“Please plunder me.”
A lovely girl with pink hair said provocatively. She obviously came with a request. However, no one could have predicted that such an absurd request would come out. No, this could not be called a request or solicitude. It’s a homemade threat. She turned to face a burly man who was a head and a half taller than her. Thanks to this, the person who heard these absurd words put the thoughts that came to his mouth.
“Are my ears wrong right now?”
“I will also designate a time and place. Just before noon tomorrow, when the carriage carrying me passes through the square in front of the imperial palace, proceed with the plunder there.”
“Are you telling me to plunder and marry you in that crowded square?”
“Yes! Exactly! You understand very well!”
The girl nodded her head, her mysterious purple eyes sparkling. Her gestures seemed very excited. It didn’t look like she’s crazy enough to make such a ridiculous threat. The threatened man pressed his temples as if his head was in pain.
“Do you know what you are talking about?”
“It cannot end with kidnapping. Don’t forget to sign the marriage contract right away and get it notarized!”
The conversation didn’t continue.
“…As expected, you are crazy.”
“And! The most important thing! It must be known that none of my intentions were involved in the entire process!”
Mercenary King Gerald, the owner of this hideout and the victim of the blackmail, sighed. He then rang his bell to call his subordinates who were waiting outside.
“Bring this crazy woman to me right now…!”
Right! But surprisingly, the woman was one beat faster. She almost ran over to Gerald and stopped him from shaking the bell. She was an unpredictable woman.
“You will have no choice but to listen to me.”
“It won’t happen unless I go crazy.”
Then the woman smiled confidently and responded.
“Then you will soon go crazy. No, you would definitely have to go crazy.”
This voice sounded like a prophecy.
This petite woman let her sweet cotton candy hair flutter, and she smiled with the utmost innocence and wickedness. She ordered again.
“Plunder me.”
And then he spit out a bomb in a whispering voice.
“Otherwise you die.”
“…!”
Then the mercenary king missed the moment to get angry. The touch of the woman holding his hand was lighter than the feathers, and her skin was so soft as milk that just brushing against the rough fabric seemed like it would hurt. He was not suitable as the subject of such threats. The mercenary king laughed at her.
“You don’t look like you have what it takes to kill me.”
And just as he was about to shake off her thin and soft hand. A woman’s voice, sharper than any blade, pierced the man’s heart.
“If you don’t accept the offer, everyone will know that Mercenary King Gerald’s true identity is Crown Prince Arpad.”
The sneer on the man’s face disappeared. Instead, tension emerged. The woman grinned.
“It will be especially interesting if His Majesty the Emperor finds out, right?”
‘It’s not just a threat.’
This woman was a real threat. It was also a sharp blade hanging at the nape of Arpad’s neck. So the man decided to take off his mask. He didn’t know how, but he knew this woman already knew his own identity. There was no point in making excuses or claiming that she wasn’t here. There are only two paths to choose from. He could either accept this woman’s threats, or…
“Even if you kill me here and now, you can’t silence me.”
“…what?”
The woman smiled sharply again.
“If I do not return within the designated time, a letter containing your secret will be sent to the imperial palace.”
“…ha.”
It was so absurd that he almost burst out laughing. Of course, it wasn’t a very pleasant laugh. Arpad laughed for a moment and then grabbed the woman’s back. Without much effort, her toes lifted off the ground.
“Ah!”
The woman was brought in too easily and trivially, unbecoming of the person who made bold and crazy threats. So much so that Arpad was even more embarrassed.
“I’m serious.”
“That’s right. You’re truly requesting this.”
“It must be a threat under the guise of that.”
Even though her backside was grabbed and subdued, the woman was completely unfazed. Even if his father was there, he wouldn’t be able to maintain his composure in front of her. Arpad pulled the woman’s face in front of his nose and asked in a tone like the growl of a wild animal.
“So, why should I be told to steal my cousin’s bride, who is getting married tomorrow?”
The woman’s purple eyes trembled.
“You know me?”
“Of course. Princess Hylia Delphine, who is scheduled to become my cousin tomorrow.”
Then the girl called Hylia smiled her big smile.
“What a relief. I don’t have to waste time explaining my personal information.”
“Then I guess I need to hear another explanation.”
“Another explanation?”
“Other than threatening to reveal my secret to the Emperor, what reasonable benefit can I get?”
“Benefits?”
“Yes, otherwise there would be no need to use the word ‘request’.”
The woman smiled triumphantly. Her own choice was right. Contrary to popular rumors, the crown prince, with his sparkling red eyes filled with madness, had a brilliant head. So much so that he could immediately sense the hidden meaning behind a single word.
Hylia proudly declared.
“In return, I can help you safely ascend to the throne without your Highness harming you.”
And Prince Arpad found himself caught in a trap from which he could not escape. Because Arpad could never refuse that ‘price’.
Part 1. Actually, I was the original female lead.
“Bye. The female protagonist of the original work. Now everything you have is mine. don’t worry. I will cherish it very much.”
“…what?”
“So die in peace.”
It was such a shocking statement.
‘Besides, you’re speaking Korean right now, right? How…?’
But before the contents had even entered my head.
Thud!
The blade of the guillotine struck my neck. The shock shook my world, and I soon lost consciousness.
“I wondered why I possessed such an awkward body, but in the end, it was for this moment…”
Meanwhile, I was able to hear one last word.
“Ahaha! Now I’m the real heroine.”
And, blackout.
* * *
“!”
When I opened my eyes again, there was only one word that came to mind.
“XX!”
I spewed harsh swear words that I would have never imagined in my first life.
Once more.
“XX!”
The first curse is about the situation itself. But the second time was different. Aimed at a very specific target. It was directed at the person who said the shocking words just before the third death. The woman who took everything from me in my last three lives. She approached him by pretending to be nice and friendly, so she always became her husband’s mistress.
In the end, she accused me of adultery and treason and had me executed. Foolishly, I now know the true identity of that woman.
‘Was that woman a transmigrator?!’
All questions were resolved later. The reason she bullied me so persistently and why she tried to take everything I had.
“Bye. The female protagonist of the original work.”
Because I was the real heroine of ‘this world.’
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I was always curious about this kind of person, the one the transmigrator took everything from, the one left behind… sometimes they are acting out precisely because they are being robbed of their place! Because of betrayal! And the stories make them in the wrong when sometimes, they weren’t entirely.
I can’t believe she married her cheating husband twice more.