IDEFYEM - Chapter 1
Black Man, I'll Do Everything For You Except Marriage!
"You are completely out of magic, you are an obstacle to the family. Even the animals raised in the duchy are more useful than you!"
Inside the room, a very angry middle-aged man was running wild.
"I'm sorry, father... Cough! Nose, cologne. Cough."
"Tsk, something like that shows her face at the banquet with the family's name on it."
As soon as I heard those words, my eyes lit up as I was doing my best to pretend to be sick. That's right, hurry up and tell them you won't be able to send me to the banquet!
"This is your first time going out after receiving the Grand Duke's marriage proposal. Make sure you behave properly."
However, contrary to expectations, my father left the room without giving up his will.
"No... I really didn't want to go."
I muttered in confusion and thought back on the situation I was in now.
The novel I possessed just a month ago, The Moon Shrouded in Darkness...
In this novel, there was a rare character who was more popular than the male and female leads. It is the villainess and the dark Duke who appears as her helper.
This novel became popular thanks to the two characters that people were passionate about. There was definitely something more than a strange atmosphere between them.
A relationship that contains a lot of interesting keywords such as love-hate and master-slave relationships.
Although it has never been officially defined as love, it is an emotion that could easily be interpreted as such.
The combination of an attractive bad boy and a bad girl boasted better chemistry than the main couple, and most readers, including me, cried out for their love and wanted them to end up together.
But the problem was with their first meeting.
The dark-hearted Grand Duke, who planned to frame someone, enters into a heartless arranged marriage and then murders the bride.
As he quietly takes care of the murder scene, he soon encounters the only witness to the crime, a wicked woman disguised as a maid.
The Grand Duke finds it interesting that she remains calm even after witnessing the murder scene, and puts her under surveillance in the name of keeping her quiet. Then, after noticing the evil woman's ability to manipulate black magic, they join hands and start committing all kinds of evil deeds that hinder the path of the main character...
My role here was that of an extra bride who was murdered for no reason on her first wedding night.
'The new thing I learned after entering this body is that I, a wizard, have been exploited by my family my entire life.'
When my body became irreversibly weak and I lost my magic, I was sold and married to the Grand Duke.
'Whew, once in a lifetime, I'm amazed.'
If this continues, I will soon marry the Grand Duke and be murdered on the first night.
Even if I knew that, there was nothing I could do right now. Because there wasn't a single shred of magic left in this weak body.
'How much abuse must I have been subjected to?!'
In the end, all I did while possessing this body was attend a few banquets and listen to my father verbally abuse me.
At that time, a knock was heard from the closed door.
"Miss, I'm going in."
Oh, there's one more.
"Sarah, I missed you!"
Just to please the villainess.
"How was your day? Isn't anyone bothering you? No, no one harassing you right..?
"Ugh, probably not."
After realizing the possession, the first problem that came to mind was, of course, the Great Duke of Darkness who was going to kill me.
If there was one thing I overlooked at that time, it was Sarah, the evil woman who disguised herself as a maid and accompanied me in my every move.
If I am harsh and disobey, my life may be lost before I can marry the Grand Duke.
"Please sit down, Miss. Time is running out until the banquet."
"Yes, no. Huh."
I sat down hesitantly and glanced at Sarah through the mirror across from me.
Look at that, Sarah's gorgeous red hair and raised eyebrows. Anyone who sees her looks like she's shouting, 'I'm a villain.'
On the other hand, I... Hmm, it looks quite formidable.
Pale pink hair and pink eyes.
Although I was quite pretty, I seemed weak, perhaps because I was small in stature and had light pigmentation overall.
As I felt Sarah's hand gently touching my hair, I suddenly asked.
"You know, Sarah. Did you hear that too? Grand Duke Kronhardt told me...."
"Are you saying he proposed to you a few days ago? Of course, I heard it."
"What do you think?"
"Of course, it's the opposite. I don't like it."
Sarah's eerily bright eyes were neglected in the mirror. When I received an unexpectedly strong response to the thoughtless question, my heart began to beat rapidly.
Does black magic include future predictions?
