What? I Actually Reincarnated As Stepping Stone In Another World?-Chapter 1 The Prince Of Capital

In a large luxury mansion, a handsome man stared into the red eyes of a beautiful woman who held him tightly, his chest pierced by a fruit knife.

"Why did it have to be like this, Charlotte? There is no engagement between us anymore," the man said, enduring his excruciating pain.

"Oh, my honey, Zayn~. Because I can't have you, I won't let other women have you too, my Zayn," the woman replied with a flirtatious smile, her dead-red eyes revealing a heavy love for him.

The man didn't expect a woman who was always cold and refused any man's approach to have such a sick mind.

"There's no turning back now, Charlotte. This is the end," the man said, his voice weakening.

"No! No! I will never cut ties between us! Even if death comes, I will always chase you!" the woman shouted, pressing the fruit knife deeper into his chest.

"You can only be mine alone, honey~," she whispered, as the man's life slowly faded away.

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Two hour ago

''Ckckck! as expected of the protagonist! His plot armor is really impressive! He always wins, no matter how strong his enemies are."

"This plot is also so cliché hahaha, and how did this novel become one of the top-ranked popular novels?"

"It looks like people's tastes are getting worse."

A handsome young man is shaking his head and sighing softly after reading one of the popular novels. His name is Zayn Welston and he is a wealthy second- generation person. He had such a handsome face, his jet black hair was as dark as the night, and his black eyes sparkled like sapphires that his mere presence could drive any woman insane!

His father and mother, Richard and Carla Welston, are the richest people in the country.

However, his true background is the number one family in the capital, the Welston family!

Of course, his status and appearance made people very jealous of him.

In particular, his monstrous talent in various fields, be it musical instruments, martial arts, shooting, business, or various other abilities, has mastered them to extreme levels.

Because of that, he got the title "Perfect Prince" in the capital city, and he is also the criteria for the ideals and dreams of husbands for all women in the capital, whether from big families or ordinary people!

*KNOCK KNOCK*

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Big brother! Can I come in." A soft female voice sounded from Zayn's workspace outside.

"Come in." He closed his novel and leaned back in his chair.

He notices a girl wearing a white dress. 𝒷ℯ𝓭𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓮𝓵.𝒸ℴ𝓶

"What happen to my cute little sister?" Zayn smiled softly and opened his arms to hug her after seeing the girl in front of him.

"Big brother!!"

Suddenly, that girl jumps up and hugs Zayn. Her name is Chloe Welston, and she is Zayn's little sister. She is very beautiful, with an oval face and a small nose, her blue eyes are like the blue ocean, and her white hair is like snow in winter. She has a slim waist and big breasts, and even though she is wearing a loose dress, it can't hide her waist curve and her bulging chest. She wasn't related by blood to Zayn because she was adopted by his father and mother when she was still 3 years old. Zayn loves her so much and always spoils her because she is the only one his sister.

"Big brother, I miss you so much." She said in a spoiled tone and snuggled into Zayn's arms.

Zayn, who is used to the behavior of his beloved sister, doesn't care about that and asked.

"So, why did my lady miss me? Didn't we meet this morning?" Zayn smiled softly and rubbed her head. He chuckled and teased her.

"Huh, can't I meet you if I miss you?" She was gloomy and sullen.

"Hahaha, it's my fault, I am sorry okay? And don't frown, or your beautiful face would be a frog." He was laughing and pinching her cheeks.

Hearing that she was like a frog, Chloe was a little angry and puffed out her cheeks, "If I became a frog, would you still love me?" She suddenly asked.

"Of course, who makes you become my sister?" Zayn smiled and stroked her head affectionately.

"I don't want to just be your sister" She said in a quiet and sullen tone.

"Hum? What did you say?"

"Ah! N-nothing! By the way, Big Brother, tomorrow is my 17-year-old birthday!" She was panicking and changed the topic.

"Of course, I remember that! So, do you have a wish or something else?" He asked curiously.

"Um? Yes! I have one wish." She looked at Zayn in a daze and said.

"What is that? I will grant all your wishes!"

"Really? Would you like to grant every my wishes?" Her eyes glistened, and she smiled mysteriously.

"Of course, just tell me what you would like?" He patted his chest and said confidently.

"Hehehe if you say so... I want-"

*Knock! Knock!*

Before Chloe finished her word, suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Um? Come in." Zayn turned his eyes towards the door and said.

