Chapter 3
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(3RD PERSON POV)
Eisel sighed deeply, taking turns to glancing at the two people continuously staring at each other intensely.
‘Is he going to start again?’
In fact, it wasn’t Beorick’s fault that the Aspenser family’s business went bankrupt. The source of trouble was a bill that was created by Beoricks’s father, the former Viscount of Aspenser, who excessively expanded his business. When Beorick took over, it was already difficult to handle. Although Beorick tried to protect the crumbling sand castle, he eventually had to kneel in front of the accumulating debt.
However, the problem followed and Beorick was deceived by a friend and lost all the remaining money they had to revive the family while doing business.
“….. Okay, I’ll believe you. There’s nothing to rip off anyway.”
“Haha, that’s really lucky of us, isn’t it….”
“Father.”
‘What are you saying?’ Before Lily’s eyes darkened again, Eisel immediately called Beorick’s attention. Looking at Eisel with a smile, he quickly closed his mouth as if he realized what he just said.
Lily sighed briefly as she looked at Beorick, who just regained himself.
“You’re a good person, but trusting people too easily is a problem. It’s not a bad thing to trust other people if you have some spare time and money to lose, but now we….”
“I understand….”
“If it’s only us, it’s okay to eat this thin porridge for the rest of our life, but we now have Eisel. She’s mostly starving and it affects her growth….”
“Huh?”
Lilly, who continued to speak with a deep sigh, pointed to Eisel. She was worried about their daughter who was eating the tasteless, thin soup, but Eisel had already scraped the thin soup up to the bottom, even when she didn’t even want to eat it like that.
“…….”
“…….”
Beorick and Lily immediately shut their mouths as if at a loss for words when they saw Eisel staring at them with an empty plate. Should they be happy with it or not? It’s nice that she was able to eat that tasteless soup with gusto, but it was another story if it’s not good for her health.
As the two of them closed their mouths with complicated emotions, Eisel tilted her head, as if wondering why.
‘Is there a problem? Should I not be finishing the soup?’
Actually, from Eisel’s point of view, eating a thin soup wasn’t really that bad. At least she didn’t have to worry about what to eat. Moreover, considering the days of starvation due to lack of money, it was not an intolerable meal.
“Why?”
Eisel, asked the two people who were staring at her and smiled. Beorick slowly shook his head saying that it was nothing, and Lily sighed as she stroke Eisel’s head.
Eisel, who was pleased with her mother’s touch, smiled once again. Lily’s scary expression slowly ceased.
“Anyway, it’s time to eat well too. You know what I mean, right?
“Don’t worry, madam. After the meeting with Sir Withenburg and talking with him. The bankruptcy filing with the Imperial family will also come out next month. Then there will be a certain subsidy, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
“Did you know, there are many nobles who die of starvation while thinking complacently?”
“Of course, I understand what you mean.”
Lily took her eyes off Eisel and looked down at Beorick.
“I trust you, honey.”
Gulp-
Beorick swallowed his saliva and nodded in faith, fearing now more than anything else. Eisel, who looked at him without saying a word, sighed inwardly.
‘I need to hurry and do something.’
Eisel Aspenser reincarnated in a world filled with familiar names.
‘But seriously, where is this place anyway?’
‘In fact, I still didn’t know which novel world I was in.’
-ˏˋ ━━━━━━ ʚ🌸ɞ ━━━━━━ ˊˎ-
(Eisel’s 3rd POV)
It was around the age of four when she realized that she was reincarnated inside a novel. Eisel was aware that it was a completely different world, then she started hearing familiar names and country names. That’s when she realized that this place was inside the novel that she had once read from her past life.
‘However, the problem was that I couldn’t remember which novel it was.’
‘Since I’ve read a lot of novels before.’
Eisel, who lived on her own without any family or friends, continued to attend school, while doing some part-time work, and the only hobbies that she pursued were playing games and reading novels.
In particular, for her convenience, she reads novels whenever the opportunity comes. Mostly when riding the subway or bus.
At that time, it was very enjoyable to read many novels, but now that she thinks about it, it was not a good thing.
‘As I read too much, now I can’t figure out what kind of novel, what place and worldview that I’m in. They all seemed familiar, but I have no way of knowing whether a particular person was the main character or the villain.’
Therefore, Eisel had no choice but to remember what kind of story that she’s in each and every day.
“Is there really no way?”
If only her family had the money and power, Eisel would have had the opportunity to attend different gatherings that were being attended by different nobles, while she tried to come up with a plan for her to survive in this world, but not now. Since her family was a fallen aristocrat with no money and no power. It would not be easy for her to come up with something in this kind of situation.
“Ugh- sunlight.”
Eisel sighed, she woke up in a room without any curtains to block the sunlight seeping through the windows, let alone flower pots and picture frames.
