TRANSMIGRATED AS A BACKGROUND CHARACTER

Meeting Celine

''What a caring brother he is, hmm, ironically,''Aries said out loud, putting on a funny face.

"How the f*ck am I going to cope with this life? But truth be told, maybe this is for the better, like I mean, I have a big family who, hmm, let's say barely loves me. I have a big house, a big room, a maid to take care of me, no worries about money and a job, no bills, just living the life of a princess," said Seok-jin, now bluntly accepting her fate as Aries thought deep.

"This is basically my dream life, haha," Aries said out loud, jumping on the bouncy jumbo bed.

"But wait, common Seok-jin, what would you think of staying here? What about your real parents? What about Soo-jin? I am sure if she does not see me awake, she's going to think I'm dead, and she is a murderer."

"How the hell are they going to cope if they learn you are unconscious or, worst-case scenario, you are dead? What if they presented a memorial ceremony for you and, while it was going on, you migrated back into your original body?

"With everyone screaming, OMG, she rose from the dead, jeez this gives me the creeps. Or what if your body has been buried before you get back to your body only to meet yourself in a casket and then go through the real death."

"What the f*ck, I need to get the f*ck out of this trash of a world," Aries said, moving around the room immersed in thoughts.

Before she could continue, she heard a gentle knock on her door.

"Yeah, come in," she said, wondering who it could be. She doesn't want any form of drama.

Two maids came in holding a trail of food rich in a nutritious, balanced diet.

Aries stared at the food with an opened mouth.

"What the...., is that mine, what?" She said out loud, not even caring if she was in whatever dimension nonsense, for what she was staring at was a beautiful trail filled with s*xy food which she had planned to save and take her parents out on a date, but here she is staring at it.

"OMG, this creator really imagines what I want. Thank God they knew how valuable it was for it to be written down in the game as the daily meals of the princess."

"I'm so proud of them," Aries said while wiping invincible tears on her eye.

"For the first time since I got here, I can praise the writer for this only."

"You can drop it there, thanks."

Aries noticed the maids staring at each other like she had just said something weird.

"Hey, something wrong? Did I perhaps say something to offend you?" Aries said with a worried look on.

The maidens, shaking like they were in their death moment, bowed their heads, looking like their lives were at stake if they didn't manage to give an explanation.

"We are so…sorry my lady, pl...please forgive our indecency." they said, stammering.

"What? What's wrong? Why are you two stammering like the world is coming to an end? Are you scared of me or something?"

"No, my lady, why would we? We wouldn't dare make such a grave sin," the maids said, trying to convince their lady.

"If you ain't scared, then why are you moving back instead of coming closer?"

"My lady, you warned us to stay 100m away from you as our poverty and common status stinks," a maid said, looking all confused at how strange their lady was acting.

"What? I said to you lovely angels?" Aries said with a shocked face.

"Whoa, Aries must have been a jerk?" Seokjin thought.

As the maids stared shockingly at each other, a young maiden came in closer to observe if Aries was doing fine, while the other had a face writing;

"No, don't do it if you don't want to die."

As the maiden came closer, Aries extended her hands to the maiden, who looked surprised but decided to take hold of those warm hands.

"May I please know your name, darling?" Aries said, surprised at how beautiful she was to be an ordinary maid.

"I'm Celine, my lady," she said politely.

"Wait what? She's Celine. What the heck? She is the female lead. No wonder she looks so f*ck*ng beautiful but not as beautiful as Aries though, is it just me or is she sparkling? Well, I guess it is the power of the main character. Haha, if the female lead was Aries' maid, it is not surprising as to why she deceived Priscilla into jealousy and hatred towards Celine being a maid and a lover of the prince who was later recognized as a saint, and held much more importance to the country."

"But as a matter of fact, how could Aries be so harsh to the extent that her maids shake at the mention of her name? Well, I will just make up for the wrong doings and avoid getting involved with Celine romance with the prince," Aries said, lost in thought, staring around Celine.

Celine looked uncomfortable and called out to Aries, who came back to reality.

"Oh, I'm sorry, you've got such a wonderful name, perfect for a beautiful queen like you," Aries said while smiling widely at Celine, who could not bide her already flushed face.

