The World Mistakes Me for Terminally Ill - Chapter 26

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The World Thinks I’m Terminally Ill Episode 026

‘Uncle, what do you mean by that? A professional manager?’

‘It’s a decision made by the Board of Directors.’

‘But why would the Board of Directors…!’

‘Elisia.’

When Elisia in the vision shouted, the middle-aged man called ‘Uncle’ smiled gently with a kind face.

‘You’re still young and a woman, aren’t you? Business is an adult’s affair. The Board of Directors judged that a professional manager would be better than you, who lacks capability.’

‘…!’

‘I’ll take good care of it and return it to you once you finish your successor training. We also need to hold funerals for Harman and Chelsea, don’t we?’

I was shocked by that absurd scene.

“What is this?”

In that vision, Elisia couldn’t do anything even though the management rights of the merchant guild were stolen right before her eyes.

She herself had only recently regained consciousness and hadn’t received proper succession, so she had no power to stop the Board of Directors.

“Uncle Degen? That bastard is definitely…”

He was the one who spouted nonsense about how a young woman as a manager would ruin the merchant guild and offered to take over instead, then couldn’t even make a peep when I told him to contact Lunein if he had any complaints.

I frowned at the situation that was so different from my ‘real’ memories.

“This doesn’t make sense. Why would she seek help from that bastard instead of leaving Shubel alone-“

As I spoke, I realized.

The fact that Elisia in that vision had never met a man named ‘Shubel Lunein’.

Because there was no connection to Shubel, she had no choice but to struggle alone, and a young woman without power or protection could only be frustrated before the harsh reality with its high walls.

Uncle Degen approached such an Elisia, shedding crocodile tears and whispering that he would help her.

Elisia had no choice but to trust him despite her uneasiness, as they were blood relatives.

Without knowing that he was secretly joining hands with the Board of Directors members to control the merchant guild.

“No way, was I that stupid?”

I was speechless seeing myself in the vision, who was frustrating as hell.

Of course, no matter how capable I am, I know I would have been more naive back then than now.

The time when I was gradually learning practical work from the successor’s position under my parents’ protection couldn’t be the same as now, when I’ve grown while protecting the merchant guild and my position from hyenas aiming for management rights.

Moreover, back then it hadn’t been long since I lost my parents. In a situation where I had no one to rely on, my mind and body were weak, so I would have wanted someone’s help…

‘Forget it. Does making excuses change the results?’

In the end, I screamed internally as I watched Seton crumble as interests were torn apart, just as I had feared.

It was fortunate that wasn’t reality. If it had been real, I would have collapsed from anger-induced illness.

Sure enough, while Elisia in the vision collapsed again from shock, Uncle Degen took the profits from selling off Seton and fled abroad.

The only asset left to Elisia in Seton’s name was a single villa in the Northern Region that was deemed worthless.

‘I will reclaim Seton.’

Elisia in the vision made this resolution after hearing the location of the inherited villa from a lawyer.

Seeing that, I felt all sorts of complex emotions.

“At least now she’s starting to act like me.”

The first vision disappeared and the white flower garden spread out again.

I glared at the flower garden before me. I didn’t know exactly what this vision was trying to say, but I thought I understood one thing.

‘This is me in a world where I never met Shubel.’

Though I was reluctant to admit it, it was true that I had received a lot of help from him during that period, so I couldn’t argue.

It was just that my past self in the vision was so stupid it was lamentable.

After sighing briefly, I started walking again, thinking there was no point regretting something that never happened.

Soon, a second vision appeared.

‘What are you doing here?’

The scene was when Elisia went to see the Northern Villa, her parents’ last keepsake.

‘Get out right now. This is trespassing. You know that?’

The villa, which looked like an abandoned house due to being neglected for quite some time, already had an occupant.

Elisia looked warily at the man sitting like a still life in the room where even the fireplace was broken and cold air seeped through.

The man was reading a book, paying no attention to the messy room.

Rustle.

When he silently turned to the next page, Elisia’s patience reached its limit.

‘Get out! Can’t you hear me?’

When she shouted, the man looked up.

I had hoped it wasn’t so, but seeing the handsome face of the man in the vision, I realized it was real.

‘Who are you then?’

‘What?’

‘You’re being disruptive.’

The man was Shubel Lunein.

“…!”

Whoooosh-

Suddenly a strong wind blew, and white petals scattered the vision.

I silently looked down at the petals dancing around me.

‘Is this hidden content from the original work?’

If not, the vision I saw couldn’t be explained.

It had names and faces I knew, even myself appearing, but it was something I had never experienced.

For now, I could only think it might be hidden content from the original work.

“Then why has the future already changed?”

It had only been about two months since I learned about the original work.

For the future to change, someone would have to act differently from the original, but too many things had already changed from the past for it to be changes within just two months.

Seton, which should have collapsed originally, was fine, and my first meeting with Shubel was also different.

This meant there were other variables.

‘Remember. This is your lost original memory.’

I clicked my tongue, recalling the whispered hallucination.

“What is this, solving riddles?”

Original memory.

Very meaningful words. And it’s a memory that the person involved can’t remember.

After thinking briefly, I gave up, realizing there was no point in pondering further with the clues I had now.

Instead, I glared ahead again.

“So how do I get out of here?”

I tried calling for Kaiseus, but as expected, there was no response.

I thought maybe the dream hadn’t ended because I hadn’t seen enough visions, so I kept walking, but no next vision appeared.

Eventually, I flopped down where I was.

Looking up at the endlessly spread Milky Way and night sky, I strangely felt drowsy.

I didn’t resist my gradually closing vision and lowered my eyes.

Then the scene of the White Forest faded far away, and instead I faintly heard voices from ‘reality’.

‘Elisia.’

I thought I heard a familiar voice.

It was so desperate that I wondered whose it was, then realized.

‘Please wake up, please…’

The owner of the voice was Shubel.

Right after, I woke up in reality, using his voice as a lighthouse.

When I opened my eyes, I felt my body was much lighter than before I collapsed. And there was sunlight gently streaming through the window.

I blinked and looked at the person the sunlight was illuminating.

The light pouring from the window playfully tickled the man’s eyes as if jealous.

Thanks to that, I could see the subtle shadows under his eyes and his usually neat attire disheveled.

‘Is sleeping uncomfortably a hobby of his?’

Shubel was sitting on just a single chair placed beside the bed where I was lying.

Seeing that, a scene suddenly came to mind.

Though not exactly the same as the scene shown in the White Forest vision, I had indeed seen Shubel at that villa my parents left me in reality too.

The sight of a man leaning against the window sill like a painting, where snow-covered scenery was visible when I opened my eyes just like now.

‘Why did you save me? You should have just let me die.’

It was right after the carriage accident where I lost my parents.

It was a time when I needed someone’s help because both my body and mind were completely broken.

When I said such things after he had gone through the trouble of saving me, Shubel said something incomprehensible.

‘Because you were too brilliant.’

‘…What do you mean?’

‘Exactly what I said—you were too brilliant. I couldn’t just leave you alone.’

It wasn’t even that long ago, but somehow it felt like the distant past as I looked at him silently.

The image of the man in my memory overlapped with the man sleeping before my eyes now.

‘Just live. I want you to live.’

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