A Saint That Can See A Ghost
Chapter 1
It was a series of failures.
Love.
Friendships.
Engagement.
Graduated from the Academy.
Hosting a social party.
Sponsorship.
Mining investment.
Business.
(Including 197382 other failures)
Everyone has experienced large and small failures but Viche was especially severe. Perhaps she had committed something in her previous life, so the goddess of failure seemed determined to grab her ankle.
Nevertheless, Viche was determined. There was no need for her to be heat up or heartbroken. Duke Osirius’ was behind his precious child as a strong shield called parents.
For some people, the experience of failure to give up their life was light as a feather. Parents who love their late daughter dearly offered a new way no matter what the failure was by overflowing the money they needed.
If the mining investment goes down, We invest in nearby magic springs, If the social party is canceled, We will hold a mask ball, When my friendship broke up, they will tie them using money.
The parents were foolishly generous to their grown-up daughter and they will do everything for her. Even her parents hardwork would do everything even their family goes down.
In the end, the life of their beloved daughter was so short that she could not feel the gap between sadness and happiness, and at the same time, she can’t step forward. I wish anyone could stop me, but no one had the guts to advise the Duke on his spiritual education.
The largest and most spectacular Osirius mansion in the Cromus Empire, A loving couple and a beautiful kind daughter, A simple butler and their servants, A happy family that would only appear in fairy tales. Viche had no doubt that the ending would be the same.
But there is no eternal happiness. From the moment my parents closed their eyes due to an accident, my peaceful life became a mess. Group of hyenas seeking money began to flock.
(T/N: Hyenas are greedy in movies. And also here.)
Among them was a smooth looking appearance hyena that drooling over her mouth, approached the lonely woman. There was no difficulty for a hyena in the shabby leather of nobility to approach her. It was easy to pretend to be acquainted with Duke Osirius, who has a wide connection and helped people around him, because of this, it was easy to step in his mansion.
(T/N: The hyena is a poor noble)
At first, he did not overdo it, saying that it will not reduce my inheritance tax. After learning his face, he called a famous poet in the capital to ghostwrite a letter, and then I met him again in disguise as a coincidence.
He was a sweet man as if her parents gave their last gift to her, so she couldn’t help falling in love. The innocent Viche was willing to accept him as a family after much consideration.
And after a while, the most bitter failure in her life is back.
What I could do with a painful heart that relies on faith. Early in the morning when people stopped visiting her, she visited the temple and prayed to see the man she met for the first time.
The season passed step by step. The yellow flowers that brightly color the garden bloom beautifully one by one, they prepare for the farewell without a sound, as if nothing happened.
On a stormy day, Viche couldn’t bear it, so she grabbed on her husband’s pants and hung on. But her husband kicked her brutally in return.
A pure heart was only looking for one man, lost its color like petals that were trampled on the floor and soiled, leaving only traces of bitterness.
In the end, Viche had no choice but to admit that her marriage had ended. At the same time as acknowledging the 197383rd failure, the 21st standing girl appeared.
“Shiberom, I’m here!”
I heard the sound in a peaceful afternoon being broken brutally. While reading a book on the terrace, Viche rushed to the window. My beloved book fell to the floor with a heavy sound, but it didn’t even come to my ears.
An uninvited guest clearly seen in the garden and Viche bit her lips. A woman with a sixth sense of body that falls from a red carriage with a crest of Osirius family. The golden blonde and the chest reflecting her husband’s taste.
Marriage failed
The night alone is terribly cold for a woman who has been loved too much since she was born. How can a person change in an instant like this? Her husband’s attitude, which was easily changed like turning his hand upside down, has completely broken their newlywed life, which may only be once in a lifetime.
Since it started with love, I tried to understand it somehow by caring with love. Thinking that there would be something busy, I abandoned my newlywed life like a loner. However, even if she tried to deny the reality and dream sweet dreams of her love life, the seat next to the empty bed awakened the reality when she opened her eyes.
The only conversation we had at the table was silverware. The only thing that comes back even if she courageously talks to her indifferent husband was ignoring her, so the wife had to look away from some point.
Lips, which showed even teeth and smiled broadly, faithfully played a role in accepting food that did not know what flavor it was. Although a lesser butler ordered the chef to take all kinds of seafood, it was common for the plate to return as it was exported.
Her husband’s eyes, which always headed elsewhere, became a knife and dug her chest.
She was wearing a special black dress.
Silver eyelashes trembled with anger. Viche even forgot to breathe and stared at them.
The 21st woman shouted in a voice full of excitement.
“You, where are you?”
“Kaira!”
Her husband, Shiberom, a blonde handsome man, appeared.
He ran across the garden, delighted as if he had discovered the only treasure on the continent. The joyous cheers broke through the window on the second floor where Viche stood.
The cruel sunshine shone brilliantly on the stage of an affair man and woman. The two men and women kissed passionately as if they were the main characters of the play, burst into laughter, and kissed once again.
Her expression disappeared from her face. There was not even a ray of light around her, and there was only a sense of alienation that seemed to have become an unknown audience to watch famous plays.
If you rub your eyes with sand, Would it hurt so much if you hit a whole piece of glass? The body, which was watching, could not resist and lowered the curtain nervously. The curtain with subtle embroidery was crumpled and left a handprint.
