Herold Estanya didn’t seem to be a particularly smart person.

To fall for it so easily.

‘His intentions are painfully obvious.’

I inwardly clicked my tongue.

Anyway, Calix and I shouldn’t be associated any further.

So I planned to talk to Calix separately.

‘When Herold Estanya gathers the forces of local nobles, we should discard the Estanya family and only take the rest of the forces.’

The nobles already in the center are not on Calix’s side anyway.

We might be able to bring some of them as allies, but not the majority.

So we’ll need new forces.

Of course, I’ll just lay the groundwork, and Calix will be the one to judge.

I looked around the Estanya family’s library.

The room was covered in dust, seemingly untouched for quite some time.

I opened the windows wide and examined the books.

Among them, one particularly old-looking book caught my eye.

As if entranced, I took it from the shelf and opened it.

The book’s title was untitled.

It seemed to be someone’s diary.

Characters similar to Posnian script were written in a flowing manner.

I squinted, trying to decipher the sentences in the book.

‘What terrible handwriting…’

The content was roughly this:

The Estanya family, which we thought would last forever, has fallen.

If it weren’t for my brother Mellory, we would have been exterminated by Rafael Posman, the devout hero of Kamesis.

Rafael Posman is the first emperor of Posnia that Calix mentioned.

But a devout hero of Kamesis?

‘Could it be that Rafael Posman is in the same situation as me?’

I had no idea what the gods of this country were up to.

While the gods of Earth feel like something truly absolute, the gods here seem to retain a lot of human qualities.

Like the gods of Greek and Roman mythology.

And that fact was quite annoying from my perspective, possibly being used by these gods.

The great Lord Morisias saved our family who had devoted their lives to him.

Although we were branded as traitors by other followers of Lord Morisias, we have a mission.

That’s why we can endure this level of contempt for hundreds of years.

For Lord Morisias.

It gave me goosebumps. I could feel the madness in the increasingly messy handwriting.

We will follow the same method used by the vicious light, Kamesis.

Mellory will become the material for the hero, and we will create a vessel to summon Lord Morisias’s hero with the blood of Estanya.

Insane. I put down the book and looked at my hands and feet.

So, Mellory is from the Estanya family and created this body for Morisias’s resurrection?

To summon me?

Are they in their right mind?

And we will create Lord Morisias’s world again.

I stared at the last page with my mouth wide open.

‘Who’s going to help?’

I was dumbfounded.

I don’t know what kind of fool the first emperor of Posnia was, but if he was forcibly brought here like me, why on earth did he help Kamesis?

My blood was boiling.

All my plans have been ruined.

I can’t go back home, and I’m about to voluntarily quit the Crown Prince’s palace that I’ve been working hard at while trying to adjust to this world.

Most importantly, this has put Calix in danger.

‘Because of my existence.’

I gave the book double middle fingers with both hands.

“What a load of crap. Morisias’s world my as$. It’s my world!”

I needed to go to the female lead right away.

Whether it worked out or not, I felt I could only make a proper plan after meeting her.

Should I threaten Herold to get a carriage?

‘Surely the family has at least one carriage?’

I even specially promised to give him a chance to enter central politics with Calix.

If he had even a shred of conscience left, he should let me go.

“Don’t think I’ll do as you wish.”

If I was destined to die, I should have died on Earth.

No one knows how painful false hope can be.

Every night I lived diligently thinking about going back.

I tried so hard to return home no matter what, and the result is just this…

‘Possession due to some nonsense about changing the fate of a god I have nothing to do with.’

They couldn’t have chosen a worse person.

Moreover, they even threatened me by mentioning the innocent Calix.

‘What? If I don’t cooperate, what will happen to Calix?’

How dare they play with people. Do I look easy to push around?

I can change that damn fate plenty well on my own.

First, I need to meet the female lead and negotiate.

If I can make the female lead harbor ill will towards Duke Tianel, then connect her with Calix, and make her betray the Duke…

“This is driving me crazy.”

I slid down the wall to the floor.

I don’t know why Calix’s face keeps floating in my mind.

Unconsciously, I touched my lips.

And swallowed hard.

‘I don’t know what I want to do.’

I don’t know what I’m hesitating about.

