The Villain Is Obsessed With His Fake Wife

The guests were left speechless by the groom’s shocking announcement. However, Hessen calmly continued speaking as if he had already anticipated such a reaction.

“Although Mireyu Juti is the registered daughter of Baron Juti, she is not the child of Baroness Juti, a noblewoman, but rather the daughter of Courtesan. She lied about her birth from the beginning and went ahead with the marriage, so this wedding should not go ahead.”

In the empire, enrolling an illegitimate child into a family was not a problem. However, it was a serious crime for her to marry an illegitimate child by pretending that it was a biological child.

“Maybe I knew that too, but…”

Hessen closed his eyes tightly in despair.

“Now I can no longer turn away, sorry.”

Queen Isabella touched her head as if she was dizzy with her pale face, and Princess Diana said, ‘Mother!’ and supported Queen Isabella.

Baron Juti was unable to make excuses due to the sudden situation he was in and trembled. The guests’ eyes turned to Mireyu, the illegitimate daughter, standing next to the groom.

‘Hessen, did you know that I was an illegitimate child?’

Mireyu turned pale and denied reality.

‘Since when on earth…?’

The terrible reality and the good memories she had with Hessen were mixed together. Hessen has always been a good guy. So Mireyu could not believe this situation even more. Because it was Hessen and no one else.

“He-Hessen. That story is all lies.”

Mireyu grabbed Hessen’s sleeve and begged without hesitation.

“I see what misunderstanding you have. But I-I will explain everything. I can explain everything. Please listen to me.”

“…still.”

But what appeared on Hessen’s face when she looked back at Mireyu was-

“Are you still trying to deceive me?”

It was contempt and resentment.

“How can people be like that? I tried to understand everything, but how could you…”

Mireyu’s hair turned completely white due to the change in Hessen, which was always friendly. Hessen roughly shook Mireyu’s hand away and asked sadly.

“Did you even love me?”

Hessen shook his head in vain.

“It’s my fault for expecting an answer from you.”

Mireyu was Mireyu, but Hessen also seemed shocked by this situation. So Hessen left the ceremony as if running away without even looking back.

‘This is a dream. It has to be a dream.’

The sight of Hessen became increasingly distant. Among all the noise, only the sound of Hessen shoes could be heard clearly.

Bang! 

The door to the ceremony hall was closed.

When the groom ran away, only the gorgeously decorated bride remained. The bride’s extravagant decorations made her appearance even more ridiculous and miserable.

The guests whispered loudly.

“What is happening now? Suddenly the Crown Prince Hessen…”

“You mean, something happened between those two? How can something like this happen all of a sudden?”

The royal family of Royam belatedly tried to fix the wedding somehow, and Baron Juti did the same. Something caught the eyes of Mireyu, who was left alone. A letter fell out of Hessen’s jacket pocket as he rushed away.

Mireyu stood up like a doll with her strings broken and walked towards the letter. Its words stuck in her eyes as if they had been nailed to them.

[With all my heart, Estelle Blanchett.]

At that moment, Mireyu threw away her cumbersome bouquet and her veil and began running frantically after Hessen.

Someone called Mireyu like that.

“Miss Juti! Where are you going?”

“Someone help Miss Juti-”

Of course, Mireyu completely ignored her voice. Now that it has been said that she was an illegitimate child, her value has fallen to the bottom. Unless a great power, like the royal family of Loeum, protected her, it was the end of Mireyu’s life.

‘Hessen is the only solution.’

It was clear that he committed it out of anger at the shocking fact. But he was a good person by nature, so all she had to do was find him somehow and meet him, and she would be able to persuade him.

‘It was a misunderstanding, so we can resolve it and get married again.’

As she came outside the wedding hall, she saw the forest outside the wedding hall. Of course, Hessen was not there.

“Hessen-!!”

Mireyu entered the forest, frantically calling out to Hessen.

“Hessen! Let’s talk! Hessen! Please!”