I can’t help but laugh. No matter how I chose him. I was so sorry that I wanted to slap the cheek that contained the heat of love and dig out the eyeballs that only looked at the trash.
“Stupid, stupid, stupid…”
The cries of the beast echoed through the room, and a soft fist struck the chest mercilessly.
The action was repeated until the white skin left a clear red mark. As I turned my head with a harsh breath, I saw a glass bottle on the white table. It was full of her favorite orange juice.
Holding a glass bottle in both hands, she drank it as if she were angry. I know it’s out of etiquette, but I couldn’t help it. A glass of juice won’t calm the seething heart.
Clink.
The glass bottle and my body fell to the floor at the same time. My eyes became blurry, and my body didn’t put strength in it. I tried to call the maid urgently, but I couldn’t feel anything as if my tongue was paralyzed.
Squeak.
The door opened, and a light sound of feet pierced my ears.
“You did something stupid. You drink it without a doubt.”
“Shiberom, when are we getting married?”
“If she dies.”
“When was that?”
“Huu. Wait a minute. She’ll die soon.”
Anger and betrayal swept her whole body like waves. What I hear after that is the sticky saliva, the sound of flesh bumping into each other, and the growling of a woman.
‘Stop! Stop doing dirty things in my room! Get out of here now!’
Even if I wanted to scream while swearing, my body didn’t move like a corpse. Tears didn’t stop on her cheeks, which were shaking as if she were kicking.
It was so unfair that Viche fainted but couldn’t close her eyes. She cursed God with tears of blood in her heart. If there was a god, he wouldn’t have made me suffer. If God was watching, he would have punished those less than me.
‘If there was a god…’
It was the last ceremony. From that day on, Viche spent a month wandering like dead. But I didn’t expect it to be a divine move.
Viche did not return to reality for a month. What’s interesting is that the dream I had was 30 years from another world.
In her drug-like dream, Viche was called an ‘actress.’ She walked through the red carpet in a moderately fine elegant dress and waved proudly.
That year, she held the grand prize trophy in her hands. She was called a star by the people there and received a deafening applause. Viche was completely different from reality.
She thought she would avoid moderation, daring to do what she wanted to do, and what she had to endure was a woman who knew how to keep good.
I knew how to enjoy life. In the morning, I was alone whenever I opened my eyes in a large bed. I opened my arms wide as if I’m enjoying my freedom.
My heart swells with anticipation for a new day and I hummed out when I read the newspaper leisurely with a cup of coffee.
The lavender bubble bath at midnight, along with expensive liquor that is difficult to name, was one to name of happiness to end the day.
When it was so perfect, I put it in my dream like a lie.
The silver eye toward the dark ceiling blinked loudly. The magic stone on the ceiling shone in a mysterious blue light. It was a different beauty from fluorescent lights.
(T/N: She called it ‘magic stone’ because she didn’t live in the modern era. Magic stones are usually their light in her era.)
When I lowered my head, a living bed sheet that I could not feel in Korea, wriggled. As she fiddled it with her hands, a fabric softer than her finest silk wrapped around her hands.
Vichee hurriedly lifted herself up and left the bed. She limped like a broken wooden doll, but stood in front of a full-length mirror.
Unlike my previous dream, I saw a woman who had little to do. The ugly and tight silver hair, skinny like a tree branch, a weak impression, and the lips opened to the point of being uninteresting.
Oh My God. One thing in Viche’s mind has increased its volume.
Came back.
Viche burst into laughter in front of the mirror. My husband’s extramarital affairs and poisoning, I rolled the filthy mud in my mouth, and now I’m back to square one.
It felt like God’s play, but I’m not shocked or depressed. In the book that the actress in the dream read, possession, regression, and reincarnation. There were a lot of things.
I just woke up from a long dream and felt strongly that I had a new opportunity. Isn’t it a golden card that can change the direction of life?
I roughly organized my messy silver hair and headed to the dressing table. It’s a ridiculous walk like walking in high heels, but I feel much better. It was fun to step on the warm magic curry that touched the soles of my feet like a red carpet.
‘Let me see.’
Skull-like hands moved rhythmically on the shelves of the dressing table as if they were playing the piano.
The well-organized dressing table was full of cosmetics in glass bottles. Most of them were simple cosmetics that did not suit her taste, such as gray powder that made the skin dull and very light pink cheeks. But I didn’t really complain. I’m going to throw them all away anyway, and I’m planning to buy a new one.
‘By the way, where’s the lipstick on this side?’
I went through the dressing table, reflecting on my blurry memories. I heard something falling and breaking against my hand, which has yet to regain its control, but there was no need to stop. The maids in the mansion would have rested for a long time while their owners slept soundly, so they’d overlook this.
I kept looking for lipstick like a well-seeker in the desert. Thanks to my hard work, I could see the luxurious lipstick with gold. Viche carefully painted her lips with red lipstick while looking at the round mirror on the dressing table.
It was not enough, so it caused friction by moving the upper and lower lips. The red lipstick spread thrillingly and turned her into an attractive woman. The modest impression of a while ago had long disappeared like her mirage.
Viche showed her teeth and laughed in the dark.
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