"Excuse me, Young Master" A young and exceptionally beautiful maid came to his workspace. Her name is Mira. She is Zayn's personal maid as well as his childhood friend. She has been with Zayn since she was 5 years old, and she was trained as Zayn's maid and his guard by the head maid.

She is so beautiful with her oval face and her purple eyes, which looked a little flirtatious. Her long black hair was tied up and placed on her shoulder. Her waist is slim but her breasts are huge, making others unable to turn their eyes away from her chest. Now, after seeing Zayn, her eyes were filled with love.

"Mira? Did something happen?" Zayn was a little startled and then smiled.

Mira is his childhood friend and one of the most important people in his life, as well as the one he loves because she has been with him for a long time.

"Huh. I almost captured my brother, but this woman like she was trying to get in my way!" Chloe said and her eyes narrowing.

Mira, who saw her plan succeed, smiled a little and came to Zayn.

"Young Master... Do I seem bothered to you?" Mira said and smiled charmingly, but her words were mocking someone inside, and she was also ignoring Chloe, who was standing beside Zayn.

Chloe, who feels ridiculed and ignored, clenched her fists, and her eyes were extremely gloomy.

"Hahaha, of course not, Mira."

ραпdα n?νa| сom "Anytime you want, you can come to my room." Zayn let go of Chloe's hug and stroked Mira's head affectionately.

Chloe noticed that her Big Brother left her embrace and caressed Mira with affection, and she glared at Mira with hatred.

Mira didn't care about Chloe's hateful stare and ignored it, because they were used to stealing each other's affection from Zayn.

"As you wish, Young Master" Mira was very happy after listening to that, and her eyes looked like crescent moons.

She has been falling in love with Zayn since she was a child. She has always had a dream to become one of Zayn's wives, and of course to become the leader of Zayn's wives in the future!

This is because polygamy is common in large families, especially the Welston family, which is the strongest family in the capital.

Zayn's father and grandfather, on the other hand, only married one woman.

This is also one of the reasons why Zayn's father only has one younger brother and one younger sister, and because his father is the heir to the Welston family, Zayn, as the only son of his father's bloodline, is the only next heir to the Welston family.

So, in order to multiply the Welston family lineage, of course Zayn will be married off to more than one woman by his family.

"So, did something happen?" Zayn asked with gentle smiled.

"Yes, Young Master, Lady Charlotte said to tell you that she has something very important to discuss with you young master and in an hour she will arrive."

Mira looked at Zayn and explained softly, although there was a bit of concern in her eyes about this.

After getting the news that Charlotte was coming, she felt bad for some reason.

She had a bad feeling, as if Young Master would leave her forever. She was confused as to why she had this hunch, but she always trusted her hunch because, from a young age, she had the ability to sense dangerous things that threatened her and her Young Master.

However, she still didn't know about the intentions behind this uneasy feeling, and she couldn't tell her Young Master about this, so she just harbored these feelings and strengthened her guard around her Young Master.

"What brings her here?!" Chloe, who was listening to it, interrupted their conversation and asked Mira.

Because she really hates Charlotte!

Charlotte is Zayn's fiancée and also a person who is hated by Chloe more than Mira. Even though Chloe despises Mira, they have known each other since they were children, unlike Charlotte, who unexpectedly became engaged to Zayn. For Chloe, it was unforgiveable to simply enter their lives and take someone that they held so dear away from them.

Of course, she hated any woman who came close to her dear brother.

What's more, besides Charlotte, there is a woman from one of the six major families who is very close to her dear brother!

Because the family relationship is so close, Chloe is wary of her because that woman has a good chance of becoming her dear brother's wife. This is a big threat to her!

"I don't know," Mira said a little concerned, shaking her head because she had a bad feeling. She didn't like Charlotte as much as Chloe, but she was good at hiding her dislike.

Zayn wasn't surprised to see Chloe like this after hearing that Charlotte was coming, however he knew Chloe's hatred towards Charlotte ran deep, and he was really confused on how to make her accept Charlotte, even though he knew it was impossible.

By the time his parents engaged him with Charlotte, Chloe was so against it that she locked herself in her room for a week and didn't want to talk to her parents.

But for some reason, after his mother asked to talk privately with Chloe, she didn't lock herself out of her room anymore and she began to smile again.

Even Zayn felt that Chloe was more spoiled than usual.

