I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration

[NOTE: If you are sensible, be carefull when reading this chapter. Here there will be violence towars Edith]

“No. They’re already coming this way. Don’t take my words lightly. If you want to save your life, please run away. I’m saying this out of consideration for your younger siblings who only trust you. Cliff Ludwig… He won’t leave anyone here alive.”

 

“But we won’t get paid until the work is done. We’ve only received the down payment yet.”

 

They were all impatient. If this continues, even those who have done me a small favor would fall under Cliff’s cruel blade. Whether in her past life or in her current life, there were very few people who showed her favor, so she really wanted to save them.

 

‘Is there anything that can be taken as money right now…’

 

It wasn’t a dress with jewels, and the headdress was made of corsages and ribbons, so it was unlikely to be worth money. She paused for a moment, looking at what she was wearing. Because it reminded her of the ruby necklace hanging around her neck. Thanks to the dress that covered her neck, it felt like it hadn’t been taken away yet. It was a bit of a waste since it was a necklace that Killian bought her, but if she lost her mind anyway, Sophia might take it. She felt like it would be better to give it to these people than to that bitch.

 

“Hey. On my neck… There is a necklace hanging on it.”

 

“So?”

 

“It’s high quality ruby and gold string. It will make a lot of money if you sell it, so take it and run away.”

 

The two men looked at each other again and hesitated.

 

“Once Sofia comes, it’s over. Hurry!”

 

At her urging, the man who tied her carefully lifted the neck of her dress and removed the necklace.

 

“Take that and run away right away. I don’t want the people who did me favors to die. Please go quickly. Don’t fight to get what you want!”

 

They nodded absentmindedly and put the necklace in their pocket. And before leaving the room, he looked back at her.

 

“Uh, over there…”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Hmm… good luck.”

 

She smiled slightly at the greeting that seemed even shy. A nameless extra who wasn’t even mentioned in the original work. But she knew they had friendly siblings, and she received a favor that may have saved her life.

 

“I wish you both good luck.”

 

And as soon as they left, another voice was heard from afar. Unfortunately, it was a female voice.

 

“Why on earth does it take so long to get a girl?”

 

From Sophia’s voice, which openly spoke down of the mercenaries, she felt like she knew why those two people had a crush on her.

 

‘It’s easy to build consensus when you have a common enemy.’

 

She guessed this was something she should be grateful to Sophia for.

 

“Ah, ahaha! Don’t be harsh. I was just looking at the noble lady because she was so pretty.”

 

“Why are you making such a fuss about how pretty something like that is? I guess someone is a bunch of hillbillies.”

 

Even if she were a mercenary, she thought she would have felt bad. Anyway, the two men probably thought of her and quickly disappeared without making Sophia angry. She prayed that they would run straight away this way. And a moment later, the wooden door burst open.

 

“Hehe. It looks good. So, when Shane gave me the last chance, I should have taken it. Stupid.”

 

Perhaps because of Shane’s order to treat her as something worse than the count’s laundry maid, Sophia did not treat her with respect, even as a joke.

 

‘Anyway, we need to take as much time as possible.’

 

Cliff would attack soon. So, if she took her time well, she could have ended up not getting hit much. She chewed her lips, took a deep breath, and asked.

 

“Since this has come to this, let me ask you just one question.”

 

“What?”

 

“Me… Why did you hate me so much?”

 

Sophia’s mouth stiffened at her question. She brought this up to avoid being criticized, but did she really offend Sophia? But then she laughed like she was snorting.

 

“I grew up hearing only compliments from a young age.”

 

Ugh. Suddenly, Sophia’s narrative began. Although she was not that curious… 

 

“In a commoner family of three boys and four girls, the fifth child was the most loved by her parents.”

 

Suddenly, a self-introduction…?

 

“I thought I could achieve anything if I tried. They say you can buy a noble title with money, so I wanted to become a noble someday and live a happy life. I was confident.”

 

She was a passionate and enterprising talent that 21st century Korea would really like.

 

‘Yes, yes. Okay, stop now…’

 

“But as I grew up, I realized that there are more important factors to success than just being talented.”

 

She just asked her to tell her why she hated her. How long did she have to listen to this? Of course, it served the purpose of wasting time. At that time, Sophia seemed to have noticed that she was lost in her thoughts and pointed her finger at her and asked.

 

“Do you know what that is?”

 

“Uh… Well… I guess it’s luck or background?”

