“No, I just……. I want to pretend it never happened.”
Was I too honest?
Facing Ian’s wavering eyes, I quietly avoided his gaze.
“I don’t think I can do that.”
“What?”
“That feeling was a first for me.”
“…….”
“The moment I blended my breath with you, even for an instant, I can’t forget it.”
What? Blend what?
“I don’t think about rejecting you. Even if you refuse, please give me a proper answer. This kind of evasion is not like you, senior.”
So what exactly is the answer?
Junior? No, the original male protagonist? I don’t know anything about it?
Holding back the words that almost escaped my lips, Ian briefly bowed his head and left the practice ground.
I only grabbed my head after Ian’s presence had completely disappeared.
Let’s think calmly.
“So on the eve……. It seems like something happened……. ”
I understood it in my head. The problem was that I had only opened my eyes to this body in this world three days ago.
In other words, I had no memory of the eve.
The original protagonist was demanding an answer, referring to that day’s events, which he did not even know about.
I felt like I had already failed.
Wasn’t their relationship bad in the original work?
“What exactly happened between the two?”
[Star Icon]“Miss, what would you like for breakfast?”
When I came out of the bathroom after washing up, a maid in uniform approached and asked.
“Can you bring it here?”
“Yes. Please wait a moment.”
I was sitting on the bed, and as soon as the door closed, I let out a faint sigh.
As I slowly lay back, I was enveloped by a soft sensation and a strangely uncomfortable feeling.
“It’s natural to feel awkward…… right?”
I calmly retraced the events of a few days ago. So that day was…….
‘Do you want to disappear like this too?’
I realized I was lying on cold asphalt when I heard that voice.
I could hear the rapidly receding engine sound, but no one seemed to be coming close.
I didn’t even know where the sound came from. I just felt a clear sensation that someone’s voice was reaching me.
‘I have a proposition for you.’
I had opened my eyes slightly as I writhed in pain. For a moment, in that flickering darkness, I thought I saw some light.
‘Would you like to live the life you wanted?’
It was not a satisfying life. At one time, I believed myself to be special, and I thought my life was in the midst of light.
But that was my arrogant illusion.
Even when my mother and grandmother passed away one after another, even when I had to quit fencing due to injury before entering high school, I endured stubbornly.
I just wanted to be acknowledged by my father and stepmother and worked hard for that…….
Only to realize that I was nothing more than a piece on their chessboard, and after that, my life turned into a shadow.
Perhaps I had thought it was a failed life.
Yet, was it the desire to live that drove me? Even though I had resigned myself to whatever may come, was there still some attachment left to life?
Before I even fully grasped what that question meant, I clenched my palms with all my might.
“Yes, that answer is enough.”
At that moment, a warm energy enveloped my body. All the pain vanished, and when I opened my eyes, I was in this world.
The world inside the book , which I had read at least dozens of times.
The original story was simple. A tale of Daisy, the female protagonist, unrequitedly in love with Ian, the male protagonist.
Daisy, who was terminally ill, happened to receive Ian’s help and became fond of him, but Ian had no interest in Daisy.
In fact, Ian was famous for being an impregnable man in the original work, not giving his side to any woman, not just Daisy.
Even when he became the crown prince, and soon after, the emperor, the seat beside him was always vacant.
In the original, Daisy continues her unrequited love for Ian, a coldblooded tyrant who doesn’t look back at her, until Ian dies on the battlefield and Daisy, too, breathes her last, meeting a sad ending.
So when I read the original, I had rooted for Edwin, the submale who had unrequited love for Daisy, rather than Ian.
“What I liked in this book were Daisy, Edwin, and…….”
The protagonist of this body.
“Rosebelia.”
My voice, which came out all at once, felt strangely unfamiliar, causing goosebumps on my arm.
Rosebelia Winters.
She was only a supporting character in the original work but was the strongest in the world view.
Having been in the White Knights of the Phonesis Empire, she suddenly defected to the Lenore Kingdom, became the knight commander there, and in a war against the empire that lasted nearly a year, she faced Ian repeatedly, eventually killing him.
And Rosebelia too succumbs to a fatal wound on the spot.
That’s not all. She was the pride of the Winters Duke family and was celebrated as the most beautiful woman in the empire.
Though a supporting character, her impact was so strong that I searched for mentions of Rosebelia after reading the ending, starting from the beginning again.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
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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