Chapter 1: The Reincarnated Young Lady Becomes an Adventurer

Suddenly, but I am a reincarnated person.

I was reincarnated as a baby while still retaining my memories of living in Japan.

The place I reincarnated into was the home of a viscount.

I am the second daughter of the Carmine Viscount House, Carmine Eliana.

Let me introduce my family.

My father is Carmine Gilberto.

He has silver hair and pale green eyes.

My mother is Carmine Eliza.

She has light blue hair and pink eyes.

My older sister is two years older than me, Carmine Marina.

She has light green hair and pale yellow eyes.

And as for me, I have silver hair and pale pink eyes.

The bloodline of our viscount house has very light pigmentation.

In social circles, we are called the “Fairy Family.”

Our appearance is so fragile and beautiful that people call us that.

The history of our house is older than that of the current royal family.

Among all the noble families in the country, ours is actually the oldest lineage.

However, the heads of our family through the generations have had no interest in power.

It is a strange house that values only its territory, its people, and its family.

Perhaps because I am a reincarnated person, I also have absolutely no interest in power.

The only thing I am interested in is improving this inconvenient way of life.

I want to do something about it, but I am still only ten years old.

It is still far too early for anyone to discover that I am reincarnated.

If it were discovered that I am a reincarnated person, I might be forcibly made the fiancée of a high-ranking noble or even royalty.

So I decided to live quietly.

My love for studying from my previous life worked in my favor, and I became an avid reader from a young age.

I filled my head with a great deal of knowledge and continued to devise plans to enrich the territory and its people until I turned twelve.

Being reincarnated into a world where magic exists is the best!

In my previous life, I read countless novels about adventures in other worlds.

I am grateful to the god who allowed me to reincarnate.

I polished my swordsmanship and magic skills, and finally the time came.

Twelve years old!

The day after my birthday, I knocked on the doors of the Adventurers Guild.

That’s right!

You are not allowed to register as an adventurer unless you are twelve years old.

I registered as a solo adventurer.

I am aware that my appearance is attractive, so I wanted to avoid trouble.

I tried to hide my appearance, but concealment magic was prohibited to prevent crime.

In that case, I decided to work solo to minimize hostility from women.

Even though I was still young, my well-formed appearance meant I constantly received invitations from men.

I rejected every party invitation from men.

I firmly swore to myself that I would work solo and never team up with men.

I accepted my first subjugation request and headed to the forest with great enthusiasm.

Because of my reincarnation cheat abilities, I thought the subjugation would be easy.

But the real appearance of monsters, something that had never been written in books, shocked me.

When you cut them, they bleed.

Of course they do, but the books never mentioned that!

I painfully realized how naive my thinking had been.

I fought while crying.

Because if I didn’t, I would be the one who died.

After collecting the monsters, I returned to the guild.

The receptionist lady noticed my tear-stained face and said, “Welcome back. You did well.”

Hearing that, I jumped into her arms and cried my heart out.

After that, the receptionists treated me very kindly.

Thanks to them, I was able to avoid harassment from female adventurers and persistent invitations from male adventurers.

I steadily raised my rank.

When I turned fourteen, I became the youngest A-rank adventurer.

My family allowed me to choose my own path, and I decided to pursue the path of an adventurer who protects our territory rather than fulfilling the role of a noble.

Our territory borders the Forest of Monsters slightly.

Whenever monsters appeared, I would go to subjugate them.

My father does not like the idea of the villagers subjugating monsters.

He hates putting the precious people of the territory in danger.

He always prioritizes the safety of the villagers by requesting adventurers instead.

Even though he is my father, I truly respect him.

Hiring adventurers requires paying a large reward.

That is one of the reasons why our viscount house is not very wealthy.

So I thought, then I should just do it myself!

My first subjugation was a disaster, but as I kept doing it for the sake of the villagers, I gradually got used to it.

One day when I was fifteen, I stopped by the guild and checked the request board to see if there were any jobs.

While I was doing that, someone stood behind me.

I felt like they said something to me, but I ignored it, thinking it was just my imagination.

Since I didn’t sense any malice, I completely ignored it without even turning around.

I moved to the reception desk.

“Are there no high-rank requests today?”

I asked the receptionist lady.

“Hmm. Since you keep hunting them all down, things are calm right now. If a high-rank request comes in, I’ll pass it to you!”

