Chapter 02
No, I’m not going! I already lowered my hand! Why would I go to my death?
“I’m not going!”
Sella quickly denied it.
But before she could finish her words, the director and the butler of the Seidan family glared at her. Sella realized that, in her panic and excitement, she had openly annoyed the two of them.
If she angered the director, there would be serious consequences!
But still, there was nothing she could do about it…
“I’ll go, I’ll go!”
Oh my goodness! Sister!
Before she knew it, her sister had raised her hand high.
“Sella gave this up for me. Actually, I’ve always wanted to do maid work. So this is why!”
Betty bowed and explained Sella’s actions.
It seemed like she judged that angering the short-tempered director and the noble family’s butler would not end well.
“Sister!”
Sella tried to stop Betty, but before she could, Betty had already placed her hand over her mouth.
“Shh! Be quiet! It seems like Sella is a bit sick today.”
Betty scolded Sella and quickly made excuses to the director and the butler.
“She’s just too kind-hearted… She doesn’t want to be apart from me. I’ll take care of this!”
Betty’s face turned bright red as she bowed her head in apology. Only then did they nod, though with a reluctant expression.
“Sister!”
“Sella, stop it!”
Sella tried to stop her sister once more, but Betty’s stern look made her close her mouth.
In the end, Betty left for the Seidan family, and Sella stomped her feet while watching her leave.
At the same time, she steeled herself, thinking that if she went to find her sister tomorrow, she could convince her to leave that house.
Of course, time was running out. Kesselaya was about to make her debut, and in the original story, she would meet the villain when she was introduced in her debutante dress.
If she didn’t hurry, the villain would fall for the female lead, the female lead would fall for the crown prince, and the villain would start killing everyone around the female lead, marking the beginning of the original story.
So, before that, she had to take her sister out of Kesselaya’s house as soon as possible.
Two days after Betty left, Sella, now burdened with her sister’s duties, was still looking for an opportunity to visit the Seidan family to meet Betty.
“Patrick, starting today, you’ll handle the wood order that Betty used to do.”
While cleaning the director’s office, Sella was deep in thought when the director called Patrick, the orphaned staff member who was the same age as Sella.
Unlike a typical household order, these orders were much larger because they applied to the entire orphanage. Rather than placing an order with a lumber supplier, they went straight to the lumberjack to do business.
Actually, they could have made a scheduled order for a certain amount, but the director would always change the order quantity every week depending on the weather. It seemed to be a way to save even a little more money.
“Yes, just tell me where the lumberjack’s residence is, and I’ll go right away.”
Patrick responded eagerly.
“To the entrance of Tolto Mountain… Actually, I don’t know exactly, but you can ask Betty to tell you.”
‘Betty?’
Sella immediately stopped cleaning and stood up.
This was her chance to meet her sister!
“I’ll go to the lumberjack myself!”
Of course, the wood order was just an excuse to meet Betty. It would be a little busier, but going to see the lumberjack wasn’t a big deal.
“You?”
The director raised an eyebrow at Sella’s statement.
“Yes! I’ve taken over almost all of Betty’s tasks, so I should do this too!”
“Tolto Mountain? Are you sure you’ll go all the way there? Don’t use the excuse of the wood order and slack off on your other work.”
Sella had more duties now with Betty’s tasks added on, so she understood that it would be busy.
“No, I can finish quickly and get everything done!”
“Well then, don’t make trouble for the Seidan family, just go and quickly meet them. The order should be 50 gallons as last week, but just ask them if it’s 40 gallons, just in case.”
The director spoke with a lack of conscience.
He had always paid for 50 gallons, but now he wanted to try to reduce it by 10 gallons just because the person ordering was different.
“Yes!”
Sella had no intention of arguing. She was too eager to meet her sister.
Patrick, who was standing by, warned her that there were rumors of bears in Tolto Mountain, but Sella, excited about meeting Betty, and the director, who was probably planning to have Patrick do other work, both ignored his concerns.
She hurriedly ran to the Seidan family’s residence, determined to persuade Betty to leave.
When Sella arrived, Betty was coming out of the house.
“Miss, my sister is here. May I have a brief conversation with her?”
Sella waved her hand, and Betty cautiously asked the woman in front of them.
That woman was the female lead of the original story, Kesselaya.
Sella looked at Kesselaya with sympathy.
