Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella

Leaning against the head board of the bed, Moon Jiwoo stared at the man who was seated beside her, and by now, he had been in that position for hours. Although she was fond of having him by her side, at this point, this was starting to give her a headache.

"You don't need to watch me this closely, Oh Sookyung. Just go back to your work or something or else I will be losing your mind from the constant staring," Moon Jiwoo commented, glaring at the man beside her.

"I am too worried at this moment to leave right now."

The remnants of the poison was no longer inside her body, and the effects from it had disappeared quite a while ago. Other than some soreness, she felt perfectly fine and was well aware of how she did not need anyone watch her that closely as Sookyung was doing right now.

Instead of the poison, this was starting to give a headache currently.

Fortunately enough for Moon Jiwoo, she only had the poison for a little amount, and that's why, she was able to survive from it with bȧrėly any affects. If she had eaten anymore of it, this would have turned out to be deadly for her.

Maybe the only thing she was able to thank right now was her lack of appetite. It would be disastrous if she was hungry and ate that soup up completely. Indirectly, she was thankful to Sookyung for not showing up before her within these two days.

Thinking about what would have happened if she drank the entire thing caused chills to go down her back. There was no way she was ready to die this easily! 

However, this made her wonder about who would be able to smuggle such a deadly poision inside the palace. Killing the members from the Red Clan was no easy matter, and Jiwoo was able to guess how powerful the poison was.

Something like that was illegal, and getting hands on it was nearly impossible. Unless someone powerful was behind it, there was no way for some simple kitchen maids to obtain something like that.

Even someone like her was able to guess the person who was possibly behind her life. It was Han Sungmin without a doubt, and seeing how much of a frightening man she could be was starting to drop Moon Jiwoo's confidence in this moment.

She knew that this was because of what Sookyung was planning right now was something he considered to be quite dangerous for him, and that's why, he knew that eliminating Moon Jiwoo would eradicate the possibility of her.

Moon Jiwoo wasn't lying when she started to reconsider the thought of staying at her for few more days. This time she was lucky, but it didn't mean that she would be able to be this fortunate the next time around as well.

Dying was one of those things she definitely did not want to face, and things right now was probably leading to that direction for her. Everything would be better if she just ran away.

But one glance at Oh Sookyung's face made her become weak towards her resolution, and she lost her will completely to run away from here. Maybe getting away from Sookyung would be much more painful than staying at here.

Only few more days were left to two month, and maybe she would be getting lucky all this time as well. Moreover, Moon Jiwoo would just stay extra careful over this period of time. 

She had determined that this was worth the risk!

"Oh Sookyung, do you know that this was the first time I have actually believed that you are worth all the risk for me?" Moon Jiwoo mumbled.

Those words perfectly reached into Oh Sookyung's ears, and his eyes widened due to that. Moon Jiwoo's those words were not something he had ever expected to hear.

While his heart began to flutter within his ċhėst, the corner of his lips curved up to form a smile. He was almost brought to tears by those words from her— especially since that she had bȧrėly escaped from danger right now and he was afraid that she would be angry at him— and this wasn't him exaggerating his emotions.

"Thank you, Shin Daerin. I am sorry for not being able to protect you after I gave you my word to do so. I apologise for slipping up. After how I scolded you for going outside the other day, it seems that my palace is no less of a danger than ou there.

But this time around, I won't slip up and betray that trust of yours. I failed to do this this time around, but I swear that this will not be repeating from me next time around."

Moon Jiwoo was able to see how much affected from this Oh Sookyung was, and it seemed that he was possible more shaken up from the entire thing than her. This made her feel guilty deep inside, and she was well aware of how she had to comfort him.

"It's alright. You would not have been able to do anything against it. Anyone would have slipped up in this. That's why, you don't need to appear all that melancholic over it. I am fine right now, and isn't that what matters?" she voiced out, raising one of her eyebrows.

"I didn't think you would be able to comfort me like this one day, but I suppose this is not bad," he stated, "You are right. There is no use in crying over spilled milk. I will learn from my past and be better at protecting you this time around. You can see how cool your boyfriend can be."

"By the way, it was Han Sungmin, right? It was him behind all the poisoning and all that, right?" Jiwoo voiced out.

Nodding his head, Sookyung answered, "Yeah. Although there is no proof against him, he was indeed behind all of this. Other than him, there was no one who would be able to get hands on such a drug.

All the maids that were working in the kitchen have been punished, and the servants in the palace had been reduced to only the ones that can be trusted. Although it's just few days, it is better to be as much as careful as possible. I don't want to lose everything in the last moment."

Moon Jiwoo nodded and then questioned, "What type of punishment?"

Letting out a chuckle, Oh Sookyung winked at Moon Jiwoo and then answered, "That is one of the things that you are better off not knowing about."

"Wow! I wonder how crazy this is," Moon Jiwoo commented, "But this just makes me more curious about it. Don't worry! I have watched all type of gore movies, and I won't be affected by it much."

"Trust me when I say that it is worse than all of that, and isn't it fun to leave things to imagination at times?" Oh Sookyung vocalised.

"I am sick, but you are still teasing me! You are really mean!" she exclaimed.

"See how loud you are being right now. No one would be calling you sick judging from this. A sick person should at least try to act like one," he pointed out.

"That's not funny," she retorted, "And why don't you just go and have some sleep for now? You weren't handsome in the first place, and right now, you look absolutely horrifying! I feel as if I would have nightmares just from staring at that face of yours."

"Even if it is a nightmare, I would be happy as long as I am in your dream. So, I will stare at you like this as much as I can unless you get a nightmare then. Have a great time observing my face, darling," he vocalised.

"Do you want me to kill you that badly? I am telling you that I am fine, and no one would just come to attack me at the infirmary. Go and get some sleep or else it would be me losing sleep, You Asshole. Get some sleep for my sake; it's that disturbing."

"You want me to sleep, and I want to be as close to you as possible. Moreover, this bed seems quite big. So, why don't we rest together on this bed in order to satisfy both the sides?" he suggested.

"There is no way I will be agreeing to that!" Moon Jiwoo exclaimed.

"I will keep watching you like this the entire night then," he argued.

"You ȧsshole! Fine, get in! But don't do anything dirty!"

"That was easy," he mumbled.