In a slum where the lower classes of the Capital live.

In a slum where the lower classes of the Capital live.

Among them was a shabby market alley with a strange odor.

In it was a small child hiding behind the wall, reading the situation.

‘I’m starving to death.’

The child was 6 years old this year.

There were wounds all over her body, such as her cheeks, shoulders, and other parts hidden by her clothes. They were formed after being beaten by a group of beggar children a few days ago.

That day, the child almost died.

‘Turns out I still don’t know what’s what.’

Fortunately, thanks to her tough life, the child who was wandering on the brink of death eventually opened her eyes. In the process, strange memories that she recalled through her dream meshed back together.

It was the memories of her previous life.

Even in her previous life, the child did not live a peaceful life.

Dying in an airplane accident was the last memory of that life.

After such a death, the child’s soul moved somewhere together with the other souls.

The passage through which the souls advanced was a vast space, its scale could not be guessed. It was as mysterious and as vast as the universe.

There were countless books there, like a universe full of stars.

Huge books filled the space more densely than desert sands.

It was a vast place, making it seem like it was another dimension all together.

A ray of light guided countless souls on the path, and the child walked along, following the light just like the other souls did. Naturally, as if it were only normal to follow the fixed path.

The place where she arrived was in front of a huge book cover. It was like a barrier, and was huge like an enormous mountain. It was exactly like a book that a giant would read.

Is the gate of heaven so huge and grand?

Waiting for a while, the huge book opened.

The Guide of the Souls said, “Inside this is the world of a book you read before you died.”

Thus, the child’s soul permeated into the pages of the huge book.

‘Still, at least it isn’t a novel with a worldview which allowed neither any hopes nor dreams like an Apocalypse.’

Although she at first comforted herself like that… Even if it was a novel with a peaceful world, it wasn’t something infinitely good

‘What’s my role…? A beggar?’

Is it a passer by beggar role?

‘Just what in the world kind of novel is this?’

She thought hard, but there was no book that came to mind. Since there were so many novels she read in her previous life.

But that didn’t mean that there were no clues at all.

There was a small little memory that was left before she started living as a beggar.

The child was an illegitimate child of a noble family.

She was a nuisance whom no one cared about. Whether it was her family members or the employees of that house.

Then one day, she was suddenly kicked out.

[You’re not even my biological child, but to think that you lived with it until now! Damn it! Get lost! You insect!]

The man, who she knew was her father, kicked her out as he shouted those words.

That was all the clues.

‘What family it was, I couldn’t even remember the name.’

Anyway, whether it was a novel world or a game world, the child’s goal was only one.

That bread! It was that appetizing bread.

‘I think I’m going to die of hunger.’

The reason why she was beaten by a group of beggar children a few days ago was because she couldn’t steal that one loaf of bread.

The smaller a body was, the more advantages one had when stealing bread. However, after the child was caught, the bakery owner became very sensitive.

That’s why she almost died while being beaten by the group of beggar children.

‘If I succeed this time, I will definitely eat it alone without giving away a single piece to anyone at all.’

The child was determined. Then firmly and quickly! She ran out.

Like a small mouse, the place she was following directly headed to the stand in front of the bakery.

Walking stealthily, the child succeeded in snatching a loaf of bread at the speed of a hawk.

But…

“You beggar kid! Again!”

She was caught by the owner.

The bakery owner grabbed the child’s nape and began to smack her butt with a broom.

“Aack!”

The child screamed, struggling.

The bakery owner took the bread in the child’s hand and, BANG, kicked her butt.

“Ughh….”

Falling on the floor and fully dragged away, the child held back her tears and raised her head bravely.

‘To think that I got caught again….’

It seemed that she had no talent for stealing.

Or maybe it was because her wounds hadn’t fully healed yet. This was all because of the beggars who beat her up.

“You okay?”

It was then that a clear voice was heard from above her head.

A pure and clear voice that completely didn’t match this neighborhood.

The child, without any hesitation, raised her head quickly and looked at the owner of the voice. It was a girl who looked over ten years old.

‘Gasp! Pretty!’

She was the prettiest girl the child had ever seen in her life.

How could a person look like that? Exactly like the main character of a novel…

“Hmm….”

“….”

What is it?

The pretty girl with charming brown hair stood still for a long time and just looked at the child.

She continued to only make, hm, sounds. The meaning behind them was unknown.

“Pink hair and sky blue eyes… Aren’t they rare?”

At the girl’s words, the child’s eyes opened wide.

‘She recognized this hair color? That’s amazing.’

But it should have been hard to recognize the original color because it got soiled in the dirty water?

The child reached out her hand and touched her messy hair.

‘Ah! Come to think of it, it rained yesterday, right?’

It seemed that the rain came and naturally washed her hair.

‘Too bad. I should’ve taken a shower, too!’

She couldn’t even wash properly because she was still suffering from being beaten.

It was a very unpleasant story, but it was the daily life for the beggars here.

“Baby, how old are you?”

“…6 years old.”

“Uhm, 6 years old…. Do you want to go with me first?”

The girl said.

The child glanced at her with a suspicious look.

‘She’s a really pretty older sister, but… she’s suspicious.’

To think that she’s trying to take a child away, whom she only just met.

In this country, illegal slave trading took place.

People said that life as a slave was very miserable and disastrous. Even more than that of a beggar.

Even though she didn’t know whether it was a relief or not, the group of beggar children received minimal protection by paying money to adult beggars.

