I Became the Villain's Sister (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 15
It was strange. No one told me who that person was, yet even though it was my first time seeing him, I knew who he was.
The man walking toward me was definitely Marquis Liberto. The man my so-called parents intended to marry me off to.
“Marquis Liberto.”
“Huh? Big sister?”
Without realizing it, I spoke the man’s name. Whether he recognized me from the start, he was also walking toward me slowly but clearly.
“Big sister, you don’t look well.”
Worried, Shasha stood up from her seat and quickly brushed my cheek.
“Your face has gotten really cold too.”
“Shasha, if something happens to us… what did I tell you to do?”
“Pigeons!”
“Yes. Pretty.”
The fact that Marquis Liberto himself had come suggested he might drag me away by force.
It wouldn’t be surprising if the Countess handed me over entirely this time. That might even be what the Countess wanted, and the thought sent a chill down my spine.
“If something happens to me… right away…”
“Don’t worry! The pigeons are smart and will go right away!”
Somehow… I couldn’t shake the feeling that the pigeons might be dancing with green onions. It must be my imagination. In the midst of this serious and anxious moment, thinking about Shasha’s pigeon knights completely eased my tension.
Flapping and dancing in perfect formation…
‘No, is it even possible to train pigeons? I’ll have to check next time.’
The image kept coming to mind, and I managed a slight smile.
“Yes, Shasha. Thank you.”
“Yay! Shasha is so happy when big sister says thank you. It gives me strength!”
“I get strength because Shasha is here too. But, big sister… the pigeons already…”
“Huh?”
“Oh, no, nothing!”
Shasha, about to say something, quickly shut her mouth. I had a feeling I should press further, but I didn’t have the energy to pursue it.
It felt like the situation was spiraling urgently.
The Marquis was getting closer to me. My palms felt sweaty. I tried to act calm, but I was nervous.
Still, the good thing was that thinking about protecting Shasha made my anxiety gradually fade.
In the meantime, the man, who had been quite far away, came right up to us.
“I heard my future wife is here, so I came.”
I looked up and faced him properly.
He looked like he could collapse any moment. If not for the golden cane supporting him, he might have fallen already.
Yet his gaze scanned me in a way that made me uncomfortable. His eyes’ movement toward me, sitting down, was even more obvious.
The man didn’t say anything, as if waiting for my response. He just smirked.
I, too, didn’t say a word to him for a long time. I just stared. I didn’t even want to speak.
‘Chills.’
My whole body was covered in goosebumps. Maybe because I ate too much chicken in my past life, my skin felt like it had turned into poultry.
I didn’t fully understand what it meant to instinctively be wary of someone, but now I knew. This urge to run, to escape, screaming inside me—that was instinct.
I wanted to ignore this man completely or leave this place, but doing so wouldn’t change anything. And if I did, that irritating gaze would likely persist.
In the end, I slowly stood up and faced him. Our height difference wasn’t even that much. He might even be shorter than me. I hid Shasha behind me and glared at him.
“Future wife? Is there such a person here?”
“Pretending not to know, Isabella Belochi?”
“Pretending? If you’re talking about a future wife, that implies an engagement. Is there anyone here engaged to you?”
I shook my head and shrugged, as if I truly knew nothing. Meanwhile, the Countess, standing behind the Marquis, suddenly poked her head out.
Acting as if she had nothing to do with this, like a mere bystander, the Countess stepped forward, visibly annoyed.
“Isabella! What rudeness in front of His Excellency Marquis Liberto!”
“Rudeness? He scanned me in a way that made me uncomfortable the moment he saw me. Should I be polite?”
But despite my words, the Marquis didn’t back down at all.
“Making you uncomfortable? I was merely looking, my lady.”
“Oh, really? Just looking, and yet your eyes are still fixed on my chest?”
As expected from the rumors of his perverse tendencies and obsession with women, the Marquis was acting true to his reputation.
And shamelessly so, because even after I pointed it out, he didn’t seem fazed at all.
Instead, he smirked as if amused. Chills ran down my spine again.
“What’s wrong with me looking at what’s mine, my lady?”
And why is he licking his lips? Ugh, it’s disgusting just to look at. Drooling over a woman young enough to be his child. Goosebumps rose again.
