My Dream is to Get My Own House - Chapter 1

1. We broke up today

Episode 1

“Let’s break up.”

My boyfriend Pedro dropped the fork he was holding in his hand, giving me an absurd look.

“What? Why did you say that at a bakery?”

Like he said, this was a cheap bakery in front of the children’s academy.

It was also a pretty shabby place where my boyfriend of five years brought me, saying, “You gave me 10 million gold, so I’ll buy for the first time today!”

“Are you really curious as to why?”

“Yeah, I’m curious.”

I glanced at Pedro up and down.

He had pomade hair that was polished and well groomed, and he wore a gleaming watch.

He even wore a custom suit made to fit his body shape, giving him a neat and handsome appearance.

‘It’s a trap that everything was decorated with the money I gave you.’

On the other hand, what about me?

I was wearing banged glasses and worn-out sleeves, with my hair covering parts of my face.

After realizing all these facts, my affection has already run out.

“I don’t want to say why. Let’s just break up.”

As I was about to get up, Pedro looked at me with a puzzled expression on his face.

“What’s wrong with you all of a sudden? Oh, is that it? The jealousy-causing tactics that are popular these days?

Are you crazy?

Well, I’ve been paying him to go out with me until now.

I might be mistaken.

“Do you really want to hear the reason why we’re breaking up?”

Pedro frowned and said.

“Yeah, it’s obvious that you’re jealous, but I’ll listen.”

“If so.”

I put my hand in my chest pocket and pressed the record button on the recording magic tool. Read only at pm tl.

Then I spoke in a monotonous, quick tone.

“First. You cheat too much. People like you are called bastards who are crazy about women.”

He flirted with Lisa, an academy classmate, his successor, Meryl, and even my sister Soldica.

He acted like I was stupid one.

“As long as you live, you can look away for a moment. If you were so good, would I have had an affair?”

Originally, I would have been angry.

But I have been immune to such words for a long time.

I just raised the corners of my mouth, thinking of the magic tool that was running in my arms.

‘Okay, it seems that I have secured evidence of cheating.’

Then, let’s start dissing again as much as I want.

“Second. You are too cheeky. You’re a three-circle wizard at best. I know the subject.”

Pedro replied hotly at the sudden factual diss.

“…What? Even if I’m a 3rd circle, I’m going to be granted the title of nobility soon.”

“Okay? Then who wrote the thesis you submitted for the title of nobility?”

In order to receive the title of nobility for 3rd circle or higher wizards, they had to submit a thesis proving their magical and intellectual abilities.

However, Pedro had no knowledge of magic.

So I, who was an expert in magic, had written his thesis.

“That…! You-”

“And, I’m not done talking yet. Third, the level of extorting money from me is very artistic. Bed bugs suck less blood than you.”

Regardless of whether Pedro’s face turned red or not, I continued to speak calmly.

“Fourth, you actually smell bad. Fifth, you are so unlucky. Sixth, you have the talent to piss people off. Seventh, you are too selfish and think only about you. Eighth, pretending to be the most handsome in the world and criticizing other people’s looks is ridiculous. You’re not like that. And the ninth…”

Pedro’s eyes slowly moved.

“…Next, 499th. You look like a mantis. A well decorated mantis. 500th, I just hate you. Everything from your head to your toes is bad.”

Pedro, who was holding only the fork with his soul drained, glanced at me.

“Ha! I can’t believe this. Did you go crazy? Are you crazy? A timid, gentle girl. Why are you suddenly going crazy? Did you eat something wrong?”

“I am perfectly normal.”

“Then why are you acting like a person who died and survived?”

I stared at him with my legs crossed and shook my head.

Yeah, it’s hard to believe, but it was just what he said.

I died a while ago and came back to life.

To be precise, I should say this is my third life.

~*~

I was a stupid girl who gave money to my family and lover.

As a descendant of a fallen aristocrat, my destiny was decided from the beginning.

Living as a money-making machine between an authoritative father, a lavish mother, and a beautiful younger sister.

“Sister, can you give me some money? I need it to buy a dress.”

