I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration - Chapter 127

“Don’t be so hard on yourself, Killian.”

“This is a guilt I’ll have to carry with me until I die.”

“No, you really don’t have to beat yourself up about it……”

He was just a character in this novel, so he couldn’t go against the flow of the story.

The reason he’s only seeing all of this now is because I’ve met the third exception condition, and the flow of the original story has become extremely weak.

It’s not just Killian, but probably Cliff and the Duke as well.

So the future is more important.

‘From now on, probability, not the flow of the original story, will be the main force holding this world together.’

It’s not that I suddenly become the protagonist of this world because all the causality of the original story is gone.

Rather, what’s going to happen from now on is that even I, who have read the original story, can’t see a single step ahead.

But I am not afraid.

‘On the contrary, it means that I can finally create my own life!’

For me, this is the beginning of the main story!

But first, I had to confess everything I hadn’t been able to tell Killian.

I wanted to tell him who I was without hiding anything from him anymore, so that he could understand and love me for who I am.

“I know it’s late, but I need to tell you something too.”

I pulled my hand out of his grasp and placed it on the back of his hand.

And this time, I held his hand tightly.

“I don’t know if you’ve already figured it out, but I– I mean, Edith Riegelhoff……”

“You’re Edith Ludwig.”

Oh my, look at his face. He said it with a straight face.

“Yeah, well, anyway, I was, uh, abused from a young age in the Riegelhoff family, and all the disgraceful things I did at parties were forced upon me by my father.”

“Why didn’t you tell me before?”

“There are two reasons: first, I wasn’t sure you and the Ludwigs would accept me if they knew the truth. I was a hostage for the allegiance of the Riegelhoffs, and if they knew I was an empty suit who couldn’t fulfill that function……”

“Edith……”

Killian looked devastated, for he couldn’t refute what I said.

But that mattered little now, because the second reason was more important and harder to explain.

“And the second reason is……”

I’d been wondering until this moment if I should reveal my truth, and if so, how I should explain it.

“Killian.”

His head snapped up, as if he was surprised to be called out so abruptly.

“Do you, by any chance, believe in the supernatural?”

“Why are you asking me that out of the blue?”

“Because that’s the second reason I haven’t told you everything about myself.”

“Tell me so I can understand.”

I took a deep breath. “I have all of Edith’s memories, and at the same time…… I have the memories of a human named Choi Soo-na.”

“Choo Soo-na?”

I laughed briefly at his pronunciation.

“No, no. Choi Soo-na. I was a 28-year-old woman, living in a country called South Korea. My parents farmed in the countryside, and I worked in the capital to make money, but my asshole brother kept taking it away from me, so I never had any money to save, and I had a major illness when I was younger, so I wasn’t healthy…… It was a pretty difficult life, but I kept trying to look like I was living as well as everyone else.”

Just a year ago, I was Choi Soo-na, and it seemed like a long, long time ago. I wonder if this is a side effect of reincarnation.

“Actually, my life wasn’t that different from Edith’s. My parents were my biological parents, but you know what? Even biological parents can’t love their own children. My parents were like that. They didn’t hit me, but they pretty much neglected me and my brother, and my brother was worse than Shane Riegelhoff.”

Killian listened blankly, unable to control his mouth that had been gaping since I mentioned the name ‘Choi Soo-na’.

“Do you think I’m crazy?” I asked, smiling.

Killian closed his mouth and shook his head. “No. Not at all.”

“Well, I’m glad you think I’m still sane, because I’ve got some more weird stuff to tell you……”

“Please do.”

Killian poured me a glass of water from the bottle on the bedside table as soon as I coughed.

He’s a good listener.

“I was reincarnated as Edith a week before I married you. The original me died in an accident in a world different from this one.”

“Reincarnated……?”

“Yes. It’s when another spirit enters one’s body and reincarnates as that person. It’s also called transmigration……”

“Are you saying you’re a…… witch?”

“Oh, no, no, I don’t have any powers or anything like that, I just…… woke up and I was like, “I didn’t ask for this.”“

Did I mention it for no reason?

