In this Chaotic World, I Am Doing Fine - Chapter 1

“What is this!”

Seyeon screamed as she looked in the mirror.

With trembling hands, she touched the unfamiliar face that looked pretty but sickly.

From the moment she woke up and realized she wasn’t in her home, she had a bad feeling, but the face in the mirror was someone she had never seen before.

‘Could this be the transmigration I’ve only heard about?’

While Seyeon was in a daze, women dressed as maids rushed in at the sound of her scream and surrounded her.

“Your Highness, what happened!”

“Highness? Did you call me Highness?”

“Yes?”

Seyeon gaped.

A princess in the 21st century?

There were still monarchies, but not in the Republic of Korea where Seyeon was born and raised.

Then, it happened.

Ding!

[Welcome to 〈Spin, Spin, Crazy Roulette〉! Synchronization in progress…]
[You are the 〈Sickly Princess Whose Fiancé Cheated〉!]
[Warning! Warning! Warning!]
[A status abnormality has occurred. Would you like to check it?]

A blue system window appeared frantically.

Before she could read it all, Seyeon’s vision blurred.

In the end, with the notification that the 〈Sickly〉 trait had activated, she collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.

‘Damn it, I shouldn’t have done that back then…’

“Your Highness!”

The cries of the servants echoed in her ears.

***

That day, Seyeon, who was on a leave of absence from school, was sitting in the library, pretending to study for a certification exam to avoid her mother’s nagging.

But after 30 minutes, her concentration was gone, and she was killing time on social media.

‘I’ve seen all this before.’

Ma! You’re addicted to your smartphone!

Seyeon rubbed her ears, thinking she heard a voice.

Then, something caught her eye.

‘〈Spin, Spin, Crazy Roulette〉? People really make all sorts of things. They sure know how to waste time.’

Looking at the comments, people who had seen a lot of crazy stuff were saying the roulette was fun and were laughing.

Curious, Seyeon clicked the link immediately.

A crude site full of ads popped up, and Seyeon entered her name in the box.

‘Let’s see what comes out.’

Earlier, she saw things like ‘Mother-in-law who slaps with kimchi’ or ‘Truck driver hired by the villainess,’ ‘Villainess who does all sorts of bad things out of jealousy but is actually the protagonist’s twin sister.’ She wondered what she would get.

Ding!

[Ms. 〈Baek Seyeon〉, you are the 〈Sickly Princess Whose Fiancé Cheated〉!]

‘What? A princess? It’s obvious the fiancé is cheating, but suddenly a princess?’

Seyeon chuckled and left a comment saying, ‘I got this lol’ before laying her head on the desk for a nap.

And now.

Seyeon had possessed the body of a princess named ‘Acelia Hedwig.’

When she came to her senses, she saw the unfamiliar ceiling again and, instead of despairing… she pounded the bed with her fists.

“Why! Why a princess? The setting is medieval! Don’t they know the essence of crazy stories is modern times?”

Even after thinking about it again, the setting was too random.

She had never seen a crazy historical drama in her life.

If she had, the kitchen would have been frying chicken in the palace, and the king would be wearing golf wear instead of royal robes.

Or the queen would be using G brand cosmetics.

‘How am I supposed to live in the medieval times when I’m addicted to my smartphone…!’

“Your Highness, what happened? If you have any concerns, please tell us right away.”

As the princess caused a commotion, an older woman, more mature than the ones who came earlier, rushed in.

She held Acelia’s hand tightly with teary eyes.

‘Hah, I already have so much to think about, and they won’t leave me alone.’

Sighing, Acelia decided to send everyone away to learn more about the roulette and the status abnormality she saw before fainting.

“It’s nothing serious, so please leave.”

“Your Highness, please, there’s no need to be polite!”

“Just leave.”

“…What?”

The nanny felt confused.

The gentle and kind princess she had known since childhood seemed different.

“I said, leave.”

Acelia emphasized each word, making it clear she wasn’t mistaken.

The nanny and maids, saying ‘Oh, oh,’ were eventually driven out.

‘I’m sorry, service workers.’

But right now, she couldn’t afford to worry about others.

Finally alone, Acelia sat cross-legged on the bed and stared into the air.

“What should I call it? Status window? System window?”

There was no response.

“Hey, roulette! Come out!”

Ding!

[〈Spin, Spin, Crazy Roulette〉! Ms. Baek Seyeon, would you like to check the updated information?]

“You’ve shown up. Why did you drop me in this world! Send me back home right now!”

[Checking the updated information.
Name: Acelia Hedwig (Baek Seyeon)
Title: Unremarkable Princess (Reputation 0/100)
Age: 23
….]

The roulette ignored Seyeon’s protest and continued.