It was to prevent slave hunters from taking the children.

“….”

When the child looked at her suspiciously, the brown-haired girl thought for a moment and said.

“I’m not a weird person! My name is Violet Fitz! Violet of the Count Fitz Family.”

Violet Fitz?

The child’s head turned quickly.

It was a name she had heard of somewhere. Definitely!

‘But, where was it?’

Violet Fitz had brown hair and green eyes.

It was when the child was thinking for a while that–

Grrowl.

There came the sound of a small fish breathing inside her stomach.

‘I don’t know. I’m starving to death…’

To be honest, she couldn’t continue to think any further because she was hungry.

Since she learned about her previous life, her mental age had increased considerably, but her body was still that of a child.

Because of that, her behavior, speech, and thoughts often popped out more like a child rather than her actual age.

It looked like no matter how much her intelligence had increased, her lack of nutrients to operate made her brain overload.

That’s why when she was hungry, cold, or sleepy, it became impossible to think more intricately.

She wanted to cry her heart out because it was solely her instincts that remained.

“Bread…”

When the child muttered while looking at the bread, Violet said with her eyes shining,

“If you go to my house, there are a lot of delicious things, you know? It is expected to taste better than that bread… Hm. If you don’t want to go, then I’ll have to eat it alone.”

“I-I’ll go!”

The child jumped up.

Her ‘child’s instinct’ quickly began to rationalize.

‘Yeah, I don’t think she’s a slave trader. It’s for sure. I guarantee it.’

There was no slave trader with such a pretty face in the novel that she read.

Like that, the child followed Violet innocently.

***

After arriving at an incredibly large mansion, the very first place the child went to was the bathroom.

“Now, shall we wash you up?”

A maid with a friendly voice took off her clothes that were no different from rags.

“…!”

However, when she saw the bruises all over the ***** child’s body, she gasped in surprise.

The maid softly whispered into the ear of a fellow maid next to her.

“Immediately go to the Young Miss and tell her that it seems like we have to call a priest.”

“Yes.”

Even though the maids looked serious, the child was looking at the bathtub, which was full of warm water, with shining eyes.

“Shall we play a bubble game first and then go into the bathtub?”

The child nodded at the friendly words.

The maids worked hard to wash the child for a very long time.

In the process, afraid that she would be hungry, they fed her some sweet chocolate milk.

Even though it was hard to wash up due to all the dirty water that came out, all of the maids never expressed that they disliked it.

‘They’re good people.’

It was clear that all the employees of the mansion were good people.

‘Then… the owner should also be nice, right?’

It was definitely like that. Since in the household she previously lived and was kicked out of, the employees were as bad as the owners were.

‘I don’t think they’re slave traders. It must be that they aren’t..?’

Earlier, she was so hungry that she just followed the girl thoughtlessly. But…

Maybe it was because she ate something sweet, that rational thinking had become a little possible.

‘Did I come here mistakenly?’

She had such an uneasy thought.

However, when the maids dressed her in pretty clothes after washing up, her rational thinking completely flew away again.

The ‘child’s instinct’ was particularly weak against visual stimuli.

When she saw pretty, shiny, and colorful things, her eyes shone brightly.

‘It’s so pretty!’

The child’s eyes sparkled as she looked down at the yellow dress she was wearing.

Every time she moved, the fabric shone.

There was a butterfly embroidered at the end of the skirt, and every time she shook the skirt, the butterfly seemed to fly.

It fascinated her. So, she turned around in circles like a puppy twirling around to bite its own tail.

“Pfft….”

“Oh my.”

When they saw such a figure, the maids laughed affectionately at her.

“…!”

‘What did I do!?’

Only then did the child who came to her senses gulp. At the fact that she showed an embarrassing sight, her mind wandered.

‘It hurts my pride…’

Since it was a child’s body, instinct was far ahead of rationality. This was difficult in many ways.

The child looked stern again.

“Now, shall we go eat now? The chef must have prepared very delicious food!”

“De…licious food?”

“Yes! Warm bacon potato soup, soft steak with fragrant spices, and even sweet desserts.”

“…!”

At the words of the maid, a universe unfolded inside the child’s mind.

Warm Bacon Potato Soup Star.

There was also the Striploin Star.

Next to her was the T-Bone Steak Star.

Far away there was the Sweet Chocolate Cake Star….

It was that much. The child ran and quickly grabbed the maid’s hand.

“I-I’ll eat! I want to eat.”

Instinct was truly a scary thing.

***

All kinds of delicacies were set up on the large table.

As the maid said, warm soup, beef gratin, steak, grilled lamb, grilled trout, and even shellfish dishes were served!

The child began to put this and that in her mouth with excitement.

“….”

The employees tried to stop the child, but Violet, sitting at the seat of honor, blocked them.

“Just let her eat whatever she wants. Just prepare digestive medicine.”

“We understand, Young Miss.”

The child held a bone with flesh as large as her face and chewed it thoroughly.

‘Delicious!’

The only thing left in the child was the passion to eat meat. Just like a young wolf pup.

“Hmm… she sure does look more similar after washing up. How can they look so alike when they’re complete strangers?”

Violet squinted her eyes as she looked at the child.

“Are you talking about Young Lord Adrian, Young Miss?”

The butler who was standing next to her poured water for Violet while asking her quietly.

“Yeah, that’s right. It looks that way even for Butler, right?”

