It was not the time to worry about trivial matters. I had to follow the bell pulling me away from Lariette.
I racked my brain and tried to think of any books I knew about family regrets that made an important promise to my younger brother in the story, but they were all mixed up and I couldn’t figure it out.
okay. I don’t know what the promise is, but it probably isn’t important in this family regret story.
It might have been important if she was a cider drinker who was just starting out rather than a family regret, but seeing as she was marrying a handsome male lead from the north, it would have been okay.
While I was thinking about this and that, I arrived in front of an ornate door.
Looking at the door with gold decorations, it seemed to be the Count’s room.
“Count. Lady Elena has arrived.”
An old man in a black suit said so.
‘He must be a butler.’
The appearances of the butlers were all similar except for the male lead, so it was no clue.
First, I carefully entered the Count’s room.
“Elena.”
“father.”
I spoke cautiously until that point.
In family regrets, the female protagonist does not need to say much.
The old count looked at me and sighed briefly.
“So you can win His Excellency the Duke’s heart?”
As expected, it is a family regret.
You’re already making people feel uncomfortable like this, huh?
She has to go to the north as soon as possible and meet the male protagonist to meet him in order to be free from this uncomfortable situation.
Therefore, instead of fighting, I pretended to be calm and lowered my head.
“sorry.”
“…Okay. What’s the use of nagging me now? It’s up to you to take care of it.”
“I will try not to cause any inconvenience.”
It seemed like the Count didn’t like me very much. She would still be my daughter, but she didn’t even look at my face anymore.
“Elena.”
“Yes, father.”
Should I pretend to be happy because my name was called?
Usually, these female leads want to receive a little bit of their father’s love.
But I had no intention of going that far. It’s not a confirmed situation that this should be the case, but wouldn’t it be okay to just be sensible?
“Goodbye, Elena.”
“Yes, father.”
I bowed my head and walked out of the Count’s study. The Count didn’t seem to have any intention of paying attention to me until the end.
Well, it’s definitely a cold but warm work from the North, with Yeoju being an ordinary family regret.
I got into the carriage and gave Belle a quick glance.
As a sign that she was a daughter who was looked down upon, only one luggage bag was carried in the carriage.
Now that this has happened, the development of the content is almost certain.
I thought I could continue my journey to the north while thinking about the stories of family regrets that I mostly watched.
Most people who marry someone from the North end up regretting it because they misunderstand their husband’s pure love because of his blunt expressions, so you just have to be careful about this part.
So I got into the carriage alone.
The North was as I expected.
There was a cold wave that was difficult to endure without a thick fur coat, the steep and rugged black mountains were threatening, and the clouds were so thick that it was difficult to see sunlight.
People’s eyes were wary and curious about me, a girl who didn’t fit in in the North.
Meanwhile, the northern dukedom was also as I expected.
The Duke’s residence was large but dark, and a butler who looked older than the count’s butler guided me.
The Duke who would become my husband was a handsome man with black hair, dark eyebrows, and dark eyes.
Of course, he was also blunt.
Everything was as I expected.
Except for one thing.
“I’m sorry, young lady.”
“Yes, yes.”
“I have a woman I am promised to marry. I cannot marry you.”
The duke rejected me.
“If you are the person you are promised to marry… Is this the person the Duke loves? What kind of person is she…”
“Baron Maewin, the ancestor of the South, and my grandfather signed a marriage contract.”
“Are you… an arranged marriage?”
“Yes. I am planning to marry the Baroness, so I cannot accept her.”
wait for a sec. How did this happen?
Wasn’t this a story about a cold man from the North and an abused girl from the South getting married by convenience, and love blossoming between them?
I tried to hide my confusion.
‘Calm down, Elena.’
Breathe in, breathe out. Inhale, exhale again.
Okay. Aren’t there various developments in the world?
I thought it was one of the arranged marriage novels, but when I think about it, there are more fake marriages and romances than stories about pre-marriage and post-marriage romances.
Considering that she was a daughter who was looked down upon at home, she should have considered the possibility of a fake marriage, but she forgot to do this.
“Your Majesty the Duke.”
“yes.”
I continued speaking with as pitiful an expression as possible.
“Please at least use me as a maid.”
“That cannot be done, my lady.”
“If His Majesty the Duke does not accept me, I will throw myself into the northern mountains.”
“I know you won’t do that.”
Wow. He’s firm.
I thought of the dozens of books I had read.
Works where a weak female character who has been abused deals with the male lead to change her situation!
