That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 288

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Side Story Chapter 6

 

 

 

 

Side Story 2.

 

 

The wedding was a month away.

There had been no marriage news from the Grand Duke Frazier House for a long time, but the one breaking that long silence with a wedding was none other than Tulia Frazier.

There was no need to waste words discussing her standing and achievements.

Even though it wasn’t the social season, the townhouse in the Imperial Capital was bustling with carriages coming and going, and the Imperial Palace preparing for the royal wedding was busier than, if not at least as busy as, the Grand Duke Frazier House.

While the entire continent was in an uproar like this, Tulia was shading her eyes with her hand as she looked up at the Sacred Tree.

This was the Summer Continent.

Beneath the Sacred Tree Beta Crucis.

Tulia muttered absentmindedly.

“Mother…?”

 

* * *

 

It’s not like I suddenly decided to come here on my own.

If you think about it, I was the busiest person in the entire Empire right now!

Even preparing for an ordinary wedding is never easy, but the man I was going to marry was a Crown Prince of a nation. After the Emperor’s abdication, he was practically fulfilling the role of monarch as well.

“I was counting curtain pleats, Mother…”

That’s right. Royal weddings even had the number of pleats in ceremonial curtains predetermined. Until just before falling asleep, I had been aware of and confirming the fact that the curtains to be hung in the Grand Banquet Hall would have a total of 43,289 pleats.

Kim Ddongbyeol was jingling around more than usual today, so I wondered why and completely ignored it.

But when I woke up, why am I here instead of in the Imperial Palace bedroom…?

“Mother, you have this kind of ability too…?”

Right now, my feet were semi-transparent. I could realize it intuitively. I was currently in a soul state, drawn here to this Sacred Tree by Mother’s unknown power.

I was newly struck by how incredibly amazing Mother was. I had always heard people say that Mother was a Saint, an amazing person, but experiencing her power directly like this made me think that maybe Mother and Father didn’t actually have an arranged marriage.

Maybe Father was kidnapped into marriage because he was too handsome?

‘That’s possible.’

As I was giggling to myself, suddenly a shadow fell before my eyes. I looked up and was so startled that I stumbled backward.

Pink hair that rippled like fluffy clouds.

A beautiful face where traces of me could be seen here and there.

Like an angel descended from heaven, Mother came down with a warm smile.

Mother pulled me into her arms.

“My daughter.”

“Mother?”

Perhaps because we were both in soul states, it was fascinating that I seemed to feel Mother’s warmth. Seeing Mother up close, I was mesmerized again.

No. Mother didn’t do any kidnapping.

Father must have kidnapped Mother!

While I was having such thoughts.

Mother let out a sigh.

“Even though you’re my daughter, how can you be this pretty, really.”

“…”

“Every time I see our daughter, I think how excellent Mother’s bloodline is.”

“Yes…”

“I should have had about ten more.”

“…”

A sacred appearance with not-so-sacred smugness. When I finally laughed, Mother laughed along with me.

Mother, who had been hugging me, stepped back slightly. Gently grasping my shoulders, Mother looked into my eyes and asked.

“Tulia. Do you like the Crown Prince?”

“Yes…”

I felt inexplicably shy. Though Mother raised her eyebrows with a look that suggested she wasn’t entirely satisfied.

“Tulia, look. Originally, love is like the trajectory of stars. Very small differences can create distances that can never be bridged.”

“Yes?”

“What Mother means is, if just one tiny coincidence had been added or subtracted, the man occupying the place beside you now might not have been the Crown Prince.”

There was a special power in Mother’s voice.

“Don’t you think so? Tulia.”

It was so elegant and gentle that I found myself nodding endlessly like a believer listening to a cult leader.

Moreover…

Mother’s words were also the story that ran through the main plot of .

If you think about it, was originally a reverse harem game, and isn’t that what all reverse harem stories are about?

