I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration - Chapter 145
11. Flashback (4)
‘She is a soul who was once dead, yet is still alive in this world. A living being would instinctively try to avoid death……’
Pondering, Lizé slowly decided on the third exception condition.
[The third exception condition has been set. The third exception condition: Do not resist your death fate.]
It’s a terrible paradox, if you try to live, you die, and if you try to die, you live.
‘The only problem is that Edith might give up at the last moment……’
Actually, LizĂ© wanted to make a condition like, “Accept your death gladly,” or something even more impossible, but there are constraints on this ‘condition’.
That’s exactly what it means to not deviate from probability.
There is a slight possibility of Edith’s desperation in the story so that she could put the condition on not resisting the fate of death.
So, there’s just that much risk probability.
‘But I canât think of a condition stronger than this.’
Lizé felt triumphant and vowed that in the future she would try to kill Edith herself.
***
But Killian, so far freed from LizĂ©’s control, acted like a character who existed to love Edith.
When he brought Edith to tea, Killian was no longer “the second male lead with a crush on LizĂ© Sinclair.”
His eyes were glued to Edith the entire time.
They exchanged intimate glances, seemingly oblivious to Lizé and Cliff.
Then, Lizé turned to Killian with an innocent look on her face.
“By the way, Killian. I’m sorry, but I was wondering if you could come with me to Le Belle-Marie next Friday? I got a call that the shoes I customized with you the other day are finished.”
“Oh! I can’t believe it’s already been that long.”
“Yes. If you’re busy, that’s okay……”
“No, no, I’ll come with you,” Killian replied casually, not looking at Edith.
‘Yeah, there is still room to bring back Killian.’
The remaining 30% of control did not seem completely useless.
Lizé smiled as she looked at Edith, who did her best to hide her disappointment.
Then, a few days later, there was an unexpected visit from Count Sinclair at the mansion, also aiming for Edith’s position.
‘Why is the Sinclairs becoming Edith’s enemy instead of mine?’
This is a very bad sign.
In order for Lizé to be a female lead, she needs a clear villain to attack her, and that power is waning.
The fact that they had shifted to targeting Edith also meant that Edith was becoming the female lead.
Lizé pressed down her impatience and waited for her outing with Killian.
She had to win Killian’s heart that day.
Lizé urged Killian, who kept hesitating in front of Edith, to head to Le-Belle Marie Street, showing him a lot of smiles and charms that she did not show him often.
“Look at that, Killian! So cute!”
“They are cute. Do you want me to buy one?”
This is where Killian differs from the male lead, Cliff.
Cliff never asked, “Do you want me to buy it?” He would just smile and nod, and then later send all the things LizĂ© pointed out as gifts to her room.
But Killian’s attitude now wasn’t so bad. He’d certainly never bought Edith a present like this before.
But as their time at Le-Belle Marie continued, LizĂ© became increasingly annoyed with Killian’s words and behavior.
She didn’t like that he was already thinking about taking Edith to the estate, and she didn’t like that he’d said in the shoe store, “I’ll drop by with my wife sometime soon.”
‘What? I’m trying on shoes right now, you should be focusing on me!’
Feeling in a bad mood, LizĂ© said, “I was wondering if you might want to consider…… Edith’s preferences. You know, she likes things a little more glamorous.”
“I thought so too, but her preferences seem to have changed a lot since we got married. I didn’t realize she was such a pragmatist.”
The smile on Killian’s face as he thought of Edith was a far cry from the one he’d smiled at LizĂ© earlier.
LizĂ© finally had enough and wrapped her arm around Killian’s.
However, Killian only glanced down at her and didn’t say anything.
In fact, he even looked bored in the accessory store he went into for her, further ruining her mood.
She was quite pleased when Killian suddenly took the initiative to stop somewhere, but it wasn’t LizĂ©’s gift that he picked out, but Edith’s.
“Did Edith want you to get her something?”
“No, but I don’t think I’ve bought her anything fancy before……”
“Really? It seems like you’ve been taking good care of Edith, and you even bought her a necklace before!”
“……you mean the day Cliff gave you all the rest of the jewelry?”
Lizé never expected to receive this kind of attack from Killian.
Of course, the old Killian wouldn’t have remembered that day at all, although he seemed to think it was Cliff’s fault, not hers.