My head tells me to go to the female lead right away to resolve this situation, but my feelings don’t want to.

It sounds crazy, but I didn’t want Calix and the female lead to meet.

Anyway, since the Duke uses the fact that the female lead is his daughter to gain power and kill Calix, can’t we just keep them from meeting?

To be honest, I didn’t want to leave Posnia without Calix.

I think I’ve grown too attached.

It’s because that guy has been too good to me.

Why did he suddenly change his attitude instead of treating me badly like before, causing this situation?

***

“Rose, I quite liked Prongsis.”

“Want to go back? Stay longer. I won’t stop you.”

“You’re so cold, Rose!”

In the end, I persuaded Herold to borrow the Estanya family’s carriage.

To be precise, I threatened him to get it, but anyway, is that important?

Of course, the quality was much lower than the carriage Calix had given me.

‘Ah, I’m sleepy…’

I was tired from leaving early in the morning, but I desperately kept my eyes open.

Strange things happen if you just sleep in the carriage.

“Rose, your expression right now is really funny.”

Meanwhile, Aaron tactlessly looked at my face and burst out laughing, and I forced myself to smile back.

I wanted to get annoyed, but how could I when he came all this way because of me?

“I’m sorry, Aaron.”

I said sincerely. But the response was ridiculous.

“Huh? I had a lot of fun after a long time!”

“…I see. Fun… Yeah, fun. Haha.”

I couldn’t understand why he found it fun at all.

“Hmm, it’s definitely fun.”

Aaron chuckled meaningfully and then took out a water bottle from his bag and threw it out of the carriage.

At that moment, there was a thud and the sound of something colliding and falling over.

“What was that?”

“Oh, it seems like a cheetah beastman.”

“What? Why is that suddenly there?”

“Who knows?”

I gaped at Aaron.

And I quickly decided to give up on understanding him.

Because we had already arrived at the capital.

“I’ll go in a bit later. Go ahead, Aaron.”

“You’re going to see that illegitimate child, right? Can’t I come with you, Rose? I’ll really, really stay quiet. Okay?”

Aaron whined with his huge body, making nasal sounds, but I pushed away his closely attached body with a cold expression.

“Get away.”

“You’re mean, Rose!”

That’s when it happened.

“We’ve arrived.”

As soon as I heard the coachman’s voice, I flung the carriage door wide open.

“Thank you! Please return safely!”

And I ran towards the ducal mansion, which was the largest in the capital after the imperial palace.

My heart was pounding.

“See you at the palace!”

Leaving Aaron behind with a sulky face, I moved my feet diligently.

All sorts of thoughts came to mind.

Is the female lead being abused by Duke Tianel by now?

What should I say when I meet her? As I ran hard, I was able to reach the ducal residence quickly.

As expected, the main gate was completely closed.

I looked around earnestly.

There should be people…

Indeed, there were knights guarding the ducal residence near the gate.

“Excuse me, could I ask you something?”

“Yes, miss. What can I do for you?”

“Is there a Miss Serena Tianel here by any chance? It’s just that I have a bit of a personal acquaintance with her.”

Of course, it was a lie. Lying so often made it roll off my tongue easily.

At my words, the knight looked troubled, rolling his eyes here and there before gesturing for me to come closer.

After clearing his throat a couple of times, he finally opened his mouth.

“The young lady left the mansion not long ago.”

“…Pardon?”

For a moment, my thought process stopped.

Left the mansion? What does that mean?

“Ahem, I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with the young lady, but since you said you have a personal acquaintance…”

The knight standing in front of the gate blushed as he continued.

“My name is Elton. If you ever need anything, beautiful lady, if you look for me…”

“Damn it.”

“Excuse me?”

The female lead disappeared?

“L-Lady?”

“Why did she suddenly disappear? She just left the mansion for a while, right?”

“Well, rumor has it that she left with a large sum of money on the condition that she would never appear in the Tianel house again…”

“…..”

“Ah, at the time, the young lady spoke so loudly that all the servants heard about it, haha. I don’t know where you live, but you seem to be slow on the rumors.”

Thud. I dropped the luggage I was holding.

And I couldn’t help but let out a scream-like wail on the spot.

“This can’t be happening-!”