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"Ah...." Anthonette finally realized the situation at hand. Even though she just claimed that Ezra Maikailsom the Villain of the story was better than the other three leads. She was so very far from the truth. Ezra, the black Knight was the emperor's illegitimate son.

The world Anthonette transmigrated to was none other than the last novel she read before she died.

She was used as a political pawn and more of a plot device to start the story. She wasn't even the female lead, The original female lead shows up after her death.

Ezra framed original Anthonette for Adultery and put her to death in the original story. And from there the female lead shows up to fight the injustice that happened to Anthonette, at the end the female lead defeats Ezra somehow. "If only I can remember how..." Anthonette fell to her knees feeling distraught.

"Why did I do that ? Was the look on Dante's face really worth it ? Why do I have to die again.." Anthonette felt as if she was shivering. The sores she got from the beating felt like they were still there. She also felt as if her heart was sore because out of all the leads she truly loved Dante.

"If I was going to die anyway, I should have at least killed Dante as well." She sighed. Anthonette got up, her mind went back to when she request that Violette send a letter to Ezra, if she stops the letter maybe she could buy some time.

She quickly head to the door to see Violette bowing. "I've sent word to Lord Ezra." Anthonette shrieked, for a moment there her lives flashed before her eyes. "How could you do this to me Violette..." She grip tightly to Violette's uniform. She was visibly shaking and Violette felt terrible.

"But my lady you requested it." Anthonette sighed not letting go of her uniform. "I was joking, cancel the letter right now." Anthonette muttered desperately as Violette sought to comfort her. "I can't do that my lady, I no longer have it. You know better than to cancel a letter to Lord Ezra, he'll be suspicious." Anthonette glared at her maid, though it's her fault that's she's in this condition, how does cancelling the letter make it worse.

She lets go of Violette, standing on her two feet. "I have no other choice than to shut down his proposal in person."

"My lady do you have a death wish ?" Violette asked. "I'm going to die anyway." Anthonette answered.

"You won't die my lady."

"Then why can't I turn down his proposal in person ?" Anthonette glared at Violette. "That's simply because doesn't like being lied to, he hates liars."

"I didn't lie to him." Anthonette sulked almost throwing a fit. "You kind of did my lady. If you meet him in person to cancel you are going back on your word, whereas you're lying." Violette emphasized hoping the lady would reconsider.

"You're right, I'll cancel at his knighting. He can't murder me in broad daylight." The maid sighed at Anthonette's gullibility.

"You talk as if you don't know much about Lord Ezra."

"He might kill me, but during the ceremony he's going to swear his loyalty to the kingdom. Which means he can't abuse his power often." Anthonette sighed, it won't matter if he swears his loyalty, he massacred half the kingdom in the book against the emperor's wishes.

"What ever you wish my lady." Violette muttered already giving up at this point. "Shall I get you anything in the meantime ?" Violette muttered out to Anthonette who was still deep in thought. "My lady ?" Anthonette called out again

"N-nothing Violette, I like to be left alone." Anthonette said getting rid of Violette in her room.

"This is my fourth life, this is the last time I will try. So Anthonette Hivera, if I ever die and come back..." Anthonette looked to her palms shivering in fear. "I don't want to come back..." She moaned.

"If it was Anthonette's destiny to die then let me die as well."

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A woman screaming can be heard at the end of the dungeon. The only thing people close by could do was to hope she is graced by Ezra's mercy and killed sooner.

Bloodstains prints the dungeons floor as well as the walls. If anything this place could be mistaken as a torture chamber.

The other prisoners of the dungeon could only hope that the woman be put to death faster.

"Where is she ?" Ezra mutters in a grave tone as the woman goes mute all of a sudden. It's almost as if she was dead. "Sir Ezra..." A squire runs up to him with a letter on his hands. The squire comes to a stop looking down at the bloodied complexion of the silent woman. "Oh dear..." Just one look, he knew she was dead.

"The witch was well trained, she didn't utter a word. I'm pissed right now but I'm also impressed." He passed wiping his face.

The squire sighed, if this was his first time in the dungeon he would have passed out. His sister did warn him about the duke's brutality but he still took the job. "Impressed ?" The squire squirmed.

Ezra who was busy cleaning up finally turns to his squire. "What do you have that you couldn't wait till I got out of the dungeon ?"

Tilo the squire jerks caught off guard by Duke Ezra's smirk.

"Lady Anthonette sent word about your proposal"

"And so ?" How was that important to the Duke.

"She accepted your proposal my Lord. Your one step closer to finding that wom.." before Tilo could finish his sentence a sword was pointed straight up his neck.

"Tilo, how long have you worked here ?" The Duke asked.

"A year my Lord."

"Then you've been here long enough to know my goal is ?" Tilo arched a brow. Wasn't this all to find the empress ?

"I'm not quite sure my Lord..."

Ezra cocked a cheeky smile. "Then let me tell you." He walks up to Tilo yanking on his collar and whispers. "I want to find the woman who transmigrated into this world."