“I understand. Please do.”

I waved my hand and tried to leave, but someone grabbed my arm.

I instinctively enhanced my body with magic, twisted my body, and escaped from the hand.

When I looked at the person, there stood a handsome young man about my age.

‘Huh? I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere before…’

“I called out to you earlier at the request board, but you ignored me, so I ended up doing that. Sorry.”

He apologized lightly, but I didn’t like it.

Just because someone has a good face doesn’t mean they can do whatever they want.

“I don’t know you, and I have no intention of getting to know you. See you.”

I quickly left the guild and returned to the mansion.

“Welcome back. Were there no requests today?”

My sister Marina called out to me.

I hugged my beloved older sister and told her about the irritating incident from earlier.

“Grabbing a woman’s arm is not appropriate.”

“Eliana, you are beautiful, so even if you are strong, you must be careful!”

I am the one worried about my kind sister!

“I am more worried about you, Sister, but since you have your fiancé, I feel relieved!”

My sister blushed and nodded softly.

Last year, my sister became engaged to the son of a count who had been her childhood friend.

Since both of them were heirs, they had already given up on the idea of getting engaged.

But I said, “I’ll inherit the territory, so why don’t you get engaged?”

With that single sentence from Eliana, the engagement was decided.

I was happy that I could be useful to my sister.

The happiness of my family and the people of our territory is my happiness!

Since there were no requests for a while, I was wondering if I should try challenging a dungeon.

I decided to consult the receptionist lady at the guild.

I immediately headed to the guild.

“Sister Ellie, I have something I want to ask you about. Can you listen?”

“If it’s something I understand, then sure.”

We began talking across the counter.

“Recently there haven’t been any high-rank requests, right? I want to raise my rank and earn money, so I’ve been wondering if I should try challenging a dungeon.”

“But they won’t register solo adventurers for dungeons, and with this appearance of mine, joining a party would just cause trouble.”

She knows that I want to earn money for the sake of our territory and that I dislike conflicts.

“Hmm… I could introduce you to a high-rank party, but it might be dangerous for you, Eliana.”

“The members, you see…”

While the two of us were worrying about it.

“Would you like to form a party with me?”

When I turned around, the man from before was standing there.

“Are you in a party?”

I asked him for the time being.

“I am solo. I would like to go to a dungeon, but it hasn’t worked out.”

‘Maybe he has the same problem as me. He does have a very handsome face…’

“You are a noble, aren’t you? And judging by your manners, a high-ranking noble.”

“I am a lower noble.”

“An unrelated man and woman forming a party, and with a difference in status. Impossible.”

I turned my face back to the receptionist and thanked her.

“I’ll wait a little longer for high-rank requests. I’ll try going to the forest to hunt monsters for now.”

After saying that, I once again ignored the man and left the guild.

The receptionist said to the man left behind.

“Did you take a liking to Eliana, Lord Cedric?”

“She’s not an easy one.”

“She has no interest in anyone except her family and the people of her territory.”

“A noble who treasures the people of her territory…”

“And she personally takes action for their sake.”

“That’s exactly my type.”

“As for the difference in status, that can be dealt with somehow.”

When he smiled brightly, the receptionist felt a chill run down her back.

‘Eliana… you’ve been liked by someone troublesome.’

The receptionist prayed for Eliana’s safety.

After giving up on the dungeon, I went deep into the forest every day to hunt monsters.

Because of me, there were no monsters left.

I hunted too many.

Over the past year, I completed many requests, so I managed to save up a certain amount.

But I wanted to give my sister a large dowry, so I still wanted to earn more.

Using knowledge from my previous life, there are many things I would like to sell.

Since I was reincarnated, I want to earn money using the classic knowledge from my previous life!

However, our family does not own a merchant company.

If I started one and it revealed that I had memories of a previous life, that would be troublesome.

Thinking about this, I returned from the forest.

The mansion seemed unusually noisy.

While watching the servants rushing around, I tried to return to my room.

“Eliana, perfect timing.”

My mother called out to me in a slightly flustered voice.

“For now, please go change your clothes.”

While being dragged by a maid, I was changed into a dress and brought to the reception room.

My parents were there.

But when I saw the man sitting across from them, I was shocked.

The person sitting there was the young man I had met at the guild.