The unreasonable family

" My sister should ask me if she needs help."

" Why should she ask you for help when I, her father, is around?"

" Since when did you start caring for my sister?"

" What do you mean since when? As her father I should naturally care for her."

" But you didn't care for her before---"

" Enough!!! Stop it already!! I don't need any of your help.!!! I'm going to my room. Don't disturb me.!! "

I didn't know what was wrong with me. The reason why I was angry or the reason why I felt so annoyed by their words. They were simply talking, but it somehow made me furious. I couldn't stay there any longer and left the office.

" Wait, Maria.!! What's wrong? Maria---"

Clack (the door closes)

' Thank God I left early, or I might have lost my mind. Just what happened to me.'

I rushed toward my room to ask Livy about it. Looking back, It wasn't anything to be angry about. It was some kind of subconscious response.

" Oh… Ari, you are back."

"…. Livy, tell me everything about this situation."

" Okay then. You should sit first. It's going to take a while."

It was time to find out everything about this crazy world. I knew that something was definitely wrong from the start. I couldn't wait to hear about it.

" Now, tell me."

" This world is inside a virtual space. It is based on 18th century civilization. The main families of Asyrian empire include the royal family, Lancaster duchy and Kesteven duchy. The two dukedoms are responsible for defence of empire, and hold authority second to royal family. You are currently Maria Irvine Lancaster, the daughter of Duke David Lancaster. She is considered to be a heartless and arrogant lady due to her cold personality. She doesn't like to be called Lady Lancaster and doesn't like her family. "

It was quite surprising that she didn't want to be the lady of such a wealthy family. I wondered why she hated her family so much.

" Why is that, and why does she wear a mask? "

" She wasn't loved by her family because of a baseless speculation. She was born on the night of full moon and the moon suddenly became red, the duchess almost died and barely survived the labor. Since birth, she was kept away from her family. When she was 6, she went to play with the duchess but the duchess fell ill. When she 8, the duchess fell into the river while saving her, later duchess got poisoned while having tea with Maria. The duke loved his wife more than anything. Although he overlooked it, he still couldn't be at peace with Maria around the duchess. . The people around her called Maria, The princess of bad luck and the duke forbade her from going near the duchess, even the duchess didn't meet her after that. She felt that her family had abandoned her. As she grew up, she looked more and more like the duchess, so she started to wear a mask. "

" The Princess of bad luck?!! Are they crazy?!! "

" After the birth of Leonard Lancaster, the duchess died shortly after. People blamed Maria's bad luck for duchess' death and the distance between Maria and the Lancaster family became bigger and bigger. "

I couldn't help but get angry after hearing it. Just who the hell are those people. Blaming a little girl for the death of her mother. Even calling her unlucky and cornering her.

"Blaming everything on a little girl.! Are they really that superstitious? They didn't even bother to investigate it.? If they hated her that much then why did they act like they care about her now? "

" It was revealed that all the incidents were caused by a spy inside the duchy and were not at all related to Maria. So he regets neglecting her for so long and wants to do anything to repay her."

" Repay, my foot!!! He thinks it's that easy!!! "

It was absurd to regret not treating her well after all those years of mistreatment. He distanced himself from his own daughter for a stupid reason and now he expects her to forgive him.

" Well, that's all I can tell for now. The other information will be given gradually."

" Why is that? You haven't told me about how I got it here. Can't you tell me everything now? "

" As a system, there are restrictions. If I don't follow the rules then I'll get kicked out of the virtual world and won't be able to help you. "

" Is that so? ...Then what should I do to get more information? "

" You can just complete the wish of original owner or complete side missions. "

" The wish of Maria? "

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