The other maid, who seemed to have lowered her guard for Aries as the Aries they were staring at wasn't the Aries they knew.

"Oh, I'm sorry, but could you also come closer and tell me your name? I may have forgotten because of my anemia."

The maid, looking so shocked as she came closer to Aries, told her she was Cynthia.

Before they knew it, they began chatting with Aries comfortably while eating the food brought by them with Aries.

Being convinced to have opened the heart of the maidens, Aries started at Celine, who was as young as she was.

"How old are you Celine?"

"Oh, I'm 12 years of age, my lady."

"Oh, then that makes you my age mate," Aries said with a smiley face.

"What do I expect? She has to be the same age as Aries, she can't be older than the prince, who is just 13, right?"

"What about you, Cynthia?" Aries asked.

"My lady, I'm 16 years old."

"Oh my, then that makes you my noona. I can't believe I will get to call someone noona, It reminds me of Soo-jin."

"I'm sorry my lady, I don't get, who is Soo-jin? And what's the meaning of noona?" Cynthia said, looking confused.

"Oh, I forgot for a moment, hmm, noona is the name you give to a female older than you for honor and respect."

"Oh, who am I to dare hold on to that honor, my lady?"

"Don't worry about that noona, and Soo-jin is, well, someone I know."

As time went by, Cynthia and celine stood up to return to their various jobs, leaving Aries some space to think.

"I have to find a way to return to my world, but how?"

"Maybe if I just cry and beg for 999 days, I can go back, oh, what are you saying you fool? This is not some k-drama curse. There must be a way to go about this. It's a good thing I asked the maiden about the mana stone." Aries thought hard

"Turns out, it is only the nobles who are able to possess the power and blood to generate management. A commoner doesn't have the power to do so, but there is something called manager stone which is found in dungeons. Thus, dungeons are those filled with dangerous monsters that are graded according to their strength and the stronger they are, the stronger the manager stone left by them when killed. This mana can then be used by commoners for their daily activities like cooking, lighting, and some other activities that need to be done, and for all I can come up with right now, I have come to the conclusion that this mana might be able to take me back to my world."

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Days went by as Seokjin started living her life as Aries.

Aries, wanting to take a look at some good mana stone went to request something from her father, Mr Ciel.

"Hmm, dad, can I ask for a favor?"

"Of course darling, anything for my little angel," Mr Ciel said, looking happy to answer the first request asked of his beloved daughter since she woke up from her coma.

All his children are grown-ups and busy with their own private life, thus they don't have time to spare for their father, but here he has Aries to spend time with, as the family business was taken care of by Daniel.

"I would love to go out, I'm in search of something important urgently."

"Hmm, Aries, baby, why don't you inform the servant about what you want to get, and it will be delivered immediately?"

"But dad, I want to get it myself, they won't get the specific one I want."

"Alright, alright, I will inform the servant to get the carriage ready, but I will be rest assured that you are safe only if you go along with at least two guards."

Looking so happy, Aries kissed Mr Ciel on the cheek, showing signs of gratitude before going along to prepare.

"Oh my, she sure changed for the better, my little baby girl."

" Rion, get the carriages ready and order the best guards here to escort Aries to the village market."

"Yes, Lord Ciel."

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Vermin Market

As the air is filled with noises of both young and old, noble and commoners, the sky brightens up the day and the sun, not wanting to lack behind on its duty, does its job perfectly.

The air screaming happiness and a day of cheerfulness as children could be heard from far away playing joyfully. As nobles could be seen among commoners wanting to purchase their needed equipment on this blessed day.

Among these nobles was Aries, looking so charming as she stared with eyes wide open, as this was her first time seeing a market as big as that and selling some strange things.

Harboring all around like some lost child, unaware of a 22-year-old lady inside the body of the little child as she looked so cute.

Going from the shop to buy whatever she found eatable, her cute little eye spotted something flashy and attractive. Unable to ignore it, she went ahead to look at what had caught her attention until she realized it was shaped like that of a stone.

"This must be that mana stone. It looks so valuable and shiny," Aries thought while staring deeply at the stone.