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Chapter 1

My soul was awakened by Mamma's joyful sobs.I floated from the basement to the main living room in the mansion and saw my mother, Livia Trotta, holding my younger adopted sister, Arianna Capuano, while weeping bitterly."Oh god, my poor Arianna has suffered so much! Thank goodness we finally found you. Otherwise, who would have known how much you'd have gotten hurt!"Arianna wouldn't stop sobbing quietly either. "I thought I wouldn't ever get to see you again, Mamma."My elder brother, Giusto Capuano, patted her on the back with reddened eyes. "Don't worry, Arianna. Next time, I'll arrange for more Soldati to keep you safe from now on," he said.I looked at Arianna. Her dress was a little dusty. But other than the dirt streaks on her face, she looked perfectly fine without even a scratch on her—a stark contrast to my condition in the downstairs basement.Arianna wiped her tears away. "By the way, Giusto, where's Carlotta? I don't seem to have seen her anywhere.""You don't have

Chapter 2

My soul remained trapped in the mansion. I watched Papa and Mamma stay with the spooked Arianna until she fell asleep before finally leaving her room, and I watched Giusto wake up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for her.Everyone seemed to have already accepted the fact that I wasn't even home.Suddenly, Arianna emerged from her bedroom, clutching a bundle of fabric while sobbing quietly."This is the dress I prepared to attend the Cioffi Famiglia's ball next week… But how did it turn out like this?"Mamma hurriedly took the fabric from her and unfurled it, revealing a champagne-colored satin dress with three long slashes from the chest to the hem. The remaining fabric hung down in tatters.Papa frowned as Giusto leaned over to have a look. Their faces turned dark immediately."It's been cut with shearing scissors," Giustio said. "It wasn't an accident. It had to have been Carlotta! She must have been so resentful about Arianna ruining her wedding that she sneaked back

Chapter 3

Of course, Arianna would never let them check the surveillance cameras, because then everyone would have realized that I never appeared anywhere after all!She leaned next to Mamma and said, "There's no need to check the surveillance. It's just a dress. We'll just pretend that it wasn't Carlotta's fault.""But…""Mamma, I had a terrible nightmare last night about the kidnapping, and my head really hurts now," she suddenly said, avoiding Diego's eyes and hugging Mamma next to her instead.Mamma held her in her arms, her expression heartbroken, and began chiding Diego."Arianna just experienced a kidnapping. Stop making her upset because of Carlotta! It doesn't matter whether this was really Carlotta's fault, since she's not home anyway. The important thing now is to cheer Arianna up and keep her that way."Although Mamma had already put it that way, Diego's suspicions still made Arianna uneasy.I saw the cogs turning in her head for a while before she suddenly got to her feet and

Chapter 4

Arianna quickly recovered from her allergy.The doctor applied the salve all over her arms. He even joked, "Signora Capuano is too weak. I didn't expect her arm to swell up so badly after just touching the stinging nettle. It's almost as if she scattered the nettle powder all over her arms on purpose."A flicker of panic appeared in Arianna's eyes.Fortunately for her, Papa, Mamma, and Giusto were all too worried about her arm that they didn't even hear what the doctor just said.Arianna hurriedly got rid of the doctor after he was done treating her. Then, she hugged her arms with red-rimmed eyes.Giusto roared, "Carlotta had better not come back! Otherwise, I'm going to teach her a proper lesson!"I floated in the air, listening to Arianna's accusations and everyone's condemnation against me, feeling a wave of helplessness washing over me.Meanwhile, Diego had come back to check Arianna's condition. His expression was visibly agitated. "I'm going down to the basement to take a