“However, that house…”

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“Right. The youngest of that house died as soon as she was born, right? It was definitely…”

Without taking her eyes off the child, Violet tilted her head and thought.

‘But… it seems that she isn’t dead? No matter how much I think about it, I think I just found Adrian’s younger sister…?’

Among them was a shabby market alley with a strange odor.

In it was a small child hiding behind the wall, reading the situation.

‘I’m starving to death.’

The child was 6 years old this year.

There were wounds all over her body, such as her cheeks, shoulders, and other parts hidden by her clothes. They were formed after being beaten by a group of beggar children a few days ago.

That day, the child almost died.

‘Turns out I still don’t know what’s what.’

Fortunately, thanks to her tough life, the child who was wandering on the brink of death eventually opened her eyes. In the process, strange memories that she recalled through her dream meshed back together.

It was the memories of her previous life.

Even in her previous life, the child did not live a peaceful life.

Dying in an airplane accident was the last memory of that life.

After such a death, the child’s soul moved somewhere together with the other souls.

The passage through which the souls advanced was a vast space, its scale could not be guessed. It was as mysterious and as vast as the universe.

There were countless books there, like a universe full of stars.

Huge books filled the space more densely than desert sands.

It was a vast place, making it seem like it was another dimension all together.

A ray of light guided countless souls on the path, and the child walked along, following the light just like the other souls did. Naturally, as if it were only normal to follow the fixed path.

The place where she arrived was in front of a huge book cover. It was like a barrier, and was huge like an enormous mountain. It was exactly like a book that a giant would read.

Is the gate of heaven so huge and grand?

Waiting for a while, the huge book opened.

The Guide of the Souls said, “Inside this is the world of a book you read before you died.”

Thus, the child’s soul permeated into the pages of the huge book.

‘Still, at least it isn’t a novel with a worldview which allowed neither any hopes nor dreams like an Apocalypse.’

Although she at first comforted herself like that… Even if it was a novel with a peaceful world, it wasn’t something infinitely good

‘What’s my role…? A beggar?’

Is it a passer by beggar role?

‘Just what in the world kind of novel is this?’

She thought hard, but there was no book that came to mind. Since there were so many novels she read in her previous life.

But that didn’t mean that there were no clues at all.

There was a small little memory that was left before she started living as a beggar.

The child was an illegitimate child of a noble family.

She was a nuisance whom no one cared about. Whether it was her family members or the employees of that house.

Then one day, she was suddenly kicked out.

[You’re not even my biological child, but to think that you lived with it until now! Damn it! Get lost! You insect!]

The man, who she knew was her father, kicked her out as he shouted those words.

That was all the clues.

‘What family it was, I couldn’t even remember the name.’

Anyway, whether it was a novel world or a game world, the child’s goal was only one.

That bread! It was that appetizing bread.

‘I think I’m going to die of hunger.’

The reason why she was beaten by a group of beggar children a few days ago was because she couldn’t steal that one loaf of bread.

The smaller a body was, the more advantages one had when stealing bread. However, after the child was caught, the bakery owner became very sensitive.

That’s why she almost died while being beaten by the group of beggar children.

‘If I succeed this time, I will definitely eat it alone without giving away a single piece to anyone at all.’

The child was determined. Then firmly and quickly! She ran out.

Like a small mouse, the place she was following directly headed to the stand in front of the bakery.

Walking stealthily, the child succeeded in snatching a loaf of bread at the speed of a hawk.

But…

“You beggar kid! Again!”

She was caught by the owner.

The bakery owner grabbed the child’s nape and began to smack her butt with a broom.

“Aack!”

The child screamed, struggling.

The bakery owner took the bread in the child’s hand and, BANG, kicked her butt.

“Ughh….”

Falling on the floor and fully dragged away, the child held back her tears and raised her head bravely.

‘To think that I got caught again….’

It seemed that she had no talent for stealing.

Or maybe it was because her wounds hadn’t fully healed yet. This was all because of the beggars who beat her up.

“You okay?”

It was then that a clear voice was heard from above her head.

A pure and clear voice that completely didn’t match this neighborhood.

The child, without any hesitation, raised her head quickly and looked at the owner of the voice. It was a girl who looked over ten years old.

‘Gasp! Pretty!’

She was the prettiest girl the child had ever seen in her life.

How could a person look like that? Exactly like the main character of a novel…

“Hmm….”

“….”

What is it?

The pretty girl with charming brown hair stood still for a long time and just looked at the child.

She continued to only make, hm, sounds. The meaning behind them was unknown.

“Pink hair and sky blue eyes… Aren’t they rare?”

At the girl’s words, the child’s eyes opened wide.

‘She recognized this hair color? That’s amazing.’

But it should have been hard to recognize the original color because it got soiled in the dirty water?

The child reached out her hand and touched her messy hair.

‘Ah! Come to think of it, it rained yesterday, right?’

It seemed that the rain came and naturally washed her hair.

‘Too bad. I should’ve taken a shower, too!’

She couldn’t even wash properly because she was still suffering from being beaten.

It was a very unpleasant story, but it was the daily life for the beggars here.

“Baby, how old are you?”

“…6 years old.”

“Uhm, 6 years old…. Do you want to go with me first?”

The girl said.

The child glanced at her with a suspicious look.

‘She’s a really pretty older sister, but… she’s suspicious.’

To think that she’s trying to take a child away, whom she only just met.

In this country, illegal slave trading took place.

People said that life as a slave was very miserable and disastrous. Even more than that of a beggar.

