Chapter One - My New Life As A Demon Villainess

Scary.

The only word I can think of... seeing this person- no. demon I meant.

Such a serious and cold face, it made shivers to my frail and small body in which I just realized now.

Having a horn, the same as the maids I saw when I woke up wait his horns are scarier and larger, he looks scary.

Is this... the demon prince they said? And my father?

Still... I am confused about what is going on, where the heck am I?

And what I realized a while ago, why my body is so frail and small.

It is because I realized I'm in the body of a baby.

This just tops off my confusion right now.

Looking at the demon in front of me having him staring at me for quite a long time, it feels like any second now he will kill me.

Who would not be scared looking at a long-haired horned demon with devilish red eyes?

Because I am... right now.

Still staring daggers at me, I can hear my heartbeat going crazy right now.

C-Can he just stops staring? I'll die just by having him staring at me like he'll murder me.

When I saw his mouth twitched, little by little raising to a smile.

My face was filled with horror when I saw him smirked.

"Wu-wahh!"

I cannot take it anymore. He is too scary; I will cry much longer so that you'll leave the room.

"Wuuhu~ (sniff*)"

I quiet down for a second when I saw him telling the maids to come closer to him.

"Leave the room, I can handle this"

Wha-?!

I lay down there staring at them with widened eyes as they slowly bowed to the demon and turned back to the door.

Ah! Take me with you!...

No...

How can they leave me alone with this scary demon?

I flinched when I saw him glancing at me.

Suddenly he raises his hands and...

"(snap*)"

I heard a snap of a finger but then I could not see him. He was overshadowed in the corner of the room.

When I heard steps coming closer, I unconsciously gulped in nervousness.

As I tried to look at the silhouette once he walked close.

I blinked when I can finally see his face clearly.

Unknowingly my mouth hangs wide open as I stared at him

Is this the scary demon, I saw a while ago?

Right now, I am utterly shocked... by his- handsomeness.

...Yes

Not just his horns are gone but his hair is also neatly cut, I can clearly saw his masculine face, his jawline and I didn't notice his hair was dark green, I thought it was black.

The light mirrored his red glistening eyes, as my eyes widened when he genuinely smiled at me.

No! this is a different person, I swear!

Is this my father...? How can I have such a handsome father like that?!

Wait, no... he's a demon!

"Good morning, my princess"

Eh-heh... what?

I flinched when he suddenly held my back as he carries me. That made me have the opportunity to look at him closely.

And I regret it.

Ack!

My eyes are blinded by his features, such a perfect face, not expected for a demon.

He's even more handsome than my favorite Korean actors who have such awesome jawlines.

And most of all, stop smiling! Your perfect face is already too close I can't afford to receive more.

"Do you like daddy's face?" He chuckled.

Gosh, is he really a demon?

I nodded repeatedly answering his question.

But I felt like I've seen him before, his face.

"Well, you're more pretty, my princess"

Heh, stop fluttering me, dad.

Oh yeah, I realize I haven't seen myself yet, now that I'm in a baby's body.

I wonder how I look like.

Carried by my dad in his arms, I looked around the room as I saw a mirror.

"gwu-guh, mUh rawu(mirror)"

I tried to speak even though I only get to say gwu-guh so... I tried really hard getting close to the word as I pointed at the mirror.

I can't speak well, since I'm a baby.

"want to look at yourself?"

I nodded at him.

As he carries me to the table, he turned to it as he showed me my reflection.

...

H-How can this be?

I stared at myself in the mirror with wide eyes. Can't believe my form.

I'm way too far from looking like myself.

Who is this?... Whose is this body?

I slowly reach out to touch the tiny horns in my head.

It looked like the ones like the demon prince.

I blinked again to see if this is real.

Unknowingly, I touched my cheeks as I slowly pinched them.

Ouch! It hurts. It hurts-

No way, this is real.

I look again at my reflection; my eyes are red like his... like blood.

And the hair is black, like dark black.

"See? You're pretty, Jazaila"

Jazaila?

I-I swear I recognized that name before...

Slowly I looked at the demon prince, still in utter confusion, he looked at me as he smiled.

"Jazaila, my princess"

Princess... Jazaila?

Demon?!

Ah... my head hurts!

I'm feeling dizzy.

It feels so heavy.

I blinked seeing my vision became blurry, as lastly, I saw his concerned face, the demon prince.

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What is this?

Suddenly I saw a scene of I don't know where...

Ah! It's me!

I saw myself scrolling through my phone while laying down on the bed still in my school uniform.

Now, that's the real me.

I had brown, short hair and I am a geek in high school that's why I usually wear my eyeglasses... It's also because my vision is not clear.

(*Ding Dong)

"Ah! Rine's there"

Right! My best friend rine... I saw myself running to the door of my house as I welcomed her.

I saw my phone blinked that made me curious, so I walked to it.

Then... there I saw what I was reading.

Hm? 'Cage of Hearts?'

Oh... right this is the novel I always read, it's my favorite-

My eyes widened when it suddenly scrolls down then it stopped at a certain page.

T-This person...

It's the demon prince, that was with me a while ago! And...

Oh my freak, that girl...

No, no this can't be-

What's the meaning of all this?!

It's really her that I saw, it was the body I was in... a while ago!

Jazaila... that Jazaila, daughter of the demon prince.

My eyes went to the phone again when it suddenly scrolls down again through many chapters... then it stopped at a single line.

...

Yeah, I remembered what the book said.

Jazaila, s-she's the villainess of the story 'Cage of Hearts!'

W-What... then why was I in her body-

My eyes widened when my surroundings pitched black.

"What is going on?"

I blurted out trying to figure what's going on.

When I blinked again, I found myself in the streets just across my house.

(*sigh)

I thought something was wrong I'm back to normal-

I-I saw me again... Is this a dream? Why do I keep seeing myself?

I was surrounded by many people who are also going to cross the street.

As my eyes widened when I saw myself taking a step forward.

I quickly look at the walk signal it's still red, even though no cars have passed by... the signal says to not cross yet!

"Stop! Are you stupid!? It's still at red-"

(*BOGSH!)

"Oh my Ghod!"

"Ambulance... call the ambulance!"

"T-The student she just got-"

"Hit by a truck..." I quietly blurted out as I saw myself lying on the cold street unconscious, covered in blood.

I Died?

Like this?

Seeing this I slowly remembered my conscious self before that happened.

My mother called me for the first time after she left me before I started high school.

Due to shock and mixed emotions, it might be the reason why I unknowingly crossed the street.

I am so stupid! I raised my hopes wanting to hear her just ask about myself just once but she only called to tell me, she can't support my studies and can't give money for my rent because she'll marry someone else.

Seeing myself pulled up in a stretcher while being watched by strangers pitying me.

Then... when reaching the hospital, I didn't make it.

That's why I died... so I really did die.

I clenched my fist when I felt tears fell to my cheeks.

(*Blink)

I opened my eyes to see... multiple horns.

Reaching to the crib with concern plastered on their faces.

It's just the maids.

"She's awake!"

They began to rattle and rush outside as they closed the lights.

I took a breath as I look at my surroundings.

It's the same room I was in a while ago.

I moved my hands as I stared at it, I slowly reached to my head and I felt the small horn.

I was back in this body.

In the body of Jazaila. So, this is really real.

All of this... I died and now I'm alive in the body of a character inside a novel.

I am reincarnated as the villainess of the novel 'Cage Of Hearts'

I am reborn!

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