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Chapter 43 Part 1 – We will once again challenge the nightmare ball that has driven mother to the brink of abandonment. Without realizing that Solomon is present there in the dark.

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Aquilegia

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Hello everyone.
First of all, let me introduce myself to those of you who are new here.
I am a beautiful 3 years and 4 months old girl, a villainous lady that has been killed「108 times」.
My name is Scarlet Ruby Noel Hydrangea.

…… Oops, excuse me. Allow me to correct my self-introduction.
I am now a Lingard. Only after ascending to the throne as a queen will the last name be changed to Hydrangea.
Since I have declared that I will never ever become a queen again, it is a name that I will never be associated with.

My charming points are my round red eyes and red hair that flutters in the wind.
A flaming ruby pendant on my chest. A dark red ribbon on my head.
I was a baby until recently, so my skin was also red. I’m covered all over in red. The strongest state of redness!!

…… Guys!! I want a horse!! Give me a horse!!
But with my current height, I can only ride a pony, no matter how much I try.
As a little girl, my legs are too short. Unfortunately……

Even the back of the pony cannot be straddled unless my legs are fully open, so the skirt is flipped up and the lace-filled thigh-length drawers are fully visible. If I try to make the pony run around, it would look as if my white pumpkin pants are swaying on the pony’s back.

Damn you, Bradd, stop laughing ……!

My maiden heart is torn to shreds in more ways than one ……

Well then …… Actually, I’m not just a toddler.

For some reason, I am a loop experiencer that has repeated Scarlet’s life for 「108 times」.
Instead of going three steps forward and two steps back, I’m going three steps forward and three steps back.
Like the needle on a broken record that jumps and keeps playing the same part over and over again ……

But each time I went back in time and was reborn, all my memories were reset and I was completely unaware of the loop. I can’t understand why I was forced to repeat my life again and again without even knowing it.

By the way, my looping life has always been a pattern of being called a ruthless queen and being slaughtered by one of the five heroes ……!!

Are you crazy, god of fate!?
Why did you make me queen?
I’m not that power hungry!!
And on top of that, they are selling me a package deal that includes me getting killed!!
I refuse to accept such a vicious sales pitch!!

I’d rather fall in love than live the life of a worthless queen!!
I want to experience a burning romance of loving and being loved just like the heroine of a love story.
But why am I single in all of my 「108 times」!?
What’s more, only men with hidden motives approach me, with the heinous four princes at the top of the list!!
Eiiiii!! Go away! Go away! Shoo shoo! I don’t want any of you!!
I’m the Jewel of Hydrangea!!
No, it’s not self-proclaimed. Please believe me ……
And I’m always 28 years old when I die …… Such is the destiny of a beauty; the beautiful die young……

However, when I accidentally fell down the stairs in my 108th life and died, I realized the fact that my life is looping. Then I was stunned when I realized that I had been murdered for 「108 times」. I fell down and cried.
After that I was born again and became a baby that can only say 「owaaowaa」.
When I’m in a face-down position, I can’t turn over by myself!! It’s so difficult!! Someone help me!!
Hey, did you just say that a baby has no right to cry gracefully?

And then I made up my mind.
I will not live the life of a queen anymore.
I will escape from this circle of shitty destiny.
From now on, I will use my ample knowledge and memories of the future as a weapon to strut around in all my glory and enjoy the company of the flowers!!

My brain is filled with 「108 times」 worth of information, including the queen’s affairs.
Mission!! Put the knowledge to good use and avoid the dangers that leap out at you!!
In this life, I will never be involved with the five heroes who killed me, nor with Alisa, the Maiden of Salvation who was behind it all!!
I must isolate myself.
In order to do that, I must first obtain power and wealth so that no one can afford to touch me!!

Peace is not free. To enjoy it, I need a powerful deterrent.
The world is not so sweet as to give us peace without a price.
This is a lesson I have learned in my lives as a blood-soaked queen.
If we want to make as few sacrifices as possible, we need to have a force greater than any of the opponents.
The power to intimidate and subdue the opponents without a fight.

…… So, I’m going to make a bloody effort to become a NEET!!
You see, if I get through the winter of hardships, there will be a spring for the chosen shut-ins!!
Ufufu, the sun is shining brightly. It’s warm. This is the arrival of spring in Lastonia.
Remember this feeling.
Goodbye, frozen tunas. Hello, defrosted meat.
Aim to become a NEET!!

I can remember every natural disaster, new invention, and resources found in this country during my 28 years of life in my previous 「108 times」.
I am confident in my memory and good looks.
I was a hard-working queen.
I was often called ruthless and treacherous by my opponents.
I sneered and laughed at them.
They’ve worked hard to make up those insults, after all they are no match for me.
They should just move their head and hands more than their mouth.

…… I knew best that it was a bad life.
It couldn’t be helped. I was dealing with people who would smile and give a handshake, but then stab me in the back as soon as I turned my back on them. I had to be quick to recognize malice and condemn them mercilessly in order to survive.

But that gory life of killing each other is over!!
Now is the time to make full use of the knowledge I have accumulated and seize a peaceful daily life!!
Knowledge cheat in full swing!! Go for it, me!! The goal is to become an invincible NEET!!

…… I had sworn to do so, but for some reason, from the moment I was born, I’ve been facing a lot of hardships.

I was about to be killed by my own mother, then I encountered Bradd and Seraphy who killed me in the previous 「108 times」 causing me to be plagued with flashbacks of agonizing memories. Moreover, we were relentlessly attacked by the demon dog Gallam and in less than a month after my birth, the garden and the mansion were completely destroyed ……

Um, I said I want the total utilization of my knowledge cheat …… not that I want the total destruction of the mansion!!
…… God of fate, did you misunderstand what I meant?
Could it be that you’re doing this on purpose? Are you trying to get me to laugh? It’s not funny at all.

I am at the mercy of an unexpectedly harsh fate, and as a baby I can’t do anything but cry out 「Oaahh owaa」 ……
A newborn baby can’t speak, can’t sit up, and must wear diapers, so even the knowledge cheat cannot be fully utilized. I’m just like an incomplete combustion …… and yet the mansion has burned down completely ……　

Isn’t that ridiculous!!
The standard pattern for this kind of loop is to make use of the mistakes and knowledge from the previous life and find love and happiness, isn’t it!? But I didn’t get the chance or time to do so, and then suddenly got sent a cheat-level monster with no questions asked!?

The demon dog repels arrows, it comes out through the ground even if you blow up the whole mansion, it doesn’t die even if its heart stops, and it’s cunning like a demon!? You’ve made a mistake when setting the strength of the starting enemy right!!
This is a world with no offensive magic, no recovery spells, no level ups, no experience, and you can die just by being stepped on by a horse! So how are we supposed to beat this monster!! That’s stupid!!

That’s right, I had a very turbulent life in my previous 「108 times」.
As a ruthless queen, I had to fight for my life on a daily basis.
But I have never been targeted by such a monster!?

A person’s fortune and misfortune are balanced as if it was measured on a scale. Could it be that my knowledge cheat means that I will also experience an equivalent amount of troubles?

It was the first time I shuddered at the thought of this horrifying possibility.

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