SRDHEBDF Chapter 1

Since she was a young child, Rosamiris had felt discomfort in her body. She spoke with adult-like clarity and coherence, knew the history of foreign countries she had never been taught and could play the piano without ever having been trained. At first, it was just a feeling of unease, but gradually it turned into a sickening feeling. On the night after her thirteenth birthday party, it suddenly hit her – intense headaches and severe nausea.

The six lifetimes’ worth of information was too painful, and she felt like screaming out loud, but she bit her lip and endured it. …Finally, the storm passed, and she exhaled. “What the hell was that?” It was memories from her past lives. Souls are reincarnated. When they die, their bodies return to the earth, and their souls are invited to a peaceful paradise. Usually, in paradise, the memories of past lives are erased, and the soul is assigned to a new body.

However, Rosamiris was an existence that deviated greatly from this truth. She had six lifetimes’ worth of memories. She was cursed in all of them and died terribly. In the first three lifetimes, she was cursed as a “witch” who unconsciously attracted the enemy of mankind, the demon beasts, which were surrounded by miasma. Just by existing there, she made those around her unhappy, and many people died. In the end, she was accused of being the source of the demon beasts’ harm and was sentenced to death by burning at the stake all three times.

In the fourth and fifth lives, she was cursed as a “Gorgon” who turned anyone she made eye contact with into stone. Since the curse only manifested when she made eye contact with people, she was mentally relieved compared to the curse of the “witch”. However, she accidentally made eye contact with a boy from the village who liked her, turned him to stone, and was tied up by his parents and thrown into a dark spring. In her sixth life, she was cursed with the “decay” curse, which caused anyone she touched to rot. To be honest, it was the most terrible curse she could remember. The curse of the “witch” could not be controlled, but it would not manifest if there were no demon beasts nearby.

The curse of the “Gorgon” could be prevented by not making eye contact and growing out her bangs. However, the “decay” curse could not be controlled, and it caused people and animals to rot and die indiscriminately just by touching them with her fingertips. The sight of the people she had killed was unbearable, and as she grew older, her power increased. Unable to bear the fact that she had killed people, she chose to commit suicide by being eaten by a demon beast. (“Why of all curses, the ‘decay’ curse…”).

The same curse often leads to a similar appearance and a similar life. The “witch” curse was bestowed three times on blonde royal family members, the “Gorgon” curse was bestowed twice on plain village girls, and the “decay” curse was bestowed on a black-haired countess. As the daughter of the Latiano family’s count, and with black hair to boot, there was no mistaking it. (“Ah, damn it. I can’t believe I hate this black hair that I liked until yesterday.”)

Fortunately, in her past life, the curse had not manifested itself by the age of thirteen. If she followed the same life path, she would become known as the “rotten noble daughter” at the age of sixteen. She still had three years left. Although she had lived six lives so far, she had always believed that everything she had done in the past was her own fault. She was too kind. Her heart was hurting. She felt so guilty that she felt like dying, and in her sixth life, she couldn’t take it anymore and committed suicide.

So she decided to live selfishly. She thought about how to prevent or eliminate the curse while thinking about how to live a happy life. She didn’t want to choose the path of being eaten by a demon beast while crying her eyes out. (“Oh, God. If this is my fate, then I’ll live as I please this time.”) She quickly had her maid Nina bring her a pair of hair-cutting scissors.

Nina: “What are you going to do with that?”

Rosamiris: “There’s only one way to use scissors, isn’t there? I’m going to cut my hair.”

For the first time in her life, she cut off her long, glossy black hair that she was so proud of. She heard a whining voice and looked over to see Nina crying while everything came out of her face. “Oh, Lady Rosamiris, did something so painful happen to you? Please tell me anything. There are so many wonderful gentlemen in this world!!” (“Wait, when did I say I had a failed love affair?!”) It seemed like Nina had mistaken her for having a painful breakup because she cut her hair.

Nina is the youngest maid serving Lady Rosamiris. She likes romance novels and has a slightly tomboyish side. Although her crying was a bit excessive, Rosamiris felt happy when she considered that it was her way of showing consideration for her master. After all, it was truly painful to remember her past life. (“…But seriously, isn’t she crying too much?!”) Nina’s crying was so loud that people gathered around. When she explained that she had just cut her hair because she was annoyed, the servants looked at her sympathetically. “To do it on the night of the birthday party. You must have had a hard time, Lady Rosamiris.” Rosamiris thought it would be difficult to clear up the misunderstanding.