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Episode 1
Today is a day when the fatigue of the exhausted servants from work is smoothly washed away.
“Ah, finally payday!”
Ruelia smiled broadly as she counted the gold coins in the bag on her desk.
The others were looking at Ruelia, who worked in the Aber Duchy, with some pity. It was because of the terrifying nickname given to her master.
“Fair Ice.”
A hero with a cold heart instead of hot blood.
A more precise master of laws.
And “resignation collector.”
People in the capital were saying that everyone with a relative or acquaintance was expelled from the Duchy of Aber, and that meant everything.
But these are the words of those who do not know the truth.
The Duchy of Aber was undoubtedly the ideal workplace.
High salary, short working hours, and a respected master. It was true that the Duke was a bit meticulous and demanding, but for Ruelia, who was good at her job, that was no problem at all.
Who was the idiot who wrote his resignation and left such a great job? Thirteen people?
While Ruelia was singing softly and counting the gold coins, her eyes suddenly opened wide.
"Wait? The butler?"
“Did you see? Last week, the assistant ordered me to give you an additional reward for your hard efforts.”
Even the benefits are great.
-If you become my assistant, I will forgive you for your sins.
'If I had rejected the Duke's offer that day because he seemed suspicious, what would have happened?'
She would lose the huge weekly salary bag, which was a hundred times the salary of her previous job.
Ruelia carefully hid the heavy bag of money.
Then the elderly servant, Signor, placed the plate of sweets on her desk.
This is one of the reasons why she feels that coming to the Duchy of Aber was the right decision.
All the servants in the duchy were kind to Ruelia, and the food was delicious as well.
“The Duke said he wanted you to organize the documents regarding the granary candidates by tomorrow morning.”
“Okay, I understand. But the Duke will be late, won’t he?”
Its master, Caelus, attended a regular meeting of the knight families.
As an administrative assistant, she had no work at that meeting, so she stayed at the palace.
“We haven't heard from him, but maybe he'll have dinner there before he comes back?”
“Okay, then I’ll finish work early today and leave.”
If she finishes her duties, she can leave and return freely!
For Ruelia, who often needs time to care for her sick sister, the more time the better.
'Okay, I'll stop by the herbal shop on the way back.'
Salary day means she will buy medicines and nutritious food for her sister before returning home. But first she has to finish the work quickly.
But unfortunately, her focus was quickly distracted.
“Someone asked for this to be communicated to help.”
A servant came to her office and handed her an envelope.
A black, ominous circumstance.
Ruelia looked at the black envelope without any seal for a long time, then carefully opened it and read its contents.
“Two years ago, we found secret documents related to the Bellona Guild in the attic of your old house. If we hand over these documents in your name to a rival guild, you will be in big trouble, right? I would like us to meet to solve this problem.”
It was a politely written threatening letter.
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Ruelia immediately headed to the general neighborhood where she had lived two years ago.
The place was still full of life. Although it is narrower and more crowded than the area of the aristocratic palaces, the liveliness makes it appear spacious.
The visit was supposed to be joyful, but Ruelia's heart was heavy with worry.
“Madam Assistant, be careful.”
Senior had given her a carriage bearing the emblem of the Duchy of Aber, accompanied by a large number of knights.
“Where are you going?”
“To the third floor. My old house.”
“We will accompany you.”
Knights stood in front of her and behind her, as if guarding her from a lurking assassin.
This care was all thanks to Kyles.
“Whoever attacks a member of the Duchy of Aber is as if he is attacking me.”
Ruelia raised her head proudly, realizing how much her status had changed compared to two years ago, and walked up the stairs.
It's time to confront the person threatening her.
She stood in front of her old house, took a deep breath, then quietly knocked on the door.
“Who's there?”
A shabby-looking man limped out from inside.
As soon as he saw the knights on either side of Ruelia, his face turned white.
“I am Ruelia, Assistant of the Duchy of Aber.”
“Oh! I made a mistake, please, forgive me!”
The man who threatened her was in dire straits.
Where did the confidence he was pretending to be while threatening her go? To collapse just because he saw two knights!
"I hurt my leg and haven't worked for ten days. My kids haven't eaten for three days... I'm sorry, I was in a hurry."
The situation was disappointing. Even the knights, who had come without any prior information, seemed confused.
Ruelia took a look inside the house where she lived.
In the corner, there were two frightened girls clinging to each other, holding hands tightly, an image that was familiar to her.
She and Melissa, her sister, were always like this.
How could this man think of doing something like this when he has children?
'Ruelia, don't worry about home, focus on your studies. I will protect you both.'
Her adoptive father, who raised her, would never do this.
He exhausted himf feeding his daughters until he died.
Thanks to his legacy, Ruelia was able to enter the academy and work in the Bellona Guild.
That experience made Ruelia who she is now.
Ruelia sighed deeply as she remembered the past.
She came here so as not to be a disgrace to the Aber Duchy, so she must end the matter somehow.
The sparkle in her eyes turned cold.
"I don't understand what you mean. Didn't you ask me to come because you found something you lost when you moved? Didn't you want a reward for it?"
Maybe pretending to forgive this man is a kind of cheap pity.
But knowing her, his threat couldn't hurt her in any way.
'I'm not stupid to carry secret documents home.'
This was her principle as an assistant.
Why don't you forgive him for this?
He seems really remorseful.
“Ah, as for that!”
The clumsy blackmailer looked into Ruelia's eyes. Ruelia shrugged her shoulders coldly, then pointed her eyes at the man’s daughters.
Seeing this, the man swallowed his tears and bowed deeply.
Then he motioned one of his daughters inside.
“Quickly, give it to her. The thing this generous lady is looking for.”
A little girl ran towards Ruelia. She was very thin from hunger.
Ruelia remembered Melissa, who was often sick as a child.
“This is him. I found him in the attic of the house.”
"Thanks."
“Sorry, but we took a look inside to see who it belonged to. It was full of strange scribbles. None of our family could understand them.”
Ruelia looked at the object the girl placed in her hand.
Very thin book. A book made of cheap, randomly bound papers, which she knew well.
I now understand why the man thought it was a secret document.
“It's my diary. I used to write it when I was little.”
A meeting that fell from the sky.
Ruelia, falling from a tree, collides with an angel-like girl named Melissa. Her adoptive father, who worked as a mercenary, adopted Ruelia, who did not know who her parents were.
She and Melissa received a lot of kindness from him.
'I was recording this to return the favor. At that time, I clearly remembered my previous life.'
The memories, which she had forgotten in the midst of her busy life, gently hit Ruelia's head.
She smiled slightly.
The little girl looked at her in surprise and tilted her head.
"A journal? But that wasn't writing, was it?"
Ruelia took out a small bag from her chest. It was the reward she received from Kyles today.
“Of course, because it's not a diary.”
But something more secret and important. So she wrote it in letters that no one could understand, a message to herf in the future.
Ruelia replaced the bag with a diary.
“With the money in this bag, buy medicine for your father, and buy something you and your sister want.”
“Wow! Thanks!”
Ruelia smiled as she patted the little girl on the head, who was laughing happily as she held the heavy bag.
“Don't you want to check it out?”
At the girl's suggestion, Ruelia opened the notebook.
“As I expected...”
They were the letters she used in her previous life.
She thought she would not be able to understand it after her memories became faded with time, but she was able to read and understand it accurately.
What is written here is a summary of a novel she read in her previous life. The world you live in now is the world of that novel.
"Crazy! How did I completely forget this?"
Her perfect world collapsed.
“Duke Caelus Aber. He will plan betrayal because of a girl he loves one-sidedly, and he will face ruin. So, never get close to him.”