Chapter 3
“Miss, perhaps your rebellious phase has come back again….”
“Would you like me to show you what a proper rebellious phase looks like?”
“That was a mistake. Even thinking about your rebellious phase is terrifying.”
Cherry Sinclair during her rebellious phase really did have thoughts that were completely out of control.
How bad was it?
She once stole a yacht owned by the Sinclair family just to rebel against her parents. And that wasn’t all. She even drove the yacht across the ocean and ran away to another continent.
‘My parents and Harrison went through all kinds of trouble trying to find me back then.’
Even though I knew how to drive a yacht, I was still just a beginner. There was no way someone like me should have been able to cross the ocean.
But fortunately, the weather stayed good the entire time.
It was as if the sky itself had helped me.
‘Even thinking about it now, I’m really hopeless.’
I could completely understand why Harrison treated me like a crazy person.
Anyway, I called Harrison again and urged him to give me an answer.
“Harrison.”
“……All right. It’s been a long time since I went on an outing with you, Miss, so let’s just think of it as an outing for now.”
Hearing Harrison’s answer, I silently shouted yes over and over in my head.
“But in a few days. I also need to get the weapons you mentioned, and I have some urgent paperwork to take care of.”
Of course, I was a little disappointed by what Harrison said next.
Still, it was a relief that he said he would come in a few days.
He only needed to come to Brunel within twenty-one days.
“Okay. Harrison. Then I’ll wait for you in Brunel. You have to come quickly. Really quickly.”
“All right, Miss. I’ll come as soon as possible.”
I emphasized one more time that he had to come quickly.
Only after getting Harrison to confirm it once more did I finally stand up.
Next, it was time to get some money from the bank.
The Central Bank of Benton, the capital.
I planned to take out as much of a loan as I could today.
The wealth of the Sinclair family that I had inherited was locked away until I turned twenty.
That meant I still had another year to go.
The business dividends I received from the Sinclair family every month were enormous, so I had been able to live without any problems until now.
But now, I needed a much larger amount of money than that.
In the first place, some of the monthly business dividends were also used as operating funds for the family.
If I suddenly took all that money and ran away, the family members and servants, as well as Harrison, would have a hard time making it through the month.
Of course, I also had assets such as real estate and stocks.
But in the case of the latter, it would take time to sell them, so I couldn’t use them immediately.
The conclusion was simple.
I had no choice but to take out a loan.
“Lady Sinclair, you said you wanted to take out a loan…… No, right? I must have heard you wrong.”
Bank president Morton looked at me as if he couldn’t believe what he had heard.
I smiled brightly.
“You heard correctly. That’s right.”
“Are you really asking for a 100 million gold credit loan?”
Morton asked me once again.
I nodded without hesitation.
That amount would be more than enough money to prepare for the end of the world.
Actually, there were only three weeks left, so I wasn’t sure if I could even spend all that money.
Still, you never know what might happen.
I had to borrow and use as much emergency money as I could while I still had the chance.
‘When else am I ever going to take out a 100 million gold credit loan?’
“That’s right.”
At my answer, Morton nodded with a confused expression and handed me some documents.
“This is just a formality, but what is the purpose of the loan?”
“I’m going to use it to prepare for the destruction of the world.”
“Do you need help?”
“What?”
“If someone is threatening you, I can secretly contact Attorney Howard for you……”
Of course, I knew he wouldn’t believe me.
If I said something like this, people would obviously treat me like a crazy person.
For some reason, I felt like I was about to cry.
“It’s not like that.”
“Oh. Then is it because of the club? I heard that several diamond mines were put up as stakes in the latest bet, but I never imagined the amount would be this large……”
“Mr. Morton. I was joking.”
Until recently, I had been running a gambling club.
It was exactly the kind of thing you would expect from an immature heiress who loved a life of pleasure.
People pointed fingers at me and called me vulgar, but ironically, they were also desperate to join my club.
The income and information that came from it were quite useful.
Morton must have assumed that I needed so much emergency money because I had increased the scale of my gambling.
“I haven’t attended that club in quite a while. I’m planning to hand over the management rights soon, too. But why are there so many questions? I feel like I’m being interrogated. Are you looking down on the Sinclair family?”
Morton, who was flustered, took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from his face before apologizing to me.