The more she wandered among the dense trees, the more anxious and desperate Mireyu became.

“Ahh!”

As she was wandering around, Mireyu tripped on a tree root and fell. Because of her care, the heels of her shoes broke and her white wedding dress became a muddy mess.

“What’s this?”

She fell and her knee stung, as if she had hurt it. Her hands were scratched as she touched the ground. Mireyu became miserable and saddened by her bitter feelings. It was her wedding and she should have been the happiest.

“Why on earth…”

At that moment, the person Mireyu didn’t  want to see the most appeared. Flower petals, which she didn’t know where they came from, fluttered around the woman. White blonde hair tied with a blue rose and ribbon, and a light sky blue dress as mysterious and beautiful as a snowflake.

“Oh my, Mireyu.”

Estelle was dazzlingly more beautiful than the bride.

“What about the wedding? Why are you doing this?”

“…what?”

The innocent voice, as if it knew nothing, ignited Mireyu’s hatred.

“Stop being such an abomination! You planned it all!”

Mireyu stood up, scratching the ground with her fingers and glaring at Estelle as if she were going to strangle her. Mireyu felt as if her hatred and resentment were all gathered together and about to explode.

“Marriage into the Kingdom of Royam was my only wish. So, I asked you to ignore at it just once. Anyway, there’s nothing wrong with you just because I’m getting married. But you, you!”

“…”

“Do you feel relieved now that things have turned out like this?”

“Calm down, Mireyu. I don’t know what’s going on…”

Estelle came closer as if to comfort Mireyu. Mireyu watched what Estelle was doing after seeing her outrageous move. Estelle took something out of her and placed it in Mireyu’s hand. It was a dagger decorated with colorful jewels.

“You have to think about the baby in your stomach too.”

Estelle giggled softly in Mireyu’s ear.

“They say it’s the blessing of the Kingdom of Royam.”

“Shut up!”

Mireyu pushed Estelle away, distorting her face.

“What do you, who have been lucky enough to have a successful life, know about me! Do you know how hard I worked for this moment? Do you know?”

Estelle did not resist and fell weakly to the floor, looking up at Mireyu.

Mireyu twisted her red lips and smiled evilly.

“You got the wrong person. Did you think that if you revealed that I was an illegitimate child, this would be the end of me?”

Mireyu pulled the dagger from her scabbard.

“Do not be ridiculous.”

Estelle’s eyes widened, her shoulders shaking as if she were afraid.

“Well, what are you trying to do?”

As Mireyu looked at Estelle who was terrified, she felt like a strange sense of superiority.

‘You think you’ve beaten me, right?’

If you think about it, it’s been like that since the first time we met. Mireyu, who had been sold by her parents for money and had been hiding the secret that she was an illegitimate child, took comfort in the fact that she was the most unhappy person in the world. But Estelle, who appeared like the main character, was so beautiful and seemed more difficult than her.

The misfortunes of Mireyu were not even something to be proud of in front of Estelle. So Mireyu could not tolerate Estelle.

‘She’s doing that on purpose. Maybe if I had been adopted, I wouldn’t have been abused at Libertan?’

The saint’s words came back to her mind.

‘In the meantime, you can do what Mireyu did with her fake scar.’

She thought it’s great that Estelle seduced the Royam royal family. But that was just a coincidence. Most people still thought that Mireyu was a good and unfortunate victim.

“No matter what you do, it’s useless. Yes, you are the Libertan’s villain, and I am the poor victim!”

This was because they have seen the good Mireyu in person for a long time.

“It’s the same this time too. Who will believe you?”

“…Mireyu. Then what do you do if you get hurt? Be careful.”

“Are you worried about my situation now? that’s right. If I get hurt again, I’ll be the woman who lost her miraculous child. Then everything will go back to how it was before!”

Mireyu’s eyes were filled with madness.

“You’re done now!”

Mireyu, who firmly grasped the handle, turned her blade and struck it hard on her chest.

“…!”

