‘Where is this?’

When I opened my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

The shabby wallpaper, which I even knew the number of stains, was replaced by a ceiling full of colourful patterns that made my eyes ache just by looking at it.

I have seen this absurd situation several times, even in print. So I was a little out of my mind, but I finished what I could call reasonable thought.

‘Dimensional shift? No, the recent trend is possession.’

The cool conclusion was that the sense of reality converged to zero.

‘If this is a possession, who am I possessing? It must be one of a saint, a villain, or a supporting actor. Did I possess the novel I was reading last time?’

A crazy idea like a romance fantasy character.

But despite this crazy situation, I didn’t feel too bad.

Possessing is not romance! In the harsh reality, I was not able to properly make friends, let alone date, due to the hardships of life.

I laid my head up to check my body.

‘Short.’

The white, soft-looking arms belonged to a child.

‘Possessed!’

The highlight of possession, of course!

I turned around with my unfamiliar body and approached the mirror.

“Ah!”

I screamed at my reflection in the mirror.

It reflected a child with smooth lemon-colored hair, which was a shame to compare it to the dull, dark auburn hair I had originally had, and purple eyes that glowed subtly in the light.

‘Pretty!’

The corners of the eyes that gently descended were reminiscent of the eyes of a puppy. The point on the lips was also cute.

A doll-like face that makes it hard to spit out words of admiration even if you look at it while rolling backwards.

“This is me…?”

At one time, I wanted to spit out lines that a protagonist like this would say, but I was finally able to draw a line on my wish list.

‘Clothes are soft…’

Judging from the smooth material of the clothes I was wearing, it was made of expensive fabrics.

Contrary to the gloomy reality, without worrying about money, will I be able to live a life of seeing beautiful men at my side?

By the way…

Whose body is the body I’m in?

‘Who owns my body? Where did the owner of this body go?’

Thinking about the owner of my body, I got goosebumps.

What if they took over and disappeared?

Guilt shook my head. But selfishly, my heart without conscience rolled with joy.

It was a time when I was trying to guess what kind of novel I was possessed by while enjoying tap dancing alone.

“Lady, what’s wrong?”

The door opened with a surprised face from the woman in the uniform I saw on the cover of a webtoon.

Surprised by the sound of the hastily opened door, the steps were twisted.

“Ahh!”

Everything came slowly. It feels as if time has been split into small unknown units, and the changes in the woman’s face with her hands outstretched are detailed in my eyes.

“Lady Armel!”

Is it because of bad thoughts I had that took away other people’s lives? I didn’t even think it was going to be a head-smashing ending.

“I got you!”

Fortunately, the servant succeeded in holding onto the small wrist.

Succeeded…

The soft hands, which had been mine until just now, were finely held in her hands, and I was cruelly lying on the floor as a pillow.

‘Isn’t my genre being possessed?’

I looked at my translucent, trembling hand in vain.

Unlike the hand of a small child who had just moved, it was a hand that was bigger than that, originally mine. Not a child’s hand, but my real hand.

The body, which did move according to my will, was right in front of me as if I were out of that body.

The droopy little body looked like there was something wrong with it.

My outstretched fingertips are transparent. It was foreign, as if someone had set only my transparency wrong.

‘Oh, it’s ruined.’

Is there a case of crash landing while possessing?

Why me?

~*~

I was reading a novel before I went to bed.

The title was [Traces of Melting Ice Flower].

It was a novel that featured a cold male protagonist similar to a romance with a bright female protagonist.

I was recommended by an acquaintance and even received money to read it.

To talk about the acquaintance who recommended it to me first, it was a relationship on SNS.

No matter what time I contacted them, they replied right away, and they speak as if they have mastered everything with an unknown sense of distance. Lastly, sometimes… that person was a bit strange as they would text something like [How can humans…].

A mysterious person who can contact not only me but also many people at the same time like an omnipotent god.

There were a lot of suspicious parts, but this part can be easily overlooked as it is not once or twice a strange person messages on SNS.

I overcame such questions and read the introduction section of the recommended work.

The keywords of the male protagonist were covered with indifference, feisty, coldness, and regret.

In my sleep, I searched my cell phone to see if I asked him if he was unemployed or how he was always connected online, but as expected, I never asked such a rude question in reality.

The male protagonist was often threatened with his life when an assassin visited or when he went on an expedition, and the female protagonist was still growing as she struggled to protect him and develop her abilities.

However, the male lead was a tyrant and garbage that could not be protected.

“Hey, that damn bastard.”

Before I knew it, my mouth, completely engrossed in the novel, was constantly swearing at the male lead, and I even got to the point of my pillow being wet with tears at the kindness and loveliness of the female protagonist in the typeface.

[“I can’t believe the love you say. So I’ll try my best.”]

Strangely, the sentences that seem to defend the male lead and the unresolved past aroused my anger.

“Confess and be obsessed, you’re doomed.”

