“……Mary.”

Summer’s voice lacked confidence. The suddenly changed Mary still felt unfamiliar and uncomfortable to Summer.

It was like witnessing a robot suddenly melt and transform into a human before her eyes.

An ambiguous existence that was neither human nor character. That was Mary.

And in fact, Summer was also such an existence. This was a kind of self-loathing.

“Miss. Is there anything you need?”

“Do you have any party invitations?”

“Of course. I’ll bring them.”

“Preferably ones for parties that Lady Dudley will attend.”

Summer instructed in a deliberately stiff voice without even making eye contact with Mary.

Nevertheless, Mary didn’t falter and quickly brought a pile of invitations.

“So many?”

Summer sighed as she saw the number of invitations.

During the social season, families host large and small parties for active exchanges among nobles. And there were an enormous number of families in this empire. Therefore, tonight was going to be rough.

As Summer expected, she had to sort invitations all day long.

By the time she had sorted through them, focusing on the families that appeared fairly often in the novel, the sun had long since set.

“Wow, I’m really tired……”

“How about trying some lemon tea?”

Summer opened her eyes wide and looked to the side at the sudden voice. There stood Mary with her round face dotted with freckles.

“Ah, Mary. It’s okay. Just deliver these and you can go rest too.”

“Understood. Then have a good night, miss.”

Mary took the sorted invitations and left the room. Summer, exhausted, sprawled out on the desk, not even making it to the bed.

“I’m looking at letters even here.”

Suddenly, Summer felt like crying.

It’s just a novel anyway, so even if she messed things up, wouldn’t everything flow smoothly according to the original work?

Like Countess Lindsay who uttered predetermined lines no matter what Summer said, wouldn’t other people also act in predetermined ways and continue as predetermined?

“Right. Why should I care?”

A world that was nothing more than letters. So what if it falls apart? Getting pointed at for breaking etiquette? It’s not like they’re even alive, so what’s the point of cursing?

She just wanted to go home. Ah, before going home, she wanted to meet Julian just once.

“If I get an autograph… can I take it home……”

Summer’s voice was heavy with drowsiness as she mumbled. No. Could she even go home in the first place?

Even going abroad, there’s so much unknown, but she came to a completely different world. She had no idea how to get out of here.

Summer soon succumbed to fatigue and fell asleep right there.

About an hour after falling asleep, the window of Summer’s room opened carefully.

Summer shivered slightly at the cold air seeping in through the open window.

As Summer gradually woke up, she pressed her eyes that were still heavy with sleep. Then something pressed firmly on Summer’s arm. Something soft and warm.

“Uh, aack!”

Sleep instantly fled as Summer tumbled down. Despite the fairly loud noise, no one came running, perhaps because it was an event not in the original work.

Summer stared at the intruder from her fallen position.

The intruder who had opened the window and entered was a black cat with mysterious purple eyes.

The moment she first saw it, Summer was reminded of Coco, the cat at her family home.

“Co, Coco?”

“Sorry, but that’s not my name.”

Oh Lord. The cat spoke. It speaks human language. And very fluently at that. Summer quickly fled to the bed and curled up.

The cat then leisurely licked its front paw, taking its time, before hopping down under the desk.

“Hello, Summer. It’s you? The child I’ve been looking for.”

“You… know me?”

“Of course I do.”

The cat that approached Summer suddenly raised its two front paws, and its body gradually grew larger, soon transforming into a human shape.

The cat transformed into a human was a youthful girl with purple eyes and purple hair.

“Wh, who are you?”

When Summer asked, frightened, the girl answered in a cheerful tone.

“Me? I’m the greatest witch in this world. You can call me Fei.”

The witch puffed out her chest and said proudly.

It was surprising enough that a cat that suddenly appeared transformed into a human, but it was even more surprising to see her introduce herself as a witch with such pride.

“A witch?”

“Yes, you poor soul who entered the wrong world.”

At the witch’s words referring to her, Summer leaned forward as if about to jump out.

“You can see my true form? You’re really having a conversation with me right now? Right?”

The witch covered her ears at Summer’s successive questions and waved her hand once.

“What did you just do?”