‘I’ll definitely sue the operator.’

Acelia gritted her teeth.

But she needed to know what was going on to decide her next steps, so she glared at the status window.

[Checking the updated information.
Name: Acelia Hedwig (Baek Seyeon)
Title: Unremarkable Princess (Reputation 0/100)
Age: 23
Traits: 〈Sickly〉, 〈Timid〉, 〈Cheating Fiancé〉
Status Abnormalities:
▶Abandoned in this Shitty World!
— The roulette activates in unspecified situations.
▶Poison (???)
— Makes the body weak and sometimes causes coughing up blood, nausea, chills, fever, etc.
▶(More Details)]

“This, this shitty!”

Feeling her neck stiffen and the 〈Sickly〉 trait about to activate again, Acelia consciously practiced Lamaze breathing.

Hee, hee, hoo…

Hee, hee, hoo…

“This is so inconvenient. Why give me such a body. Ha, it’s ridiculous.”

Acelia huffed and puffed for a while.

Then she carefully examined the new information she had learned.

“What kind of title is this? How can a princess be unremarkable? Well, looking at her appearance earlier, she seemed pale and faded. Traits are sickly, timid, and cheating fiancé? Does a cheating fiancé count as a trait?”

A string of maddening words lined up.

Among them, one word particularly caught Acelia’s eye.

Poison.

“Poison? Does that mean I’m poisoned? Sickly and poisoned, and this is supposed to be a body?”

Acelia kicked at the air.

But her vision spun, and she quickly lost strength, panting.

The blue window that briefly flickered returned to its original state.

As Acelia was messing up her hair in frustration, she noticed the ‘More Details’ at the bottom.

“What’s that?”

If they were going to show it, they should show it all at once. Why the suspense?

As if answering her question, the screen changed.

Ding!

[▶The Last Leaf (D-100)
— If you don’t resolve ‘Poison (???)’ within 100 days, you will contract an incurable disease and die!]

“A, a death sentence?!”

Enraged, Acelia’s 〈Sickly〉 trait activated again, causing her to faint once more.

***

Acelia was diagnosed with amnesia.

When the palace physician gave his diagnosis, the servants in the princess’s palace burst into tears.

Though it wasn’t true, it was correct that Acelia was ignorant about this world.

While others possessed characters in all sorts of novels and even games, she had possessed a character from a random site with no foundation.

‘I don’t know anything!’

That was the biggest problem.

She didn’t know the identity of the protagonist and the mastermind, future events, or any profitable information that a possessor should know.

It was unfair.

The only ability given to her was a crazy roulette!

What was strange was that the palace physician hadn’t noticed her poisoning.

‘Isn’t he a quack?’

When she glared at him fiercely, the palace physician wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurried out.

The servants crowded around her.

“Your Highness, are you alright?”

“I’m fine.”

In truth, she wasn’t fine at all.

“The heavens are so heartless, why do they give our kind princess such trials!”

Indeed, the heavens are heartless, why did they throw me into this world.

The nanny wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

“Even if you’ve lost your memory, we will serve you well so that you won’t be inconvenienced.”

“Please call us if you need anything.”

“Is that person trustworthy?”

“What? Yes. He’s the palace physician who has been in charge of Your Highness since childhood.”

Hearing this made her trust him even less.

They say you shouldn’t trust blood ties, regional ties, or school ties.

Acelia decided to hide the fact that she knew about her poisoning since it would create a strange atmosphere if she revealed it.

She couldn’t trust the servants either.

‘It’s a world where you can lose your nose while keeping your eyes open, so it wouldn’t be different here.’

No matter how close they were to ‘Acelia,’ her suspicions as a modern person didn’t disappear easily.

‘Hah, let’s solve the poisoning first and then find a way to return to my original world.’

Acelia quickly concluded.

The urgent matter was her life.

If she could return to the original world by dying here, it would be fortunate, but what if she couldn’t?

It would be a meaningless death.

She would suffer all sorts of hardships from an incurable disease.

In many ways, it was better to survive for now.

If this were a game, she could complete quests and demand a return as a reward, but the roulette had been silent after showing the information window.

Feeling helpless, Acelia calmly organized her thoughts.

‘First, I need to find out how I got poisoned.’

Unless she was out of her mind, she wouldn’t have taken poison herself, so she must have ingested it unknowingly…

Acelia looked around at the tearful servants.

‘Let’s see, who among you poisoned me…’

Then, a maid hurriedly ran in.

“Your Highness, Count Felix is here!”

“Who is that?”

Since she was supposed to have amnesia, Acelia asked nonchalantly.

Seeing the maid’s hesitation, she suddenly felt uneasy.

“He’s… Your Highness’s fiancé.”