Chapter 7: Romantic... Or Nahh? Jade’s POVAs I stared at her wide eyed, she kept avoiding my gaze as if she's hiding something.'What could it be?'I urged her to speak. I am also curious about what it was. Not even 24 hours had passed and something happened. What else could it be other than the original female lead stirring trouble? Of course, there is something. “They said that Miss Heather is… Miss Heather, I don’t know if I should tell you this….” “You kept beating around the bush, you know that?” “I-I'm sorry M-ms. Heather! The truth is… someone said you slept with Jean yesterday. T-that's all…""You mean, a rumor?""… Yes."I furrowed my eyebrows. This is clearly nonsense and very… ridiculous. "Even if we slept together, isn't it just between us two? And what's wrong with it? We're engaged. We will marry each other in the future anyway.""Ms. Heather is r-right.""Of course I'm right."I looked straight at her eyes, and she seemed scared of me. Having a villain face sometim
Chapter 8: Up the Second FloorJade’s POVIt was so awkward between the two leads, and I could clearly feel it as a side character. It was suffocating. I did not talk with them, and they didn’t talk to me as well. I was about to go to the canteen when lunch came. It was said that there was a special seat reserved for me there. Of course, it is with Jean. ‘He’s really the male lead – special treatment just for him.’ He’s no joke. A top student with top looks, coming from the wealthiest family, and is engaged to the most beautiful woman, Heather Jade Aczen!As I stood up, Jean’s voice rang behind me. “Let’s go together.”“I thought you wouldn’t eat.”He looked at me, “Do you think I want to stay hungry?”“Oh. Okay?”He was still in a foul mood. He should go with Rosine. It would be interesting to watch. I nodded my head as I waited for him at the door. As I watched him walk towards me, there was another set of footsteps following behind. 'Rosine.'I admire her – very desperate. I a
Chapter 9: Rumors - BEGONE!Jade’s POVI knew it – the reason why Rosine asked to see Jean under the willow tree.'How can she think of such a romantic place?' I should really knock the author some sense. Willow trees are said to symbolize sadness and stability. ‘Did Rosine pick that location to implicitly tell Jean that she was sad about the circulating rumors? And at the same time, hope to have a stable friendship with him?’I see. She’s quite good at calculating. As an innocent extra and bystander, I don’t know anything about it at all. Rosine was rather a calculating woman while still acting on an innocent façade. If that was 'Heather' from the original, she can never win against her.To become a calculative person, you need to count your steps forward, take twice backwards when you feel as if something might go awry if the plan failed. It’s just a matter of going forward and stepping back in case something goes wrong. That was what Rosine was doing. In order to achieve what sh
Chapter 10: The Gold Day24th, they call it 'The Gold Day'.As its name implies, all social elites are invited to this very luxurious ball. Everyone anticipated it every month.There will be countless showcase of different rare gems, stones or painting with sky-high prices. It's simply like a day where things as expensive as gold and rubies were sold.Like an alternate party for auction houses. The only difference is that you can either buy it using 'donate' or 'flaunt your wealth'. For most of the bureaucrats here, they will do the latter.If someone attending is an aspiring politician, then he will prefer to do the former. Everyone will see him as a 'charitable' person.It's also a party where you gain connections.Such connection will start with them looking for suitable partners for their sons and daughters.As for me, I already have Jean so I won't hav
Chapter 11: Strike one! He looked around keeping eye contact with everyone in the hall. "I welcome you all to our monthly 'Gold Day'. I hoped that you are having wonderful time as of now." Everyone clapped at his opening speech as he kept his smile plastered on his face. It wasn't exactly a friendly smile nor a harmless smile. It more looks like a crafty smile that seems to be scheming a big scheme in this event. "It's our pleasure to have you here in this event today. As we have known, our party will start with a dance from our new member of the Switz family. Please welcome, Johann Switz!" The spotlight then leaned towards a boy in his mid-twenties. I think he's the same age as me and Jean. As he walked towards the center of the hall, he held out his hand to another maiden near him. It was the so-called first dance for every opening of 'The Gold Day'. It will either come from a newly announced member of a wealthy family or the most outstanding youth. If it was the latter, then i
