Chapter 24 (1/2)

Translator and Editor: Lea and Ishy

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Chapter 24

In the room overlooking the garden from the front, I couldn’t see the detached building with the empty lot.

What if I didn’t go to my old room to find Ash?

Assuming it was an emergency, I started getting dizzy again.

I was rubbing my eyes roughly, and it was then that my eyes landed on the window.

‘Huh?’

It was the place where a single pot was kept, with a pretty red flower–

There was a flower… but it disappeared.

“Why did this happen? It was fine until yesterday.”

I picked up the pot with trembling hands.

“Who did such a thing…?”

The flower—which had bright red petals and pretty leaves—was in shreds as if it were eaten by a mouse.

“Was there an intruder?”

It was then that my nerves began to tighten again.

[It’s not like that.]

Ash peered at me with an awkward look on his face.

“It’s not?”

After rubbing his forehead for a long time with the tip of his wings, he hesitantly opened his beak.

[Actually… I did that.]

“What? Why?”

[It wasn’t an ordinary flower. It causes a strong sleeping effect.]

I froze as he said it.

“Hold on, what are you saying…”

[It helps you sleep well, and you don’t wake up for at least 6 hours once you fall asleep.]

My mind went blank.

[Even after 6 hours, you’d find it hard to leave your dream world unless someone woke you up.]

Now that I recall, I often overslept after coming here.

‘Like a fool, I thought I was just sleeping more in the morning.’

I thought I was only adjusting to the habits of Olivia’s body from the novel.

Suddenly, I was reminded of the first day I found myself in her body.

“Good morning, My Lady. You woke up earlier than usual today. Did you have a good sleep last night?”

Mary—who came to wake me up on the first day—was taken by surprise.

I didn’t think much of it back then, but now that I think about it, she was very surprised to see me awake.

‘She has been aware of my change since then.’

Then, she kept observing me through Mary’s eyes.

“How did you know that it caused sleep?”

[When I came alone to your room…]

“When you left me and disappeared?”

At the time, my heart sank when the butler suddenly appeared in front of me.

[Sorry.]

He apologized with an awkward look and continued to speak.

[I felt a strange sensation coming from the flower. Chills, perhaps? So I tried the petals.]

“You ate it?”

[When something feels ambiguous, that method gives the most accurate results.]

Ash added with an apologizing look on his face,

[I was flying to tell you about its sleeping effects, but I guess it was too strong for me. I fell asleep on the way.]

Thanks to him falling asleep on the balcony of my old room, I could get a glimpse of some of Carinne’s secrets.

“Why did you do that? What if something had happened to you after eating that dangerous thing?”

[As long as you can see, I have no problem. Thanks to that, I found out about the improved variety of the sleep-causing flower.]

“Improved variety?”

[Yes. If it were normal sleep-producing flowers, I would have known. Do you remember when you said Carinne studied medical herbs?]

I nodded as I thought of a verse I got from the original work.

《Recently, in the central aristocratic society of the Balkan Empire, enjoying magically-improved colorful flowers has been spreading like a trend.》

[She has improved the flowers so that you can’t recognize them.]

Such creepy thoroughness.

Carinne had kept her poker face intact even after she became suspicious of me.

I shuddered, my body twitching like a tree.

[Olivia, are you alright?]

I slowly took a deep breath to calm myself.

At times like this, I had to keep my mind cool.

‘The reason Carinne is watching me before she kills me is because I didn’t have enough of her poison.’

It wasn’t enough to be made into an evil spirit.

And there must have been a reason to choose the cumbersome method of ‘sorcery’ as a way to get rid of me.

‘This place is dangerous.’

I stood up straight, looking out at the dim light of dawn in the sky.

Then, I started to pack only the essential items in my handbag.

[Olivia, what are you doing?]

“I’m going to get out of here right now.”

Whether or not he thought I was acting emotionally without countermeasures, he shouted in surprise,