Even though she didn’t know whether it was a relief or not, the group of beggar children received minimal protection by paying money to adult beggars.

It was to prevent slave hunters from taking the children.

“….”

When the child looked at her suspiciously, the brown-haired girl thought for a moment and said.

“I’m not a weird person! My name is Violet Fitz! Violet of the Count Fitz Family.”

Violet Fitz?

The child’s head turned quickly.

It was a name she had heard of somewhere. Definitely!

‘But, where was it?’

Violet Fitz had brown hair and green eyes.

It was when the child was thinking for a while that–

Grrowl.

There came the sound of a small fish breathing inside her stomach.

‘I don’t know. I’m starving to death…’

To be honest, she couldn’t continue to think any further because she was hungry.

Since she learned about her previous life, her mental age had increased considerably, but her body was still that of a child.

Because of that, her behavior, speech, and thoughts often popped out more like a child rather than her actual age.

It looked like no matter how much her intelligence had increased, her lack of nutrients to operate made her brain overload.

That’s why when she was hungry, cold, or sleepy, it became impossible to think more intricately.

She wanted to cry her heart out because it was solely her instincts that remained.

“Bread…”

When the child muttered while looking at the bread, Violet said with her eyes shining,

“If you go to my house, there are a lot of delicious things, you know? It is expected to taste better than that bread… Hm. If you don’t want to go, then I’ll have to eat it alone.”

“I-I’ll go!”

The child jumped up.

Her ‘child’s instinct’ quickly began to rationalize.

‘Yeah, I don’t think she’s a slave trader. It’s for sure. I guarantee it.’

There was no slave trader with such a pretty face in the novel that she read.

Like that, the child followed Violet innocently.

***

After arriving at an incredibly large mansion, the very first place the child went to was the bathroom.

“Now, shall we wash you up?”

A maid with a friendly voice took off her clothes that were no different from rags.

“…!”

However, when she saw the bruises all over the ***** child’s body, she gasped in surprise.

The maid softly whispered into the ear of a fellow maid next to her.

“Immediately go to the Young Miss and tell her that it seems like we have to call a priest.”

“Yes.”

Even though the maids looked serious, the child was looking at the bathtub, which was full of warm water, with shining eyes.

“Shall we play a bubble game first and then go into the bathtub?”

The child nodded at the friendly words.

The maids worked hard to wash the child for a very long time.

In the process, afraid that she would be hungry, they fed her some sweet chocolate milk.

Even though it was hard to wash up due to all the dirty water that came out, all of the maids never expressed that they disliked it.

‘They’re good people.’

It was clear that all the employees of the mansion were good people.

‘Then… the owner should also be nice, right?’

It was definitely like that. Since in the household she previously lived and was kicked out of, the employees were as bad as the owners were.

‘I don’t think they’re slave traders. It must be that they aren’t..?’

Earlier, she was so hungry that she just followed the girl thoughtlessly. But…

Maybe it was because she ate something sweet, that rational thinking had become a little possible.

‘Did I come here mistakenly?’

She had such an uneasy thought.

However, when the maids dressed her in pretty clothes after washing up, her rational thinking completely flew away again.

The ‘child’s instinct’ was particularly weak against visual stimuli.

When she saw pretty, shiny, and colorful things, her eyes shone brightly.

‘It’s so pretty!’

The child’s eyes sparkled as she looked down at the yellow dress she was wearing.

Every time she moved, the fabric shone.

There was a butterfly embroidered at the end of the skirt, and every time she shook the skirt, the butterfly seemed to fly.

It fascinated her. So, she turned around in circles like a puppy twirling around to bite its own tail.

“Pfft….”

“Oh my.”

When they saw such a figure, the maids laughed affectionately at her.

“…!”

‘What did I do!?’

Only then did the child who came to her senses gulp. At the fact that she showed an embarrassing sight, her mind wandered.

‘It hurts my pride…’

Since it was a child’s body, instinct was far ahead of rationality. This was difficult in many ways.

The child looked stern again.

“Now, shall we go eat now? The chef must have prepared very delicious food!”

“De…licious food?”

“Yes! Warm bacon potato soup, soft steak with fragrant spices, and even sweet desserts.”

“…!”

At the words of the maid, a universe unfolded inside the child’s mind.

Warm Bacon Potato Soup Star.

There was also the Striploin Star.

Next to her was the T-Bone Steak Star.

Far away there was the Sweet Chocolate Cake Star….

It was that much. The child ran and quickly grabbed the maid’s hand.

“I-I’ll eat! I want to eat.”

Instinct was truly a scary thing.

***

All kinds of delicacies were set up on the large table.

As the maid said, warm soup, beef gratin, steak, grilled lamb, grilled trout, and even shellfish dishes were served!

The child began to put this and that in her mouth with excitement.

“….”

The employees tried to stop the child, but Violet, sitting at the seat of honor, blocked them.

“Just let her eat whatever she wants. Just prepare digestive medicine.”

“We understand, Young Miss.”

The child held a bone with flesh as large as her face and chewed it thoroughly.

‘Delicious!’

The only thing left in the child was the passion to eat meat. Just like a young wolf pup.

“Hmm… she sure does look more similar after washing up. How can they look so alike when they’re complete strangers?”

Violet squinted her eyes as she looked at the child.

“Are you talking about Young Lord Adrian, Young Miss?”

The butler who was standing next to her poured water for Violet while asking her quietly.