When he asked his mother what she was talking about, his mother smiled mysteriously and said seductively.

"I made a deal with Chloe, and in return, she promised not to get angry like this again in the future."

"As for the deal, it's a secret, hehe. You'll find out in the future~"

Zayn could only shake his head and smiled softly because he was used to being like that with his mother.

However, Zayn often sees Chloe's hatred towards Charlotte, even though she hides it well.

"Okay Okay, don't be angry like that, and don't you remember your promise with mom?" Zayn stroked her head and used the agreement between herself and her mother to calm her down.

Even though he didn't know the contents of the agreement between them, he often used this excuse when Chloe was angry when it came to Charlotte.

And sure enough! Chloe immediately froze and hugged Zayn spoiled.

"Brother~ I'm sorry~ I promise I won't be angry again. Don't report it to Mother, okay~?" Chloe was acting spoiled and was rubbing her head on Zayn's chest.

Zayn, who was being hugged tightly by Chloe, felt a big, soft object touching his stomach, because his height is 1.97 meters and Chloe is 1.68 meters.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "This girl is growing up well and healthy."

"Okay." Zayn hugged Chloe back and patted her head softly.

Mira, who saw Chloe hugging Zayn tenderly, felt very jealous and she ground her teeth.

However, she immediately calmed herself down, because she knew her current position on Zayn's side was as Zayn's personal maid and guard.

Maybe, in the future, she will also be by Zayn's side, not as a bodyguard or maid, but as one of his loyal wives!

After feeling satisfied with hugging Zayn, Chloe let go of Zayn's hug and didn't forget to stick out her tongue to mock Mira.

Mira didn't care about Chloe's ridicule and just stared at Zayn, waiting for the next command about Charlotte's presence, even though her eyes contained jealousy.

Zayn sensed Mira's jealousy, and he winked to tease Mira.

Mira's face turned red up to her ears in an instant, and she lowered her head.

Zayn, who felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward, immediately changed the subject.

"So, Charlotte is coming over? Hum... Alright, I'll greet her in the living room," Zayn was holding his chin as if thinking and smiling a little.

Charlotte Bailey—or as he used to call her, Charlotte—is his fiancée and guest; of course, he must welcome her.

Even though their engagement was arranged by their families and started without love between them, Zayn was trying to start and try to fall in love with this girl named Charlotte.

Whenever the opportunity arose, Zayn would ask Charlotte out, call her, and do something to improve feelings between the couple.

However, even though Charlotte never rejects his approach, Charlotte for some reason is always cold and talks to him simply.

But Zayn, who has a high EQ, knows and suspects two reasons for Charlotte's coldness toward him: either Charlotte doesn't want this engagement or this is her nature.

But, based on how she has been treating him, Zayn believes it is her dislike of this engagement.

So, Zayn feels that Charlotte is not too interested in their engagement.

Also he would not be very active in their relationship and let it go with the flow.

And to be honest, Zayn didn't really like Charlotte's cold nature, but he didn't want to care anymore.

Moreover, he actually knew the reason his parents had betrothed him to Charlotte.

This was all because her family, the Bailey family, accidentally bought a lot of land outside the capital, and it turned out that the government had a development plan for one of the towns, and as it happened, the land that the Bailey family bought was in that town.

More than 50% of the land in the town is owned by the Bailey family, who happened to want to expand their business to other towns.

What's more, the land they bought was all in strategic locations in the town!

They bought at relatively low prices, and because of the government's sudden plan, land prices in that town went up like crazy!

The Bailey family, which bought more than 50% of the land in the town, rose to fame, and many large families wanted to buy land from them!

Even the Welston family was among those offering to buy.

As the largest family and leader of all the six major families in the Capital, the Welston family has interests in that town of which the Bailey family has bought most of its land.

The Welston family tried to offer something and it was exchanged for one of the plots of land in the town.

However, the Bailey family, which is controlled by Charlotte's mother and father, did not agree, but they want "Prince Capital," Zayn, to betroth their daughter, Charlotte.

In exchange, they would cooperate to develop the town's land together, and the Welstons could take 80% of the income from the town's progress after the government finished building the infrastructure.

Initially, they did not agree and tried to use their great power to force the the Bailey family to give up some of their land in exchange for something from the Welston family, but the Bailey family still insisted they did not want to exchange anything other than their betrothed Zayn and their daughter, Charlotte.

