I, Melissa Podebrat, daughter of Duke Podebrat, wake up by the sound of the birds chirping outside my window. The maid knocked on my door and I said, “Come in.” When she enters, I was still lying on my bed. She prepares a luxurious bath for me in the bathroom.

8:00 a.m.

I come out of the bathroom to dry my hair. After I’m clean, I put on a simple outfit and leave my room for breakfast.

The Duke of Podebrat said, “Breakfast must be eaten with the family.” This is not because we have a strong relationship with each other, but it is merely to report our survival to each other even when we’re home. This is an old method of parenting

When I enter the elegant dining room, I see hot soup, crispy cake, steak, scrambled eggs, and other delicious food on the gorgeous long dining table.

“You’re late, Melissa.”

“I’m always late.”

The middle-aged man who is glaring at me the moment I enter the dining room is my father. He is a Duke and an official envoy of the imperial crown. I inherited my lion-like features from him.

I smile gently and eat breakfast with the Duke. Looking around, I see that only Duke and I are present for breakfast.

“Where is your white-haired friend that shares the same blood as me? Did his luck run and finally died?”

“If you’re talking about Jake, then he’s out again. He has someone he needs to protect.”

“Haha. He’s an energetic child. It seems that he has forgotten where his home is. Remove him from the Podebrat estate if he ever returns.”

Jake Podebrat. He is my younger brother in this world and he is extremely troublesome.

I grab a piece of white bread from the breadbasket and stuff it into my mouth. In spite of my crude actions, I still feel very elegant.

“He is my sole heir.”

I watch the Duke as he carefully cuts the bread into small pieces with a knife and then eats it with a fork.

I respond carefully, “Am I not a Pedeobrat? Can’t I inherit your title too? I only came here because I was afraid that the Duke would feel lonely eating alone.”

“You’re a woman…”

“If the Duke and Jake both disappear, then I can inherit your title even if I’m a woman. Since it seems like the Duke doesn’t feel lonely, I should just leave.”

I smile and gently put down the bread in my hand. I bow gracefully at him before leaving. The Duke has an astonished expression on his face when I turn to leave, but that doesn’t matter to me.

Haha, I will talk to that ice-block later.

10:00 a.m.

I sit in front of a luxurious mahogany desk, with an expensive fountain pen and a piece of scented paper in front of me. Today, I want to write a “love” letter that is full of “sincerity”.

「My beloved Prince…」

The fountain pen made a nice pleasant sound against the paper as I tried to write in neat cursive letters.

The man I’m writing to was none other than Ian Vasilos, the crown prince of this empire. He was a young man with golden-black hair and a beautiful appearance. I was engaged to him since I was young, and currently, I am still his fiancé. Our engagement was merely formed due to political reasons.

「Hello, Your Highness, how are you doing? I hope Your Highness has been doing well. Even though summer is coming to an end, the flowers are still blossoming beautifully and the birds are still singing merrily…」

He was the man that ‘Melissa’ loved sincerely.

「Today, I want to tell you the truth.」

I had already written the following sentence a dozen times, but still, I wrote them with great care and sincerity.

「Please break off our engagement.」

Nice! I wrote the word ‘please’ especially beautiful today.

「Since this is very important, I will write it again. I sincerely ask you to break off our engagement. I tried putting up with it, but I can no longer do that. When you sent me flowers, it had the name of another woman written on the card. Please be careful about delivering the wrong gift to the wrong woman. I don’t want to know nor do I care who you spent the night with. Please, let’s break off our engagement. I know that you dislike me, so why are you acting so stubborn? Let’s break off our engagement peacefully. If you really want the backing of a Duke, then you can marry Jake. I will even actively support your marriage with Jake.」

Slash. Slash. Slash.

Oh, I was a little too excited and accidentally wrote the last part down too. Nevertheless, my handwriting was still beautiful, as expected of a Duke’s daughter!