Chapter 12: Something as worthy as herIt was a necklace with 27 graduated, translucent and intensely coloured beads. It was called 'The Hutton-Mdivani' necklace. [1]'Wasn't it not for sale earlier? How did he buy it? Just why the hell…..?!'My hands shivered holding the box of such an expensive jadeite necklace. I know that it is more expensive than the sapphire sold before. Compared to that sapphire, I like this jadeite necklace more.It wasn't as glamorous to look at, rather it was refreshing. The green translucent beads calmed my nerves. This is what it takes to be a wealthy person in the elite society. Such a precious gem can be bought for some measly million dollars.I'm just too poor in my last life that I didn't know such things. With a $100 bill, I'll be so happy and treat myself to the mall or watch an exciting movie in the theatre with myself, or buy books that I wanted
Chapter 13: Cold War?"… me?""You… you aren't planning on not giving him anything, are you?""Eh..? Of course, I-I'll give him something in return too."I stuttered. What am I supposed to give him I return as worthy as that jadeite necklace? I can't just give him a pair of cufflinks bought in some mall.Wait, why am I even thinking of this as if I am really thinking of him? No, no that can't be.'Jade, he's only a character in a novel. No need to think of something as trivial as this.'I calmed myself and think carefully.According to the novel, Rosine bought him the most expensive cufflinks. But that was after they got into a relationship and Jean gave her his exclusive back card. In my case, I don't need his black card.For now, let's just leave it as it is. I don't want to th
Chapter 14: I met 'her'I opened my eyes to see a lady in a pure white dress staring off in a distance. Her long wavy hair fluttered in the wind.As I was staring at her unrivaled beauty, she turned her head to me. Her brown eyes were staring into mine.[We finally met.]"Who are… you?"I asked her which in response, she smiled at me a little forced. She then walked towards me, or more like floated towards me. She looked like a ghost, not gonna lie.With her beautiful face, I'm sure she can get all the guys she wants.[No, even with my beauty, I didn't get the man of my dreams.]"Huh…? How did you…?"[We are only one entity. What's me is also you, and what's you is also me.]"I don't understand."[You'll understand after time goes by.]
Chapter 72: Brother and sister ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ It has been two days since Heather went out. There was no news about the Aczen family, and even the main house was blocked from any entry. For the past two days, many people wanted to talk to the head of the Aczen family, and even to the two elder sons. But the head only sent out a message that he would be out of touch for a week. No one knew what was happening. This was the first time it happened. After all, Mr. Aczen was known to be a workaholic. Inside his room, Jean was sorting his files as Morris' eldest son. Because his sister Priyaa didn't want to be involved in their family business, he had no choice but to do it himself. His parents were also expecting much from him. ‘The expedition test will be a month from now.’ The thought of having their expedition test as students made Jean a lot happier. It was said that the last test would be held at the forest on the border of the country. Just thinking about it is waking up all t
Chapter 71: What is this feeling? “So you mean to say, I have… rose power-wielding power? Me?” I was confused and pointed at myself. Dad just nodded his head with a worried expression on his face. If I have rose power-wielding, then shouldn’t they be happy? “Don’t you understand? Our family is in a riskier position. Not only are we hiding the fact you have already awakened, but the fact that you have two malignant powers inside your body.” There was a slight annoyance when Keab spoke. He took a sharp exhale before calming down and sat back down. When he spoke just now, he stood up as if he wanted to prove his point. They already told me the same thing last time. I put it on the back of my head, thinking nothing could happen more. Now that not only I have awakened, I even had two of the powers. As they said, my teleportation and rose-wielding power were dominant inside my body. That means I can use them both as I please without limitations. But that also means I have to be very