“I’m sorry. I was simply surprised because someone as important as the heir of the Sinclair family was taking out such a large loan.”
If I could receive my inherited assets right away, I wouldn’t have had to go this far!
Of course, there was no way other people could know about this restriction.
“I need it urgently because of an overseas business. As you know, Sinclair has so many businesses going on that all the assets I can use immediately are tied up.”
Only then did Bank President Morton look as if he understood.
He smiled brightly and quickly had the cash prepared.
Bundles of money were carefully stacked inside large bags.
The money bags looked quite heavy.
I had brought several servants from the Sinclair family with me.
It had been a very wise decision.
‘Cash is the best. Long live being rich!’
Soon, the country would collapse, and all this “money” would become nothing more than worthless paper.
So shouldn’t I spend all of it as quickly as possible and prepare for the end of the world?
‘Let’s gather as many survival supplies as possible.’
I only had to survive in the shelter until the protagonists found the cure.
‘You can do it, Cherry!’
Just as I encouraged myself and stood up, the headline of the newspaper Morton had been reading caught my eye.
[Monster Incident on 61 Notium Street, Additional Witnesses Appear?! Benton Police Authorities: “Ridiculous Story.” Witness Testimonies Have No Basis in Fact…….]
It seemed to be a follow-up article to the one I had read before.
Back then, there had only been one witness.
Maybe because of that, people had treated him like a crazy person and ignored him.
But this time, there wasn’t just one or two witnesses.
The blood in my body seemed to freeze.
Seeing the article with my own eyes made my sense of danger even stronger.
I was anxious.
I remembered that around the time the events of the novel began, one or two virus monsters appeared in different parts of the country as a kind of warning.
Since they hadn’t eaten anything, most of them weren’t strong enough to do much.
They either died or were discovered and killed by people.
‘But eventually, strengthened monsters will appear, and within three weeks, the virus will spread throughout the entire kingdom.’
“……Would you like it?”
I must have been staring at it too obviously.
Morton handed me the newspaper that had been lying on his desk.
“Thank you.”
I was embarrassed, but I took the newspaper anyway.
I was curious about its contents.
I quietly read the newspaper and then left the bank.
The night this news was reported in the newspaper, the first real monster would appear at the mansion on 61 Notium Street.
It would also be the incident where Aurora first encountered a monster.
‘Wait, doesn’t it appear here?’
The Elpinus herb!
It was an herb that played a role similar to a vaccine.
I didn’t know where it came from, how it was created, or why it happened to be in the mansion on 61 Notium Street.
‘The novel was put on hiatus, damn it.’
Anyway, if you ate it, you could avoid infection even if you were bitten by a monster once.
Of course, its effect only worked that one time.
In the story, Aurora saw this strange-looking herb but didn’t know how to use it, so she simply passed it by.
She only learned about the herb two years later, after meeting the scientist male lead.
Then she bitterly regretted not taking the herb with her at the time.
‘Right. Even if I leave for Brunel, I’m taking that herb with me.’
Aurora wouldn’t be able to use it because she didn’t know what it was.
But I was different.
And if I happened to encounter a monster?
Well, I’d just have to somehow kill it.
There was only one of them anyway, and I was strong.
“Wow……. Miss, you’re really strong.”
I remembered what Susanna had said.
Besides, when I was young, I had played cricket as a hobby, so I knew how to swing things like a bat effectively.
For example, an axe.
‘All right. Let’s do it.’
Actually, even now, none of this situation felt real to me.
I only remembered the virus monsters as words written in a novel.
I had never actually seen one.
I had no idea how powerful they really were.
Perhaps that was why I could be brave enough to do this.
‘I really need that Elpinus herb.’
For now, I decided to focus only on the Elpinus herb and survival.
Late at night.
At the entrance of an alley on Notium Street.
I pulled my robe tightly over my head.
Then I leaned my head out toward the alley and looked around.
Even though it was late at night and gas lamps were lighting up the streets, quite a few people were still walking around.
‘If I’m not careful, I might be noticed.’
Of course, just in case, I had worn a mask before coming here.
The only mask I had right now was a party mask, so I had put it on in a hurry.
Somehow, it seemed even more flashy than necessary.
‘As long as they can’t recognize my face, it’ll be fine.’
Anyway, while waiting for the right moment, I went over the characteristics of the virus monsters in my mind again.