“Yes! Here…”

My hair was droopy, and I wore glasses that were so dirty that my eyes couldn’t be seen.

On the contrary, my sister Soldika was very beautiful.

She clicked her tongue at me like she was sorry.

“Sister, please clean your glasses before you go to bed. So Pedro… Oh no.”

“…Thank you for your consideration.”

Even in the position of giving money, the appearance of wiping the sweat from my forehead and cleaning my glasses lens was even miserable at a glance.

Not to mention my lover, Pedro, who was the only person I could rely on.

“Ishael, you are really ugly.”

“Huh?”

“Aren’t you supposed to lose some weight too? Why are you so fat?”

Having an affair with many women was a bonus.

Of course, the money for eating and sleeping came out of my hands while he was doing that.

The same was for my family.

It was like saying don’t break up with Pedro who’s the only one that’s going to take you.

And they also took my money regularly.

Even knowing that, I didn’t say a word stupidly.

I just died of a heart attack after getting sick.

And at that very moment.

Not only the second life before regression, but also the first life before that, came to mind.

The first life, that is, before reincarnation under the name of ‘Ishael’.

Living in Korea, I was a dignified workaholic, ‘Yoon Se-jin’.

“Yoon Se-jin, majoring in marketing, how do you know coding?”

“I needed to understand the reference presented by the development team properly to do marketing. So I learned it beforehand.”

I did a great job and worked hard.

And above all, I was a person who could speak out for injustice.

“A man died because the original office building abused its power in the subcontracting. Then shouldn’t we fix it right?”

“Yoon Se-jin, aren’t you afraid of the future? Social life doesn’t work like that.”

“I’m not scared, I say what I have to say. I will live with integrity.”

“Your tone is just right.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to live in a world where there are only those kinds of people?”

Yoon Se-jin was an ardent person who spoke without measuring back and forth.

I had a lot of likes and dislikes, but I was a nice human being.

It was the complete opposite of how I was gas-lighted by my family in my second life.

After being ill for a few days and being aware of all the memories of the past.

A storm-like change has come to my daily life.

No, that didn’t change the reality I was in.

However, I gained confidence and courage in myself.

‘It was confusing at first, but now it’s different.’

Then I was fully equipped with Yoon Se-jin’s memory, courage, and confidence!

So first of all, I decided to throw my ex-boyfriend into the trash can.

When Pedro contacted me to go out on a date saying he needed money, I was intrigued.

Because I was happy?

No, I thought it was finally time.

Now, it was time for the memory of my first life to be helpful.

~*~

I returned to reality and looked at Pedro.

‘If my life was a sweet potato field, Pedro is a baby potato.’

I’m not going to have to get lost in dealing with this sewage.

It was my turn to focus and finish.

“If there is nothing more to say, I will go.”

“Wait… So, I have something to say too.”

After listening to ‘Five hundred reasons why I should break up with you’.

Pedro, who had been tattered by a punch, was preparing for a counterattack.

A waitress approached our table.

“What?”

She said as she laid down the tray roughly.

“The food you ordered has arrived.”

Pedro tilted his head bewildered.

“No, I didn’t order anything”

She was looking at me, not Pedro who had his mouth open.

“Yes. We’ve got peperoncino, hot custard cream-filled, hot cappuccino, and a warm, sticky cappuccino that’s perfect for swelling.”

A hard, large bread was placed in front of me.

I noticed the strange nuance in her lines.

‘To get rid of a clingy ex-boyfriend, I need a hot finish.’

The waitress squinted her eyes and left as fast as the wind.

“I will never let you go. If we’re going to break up, then maybe break up after I’ve been given the title of nobility.”

To him, I’m just a money tree, so he won’t want to miss me for the time being.

“Pedro, do you really not want to break up with me?”

With those words, I checked the temperature by gently inserting my little finger into the cup of cappuccino and pulling it out.

“Yeah, I even thought of marrying you.”

By the time I wiped my fingertip with a napkin.

Pedro’s face turned as red as peperoncino.

“If so.”

I wrapped one hand around the warm teacup and raised my little pinkie.

Now it was time to decorate the colorful finale.

There was no reason to hesitate any longer.

Splash-!