I Got Transmigrated into a Horror Game Instead - Chapter 2
Chapter 2
There was something she realized as she repeatedly died and regressed. It can never be beaten alone.
The only thing she gained from her honesty in the 10th round was the title ‘The Mad Lady’ and life in confinement. She was, in a word, considered psychotic.
But as she lived in confinement, she realized something while reading books. When she’s completely honest, she becomes a lady sick in the head, but if she mixes in a little lie, she can become a prophet.
“I had an ominous dream. Please call a priest.”
God existed in this world, and those who were chosen by God could use divine powers.
Although divine powers could not cure diseases, it can treat physical injuries and can expel evil things.
Even Rachel once thought that divine powers could dispel the curse of death.
But the result was a failure. The priest did not know anything about the curse. Instead, she told a more terrifying conclusion.
The devil seems to be after her, so be careful.
The devil worshiping organization she heard about at that time was called Daimon. Rachel had never met them, though.
Nevertheless, she tried to call the priest because of an accident at the beginning of her return. If she tries to avoid an accident, she can avoid it. Then, after avoiding it, the risk rate would be lowered in some cases, but in some others, it won’t.
Rachel thought that this time, she would have the priest inspect the interior of the mansion.
If what she said matches what the priest finds, her family will take it as the truth and see it as an ominous future.
“Let’s do that.”
Evelyn, who believes in the Lux Church, immediately accepted Rachel’s request.
“First of all, planks will fall off when we do roof repairs. Tell the servants not to walk under the windows of my room.”
After hearing her words, her family had this expression on their faces that couldn’t tell whether Rachel’s words were real or false.
‘I should have said it calmly in the previous round.’
Because her death and return to round 10 were so quick and happened in a matter of days, she couldn’t calm down. She felt that something was coming for her life from all sides, and she panicked.
As soon as she woke up, she wept and told them what was happening. Henry just shook his head weakly and spat out the word delirium.
His monocled eyes shone coldly and she gave up trying to convince him as his expression and voice were cold rather than calm.
As the morning passed and lunch time approached, she heard a noise from outside.
It was the event Rachel had been waiting for. Thanks to Evelyn’s orders, the maids went around her window to avoid anyone being injured. A large plank fell off the roof and shattered on the ground.
Henry and Evelyn came out late. The two couldn’t hide their surprise and had no choice but to believe Rachel and her ominous dream.
Meanwhile, Rachel was checking the blue window in front of her.
[Risk Rate : 97%]
It went down this time. There were a total of three methods Rachel used to avoid roof accidents.
Among these, the risk only lowered in the latter two cases.
‘The difference is…’
“It’s true! Was there anything else?”
“I want to check when the priest comes.”
Most of the accidents she had been through were those that, with just a little care, would not have hurt her. Things that she could actually avoid if she wanted to.
Nevertheless, she remained on guard after the initial accident. She didn’t know if the effect of the curse had simply expired or the accident may have just not yet occured.
If the curse of death continues, it should always be dangerous, but so far, dangerous things have mostly happened inside the mansion.
The only exception was the carriage accident.
“One more thing, I want you to check the wheels of the carriage.”
Rachel added while thinking. Evelyn called a servant and had the coachman check the carriage.
After a while, the servant returned.
“I checked with the coachman and he said that the axles of the carriage wheels were worn out.”
“Rachel, what you said is true!”
Evelyn took Rachel’s hand.
[Risk Rate : 91%]
The risk was lowered since the coachman started to work on the wheels of the wagon.
Evelyn came to trust Rachel’s words.
‘Honestly, it’s easy to convince my mother. The problem is she keeps dying after two years.’
Even though she was already dead from the start of the game, isn’t it too cruel to keep dying?
This time, she intended to get her close to the priest and put her next to Evelyn..
‘I need money to do that.’
Even a priest who believes in God does not do free service.
They regularly visited and healed the poor, as well as collected and raised orphans, so this was all financed by the nobility and the wealthy.
Rachel’s house was wealthy enough to have employees, but they weren’t ridiculously rich.
Henry was a doctor who only treated the nobility so he made a lot of money, however, he could not be compared to a lord who has authority over millions.
As she pondered, Rachel opened her mouth.
“Mother, should I learn merchant skills under uncle? I can read letters and I can count numbers.”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“It’s not all of a sudden, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time.”
Rachel’s father, an Emporus, was from a merchant family. Her great-great-grandfather bought a baron title to become a nobleman, and since then has been successful in trade and amassed an enormous fortune.
The third son, Henry, did not inherit the title, as the eldest son, Paris Emporus, succeeded the title. Still, their father did not spare financial support to his children while he was alive, and Henry studied at the university and received a doctorate, and was currently working as doctor to the nobility.
In a nutshell, Rachel’s uncle, Paris Emporus, was a huge merchant with lots of money. Best of all, he will skillfully climb the ladder a year later and become a count.
“It’s my uncle’s merchant company, not anyone else’s, wouldn’t it be good to learn the job?”
“I see. I’ll try to contact him.”
Three days later, Paris Emporus visited. The distance between the mansion and the Emporus estate takes more than two days even by horse-drawn carriage, but as soon as he received the message, he knew that he had to come to the mansion.
