Chapter 1

Slap!

The right cheek became hot. Soon, there was a taste of blood in my mouth, and my tears came out.

“You vicious thing.”

When I lifted my head, holding on to the cheek that was slapped, I saw my ‘father’ looking at me with hatred in his eyes.

“You really thought I wouldn’t know if you tried to hide it? You are vicious and vicious.”

“…I am not.”

My voice kept shaking due to how unfair this was.

“I am not a gumiho1, father.”

“Stop lying.”

I hurriedly tried to defend myself, but his face became more distorted. He, of course, didn’t believe in my words.

While kneeling down, I quietly looked up at the girl crying near his side. She was already pretty but looked even prettier while crying. I was the one who wanted to cry, but since I couldn’t, I felt like swearing.

“How could I harm a bull that’s the size of a house. I’m sure there’s some kind of misunder…”

“Father, please forgive Yeonhee.”

I forcefully stopped my tears and asked for forgiveness, but my ‘sister’ interrupted me.

“Yeonhye, you also know this. When this incident happened, besides the slaves, there was only that girl inside the house. Then, the culprit is obvious. How could you side with her?”

“But father, Yeonhee is my younger sister.”

Yeonhye knelt next to me and begged while shedding tears.

“Even if she is a gumiho, we are a sibling that’s been raised together for 10 years. Even an animal repays favors if raised well, how could a spiritual being not. I’ll teach her well. Please don’t kick Yeonhee out.”

Huh?

This tear-jerking drama happening in front of me was ridiculous. I wanted to get up immediately and tell them to stop acting like this, but my legs refused to move no matter how hard I tried.

“Sigh, okay.”

After Yeonhye cried and begged for a while, Daegam2 looked down at me with a more relaxed expression and spoke.

“Since Yeonhye is begging so much, I am willing to forgive you for this once. However, you better reflect on it sincerely. This should never happen again inside the house.”

“Sob… Thank you, father.”

I didn’t know whether to say thank you or stop to Yeonhye for even apologizing in my place.

However, my mouth refused to open easily like it’s been sealed shut with glue. My body also refused to move like it’s been tied up. My body was limp until the servants came to the room and lifted me up.

“Take that child and lock her in the storeroom! You better not give even a drop of water to her for four days.”

“Yes, my lord!”

Endure it.

I repeated this expression over and over again in my head and staggered up. Yeonhye looked at the sight of the servants dragging me with teary red eyes. I didn’t want to see her anymore, so I turned my head.

“Yeonhye, hurry and get up. You shouldn’t worry because of that thing.”

“Sob sob, father.”

I could hear the conversation between a friendly father and daughter well even through the door. Rather than sad, I was annoyed because I was tired of it.

“My lady, please stay quietly.”

The servants threw me into a dark storeroom without a hint of sunlight, closed the door quickly, and locked it. There was a sound of chains being wrapped as well.

At the same time, an unknown power that held my body was released.

“Whew, is this finally over?”

My whole body was exhausted. I sat down on the haystack and massaged my arms and legs.

“This episode is rather long. Ow, I was even physically assaulted.”

I felt miserable while rubbing my painful cheek and muttering.

Until when do I have to live as a punching bag?

Surely it can’t be until the female lead sees the ending?

Suddenly scared, I tried my hardest to recall the content of a guide that I could now barely remember.

However, the more I thought about it, it was depressingly clear that I became a scapegoat.

“Damn.”

What do I have to do in order to get out of this game?

Right now, I possessed a body of a villainess in a historical reverse-harem game.

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