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After making up my mind, I clutched my stomach and rolled around on the floor. Wow, the stone floor is seriously freezing.
“Huh? What’s wrong?”
“My stomach... my stomach really hurts....”
“Gasp. Really? What do we do, what do we do?”
I poured my entire soul into the performance. Once I focus on acting, even if I’m not in pain, it starts to feel real. Cold sweat ran down my forehead.
“Ah... I think I’m really going to die... my stomach, my stomach....”
“Wait! Wait! Ah, you can’t die right now!”
Seo Eden hurriedly grabbed the key. Clank. The door opened.
Smack!!!
“Agh!!!”
“Sorry!”
“So it was acting! That kind of serious!”
“More like genius!”
I slammed my head into Seo Eden’s face and ran. I locked him inside the prison cell instead, and didn’t forget to tear off the cloak I had been eyeing earlier and wrap it around myself.
Completely fooled, Seo Eden grabbed the bars and shook them.
“So! So since when did you love the captain! At least tell me that before you go! L.O.V.E. H.E.A.R.T. B.U.R.N!”
* * *
“Aaaaaah!”
As I tumbled down the mountain path, I deeply felt the importance of map apps.
“Someone help me!”
I had only misstepped once after escaping the prison, but I just kept rolling endlessly.
“Huff... huff... is it over?”
After one last roll, I sprawled out flat on my back and stared up at the pitch-black night sky, tears streaming down my face.
“This is too hard.... Isn’t a romance-fantasy transmigration usually something like becoming a baby saintess...?”
You wake up in a duke’s mansion or the imperial palace, get loved by everyone, eat macarons! Isn’t that how it’s supposed to go? Why do I have to play survival mode in a romance fantasy?
Right then—
“The intruder escaped!”
“Search the area!”
I shot up at the voices of the knights echoing from beyond the mountain peak. Do they have personal amplifiers or something? Why are their voices so loud?
‘Are they all from a theater troupe...? That projection....’
Anyway, run.
Looking around, it seemed like I had reached a nearby residential area.
‘A rich house where stealing a set of clothes wouldn’t be noticeable....’
There!
I lingered in front of an elegant doorway.
“What? Haa... can’t be helped.”
Another familiar voice reached my ears. Through the window, I saw a face I knew. My eyes instantly filled with tears.
“Dami! Dami!”
This was So Dami’s house.
“Dami! Help me!”
* * *
Through the window, So Dami in warm wool pajamas—
“Gaeul?”
“Hey! Who are you! My name is Gaira!”
“So that’s the setting.”
Choo Gaeul, dressed in a maid outfit, stared at me.
“Wow... you look like... a beggar....”
Well, that’s fair.
“Miss Damiel. She looks dangerous, so please go inside first.”
“But she looks cold....”
“Dami. You’re really my only hope. As expected, you’re meant to be a lead actress.”
“...Hey! Why does that make me feel bad? That’s weird.”
I barely managed to climb in through the window Gaeul opened and sat down in front of the fireplace.
“Wow. You wandered around the North dressed like that?”
“There’s... a very long story behind it....”
“Miss Damiel. Don’t fall for it. She’s probably a scammer.”
Choo Gaeul, who suited the maid outfit almost too well, pointed a feather duster at me like a sword.
“State your identity!”
“I’m just an ordinary citizen with a mother and a younger brother.... As you can see, I’m wandering because of some circumstances... but [N O V E L I G H T] I miss my family so much. I’m cold and hungry. I’m lonely, scared, and exhausted.”
At my words, Gaeul’s eyes started shaking violently.
“Ah... if only a kind-hearted person would give me just one set of clothes so I wouldn’t freeze to death....”
But then, silence fell. What? That should’ve worked. Why didn’t it?
“Gaira....”
“...Ahem....”
Dami glanced at Gaeul and shook her head slightly.
“Sorry, but my maid Gaira got scammed at the dress shop today. She heard about some event where the more clothes you alter, the more you benefit, and completely lost her head. She gathered every single piece of clothing she had and handed it over. She looks sharp, but she’s surprisingly foolish. There’s already a rumor that the shop will shut down next month and run off... she got caught in their final cash grab.”
“Miss Damiel! Why would you say that!”
“She even got her vintage silk scarf—the one I told her to buy from the plaza—snatched away and came back empty-handed.”
