Chapter 5

I got goosebumps.

Then, would the prince also look like he was drawn in the illustration?

The female lead depicted in the illustration, Larisa, and the nasty older sister, Marcia were moderately similar but did not look the same.

Particularly, the older sister, whose heart is nasty, was drawn with only the features of pure white skin, blonde, and others were simplified.

It couldn’t be seen as a portrait of Marcia.

“The prince was obviously tall and black-haired.”

It would have been nice if there were even portraits on the family tree.

It doesn’t mean that even the characteristics of the person are written on it.

In the family tree, only names, years of birth and death, marital status, spouses, and children were written down honestly.

Still, this was a great result.

At least I figured out which family the prince is from and what his name is.

I was satisfied and covered the directory.

Take Larissa and escape, then take her to the Laurent family.

I would only leave her there and I would sell my jewels and survive.

“It’s simple.”

Of course, it won’t be that simple if you go into a detailed plan.

In any case, it would be better for Larissa than to be trapped in the basement and be beaten every day.

‘It’ll take at least a week for her legs to heal. Let’s make an escape plan in a week.

I put the books I took out and left the study.

* * *

“…Why can’t I make a plan?”

It was the same in the last world and in the fairy tale.

This incident happened on the fourth day since I was in a fairy tale.

It took a long time to realize, but my soul and Marcia’s spirit were getting mixed up little by little.

At first, it was different.

Marcia’s will and memory were revealed to the surface only when stimulated from the outside.

When I wanted to know what had happened in the past, I had to ask Marcia a question in my mind.

However, as the days passed, it decreased.

What had happened in the past, and how Marcia would have behaved, these things began to be remembered right away.

On the third day, Marcia’s memory almost completely became my memory.

‘So, it feels like it’s slowly absorbed into me…’

Just as my soul was absorbed into Marcia’s body, Marcia’s memory was absorbed into my soul.

I don’t know where Marcia’s soul has gone.

While taking over Marcia’s memory, it was the fourth day that I realized with my whole body what kind of abilities the fairy mother gave Marcia.

Until then, I simply thought that Marcia had a good hearing ability.

This is because I could hear the sound of a small shudder of the maids passing through the corridor.

Strangely, I couldn’t hear their footsteps, but only their speech was clearly audible.

But the sound I heard on the fourth day wasn’t like the maids complaining.

It was a creepy sound.

-Please save me, I did it wrong. It hurts, it hurts… Please stop…

The voice of a young girl begging for a bitterly.

“…..!”

I was sitting in this common room, and I was frightened and opened the door of the common room.

There was nobody in the hallway.

The room connected to the common room was a reception room and was empty as well.

I muttered.

“Is it a hallucination?”

While I was thinking, the voice continued to be heard.

It was a voice that made me scared just by listening.

If it was Marcia, she would have tried to escape from that sound right away.

Either run away to her room on the top of the mansion, or run out of the house, and go to any party and drink.

But I was different from Marcia.

Contrary to her, I did not run away but moved my steps toward the side where the sound was heard.

Where would it have been?

Apparently, it was a basement.

Realistically, the sound from the second floor underground could not be heard up to the second floor above the ground.

In addition, the basement where Larissa was trapped was thoroughly soundproofed.

‘No way…’

I stopped in front of the entrance to the basement.

The door was locked from the inside, and I left the key to the basement in my room while rushing down to find the source of the sound.

‘What should I do? Should I go back and get the key?’

While hesitating, the door of the basement opened.

It was my brother, Villain, who came out.

When he made eye contact, he opened his eyes wide and soon stained his face with a laugh.

“Who is this? Are you going to do it yourself now?”

Looks like he thought I was here to beat up Larissa.

“What are you doing here?”

His sarcastic way of speaking was unpleasant.

‘Rather than that, to come out of here…’

I quickly looked at him from top to bottom.

Not surprisingly, there were a few drops of blood splattered on the ends of the sleeves.

“Is there anything else to do here?”

I couldn’t stand it and raised my voice.

“I gave you earrings a few days ago. It was emerald.”

The earrings were quite expensive. It’s no exaggeration to say that it would be a month’s worth of alcohol.

It’s a month’s worth of liquor prices for Villain who drinks alcohol and a pair could buy a small house.

By the way, why did he go to the basement again?

‘No way…’

“Yes, it’s quite expensive. It’s a shame I lost it.”

“Did you even gamble that? How much did you think it was?”

Villain strides toward me.

When a man with a bigger head looked down in front of my nose, I was overwhelmed.

“So what? Those well-off emerald earrings were eventually paid for with tears.”

Villain pricked my shoulder with his index finger.

“Do you think you’re clean just because you send a servant to hit her? All the luxuries you eat and wear comes from here.”

I know, I know.

‘So I’m trying to stop it from now on!’

Of course, I can’t say that.

I reached out and pushed Villain hard.

But he didn’t even budge.

Instead, he lifted his hand that poked me in the shoulder and turns to my cheek.

“I haven’t destroyed that diamond mine, I’ll never kill her until my life is full of wealth.”

My face frowns more.

I struck Villain’s hand and pushed him away, looking at him.

Villain looked down at me for a moment and then laughed, pulling the tail of his mouth.

“Stop your hypocrisy.”

He took his key out of his pocket and locked the door of the basement room securely.

When he heard the clacking sound of the iron clasp, he grabbed the door handle and shaken it to make sure it was locked.

Villain took a look at me and left the basement leaving me alone.

The same desperate voice was no longer heard inside the door.

The inside was quiet.

Instead, Villain’s voice came from the top of the stairs.

-That’s funny, crazy bitch.

I realized at that moment.

The ability the fairy mother gave to Marcia was to heard people’s hearts.

To be precise, only negative sounds.

There is no sound of joy.

Sounds of complaining or swearing were heard without exception.

It was clearer if that was the voice-directed at Marcia herself.

‘I can see why Marcia’s personality has come to this point.’

I can hear the hearts of people around me, but all of them are negative sounds.

Even when I was still, I heard complaints from everywhere.

The more she heard, the worse her character Marcia deteriorated, and the employees were more complaining about her.

Moreover, the painful voice could be heard from a distance.

‘That’s why Marcia’s room is on top of the mansion.’

She couldn’t withstand Larissa’s screams from the basement.

So her room should be the furthest from the basement.

On days she could not stand, she ran out of the mansion.

She wasn’t as good as Larissa, but she was very beautiful.

People at the party said only good things to her.

She was sixteen years old, and she fell into the booze after she was able to drink when she reached adulthood.

So she went to parties every night, drank the liquor, and returned home at dawn.

I bite my lips, recalling my memories of Marcia’s past.

‘I already know by reading from her memory. I thought, but I just knew it with my head.’

It would be like this to hear someone else’s heart.

Now I am Marcia.

‘I don’t think it’s hard, I don’t avoid it, I’ll solve the problem.’

If you hear the sound of the pain, don’t you just have to get rid of the source?

The voice of Larissa’s heart bothers me.

Then I can leave the house or get Larissa out of the basement.

“The most obvious thing is to do both.”

I take Larissa and escape from here, leaving her to her future husband.

“Perfect “

I had three days left when I decided to escape.

I leaned against the heavy basement door. The iron door was so cold that it shuddered.

I put my cheek to it and said quietly.

“Just be patient, just three more days.”

But it wasn’t three days later that I started packing, but exactly two hours later.

As soon as Igor, who had been out, returned to the mansion, Larissa screamed again.

‘Let’s go out tonight.’

I took out my bag and swept all the jewelry and accessories I had.

* * *

Late that night, I went to the basement secretly.