"Hey, Hey...!! I know you can hear me...!! Explain yourself...!!"

The Voice kept pestering her as she kept ignoring it while coming down the stairs from the roof of the pavilion. Her feet were slightly trembling as she walked down, seemingly the after-effects of the shock of almost dying.

"If you keep ignoring me... I will keep annoying you. Since you claim you can't hear me, this shouldn't bother you, right?" The Voice kept talking to her ignoring her state of mind.

"There once was an ugly poop... it was so dark in color that the other poops would..." The Voice started telling her one of the most vulgar stories she ever heard. She had a hard time maintaining her expressions and not throwing up on the spot. She tried her best to ignore the clear voice stating the tragedy of the Ugly poop as she made her way into the very room her fiancé Grant, broke off their engagement.

The Room was currently empty as Grant and Patricia were probably on the ground floor enjoying the party with the others. Selena looked down and just as she had assumed, there was a variety of rings on the floor. As an Aristocrat attending the birthday party of the third prince, she was well dressed and had a lot of ornaments and jewelry on her. In her emotionally disheveled state, she had pulled out her other rings alongside her engagement ring when she was depressed.

She observed one of the rings closely which was now on the floor. It was the same ring that Bishop Brian had given her when she was two. That was the ring that had sealed the voice inside her head. That explained why the voice started talking to her again on the roof.

She picked up the ring and started putting it on her finger.

"The Ugly poop taught others not to judge him by the color of his-------" Swoop...!! The Voice suddenly stopped as the ring was on her finger again.

"Oh, Thank God...!!" Selena exclaimed as she finally breathed a sigh of relief. The ring still works. The Voice was starting to drive her crazy and maybe soon enough, she would have jumped off the roof, this time, of her own volition.

She sat on a chair in the room and started collecting her scattered thoughts. Today was a strange day. She suddenly received an invitation by the third prince to attend the Royal party. Her Fiancé took this opportunity to break off their engagement. She almost killed herself because someone passed onto her a cursed magic item that amplified her depressing thoughts. And then the Voice of a thirties something man appeared in her head, which saved her and started telling her the class struggles of the poop society.

'Was this a plan to kill me?' Selena calmly thought. Her life of struggles was not in vain. She learned to be patient and not panic over such things. Although, it did make her emotionally distant with people. Was this the reason why Grant left her? But Grant and Patricia were the few people who she opened up to. She truly liked Grant and considered Patricia a good friend. Was she not good enough? The thought brought her mood down even more.

But more importantly, someone was trying to hurt her. She was pretty sure it wasn't Grant or Patricia. It was suddenly decided that she would join the party and the bangle was something that was gifted to her by an unknown person. The only thing she knew about the bangle was that a maid brought it over and claimed it was a part of the gifts to the Booker family which they received from merchants or other Aristocrats to butter them up. Her Father decided to split the gifts among his family. Hence, Selena ended up with the bangle.

'It seems like I have to investigate this more when I go back. Meanwhile...' She looked at her hand again. The ring given by Bishop Brian was still on her finger.

'Just what the hell is this voice?' She pondered. The Bishop told her that it was the voice of the devil and it was trying to hurt her. But contrary to that, the voice saved her when she was about to kill herself. Not only that, it realized that the bangle was dangerous and asked her to throw it away which she did and it helped her avoid a potentially serious injury.

Sure, the voice was annoying as hell and it was frankly weird hearing it coming from inside her head, but when it was asking to respond again to her, it didn't sound like a demon ordering, but more like a desperate soul, grabbing onto a small hope it saw in the middle of a stormy ocean. It wanted her to acknowledge it to make itself feel real.

After thinking for a while, she reluctantly removed the ring slowly, and after a few seconds of silence... the voice came back.

"Huh...? What happened? Weren't you just standing right now, when did you sit down? Did I just randomly fall asleep?" The Voice asked her in a confused tone.

'It seems the ring makes the Voice fall unconscious seeing as it doesn't know what was happening in the real world.' Selena figured it out.

"What are you...?" Selena asked the Voice in a demanding tone.

"Me...? Frankly, I am not sure anymore. I used to be a Computer Programmer in my past life but right now, I feel as if, that is not my full identity. I also feel that I am not a separate entity from you. I am sorry if it doesn't make sense, but I really don't know how to explain it."

