NOVEL NEXT Chapter 213.1
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Leticia wandered around all night. She walked until her legs felt like they were going to burst, only to find…
‘The place where the Duke’s mansion used to be is… in ruins.’
Indeed, where the Duke’s mansion should have been, there was nothing.
She asked passersby if they knew of the ‘Duke Lewellton,’ but they treated her like a madwoman.
In the end, with a feeling of despair, Leticia returned to the humble shack she shared with Misa.
“Ugh, my head hurts.”
Leticia laid down on the dusty floor, thinking.
‘Can’t we do something about the sanitation in this house?’
Without meeting Collen, my life in this world is miserable.
She thought thankfully as she rummaged through the house, finding a few coins.
‘I can’t live like this anymore.’
Fortunately, except for her relationship with Collen and his family and the people around them, everything in this world was almost as she remembered.
‘Okay, now I’m done understanding this world.’
Leticia gathered the money and went to the night market that was open all night.
She bought a decent outfit from a second-hand clothes store there.
‘Let’s dress like a human being for once.’
Next, Leticia headed to a well in the back alley.
It was a well that was no longer in use.
Instead, there was a water pump next to the well, and the poor took turns using the water there.
‘This well is still here.’
When she was with Walter and the children, she used to sneakily bathe here while keeping an eye out.
‘But today I’m a little scared because I’m alone.’
Splash.
Leticia scooped up the water and poured it over herself.
She washed her hair with the cheap soap she found in the house and groomed herself.
‘At least I’m not malnourished, and my face looks similar to the real me.’
With her clothes haphazardly put on and her body still wet, Leticia looked at herself in a tarnished mirror.
She was a bit shorter than she remembered, and looked frail but…
“At least after washing up, I look decent.”
The face that showed through her dry cheeks was similar to her previous life.
‘What’s happening? The water’s cold, and I’m hungry, so this isn’t a dream…’
Leticia touched her cheek.
‘I’ve been through a lot, but this is the first time something this strange has happened.’
She smiled bitterly, and just as Leticia lifted her head-
“Huh?”
At first, Leticia thought she was seeing things.
“What’s that?”
She slowly approached the well.
‘I just heard something shaking from the well.’
Leticia looked down into the well. An old lantern hung above her, its creaking sounds echoing in the well’s entrance.
‘A person… a corpse?’
Leticia bit her lip.
‘Whether it’s where I used to live or this strange world…’
A twisted smile formed on Leticia’s lips.
‘Crazy incidents like this seem to be common in both places.’
Just as she was about to reach out to what she presumed was a corpse…
“Ah!”
Someone grabbed Leticia’s wrist.
“Who…?”
A familiar scent brushed past Leticia’s nose. It was a faint smell, reminiscent of violets and cedar.
‘Cedric!’
In the darkness, Cedric was holding Leticia’s wrist.
“Don’t touch that.”
Cedric whispered.
“What kind of accident are you planning on causing again?”
“Uh, Cedric? Ah!”
When Cedric suddenly released her hand, Leticia stumbled and fell into his arms.
‘His chest… it’s so firm.’
Leticia lifted her head.
Then, she became self-conscious of her appearance.
Wearing just a large shirt with some buttons undone, and with her hair still wet.
A peculiar expression flashed in Cedric’s violet eyes, and he slightly frowned.