Is “I Refuse Your Obsession” also a world where witch hunts and burnings exist……?

Killian stared off into space while I fidgeted, then sighed softly and changed the subject.

“What was the accident that killed you?”

“Uh…… my brother was drunk as hell and he was waiting for me, right on my doorstep when I got home from work.”

The memory was still vivid.

The narrow staircase of the old multi-family house, smelling damp.

Every time I got home from work, I often wondered if there was a mugger waiting for me on those stairs.

Little did I know that the mugger would be my brother……

“He wanted me to give him some money, but I wasn’t in a good mood that day, so I insisted that I couldn’t.”

“So?”

“Then he…… slapped me hard on the cheek.”

For a moment, Killian’s fists tightened.

“Unfortunately, I had just finished climbing the stairs…… and the slap sent me tumbling backward. I think I rolled down the stairs…… and landed somewhere hard on my head, and I blacked out, and when I opened my eyes, I found myself in Edith’s body.”

Killian began to open his mouth again.

“……voila!”

I added a childish sound effect, stretching my arms from side to side like a magician does after a successful trick.

“Anyway, so, I was a little reluctant to bring up Edith’s past as if it was something I’d experienced. I don’t know if I’m qualified to sell someone else’s misery.”

“Ha……”

Killian made a sound I couldn’t tell if it was a laugh or a sigh.

The truth was, I’d been under a constraint that prevented me from revealing Edith’s hidden settings, even if I wanted to. But in order to bring that up, I’ll have to explain that this world is a book, and that its god-like author had imposed all sorts of limitations on me.

But I decided not to talk about it that far. I don’t want to confuse Killian too much, and it’s not like I can say it’s in a book anymore anyway.

“You don’t have to believe me. Since I started living as Edith, I’m just Edith, and my mysterious experiences aren’t important. I just don’t want to hide anything from you.”

“To be honest……”

Killian remained thoughtful for another moment after he spoke.

I get it. This must be the first time he’s ever heard anything like this in his life.

All sorts of things must have gone through his mind like: is she crazy, is she having a vivid dream and confusing it with reality, is she making fun of me?

I waited patiently for his response.

“I don’t believe everything you’re saying, but it’s too specific to not believe at all, and there’s no reason why you’d bother deceiving me with such a story.”

“I don’t intend to confuse you, but…… when you go to Ryzen, let me help you with your work. Choi Soo-na’s memories will be quite helpful to you, and the world I came from is a bit more developed than this one.”

“I heard you had dreams of developing Ryzen, it seems to be true.”

Killian smiled, finally.

Not all of it made sense, not all of it was believable, but he seemed to respect my story.

He took my hand gently and kissed the back of it.

A tickling sensation traveled from the back of my hand, up my arm, and straight to my heart.

“Don’t worry. I’ll listen to whatever you say from now on, and I’ll try to understand it. I don’t want to make the same mistakes I made before.”

“Even if I say something that sounds ridiculous?”

“Even if you tell me that you are the reincarnation of a spirit from another world.”

Maybe what I really wanted to hear from Killian wasn’t that he loved me, or that he would do anything for me, but that he would try to understand me.

Maybe that’s why I feel so content and relieved right now.

“Oh, by the way…… are all the misunderstandings about me cleared up? Duke, Duchess, and Cliff……?”

“Mostly, yes. My father, especially, is very sorry for you.”

“Well…… as the head of the family, His Excellency the Duke had to be careful about every little thing, I understand.”

“You shouldn’t let them off the hook so easily. You’ll get what you deserve when we get to the castle, so be prepared.”

I chuckled with Killian, then he told me a little more.

That the heads of those involved in this treasonous conspiracy, including the Langstons and the Riegelhoffs, had been hanged this morning at the Imperial Palace; that Anna would be going to Ryzen as a maid in my entourage; that the Duchess, who had been in bed almost every day since the kidnapping, had only gotten up yesterday, and that Renon would be convalescing for another week.

When he had finished, Killian said in conclusion,