“Yeah, that’s right. It looks that way even for Butler, right?”

“However, that house…”

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“Right. The youngest of that house died as soon as she was born, right? It was definitely…”

Without taking her eyes off the child, Violet tilted her head and thought.

‘But… it seems that she isn’t dead? No matter how much I think about it, I think I just found Adrian’s younger sister…?’

Adrian was not a nobody.

He was the eldest son of the Duke of Eston Family, the one said to be the richest on the continent. To find the youngest daughter of such a house was a huge matter.

The butler also squinted and looked at the child.

“Yes. I’m sure that she died as soon as she was born. They held a funeral and I even attended. She probably isn’t her.”

“Is that so? Ah right, didn’t they start accepting requests for biological child identification at the temple not long ago?”

“Yes, Young Miss. That is right. I heard that through such requests, even an illegitimate child from the Viscount Beryl Family was kicked out. It seems that the child’s mother was only aiming for money.”

“Did you say the Viscount Beryl Family?”

“Yes, Young Miss.”

Thinking for a while, Violet asked the butler.

“Wasn’t Viscount Beryl’s eyes an especially bright sky blue?”

“Yes. That is right.”

“…Isn’t something strange?”

“What is the Young Miss thinking?”

“…Hm.”

Violet put her answer on hold and quietly looked at the child who had bright sky blue eyes.

Although sauce fully covered her face, the child was still eating happily.

‘Looks like she’s eating with her face, not with her mouth.’

She was like a kitten drinking milk with its whole head dunked in the bowl.

Looking at her appearance, Violet began sorting out her thoughts and the situation.

“Adrian’s younger sister died as soon as she was born, right?”

“Yes, Young Miss.”

“What if six years ago, around the same time, Viscount Beryl had an illegitimate child?”

The butler’s expression darkened when he heard her words.

Although the Young Miss whom he served was still young, she was so smart that she could not be compared with her peers.

That’s why whatever Violet said, he couldn’t just dismiss as a child’s mindless babble.

“No way…”

“Someone might have swapped the children, right? The dead child might have also had blue eyes with pink hair.”

“…!”

“Try to ask around about the woman who gave the illegitimate child to Viscount Beryl. Since Viscount Beryl’s hair color is black, then that woman’s hair is definitely pink. If not, it’s a similar color.”

“If that is the case…”

“That’s right. If she did indeed do that, she could deceive him by saying that it was her and the Viscount’s child.”

“I understand.”

“Ah right, find out how much money she received too.”

“Yes. I understand Young Miss. Ah! The Count and the Countess said that they will return to the mansion around next week, after finishing all the territory business.”

“Uh… Is that so? Okay.”

Violet took a sip of water.

‘I have to deal with this matter carefully.’

Since she knew well just how hard it was for Adrian’s family after the child died as soon as she was born.

‘But they really do look alike.’

That child looked particularly similar to Adrian’s mother.

While the child was eating diligently, Violet secretly went behind the child and plucked out one strand of pink hair.

Perhaps the child was so absorbed in eating that she didn’t even care about it.

‘I’ll have to make a request at the temple.’

Not long ago, at the temple, they started working on checking whether one was a person’s biological child or not.

Originally, they adhered to the attitude that they could not do such a thing and would follow God’s will, but it was no longer a situation to refuse.

There were so many nobles who had illegitimate children, and the resulting fraudulent behavior increased. The Imperial Palace directly requested the temple.

Instead of being forced to start doing it, the temple decided to receive a large donation.

‘In the end, the temple is a place that can’t work without donations.’

The temple that was suffering from financial difficulties at that time, was now enjoying its revival period again thanks to it.

Now, not only nobles, but even commoners could confirm their paternity by simply donating.

‘I have to get Adrian’s hair tomorrow.’

The temple’s paternity test only required one to bring a part of the growing body such as hair, nails, or others to get a result.

Violet ordered a servant to keep the child’s hair well.

“Uhm nyam nyam.”

In the meantime, the child was working hard eating. To the extent that her stomach had started to protrude like a tadpole.

After eating, her stomach was full of pain. Only after taking digestive medicine did she fall asleep as if she passed out.

While sleeping, a priest visited, but the child was so deep in sleep that she didn’t notice at all.

***

When she opened her eyes, she saw a fancy-designed ceiling.

The child jumped up and checked her surroundings.

‘Where is this?’

The place where she was lying was a large and soft bed.

And…

“Are you awake?”

“Aack!”

Right next to the child, someone got up and talked to the child.

Surprised, she lowered her head in the blanket, then raised her head again…

“Good morning.”

It was the pretty Older Sister from yesterday.

Brown hair, a smile, and the name Violet.

‘Ah right. Yesterday, I got a meal here, right?’

She ate so much to the point that she couldn’t even walk and had to take digestive medicine.

After that, her memory was cut off… but it seemed that she fell asleep.

“Slave….”

“Hm? What did you say?”

“Am I becoming a slave now?”

The child asked carefully. With a very serious and grave face.

Honestly, it didn’t seem like she was a slave trader… even so, the child was still absolutely anxious.

After all, there was no reason for a noble young lady to show such goodwill to a beggar child.

“Pfft… PHUAHAHAHA!”

Perhaps the child’s words were so funny that Violet grabbed her belly and guffawed.

“For you to say ‘slave’. That’s illegal, Baby.”

“….”

“Now, since you’ve woken up, shall we wash your face and eat?”

“…Yes!”

After answering without realizing it, the child bit her lips.