Chapter 5

I looked at my family, frozen before my corpse, and felt a strange sense of pleasure in me.I had been waiting for this moment for such a long time. I'd wondered how my family, who had always loathed and despised me, would react when they discovered that I was truly dead.And yet, their first reaction was somewhat unexpected for me.Giusto immediately ran into the basement like a madman and kicked me hard in the leg."What the hell are you pretending to be dead for? Did you really think you'd be able to escape punishment for all the terrible things you've done just by playing dead?"Mamma's face also looked less ashen when she heard that. "That's right! Carlotta can't possibly be dead! Wake her up!"However, my twisted, mangled legs only moved weakly after the hard kick from Giusto, and I continued remaining still on the ground.Giusto's face immediately drained of all color."Carlotta…"The only response he got was my eyes fixating on him, never blinking.Mamma let out a lou

Chapter 6

Over the next three days, everyone in the mansion was only discussing one matter—was it really me who'd died?Giusto was the most adamant that it wasn't me. "It can't possibly be her. A body would take two or three days to decompose to that extent. But Carlotta had only been missing for a day!"Mamma heaved a sigh of relief. Then, she frowned and said, "But the wedding dress… and the ring—""They could have been forged," Giusto said, interrupting her."Don't you already know how many terrible things Carlotta has done in her lifetime? What's difficult about finding a corpse looking exactly like her, putting her wedding dress and ring on the body, and throwing it into the basement for us to find?"Her goal is to make us panic and feel remorseful about treating her this way. She just wants us to remember her and pay more attention to her henceforth!"Papa never spoke his mind and just remained quiet as he smoked his cigar.Arianna added in a small voice, "That's true. Carlotta's we

Chapter 7

Arianna's face turned pale. She opened her mouth as tears immediately welled up in her eyes."Giusto! I didn't send that text message! Someone must have taken my phone—yes! Carlotta must have stolen my phone then! She was trying to sow discord between us!""But we were all there when you sent the message. You were holding the phone in your own hands then," Giusto said."I-I don't know what she did… Maybe she used some kind of technology…""Then what about this?" Diego asked, producing another piece of paper from his pocket and slapping it down on the coffee table.It was a photocopy of the butler's key register. It clearly showed that on Carlotta and my wedding day, Arianna borrowed the key to the basement to store away some old clothes. The key was returned the next day.Arianna stared at the paper, unable to utter another word.Giusto stood up and started taking steps toward her."The basement is full of tools. You would never even give it a second glance on a normal day. Wha

Chapter 8

"As for you…" Arianna said, looking at Diego, her voice softening a little."Did you know why I had to do this? Because I liked you. I've liked you ever since I first met you. But you? You only had eyes for Carlotta! You had no idea that I was always hanging around nearby every time you went out on dates with her."Diego looked at her the entire time, his eyes completely devoid of warmth."So, you killed her?" he asked, his voice as cold as ice."You all hated her! Why couldn't I kill her?" Arianna roared, waving her arms around like she'd lost her mind. "You'd believe me even if I framed her with all sorts of ridiculous allegations, and then you'd punish her so severely afterward! "So, what's the big deal if I killed her? She's better off dead! Isn't that right? Isn't it good that I'm the only daughter you have left now? I am the only Principessa of the Capuano Famiglia now!""We only punished her because you lied to us!" Papa roared, finally instilling some fear back in Ariann

Chapter 9

Arianna's body was taken to a barren plot of land next to the Famiglia cemetery and buried there with no tombstone or funeral.The public statement made was that she had suffered a mental breakdown due to the trauma of her kidnapping, and thus, she was sent overseas to Yestates for treatment.Nobody questioned the statement at all.Papa seemed to have gotten decades older in just a few days. He began going to church every day and staying there all day long.Mamma also never smiled again.She locked up Arianna's old room and returned my room to its original state, dusting and cleaning it every day.Once, when she opened my wardrobe and saw all my clothes neatly folded up inside, she suddenly burst into tears."Carlotta! She's always been such a good daughter… She's never fought with Arianna over anything…"Mamma hugged my clothes like she was hugging me as she cried. "How… How could I not have taken her side all this time?"Giusto had completely changed. He used to have a very

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