Chapter 1

[UNEDITED]

Note: I'm not fluent on English so bear with me, and I'm also not that fluent on Korean (I only studied for four years and somehow stopped but I'm planning to studying it once again). Also, please do not expect a daily update (although I'm planning to do this daily till Chapter 10+), I'm planning to translate this completely but I'm not a superhuman, I couldn't do this quickly. :)

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Sooin, who stands out for her innocent appearance, has captivated the hearts of many men because of her beautiful appearance since childhood. But she had to deal with the jealous gaze from around her.

"Lee Sooin stole her friend's boyfriend again. It hasn't even been a week since she had him."

"Do you mean the one who manages fishery well**. She's a real evil woman."

(** In Korea, if you manages fishery, it meant that you're keeping/making a harem)

The women around her spread false rumors as if they were true. The men who were rejected by her joined this and inflated the groundless rumor to the fullest.

After these things were repeated several times, Sooin became like a villain in the drama. And that was enough to change the naive and timid Sooin.

She was no longer as sweet as she was afraid of being hated by others.

"Stop breaking up. Just looking at you makes me angry."

Sometimes she beat up the men around her without hesitation.

"It's not his fault. I'm sure I did something that could be misunderstood."

Sometimes she pretended to be naive and kind, making trouble for those who stood out on her eyes.

"You'll get the same one too, one day."

Haeyeon said to such Sooin as if she was cursing.

One day, she suddenly approached Sooin, pretending to be friendly. Using Sooin, she has a wild dream of becoming Lee Han's lover, a man who snoops around Sooin. At first, Sooin helped Haeyeon out of ignorance of her true intentions, but in the end, she did not become a lover with him. Then she made Sooin the target of her anger. She thought everything was over, but after a long time, Haeyeon boldly approached Sooin once again. With the dark desire to be in a relationship with one of the men around her again. But this time, when Sooin did not help her, she maliciously spread bad rumors about her again. However, the person who suffered more damage was Haeyeon, who spread the rumor.

Sooin used the same way as Haeyeon. She created a bad story about Hae-yeon and spilled it on a man she had a crush on, and as a result, she was full of his hatred. He will now hate hearing her name.

"I'm so sorry I'm not that foolish."

Sooin recalled what happened in the morning and said with a laugh. Haeyeon had to listen to several words like that, so it would be quite painful every time she met him.

Sooin snorted as she recalled Haeyeon's swears on her. She was sure that she would never suffer as horribly as she did. If that happens, she have already been beaten and beaten countless times like that before. Now she know too well their patterns of framing other people.

Sooin got up from her seat. After dealing with the troublesome work, her tired body kept leading her to bed. She thought she needed to put her eyes together for a bit now.

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"Didn't you say you're close with Jung Yihan?"

"Yeah. We lived in the same neighborhood until we went away."

"Are you two not dating?"

"No, but why?"

Despite the rather sudden questions, Sooin answered her question without much doubt. Because she has always been a good and sweet friend of Sooin.

"Really? Can... you do me a favor?"

"What is it? Anything I can help you with."

Sooin promised to do her favor without listening properly to what she suddenly said.

"Help me to be with Jung Yihan. They say they will listen to everything you say..."

"But that's still a little..."

Her desire to help was like a chimney, but she couldn't respond positively to her words because she couldn't control people's feelings.

"Can't you really do this? I liked him all the time since we entered college."

Haeyeon, who was always bright, quickly uttered a slightly weeping voice. In the end, Sooin could not refuse her words to the end.

"... Okay, I'll help you. So don't be too depressed."

"Thank you so much!"

As soon as Sooin said yes, Haeyeon smiled broadly. At that moment, Sooin faltered back without even realizing it. It's because she remembered seeing the same side of Haeyeon one day.

"I heard that black-haired beasts are not supposed to be picked, why did I do that? A kid like you should've been left to live like such a crappy rumor.'

The chilling feeling started from her fingertips and spread to her whole body. It became increasingly difficult to breathe for her. As such unpleasant senses continued, hwr eyes became darker and darker. She felt like she couldn't get out of this place.

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"Huff, huff."

In the dream, Sooin, who woke up, wrapped her arms and breathed heavily. It was really unlucky for her to have such a bloody dream today. She thought she had to do something to blow away this dirty feeling. For example, she would prepare another fun event on the way to hit Haeyeon's back of the head properly.

With that determination, Sooin got up from her seat. She rubbed her eyes that weren't open yet and found the mirror like a habit. But she soon hardened on the spot, and she could only say a word.

"... Isn't it crazy?"

When she saw herself in the mirror, Sooin's eyebrows were greatly frowned, and one eyebrow went up. Sooin quickly looked through her body. She could see that she was now wearing a princess's dress with a thick lace.

