Diana, who had been tossing and turning in bed, finally got up.
“I can’t stand it anymore. It’s bothering me too much.”
She slipped out of the mansion, evading the eyes of the sentries.
She scraped her ankle slightly while climbing a tree, but her skill was worthy of an 80 out of 100.
Diana was skilled at climbing trees even before her regression.
‘Perhaps it’s the vibe from experience?’ To enjoy dates disguised as chance encounters with Raoul, she had to sneak out of the castle, avoiding the eyes of the sentries.
At first, she clumsily climbed trees and often sprained her ankles. But every time she limped through the forest, Raoul would appear as if by magic.
“I told you not to come.”
He would narrow his brows and sigh, but he couldn’t leave a young girl alone on the night path.
“Do you want to die because of me?”
He would shoot cold words with an icy gaze, but his actions were kind and made her heart flutter.
Diana was the only one chattering away, but when riding on his back towards the castle, she felt as happy as if she owned the whole world.
“Will you come to get me again next time…?”
“I just happened to find you by chance today.”
His answers were always harsh, but Diana was young then.
She believed, and wanted to believe, that it was a favor.
‘It was a foolish thought, but…’
The two grew irreparably distant around the age of 13.
It was when the female protagonist Ayla was captured and brought to the duke’s castle, marking the beginning of the original story.
Diana was at her worst then. She interfered with Ayla and Raoul’s meetings, even threatening to report to her father.
She clung to Raoul to the point of annoyance, interfering between the pitiful female lead and Raoul, incurring the wrath of readers.
No matter how ignorant she was, it was immature behavior.
The Diana of the original story was a selfish brat, and she herself agreed with that assessment.
Diana, recalling her dark history, lowered her breathing and looked around.
The slave quarters began to appear in the distance through the trees.
Raoul always headed to the forest to look at the moon when he felt suffocated.
She expected he would surely appear today, as it was his first day at the castle.
Diana wrapped her noticeable black hair and face tightly with a long cloth.
People in this world all had colorful hair.
Black hair was not only distinctive but considered ominous, so there was no benefit in showing it.
‘Like this, no one will know it’s me.’
She planned to just quickly deliver the wound medicine to him and return.
However, unexpected noises came from behind the slave quarters.
“Are you crazy? If you go out now, it’s death!”
“Why would I stay captive when there’s a chance?”
“If you defy the duke, you’ll die! There’s an invisible curse on our bodies!”
“…Even if I die, I want to die by my family’s side.”
A man who looked like a dwarf began to climb the wall after an argument.
‘No…!’
Diana stood behind a tree, watching the scene.
“That idiot! He doesn’t stand a chance with that body…!”
There was a curse placed by her father on the slaves’ bodies.
‘Absolute obedience.’
They couldn’t take a single step outside the castle unless her father allowed it.
‘The lack of guards is because the curse is so powerful… Haven’t you heard the rumors?’
It was a curse so strong that even when Raoul became an adult lycanthrope, he nearly died.
As the man was about to reach his hand outside the wall, Diana, who had been hiding behind a tree, finally couldn’t hold back and ran out.
“Come down right now! You’ll die if you go out!”
Diana meant to stop him, but startled by the sudden appearance of an intruder, the man began to climb the wall even more urgently.
No!
“I’m not trying to report you! You’ll really die if you do that…!”
Completely ignoring her words, the man climbed the wall in a trance-like state. The moment he stretched his hand beyond the castle wall, black smoke appeared and his neck began to burn.
“Kugh, uwaaaaah… Aaargh…”
‘I am Arnel’s loyal dog.’
As the inscription was engraved on his flesh, the man’s neck twisted painfully.
If left like that, his whole body would be covered in cursed marks, and he would suffer and die.
Faced with the horrific sight, Diana clutched her head.
“Do something!”
The bird-man, who had been panicking indecisively, quickly changed his form at Diana’s shout.
As soon as he attached his wings close to the castle wall, the dwarf who had been precariously hanging fell backward as if fainting.
