Chapter 14- Arc 1

Chapter 14- Arc 1

Grunt!

Zosia opened her eyes but was assaulted with memories of the body she currently inhabits.

Phew!

After getting the relief she wants, she slowly scanned the place.

『𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑒?』a mechanical voice spoke.

Zosia thought for a while, first she needs to change the voice.

Opening the chip panel, she went to settings and changed the voice to a females' own.

"How much storage does the library have?"

『𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑈𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑.』the female voice she had chosen replied.

Zosia was surprised, she wondered if the chip had consciousness.

After trying for a few minutes, she knew it was just an automated reply.

She went to settings to check how much storage it has and found an infinity symbol.

"Hmmm... But Xen said there would be specific Storage values."

She suddenly recalled the jewel she had seen before she died and seeing it again when she had her upgrade.

As for who Xen is, he is the person she had met at the task center. They had hit it off and became friends.

"I shouldn't worry about things I can't solve. I better check the task." she muttered to herself as she clicked on the task panel.

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『𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑘』

֎ 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑘: 𝐵𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜.

𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡: 6 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠.

֎ 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑘 1: 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.

𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡: 6 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠.

֎ 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑘 2: 𝐸𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑.

𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡: 7 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠.

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"It seems like the side task always comes first. Doesn't seem like what Ella said." She muttered to herself.

Taking a deep breath, she slowly stood up from her rickety bed.

Creak!

Creak!!

The bed made a lot of noises as she stood up .

Zosia walked towards the mirror to take a look at the face of the body she currently inhabits, when-

Bang!

Zosia who was halfway to her goal stared at the door that had been swung open by a ferocious looking woman with beautiful make up on her face.

Her twisted expression plus the makeup, only served to make her look like a ghost.

"You are lucky that you are awake. Go to the kitchen and prepare breakfast. I am giving you 30 minutes to get that done." The lady said her piece and left the room while swaying her hips.

She wondered how the lady was still able to sway her hips despite storming out of the room.

"Some people sure got special skills." She said as she shook her head with a smirk on her face.

The smirk on her face vanished and was replaced by a weary face.

'Sigh! From the memories of this body, the woman is her stepmother and is very mean.' Zosia thought inwardly as she quickly left for the kitchen after glancing at the door swinging by its hinges.

She knows fully well that she couldn't have a slip up in character to avoid suspicion.

Entering the kitchen, she opened the fridge to see what they had.

" This should be enough to whip up something decent. Luckily I have some skills, else it would be a disaster." She said to herself.

A pity the host gets to get the skills and experience we have developed in their own world or used in their own world but we get nothing and have to practice.

After making the meal, she quickly dished it and set the table for the family of three.

Zosia stared at the scene of them eating and laughing happily and thought back about the body memories.

After sifting through it, she felt a ball of hatred towards the so called father.

Her hatred wasn't directed at the stepmother or even her useless daughter but at the so called father.

According to the body memories. Her mother had married her father, after they had been match made by his mother.

She doesn't know what her mom did, but her father always said that her mother was a title hungry woman.

Even Zosia who was going through the memories in a third person pov, didn't see the situation as such.

She saw Diana's mother as someone who wanted the marriage to work but ended up dying at the schemes of her stepmother.

Due to the constant battering from her stepmother, insult and disappointment she got from her father, she slowly got traumatized.

The trauma slowly weakened her mentality, and her father gave her no other option than suicide, after he told her that she would be getting married to someone, whether she likes it or not.

She couldn't argue and decided to kill herself by taking excess sleeping pills.

Pa!

Zosia stared wide eyed at the body's father who had suddenly slapped her.

"Who do you think you are to ignore me while am talking to you? Or do you have another man in mind and you don't want to marry Dominic?" His menacing eyes bore down on her.

Zosia did not respond. Zosia was sure that the moment she opened her mouth, her temper would erupt with her. She could only lower her head.

"Diana, can't you see your father is angry and you can't even apologize." Cecilia said with a smile on her face as she watched the scene.

"What can you expect from someone like her with no mother. She was not taught well by her useless mother." Camilla's daughter spoke as she typed on her phone.

"I can't get angry because of you this morning, if not you would spit out the truth." Her father scanned her before turning to his wife.

"You would be following, your mom with Trisha to get your hair done and get new clothes. Dominic would be coming to take you out."

After he said that, she was told to disappear from his presence and go get dressed.

Zosia did not wait for anyone to tell her that this was her chance at escaping.

She quickly left the dining room and entered her room.

Using the memory of the body, she quickly shifted the bed.

Hitting the wooden plank, she found the place that sounded odd and slowly removed the wood.

Cough!

She choked on the dust that came out alongside the wood.

Bringing out the box, she couldn't check what it was as she suddenly heard footsteps.

Quickly putting everything back in place, she waited for the footsteps to pass.

She did not know whose own it belonged to but it wasn't any of her worry.

She took her birth certificate, house register and also stuffed them in the space. Zosia made sure not to forget any implicating evidence or things she would be asked for when registering for school, business or anything.

Using the structure of the room stored in the system, she stimulated various part to know possible hiding place and found one.

Opening a side of the bed, she noticed a compartment. The compartment was filled with books.

Taking the books into the space, she did not have the luxury to start checking what it was.

After making sure she had everything in place, she entered the bathroom and had a quick shower.

She made sure not to waste time in dressing up. She wore one of her old dresses and a flat shoe.

It would be easier for her to escape with it.

"Where is that girl, why is she wasting my precious time. Does she think I don't have something doing?" Her father voice could be heard from upstairs.

Zosia rushed down the stairs after hearing his voice. She made her breath ragged and some bead of perspiration appeared on her forehead.