"What is a Computer Programmler?" Selena asked not knowing what those words meant.

"He He... Sorry lady. Seeing as you people are still using candles, I doubt you even know what a Television is, let alone a Computer." The voice replied in a mocking tone.

Selena didn't respond right away. She simply started wearing the ring again. The Voice seemed to realize from her actions as to why it suddenly went asleep and it panicked.

"Wait, Wait...!! I am sorry...!! What I meant is, I seem to come from a different world from yours. We have something called Science, that allowed us to use electricity to power many items which I cannot explain without spending days. A Computer is one of those items, and a programmer is someone who knows how to operate it on a deeper level. It is a job where I come from." The Voice replied hurriedly.

"Science? Otherworld?" So the voice is not the devil, but a random soul from some other world?

"What is Science? Is it like Magic and Runes from around here?" Selena asked, but this time, she only thought of it instead of speaking it out loud.

"What?! Do you guys have magic?! That's Super Cool...!! Can you use it? Show me...!!" The Voice responded excitedly.

Stunned, Selena didn't know how to respond. Magic was a concept in her world that was so common that even a remote villager has seen it. But, this voice seems to have only heard of the concept but never saw it. Moreover, it seems that she can speak to the voice in her mind without having to talk but by simply concentrating a thought towards the voice.

"I can't use it... I... am... incompatible with it." Saying those words, she thought of her past and all her bitter experience.

"Magic Incompatibility? Are you sure that Bishop wasn't a hack? Also what the hell is wrong with your fiancé, dumping a diamond-like you for a lump of coal. He should get his eyes and his brain examined."

These words alarmed Selena and she stood up. Sweat can be seen on her forehead.

"H-How do you know all these things?" Selena asked. She never told the voice these things. How did it know?

"How? Didn't you just tell me your life's history? By the way, I am sorry about your Mom." the voice replied casually.

"This..." Selena immediately realized that when she thought of her past, she inadvertently send it to the Voice. It seems she has to be careful of what she is thinking whenever she is talking to the voice as she could leak her thoughts directly without knowing it.

"By the way, the story of you falling in a puddle of mud because you thought it was shallow is pretty hilarious..."

'NoooooOOOooo....!! Damn it...!! He knows my embarrassing secrets too? This is dangerous...!!' Selena held her head with her hands and squatted down shaking in agony.

"Hey...!! Correct your posture. Someone's coming." The Voice interjected her train of embarrassment.

"Huh...?!" Selena stood up immediately and organized herself. As an Aristocrat lady, doing such things in a public place was considered below her status.

As soon as she was done organizing, the door to the room opened and a handsome young man came inside with a pretty lady in his arms. They looked like they were here to fool around. When that man entered, he surveyed his surroundings and found Lady Selena staring at him. The lady also noticed her and stopped giggling hiding behind the man.

"Ah...!! Apologies...!! I wasn't aware this room was in use... Please excuse us and continue your rest...!!" The young man seems to be quick-witted as he immediately apologized to Selena and proceeded to leave with the lady. Before leaving, he took a good look at the lady in the room. The lady looked cold and distant, yet it somehow added to her beauty, like the untouchable sky.

'Not my type...' he thought before closing the door behind him. As a playboy, he was quite aware of the nature of various women. Frivolous women were easy targets and his most preferred type because he was only looking to have some fun and was not planning on investing himself in them for long. But the Cold type like her would take painstaking effort and time to flirt with. He was simply far too busy with his work to spend so much time on a lady like that.

As soon as the door closed, Selena breathed a sigh of relief. Although it wasn't necessary to appear classy in front of a couple who were fooling around, she herself would have felt great shame for showing such a side to people she didn't know.

'This is all the Voice's fault...' she thought. But before she could reprimand him, a thought occurred to her.

"Wait, how did you know there were people outside the door?" Selena asked. The door was closed and it was soundproof too. So he couldn't have heard the couple outside talking without Selena hearing it herself.

"Oh, that? I think... I have a radar. To explain it in simpler terms, I can sense things and people around you up to a couple of meters. How do you think I see and hear things? It was also this way that I noticed the bangle acting weirdly. By the way, radar is not hindered by walls unless it is built by a special material, which is why I can see and hear through them."