Fortunately, he fell onto the back of a friend waiting below, avoiding major injury, but he seemed to have lost consciousness.
Diana hurriedly ran to their side.
“Just a moment…!”
She generously applied fairy grass to the unconscious man’s neck.
It was medicine meant for Raoul, but now wasn’t the time to worry about that.
“Luckily the wound isn’t big, so it won’t leave a scar.”
Thanks to not sparing the medicine, the traces of the inscription on his neck seemed to be fading.
Diana sat down with a sigh of relief.
As she wiped her sweat with the covered cloth and caught her breath, the bird-man cautiously spoke.
“But who are you?”
Despite wearing a dark robe tightly over a plain lace nightgown, she couldn’t hide her well-manicured nails or fragrance.
The man’s gaze was unsettling. Cold sweat began to run down her back.
“Judging by your appearance… you seem to be a noble person. Could you perhaps be the young lady? I heard the duke has a young daughter…”
It was a rather awkward question with unclear intentions.
Diana stood up slowly without answering. But things didn’t go smoothly.
“…You… you damn noble bitch…!”
The man who had been lying down suddenly sat up and grabbed Diana’s wrist so tightly it felt like it might break.
“L-let go of this!”
Diana tried to twist and pull out her wrist, but the difference in strength was too great.
“What are you doing! Are you going to let the hostage escape?”
The man who had been stupidly frozen finally reached for Diana at his friend’s scolding.
It was a critical moment when she was about to be restrained, unable to move with both arms caught.
Aah!
With a sharp scream, the strength drained from the strong hand holding her.
A small wolf cub of unknown origin was clinging to his arm.
As Diana stood frozen with her mouth agape, the wolf changed its form and grabbed her wrist.
“Run!”
Her bent knees straightened, and her legs moved on their own.
The boy ran quickly, and Diana was dragged along like a floppy paper doll.
Feeling the cold air filling her lungs, Diana looked at the back of the boy running ahead.
Behind his silver hair fluttering in the wind, the round moon hung like a picture.
No way.
Feeling the warm temperature she hadn’t felt in a long time, Diana felt like she was dreaming.
The two stopped in the deep forest. Panting, she looked up and saw they were near a frozen lake.
The sound of dry leaves rustling filled the silence between them.
Raoul.
His face, seen up close after so long, was quite different from her memory.
His deep blue eyes were the same, but the lines of his features surrounding them were too soft.
Moreover, the two facing each other under the moonlight were about the same height.
He wasn’t the huge lycanthrope she always had to crane her neck to look up at.
“Are you alright?”
Staring at him blankly, Diana finally came to her senses.
“Ah… Yes! Th-thank you so much for saving me…!”
Diana fumbled as she gave a foolish greeting.
She tried to tighten the cloth covering her face more carefully, but her hands kept flailing in the air.
Hm?
She felt her cheeks but the cloth was mysteriously gone.
“Earlier, it flew away in the wind. Was it important?”
Only then did Diana realize her bare face was exposed.
“Ah, it’s not like that…”
She tried to cover her appearance with her hands, but it was of little use.
Raoul carefully examined Diana’s face revealed under the moonlight, as if searching for something.
As she fidgeted, not knowing what to do under his intense gaze—whether wary or interested—her right hand felt heavy.
“What’s that?”
Gasp, Diana just then discovered the medicine bottle she had unconsciously grabbed.
“Ah, this… it’s medicine…”
“Medicine?”
“Yes. It seemed like there were a lot of injured people earlier in the day…”
“So you brought this?”
“…Yes. Aren’t you hurt too? There’s blood on your back…”
Entranced by the dreamlike situation, she almost failed to notice his swollen back properly.
She thought it wasn’t a big wound since he got up quickly, but blood was flowing in the shape of a whip.
‘How much must it have hurt.’
The thought left a bitter taste in her mouth.
“Should I apply it for you?”
Her mouth was always the problem.
But now she wanted to treat him quickly.
There were only the two of them in this forest, and no one else to apply it.
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In This Life, I Won’t Be Foolish To Lose You Again (Female-dominant)
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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