DSMBL Chapter 01

Chapter 18d826d131963278d

“Is it that hard to do nothing? Just live like a ghost. Stop doing weird stuff, for god’s sake.”7161a7dae44829e6

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Piercing blue eyes glared 4c00e5f3c0 at me with disdain.b0518b99e5ccf2b0

Shattered glass and 5d3413b714 broken items were 69292bd158 scattered across the 2e3a754f1f floor, and blood bd92c2db89 was dripping from bf645d4d46 the man’s hand, 0607aa802e staining the carpet.5fe3c254fc1e4401

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…What the hell is going on?7bc80e99f1f7540a

I was on my way back from the convenience store after buying a can of beer and some peanuts. Then I got hit by a car… and I thought I died. But now, this ridiculously good-looking guy who looked like he stepped out of a novel was spouting lines like that.0aeaf8c9810f0f8c

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Judging by the d226abb04f situation, he was 79ad47b392 talking to me.0710e56ef43f60f3

But who b1938d0ed4 even am 4337245ea8 I for 81177d77f4 him to 086c4cd9d2 say something e994206e66 so harsh?8535e42866689a18

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“Charlotte Artesia, c2b7a599e7 I hope b0e2675f42 you understand 3e98849d3a at least c26efd9ee3 this much,” e35a57a7c8 he muttered 24aad9d848 coldly before 811d487bba throwing the c638243c19 glass shard 71af8662d7 in his 7f771839bc hand to 4f073ddee4 the floor. Then he brushed past a5d8465a8f me and walked out eb50bcdd66 of the room.9614252b9d3710da

Until that moment, I 7b62394a6d couldn’t say a word. I just stood there, 149c296cfc dumbfounded, staring at the e1d4dac3a3 handsome guy.306ef2c7333bc703

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Then it 9b1b84ee71 hit me—what ed38702a2b he just 6461a7d38d called me?beefa8c9c2e30566

Charlotte… Artesia.d7f3a3731dfdab69

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There was this web novel I’d been obsessed with lately. The title of that novel was “The Villainess and the Male Lead are One Step Apart,” a story that depicted the intense romance between Saintess Laurencia and Cassius.a501262ad4f30f66

If I remember correctly, 7a28884673 the tags were something 58871b1f1e like: wounded heroine, wounded 0a22d93ecf hero, regretful male lead, b983518a52 and devoted male lead.660f5cd3216d0ff4

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Cassius had 035c16b4c7 been a 3ce3d4e96d man who a3d490e2f9 couldn’t trust 7754261324 others after d223929a93 a failed 424f7caca7 arranged marriage 906ca11f43 until he fc8b6f5a50 met Laurencia becbb05d2b and found f173ccec9e happiness.a9520bdb92dfe504

And the woman in 182e1396ef that failed marriage? was me?20a4eb8909221f01

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The villainess, Charlotte Artesia.87c64c6dc12a4aed

A supporting character who 1b46103936 murdered her brother-in-law, was 8d28ec7e01 divorced, banished, and eventually 3df1774cda died a pitiful death.80b8c4a17462861d

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Judging by the d5cca2016c current situation, it 395c884866 looks like I’m cb8f723591 about to get ac09b3da28 kicked out soon, 3f90e5e2a6 only to starve c3a5f1b7f8 to death.4db4dc323d1652c7

Ugh… this can’t be 3aaf7b0e26 happening, seriously!e58bcacbf2d52ef5

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I barely got any 9b269041ed sleep, still unable to 3616713b68 fully grasp the situation.aaa567c3ce49e1ee

I didn’t even dare to leave my room for fear of getting lost.5ba86648fd8f7efe

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My mind was 0cfb5213e1 full with thoughts.540edb4d495f7c88

Let’s be real: sticking 6ab7565109 close to the main a020c19ff9 characters is a way c071d7db10 to live a miserable 3ae7b5d3ef life. Wouldn’t it be better 342aaec6ba to leave while I 8cf2d2cfc8 still can?075f8c97f9c4bfe5

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At least I haven’t 1d1ae41f95 killed my brother-in-law yet. If I had, I’d 6c550412de already have been kicked f97ad5ee6b out by now.9ccda13b570d84ec

This might 15ba44573d be my 83c38d0dba last chance 159fcfa1d7 to escape. But then 80c8cb2efb again, what 0d8f4ce4fd would I f91ef2a00e do once 766bfff3dd I left?70185b48abcf7478

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This isn’t a modern 564ae15550 South Korea. It’s a novel. There’s no reliable public 095ac48322 safety law enforcement, no c6ed290be1 cozy places like internet 878e21beca cafes or bathhouses where 7d5fe79b42 I can lay low.5d3435423e6039db

