Leon Avington

Leon Avington, the villain of the romance novel that Adelaide stole from the maids, is a handsome young man who could be said to be the best catch in the capital after the crown prince. With his silver hair and eyes, proficient at both swordsmanship and his studies, he was almost on par with the male lead which was not too good.

So she made Leon Avington an abusive man, someone who looks down on women. He has a disgusting hobby of kidnapping commoner women and torturing them before selling them to auctions. This was the start of the hellhole the author has dug for Leon Avington as he used that money to fund drug trafficking and steadily, he has his hand on almost every single illegal business in the capital.

His crimes were only exposed when the crown prince got so infuriated when Leon kidnapped the female lead that he investigated and exposed all of his crimes which gave him enough reason to execute every single member of the House of Avington.

Supposedly, that was not possible because it was written in the book that the House of Avington had aided the first Emperor in founding the kingdom. Hence, they were a house that has distinguished contributions and has been a powerhouse since the founding of the kingdom. They are not a house that the royalty can just execute as they like.

Adelaide racked her brains, searching for the name Adelaide Avington in the book but came up empty. There was no mention of her at all. Adelaide is confident in her memory since she has read that book close to a million times.

Adelaide grimaced at her situation. There aren't a lot of clues for her to work with. The family situation of House Avington was not mentioned at all except for a few lines when Leon gets executed.

Adelaide stared out of her window from her bed, feeling extremely tired.

A small thought came into her mind as she eyed the big moon that was shining into her room through the filthy window panes.

'Looks like I really did die that time in the trash, I wonder if they found my body?'

That was a lame way to die, Adelaide decided. She has always obeyed what her parents and brother wanted her to do.

They wanted her to stay in the cellar for days. She did, somehow managing to survive with no food and little water.

They wanted to beat her, she'd let them. Adelaide figured that they will leave her alone for a few days after venting. Being left alone is a blessing in that household.

They wanted her to stay out of sight, she did. Except that evening, she really did feel like she was about to be starved to death if she did not come out and find food.

Will they even feel sad about her death? Surely, they will cover it up and say something along the lines of suicide in order to not implicate her brother but will they miss her presence? Adelaide bit her lips bitterly.

No, she decided. They probably aren't sad. Inconvenienced but not sad.

Now that she is in the book's world, as Adelaide Avington, she figured out she should not live the same way she did as before.

This is medieval times. It's already advantageous for her, a modern person with knowledge of the modern world, to be here. This is a chance to turn her fate, the fate of being executed by an ax due to her brother's mistake. There are so many ways for her to escape this situation, with no modern technology to track her down.

Adelaide gripped her blankets hard as her determined eyes reflected the moonlight.

"Let's not die an embarrassing death again, shall we?" Adelaide grinned in anticipation.