CH 2

“Why Eve of all people?”

Since I didn’t dream of becoming the female protagonist, I could have just become one of the maids or some people passing by.

A beggar outside the palace might have been better than Eve.

Because beggars have at least some freedom.

However, I’ve become that ‘Eve’.

The female protagonist’s half-sister and the worst villain in the story.

It’s rather a common development of some romantic novel, but the problem is….

“The female protagonist has already appeared and is already making a name for herself as a blessed saint.”

Counting the chronological order, it was now more than half past the original plot.

In other words, we are now in the part in which Eve is already harassing the female protagonist and is being hated by all of the people around her.

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‘But why did it have to be this part when I possessed this body?’

If It would have been better, If it was in the beginning of the story, then I would have tried to change my image somehow and get along with the female protagonist.

‘But what can I do when my relationship with all of the people around me is already ruined?’

Besides, there was a bigger problem.

As I was checking the present date I realized something even more shocking.

“Eve’s death…… That means that I only have a month and a half left, right?”

Even though Eve was a villain who stands in opposition to the female protagonist, she was killed in vain in the middle of the story.

Because she would be murdered before the day of her wedding with the Grand Duke.

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(Eve’s POV)

Eve’s fiance, Grand Duke Lenz Terrence, the sub-male lead of this novel.

Was a very handsome man that was loved by all noble women.

Not only that, he was also a war hero who fought and achieved victory at the age of 15.

Thanks to that, now that he has come of age, he now has a powerful force that is enough to threaten the Emperor.

And Eve falls in love with the great Grand Duke at first sight and clings to him every time she sees him.

‘Which was a really a stupid choice.’

The male protagonist, the Vice-Captain of the Imperial Knights, was cold to his enemies but warm and caring towards his own woman, but the sub-male lead the greatest mastermind in the story, the Grand Duke, was equally cruel to everyone, regardless of age or gender.

The story focused on the love life of the female and male protagonists, so the situation of the empire or the power structure were not described in detail.

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But even in the midst of this, the battle between the Grand Duke and the Emperor was just passing by in the story.

The Grand Duke was fighting fiercely for power behind the scene with the current Emperor.

However, the ever so simple Eve did not understand such a political situation.

She just fell desperately in love with the handsome Duke, and struggled to marry him.

When the Grand Duke refuses to marry, Eve stops eating and even declares a hunger strike just so that she can marry the Grand Duke.

‘But of course she didn’t really starve herself, it was just all an act.’

She only pretended to act like she was starving, and ordered her maid to secretly bring some bread at night.

Still, the hunger strike worked.

The ministers started to appease the Grand Duke, saying that they could not let the Princess die due to hunger.

At that point, the Grand Duke, who hates Princess Eve, has no choice but to accept the marriage.

‘But it was all the Emperor’s scheme.’

The Emperor, who was threatened by the young Grand Duke’s influence, plans to use his troublesome daughter, Eve, to trap him.

His plan was to assassinate Eve just before the wedding day and accuse the Grand Duke for murder and they planned to spread rumor with the content of:

“The ambitious Grand Duke resented his marriage to the ruthless Princess, as he saw it as an insult.”

‘However, unable to refuse the wedding, he then assassinates the bride in anger.’

It was a story the world could fully accept.

Since it makes sense that the only person who had full motive to kill Eve was the Grand Duke himself.

Eventually, Eve was assassinated according to the Emperor’s plan the day before her wedding.

Next to Eve’s body, the dagger used by the knights of the Grand Duke remained as evidence.

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It was too contrived to be evidence, but people doubted the Grand Duke as if it was natural.

Because there was no one who could have a motive to murder the Princess except for the him.

‘Fortunately, since he was considered to be the final mastermind, the Grand Duke managed to deviate himself from the trap.’

Instead, he had no choice but to join hands with the Male Lead.

He also becomes close with the Female Lead, Sorel. And enter her harem as one of the sub-male leads.

In the end, everybody was united and all had a happy ending. 

Eve, who died in vain, is not even mentioned until the end.

It was a satisfying ending for the reader, but the problem is that I am now Eve.

When I figured out the situation, it was absurd.

“Why? Why is my life always like this?”

In my first life I died in an accident, after I suffered a lot just to survive.

And on the second life, I would be murdered soon, just after I possessed this body.

‘How can my two lives always be a mess?’

‘Was I cursed?’

I possessed the body of Eve, exactly 44 days before the wedding day.

’44 days…. How come it sounds so ominous from the number of days itself?’