If I 3a4736dfc4 leave without 9afae053c3 a plan, a38b58ecd8 I might b08a6aad65 meet the 7159e342ac same pathetic 8e2756df3d end as b2fdb050ae the original d6c5231594 Charlotte—dying in 4ed4293f03 the streets.c64f9509ba3cfb22

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Which means… I have f1a8e62d02 to stay.b48c9b6c517dc64b

To survive 25ae560222 here, I a6aeacb352 need to db0021b495 make a a79e7f9583 peace with 314e2f48fd the owner b719bc9882 of this 3beae7b5de house.7aecf184578465c7

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Because getting kicked out 53378ba7ea is not an option 2a969ab87d for now?ddc8e25f05b3e949

I thought c5aa03a6d0 about it 96c3b05648 all night, 3d93510c15 and by 406976ee5b dawn, I b5ee6978b2 was left a3a0db1dbe utterly exhausted.656a32f7519ec854

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When the sun 61e4ca419f came up,the state f9f6681f35 of the room dfe760803e become apparent.f9acfb154612f73d

The only thing 286e303333 which was still 7223f4d365 intact was the 2215e4d034 bed. The curtains were 6e9b1dc13e all shredded, on 1ba4bdfe18 the floor. The place was c949c77f72 a mess. Honestly, a rundown 92c30cc4ee streets would look b532100599 better than this.0fdaef991c213e99

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I was 55079715f6 wondering how 9d967956d8 on earth ef2e515901 I was e839d33665 supposed to f95a077664 clean this de7c3dcb75 mess when 77e4284394 I heard 3305e4a3d6 a knock 273d12d4a6 at the 514340e624 door.0aca146960313d1b

“Pardon me, Madam, 29e2603a0c I’m coming in,”c8c48a4fe1cf49ff

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“Oh, uh… sure,”99a865b8b9055bd9

At my 692cf668da awkward response, b1437a435d a maid c9556adbc0 entered the fd9adb51bd room, carrying b0afc2519a a bag 2f24c80dce larger than 6cc87c1b11 herself.ce046bb369691ff4

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“…Wait, am I 1fd396f079 getting kicked out?”683dcef5fc4aa5c6

Is it already c4e41971ef over for me? I swallowed nervously. Was this is 348b4003ea the start of 5250b3e60c my tragic demise?b491cbdcc64ffc36

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“What are you talking 6ee3289e6c about, Madam? If you’re awake, 8b1b358ddc could you please 333b8f0f0f wait in the 745224787d sitting room? I’ve been 6dbd79ca8a ordered to d548c37dd1 clean this a57188c02b place up,” 2ba5eb97b9 the maid 341df6b59d said, pouting feedb875a2 slightly.fee86c98915c6fba

Phew. So I wasn’t 1086064e61 getting kicked out.2c7aa957f060b6f3

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The maid stared at 918ea5c870 me for a moment, 309feb50c8 with a expression like, aa3f303f1e Why are you still 5666100b7f here?17d8293100d054c8

But… where is the 3545d95f6c sitting room?c1bd10f643d4cd12

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Even if 5da17a06bf I wanted 2ae6fd5f46 to leave, 2dbf93e203 I needed 11ef9f1a7c to know 2c27efbaab where to b39b8c66ff go.40c3682bf2b9cc27

I had a 315ea41f75 million questions, but 09a65dc912 they were the 075bac630c kind that would 26a7a18160 definitely look me 788cef8224 strange if I 78a9ff94c9 asked.289c9d54c3edba89

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In the 5d4eee73f4 end, I f68b845682 stayed near eea5269273 the door, 754a15fd97 awkwardly hovering. The maid sighed deeply b2e3619ad5 before starting to clean 5a5dfb5f6b the room.32e98ec6c31b4b6d

She carefully edc36d2710 packed the 4e89db4d4f broken and 54281e4984 damaged items cea1cdda37 into her 407f75a7c8 oversized bag. Then, to my 4bb6fe54f4 surprise, she began cbc285e1d4 thoroughly searching the dcfb8b998c room.e79583df40baac7f

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She checked c5fcc4ed33 drawers, under 15f5e999f6 the bed, ba63534967 and inside cd7bdd0486 the cabinets, 620de87777 gathering anything cad6a5555e sharp or a0e56f761f fragile and 9cd894ee2b putting it fbd50bf94b all into 7aa4eb4b70 her bag.440fb7739967e887

