Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella

There wasn't much preparations needed for Moon Jiwoo to do. Since she would be caught by Sookyung if she went through the normal way, she was suggested another path by Minnie.

Jiwoo wanted to inform Sookyung before leaving, but Minnie told her to go against that, saying that the matter would get complicated. 

Although Jiwoo did not completely understand what Minnie was trying to imply, she followed her words.

It wasn't as if Jiwoo was going into hiding for forever, and she already left Sookyung a note in her room. 

He would probably be understanding her after reading that, and even if he tries to find her, by the time he will finish reading that note, Jiwoo will already be at the surface.

Walking through the snowy fields, she wondered what her destination was. She didn't know much about it and followed Minnie's orders.

This portal was bȧrėly known to anyone, according to Minnie's words, and even if Sookyung searched for her, it wouldn't be possible for him to find her, seeing how no one would expect her to know about this.

"How far do I have to go, Minnie? Are you throwing me to some kind of trap? You are one of those person I can never put my trust in," Jiwoo mumbled.

Since there was no one around her, she did not see the use of talking in her mind. Moreover, talking in her mind was something Jiwoo was more or less uncomfortable with. This way was much better to her.

"Geez! There is a reason why no one knows about it. It's because of how secluded it is," Minnie said, "And if anything goes wrong, you can just teleport out of the place. Now, hurry up your steps. Sookyung will catch up to you if you move this slowly."

"I am already trying my best, you annoying brat! Try to come here and walk in such snow! You will know how I feel," Jiwoo voiced out, "My limbs feel as if they are going to break apart any second. Can't there be a easier way than this? Even if I am from the Red Clan, I do have my limits!"

"Stop complaining too much, and concentrate your energy on getting up further! There is a kilometre or so more left," Minnie stated.

"A kilometre more? Are you trying to kill me? Let me take a rest at here somewhere before continuing. Ah! My legs are starting to burn," Jiwoo commented.

"Don't you dare sit down to rest, Moon Jiwoo! If you didn't have those baggage with you, you would have been able to go further! Do you even have the need to take so many things with you? You would have been able to be cross through that portal if it wasn't for them," Minnie vocalised 

Staring at the baggage in both of her hands, Jiwoo said, "No way! They are really important to me! All of them are limited edition. How can I bear to abandon them at here?"

"I thought you would be all depressed due to leaving Oh Sookyung and your love, but it seems that you are too leisurely to worry about these limited edition of yours."

"Of course, Oh Sookyung can't compare when it comes to these limited editions! Do you know how hard was for me to get them? I almost had my hair almost pulled for one of these bags! How will you even understand the pain I had to go through?"

If truth was to be told, Moon Jiwoo purposely kept herself occupied arguing with Minnie, so that she wouldn't be thinking of Sookyung. Although it did not work much, she still did not give up trying.

Thinking about Sookyung caused her heart to feel heavy, and she was afraid that she would be giving up this if she thought about him for a long time. That's why, she complained through the entire way to keep her mind off of the man.

"Oh! Minnie, this almost slipped off of my mind. Oh Sookyung mentioned to me on how my powers were slowly decreasing. I forgot to ask him about this, but what does it mean?" Jiwoo voiced out curiously.

"It is how it sounds. I am sure you have noticed this by now, but recently, you get tired much more easily compared to before. Previously you were able to defeat Sookyung, but right now, it will be hard for you to go against a Pureblood. 

Gradually, you will be getting weaker. This is because of how the new protector is being born, and the power is being transferred to him or her. This is something I am new to as well, so I don't know much about it.

As you know, rarely does a protector survive, and a case like yours is even more rare. That's because, you were supposed to die. That was what that was predicted, but Sookyung prevented that from happening."

"Wow! I knew that there were high chances of me dying, but I didn't think it was that much. You bastard, do you know how much I want to punch you after hearing that?" Jiwoo said.

"Well, I do admit that you were used by us, and I am really sorry for that. I didn't tell you about it because I was afraid that you wouldn't take part in it. But it's fine now, isn't it? You are completely safe right now," Minnie voiced out.

Moon Jiwoo scoffed and vocalised, "It funny to see how casual you are about it. Do you know how much of a scum you are? If it was like this, I would have rather died as Moon Jiwoo than be born as Shin Daerin.

You showed me all those hopes and dreams when there was no chances of me living. I was seriously a fool for blinding believing you back then. 

If it wasn't for the fact that Sookyung considered me to be a friend, there was no way for me to survive. But I guess I will be an idiot if I hold on to this matter for much longer. 

Although I am too much of a fool to figure it out, I am sure that you have a motive for helping me with this. But I suppose I shouldn't be complaining about it since I being advantaged, right?"

"I am sorry; I am really sorry, Jiwoo. I can never make up to for what all I have done to you, but there is nothing I could have done. You are not the first person who have been used this way. 

But if things don't go in this way, much bigger catastrophe will be created. I can't bear to put one or two people into consideration."

"So, in other words, you would sacrifice one people in order to protect an entire nation. There is nothing wrong with that, but it's not something someone as selfish as me will be able to accept. I would rather have the entire nation die than me," Jiwoo stated.

Moon Jiwoo knew that there was no use in talking about the past grievances. A lot of time had passed since then, but the wound will be forever remaining in Jiwoo's ċhėst. 

Even though she was following Minnie's words right now, she was scared that she will be falling into an another big trap laid out by Minnie.

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Oh Sookyung stood in front of her door, and extending his fist towards it, he knocked on the door couple of times.

"Shin Daerin," he called multiple number of times.

That's why, he decided to check up on her.

Hearing no replies from the female, he took in a deep breath and voiced out,"I am coming in, Shin Daerin."

With that, he held the knob to the door and turned it slowly to open the door. Taking a peek inside the room, he scanned his eyes throughout the room for signs of the said woman.

But to this surprise, the room was completely empty. This made him wonder about where she possibly could be.

As he took a step inside of the room, something caught his eyes. A pink note was stuck on the wall above of the nightstand, and wondering what it possibly could be about, he made way towards the sticky note.

Standing before the note, he pulled it open from the wall and read through its contents silently. His eyes darkened as he did so.

The note read, "Oh Sookyung, I will be taking a small trip to the surface for a while. For the time being, it is hard for me to stay at here, and I am pretty sure that you can guess the reason behind it. That's why, please don't look for me."

Clenching the note in his hand tightly after reading through it, he vocalised, "As if I would be able to do that!"