“Hmm, I suppose so.”
Evangeline looked resentfully at the marble floor of the sanctuary. Her shoe heel had apparently broken after getting caught in one of the small gaps between the marbles.
I smiled slightly.
“There is a way for the lady to walk to the carriage safely…”
I trailed off, gauging Evangeline’s reaction.
Having already deviated from the novel’s script by mistakenly calling her by name, life was, after all, a series of improvisations. As long as I ended up in Seoul, the route didn’t matter.
Evangeline asked, intrigued.
“With these shoes?”
“Of course. The first option is,”
I pointed to my shoes.
“to exchange shoes with me, and the second is,”
I pointed to her foot.
“to break the other shoe heel as well, making it like a ballerina flat.”
Flat shoes only started to become popular in the 1950s in my world, so in the setting of this novel, the flat style might not have been generalized yet for women’s footwear.
Hoping my guess was correct, I waited for Evangeline’s response.
As expected, Evangeline smiled with interest.
“That’s a unique idea. Making both flat.”
“You’re a noble lady, yet without attendants, so I thought I’d break the mold too.”
Evangeline boldly took off the remaining shoe and handed it to me.
“Would you mind?”
I gladly took the shoe and broke the heel without hesitation.
Though my actions were decisive, my words were cautious.
“I apologize for damaging your precious shoes.”
“Don’t mention it. They were going to be useless anyway.”
Evangeline tried on the now-flattened shoes, moving her feet around. She smiled brightly, seemingly pleased.
“Muzel, I owe you a great deal. I’ll return the favor soon.”
An opportunity for a follow-up? I couldn’t refuse.
“The thought of receiving a favor from Countess Evangeline is too tempting to decline. I’ll be waiting.”
“Hehe, until next time.”
Evangeline’s silver hair swayed gently as she walked away.
“Ah…”
I let out a long sigh after Evangeline had completely disappeared.
It seemed I had managed to navigate the first meeting event successfully. Despite the initial blunder of addressing Evangeline by name, her easygoing nature allowed everything to end smoothly.
“Wow. She’s really charming.”
Knowing about Muzel yet not condescending towards him, and possessing a beauty that could momentarily captivate even a fellow woman like me. Indeed, should she be called the heroine of a romance novel? She truly had it all.
Unlike the male lead who gradually falls for the heroine, Muzel was smitten with her from the start. This was evident throughout the novel. He was a supportive male character with overflowing consideration, but only for the heroine.
Anyway, I had met everyone I needed to. The ‘villainess transmigration’ story by Lumi had passed its initiation stage.
“Tch, still a long way to go.”
I wanted to cleanly wrap up the story without bothering with its rise and climax, hoping to return to the real world with Lumi.
Having finished my business, I stopped by the post office before returning to the palace. There, I sent a telegram to Lumi.
Since the cost of a telegram was cheaper with fewer characters, I used as brief a phrase as possible.
Although I started reading the novel because of Lumi, I quite enjoyed it myself.
That was mainly due to the setting of this world.
I’ve always had a penchant for steampunk or Victorian-era settings, and this novel, “The Countess’s Reversal Story,” hit all my preferences perfectly.
Of course, this world wasn’t exactly like the Victorian era.
Like most romance novels, it was a charming world created by blending different settings. The existence of the sanctuary was proof of this. A place where even oracles occasionally descended.
While I was pondering over the sanctuary, the postal clerk who accepted my telegram smiled and said,
“It will be delivered by tomorrow morning.”
Oh, faster than I expected.
I decided to wait for Lumi’s response with a light heart.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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