With a proud smile on my face, I folded the letter neatly and handed it over to Yona, my maid. Yona’s expression stiffened slightly when she took the letter from me.

Why did she have an expression on her face? She looked quite surprised that I wrote a letter.

“I thought you’d directly break into the imperial palace and demand the crown prince to break off your engagement.”

I pretended not to hear the arrogant maid’s accusations.

He was the crown prince and I am merely the daughter of a Duke. I needed him to annul our engagement because I can’t simply annul the engagement myself. If he refused to annul our engagement, then I will have to resort to even more drastic methods. The maid eventually left to deliver the letter.

I worked hard.

1 p.m.

I went on a walk with the only thing I love in this world.

“Liev, the weather is nice today, isn’t it?”

“Woof!”

Haha, our Liev was a very kind dog.

Liev was a giant dog with a dark and muscular body. He was the size of an adult male when he stood on his hind legs. He was also my cute son and I love him so much, but he wasn’t the brightest dog.

“Oh, Liev! How can we live in such a harsh and dangerous world when we are so gentle and kind…?”

Liev shook his head gently and stuck out its tongue as he started to pant; his huge tail wagged playfully behind him.

“Let’s do some special training with me today.”

I threw the frisbee in my hand gracefully over two and a half laps away, and then, the disk landed with a thump.

In my previous life, I had been able to throw the frisbee over 20 meters.

“Bring it back to me.”

Liev dashed after the frisbee as soon as I told him to bring it back to me. Liev looked like a beast with golden eyes as he sprinted across the yard. The people in the garden screamed when they saw Liev running past them. One of the gardeners was so startled by Liev that he had accidentally cut the duke’s favorite bonsai in half.

My child certainly looked scary, but…

Not long after, Liev ran back to me with the frisbee in his mouth.

“Ah, well done.”

I took the frisbee from his mouth and scratched his chin. The frisbee was drenched in Liev’s saliva and teeth marks.

「That stingy crown prince, Ian Vasilios.」

「The stalker, Jake Podebrat.」

「The idiotic wolf, Jack Forton.」

「The wealthy bipolar man, Peacock Melody.」

I smiled with satisfaction.

“Liev, if you see any of these people, bite their buttocks off for me.”

Liev barked happily, “Woof!”. My butler, Nine, was standing next to me as he glanced at Liev. His pupil trembled in fear, but he did his best to ignore Liev.

3 p.m.

It was time.

I changed into a pair of trousers that were more convenient for moving around. Although it was uncommon for a duke’s daughter to wear pants, I wanted to dress as comfortably as I possibly can right now.

Why? Because I will have to enter my enemy’s territory.

“Yona.”

“Yes, miss.”

“Prepare the carriage. We will be heading to Baron Elizabeth’s estate.”

“I see.”

After I told Yona to prepare the carriage, I tied my hair into a ponytail and put a sword on my waist.

I’m heading to the tea party hosted by Yuri Elizabeth, the heroine of this novel.

This meant that I had to pull Jake’s hair after he chased her until dawn and slap Prince Ian on the face with a bouquet of flowers after he abandoned his work to chase after a woman. As soon as I see Jack, I will give him a nice punch behind his head and make him foam at his mouth. Lastly, I will smile at Peacock and show him my middle finger.

And above all else, I must protect my angel, Yuri, from the four wolves. This was the obligation I had as a reader of the novel “The Man I Love” and as the villainess of the novel, Melissa Podebrat.

I put my hand on my waist and smiled wickedly in front of the mirror.

Wow, my smile looked very threatening and scary.

But I know the truth. Melissa wasn’t a bad person. After reading the novel, I realized the villains of this novel should be the four male leads with their twisted personalities instead!

“Miss, the carriage is ready.”

After I heard the maid’s words, I stood up and headed gracefully for the carriage.

My days of suffering are now over.

It’s time for me to attack.

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This is Just a Prolugue hehe.