He could be fried in oil, and it wouldn’t be a problem. My whole body is covered in goosebumps. Ugh.
“Yours? You’re talking about me like I’m an object. I’m not an object.”
“Well, I’ve already paid the price. So, doesn’t that make you mine?”
“Price? I’ll return whatever it is…”
I quickly retorted, but he shook his head firmly, as if he’d anticipated it.
“Even so, the fact that I bought you doesn’t change. And the dowry I paid is far too expensive for you to repay.”
My face stiffened. Seeing I was speechless, he struck the floor with his cane.
“Pay it back if you can. Though you’d never earn enough in your lifetime to do so.”
The Marquis licked his lips while staring at me. He’s not a snake, so why is he acting like this? I hate it even more. Ugh. I know you shouldn’t judge people by their appearance, but this man was truly awful.
‘Ha. And they still wanted to marry me, their daughter, to him? How much did he pay to hand me over to someone like this?’
Or perhaps, knowing I’d never be able to repay even a modest sum, they made sure I couldn’t.
I glared at the Countess, who stood there confidently.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“…”
“Oh, don’t worry. Our family has no intention of paying it back, Isabella. So why didn’t you just listen to your mother? Ho ho.”
My teeth ground together.
That’s it. They knew I had no money, nothing to pay back with.
All I have are a few jewels, and even if I sold them, they wouldn’t amount to much. That’s why they did this. My so-called parents schemed.
How could they do this? The man was even worse than the rumors, yet these so-called family members, these parents, didn’t feel the slightest bit guilty.
“Your Excellency, isn’t she far lovelier than I described?”
“Yes, she looks quite… delicious.”
I’m not food, so what’s delicious? This is maddening.
“Well, she’s a bit ill-mannered, but taming her will be enjoyable.”
“Yes, food is always more fun when it’s fresh and lively. Shall we go then?”
“Wait, hold on!”
“What? Do you still have something to say, my lady? No matter what you do, the situation won’t change. You’ll come with me unless you can pay back the money I gave. Heh heh.”
Should I grab Shasha and run? He looks old and probably couldn’t catch up.
That’s when it happened. Like an angel sent from heaven, a divine voice rang clearly in my ears.
“What if I pay that money back?”
Oh, God, you haven’t abandoned me.
A voice came out of nowhere. It was a voice I knew so well—or wanted to believe I knew.
A cool breeze blew in. And with that breeze, a man walked to my side. Everyone present seemed to recognize him, bowing their heads in unison.
“Y-Your Imperial Majesty.”
“Y-Your Majesty… what brings you here… You visited just a few days ago, and now again…”
Unlike the Marquis, who hurriedly bowed, the Countess only slightly lowered her head before raising it, looking flustered.
“What? Did I come somewhere I shouldn’t have, Countess?”
“N-No, that’s not it… I was just worried about taking up the time of someone so busy with trivial matters…”
“What a loyal subject, thinking of the Emperor’s time. But did such a person forget what I said? I clearly stated that Isabella is to marry me. Do you find my words laughable?”
As expected, the Countess was left speechless, her mouth shut tight.
Looking at the Emperor, who seemed especially dependable today, I felt a strange sensation. Perhaps because reinforcements had arrived, the desperate thoughts of escaping this situation vanished, replaced by a question.
‘How did he get here? So quickly?’
Even if Shasha sent her pigeon assassins, could they have arrived this fast? It’s almost as if he was waiting right outside the house.
It was an abnormal speed. I’m truly grateful he came, but he arrived too quickly.
But before I could ask, the Marquis started flapping his lips. Whether he’s obsessed with women or not, he didn’t back down even in front of the Emperor, busy saying what he wanted.
“I humbly submit, but that woman is rightfully mine, bought with my money. Even if Your Imperial Majesty says so, I have ownership.”
“Bought with money?”
“Yes. It’s an amount she can’t repay. Even the Count’s family said they wouldn’t return it, so she must marry me.”
His words, still treating a person like an object—no, a tool—made me feel worse and worse.
Then, the Emperor smirked and shrugged.
“Then what if I pay that money back?”
“What?”
“Are you hard of hearing in your old age? Or are you ignoring me? I clearly said earlier, what if I pay that money back?”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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