Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella

Despite of their words earlier, they are unable to go outside to fight— seeing that how there was something important for them to discuss about. Moon Jiwoo, Han Minhyun, Oh Sookyung, and Min Hyungwon was seated inside the living room, and the surrounding around them was quite serious.   Jiwoo stared at the glass table before her while drawing circles upon it with her finger, and on the other hand, Sookyung— who was seated beside Moon Jiwoo— stared at the ones sitting in front of him with concentration. "For now, we have to wait for Kim Namhyuk, the current king, to make his attack. Only then we will be able to carry out our plans. At this moment, he is trying to increase the number of people in his force.  The other leaders don't know about this, and even if they knew, they would not be able to support this due to their own reasons. You will be having the support from those under your father and me. But that is not comparable to the number of men under the Kim Family. Our only advantage is Shin Daerin. While our team has Daerin, their king doesn't have anyone to protect them. Fortunately enough, this is not a battle of defeating each other's army; you just have to finish off the king in order to get that position. Since you haven't found your queen or the fated one yet, it would not be possible for you to get the throne through the normal methods, and right now, we can not afford to search for her. Time is quite limited, and Namhyuk can attack you any moment," Minhyun explained. "Although I have more power than the King when it is at the surface, but at the Underworld, the King is the strongest one regardless of how much power your father and I have." Hearing about the name Underworld caused Moon Jiwoo to perk up her ear. Thinking about Underworld made her curious, and she wondered how the place the Red Clan resided at was like. She had seen pictures of it couple of times and found it being absolutely ethereal with the white surroundings. She dėsɨrėd to visit the place once in her life time. "So, currently, we just sit and wait for the King to make his move? What if he doesn't make his move? What if he is waiting for us to make a move?" Sookyung raised one of his eyebrows. "No, that would not happen because the King is quite an inpatient man, and he would not sit around without doing anything for a long time. Moreover, he is afraid of you finding your fated one. That's why, he wants to take actions as soon as possible." "Fated one is like a soulmate, right? I want to much further about this," Sookyung vocalised. Although he had a vague idea on what this fated one could be, it was bȧrėly enough, and having someone predestined to be with him felt uncomfortable to Sookyung. "Your fated one is your soulmate. All those who are bound to be the Leaders and King has it," Minhyun expressed, "You will know who they are from the first time you see them; there will be a connection which will let you know about that. Fated one could be called your weakness as well— at least that's how some people describe it as.  Everything of theirs is connected to you. That means, if they get hurt, you will be weak as well, and when they die, you will tend to lose a considerable amount of power. That's why, most of times, the fated ones are kept hidden." Turning her head to face Oh Sookyung, she stared at him curiosity in her eyes and wondered how his fated one will turn out to be.  "What if someone doesn't want their fated one?" Sookyung asked. "Many doesn't want a fated one, but when they find their fated one, no one lets go of her. That's because the fated one is their weakness, and their key to get into a higher level," Minhyun vocalised. "So, that means the current king has the fated one as well seeing how strong he is. Why don't we take advantage of her?" Sookyung vocalised. Disapproval showed in Moon Jiwoo's eyes after she had heard his words, and she slapped on his thɨġhs harshly. Glaring at him, she voiced out, "That would be a despicable act on our part. She is innocent. We can't just involve her." "I don't think so. It will be horrible, but it's not like we are going to kill her or torture her. We will just be using her. You can't afford to be that kind and fair," Sookyung stated. "Wow! That's funny coming from you. You are supposed to be the king of a nation yet you say such words. What type of king will they take you to be if you spew such nonsense?" "What Shin Daerin says is right. Doing that will be bad. We don't know what type of person the current queen is and using her will be a despicable act. A king should not resort to such methods. But right now, we have to look at the bigger picture. The queen is the only weakness of the current king, and I believe that with her involved, we will be able to achieve a lot of things.  However, we will only resort to this when the matters are desperate for us. If it is known that you tried to use the current queen to get your place, it will be reflecting terribly upon you," Minhyun stated. "How will they find us? I bet that they don't know we are at this cottage. Would not it be better for us to go outside and roam around, waiting for them to send people after us?" Moon Jiwoo vocalised. "There is no need to worry about that. I believe that they will be finding about you soon enough, and that's why, I think you should enjoy the peace for as long as you can, Shin Daerin," Minhyun stated, "Oh Sookyung's entire life and a nation depends on you now, Daerin. Therefore, I want you to be careful with all of the decisions you make, and don't do anything recklessly." Moon Jiwoo knew about the weight that lied on her shoulder, and hearing those words increased pressurising feeling within her. She was well aware of how they were putting it all, not for their own selfish dėsɨrė but for the nation, and that gave Jiwoo the motivation to work hard. "You don't need to worry about that," Jiwoo stated, "Protecting a weakling is not a big deal to me." "Who are you calling a weakling? Want to go outside and fight now. I am sure that you would not be able to beat me," Sookyung smugly stated. "I am not the one who needs babysitting; it's you. That shows how weak you are, Loser," she retorted. "I guess, you are stronger than me in ways. Maybe that is to make up for the intelligence you lack," he pointed you. "I lack intelligence? Are you that eager to get beaten up by me? Why did you even return in the first place? I swear this place seemed fun without you at here," Jiwoo spoke out— although she was bored without his presence at here. "Is that so? Well, I don't care," he said, "Aren't you like my slave or something? Since you are getting paid, you should listen to all of my orders." Extending her hand towards him, she wrapped them around his neck while her eyes glowered at him. She tightened her hands around his neck slightly— her instinct stopping her from increasing the pressure. "I don't mind snapping this pretty neck of yours now," she threatened. "Really? I dare you to do that then, but you probably would not be able to do that. You are too much of a coward for that plus it seemed that you have learned nothing. I thought it was mandatory for you to know how to control your anger, but it appears that you bȧrėly learned anything." Sookyung's lips curved to form a smirk while a glint appeared in his eyes as if challenging her. As much Jiwoo wanted to finish him off at that instant, she was aware of how it would not be possible for her to do so. "Both of you stop fighting around. For this, your cooperation is needed yet the two of you are fighting around like little kids. The next time you fight, you will be punished. Remember that," Minhyun said. "It's not like you will be around to see that, You Bastard," Moon Jiwoo mumbled. After those words left her mouth, Jiwoo released her hands from around Sookyung's neck and noticed that everyone was staring at her with widened eyes.  Realising that she had expressed those thoughts vocally, Jiwoo wanted to bang her head against the table. She should try to take care of her mouth better.