Is that all? The face in the mirror that she looked into once again was shocking enough to make her speechless even though she had just seen it once. This assertive face was definitely the face of a Westerner. In addition, the scenery inside her room that she finally saw was something she could only see in a European castle.

She couldn't believe it even when she saw it. Is it another bloody dream? Or did her eyes got weird? Or something crazy...

"No. There's not way that's not it."

Sooin shook her head hard. Even if she thought about that, she thought she went too far. She didn't want to think that much. However, Sooin seemed to have gone crazy because of her unorganized mind. After struggling with herself for a long time, she eventually sighed and stood up. Then she boldly opened the door where she was.

Squeak. The door in front of her opened so easily.

"M-miss Vekinia, you're already awake."

A woman dressed as a maid greeted her with her head bowed. Sooin suddenly received that greeting.

"Oh, that's right."

"M-miss Vekinia, did I say something rude?"

But when she heard that, she was even more restless. Seeing this, Sooin's eyes became thinner.

'Come to think of it...'

She have seen the name Vekinia before. In a novel that she read for a while yesterday. So Vekinia was the name of the villainess in there. She was picky, fickle, and tried to do whatever she wanted. So she put the heroine in crisis every time. Then, later, she was avenged by her and faced a disastrous end.

She thought it was the worst to pretend to be nice and try to bully someone who is better than her. It reminds her of someone around her who has no ability and is only greedy. But please...

"What about Inette?"

She thought it was nonsense, and she didn't want to think that it happened again, but Sooin was already thinking about it without her knowing. It was said that she had became the villainous Vekinia.

So she brought up what Vekinia would often say.

"Inette has decided to rest for a few days since yesterday."

"Well, that's right."

She didn't know Inette, who is closest to Vekinia at home, went on vacation since yesterday. Sooin clicked her tongue inside her frustrated heart. Finding someone who went on vacation yesterday today might have looked a little suspicious. Still, whether it was unfortunate or fortunate, she was able to know her situation clearly.

'Wait, she wasn't very close to other maid at home except for Inette. So the two of us always worked together to bully the heroine, Mianel. By the way, is it good or bad for me that Inette is away now?'

Sooin naturally considered the current situation due to her unexpected absence. Inette had a good chemistry with Vekinia, so when she returned to this home, she might encourage her to bully Mianel right away.

She stood there, lost in thought, not saying anything. The maid, as if almost frozen, kept her spot and looked at her. An awkward silence fell between them, just as someone appeared between them. It was Vekinia's father, Count Nersid.

"It's unexpected that you woke up at this hour, Vekinia."

Sooin came to her senses at the sudden voice of a dignified man. And even though it was a short time, she carefully chose her words and answered him. There was a story that Vekinia's father cared about her very much, so the relationship between the two would not have been so bad. First of all, she just said good morning.

"Good morning, father."

"... Of course."

Her words made Count Nersid's face puzzled. But soon, with a light response, his expression disappeared like snow melting.

'From his attitude a while ago, Vekinia doesn't seem to be very close to her father.'

Sooin was quite embarrassed. Because there was already a different part than what she read in the book.

However, when she thought calmly, she was able to guess the reason about two things. When she enter this novel, the original story has changed, or simply the character's personality has changed depending on the point of time.

'From Mianel's point of view, even if she often see Vekinia's face, she can't know the family situation very closely.'

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"Yeah, what do you want me to do?"

Count Nersid said the same thing as Vekinia sat down.

'It seems like a formal relationship between a father and a daughter. It's weird.'

Even with that thought in mind, Sooin calmly responded to that. This was what she thought when she went into her room for a while to fix her hair and change her clothes before breakfast was ready.

"Please call a tutor."

"I postponed that moment because your mother asked me to. What kind of fickle am I?"

'What. You hated her education not because of Vekinia's request, but because of her stepmother, Countess Laene?'

It sounded like it would have been useless if it had not been for her request, even if Vekinia had asked the Count to do so. Anyway, what she said a while ago was somewhat different from what she usually said, so she needed an additional explanation for this. The reason why she suddenly changed my mind is...

"I have a person I love. I want to look good to him."

Sooin looked Count Nersid in his eyes and said, with a solid momentum, he knew at once that she wasn't in vain.

"So, is it because of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince Rayshid? Didn't he say he couldn't be with you from the beginning?"

He cut off her words and smirked. Sooin's face frowned for a moment, but the experienced woman soon corrected her expression and spoke calmly.

"No. The person I'm talking to my father about is not His Highness the Crown Prince, but his older half-brother, the Imperial Prince Hisis."

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