Whether I chose option 1, option 2, or even the extreme option 3, ‘(Creepily) Want to kiss?’ would change the affection levels, and ultimately completely change which male protagonist I’d end up with.

“Tulia. Actually, the reason Mother called you out like this is…”

Mother whispered in a worried voice.

“Recently, the Sacred Tree showed Mother a very frightening future.”

“Yes? A frightening future?”

“Yes.”

“What kind? Is it a very serious future?”

“Yes.”

Mother spoke with a serious and grave expression.

“To be precise, it’s related to you, and more precisely, it was a very frightening future caused by our daughter’s ‘men.'”

I felt the tension ease for a moment.

It was because of the word ‘men.’

“You mean Klaus and Benjamin, right?”

Mother made a displeased expression.

“Yes. Anyway, my daughter is so outstanding that all the men hovering around her are frightening too. One is a Crown Prince born with concentrated divine power, another is a King whose mother is the Grand Mage of the Summer Continent, and the last is a Prince who inherited the Wolf King’s bloodline…”

I was already relaxing.

The ‘frightening future’ Mother was talking about was probably something like this.

For example, Klaus throwing a tantrum saying he won’t return to the Summer Continent, or Benjamin sending me letters every week with contents like…

 

[When you turn 80, I hope you’ll take me as your official mistress then.]

 

Something like that…?

It was a future I had predicted through my own in-depth character analysis.

But contrary to my smile, Mother’s expression remained serious.

Serious enough to make my smile gradually fade.

I became slightly frightened.

“What is it that’s making you like this?”

“I’ll show you directly.”

I immediately screamed.

“Gasp!”

At the same time Mother lightly snapped her two fingers together, three corpses appeared in my mind.

I knew their blood-soaked faces all too well.

One was the Crown Prince I was going to marry, Ferdinand.

The other two were Benjamin and Klaus.

“Wh-what is this?”

‘It’s a massacre ending!’

“This is the most recent future that the Sacred Tree has shown us. So, the other two boys still haven’t sorted out their feelings for our daughter. But the Crown Prince who will become our son-in-law also has quite a formidable personality, so this terrifying future comes to pass.”

“….”

“It’s such a frightening future.”

“Is this really going to happen?”

“The Sacred Tree does not lie.”

“….”

I felt a moment of helplessness.

‘This is really going to happen?’

It’s still not a happy ending?

What more do I need to do here?

“My daughter. Don’t worry. I brought you here to solve this.”

“How? Their personalities are really no joke, can you tie all three of them up? But you can’t tie them up forever….”

My voice was already dripping with resentful emotions. Mother hugged me tightly.

“It’s not like that. Actually, that wouldn’t work anyway. All three of them have special origins by nature. If we used such methods, both the Spring and Summer continents would probably become a wasteland.”

“Then what should we do….”

“Tulia. Do you know the word ‘misfortune cleansing’? The Sacred Tree told me it was a frequently used term in the world where you were Han Ina.”

Misfortune cleansing?

Of course I know that term!

My eyes widened.

“I can do misfortune cleansing? How do I do it?”

“You enter the world created by the Sacred Tree. In that Time Magic, you eliminate the lingering attachment those two boys have toward you, my dear.”

“Eliminate their lingering attachment? Excluding Ferdinand?”

“The Crown Prince is your current connection, so there’s no need to bring him into that world.”

“So I just need to do something about Benjamin and Klaus. By entering the Sacred Tree’s magic?”

“Yes, my daughter.”

“I’ll go!”

That much is a piece of cake!

I’m Tulia who has experienced all kinds of hardships!

When I immediately showed enthusiasm, Mother’s expression changed slightly. It was a pitying expression that left me puzzled.

“Mother?”

“Oh my, my daughter.”

Mother stroked my hair.

“Why do your hardships never end…. But this will really be the last time. The Sacred Tree will absolutely not make you suffer.”

“Mother….”

I felt inexplicably sorrowful and hugged Mother.

