When I woke up in the morning, everything was back to normal.

Ace was gone and I assume that he is currently roaming around the estate. It also seems that there are none of the male leads nearby...

This is my chance!

I finally have the time to use the "power of the mind" given to me by the god of this world, Gadia!

But...How the heck do I use it?! Does this power come with an instruction manual or something?

Hmm...

"Hey! If any of you stupid gods are watching, can you please help?" I muttered.

Whoops. I didn't mean to say that out loud.

Besides, even if I say anything, it's not like they would come down to human wor-

"Hey, ugly! It's been a while, hasn't it?" a voice said from the corner of my room.

"Clara! You're finally awake!" someone else said in a smooth voice.

...I don't even need to look up to know exactly who was here.

"What are you two stupid gods doing here?" I asked with a smirk.

I turned my face to see Shai and Gadia, the worst gods ever, radiantly stand by my bedroom door.

I really need to get used to them...their handsome faces purify the evil in the world...and that includes me.

"Are you stupid, ugly? We're here since you can't even figure out how to use the present we gave you!" Gadia said with obvious annoyance.

"Humph. If you're here to help me, hurry up! I don't have all day since I already wasted a month," I said with a sigh.

If I didn't go into a coma, I could've done other things!

"It's alright, Clara. We are here to help. What's your first question?" Shai asked gently.

"How do you even activate this power in the first place?" I asked.

"Obviously, since this is an 'otome game' world, you just imagine words like status, storage, library and room in your head," Shai said with a groan as if everything was obvious.

"What? That's it?" I said with surprise.

"Yes, the system was created to be simple and easy to use," Shai said with a nod.

"But what does each of them do?" I asked again.

"Wow. You really are stupid. Status tells you your status, obviously! Storage is a large pocket of space that you can throw stuff into and keep there," Gadia sighed.

"Is time frozen in the storage? For example, does food still rot in there after some time or will food permanently stay warm and fresh?" I asked another question as Gadia groaned.

"Time is not frozen in the space. However, time is slower in your storage than in real life. A bowl of soup will stay warm for a week in your storage. A plant that normally lives for two years will live over a decade or two in there," Shai responded.

"Oh, that's good! Also, what do the library and room do?" I asked.

"Ughh. The library is a library. The room is a room," Gadia said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"What Gadia means to say is that the library is a cognitive space that contains every single book ever written. The books come from every single world, including Earth and this world," Shai said with a sigh.

"Humph. The room is also a cognitive space in which you can hang out or do whatever. This place is changeable by will and anyone can go into this place if you allow them to," Gadia said.

"Really?! This seems like overkill for a present. I'm already overpowered...wait. Were you two the ones that gave me my OP magic?!" I yelled accusingly.

"Yeah. We thought you would be too weak without it. You are an ugly untalented person after all," Gadia said with a chuckle.

"You idiots! Do you not understand that this magic is a curse?!" I exclaimed.

"I'm sorry if it seems that way, Clara. Trust me, this magic is for your own good," Shai said while shaking.

"Apologize!!!!! I demand an apology!!!!!" I yelled at Shai.

"I'm sorry! I am super sorry! Please forgive me!! I am terribly sorry! I'm extremely sorry! I'm super sor-" Shai said before he was kicked in the chest by Gadia.

Shai fell to the ground and continued to say sorry while Gadia continued to kick him.

"You idiot! Don't ask for forgiveness so much!" Gadia growled at Shai.

Wow. Shai has it tough...

"Anyway, I learned all that I needed to know. So, get out of here," I said coldly.

"Pfft! No way! We're going to live in your cognitive space! The gods' world is boring after living there for...forever," Gadia said while laughing.

...What.

"Y-yeah...we were hoping that we could...stay in your cognitive space..." Shai muttered.

"What in the world do you mean?!" I yelled.

Why do these gods want to live in my brain?! They are gods.

"Too late! We gave you the power, so we can do what we want with it!" Gadia sneered.

I sighed and agreed with annoyance.

It was absolutely pointless to argue any further.

"Good. When you use your power, we will be there to help," Shai said with a sigh of relief.

They disappeared and I assume that they went into my head.

Whyyyyyyy...

After sulking for a bit, I decided to use the power.

Status.

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Name: Cordelia de Boren Cyllia

Age: 4

Titles: Duke's Daughter, Villainess, Future Princess, Apostle of the Gods

Lv. 1 (MAX Level: 9999)

Health: 3 / 3 - MP: 13,120,300,000 / 13,120,300,000

Defense: 2 - Strength: 2 - Speed: 1

IQ: 250

Attributes: Water, Ice, Illusion, Creation, Destruction, Copy

Skills: Being Absolutely Dense, Talking Back to Superiors

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What is with my incredibly ridiculous status.

