Rise of the Unfavored Princess
I had thought that my life couldn't get worse when I walked in on my fiancé cheating on me with my best friend. But after a series of unfortunate events, I opened my eyes in a world that I had only read about in a webnovel, the Erudian Empire, ruled under the domineering, bloody reign of Emperor Helio. The worst part? I'm not even the main character! Reborn as Winter Royberg de la Erudian, I am the pitiful side character who is discovered to be a royal bastard princess due to a certain physical trait only the imperial bloodline possesses. But I know the end of Winter's story and the unwanted royal punching bag is framed as a witch and killed at age 16 on the guillotine due to the scheming of the cruel empress. An aloof, murder happy father? Check. Psycho half-sister? Check. Meddlesome author who wants me to follow the script? Double check! I don't want to die an early death again, so I'm determined not to ever be discovered as a royal again. But before I know it, I'm trapped in a palace of blood and opulence playing tricky games of power, games I have no clue how to win. How will I survive to adulthood in the imperial palace and get my happily ever after? And am I really the only person who fell into this world? *UPDATES 1-2 TIMES A WEEK* *1500 TO 3300 WORDS PER CHAPTER*
Ch. 165: Eat Your Veggies
"Woah there, Angel! My hair is not food! Same with you, Devil."
I set down my overeager bunnies and they run across my bedroom floor in circles, more hyper than 5-year-old me on sugar.
"Is this what children are like?" I ask Marie as she instructs a maid to bring them carrots.
She shakes her head ruefully. "Children are much a little worse but just as delightful." There is a wistfulness and affection in her eyes that I can attribute to her nephew. As someone who is well in her middle-aged years, I'm happy that there is someone participating in Marie's life to a degree that I cannot.
"How is Lief?" Fluffs of rabbit fur float off of me as I give myself a good shake.
"Oh, he's marvelous," she gushes. "Quite taken with Radovalsk. I think he wants to settle down permanently in the city and never return to our village, no matter how much I've urged him to do so."