Chapter 1

It was the day after Elena became a member of the military family, the Halos Duchy, when she recalled her past life.

Elena’s father, who was a regular knight, died after saving the life of the Duke of Halos in the war.

The little girl, who had nowhere to go, was taken in by the Duke of Halos.

It’s very sad for a thirteen-year-old child to lose her mother early due to illness and even lost her father.

Seeing that, the duke welcomed her, who was not even a nobleman, as a part of the family without hesitation because she was the daughter of a benefactor.

The duke did not adopt her as his daughter, but rather, he became her guardian. In addition, the duke provided convenience in her life by attaching her residence in the mansion.

Elena was very grateful for the generosity of the duke and vowed to pay it back in the future.

Though that was only until a few hours before waking up.

“Sigh.”

The girl, who had been lying in bed for hours, sighed softly.

She got up from the bed and approached the full-body mirror in the corner of the room.

In the mirror stood a girl with a dazzling appearance whom she had seen for years, but felt like a stranger today.

Red hair that reached her waist and blue eyes that shines like jewels.

From an objective point of view, she’s so pretty that her beautiful appearance is worth looking forward to in the future.

If it was in her previous life, she would probably be a fan and even cry, saying, ‘Unnie! Take me!’.

‘Are you really 13 years old?’

The girl in the mirror was so beautiful that even she herself had such doubts.

But soon, the girl sighed deeply.

Of all things,

‘I can’t believe I’m Elena Respell.’

She felt dizzy.

Looking in the mirror, Elena turned around and headed back to bed, and lay down on her stomach.

It was soon as she woke up from her sleep that she remembered her previous life.

Past memories flooded in like a tsunami.

As a result, Elena was very surprised.

In her previous life, she was an ordinary office worker. She lived a lonely life without family or friends.

She started her career at early 20s and has been living a fierce life every day. So she always yearned to rest.

She had no dreams about the future, and was just living and eating day by day. Therefore, she had no regrets in her previous life. Rather, she was happy that she’s given a new life.

But her joy was short-lived.

Elena immediately panicked.

The reason was simple.

That’s right, because this world was a novel she read in her previous life.

In her past life, her only joy was the romance fantasy she always read during her commute. But she didn’t expect that she would enter the world of the said novel.

At first, she was very surprised. Fortunately, it subsided a few hours later.

‘I think it’s because I’ve read too many novels.’

Or is it because of the memories of Elena Respell that remained intact in her head?

After living as Elena, she was able to quickly accept the reality, perhaps because she recalled the memories of her previous life.

But there’s a problem…

‘Because this is an R19 novel about regret.’

, the last novel she read in her previous life.

In the story, Elena was the villain, not the main character.

She’s also the mistress of the male protagonist.

‘She’s not even the girlfriend.’

She was a mistress who was abandoned with the male lead’s child.

‘The good news is that the original story hasn’t started yet.’

Elena is currently thirteen.

The novel begins when the male protagonist, who is a year older than her, turns 24.

That is, 10 years from now.

‘In the original, Elena was dumped by the male lead… around summer, 10 years later.’

However, Elena don’t have plans to have a child with Killian, the male lead, or even having an affair with him.

She don’t want to hang out with a trashy man who already had a fiancé but still got another woman pregnant.

Elena, who had been lying in bed for a while, jumped up and went back to the mirror.

‘You’re pretty, but this is just too beautiful.’

She looked fiercely in the mirror as if she had fallen into narcissism.

Elena was very beautiful even though she was not an adult yet. Her hair will remind you of roses, her small face is densely packed with features, and she even has a pure white skin.

There was not a single corner of her that was not pretty. She’s so beautiful, so much that the bastard Killian became twisted.

Though if she were Killian, she would also fall for myself.

Anyway, what did Elena lacked when she met Killian?

Of course, Killian was handsome. Because he wasn’t just someone else, he’s the male lead of the original novel.

But aside from his face, he’s completely mediocre. He wasn’t very capable, nor his brain was smart.

At best, there was only one thing Killian had.

The status of being the successor of the Halos Duchy, and in addition, the typical personality of being strong only to the weak.

He even cheated on his fiancé, the female protagonist, with Elena.

‘Ugh. It’s the worst.’

As she frowned, the girl in the mirror also frowned. Nevertheless, she was still beautiful, so she smiled.

‘You look prettier when you smile.’

Elena looked in the mirror for a while, then turned around and sat on the desk in the corner of the room.

Now that she had accepted the reality, it is time to make future plans.

She grabbed the quill on a blank piece of paper on the desk and began writing down the contents of the novel that she remembered.

In winter, nine years from now, Elena will have Killian’s child. Then she will be abandoned by Killian, a few months later in the summer.

The female lead, who was Killian’s fiancé, knows about the existence of Killian and his lover, but still accepted it without protest.

But when Elena became pregnant, she finally left Killian.

She met another male protagonist, lived a happy life, before reuniting with Killian, who abandoned his lover.

“Hmm.”

Elena, who was writing down the contents of the original, stopped her hands.

In fact, the content of the second half was not important to her.

At first, Elena was the male lead’s mistress, but she didn’t appear anymore after being abandoned by Killian. So it was meaningless to summarize the original content.

‘Then there’s only one thing important in my life.’

Elena moved her hands again and wrote it down. She was less confident, but she really liked it.

She smiled and picked up the piece of paper with letters written on it.