Soon, she would be caught by the villain and imprisoned, enduring all sorts of horrors.
She was so beautiful…
But now was not the time to worry about the original female lead. She couldn’t change the main characters, and she had to focus on saving her sister.
“…Can’t you see I’m busy? Finish quickly and come back.”
The female lead glanced at Sella with a frown, and Sella was a little surprised at her sharp attitude.
But then, considering the situation—where the family of a newly hired maid was waiting for their employer—Sella thought that the female lead’s reaction was understandable.
“Sister, can’t you find another job? This house doesn’t seem safe. You should go to the butcher’s job you planned, and I’ll… I’ll help you with it next time…”
Sella quickly got to the point, though in a voice low enough that Kesselaya wouldn’t hear.
“Sella, why do you keep doing this? Are you sick again?”
The original Sella, three years ago, had been feverish to the point that even getting close would cause heat to radiate off her. Betty had stayed up all night nursing her, afraid her sister would die. When Betty fell asleep for a moment, she woke up to find Sella staring down at her with no memory of what had happened.
Maybe the original Sella died that day, and Sera from Korea entered Sella’s body. Betty, seeing her sister alive and not dead, had cried, grateful that Sella was still alive.
After that, all of Sella’s memories and emotions gradually absorbed into Sera. Little by little, Sera became more like Sella. But even though she had settled into her new life, Betty always worried about Sella’s health.
Just like now.
“I’m fine! I just want my sister to come back, please come back.”
Knowing Betty’s concern for her, Sella couldn’t say anything about being ‘possessed’ or about the ‘novel’. She could only say this:
“Why do you keep doing this? We decided to work hard now.”
Betty gave a brief glance at the female lead and scolded her in a firm voice.
Betty was both a sister and a mother to Sella.
“Betty, are you done? We’re about to run out of time for the fitting at ‘Bliss’.”
Kesselaya urged.
“Yes! Miss, I’m coming! Sella, I have to go now.”
Betty replied loudly to Kesselaya, then turned to Sella.
“Sister, please! Please, let’s go back to the orphanage. You can get another job. This house is no good. Please.”
“Sella, you’re not a child anymore. Don’t you think the director has been good to you and me all this time? If you stay longer, the only jobs left will be terrible! We need to earn money as soon as possible…”
“Sister, you wouldn’t believe it, but I could die…”
In desperation, Sella was about to mention the original plot.
“Betty!”
But she was interrupted by the female lead’s sharp call.
“Sella, why are you acting like a child again? Do you think I’m happy being separated from you? You’re already 20, you need to get your act together! Ugh, are you sure you’re not sick?”
Betty, who had been scolding, suddenly looked worried. It seemed she remembered Sella’s condition when Sera first possessed her.
“…No, I’m fine. So… where is the lumberjack’s house for the firewood order? I’m supposed to do it in place of you now.”
Sella suppressed her impatience and spoke. She needed to buy the firewood anyway.
It seemed like convincing her sister would have to wait for another time.
While Betty was having a hard time adjusting to her new job, Sella did not want her to worry about her health concerns.
“Ugh, why did you have to take on that task too? Anyway, when you reach the fork at the entrance of Tolto Mountain, go right. Then go right again, then left, then right again, and one more right. The lumberjack lives in the mountain cabin there. If you place the order, he’ll deliver it by dawn the day after tomorrow.”
As Betty’s explanation grew faster, she glanced at Kesselaya. The female lead had crossed her arms and tilted her head, clearly uncomfortable.
“Right, right…”
“Say hi to Rodie for me.”
Betty spoke quickly, then added a strange comment.
“Rody?”
“Yeah, the lumberjack. You’ll recognize him right away. He’s very handsome and strong.”
Was that even a helpful description?
Betty gave an unhelpful explanation before quickly leaving with Kesselaya.
“Rody…”
Sella muttered the name of the lumberjack as she stared at her sister’s retreating figure. Then she headed for Tolto Mountain.
“Right, right… Ah!”
At the third fork in the road, Sella stopped in her tracks.
Until now, the paths had split into two, but this time, there were three options.
She wasn’t sure if she should take the left path or the middle one. Should she try the left first and turn back if it’s wrong?
While she was debating between the middle and left paths, someone walked towards her from the middle path.
A tall man was coming closer…
“Excuse me…”
Seeing the man’s face, Sella was speechless.
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