“Don’t be upset. What can we do when Mother’s daughter is too pretty….”

Mother hesitated then finally burst into laughter.

“Yes, Mother was wrong.”

“Father too.”

“Your father was very wrong. That’s right.”

Mother and I chatted leisurely and lifted our spirits.

My heart, which had been hurt by the sudden massacre ending announcement, also felt much better.

I gathered my energy and clenched both fists.

“So what do I need to do? I’ll cleanse all the misfortune and come back!”

“Now, first close your eyes…. You’re going back to the past.”

“The past?”

I squeezed my eyes shut. As my head became slightly dizzy, Mother’s voice continued.

“It’s literally just an illusion created by the Sacred Tree, in other words, a fake past. Here, Tulia, you just need to do as Mother tells you.”

“What should I do! I’m ready!”

“Act like the original Tulia from . You know. The very wicked Tulia.”

“What?”

“You’ll return to being young Tulia.”

“Young me?”

I was momentarily flustered and opened my eyes. But Mother who had been in front of me had already disappeared, and only bright light was surrounding me.

“Now, let’s successfully perform the Misfortune Cleansing Magic, my daughter.”

Mother’s voice faded like an echo. Due to the light source that exploded in an instant, I lost my vision, and when I opened my eyes again….

“Wow….”

I had really transformed into 15-year-old young Tulia.

 

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‘What is this.’

These eyes.

This venom!

This overflowing villainous aura!

I stood in front of the mirror in admiration.

That was right.

There’s a saying that even if a person’s features don’t change, their impression follows their personality.

Actually, Tulia had become quite gentle-looking due to my personality as an ordinary citizen.

‘So, compared to the originally villainous Tulia, that means gentle.’

The original Tulia in was no joke.

The Tulia reflected in the mirror now had even her eye corners raised, giving her an appearance that would make people cower just from a brief glance.

‘This is 15-year-old me….’

I recalled Mother’s words that remained like afterimages in my mind.

 

“Tulia. Misfortune cleansing is a type of ritual to avoid impending disaster. If you ‘safely’ complete the Misfortune Cleansing Magic that the Sacred Tree created, the terrible future where the three men chasing you massacre each other will also disappear.”

“Oh, the Sacred Tree has also summoned Benjamin and Klaus’s souls with magic. That shows how large the scale of this misfortune cleansing is.”

 

Since this was a world created by the Sacred Tree’s magic, there were many parts that didn’t match the original timeline.

For example, the place I was staying.

Originally I was a girl mistreated in a warehouse, but in this world I was already enjoying the luxury befitting the legitimate granddaughter of the Grand Ducal House in a splendid castle.

Moreover….

Someone who shouldn’t exist in this timeline was strangely ‘already’ present.

Knock knock.

Along with the sound of knocking, a frightened voice was heard.

“Um, Older Sister Tulia….”

 

“Oh, but my daughter. There’s one thing to keep in mind. This is literally ‘misfortune cleansing’ so you’ll need to use somewhat rough methods. Besides, the men chasing our daughter aren’t ordinary guys, right? So.”

 

When I turned around, a girl who was dazzlingly beautiful at first glance flinched and trembled.

“You, you called for me….”

 

“I’ll actually bring both their souls along too. However, they must not realize that you are you. It’s a kind of restriction for the misfortune cleansing ritual. So Tulia. You absolutely must not become soft-hearted. The more terrible the future, the more seriously we must take the scale of misfortune cleansing.”

 

“Coriko.”

As Mother’s voice ended, I had already walked toward ‘Coriko’.

And then.

Slap!

“O, Older Sister….”

From my mouth, no, I mean.

A voice colder than imaginable flowed from Tulia’s mouth.

“How dare a lowly thing call me ‘Older Sister’?”

Even more.

“Ack!”

Tulia grabbed Coriko’s black hair and laughed like a demon.

“You should call me Young Lady. You came in as a ‘sacrifice’ for our Older Brothers, didn’t you.”

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