The Welston family couldn't keep pushing like this because if they continued to pressure them, people's opinion of the Welston family would be negative, and the enemies of the Welston family would use this gap to attack the Welston family.

However, because the land was very important for the development of the Welston family, they finally agreed to an offer from the Bailey family, and they also felt that Charlotte was a girl who was quite suitable for their son, Zayn, and at least talented enough to put their son next to any other woman.

Now, Zayn doesn't know the purpose of Charlotte's arrival.

"I hope that there are no problems." Zayn muttered to himself.

He looked out through the open window, his black eyes looked as if they could absorb anything, and his gentle aura was replaced by an extremely domineering one.

Don't look at Zayn, who is always gentle towards those around him; however, he actually always shows a strong aura and deep eyes when facing other people.

As the only heir to the capital's number one family and a person of monstrous talent, naturally he wasn't as simple as he appeared on the surface.

Especially regarding the peace of the Welston family, Zayn will not remain silent, and Charlotte's sudden arrival makes him feel the same crisis as Mira.

However, he feels Charlotte's arrival may have something to do with the Welston family and not him.

Chloe and Mira felt something very tense after noticing that the previously fine atmosphere had suddenly become very tense.

Even though Mira felt a very strong pressure and aura from Zayn, she could still bear it a bit because she had been trained since childhood by the head butler to become Zayn's personal guard.

However, Chloe, who had never practiced martial arts since she was young, felt short of breath, and her face was pale.

Zayn immediately came to his senses and retracted his aura, and things became mellow again.

Immediately his gaze went to Chloe, whose face was still pale, and he hugged her.

"I'm sorry, Chloe; I didn't do it on purpose and are you okay?" Zayn immediately apologized to Chloe and hugged her gently.

Feeling Zayn's embrace, Chloe immediately calmed down and enjoyed Zayn's embrace.

Chloe didn't say anything and just replied "Um~"

But what Zayn didn't realize was that Chloe's eyes were emitting a very strong obsessive wave.

Seeing Chloe, who had calmed down and hugged him back, Zayn heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Mira gently.

"I'm sorry Mira, for my carelessness earlier." Zayn said softly and apologized to Mira.

Mira immediately smiled and looked at Zayn gently, "It's okay, Young master, don't worry."

However, much like Chloe, Mira's eyes also contained a very strong obsession once they felt Zayn's domineering side.

They both thought the same thing, "So handsome!!"

Zayn's gentle appearance is indeed very handsome, but when his aura becomes a domineering one, it is very different and makes Mira and Chloe really want to be conquered by him!

Zayn heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that they were both okay.

When it comes to the safety of the Welston family and those closest to him, Zayn will always unknowingly do this.

Especially since Charlotte's arrival triggered an unknown crisis for Zayn, making him nervous, but he had to deal with it

.After all, Charlotte was his own fiancée, and it would be impolite to ignore him because of these vague feelings.

After that, Zayn looked at the clock and estimated that it was still some time before Charlotte came.

"Mira, could you prepare some tea and snacks in the living room for me and Charlotte? There is still some time before she arrives."

"I will also wait for her in the living room."

Zayn looked at Mira and said softly.

"Okay Young Master, then I permission to leave first"

Mira lowered her head and said to Zayn.

However, before Mira wanted to leave, Zayn pinched her cheek and thanked Mira, "Thank you so much, Mira."

"Y-young M-master!" Mira was surprised by Zayn's move, her face was as red as an apple and she immediately ran out of the room in embarrassment.

Chloe, who had seen Mira being pinched on the cheek by Zayn, felt very jealous, but she didn't say anything.

After all, in the end she is the winner!

As soon as Mira came out of the room, Chloe hugged Zayn from behind.

"Then, brother, I'll be out too, and you are also quickly settling things with that Charlotte."

Chloe said in a soft voice, but Zayn could feel a hint of jealousy when she said the name "Charlotte."

"Okay, you wait for me, and soon after, I'll hear what gift you want, promise?" Zayn patted her head and said lightly.

"Okay, promise~" Chloe let go of the hug and quickly left the room.

However, before Zayn realized, Chloe came back and kissed Zayn on the cheek, also saying, "I love you, brother~" before immediately leaving the room

Zayn, who was shocked, just smiled and didn't say anything else.

"This little girl has grown." Zayn thought to himself as he exited the room