After hearing that Paris Emporus had arrived, Rachel quickly finished getting ready and went down to the first floor. In the previous round, she nearly fell from the stairs between the second and first floors several times, so she slowly walked down.
“Uncle!”
Rachel ran towards the man who had just entered the mansion.
Usually, you’d think that a merchant would be a man with a huge belly, but Paris Emporus was thin and his skin was pale. Overall, he looked like a weak scholar. He smiled brightly as soon as he saw Rachel.
“Rachel, it’s been a while! You’ve become very tall!”
“Yes. How are you uncle?”
Rachel didn’t hate him. Having only two sons, he adored his one and only niece.
Rachel was also human, so she was more pleased with the friendly Paris Emporus than Henry, who didn’t give a cr*p. She saw more of her uncle’s face than her father’s on all of her returns, so how can she not help it?
“You’ve come. Older brother.”
Henry and Evelyn have just come down. Only Deino, who hated the Baron, didn’t come out.
“Yes. I’m here. How come you look like that every time I see you? Aren’t you happy to see your older brother?”
“Aren’t you coming here too often?”
“Come often? I’ve waited so long to see Rachel.”
“Whoever sees you will think she’s your daughter.”
“Is that so? Rachel, will you be my daughter?”
Paris Emporus trembled at his brother’s words. Because he was a merchant, he did not have the arrogant characteristic of nobles.
Rachel looked at Henry. His face hardened. Paris Emporus saw his brother’s expression and patted him on the back and laughed out loud.
“Why? Are you afraid Rachel will agree to become my daughter?”
Henry didn’t answer. Instead, Evelyn opened her mouth.
“Welcome. And I can’t give Rachel to you. She’s my precious daughter.”
“That’s too bad. Have you been well?”
“Thanks to you.”
Evelyn and Paris Emporus greeted each other with a laugh. Rachel shook her head as she watched her father’s expression harden.
“It must have been hard to come by carriage, so please rest.”
Contrary to his usual visit, his attendants did not carry his luggages to the guest room.
Rachel, who had him visit several times in previous rounds, was puzzled. The answer came right out of his mouth.
“It’s fine. A merchant can’t be uncomfortable with a carriage. I was just about to go down to complete a trade deal with Haas when I got the letter so I quickly came.”
“You were busy, I’m sorry.”
“No. Rachel wants to learn from me. How could I refuse? I came quickly because I wanted her to experience this trip. May I take Rachel now?”
“I haven’t packed my bags…”
“It’s okay. I can buy what you need.”
He replied calmly. Hearing that he was in a hurry, Evelyn couldn’t keep Baron Emporus, who took Rachel’s hand and boarded the carriage.
“I’ll be back.”
“Alright, go and learn a lot!”
Rachel got into the carriage and waved her hand to her family. She had no idea she would leave so fast.
She then thought that meeting the priest and examining the mansion would just need to be postponed until a later date.
“I don’t know if you have motion sickness, but drink this first.”
“Thank you.”
The baron handed Rachel a motion sickness pill. Rachel took it and drank it. But her eyelids started to get very heavy. She wasn’t just sleepy, it was as if she had taken sleeping pills.
“Don’t tell me!”
Rachel suspected Paris Emporus too late. Her eyes closed and a beep sounded in her dream.
– You are dead. Return to checkpoint.
The next time she opened her eyes, she saw a blue window and a familiar ceiling. Round 14 has begun.
“Oh, fu-.”
“Lady! You’re awake! I will call Master!”
As always, the maid jumped up and started running out of the room. Even though there was a call rope in Rachel’s room.
In the meantime, Rachel was lost in her thoughts. Paris Emporus gave her a sleeping pill and killed her. But she didn’t know why.
Her family came. Rachel felt Evelyn’s arms as she hugged her, repeating what she did in the previous round.
‘This time I won’t call for him.’
It was something that never happened during the 12th round. Even when she was alone with him in the mansion, he didn’t do anything suspicious so Rachel never doubted him.
‘By the way, he hit me in the head on the 13th?’
She didn’t know why, but the back of her head was stinging.
‘I won’t be alone with him outside the mansion.’
Rachel etched this in her mind. She had to find out why the baron had killed her, but she had to look for a way because he wouldn’t just easily spit it out.
‘To do that.’
In order to earn money and flush out Paris Emporus, she had to have much power and capital, but that would be impossible for a woman who had just returned.
‘Should I meet Abyss?’
Abyss, a merchant who always competed with Paris Emporus in the previous rounds. She had never seen his face and only heard that he had been taken care of when Paris Emporus became count.
‘First and foremost, let’s start with the priest.’
Five days had passed since she woke up. Finally, the day she had been waiting for so long came.
‘Will Priest Peace come?’
Rachel remembered the white-haired priest who welcomed Evelyn every time they went to the temple.
She acted like a sister when she called Evelyn. Evelyn also seemed close to the priest.
The carriage that was sent out to greet the priest entered the mansion grounds. Evelyn smiled brightly and waited for the guest to disembark from the carriage.
“Huh?”
As she thought of what to say to the priest, Rachel, who was behind Evelyn, involuntarily let out a surprised sound.
