"Miss, this snake clan slave has fainted. Should we splash water on him to wake him up?"
A strange woman's voice, tinged with trembling, reached Lan Yan's ears, pulling her from her daze.
She looked around the antique-decorated room and saw a maid standing beside her, the one who had just spoken.
Seeing Lan Yan looking at her, the maid shivered again, lowering her head respectfully, afraid of displeasing her mistress.
Lan Yan: "..." Was she that terrifying! She moved her wrists and realized she was holding a whip, still wet with blood.
What was going on? She looked ahead and saw a half-dead "person" lying on the ground. Where legs should have been was a scarred snake tail, and the body was covered in whip marks, flesh torn open.
Damp hair clung to the face and back, obscuring its features. Her pupils trembled; this "person" was too pathetic. She needed to clarify the situation and mentally called out, "System, have I transmigrated?"
The system's soft, cute voice responded, "Host, this is your first quick transmigration mission world. Please adhere to the quick transmigration rules, actively complete missions, and save those pitiful souls to earn a chance at resurrection in reality."
Lan Yan couldn't help but sigh. She, a writer who constantly struggled with writer's block, was told she had died after an all-nighter and was chosen to be a quick transmigration worker.
And she had now transmigrated into Lan Yan, the legitimate daughter of the Duke's mansion in the Eastern Lin Kingdom. Her mother died in childbirth, and her father was always away at war. The original host grew up alone, lacking guidance, and developed a violent, short-tempered personality.
This meant she had essentially transmigrated into a definitive villain. Her mission target this time was Jun Ye Lan, a person of extreme tragedy. In this world, besides the Eastern Lin Kingdom ruled by humans, there was also the Western Lin Kingdom ruled by the snake clan.
Wars frequently broke out between the two nations, leading to hatred between their peoples. If a foreigner was captured, they would be tortured as a slave, even if not killed.
Her mission target was a member of the snake clan, who, after enduring various hardships, became a human slave due to an accident on the battlefield.
As she was thinking, she suddenly looked at the snake clan person on the ground and asked, "System, is this my mission target!"
The system nodded, "Host, you are so clever." By flattering the host, it could complete its own secret mission.
Lan Yan: "...System, you're setting me up." She looked at the whip in her hand, then at the person lying on the ground, and her mind went blank. It was over; she wasn't just the villain, but the villain who had already mistreated her mission target.
She pressed her hand to her forehead. Could this mission even be completed!
The maid beside her, seeing Lan Yan's silence, thought she was unhappy again. She whispered, "Miss, have you finished beating him? Shall I drag him away so he doesn't dirty your place?"
Normally, after beating this slave, Lan Yan would have him dragged away immediately, not leaving him like this today.
Lan Yan was still lost in her thoughts. Hearing the maid's words, her head throbbed even more. Fine, she'd deal with problems as they arose. She would start changing from now on, and she didn't believe she couldn't complete the mission.
She cleared her throat and called out, "No need. Go prepare the bathwater." Fearing the maid might notice something different, she shot a cold glance, making the maid dare not ask further before leaving.