“I cast a soundproofing spell. You never know who might be listening.”

“Don’t worry. No one will come looking.”

Summer looked down with a bitter expression. The witch opened her mouth with a knowing look.

“Right. I suppose so. The rules here are quite strict after all.”

“Did you… come to save me?”

“Well, something like that. Summer, so do you want to return to your original world?”

“Of course! This place is terrible!”

The witch raised the corners of her mouth in satisfaction at Summer’s answer. For a moment, a cold glint flashed in her purple eyes.

“There is one way.”

The witch’s voice was alluring, but under the moonlight, she exuded an atmosphere that was cheerful yet sly at the same time.

“You can trust me. I am the greatest witch and the one who can save you.”

With a wave of her hand, a teapot and teacup appeared in the air.

As the witch poured tea into the cup, she began speaking in an excited tone as if something very exciting had happened.

“All the laws of nature have been thrown into disarray. I’ve been searching for the cause. Do you know what that cause is? It’s you! Summer Lindsay!”

The witch was more excited now than ever before.

Because of this one child, the laws and rules were broken. In the place where witches live, water suddenly flowed backwards.

The moon rose during the day, and the sun at night. Clocks turned backwards, then fast forwards, operating erratically.

Even the dead began to move and the living started to die.

To solve this, the witch came all the way to this filthy human land to search for the soul that had entered wrongly.

“What do I need to do?”

That was Summer. The witch, calming her excitement, took a sip of tea.

Summer Lindsay looked at the witch with eyes full of confusion and covered her face with both hands.

“You either have to fully accept this body, or return to the world you originally came from.”

The witch’s voice softened a bit at Summer’s behavior, as if she had met a savior. It must be confusing. Even witches were surprised by this.

It’s amazing she hasn’t gone mad yet while being at the center of the disruption of nature’s laws.

“What will you do?”

Her voice naturally softened. Summer Lindsay slowly removed her hands at the witch’s question.

What was revealed was ecstasy. The witch’s shoulders jerked.

Summer Lindsay’s face was grinning so widely it seemed grotesque. The witch, feeling a chill, moved her body backwards.

Has she already gone mad?

“I want to go back to my original world!”

“You won’t regret it? This world is quite livable, you know.”

“I don’t need it. I absolutely have to go back.”

“Why on earth?”

Is this world really that terrible? To give such an answer without hesitation?

The human possessed by the black-haired soul was a noble lady.

And a wealthy and stable one at that. Moreover, both parents were endlessly affectionate towards their only daughter.

The witch couldn’t imagine how good the original world must have been for her to answer like that despite this good environment.

“Why? There’s no computer, no cell phone here. In this world, there’s no my family, no friends, no damn acceptance letter! Do you know how hard I worked to get that piece of paper!”

“Wha… what?”

What on earth were those outlandish pronunciations? Summer’s voice hit the witch’s ears along with words difficult to understand.

If nothing else, it was clear enough that this soul hated this world.

She thought she had somewhat adapted to living here. Was this why the body and soul still hadn’t fused?

“A monarchical country! I really hate it! How can I, who lived in the Republic of Korea, adapt to this kind of society! What if I get my head chopped off. No, why can the king arbitrarily cut off heads in the first place? Why did I have to read this of all things! I should have read a rom-com!”

She really has gone mad. The witch shook her head a little as if feeling sorry.

She should quickly send this poor soul back to her original world.

While Summer was panting and trying to calm her excitement, the witch hopped up and sat on the windowsill.

The witch swung her legs back and forth, looking at Summer Lindsay as if observing a strange animal.

“I really want to go back…! Please, please, I can go back, right? Right? Sob, please tell me. How can I return to my original world?”

Summer, having calmed her excitement, was now sitting down and crying.

“Shouting alone, crying, making a fuss.”

Whether the black-haired soul had really gone mad or not wasn’t the witch’s concern. The witch’s job was to return this world to its original state.

To the witch, the black-haired soul was, say, like a frog that goes into a potion.

“Curious about how to go back?”

The witch’s mouth corners lifted in a wide grin. Foolish human.

That night, the witch told Summer Lindsay the method. The only way to return to her original world.