After a while, Lizé finally gave up and went home, claiming to be tired.
When Killian returned, he didn’t even walk her to her room, instead heading to Edith’s room with Edith’s gift.
‘How could he have changed so much?’
Lizé could no longer say she knew Killian as a character. He was a complete stranger.
But she has a strong ally by her side.
“Wow, what is this?”
“Cliff!”
That’s right.
Cliff, the male lead, is a character that’s only for LizĂ©.
He seemed upset by the fact that LizĂ© had gone shopping with Killian, and surprisingly, he even foresaw an incident that could lead to Edith’s death.
“I want my brother and sister-in-law to be happy, so I gave her a few suggestions on how to win Killian’s favor……”
“What did you tell her?”
“That Killian likes to go sailing on the lake.”
“Sailing on the lake……”
The episode of the “yacht capsized” incident quickly unfolded in LizĂ©’s mind.
Cliff whispered to her, “LizĂ©, I exist only for you, and I’ll give you anything you want.”
“Are you sure…… you’ll do it for me?”
“Of course. I’ll always worship you, my spring goddess.”
Lizé smiled as she shared a kiss with Cliff, but inside she had a disturbing thought.
‘I know. Because you are a character I created to be like that.’
That’s why she no longer liked Killian, as he was acting against his creator’s will.
***
The day before Killian was to go sailing with Edith, Lizé slowly put her plan into action as it grew dark outside.
“Geez, where did it go?”
“What’s wrong, LizĂ©?”
“Oh, Cliff!”
Lizé sat Cliff down at the table for tea and continued to search every inch of the dressing table.
“What are you looking for?”
“Oh, it’s just that…… my favorite earrings are missing.”
“Earrings?”
“Yes. It’s a pair of pearl earrings that the Duchess bought me……”
Lizé looked nervous and anxious, and Cliff began to show interest.
“When was the last time you wore them?”
“When was it…… ah, the last time we went on the yacht!”
“You mean the time we were on my yacht?”
“Yes. I wonder if I lost it there……”
Lizé fidgeted and pulled out the jewelry box she had already rummaged through once before.
“I’ll go to the yacht and look for it.”
“Oh, no! It’s too late and dark……”
“It’s okay.”
Lizé thanked Cliff several times before sending for the mercenary she had hired in advance.
He’d know which screws to loosen, so it seemed unlikely that the job would fail.
The next morning, LizĂ© expressed a desire to go along for the sail. If she could go along, she’d be more certain of killing Edith.
But Killian drew a clear line in the sand.
“Maybe next time we can all go together.”
Lizé smiled and waved, a little disappointed, but nonetheless nonchalant.
‘Still, there’s no way she’ll survive. Goodbye, 13th Edith.’
Hopefully, the body would be found later and it would be a horrible, water-damaged mess.
LizĂ© spent the morning leisurely, waiting for news of Edith’s death.
As noon approached, she heard the system’s voice in her head.
[Edith Ludwig’s death as a villainess puts the story back on its original flow. Three minutes to go until death.]
‘Just as planned.’
Lizé smiled and looked out the window.
It was a beautiful day.
It couldn’t have been a better day for LizĂ© Sinclair to get her life back on track as a female lead.
But……
[Edith Ludwig’s death as a villainess puts the story back on its original flow. Five minutes to go until death.]
‘Huh? Why is there another notice?’
It must have been three minutes since the last one. And the time to death has been extended.
‘Something is preventing…… Edith from dying……!’
It was obvious what that ‘something’ was.
‘Killian!’
The man who had once been LizĂ©’s most ardent admirer was now struggling to save Edith.
A moment later, an unexpected notice was heard.
[Edith Ludwig survived.]
‘What? No, no way……!’
[Some of the flow of the original story has been broken by the author’s excessive intervention. The original story has been further damaged. The author’s control is weakening.]
It was a scary notice.
She hadn’t expected this to fail, and because she had poured so much power into it, her control was already weakening, even though the third exception condition hadn’t been met.
Soon, the mansion was in an uproar.
The drenched Killian returned carrying an unconscious, but still alive, Edith.
“Get a doctor, now! Now!”
The sight of Killian shouting in desperation while holding a woman who wasn’t her was so unfamiliar.