It was because this situation was a little humiliating. She had lived hungry every day for so long that just hearing people asking her to go eat, she couldn’t refuse.

‘First of all, since it doesn’t seem like she’s a slave trader, let’s relax a bit.’

“Now, come here.”

Violet reached out her hand as if she was going to hug the child tight.

When the child approached carefully, Violet really hugged her for a moment before putting her down.

‘Gasp! To think that she really hugged me!’

It felt like her mind was going to be melted away by the warmth she felt for the first time.

Moreover, Violet had a very lovely and sweet scent. A happy smell that seemed to only come from a happy person.

“You said you were 6 years old, right? But why are you so small and light? If you told me that you were 4 years old, I’d believe it.”

It couldn’t be helped since she couldn’t eat properly.

When she was in a noble house, there were people who at least gave her food, even if it was poor food. However…

After being kicked out, she was grateful if she could eat a meal once every two days.

So when she saw food, she couldn’t help but rush like a beast.

When they arrived at the dining room while holding hands, Violet put the child in a chair.

“Today, you’re eating slowly. Understand?”

The child nodded eagerly.

On top of the table, just like yesterday, it was filled with delicious things.

From savory-smelling bread to warm soup, well-cooked steaming meat, and even cute desserts.

Just looking at them made her gulp.

It felt like she could even do anything that was ordered if they allowed her to eat this kind of food every day.

‘But, if it’s not for slave trading, why are they giving me food?’

When she started eating, rational thinking became possible again.

The child chewed the meat eagerly and glanced at Violet.

Whenever they made eye contact, Violet smiled brightly. That smile of hers was so pretty that the child blushed without realizing it herself.

‘She’s like an angel.’

An angel who gives meat…

What kind of novel had an angel character who gives out meat…?

The child gulped the juice and recalled the novels which she had read in her previous life.

“Ah, I’m going to my friend’s house today. He is called Adrian Eston, my closest friend.”

“Aahh… Yes.”

After answering insincerely, the child paused.

‘Adrian Eston?’

Gulp.

After swallowing the meat, the child blinked.

“Why are you like that?”

“…It’sh nwothing.” [It’s nothing.]

The child started eating again. Let’s eat first, then think. When one is full, its brain will also roll!

After the meal was finished, she even ate a lot of desserts.

After Violet was well-dressed and left the mansion, the child sat on the sofa together with a maid.

The maid was reading a storybook to the child, but… none of the words entered the child’s ears.

‘Don’t tell me it’s ‘that’ Adrian Eston?’

Come to think of it, the name of the female lead in the novel where Adrian appeared was Violet.

Moreover, she was a lady of a noble family with pretty brown hair.

‘Then, don’t tell me, I…’

No. You never know.

‘There’s no way that it’s that tragedy novel… It must not be it!’

However, it seemed like everything that happened so far matched the bill.

The fact that she had pink hair… The fact she lived in the beggar’s den…

“No!”

“Oh my! Were you surprised? Hohoho. I was good at imitating wolves, right?”

When the child shouted without realizing it herself, the maid laughed, “Hoho.”

The maid was reading aloud a scene in the storybook where the wolf tried to eat a child.

“If it is scary, I’ll read you something else. Or do you want to take a nap?”

“….”

Come to think of it, she was indeed getting sleepy.

‘I have to think more about it though…’

Feeling full and warm for the first time, her body quickly became hungry and quickly found sleep.

The child was muttering that it’s not it, but when the maid covered her with a warm blanket, she soon fell asleep.

Inside her dream, meat as big as a face which could be seen in a cartoon appeared.

***

It was in the middle of the night when she woke up.

The child opened her eyes in the same bed she woke up in during the morning.

The difference was that there was a small teddy bear next to her, instead of Violet.

“…?”

The child looked at the pink baby bear doll and frowned.

‘This doll is…!’

N-no. It can’t be.

The child denied reality. She wanted to deny that this world was inside that novel.

However, this teddy bear was really…

‘The baby bear doll that the female lead had in the novel…’

It reminded her of that doll.

Also, isn’t a teddy bear with pink fur very rare?

[It’s nice to meet you, Kid.]

What was worse was it even spoke.

“….”

I-I said It c-can’t be… No!

In the novel, the teddy bear was one of the original female lead’s redemptions. A few years later, when the female lead’s mana was opened, it was revealed that it was a child whose seal was released.

[So you’re a kid who has mana. Thanks to you who sleeps while holding me tight, the seal was released. Hohoho. I’m a redemption that has a special power. In other words, I’m also called a spirit!]

“…N-No.”

There must be another novel with a redemption pink baby bear setting…. There should be one, right? There should be…

‘It’s common, right? Something like a pink teddy bear…’

Yeah, that’s why it must not be that tragedy novel.

[What do you mean no? You woke me up. Let me introduce myself, what kind of spirit I am… I am…!]

“Nooooo!”

The child jumped up and like that, she rushed toward the door.

As she opened the door with a whimper and went down the stairs, she saw Violet with a serious expression.

Violet’s expression was like that because the child was on the verge of tears.

“Huh? Did you have a nightmare?”

Violet reached out her hand while looking at the crying child. The child soon ran to her in tears and fell into her arms.

When the child buried her head in Violet’s brown hair, a nice scent enveloped her. When she smelled it, her mind gradually became more peaceful.

“Don’t worry, Baby. Everything will be alright.”

Violet patted the child on the back as she whispered like that.