If I’m going to match the number of days, I’d say 444 days or 4,444 days. But I can’t believe that I have about a month and a half left in my new life.

‘I don’t want to end up like what happened to the original story.’

It has been 4 days since I woke up from this body.

On the first day, It passed by while I’m trying to figure out about my current situation, and on the second day It went on in an instant while looking around at my surroundings.

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After that, two whole days have already passed by without any progress, as I contemplate on how I should adjust to the life of being Princess Eve and escape death.

‘So that means…… I only have 40 days left to live.’

My life that had only 44 days left has now become one month and 10 days left to live.

‘I’ve got a second life, but I can’t die in vain like this.’

‘I have to figure out a way to survive somehow.’

As I got out of bed and approached the mirror on the wall.

My face was reflected in the golden mirror.

The reflection shows, a red-haired beauty who looked about 19 years old was rubbing her face with a stupid expression.

“You look too innocent for a villain.”

Delicate blue eyes that look so gentle. A straight nose, pale pink lips, smooth white skin, and long stretched red-blonde hair.

She was beautiful, but somehow she had a gentle and cute impression to be considered as a villain.

‘I can’t believe that she has done a lot of evil doings with a face like this…. Just like what other people say, you cannot judge the true nature of a person just by looking at their appearance.’

As I was staring blankly in the mirror, the door suddenly opened with a click 

“Oh my, Princess…. !”

The sand-haired maid that I met before when I first woke up to this body, looked at me and bowed her head in shock.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Princess. I didn’t know that you’re already awake….”

“No, it’s okay.”

Even after I said that it’s okay the maid continued to shake her head and said.

“Your Highness, I’ll go and prepare the water for you to wash.”

After a while, warm water filled with flower petals was prepared in the bathroom that was as spacious as the bedroom.

With the help of the maids, I took a bath and washed my hair with rose water.

I feel much better, after washing my body with fragrant water.

While I was taking a bath, the maids moved in unison.

‘Everybody was completely disciplined.’

It feels like I’m seeing some well-trained soldiers rather than maids.

It was rumored that Eve became sick during her hunger strike and has been in bed rest for several days.

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After I woke up from this body, the maid said anxiously.

“Everyone was very worried because your fever was so high for several days.”

“And you suddenly fell into a coma in the middle of the night and were about to call an Imperial physician, when you suddenly woke up.”

‘Perhaps the real Eve was dead then.’

In the book, Eve gets ill for a while, but recovers quickly after only a few days of illness.

But this time she died.

And that Is when I entered this body.

Anyway, since Eve had been lying down for a while, no one thought it was strange even though I was confined to the Imperial Palace for ten days.

Rather, everyone looked worried because they thought that I would be more eccentric than usual.

When I came out after taking a bath, the maids immediately ordered breakfast.

“Breakfast is ready.”

There were so many dishes that there was not enough space on the table.

Five kinds of soups and crepes, ravioli that was made in three different meat frittatas, colorful pies and fruits…..

It was such a luxurious menu that the word breakfast was overshadowed.

As I took a seat at the table and sat down.

I was wondering what to eat first, but the cream-colored silk gloves next to the bowl caught my attention first.

Eve, who has an extreme mysophobia, wears gloves even when she eats.

When I glanced through the closet there were hundreds of gloves piled up.

‘Come to think of it, this was the main reason as to why Eve became a fake saint in the original plot.’

Fake.

It was a modifier used by the people of the Empire whenever they mention Eve.

Strictly speaking, Eve was not fake.

Because Eve was really born with a ‘divine power’.

A daughter born into an Imperial imperial family lineage is gifted with a divine power.

As proof of that fact, princesses have always been born with special abilities since the founding of the country.

But of course, the amount of innate divine power was different for each Princess, and the characteristics of those powers were also different.

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Among them, Eve’s divine power was foresight, that is, the power to see the future.

The problem is that that ‘foresight’ was really an insignificant ability.

In the past, Princesses with the ability to foretell predicted major events in the history of the country, such as victory or defeat in wars and natural disasters.

But Eve could not see any important happenings.

She could only see some trivial future, such as an accident like when a tea cup would break or tomorrow’s weather.

Even then, she hadn’t seen any foresight ever since she was 10 years old.

After years of incapacity, people thought Eve had completely lost her powers.

‘Actually, her ability didn’t disappear.’

The truth is, her ability was still intact, but the way she was supposed to use it was the one that changed slightly.

TO BE CONTINUED….