 

Since the questioner’s intention did not seem to be to seek a textbook answer, she gave a self-deprecatory answer from the Republic of Korea in the 21st century. Those who worked hard couldn’t beat those who enjoyed, those who enjoyed couldn’t beat those who were lucky, and even those who were lucky couldn’t beat those who were good.

 

“Ha! It looks like the stupid girl still had some ideas, huh?”

 

‘Uh? Was this correct?’

 

“That’s right. Luck, background, or bloodline. I’m much better than you, but I’m just your maid, and you’re much more stupid and useless than me, but you’re lucky enough to become the daughter of a count.”

 

“What should I do if I was born like this?”

 

“No. You were originally meant to be abandoned. You are an illegitimate child and an orphan.”

 

“…what?”

 

She asked back, wondering if she had heard wrong.

 

“Oh, by the way, you didn’t know, right? Your mother is Count Rigelhof’s dead sister, and I don’t even know who your father is.”

 

Sophia looked quite happy, probably because she thought she was mentally shocked after learning the cruel truth. But she was just relieved to know a little bit about why Edith was abused. She was ‘not Count Rigelhof’s illegitimate daughter, but the child of his sister’. That’s why he was able to treat her like that! That’s why he was able to talk about his treat as ‘family grace’. From their point of view, it was a favor for a ‘family shame’ who deserved to be discarded, and they enrolled her into the Rigelhof family. Anyway, it wasn’t good for Sophia to know that she was fine. She looked extremely shocked.

 

“Well, then… Everything about my father and brother hitting me and my mother being indifferent to me… You mean that’s why?”

 

“You can’t blame Master and Shane. They are the ones who turned you into a count’s daughter when you should have been abandoned in an orphanage. The reason you got hit was simply because you were incompetent. okay?”

 

“I’ve been beaten since before I was five or six years old! What kind of competence did you expect from such a child?”

 

“At that time, it might have been because I thought about your mother who died giving birth to you.”

 

Sophia giggled as if it was fun. Then suddenly her face stiffened, and the temperature difference was so great that I wondered if Sophia had lost her mind a little.

 

“If I were the count’s daughter, I would have been able to benefit the Count Rigelhof family much more. Much more than you, who can’t even understand.”

 

“It wasn’t my decision to be enrolled into the Count Rigelhof family. Is that a reason to hate me? It’s not my fault!”

 

At those words, Sophia, who was looking down at her coldly, immediately slapped her. She hit her so hard that the corsage on her head fell off.

 

“If you were competent, I wouldn’t have to feel this way, right?”

 

She laughed helplessly as she turned her head back to its original position.

 

“Do not be ridiculous. If that were the case, there would be no reason to hate Lise. You just needed someone to vent your anger on for what you didn’t have. Why are you rationalizing now?”

 

She probably didn’t know that she had discovered that she hated Lise, so she attacked Sophia.

 

“You and that girl deserve to be hated because you are sitting in a position that is not suitable for being born dirty!”

 

A burning pain arose in her cheek again. Perhaps because she was hit in the same spot repeatedly, her nose started bleeding and she could taste blood in her mouth.

 

‘Ai, let’s take turns hitting each other.’

 

Her ears were ringing and she even burst into tears and was in a daze. But she could tell that the real beating was about to begin now. Sure enough, Sophia rolled up her arms and picked up her short horse whip.

 

“Such a vulgar woman is not suitable for you, Shane. A prostitute like that who bewitches men by believing that she has a pretty face…!”

 

“Then… Who suits you?”

 

She raised her tear-soaked eyelashes and asked in a snotty voice.

 

“You know noble ladies well. Which one of them will you accept if she becomes Shane’s bride?”

 

Sophia’s hand holding her horsewhip trembled.

 

“If it’s difficult to choose just one person, at least call a candidate.”

 

“Shut up!”

 

Her horsewhip made a whistling sound and struck her forearm. It really hurt, but she gritted her teeth. If she screamed that she was in pain and stopped talking, from then on she would just be beaten without any dialogue.

 

“There is no way you can answer that, right? That’s basically what love is. No matter how bad you are, you don’t want to see someone take my loved one instead of me, yes?”

 

“I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. This dirty bitch…!”

 

“You don’t love Shane? Can you swear to God? Are you saying it’s okay for Shane to become someone else completely?”

 

Even though it was dark in her room, she felt like she could feel the glow in Sophia’s eyes.

 

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