Those works have become the cornerstone of my speech today.
“If you don’t believe it, there’s nothing we can do. All we can do is show it with action.”
“No matter what, you can’t do that.”
“Your Majesty. I have no place to return to. Neither my father nor my younger brother love me. Now, I no longer have the confidence to accept being shunned by my family.”
Considering that I couldn’t even say hello to my mother, my biological mother must have died, right?
But since I’m not sure, I shouldn’t use this as a weapon.
“I said I would marry Your Highness and finally came this far. If I go back to the count’s family… my father will imprison me, and my younger brother will despise me. How can I endure such gaze any longer? .”
Do you understand? That I am this pathetic?
As is usually the case with these works, soon the Duke, who has taken pity on me, will allow me to stay in the castle with some restrictions.
And if you meet each other a few times, you will naturally develop feelings for each other, and the arranged marriage that existed will cease to exist.
“So, please use me as your maid. If you find it difficult, I won’t tell you any more. I will take care of my own steps…
“Young lady.”
Why do you stop talking to people? He had a great line at best.
“I received a message. The Count’s behavior was suspicious.”
“……Did you know?”
I quickly put on a lonely smile. However, the male protagonist, the Duke, firmly shook his head.
“Yes. I have limbs too. I’m almost laughing at how you tried to deceive me with such a crude play.”
“W-A play?”
“Since you are trying to fool me like this, I will tell you straight as well.”
Oh no. You’re not trying to make fun of me, are you?
“Elena, Countess Seves. I have no intention of marrying you.”
“……that.”
“I feel so sorry for Count Sebes. The same goes for your younger sister. I can’t believe I can’t break your stubbornness, so I have to put on a farce like this.”
what?
I didn’t answer the duke any more. Instead, I listened attentively.
“Go and tell Count Sebes that he will never marry you. Do you know that your father said that he would not let you go unless you married his wife? Tell him that you don’t need the Count’s help in the North either. And Elena “Dear Countess Bess.”
“…….”
“Thank you for loving me, but that’s all. Baroness Merwyn will be here soon, so I would appreciate it if you could disappear without a trace.”
No, um, then, wait a minute.
“I have a question.”
“I have no obligation to answer.”
“Am I chasing you because I like you?”
The words ‘Is this person crazy?’ appeared in the duke’s eyes.
But there was no need to worry about his feelings.
“Why all of a sudden.”
“I’ve been clinging to that place until now because I said I didn’t like it, right?”
“I’m glad you knew that by now.”
“Oh, and our family fully supported it?”
“That’s right. So, when I heard the rumor that you started a play with the setting of being hated in the family to gain my sympathy, I was shocked….”
“Oh, my goodness. Then I wasn’t the main character.”
Elena is not the main character.
That Baron Maewin Youngand I mentioned earlier was a bitch, and I was a villainess!
‘okay! ‘I understand now!’
This is possession by a villainess! These days, Ropan’s Steady!
What is the ending of the villains? Usually, he goes on a rampage to interfere with the love between the female and male protagonists and ends up being decapitated.
So what is the solution when possessed by a villainess?
Pay no attention to the original male protagonist!
“This is it. Thank you for your great help. Then, I’ll go.”
“Stop now… did you say you were leaving now?”
“Yes. I’m sorry for causing you inconvenience. It won’t happen again in the future. So, that’s enough.”
“No. Wait….”
It felt like the Duke was grabbing me from behind, but I ignored it and came out. Dukedom is none of my business anymore.
I almost made a really big mistake. I didn’t know it was something possessed by a wicked woman!
‘If I had known, I would have been lying down in the mansion a long time ago and calculating how I would spend that much money!’
You came all the way to the north and suffered for no reason!
Now that I think about it, it seems like I didn’t do any special harm for everyone to hate me.
Except that my younger brother’s tone of voice was a bit harsh.
Unfortunately, the timing of the possession was confusing and I was completely fooled because it was right before I was going to get married.
“But where do you know now?”
I clenched my fists as I bravely headed towards the entrance of the duke’s residence.
I felt the neat woman in the yellow dress, who was heading this way just in time, flinch when she saw me.
Are you the female protagonist?
And I am a villainess who wants to get the male protagonist by doing these crazy things.
A foolish villainess who foolishly thinks that this kind of crazy thing will work!
“Ship, Countess.”
“Lady Maewyn, don’t worry. We won’t have to fight anymore. Then I’ll go!”
Hello, hello.
There is no genre as sweet as evil woman possession, so I’ll give it a go!