‘Ah, is this hand a magic hand…?’

The touch felt so cozy and stable that the child fell asleep again.

***

The next morning.

Violet looked at the child who was still asleep.

‘Cute.’

“She really looks a lot like Adrian.”

As Violet thought so, she gave the child the pink teddy bear to hold in her arms. She then covered her with a blanket carefully and kissed the child lightly on the forehead.

“Sleep well.”

As Violet changed her clothes and came down the stairs, she saw the butler running in hurriedly.

“Young Miss! The temple’s paternity test result sheet has arrived.”

“In a day? As expected… Fortunately, I donated a lot!”

Violet quickly opened the document envelope that was handed over by the butler and took out the documents.

Her heart was pounding and shaking.

Violet calmed down her heart and then checked the documents.

And a while later…

“…As expected.”

Violet smiled as she looked at the last phrase.

The probability that the two people are related by blood was confirmed to be 99.9%.

When the child opened her eyes and woke up, Violet’s face was immediately seen.

“…!”

“Hi. Did you sleep well?”

“…Yes.”

“Did you sleep well while hugging this teddy bear tight? I’ll give you this doll as a gift.”

“….Ah, i-it’s okay though.”

Looking at the pink teddy bear, the child flinched in surprise and quickly refused, but Violet even kindly put it in a small bag.

‘What is she doing now?’

The child glanced at Violet.

‘Don’t tell me… Is she packing it?’

Violet stroked the child’s head.

“It’s okay. It’s a doll that I used to cherish, but it suits you better. You guys look like sisters because of the pink fur, you know.”

‘Just where in the world is there a person who is sisters with a teddy bear…!?’

The child gulped as she thought so.

Come to think of it, the novel…

In that tragedy novel, the female lead never gave the teddy bear to anyone.

‘Then it must not be that novel!’

The child tried hard to deny reality, but…

“Now. We’ll go to your house.”

At those words, which exposed the existence of a ‘house’ for a beggar child who had nowhere to go, the child felt that she could no longer avoid fate.

‘I’m doomed.’

It would be rather great if the Earth exploded right away.

***

The place where Violet secretly arrived while holding the anxious child’s hand, was the Duke of Eston’s mansion.

In the greenhouse, there was the Duke and Duchess of Eston, Adrian, and Adrian’s twin younger brothers.

Every day at this time, this family often liked to talk here.

‘I’m glad I came on time.’

As Violet thought so, she entered the drawing room.

“Greetings, Your Excellency the Duke, and the Duchess.”

“It’s nice to see you, Violet. Come quickly and sit down.”

“Welcome.”

“Violet!”

The Duchy married couple and Adrian greeted her warmly.

Ahem. Ahem.

After coughing, Violet said.

“Actually… There is one more guest today besides me.”

At Violet’s words, the Duke of Eston Family people’s gaze gathered.

“What are you talking about, Violet?”

When Adrian asked, Violet smiled softly.

She beckoned the maid who came with her.

Violet let the child who was in the maid’s arms be put down in front of her.

She then took off the black hood that the child was wearing.

“…!”

The Duke of Eston Family’s expressions distorted.

The hair of the child, who was wearing a hood, was bright pink, and her eyes were sky blue.

In addition, the child’s appearance was very similar to the Duchess.

“Violet, now, what are you…!”

“You may be flustered, but what you are assuming is true. This is a certificate of the blood ties between Adrian and this child. Through the temple, I received it this morning .”

“….”

At the sudden remark, Duke Eston approached with a serious look and received the documents.

He quickly checked the last page.

“T-this, just what is…”

The Duke’s hand, which was holding the document, trembled. The Duchess’ shoulders, who was watching from behind, also began to tremble.

“H-Honey… r-really…”

The Duchess was about to collapse at any moment.

The Duke looked at the child Violet brought with confused eyes.

“Violet, it’s not that I don’t trust you, but I’ll have to do another test.”

“Of course.”

It was then.

“Mother!”

“Mother!”

Srrk.

The Duchess slipped down from her chair. Adrian quickly supported her, and his two younger brothers also ran to their mother.

“Wife!”

Duke Eston shouted as he ran to his wife with a surprised face.

“Call a doctor right now!”

In this chaotic situation, the child stared at one boy, blankly blinking.

One could tell just by looking at him that he was a handsome boy. His appearance was so fine to the point that she was enchanted.

She could even see the illusion of a sparkling light floating next to his face.

It’s so blinding!

The child gulped.

‘Adrian Eston….’

Now she couldn’t deny it anymore.

This place was the world inside the novel [Ending of the Eternal Flame] which she read in her previous life.

And that novel… was a terrible tragedy novel that was bound to a tremendous ending.

***

The [Ending of the Eternal Flame] was a novel that gave one great shock with an unconventional ending.

The female lead of the novel was Violet Fitz. She was a lovely, brown-haired Lady of a Count Family.

And the male lead was Zerkan Ferdenia. He was the Imperial Crown Prince of this country.

Finally, the second male lead was Adrian Eston, the eldest son of the Duke of Eston.

The character which she, who was the child’s past life, most cherished was Eston.

The novel starts from the childhood of the main characters. When they were young, the three were close friends.

‘Even until then, I thought it was a bright and warm novel…’

And then, one day.

Violet walks around the slums and discovers a pink-haired child.

She felt something weird and took the kid, but…

The child was the child of the Duke of Eston Family who was said to have died.