Naturally, there was no pain that she thought would come. At first, she thought the feeling in her hands was wrong.

‘Was it a toy?’

The dagger was a toy whose blade-like part automatically slid into its handle when pressed. Even what looked like a sword blade was a toy, so she didn’t inflict a single wound on Mireyu.

‘Then what…’

Estelle, who was sitting down, had clear tears in her eyes. Mireyu threw away the dagger and distorted her face.

“Ha! Do you think I have no choice but this dagger? As long as they know I’m pregnant-”

“What other way is there?”

Suddenly, a strange voice came from behind her.

Mireyu stiffened and creaked her head. Diana approached with a gloomy expression and made a sarcastic comment to Mireyu.

“Are you going to hit your head on that tree over there and pretend to have a miscarriage?”

“All right, Diana. This is…”

“Why, after what you said earlier, why don’t you keep talking? Isn’t it something you’ve only done once or twice before that you’re so good at?”

Diana wasn’t the only one behind her. All of her wedding guests, led by Queen Isabella, had gathered.

“Uh, mother…”

Mireyu met Queen Isabella’s cool eyes and her body trembled.

‘Uh, how long had they been around?’

Mireyu, who was shaking her head, glared at Estelle.

“N-No way, you…!”

But it was already too late. Because everyone witnessed Mireyu’s shameless behavior.

* * *

Everyone who attended the silver swan wedding hall saw Mireyu’s ugly behavior and cast a disdainful glance at her.

“Are you saying that not only did you lie about being pregnant, but the scars that were evidence of the Duchess’s bullying were all fake?”

“How could someone do something like that… Did you see her just brazenly yelling that she was going to harm herself?”

Mireyu held up the dagger she had hastily thrown in an attempt to somehow improve her situation.

“No, this is all a trap set by Estelle!”

The dagger was her only hope.

“Look at this dagger!”

“What happened to that toy?”

When one of the guests asked, Mireyu exclaimed confidently, as if she had been waiting.

“Common sense tells me who would bring something like this to a wedding. It’s also a close friend’s wedding! No matter how you look at it, it looks suspicious and has ulterior motives.”

Then several of the guests nodded to her.

Mireyu said she thought Estelle had brought this dagger to her to corner her.

‘Do you think I will die alone?’

Now that things were like this, she had to expose Estelle’s dark intentions to everyone.

“It was a trap from the very beginning when you gave me this dagger! You’re deliberately trying to provoke me into this situation in front of everyone! Even if I lied, Estelle too-”

“Stop talking nonsense.”

As Diana scolded her coldly, Mireyu spoke as if pleading.

“It’s real! Everyone is being fooled by that woman! That woman is trying to get revenge on me-”

“That dagger is a baby gift that Estelle and I chose together to give to you!”

Mireyu slowly closed her eyes as if she had been hit with a blunt object.

“…what?”

“It was a toy prepared for a baby who didn’t even exist!”

Mireyu’s face turned pale in a completely unexpected situation. Despair appeared in Mireyu’s eyes as she looked down at the dagger.

‘Since when has it been a trap…?’

Mireyu was not expecting to be caught off guard and slump down behind her. She thought Estelle was crying as people rushed to comfort her.

“I-I didn’t know. I had no idea that the wedding would be like this, and that there was no child in your stomach. If I had known that was the case, I wouldn’t have prepared a gift like this.”

“Why is it the Duchess’s fault? It is wrong for people to lie to begin with and try to find fault.”

Mireyu felt like the floor she was standing on gave way and she fell off a cliff. She had no idea how to get out of this situation.

‘What should I do now?’

She had never thought of a situation where a lie would be exposed like this.

Diana grabbed Mireyu by the collar and shook her, her face filled with anger.

“How can people do that? How can it all be lies! And yet you are still human!”

“Diana, stop.”

At that time, Queen Isabella approached Mireyu with a frighteningly expressionless face.

“Mireyu Juti.”

“Oh, mother.”

“Don’t you dare call me that.”

 

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