Chapter 70: Twice When I open my eyes again, I was back in my room. My body felt weak all over, but it wasn’t to the extent that I am crippled. It was as if I was hit by something very hard on my head. When mom saw that I opened my eyes, she rushed beside me and held my hand tightly. She was once again crying. “How many times would you faint and scare us like this….”“Mom… I’m fine now. You can stop crying.”“This was never the first time you had fainted! Ever since you met that lowly girl who dared to seduce your cousin, this happened to you once in a while. This has been the fourth time already!”“Calm down first.”Dad tapped mom’s shoulder and soothed her to calm down. I can see the gentleness in his eyes despite his cold expression. He also looked exhausted. Chlofloris told me that I am asleep for two days already. I’m sure they were all worried about me. But what is this body! Always fainting at the smallest thing! I bit my lip at the scene in front of me. Both mom and dad l
Chapter 69: Chlofloris“Hmm… not really. Dying is unnecessary. Well, unless you want to die to become this world’s hero, I won’t stop you.”“Huh…?”I was still in a daze. It’s like she can read what I was saying in my mind.“Have anyone told you? Anyone from the Aczen family – no, your mother’s family to be exact – is connected to me in some way? Maybe even now, your mother can sense that I am awake. After all, she is a powerful rose wielder.”“What do you mean…?”“Are you stup
Chapter 68: A Goddess, a Fairy - Who are you?When I opened my eyes, I was lying on the floor. It was neither ice cold nor blazing hot. If anything, the temperature was at its best and was even soothing my body. It was like I was under the water of the falls, where the water was massaging my sore muscles.When I looked around, I realized I was still in that room, but it now has some colors, though it was so light that it was blinding my eyes. I can make out flowers around me, but I’m sure they are small roses.I shook my head as I suddenly felt dizzy. The pain on my wrist was gone now, but the seal on my wrist was emitting more light than it ever did when I first got it.‘Why do I alway
Chapter 67: Here in this space‘Hmm… someone’s holding my hand… it’s cold….’I was surrounded by darkness when I came back to my senses. It wasn’t like this didn’t happen to me before. Oftentimes, I would get a what you call ‘spoiler’ from the novel. Other than that, I frequently met the original Heather whenever I fainted.This time however, there was only darkness surrounding me. I don’t know if I fainted but I sure I did. The questioning factor of that was why did I faint in the first place. If I think about it, I didn’t do anything to get over fatigued enough to faint. Hiking doesn’t require that much stamina, moreover, I had a lot of rest afterwards. So, why?
Chapter 66: Two Powers ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ ‘Haa, this is really tiring….’ I tried using my powers again after a long time of not using it. Instead of the feeling that I am finally progressing, I felt more exhausted than ever. ‘Was it because I went out with Jean earlier?’ Early in the morning, Jean came and pulled me out of bed to go with him hiking. Seriously, I was sleeping so fine earlier, and he had just barged in and woke me up. I was so angry at him that I scolded him from the time we went out of our mansion to the hiking area until we got back again. He was just laughing at
Chapter 65: Are you sure?“… You….”Words won’t get out of her mouth while she is frozen in place. It was a very short moment, but it felt like her world stopped spinning and all she could see was his glowing red eyes.It was a very brief moment and yet, what she had seen was clear. She even saw how a dangerous glint flashed his red eyes. Cold shivers ran down her back.She stared at Mir’s back. His hair was short and a luminous black, while his face was contoured with his sharp jaw and a pointed nose from his side view. If he tilted his head a little more, she would be able to see his face under his hood.
Chapter 64: Another dayThat night, Rosine couldn’t sleep peacefully. The anger she had felt rendered her sleepless. What more, the fact that Mir didn’t visit her for three days already was irking her. The reason was that she was losing her mind and didn’t know what to do.It was only at dawn that her eyelids feel heavy and she tried to sleep. At that moment when she almost succumbed into darkness, a pair of warm arms engulfed her into a tight hug.The warmth was familiar, so she let herself sleep, along with his sweet voice coaxing her to sleep.∘₊✧──────✧