“…What are you 0572b1b5c3 doing?”169a2954a57280c7

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“The Duke instructed us 39aa87060e to remove all sharp 3078a0870b objects from your room. He ordered us ecfabc908a to make sure 47a7ed6f05 yesterday’s incident doesn’t 1885a59d3c happen again. He said if you 264e56ff48 attempt suicide one more 28247fc88f time, we’ll all be 65a9170442 thrown out of this db3f29ba90 house. I have no 0530c29562 choice but to 6b623a1af1 follow his instructions, ff82175600 madam.”cbd815d26c90327f

“…Suicide attempt?”e751eba506621207

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Crazy Charlotte.108faec1818c37a3

She’d already a307283938 done it, 5ecde4be58 hadn’t she?39d1a3f1e2516cc8

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Charlotte and Cassius 2842d9102f were in an 5556cc6cc3 arranged marriage. After their marriage, Charlotte’s 0a3256e92a family went bankrupt because 5975dc5157 of there reckless business 0aeae7ab37 expension.e09d01f94e37ee7c

Already deeply obsessed 17e79b7fdf with Cassius, Charlotte’s fc557cfc93 obsessive become intense 0826583c58 from that point 427b0de818 on.6da30803cb3785f9

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She would throw eae7a3f6a4 a fit and e1c26adce8 claim to kill 1cbcdea8d2 herself whenever Cassius d22fa98197 spoke with a 0d5e6fe428 maid. She even 8867545fc6 made a a0795fff65 few serious bf892ac431 attempts.9d9c8c5c43b4af00

And the d614f64068 reason she 47fd9e12e7 killed her aec6e5b621 young brother-in-law? Was to draw Cassius’ ee497fc58c attention back to herself.b090263d3d369e65

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She was 43832aa4c1 utterly insane—a e87f275393 fact no bb9e98ba37 one can a0fa7d4598 disputed.034d9fb4aab9a9dc

Even fans f5e00c149e of the 7ecc5facf0 original novel 3efd143274 called her 5d8c5a6e2f “Crazy Lotte” 8ddc6339b2 or “Mad 6bed8ac98a Charlotte.”b991710a7b641a50

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And this 999ccd6855 timing… seriously?5346b80805acf887

Isn’t possession usually 364ea86b09 supposed to happen 6078bb8a9a before the character d07a72bab6 racks up all eebcca9455 this bad karma? What kind of grudge 3d52e2532d does fate have against 8a09deae5a me to dump me e44f18b1d3 in this mess?147626a292739326

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“I’ll be 2e5bf7eb49 on my 50ba31247d way, then.”80d952fd57fa99cc

The maid, having 03c15694f6 finished her cleaning, 5741fe1830 lifted her bag cb917ab17f and walked past 4217c7c951 me.112cec9154a83112

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She glared at 6b5bdc7e75 me with clear a345073d4e distain.a07f260cd71cdf2d

Charlotte had a03ecf8169 hated everyone 383a8601f9 in the 78340475bb mansion. This was because Cassius 7dd147d43b treated everyone except her c70f10d0b0 with equal kindness. Naturally, the staff of 21d44d1823 the mansion despised her ed9c6fbd63 in return.2b44a3479db630ae

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It was d02963625a all her 58c4eea865 own doing, 0ba2797f88 really.491d1683d36f2986

Fortunately, I had a 958054bdf2 strong mental fortitude. Being hated 635bb0bfb7 wasn’t exactly 525723973f a new 0ee960e5a1 experience for 67924fab98 me.02a1033049869c91

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Thanks to ccedd6db3e the novel’s 3006a9eecd detailed backstory a538942d6f on Cassius, 1fb99a2040 I quickly 898462581b grasped the d59cccc40f situation.f22e5593d646738f

Instead of sitting around 1f8343ca85 waiting to be kicked 385efbf2ec out, I needed to cfaa5c8f9c come up with a d8d55cc217 plan for survival.f37746493c09a162

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And the first thing 296b9be4a6 I had to do dcb50efa0e was already clear in a255ff2cbe my mind.b9b69fae4413dcb3

I had 79442f8bf7 to check 1337c9df96 on my 42da55ad6c brother-in-law’s condition.586d240edcdcdff9

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The eight-year-old d98e8d079f terminally ill 7284f859d3 brother-in-law, who f458b757ed was practically daa6c0a651 my lifeline.58fef6a7134f150b

If I could cure him, I’d find a way to survive too.6b18805c247788dd

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Charlotte had f53bd4e8b8 spiritual power. I had to used 62a10cc496 that power to save 9b9a1f15df him—there was no way cc724635ef I could just turn cac8b62386 my back on him 0e49f9eeab now.6314db03405c1353