She doesn't like me marrying the Grand Duke who is like her future man!
"I don't have enough time to wear it..."
"Hmm, not like this."
Oh, I raised my eyebrows in puzzlement.
"You are still too young. It would be nice to experience the world with me a little more."
"Was that the one who was against it?"
"Then who on earth would I oppose for?"
Sarah continued speaking with a slightly pitiful expression.
"But the Duke has no choice but to sell the Young Lady at the highest price, so, oops..." She said,
"I'm sorry if you felt bad."
As the refreshing remarks of a villainess continued, my eyes became wet with mild emotion. Memories of the past, of being in a servile position from start to finish after being possessed.
"This, this. What to eat... Want some?"
"I don't like sweets very much."
I give up bloody snacks every day.
"You know, you don't have to do anything difficult anymore, just stay by my side. If someone says something, I can make my own excuse."
While trying to imitate a good boss, one day Sarah laughed and said.
"You look like Lili, who I knew when I was young."
"Yeah, really? Who is that?"
"This is a dog I picked up on the street and raised. The soft and fluffy fur was really cute,"
Was being treated like a puppy by a villain really successful or not?
While I was thinking about it, it seemed like the decoration had already been completed.
In the mirror, more than just pretty features were revealed, but rather beautiful features. Everything was perfect except for the pensive expression.
Sarah said, shrugging her shoulders as if to cheer her up.
"Anyway, enjoy yourself, Lady. You don't know if this will be the last banquet before you get married, right?"
That's right, it might be the last banquet while I'm alive...
"No needless worries. According to my fortune telling today, your future is very bright."
Wow, can you really predict the future?
Rather, what am I interested in?
That's what a villainess says!
I got up, left the mansion, and got into the carriage. Soon the wheels of the carriage began to roll with a loud noise.
***
By the time my back started to feel stiff, the carriage had arrived at its destination.
As always, after briefly closing the carriage door, I felt an inexplicable sense of discomfort and looked around.
A stinging amount of gaze was pouring in this direction.
'Is that the girl who was proposed to be married by Grand Duke Kronhardt?'
'Why? The face is at least smooth.'
'Except for the background of being a daughter of Duke, there's not much to see...'
'He sent ten boxes of jewels to the Duke's house, right?"
Are social rumors always this fast?
After hiding my surprise, I first approached the Countess, the host of the banquet.
"Hello, ma'am. I'm honored to be invited today."
"Oh, Lady Wintersoar. You're here at the right time!"
The Countess greeted me with a happy face as if she had been waiting.
"We were just talking about the Young Lady's marriage. Really, His Highness the Grand Duke is love...."
"Yes?"
I forgot to fake a smile and asked back in an absurd tone.
"Well, now you're embarrassed. This is a story that everyone already knows."
Fortunately, the Countess seemed to interpret my reaction as shyness. She continued speaking with a face filled with interest.
"It is already widely known in social circles that His Highness is infatuated with the Lady of Wintersoure."
Oh, I shouldn't be dizzy already. I struggled to come to my senses and inquired about the contents of the rumor.
"Uh, what kind of story did you hear?"
"I heard he skipped the engagement ceremony and proposed right away, saying he didn't have the confidence to wait."
That might just be because time is a waste.
"His Highness cares for you so much that even when you go out on an outing, he hides your hair so that not a single hair is visible."
It's not that we're hiding it, we've really never seen each other before!
"Also, he sends all kinds of precious gifts to the Duke's house day and night, right?"
A gift came to the dukedom. I was about to say that it was the first time I heard that.
I was reminded of the suspiciously chaotic atmosphere of the employees over the past few days.
'Come to think of it... It seems like a few carriages passed in and out of the Duke's residence.'
My father would not have opened his mouth to me even if he had received a hundred boxes of jewels instead of ten.
"As expected, seeing as you don't deny it, the rumors were all true!"
I was dazed by the Countess's words and suddenly realized something and I became scared.
Rumors spread out of control and physical evidence remained. Now, authenticity wasn't important.
'This scary human being.'
You're going to kill me and then create an alibi by pretending to be in love so you don't get suspicious!
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