I’m the Cannon Fodder Fiancée Who Gets Slapped 300 Times
Mia slurped her instant noodles while scrolling through her laptop screen. The room was dim except for the soft blue glow from her desk lamp. She had been awake since midnight, reading the same webnovel she had been obsessed with for almost a month.
*Crown of Thorns*.
A story filled with magic, saints, betrayal, and one of the most infuriating male leads she had ever read.
"Cassian, you bastard," she muttered through a mouthful of noodles. "How do you mistreat your own fiancée? Are you stupid or just blind?"
She clicked to Chapter 100.
Seraphina, the fake saintess, was smiling sweetly again while plotting murder. As usual.
Mia rolled her eyes. "Fake witch. If I was Elara, I would've slapped you with the whole Bible."
Her phone chimed with a notification, but she ignored it. She stabbed her noodles again, flipping to the next paragraph. The scene showed Cassian accusing Elara—again—while defending Seraphina like a brainless golden retriever.
"For someone with royal blood," Mia grumbled, "you're spectacularly dumb."
She shoveled noodles into her mouth angrily.
Then it happened.
The book's screen flickered.
Mia blinked. "Huh?"
A faint glow spread across the words.
Then it brightened.
And brightened.
"Wait—hold on—what's going on?"
The entire chapter burst into white light.
Her noodles dropped from her chopsticks.
The light swallowed her vision, blinding, burning, wrapping around her like a net. She tried to back away, but her chair dissolved under her. Her breath caught in her throat. Her ears buzzed.
She reached out—her fingers touched nothing.
Then everything went silent.
And dark.
And cold.
Something slammed into her cheek.
A burning line of pain exploded across her skin.
Mia gasped—a real, painful gasp—and her eyes flew open.
The light was gone.
Instead, she was on a marble floor.
Two women held her down. Strong hands pinned her arms behind her back. A knee pressed into her spine. Her cheek was squished against freezing stone.
"What—what—" Mia choked.
Another lash hit her.
"Hold her still!" a voice snapped.
The whip cracked. Mia flinched as pain shot down her face. Her vision blurred from the force.
The room around her was tall and cold, covered in sharp silver designs. A giant mirror stood beside an ornate bed. White curtains fluttered from an open balcony.
This wasn't her apartment.
This wasn't Earth.
This—
Her heart stopped.
She knew this room.
She had read about it a hundred times.
"No way…" Mia whispered.
The girl reflected in the mirror had long silver hair. Pale skin. Red marks blooming across her cheek.
Elara von Rosenwald.
The villainess of *Crown of Thorns*.
The girl who gets slapped 300 times.
The girl who dies in Chapter 5.
Mia felt a chill race down her spine.
She wasn't dreaming.
She had transmigrated into the book.
"Stop struggling," one of the maids snapped.
But Mia wasn't listening.
Because she recognized the woman gripping a whip.
Dark hair in a tight bun. Cold eyes. Sharp smile.
Lila.
Seraphina's loyal dog.
Mia's stomach twisted. This is the opening scene… the abuse scene… the one where Elara begs for mercy…
Lila lifted the whip again. "Trash like you should stay silent."
Her arm swung.
The leather cracked against Mia's cheek. Pain flared again—sharp, hot, unbearable.
Mia hissed.
But she wasn't Elara.
She didn't beg.
"Get your filthy hands off me!" she snapped, trying to pull her arm free.
Both maids stiffened.
Elara never raised her voice.
Never fought back.
Never cursed.
So Mia did it again, louder this time.
"I said LET ME GO!"
Lila's eyes widened. "Oh? So the mute rat finally speaks?"
The other maids pressed Mia harder to the marble floor.
Lila smirked. "Push her down. Let's see how long her bravery lasts."
Mia's temper snapped.
"Where's your fake saintess?" she spat. "Call Seraphina. Isn't she the one pulling your strings?"
Giselle_lynette · Fantasy