Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella - Chapter 148

Moon Jiwoo decided to take a walk at the garden in order to refresh her mind. She had a clue on how dangerous it could get at there, but she could not bring herself to care about that currently.

She felt too stuffed inside the palace, and the more she stayed inside, she would not be able to control her emotions. About the entire thing, she had to work fast.

It was difficult for her to hold in her emotions, but she was willing to close them all off for now. After this was over, she could cry and regret as much as she wanted without anything being ruined.

Her ċhėst beat rapidly within her ċhėst, and anxiousness started to build up within her. Although she was determined, she had few to no ideas on how she should be carrying out her plans.

There was no way she would be able to get Oh Sookyung to let go of her efficiently, and she had to think of something quite effective. Last time around, she failed.

But Moon Jiwoo more or less knew that was because of how half-hearted she was being back then. At that time, it was not as if she wanted to leave him for real. It was merely for satisfying her pride for the most part.

But this time around her motive was different. This was something she had to do, and there was a sense of responsibility within her for it. That was enough to drive her to do it with full force this time around.

Moon Jiwoo’s eyes fell one of the flowers on the garden, and she plucked it. Stroking the petals of the flower, she had a small smile forming on her face.

However, she failed to notice her surroundings as her concentration laid on the flower in her hand, and thoughts began to consume her mind completely.

The moment she was driven into realization of someone’s presence when she felt a sharp attack to her shoulder, and Moon Jiwoo immediately jumped back due to that.

Both of her eyes widened, and she immediately let go of the flower in her hand. It was obvious to her on how she was attacked by someone right now.

Her eyes fell on the man standing before her, and judging from the intensity of the attack right now, he was quite strong. That was to be expected or else he would have been able to pass through Oh Sookyung’s guard.

That’s when a strange thought came inside of her mind. Wouldn’t things be over if she was killed at that instant? All the troubles of this world would be driven away, and more importantly, there would be no need for her to feel this excruciating pain.

No matter what path she chose, Moon Jiwoo had to go through, and right then, the easiest path to escape from that seemed to be the death.

Shaking her head, she drove away the sucidal thoughts from her mind quickly. This type of thing did not suit her, and although it was her fault for entering into the garden, she knew that she had to escape from the man right now.

Moon Jiwoo’s attention was drawn to her shoulder, and she noticed the blood that was starting to stain her clothing red. The dagger had disappeared into the thin air.

Moon Jiwoo’s eyes fell on the daggers he held in both of his hand, and without a wanting, the man targeted all of them towards her. Creases appeared between both of her eyes, and her eyes sharpened.

Moon Jiwoo, on the other hand, was slowly starting to slow down due to how exhausted she was going. Over this period of time, she was bȧrėly able to take care of herself due to the anxieties, and coupled with her lack of sleep, she was at a horrible state right now.

Moreover, the wound on her shoulder was quite deep, and it would be taking a while for that to heal completely. No matter how she looked at the situation, Moon Jiwoo was at the disadvantageous side, and she doubted that she would be able to muster enough energy to teleport out of here.

Instead of wasting her energy on attacking the man before her, she was more or less concerned with defending herself. This would be saving her more energy, and she should try to best her postpone this until some of the guards or anyone notices.

That was all she was able to do in this situation.

Moon Jiwoo could try to run out of the garden, but this entire place was large and complicated. Moreover, she was quite deep into the garden. Therefore, she decided to not try for that.

However, Moon Jiwoo’s enthusiasm toward this was let down when she felt a sharp pain go through her knee, and she noticed that dagger had pierced through her knee.

A sharp wince escaped from her mouth while she fell on to her knees, and at the blood that had gathered around that place, both of her eyes widened. The wound seemed to be quite serious, and it seemed that she wouldn’t be able to stand up properly for couple of minutes now.

Seeing how the man was able to attack her, Moon Jiwoo acted fast, and her sword had appeared into her hand. A sharp pain went through her ċhėst as she did so for it appeared that she was overexaggerating herself.

Nonetheless, there was nothing she was able to do at that moment other than this.

It appeared that the attack she had directed was successful. Although it hadn’t managed to leave that much of a damage, it still succeeded in piercing through that man’s ċhėst and sent him staggering backwards.

However, that wasn’t enough to stop the man. He came back again to attack the female with his daggers, and this time around, Moon Jiwoo blocked them with her sword once again.

But kneeling down to attack like this wasn’t effective, and this was most definitely a losing battle for Jiwoo.

Soon enough, Moon Jiwoo found her sword being knocked out of her hand, and a gasp escaped from her mouth as that happened.

Before she was able to reach out for the sword on the ground, the man acted faster than her, and he had driven the dagger in his hand through her hand, making it difficult for her to move her hand.

The pain that seared through her hand made her feel as if her hand was being ripped into two, and a sharp scream escaped from her mouth due to that. Tears started to form at the corner of her eyes.

With his other hand, the man tried to make an attack towards her ċhėst with the dagger in his hand, and Moon Jiwoo closed her eyes on reflex while fear began to fill her in completely. There was no way this was her last day on Earth!

Luckily, Moon Jiwoo prays for someone to protect her came true.

When Moon Jiwoo opened her eyes slowly after realizing that the pain never came to her, she noticed that Oh Sookyung was standing before her, blocking that dagger with his hand.

The murderous intent in his eyes was clearly visible to her, and it didn’t seem that he would be sparing the man before him. As Oh Sookyung drove his hand through the man’s ċhėst, Moon Jiwoo closed her eyes as she felt the blood splash over her.

Letting the man’s body fall on top of the ground, Oh Sookyung turned back to face her, and all the murderous intent from before was replaced with worry.

“Are you alright?” he questioned.

The wound on Moon Jiwoo’s shoulder almost healed, and with all other injuries on her bodies getting closed up gradually, she was starting to feel better.

Oh Sookyung extended his hand towards her in order for her to take it and support herself on it. Staring at the hand for around couple of minutes, she bȧrėly made a move.

Raising her head then, she glared at the man before her. Her sudden change of mood managed to shock him, and before he was able to ask on what the matter was, she slapped his hand away with all of her might.

Her actions took him aback, and he wondered about what could have caused her to act like that. Then again, she had been under a huge shock right now, and it was understandable for her to be shaken up due to all of it.