you! Don’t you trust your father? And if you don’t trust him, can you still call yourself a daughter?”
'Don't be anxious. I just can't see the big picture that my father has drawn. It's probably nothing serious, and I'm just the only one feeling anxious.'
“Albrecht... Do you feel sorry for me?”
“...”
“If you think I was wrong, nod your head. Then I will at least try to avoid hanging.”
‘...But what is that stench? My head feels like it’s going to burst.’
The space was filled with an artificial, strong rose smell that was nauseating.
'This... is that the smell coming from me?'
It was at that moment that she heard footsteps coming in.
She could guess whose footsteps those were. That was the day she first met Charlotte.
As expected, a girl came in through the open door. The pleasant scent of roses filled the prison.
Light pink hair, light blue eyes.
Heart-shaped lips form when she smiles. Cute front teeth that remind you of a rabbit. Harmless and lovely like cotton candy...
‘...And what a gentle scent.’
The presence of the stench was blurred. It was overwhelmed by the pleasant scent of roses on a rainy spring day.
Soon, John and Sion, both wearing blindfolds, appeared and stood guard over Charlotte.
As if she could attack Charlotte while she was locked in the bars.
John, wearing a blindfold, urged her on.
“This damn woman. She cut out her own tongue to avoid making a statement?”
The moment Odette heard that voice, she suddenly felt dizzy. Then, the stench and fragrance of roses that had filled this place suddenly disappeared.
Her body, which was like a ghost in her previous life, was sucked in as is. Just like when she got the mental debuff, she became her previous life's self.
“..."
‘...Hey, what was I thinking just now?’
Odette stared blankly into His Highness the Crown Prince's eyes.
Oh, right.
'I was thinking about why the guards suddenly came to the mansion, why my father did such a terrible thing to my tongue, and why the guards dragged me to prison.'
Because she doesn't understand why that happened.
But why does His Highness tell me that I 'cut off my own tongue'?
'That's not me... m'
But Odette didn't shake her head. She couldn't.
Because even a wink or the slightest gesture was possible only with her father's permission.
She never received any acting instruction from her father about what it would be like to be locked behind bars.
Unless her father had practiced the situation in advance, there was only one thing she had to do.
As always, she has that dignified, doll-like expression.
'If I just shake my head without thinking, I might get abandoned again.'
She didn't want to be abandoned. If she listened to her father, her family would definitely come to her rescue.
Didn't Father tell you? If you listen well, he'll come get you again.
“You pathetic thing. Is it just a tongue? Is it that hard to endure pain for a little while? I’m doing this for your own good! I’m doing this to save you! Don’t you trust your father? And if you don’t trust him, can you still call yourself a daughter?”
'Don't be anxious. I just can't see the big picture that my father has drawn. It's probably nothing serious, and I'm just the only one feeling anxious.'
“Albrecht... Do you feel sorry for me?”
“...”
“If you think I was wrong, nod your head. Then I will at least try to avoid hanging.”
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