"Really? This 'Radar' thing sounds amazing... and useful." Selena said with an astonished face. She didn't expect the voice to have abilities other than talking and annoying her.

"Of Course...!! By the way, the couple went to the next room to ours. Do you want me to tell you what they are doing...?" The Voice responded in a prideful and naughty voice.

Selena rolled her eyes at that thought. 'What else can they be doing except----'

But before she could complete that thought, she felt her mind warp and her eyes darkened. When she gained clarity again, she found herself in a different room. The Couple from before was standing right in front of her.

"This..." She was taken aback and started panicking.

"Calm down... your real body is still in the previous room. Just like you transferred your thoughts to me. I am doing the same. Except you are experiencing it live, as it happens." The Voice spoke calmly.

Selena felt shocked and dazed. She was not prepared for something like this to happen. She could not only see the people in front of her but also could 'see' the room around her. She was picking up minute details of the room which she could not have perceived. She could see a minute crack on a window that was covered with curtains. She could also hear everything clearly. The breathing, the blood flowing, even the heartbeats of the couple in front of her.

"Young Master Calvin, please be honest, do you do this kind of thing often...?" The lady asked unaware of Selena watching them.

"Of course not, it was simply love at first sight for me when I saw you on the dance floor today." The young man replied with a calm expression.

"Wow... He's good." The Voice replied sarcastically.

"What? What's wrong?" Selena asked confusingly. The young man in front of her seemed sincere enough to her.

"Isn't it obvious...? He's lying..." the Voice replied, "Can't you hear his heartbeats and blood flow? There was a momentary irregularity in them when he said those words. This usually happens when a person is lying or hiding something. It is amazing that he didn't show it on his face though."

"This..." Selena was stunned again. The Voice was capable of finding out who's lying? Isn't this too convenient?

"I-I see..." the lady blushed as she lowered her head, seemingly happy. Her heartbeats also rose a little due to the young man's comment.

The Young man smiled, seeing that his flattery worked, he approached her and lifted her face by her chin.

"W-Wait... Get me out of here... I don't want to see this." Selena panicked, knowing what was coming next.

"Eh? Why? We are finally getting to the good part." The Voice replied, a little creepiness in its tone.

As the lips of those two kept getting closer, Selena was getting more embarrassed. She immediately thought of something, 'If the Voice can transmit his thoughts to me, can I block them too like I block certain thoughts from him.' She immediately tried it and with a swish, she found herself back in the room where she originally was.

"Aww... Why did you do that...? You are missing out on all the fun. But don't worry, I shall describe to you what's happening in there." The Voice responded this way to her actions.

Before he could say more, Selena took out the ring and which blocked the voice and gestured to it by slowly putting it on her finger.

"Okay, Okay... Fine!!" The Voice replied in a panicked tone. "Why do you always use a bomb to kill ants. Isn't this threat too excessive?"

"I am an unmarried maiden. Showing me such things... Are you not ashamed in the least?" Selena asked angrily. Her face was still red from the incident.

"They are unmarried too... They are not embarrassed... Why are you...?" The Voice mumbled in a low voice, seemingly disgruntled.

"I am not like that shameless man, nor like that idiot woman who believes everything he says----", Selena went silent as soon as she spoke these words. Wasn't she somewhat similar? She believed Grant wholeheartedly, even thought of spending her life with him. But he threw her away without a second thought.

Selena squeezed her hands tightly as rage started filling up inside her. He was probably down in the party with Patricia, having the time of his life and she was here, standing in a room alone being miserable.

'No more...' Selena thought. She was laying low, not stepping on anyone's shoes, not being brazen or outstanding. But despite all that, people trod on her, abandoned her, and even almost killed her. But now, they will suffer. They took her silence for weakness and her coldness as shyness. They will now learn to fear the Retribution from of the Ice Cold Maiden.

Selena and the Voice were quiet for a long time. Finally, the Voice spoke to her in a questioning yet naughty tone.

"Do you want him to suffer?" The Voice asked her.

"Huh...?" Selena was brought out of her painful thoughts by that question.

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