In the past, this room was filled with a colorful bed and clean furniture, but now all that she had was a desolate floor and a deep bed.
Eisel, who was sitting on her desk with nothing to do, suddenly got up when she heard a loud noise from outside.
‘Is my father leaving already?’
Eisel, who went down to the first floor, found Beorick coming out at the same time, and quickly approached her.
“Did you have a good sleep? And you woke up so early.”
“Are you leaving already?”
“Yes, I’ll need to go out for a while and come back in the afternoon. Then maybe then I can bring you some cookies today, so please look forward to it.”
“Wow, cookies?”
Eisel smiled brightly and rejoiced at Beorick’s words, but in fact, she was not particularly expecting anything, because there were far more days when he couldn’t bring a cookie after saying it a few times before, that’s why she wasn’t expecting anything.
In fact, contrary to Beorick’s knowledge, Eisel didn’t even like cookies. Beorick then patted Eisel’s head and kissed Lily on the cheeks before he turned around.
Beorkic’s shoulders were raised as he went out the door. Eisel wished that he could bring home some good news. Mostly, whenever he comes home empty-handed, his drooping shoulder looks so heavy. Eisel is sincerely hopeful now.
‘I really need to figure out what kind of plot that I’m in.’
‘If it was Korea, Bitcoin, xx Electronics stock, etc….. I had a lot to say, but it’s all useless knowledge here.‘ She needs to know what novel it is so she can move.
‘I can’t live in poverty this time.’
‘Money is the key!’
As she looked at Beorick’s disappearing back from the front door, she vowed to remember the content of this novel and hit the jackpot.
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(Eisel’s 3RD Person POV)
In the afternoon while Beorick and Lily were away from the mansion. Eisel was busily jotting down the familiar names inside her room, as she tried to revive her memories.
“What was it?”
‘I need to know what type of novel this is. Is it harem? Strong male lead? Ropan? Since I like romance novels, then it must be under that kind of genre. It’s probably not a horror story since I’m not reading it that much, right?’ Eisel struggled in the midst of organizing her thoughts in her head.
Boom boom!
At that moment. A loud violent knock on the door was heard from afar. Eisel, who was sitting at an angle on her chair, stuck her head out the window to see who would be knocking on the door of a dilapidated mansion. It was hard for her to see their faces, but she can guess that there were two men standing at the front door.
‘Are they thieves?’ It’s strange to rob a mansion in broad daylight, but… In fact, even a thief had nothing to steal here. Then, are they debt collectors? Unfortunately, there seems to be no money to repay them.’
Boom boom!
While Eisel was trying to know those men on the front door, the door rang loudly again. When she decided to just pretend that no one was home, she suddenly met the eyes of one of the visitors.
‘Oh shit!’
Eisel sighed, she got up from her seat and went down the stairs.
Bang!
In the meantime, while admiring the brief patience of the guests who were knocking on the door once more, Eisel slowly turned the doorknob.
“Who are you?”
When she raised her head the man that she thought was only two people suddenly increased to four…. Were they originally four people?
Eisel stared up at the man who was standing in front and tilted her head. Who is this? Clothes made of high-quality fabrics and arrogant eyes that say, just by looking at them, ‘I’m a nobleman’.
In addition, there’s three men at his back who whispered “That is the child” from behind him.
“Are you by any chance, Eisel Aspenser?”
“Who are you?”
“Answer the question first. Are you, Eisel Aspenser?”
Eisel, felt a little uncomfortable for their sudden question, who gave off an aristocratic vibe. She wanted to ignore them and just close the door, but then she thought that it might be a visitor from her parents.
The man muttered briefly, “Are you Eisel?”. After receiving my confirmation, he gave an instruction to his colleague in a low voice, then he handed over the papers from his arms towards Eisel.
“Even a fallen noble can read documents, right?.”
Eisel, who took the documents that was given to her, tilted her head as she read the title of the documents [Basquiella Official Letter].
‘What is this?’
The man sighed when Eisel looked at the documents and made a questionable expression.
“Ha- I can’t believe that I have to talk to a fool who doesn’t even know how to read and write. This is definitely their end.”
‘… A fool?’ Eisel suddenly raised her head at the word ‘fool’ and looked up at the man. Whether it was ridicule or contempt, he was definitely throwing an unfavorable look at her. Eisel then readied herself to confront this man who just showed an unpleasant attitude towards her.
“Mister. Are you from the Basquiella family?”
“How did you know that?”
“Well it says “Basquiella Official Letter”. That’s why I thought that you’re from Basquiella. Are you stupid?”
“What?”
Eisel frowned deeply, wondering if her answer was just unexpected or the man didn’t hear her clearly.
TO BE CONTINUED…