Gaeul... even in this world....
“So the only clothes I have left now are the ones I’ll wear to the party soon, and....”
“Ahh! My eyes!”
I covered my eyes at the sight of the dazzling dress inside Dami’s wardrobe. It sparkled so much that if I wore it while running away, I’d get noticed every three steps.
“This.”
“This?”
“Yeah. This.”
And what remained was...
“Seriously?”
“Of course.”
“......”
Only Choo Gaeul’s spare maid uniform.
“Bye!”
“Thank you!”
“Hey! Why aren’t you thanking me! Hey! That’s my clothes! Hey!”
After thanking Dami—who even lent me thick socks and shoes—I ran off again. The gold coins inside the leather pouch she gave me clinked loudly.
* * *
Jun Cedric Valentian adjusted his cloak.
“Captain! It seems she’s already fled far!”
“The footprints.”
“It’s snowing again, so tracking is impossible!”
Like a proper knight commander, Jun quickly assessed the situation and immediately gave an order.
“Call an informant.”
Living up to the rumor that they never sleep, the head of the information guild arrived right away. With their hair loosely tied up and a soft cushion around their neck, the guild master took a seat like it was their own.
“Didn’t expect to be called to the knight order. Right, newbie?”
“Yeah. Pretty fascinating.”
The guild master picked up a pen.
“Alright, alright. In times like this, nothing beats putting together a nice montage. What’s the prisoner’s description?”
“She’s shorter than me.”
“Well, obviously. Tell me about her clothes and facial features.”
“...Her hair is long....”
As the guild master began sketching long hair, they felt something was off. The other guild members nearby crossed their arms and stared at the captain.
“If I had to say... she’s kind of cu— I mean, cu—.”
“Are her ears big?”
“No, not that! Cu— I mean, really cu—.”
“Does she have hearing problems?”
“I mean she’s cute!”
“Ah. A cutie type.”
The guild master smiled as they moved the pen.
‘Exaggeration is the foundation of marketing.’
‘No one told us what exactly to write on the wanted poster, right?’
‘Exactly. That’s our domain.’
The three of them reached a silent agreement.
“The more widely and quickly it spreads, the better, right?”
“Is that even a question?”
“Of course, Captain. We understand perfectly.”
“Right. We’re professionals in this field. Direction matters in promotion and marketing!”
Soon, the information guild distributed the completed wanted posters.
[♥ Searching for the thief who stole the Northern Knight Captain’s heart ♥ Wanted!
Reward: $10,000 gold]
* * *
‘What is that!’
I stared at the wanted poster plastered in the village marketplace in disbelief.
‘So my cuteness spread the wrong way.’
To think I’d be rumored as the thief who stole Jun’s heart.
‘Seo Eden’s testimony must’ve been the deciding factor....’
Even though he only saw me briefly, he apparently said the escaped prisoner was a woman impossible not to fall in love with.
Seriously, even in this world, I’m driving everyone crazy.
Some bystanders peeled the poster off the wall.
‘Even people who see this poster feel the urge to collect it like a photo card.’
If they’re like that over just a drawing, what would happen if they saw my unreleased selfie cards?
Just as I was about to give a warm smile to those holding the posters—
“Kekeke! Ten thousand gold, you say!”
“As the bounty hunter guild, we must step in!”
Are you kidding me. They weren’t just bystanders.
“Now, repeat after me. What does the guild master say?”
Wait... that’s Director Jang...? As expected of the king of attention-grabbing, he’s the bounty hunter guild master here....
“Guild master!”
“Is a god!”
If I get caught there, my life is over. Just imagining being chased by Director Jang gave me chills all over.
‘First, I need to change clothes. Maybe a hat or sunglasses to hide my face.’
A face this cute is rare. This is bad. I quickly entered the nearest boutique.
“Do you have a reservation?”
“Ah....”
“An introduction letter?”
“......”
“I’m sorry, but our boutique operates strictly by membership reservations.”
As expected, expensive places are different. Should I try somewhere else nearby—
“Stop.”
At that moment, another familiar voice called out to me.
“Darling. Come here and let me take a look at you.” ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Director Dok Gogyeol, with her blonde hair, beckoned me with her fingertip—cradling a small cat in her arms.