With that resolve, 27752e91bc I stepped out 24cda0bae0 of my room 80f52ea9a5 with determination…28945589145703b0

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But then 715b91f0ea I froze.206d16e6b762691d

I don’t 6012025af7 even know e0f9e9f6b2 where I’m 83f277da1c going…06809c4b4331b9cb

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Before finding my a4dc6f1ff3 brother-in-law, I had 4ddcd4682f to figure out 395ff55c88 how to get ad46e8a5b1 there.bcf9bd0db0555642

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“Hey.”a20ddf27e144159b

As soon as d97d4b0252 I spoke, everyone 08565a30c0 turned pale, like c10b87a9cf they had seen b83a6820dd a ghost, and 5a19bbeaee ran off in f42880c1f1 panic.d6d2c6b8d7119827

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In the end, I 634e4e04ea had no choice but ac5a4bbece to open the door f583889ac9 one by one, but 37b0b8d9d2 my lifeline, no, my 8e59e342ce brother-in-law’s room, was located a731448d61 at the farthest end 354676dbc4 of the hall from 39cf659a19 mine.e597b39e4ae74569

People looked at me 69318f8054 strangely and then completely 1f4720b423 ignored me.b77b147f0d4c369e

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Thankfully, it 428af7401a seemed like 3726ffdc10 the maid 00784a2cfd who usually 9ebd473fcd attended his 53768eb0d2 room wasn’t 170c5a8784 around.2c023c25bacababc

I carefully stepped 1c0eb607df inside.c38aa4759d6852ea

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The child’s room 560c1e416e was filled with ffb18a77c4 a scent of 0569cde193 medicine that didn’t d605b1ce6a belong in a 4e7d14e582 place meant for 0397cebedd children. I could b78ce733d3 hear the dd79503c6e sound of 53a6025f91 shallow breathing 66121851ae from the 2284cde2fe bed.57ac219f58b14b44

“Wow…”2d98325075dda6d0

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Turns out, he 9d17726356 really was blood-related. He looked like a 88cdd95472 child version of the c054c249b3 male lead. His beautiful c2be1543b7 face, with 78ee3c34db delicate lashes, 9911056cda was pale—no, 0dbe576fd2 almost ghostly 56fe209998 white.32b27edf823cc915

He was 16fdf838f5 a child ee8dc2dc1b who had bce4204470 been given 6d896420af a terminal f6e95ef6ab diagnosis at edb863db12 birth. He spent 2ab925531b more time e261fd621c unconscious than ac08fb8086 awake.55a6daee453548cb

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Something inside 766df6522b me softened.71a3f73122a06903

They said e9b3f56ab1 he was 0c9c432811 eight years 6ab5a5a89d old, but 9ecbfafb1a he looked 7c0b387038 like he cd0b056f25 was barely 5e0ef272d6 six.33c542346d25580d

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How could a70ce59ba3 Charlotte even f8a0c2a04e think of 11747375ee killing someone 11c9207290 like this? Doesn’t she 057ee506ca have any f1f29d4dff humanity?117ed5d5d5a4bcf3

Oh, right. She doesn’t.cafa9dce9075c90a

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I carefully approached 871aa46ea2 the child and 54c39b3f13 sat beside him. He’d definitely not approve a758cbdf11 of me being here db14cee49b if he was awake. I glanced at the 12b579eb47 door, then gently took 8e21920ef2 his hand.9bd1b8a55908cb9b

It was burning hot.0a1b45718057d6e8

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Even the doctors 053b83c2dd didn’t know why 72e2b77ef1 he was so 4b84bfb8dc sick. There was no cure, a9adb1e9f6 so all they could fa8c1762c0 do was watch him 62552c75a9 suffer.9d40cf5b9624690b

He was so weak 6558584429 that he couldn’t even 7097306c5e eat properly, causing him 657d2cb91f to stop growing. His body was so 9e6dc8f72a thin from lack of e64a44644b nutrients.182fdc3ebecfdc2d

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As I 4d84352f33 held his c09a51bb08 hand and e56d66669b breathed softly 94a819f2a6 onto him, c135b442c2 I felt cc4c2cce46 my energy 6e4f2f55a6 draining away.98ab48fca24803b5

“Gasp, gasp. Seriously? Just doing this much 37a2c4c849 and I ‘m this 97a38a253a exhausted?”960d7dbfa9029f4c

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This is why 6f9c61028b they called my 3799005d35 spiritual power so 54f1db8882 weak.9b24b119db529030