Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella - Chapter 145

Just because the number of maids around the place had lowered didn’t mean that Moon Jiwoo’s chances of coming upon them gossiping would be zero. At least this time around they weren’t all that malicious.

For the most part, they just seemed to be idle chat one did when they were bored, and it didn’t seem as if they had intention of looking down her or making their distaste for her obvious. In other words, this was totally harmless.

The gossiping between them was something everyone usually did and not something one should easily be taking offense from.

However, Moon Jiwoo did not consider them to be that light. Coupled with her mentality in that moment, it was understandable why she wasn’t able to accept them in a light-hearted manner and took them to be what it was more than that. Even the maids words did not mean as much as she was interpreting from them.

When Moon Jiwoo was about to walk towards her bedroom, the mentions of her and Sookyung’s name reached into her ear. Curious about what it possibly could be about, she decided to listen in on it.

Maybe she should not have done that at that point. It could have lead her to do a decision she might regret later on, but the curiosity she had in that instant was too strong to worry about that.

Moon Jiwoo was concerned with public opinions really a lot in that moment. She wanted to know what everyone thought of her although she reminded herself to not care about it.

One of the maids said, “That Shin Daerin is put into a really pitiful situation.”

“She was the one who got into it. It’s not anyone’s fault to begin with. These days his Majesty seems really close to Lee Eunmi-ssi, and let’s be honest, there was no cases of a fated one being abandoned.

No matter how much his Majesty loves Shin Daerin, the position of Eunmi isn’t something she can take.”

“I was really rooting for both of them. It was really nice to see such romance. His Majesty is trying really hard for Shin Daerin, but this entire thing to be more is impossible. I don’t even know what Shin Daerin is hoping from this.”

“As much as it is good to be in a relationship with his Majesty, I would rather have freedom then he locked away in a palace with my life being endangered all the time. There is bȧrėly anything she is able to do, and in the end, this is not worth it. Imagine living your life being hid away.”

“That does sound displeasing, but the other party is the king. Someone like us won’t even be able to imagine ourselves with his Majesty. This is something out of a fairy tale, but I really see no future with this.”

“What I think is Shin Daerin should be smart and break this off for once and all. In the end, it’s obvious how she will be the abandoned one. Can’t she see how close Lee Eunmi-ssi and his Majesty had grown to become over this period of time?”

“Thinking about it, you are actually right. I have seen them together the other day, and both of them actually look really good together.

Regardless of what the King’s feeling is, it appears that both of them are really suitable for each other. Eunmi-ssi feels like a true Queen while Shin Daerin is just like a vase. She is more of a burden to his Majesty.”

“There is being talks about his Majesty giving up his position for her, and judging by how the things are going so far, that could truly happen. As much as romantic this is, this is disastrous! Imagine what would be happening to this world if he possibly gave up the throne.”

“Don’t tell that’s actually true! I have heard potentials thought of that happening, but there is no way that is true, right?

We recently just escaped from a large trouble couple of years ago, and we will be doomed if the King leaves us this time around. The Blue Clan will be destroying us for real.”

“What I think that Shin Daerin should be sensible and leave. That would be the best decision for this time. It’s common for the Kings to have couple of Mistresses, but the love they have for each other is too dangerous.

You know the sacrifices the king is making for us, and this actually makes me think she could possibly bring our nation to downfall. I know that they are in love with each other, but love isn’t everything.”

“Yeah, an entire nation is concerned with this, and I hope that they put people like us into consideration as well. Whatever they are going for is turning too selfish at this moment.”

“Whatever, let’s not gossip about this too much. We are bound to get caught, and there are lots of works to complete now that we are only maids around here. I swear the amount of work around this place is driving me crazy. Even I don’t know how long I will be able to endure this!”

“You are being too loud. You don’t want to be caught by someone at here. The king doesn’t like anyone talking about his beloved like that, and getting fired from here would be terrible. The pay is really good!”

“You are right! That slipped from my mind.”

Hiding behind the wall, Moon Jiwoo heard each of their words clearly, and after that, she found herself being at a mess of emotions. She was unable to process in those words for a while.

Falling down to her knees, she leaned on the wall behind her, and hiding her face in her knees, she tried to calm down her rapidly beating heart.

Her breathing was starting to get haggard, and her mind was a mess in that instant. Trying her best, she attempted to not get into a panic attack in that moment. That would only be making the thing worse than how they were right now.

Everything was going wrong from this point. After hearing what the maids had just said, there was no way Moon Jiwoo would be able to be calm.

As they have said, Moon Jiwoo was being too selfish by wanting to stay with Sookyung, and even Sookyung was being the same as well. What both of them were forgetting that there were lives of hundreds of thousands that were concerned with him.

If Sookyung went to do something dangerous, it would be affecting the entire nation and probably that would be leading to downfall as well. Beading such a large burden wasn’t something she would be able to endure.

Judging from Oh Sookyung’s attitude, he did not seem to be someone who would put much care into something like that. He was selfish, and Moon Jiwoo knew how he put himself before everyone even if it was nation filled with people who was looking up to him.

But although Moon Jiwoo wasn’t a good person, she didn’t think that she would be able to bear herself being that selfish. She wouldn’t be able to live happily if something serious happened due to her.

This wasn’t the first time Moon Jiwoo had heard about Sookyung wanting to give up his throne for her, and maybe it held the truth them. Although this was mere gossip, something like this would not be leaked around the place if there was no truth to it.

It was Oh Sookyung’s responsibility to look after the country whether or not he liked, and this was something she shouldn’t distract him from.

Maybe Moon Jiwoo should consult Oh Sookyung about the entire thing. Without discussing to him on the complete matter, it would not be wise of her to make a decision.

Moon Jiwoo desperately prayed in her heart that Sookyung would not be making a decision to abandon his entire kingdom. If that had proven to be the case, she would not know how to handle this situation herself.

But what she was aware of that in some of the situation, she had to be mȧturė as well. She could not leave everything up to Oh Sookyung. Although Sookyung had the potential to be a really good thing, he wasn’t a reliable one for he was quite selfish.

Maybe Moon Jiwoo wasn’t the best person to judge him on that for she was worse, but in this, she wanted to be the responsible person. Maybe this country or nation had nothing to do with her.

Feeling the tapping on her shoulder, Moon Jiwoo raised her head, and her eyes fell on Oh Sookyung. As her eyes met with him, she tried to conceal all of her emotions. There were high chances of him trying to ruin everything she was planning if he was able to guess them.

“What’s the matter? You look to be in a terrible situation.”