Chapter 0:

Everything was so perfect!

Even if this semi-basement* home is only half the size of the bathroom of the house I lived in before, and having to work hard to keep living isn't a problem for me.

I was finally out of that hell house and truly free. Since the days of despair are over, I can live my life happily.

But.......

"I certainly told you to live quietly like a rat with no trouble, as if you were already dead." The man opened his mouth. His hateful eyes looked at me like he was seeing a disgusting bug.

"I heard that you behaved like a mad dog during the prince's return party." The icy dead eyes that just wanted a kick to death I was so familiar in my life. That's the look I always get from "that house". Even so, I think I'm not okay with it even though I've been through it so many times.

"What's your aim?" I couldn't breathe in the face of his aura. My lips began to tremble with fear.

It was then… A white selection dialog (selection panel) appeared in front of me.

The options appear one by one.

1. How do I know?

2. I have no purpose at all.

3. (In a pitiful voice) Well …… Um\, that is …….

‘……What is this?’ When I was about to ask what this was, my throat seemed to be blocked by something that prevented me from making any sound.

The man's voice grew impatient as I just stood there without saying a word. "You'd better open your mouth."

I could feel the killing intent coming from him. It's so scrary. I will die if I don't answer him. I subconsciously pressed the number 3 on the menu.

“Well…… Um, that is…….” The same words on the board came out of my mouth automatically.

'What. What is this?!' I gasped, still not believing what I just said. I can't understand my current situation. When I woke up, I found myself in a strange place, facing strange people who surrounded me with murderous intent and hateful attitudes towards me. I can't think of anything…

"Um, next." The man didn't seem to like this answer but demanded a real answer from me with a scary face.

At the same time, the selection panel appears with new sentences.

1. I'm sorry. I will act properly next time.

2. A stupid maid who started it all.

3. The lowly people have treated me badly. I am the only daughter of the Eckart family!

I don't have time to think about what's going on right now. I hastily selected an answer while researching the status here at the moment. Although I don't know anything, I have to say something in this situation. This is what I have learned from all my previous painful experiences.

"Please ……."

“We wouldn't have met like this in the first place if it was something that could be resolved with a simple apology.” He cut me off.

My heart dropped to the bottom when I heard his piercing voice. I instinctively leaned forward.

Then the man spoke in a cold voice.

"Penelope Eckart."

"Penelope Eckart?"

"We'll take the last name 'Eckart' from you for a while."

The first line and the name are very familiar. I raised my head at lightning speed. Then, I clearly saw the face of the man I couldn't see before.

The man a few feet away from the bed was not a member of the 'people of that house', but a foreigner I had never seen before. He has blue eyes that reflect the ocean and black hair that reminds me of an idol. Above is a long bar that resembles a phone's battery symbol, with sparkling white text. ‘Good…feeling…?’

If my eyes are all right, the white glittering text above the man's head must be "Gratitude".

“You are prohibited from participating in parties during this time, and you cannot even leave the room. Thinking about all the wrong things you've done from now until…”

“…….”

"Where are you looking?"

The man's expressionless face scowled as if he was annoyed when I stared at something I wasn't supposed to see. However, I couldn't react to that and kept checking the bar above the man's head.

[0% sympathy]

'No way…… .'

I unconsciously shook my head a few times.

Really can't believe it.

Really?

"The rumors that she lost her mind are true." The man glared at me at my odd actions, before turning his back. He took long, quick steps toward the door as if he didn't want to be with me another second. [Goodwill0%] is moving away from me.

'What did I do wrong?' That was my thought as I stared at the departing figure. I felt a pair of eyes looking at me with a mocking attitude and a smirk. I turned my head to see another person with pink hair standing with his arms crossed in the darkness by the door. He also has the same blue eyes as the person who just left. A mocking smile hung on his face.

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