CH 3

She’s human too.

I remembered my niece’s face Seo Yeon-ah, who can’t stop asking me to read the fairy tale with her bright smile.

I read the fairy tale book that she asked for until the book was worn out.

‘But no one would have read a fairy tale book to Larissa.’

What was Larissa thinking when she was always beaten like that?

Will she be waiting for a knight who will one day save her from this hellish basement?

‘No, I don’t think she had the basis for thinking about such girlish dreams……’

In the fairy tale, the female lead was trapped, so it was not stated what she was thinking.

In the book, it is written about how beautiful she was and how high the value of the diamonds made of her tears.

Then she was rescued by a wonderful prince, and there was almost no such thing as a psychological description of her.

The only description was that she looked at the moon every night and said, “Please save me.”

‘But this secret basement room doesn’t even have a window to look at the moon.’

I get closer with a bitter feeling. Without a word, I picked up the bandage from the medicine box and handed it to the nanny.

The nanny said in a panic, “Oh, Lady. You don’t need to do this.”

“I’ll help you.”

“It’s okay. I’ve always been doing it alone. And don’t get your hands dirty like this.”

Like this? Don’t get your hands dirty?

‘That child must be the lady of this house too.’

I frowned.

The nanny put down the medicines and bandages and raised Larissa’s body.

“Now, go back to your room, Lady. Your body hasn’t recovered yet, and the master told you to be careful. If you stay here, you will feel uncomfortable.”

She pushed me out the door and quickly closed the basement door.

Even if I stay, there’s nothing I can do.

I climbed the stairs slowly.

As a result of the carriage accident, my body aches here and there.

‘I have to recover my body first. Only then will I think about whether to run away or not.’

As I went up to the room, I heard a murmured from the front.

I narrowed my eyes.

Two maids were approaching this way, chatting loudly.

And they were late to find me.

“Oh, my, ah…… Lady!”

“Lady Marcia!”

As soon as they found me, they were very surprised.

They stopped their feet and stepped back towards the wall, holding their hands politely and bowing their heads.

The maids’ faces were pale.

Normally, Marcia was merciless to employees.

Whenever there was a corner that bothered her even a little, she would immediately swear and slap them on the cheek.

Even if they have done nothing wrong, when she wasn’t feeling very good, she even got angry with the maids passing by.

It was natural that they were frightened because they were caught talking and gossiping.

‘Let’s not do that anymore, Marcia, huh?’

I muttered inside.

It is to persuade another me who shows reluctance.

In the corner of my heart, I felt Marcia wanting to slap the maids on the cheeks.

I calmed myself trying to subdue Marcia’s feelings.

‘Let’s just leave them alone. If your relationship with the employees is bad, you may have a gritty thing when you run away from this mansion later on.’

I don’t even need to be kind to the maids. It will look weird.

So I bowed my head and took my eyes off the maids, and without saying anything, I stepped on the stairs to the upper floor.

– What was that? I thought I was going to be slapped. Is she in a good mood today?

– It’s said that she had an accident yesterday, maybe her head hurts?

The maids whispered in my back. They seemed to think I couldn’t hear it.

I turned my back, the maids hurriedly bowed their heads, pretending nothing happened.

‘That’s weird.’

I was halfway up the stairs.

‘How did I hear them whispering when they were that far?’

Did they say loudly on purpose?

The maids exchanged their eyes with each other, then quickly disappeared into the other corridor.

I shrugged and stepped up the stairs again.

Soon after, my body ached again. Because of that, I had to climb the stairs and hold on to the railing in pain.

“Ugh. Why is my room on the top floor?”

It was then that I finally reached the stairs leading to the third floor.

The entrance to the mansion opened with a loud sound.

It was still raining outside. A cold wind mixed with rainwater blew into the lobby on the first floor.

“Damn it!”

Marcia’s older brother and the eldest son of the Blick family—Villain Blick—suddenly came cursing.

Even today, he was drunk.