No one knew. But, on the day the Duchess gave birth, a maid of the Duchy secretly gave birth.

‘Unfortunately, the maid’s child died as soon as it was born. However…’

In truth, the child’s birth father was Viscount Beryl.

Coincidentally, both children had pink hair.

The maid thought as soon as she saw the sky blue eyes of the baby whom the Duchess gave birth to.

‘I can fool him by saying that the baby is Viscount Beryl’s child!’

After the maid set fire to the mansion’s separate house and caused a disturbance, she succeeded in replacing the child.

It was possible because the Duke’s mansion was in a very busy situation.

Anyway, the dead child she gave birth to was, as expected, born with pink hair, and since the Duchess’ child was born particularly small, she thought it would not be suspicious.

Moreover, there was no one who knew that the maid had given birth. It was a perfect crime without any doubt. Of course. Since the maid was secretly receiving the help of prohibition magic.

The maid handed over the child to Viscount Beryl, and received a large sum of money in return for leaving without telling the truth. And then she left the capital right away.

Anyway, Violet returned the child which the Duke of Eston Family thought was dead, and…

Because Adrian considered Violet, who saved his family, no different as the savior of his life, he deeply loved her.

‘It was definitely a family healing novel up to here…’

After that, the atmosphere began to change rapidly.

Violet, Zerkan, and Adrian, all three left for the Academy to learn magic and magic swordsmanship, but…

In that same period of time, there was a war with magical beasts on the continent.

All kinds of magical beasts began to pour out of the gap in the black dimension that appeared one day.

People called it the ‘End’s Crack’.

‘But that word also came out in the game that I played before….’

Although she didn’t know whether it was quoted by the original author or just a coincidence, the game she had played also had a similar concept.

Anyway, that’s how the war against the magical beasts broke out, and even the main characters who attended the academy got involved in the battle.

Years later.

Magicians and knights who were dispatched from the Imperial Palace, Holy Knights and priests who were dispatched from the temple, and senior magicians of the academy who were now adults, gathered and worked together and succeeded in eliminating the ‘End’s Crack’.

Peace had come to the world again.

After returning to the Capital, the male lead, Zerkan would continue to inherit his throne and had decided to do a contract marriage with the female lead, Violet.

Since the two were close friends, he thought it was a lot better than marrying a woman whom he didn’t know.

‘But that part was surely the problem.’

Adrian, who finds out that his two friends were married, fell into despair.

Marriage of a friend who was more precious than his life and it was even with the woman he loved.

The contract that went back and forth behind the marriage was a secret that even Adrian didn’t know.

Adrian smiled on the outside and blessed the two, but… his mind was dark.

Eventually, Adrian decided to leave for the two people.

Adrian took his own life after leaving on the pretext of traveling around the world to his family and friends.

‘That scene was really shocking though….’

Adrian was literally the second male lead trope’s embodiment.

He was warm, considerate, sweet, and…

Regardless of what novel or drama she watched, it was enough to capture her heart, who was suffering from a second male lead syndrome.

That was why she shed tears at the scene of Adrian’s death.

Is the author crazy? Do you have to kill him? Are you a psychopath?

She was so upset that she left a comment blaming the writer.

But that wasn’t the end.

‘If the male lead and the female lead lived happily ever after, it would just have been sad and that was the end, however…’

Unfortunately, after Adrian left, Violet realized that the person she really loved was Adrian.

At the same time, a tragic accident happened to the male lead, Zerkan…

It was the death of his mother, the Empress.

In fact, Zerkan’s mother had been terminally ill since a long time ago, but she kept her life waiting for Zerkan to return, before finally dying in the end.

After that, Zerkan began to become unstable little by little.

His mother whom he thought was the only safe place died, and he felt that he was left alone in the world.

In the meantime, when he found out that even the female lead was trying to leave him, he began to cling to the female lead like crazy.

It wasn’t love, it was obsession.

His friend Adrian died, and his mother died.

For Zerkan, there was only Violet now.

Violet tried to avoid and escape his obsession, but soon Zerkan confined her.

In the tragic situation, even Violet took her own life.

And even Zerkan, who was left alone, died. In order to follow and catch her, he took his own life, the very same way Violet did.

‘To think that the author killed all three main characters.’

You might have thought it was over here, but the story still continued.

After Zerkan’s death, the lout Prince, who was the Second Prince, ascended the throne.

And the Second Prince screwed up the Empire very coolly.

The Empire, which was occupied by the alliance of neighboring countries due to an incompetent Emperor, gradually walked the path of destruction.

‘It doesn’t even have enough main characters anymore, and the author still killed them all, it’s very…’

For a long time after she saw the ending, she was spaced out as if her soul flew out of her body.

If she could, she wanted to grab the author by the collar and shake them.

‘What are you going to do about my mentality!!?’

She wanted a warm novel full of dreams and hopes, but what should she do if the author killed them all!?

‘You should’ve told me from the beginning that it was a tragedy novel! You said it was a healing story! You said it was a healing story!’

Just like the title, the [Ending of the Eternal Flame] literally showed a flame-like ending.

Since the author burned it all down.

She, whose reality was not even close, suffered from depression for a while after that.

However…

‘Out of all the novels, just why does it have to be that novel…’

She was happy to see her favorite character in front of her eyes, but she had mixed feelings since she knew the future.

The child couldn’t even deny reality now. She just sat blankly in Violet’s arms and hit her head.

At the same time, she glanced at Adrian little by little.