studiobondurri Chapter 106: 1DAYS (1)
Chapter 106: 1DAYS (1)
Chapter 106: 1DAYS (1)
“Lady Silver Lily.”
“What is it?”
“Let’s just drop everything and take a break for ten days,” I suggested. “No one has been working as hard as you. You’ve done your best in your work and personal life. So, let’s stop working hard just for the next ten days and then use my regression Skill—”
“To have fun that ordinary people can’t?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm.” Lady Silver Lily was calm. “Whatever chaos we cause, no one will remember if we go back to a day ago, so we won’t have to deal with any of it.”
“I knew you would catch on quickly.”
“Isn’t that kind of play a little too irresponsible?”
“Why not be irresponsible?”
“Hmm, I ended up having an awfully bad boy as my lover...”
“Ten days. Deal?
Lady Silver Lily took out her fan and waved it at her face. “I think ten days is too short, so let’s make it fifteen days”
“Deal.”
We played as if we were making up for our lives so far. Sormwin Academy was located near the capital, so a short trip in a carriage afforded us many splendid options for entertainment. And my lover was the heir to the most influential noble in the empire.
Simply put, she had all of the power and money in the world.
“Which seat would you like?” the polite theater staff asked.
“I’ll hire your troupe for a day,” Lady Silver Lily flatly replied.
“Pardon?”
“I said I’d hire your troupe for an entire day. Do you not understand what I said? Or do I have to repeat myself three times? Is this your troupe’s way of practicing your acting skills?”
“N-no, it’s not! I’m sorry! I’ll contact the troupe master right away!”
Hiring a theatrical or an opera troupe for a day was just the beginning.
“Gong-Ja, there’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”
“What is it?”
“I’m going to hire six troupes at once,” Lady Silver Lily said. She sounded calm, but I could tell that she was having fun right now, like a mischievous child pulling a prank. “And we’re going to have them perform their plays on a huge stage all at once. Three plays will be tragedies, two will be comedies, and the last one will be an opera.”
“Uh, that sounds like it’s going to be a total mess.”
“That’s precisely what I want to see.”
“Then let’s do it.”
She brought in the six most expensive troupes in the capital. Since the eldest daughter in the Ducal Family of Ivansia was calling them, all of them came running. Some might worry that such tyranny would damage the duke’s reputation, but that was okay. Since we were a regressor couple, we could have fun for a day and then go back in time. What were people going to do about it?
“Ahhh. What a huge mess. This is what I wanted to see...” My lover fanned herself with immense satisfaction.
“Bwahahahaha!” I rolled around on the floor, laughing.
Next to the actor who was reciting the most tragic lines, the clowns performed a comedy. The simultaneous performances of the six plays made even the most serious lines in the world sound funny. The actors sweated profusely through the entire performance.
“Let’s clean out the gambling houses in the capital!” I suggested.
“That’s a great idea. I’ll take it.”
We set out for a casino exclusively for the nobility first. People here wore masks to hide their identities, like at a masquerade ball, but no noble could fail to recognize my lover’s silver hair draping down like moonlight.
“Say call.”
“Ca-call.”
When Lady Silver Lily told the opponent to call, he cowered and followed her.
“Fold.”
“I-I’ll fold this round.”
Lady Silver Lily told the opponent to die, and he quietly put down his cards.
“Raise the stakes.”
“R-raise...”
“Raise it more.”
“I’ll raise again...”
She said raise, and so it was raised.
“All of you, go all in.”
“All... in...”
A miracle comparable to the Crossing of the Red Sea happened at a luxurious deluxe casino. I decided to build the Lily Church for my lover. The first verse of its scripture would be about the casino. Oh, how beautiful a villainess was as she destroyed others for her own pleasure.
“When I ask you to trust me, please trust me,” I reminded her.
“Of course.”
“It’s time.”
Lady Silver Lily turned to regard me. “It seems like you’re up to something suspicious. Gong-Ja, it would be better for your heart to confess now.”
“I’m going to increase the immersion level to ninety-nine percent now.”
On this trip, Lady Silver Lily and I had talked about a lot of stuff. The world I was from, what an apocalyptic book was, what an immersion level was... Really, a lot. Lady Silver Lily had learned all that from me.
“I need to become a butler almost completely so I can be someone who was born and raised in this world.”
“Why?”
“I can’t tell you.”
Lady Silver Lily stroked her chin. “... The fact that you can’t even tell me means that the plan will only work when you’re the only one who knows about it.”
“That’s correct.”
“You’re telling me this because you have more favors to ask of me.”
“Yes, I do.”
Lady Silver Lily sighed. She felt like she had been beaten to the punch. “... You made me promise to trust you solely for this moment. You’re more clever than you look—I should have been more alert when I listened to you. Okay, what do you want me to do now?”
It was time for action.
***
First, we went back to the day of the ball when the Inquisitor and I had first arrived in this world. Lady Silver Lily and I hurriedly escaped the ballroom and went to her villa.
“Tie my hands and feet tightly to a chair first, please.”
Lady Silver Lily’s expression changed subtly. “Gong-Ja, I think it’s still too early for us to step into that world...”
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, and I feel like I shouldn’t know. But I’m very satisfied with my life right now, so don’t worry.”
“I promised to trust you, so I have no other choice...” Lady Silver Lily tied me tightly to the chair.
I tried moving around, but I couldn’t budge one bit. This should be safe enough.
—Hey, Kim ■bi. What are you doing right now? You’re making me a little nervous, brother.
[Shiny is worried about what ■ is doing.]
My immersion level was already over eighty percent. From what I gathered, the butler—the original owner of this body—was in love with not only Lady Goldencup but also Lady Silver Lily. Either way, his love wasn’t going to be answered, so he never spoke of it.
The crown prince was juggling relationships with both Lady Silver Lily and Lady Goldencup. Meanwhile, Lady Goldencup was also involved with the crown prince as well as the butler. And he had been secretly fostering his love for both Lady Silver Lily and Lady Goldencup. At the same time, Lady Silver Lily was two-timing the crown prince and me.
What a shitty romance. But... thank you.
Right now, I was just grateful to the butler for developing feelings for Lady Silver Lily too. Thanks to that, I was able to come up with this plan.
I made up my mind.
“Please put a mirror in front of me.”
Lady Silver Lily had the servants position a large mirror in front of me. I couldn’t avoid seeing my reflection because of how tightly I was bound.
"Show me the character window."
Letters slid across the mirror's surface.
Name: Kim Gong-Ja
Affection: 90
Liked genres: Murim, romance, mystery, adventure
Disliked genre: None
Liked characters: Teachers, noble heroes, altruists, hard workers, children, good people, self-reflective people, generous people, people who understand him.
...
The character window continued, showing almost everything about me.
With the window open in front of my eyes, I looked up at her. “Raviel.”
“I’m listening.”
“Please shower me with kisses so I’ll fall harder for you.”
“Do you prefer to be kissed while tied up? You could have told me sooner. I might have taken it into consideration from time to time.”
“After a certain point, I’ll no longer be me.”
After the Inquisitor’s immersion level had approached one hundred percent, he had been completely consumed by the role of Lady Goldencup. Despite that, his hair had still kept growing. That was when I realized the perfect solution to clear this stage the way I wanted.
“Then, you should kill me.”
Lady Silver Lily came to a halt.