‘No, it might be a drug, not alcohol.’

If it was the usual Marcia, I would have ignored him and went to my room, but I suddenly became curious.

‘What would he look like.’

If I look into Marcia’s memory, I will know how he looks, but I still want to check it with my own eyes.

It’s my first time seeing him.

So I leaned on the railing and looked down quietly.

I didn’t want to greet him.

The fact that our relationship was bad was quickly understood by my body’s response.

“Welcome, Young Master.”

The servant quickly approached and closed the open front door, bowed his back, and greeted him.

Villain took off his wet coat and threw it over the servant’s head.

‘Ha! What a personality.’

His blond hair was soaked upon his face and his green eyes glowed softly even though he was drunk.

He had a beautiful face, resembling his mother who passed away.

None of the three siblings resembled their father.

All three have excellent looks and green eyes. The most beautiful is Larissa, the youngest.

Villain annoyedly unbuttoned his shirts, leaving the servant behind him.

Then our eyes met.

As I didn’t avoid his eyes, it was Villain who frowned first.

“What do you look at?”

“Nothing.”

I raised my chin and turned my head gracefully back to the stairs.

Then Villain groaned behind me.

“You walk very well even after rolling in the carriage. How poor you are, had an accident right after your fiancé broke up with you.”

– Broke up? How dare you say that?

Marcia’s anger was immediately felt.

At the same time, her memory came to me as well.

It was only a month ago.

Her father’s failed business and her brother’s gambling caused her fiancé to break off the engagement.

She didn’t even particularly like her fiancé.

‘She just met him a few times in the first place.’

It was just an engagement on paper from a two-family agreement.

However, Marcia did not accept the fact that she is labeled as a devastated woman who was abandoned by her fiancé.

‘Thanks to that, Marcia couldn’t go to the party for a while.’

The contempt that she felt the day she breakup was vividly felt to me.

I turned around, grabbed the railing, and glare at Villain.

The furious Marcia spits out her words, “So you were beaten by debtors and you haven’t hurt anywhere? Seeing you rambling on so well, are you still all right? It must be great to take the money and destroy your family and even go out to gamble.”

Villain was three years older than Marcia, but she didn’t treat him as her brother.

A tired expression appeared on the face of the servant who followed Villain with his coat, as if this happened often.

Then the servant quickly stepped back.

“Damn it. It’s because my plan has more potential than my father’s business. Besides, gambling is fun. But look at father’s business, the merchant ship was drowned? Is he even capable of doing business?”

He spoke without hesitation.

‘By the way, the merchant ship was drowned?’

Come to think of it, Igor said that a while ago in the basement.

It wasn’t once or twice that Igor fell into business and ruined.

Something quickly ruined as long as he put his hand on it.

Whether he didn’t have eyes to see or he didn’t have the talent for business.

Marcia didn’t know, and she didn’t want to know.

Suddenly Villain stepped toward the stairs.

“Money comes out once you go to the basement. Why do you only swear to me? Didn’t you also use to spend money like water, huh?”

Wow, look at the way you speak.

I shrugged and let out Marcia’s thoughts, “So you’re saying that father’s business failed while your gambling has more potential? Nonsense! And do you only drink alcohol? You even put some drug on it. Is your life long enough?”

Marcia, who was controlling this body, shouted at Vellian happily, “After all, what will change if you drink alcohol? Can you even get drunk? Everything will return to normal if you purify your body. Our mother has only passed down the ability that is completely useless.”

At that moment, I was amazed at what went out of my mouth.

‘Our mother was a fairy.’

What Villain inherited from his mother is an ability that used to purify his body.

‘Then it seems that Larissa’s tears turn into diamonds is an ability inherited from her mother.’

When the story about his mother came out, Villain’s eyes changed.

His face suddenly turned red.

“Shut up! Shut up and go back to your room right away.”

Villain glared at me once, then turned around and headed for the basement.

Wait, the basement?