First of all, my MP is horribly disproportionate in comparison to everything else. Also, why in the world is my physical ability so...small?!

Am I really that weak?!

Not only that, why do my skills sound like insults?!

At least my IQ sounds about right.

Heh. Not to brag but I'm pretty smart~

But why do I have the title of "Apostle of the Gods?!" I don't want it!!! I'll need to talk to the gods later.

After a few moments, I got rid of my status, sat up from my bed, and left my bedroom.

The first thing that I did was to walk into my father's office. I'm pretty sure he would kill me if I didn't go see him right away after waking up.

I knocked three times and waited.

"You may enter," my father said on the other side of the door. His voice sounded monotone, though, which was kind of scary.

Then, I opened the door to meet him.

When I walked in, he didn't even look up from his papers to see me.

Hey! I'm your lovely daughter that ended up in a coma! Idiot! What type of father are you, huh?!

"Uhh...Daddy?" I questioned with a soft voice.

My father froze and looked up. When he saw me, he was taken aback.

"C-Cordelia?! Y-you're awake..." he whispered as he stood up to come to me.

He stumbled over to me as he looked at my face and then locked me in a tight embrace.

But, he wasn't squeezing me to death like usual. He was treating me like I was fragile glass.

"Hi, Daddy! Are you...okay?" I asked him innocently.

"Cordelia...no. No, I'm not okay. You...did you know how much we all suffered?" he said with a grim look.

When I examined his face, I could see pale skin and heavy eyebags.

He looked like he saw a ghost!

"It's okay now, Daddy! I'm here! You can sleep all that you want," I said cheerfully.

"Are you sure that you aren't a hallucination? Are you possibly my daughter's ghost?" he said with a sad chuckle.

"Nope! I'm Cordelia! Cor-del-i-a!" I said while laughing.

"Haha...You're alive...You're...really alive," he chocked out while hugging me slightly tighter.

He was on the verge of tears...

"Hmm...Didn't Ash tell you I was awake? Why are you surprised, Daddy?" I asked.

Ash should have told my father that I was awake. So why?

"No, he didn't say anything to me...It's probably because we haven't talked to each other for a month..." my father muttered.

Wait...What?

"B-b-but why?!" I stuttered. In the game, the two were really close as father and son.

"Ash feels guilty but I don't blame him for anything. It wasn't his fault and everything was an accident...but he just won't talk to me..." he said with a small sigh.

First, Ace was guilty about everything. Now, Ash is too?!

Whyyyyyyy...

"Hmm...I'll go talk to him later then," I said.

"Yes, you should. Also, I have someone you should meet," my father said.

Who could it be? Could he have found a new woman while I was asleep?! Am I getting a new mom?!

"Sure!" I squeaked.

I want to know who she is!

"Come out," my father said.

Wait...she is already in the room? Where?!

I looked around the room for every single corner, but I couldn't see her.

Suddenly, a boy walked out of a shadowy corner in the room. It was as if he came through the wall!

Not going to lie, he looked strangely hot for a kid my age.

"What?! Where did he come from?!" I yelped.

"He came out from the shadows," my father said with a chuckle as he looked at my face.

"Hi!" I said while innocently waving at him.



"Good afternoon, milady," he said with a bow.

"Meet Grey, your personal servant," my father said.

"H-huh?" I stuttered.

"He's been working here for the past month to get used to the place. Now that you're awake, he's going to take care of you from now on," my father said with a small smile.

W-Wait! Aren't things moving a little too fast here?!

I met Florence and Ash literally a month ago! Why am I meeting Male Lead #3 already?!

"H-hello, th-there! It's v-very nice to m-meet you...hehe...?" I said as best as I could.

"I'll be taking care of you from now on. If there is anything you need, please request my assistance," he said slowly.

Yeah, you're going to take care of me and then ASSASSINATE me!

And also, I know for a FACT that you are evil! Your route in the game was IMPOSSIBLE to finish, by the way!

There is only one word to describe him. It's evil. EVIL!

Unlike the prince, Florence, who is romantically sadistic and only teases the heroine because he thinks it's cute, Grey is EVIL and likes seeing people in PAIN.

Actually...maybe Grey was horrible to others since Cordelia abused him in the game...if I don't abuse him, maybe he won't become evil in the future...

So if I'm nice to him, he won't grow up to be sadistic...right?

I looked up at Grey's face. The corner of his lip was forming the smallest smile and his eyes looked as if he was staring at tasty prey.

Nope. Nevermind.

This boy was sadistic from the start.

Nope.

No.

Why...

Gods...Why...

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A/N: This was the introduction to Grey!

Since Florence and Grey are both sadistic in nature, I think it's going to be hard to give them two separate identities, but I'll try my best!

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So thank-you everyone who read, voted, commented, or added this story to your reading list!

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