The plotting murder of the sub male lead, the wizard girl trying to get back to work, destroying the wizard’s tower and being cursed by the sage, getting support from heretic fanatics, etc…

Believe it or not, it was not a villain, but all the atrocities were committed by a male lead.

[With every step he took, the black hem of his robe fluttered, and a bloody smell was wafting out. The hallway with blood-stained footprints seems to have shortened his life…]

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“Ah! That’s it for today.”

‘My throat is dry.’

Rather than expecting cider from the writer, I decided to empty my mind and recharge my energy, and chose to close my eyes.

When I closed my eyes, the text I had read tormented me again

“What the hell, what the heck, that damn thing!”

In the midst of the fading consciousness, something like the sound of the wind, or someone’s whisper, reverberated in my ears.

Thinking that I might have heard it wrong, but there was no change.

A man’s voice was clearly audible from the space next to me.

“Once…”

The voice showed no sign of disappearing.

‘Ear, is it a ghost?’

In fear, I pulled out the blanket and just closed my eyes. After feeling the body becoming heavy as if immersed in water, there is a loud cry.

My disturbed mind had to some extent come to an end at the sound of the voice piercing through my ears.

“Breathe, breathe! Miss!”

“…”

“Hey! Please!”

At that moment, I could see the body that was hanging in her arms twitching and moving.

Whether my sensory cells were on the verge of extinction, the servant was still shouting.

“Hah!”

At that time, the girl named Armel opened her eyes with a loud gasp.

“Oh my, Lady Armel…”

“I’m sorry, you were surprised.”

Then she fell.

~*~

That’s how it got to the present.

“Miss!”

The woman held her droopy body, and shook her again.

The servant was now sobbing in front of the body I had possessed a while ago.

“Miss Armel! Sniff…”

It was absurd to see a young child who had just regained consciousness comforting a servant who seemed to be an adult from crying, and then she collapsed again.

For a moment…

‘Yellowish silver hair, purple eyes, and dots on the lips. A familiar name…’

A name with a familiar appearance.

I was convinced that I had possessed the novel I was reading before.

She was a character called the villain in the novel.

‘Unfortunately.’

Armel Dyspia.

The only daughter of the Duke of Dyspia, and her hair is pale gold, mixed with royal blood.

As it turns out, the villain is a role that does its best to put the female protagonist in danger by using tricks.

However, the child in front of me wasn’t jealous of the female protagonist, or obsessed with the male protagonist and clung to him.

Isn’t she too cute to be a villain? If she had stabbed her husband with a knife in the unread later part, I would understand the villain title, but she wasn’t the kind of person.

‘I’ve made up my mind!’

I’ll have to make it so that there is no place for the male lead to fit in.

Aren’t most possessors split in two?

The original reformists and the original conservatives will stick to the reformists even if they die in this novel.

‘It’s not for me to know whether the novel’s development is twisted or not.’

If the ending is a happy ending somehow, I might be able to go back.

If I can go back before then, I’ll go back right away.

‘Down with male lead! Just evaporate.’

I clenched my fist.

But, as always, my happiness did not last long.

“Hey, Armel?”

My will burned for a while. The real problem started now. I failed to possess.

“Armel!”

Therefore, I am only a spirit body without a real body.

“Armel! Please look at me!”

Unfortunately, Armel didn’t seem to have the ability to communicate with my spirit body.

I wanted to cry.

The servant just kept crying out for Lady Armel until now.

For a few minutes, she circled around the child, shouting her name, and there was finally a response.

Armel was cold when I felt her forearm.

‘Ah. Blood pressure…’

Was it wrong to curse the author?

Of course, I could be wrong, but…

She seems to be just fine!

As if she didn’t care (actually, she didn’t care), Armel prepared to go out.

I had nothing to do when I was left in her room, so I decided to follow Armel.

If I go out and walk around, wouldn’t at least one person be able to see me? I hoped so.

Twisting my legs to float in the air, I followed Armel.

~*~

Until now, moving from place to place, none of the people I met correctly saw my shape.

Not even one!

At first glance, there were people who noticed that there was something around or barely heard my voice, but most of them thought that it was their mistake and passed it lightly.

‘This is a big deal.’

If I go on like this, I will surely die of loneliness.

‘No, I’m already a soul, so is loneliness an inappropriate expression?’

I could see a majestic castle that I could only see in a photo, but the girl’s eyes were drenched in worry.

“The prince did not come to this birthday banquet… Actually, maybe he didn’t like it?”

“No way! Who else would he pay attention to other than you?”

“But I get rejected every time…”

By inferring the conversation, Armel’s age seems to be 13.

‘Armel was the same age as the female lead.’

The original work began with the point of view of the 18-year-old female protagonist, so there are about five years left until the start of the original work.

Do I have to walk around lonely like this? It was terrible just imagining it.

“Someone! Anyone! Look at me! Talk to me!”

There was no response, even if I screamed like a seed of interest or danced recklessly in front of them.

“It’s windy today.”

Still, Armel, who was smiling while covering herself up, was so lovely that my anxious heart calmed down.

“You’re cute even when you cover yourself up with clothes! Today, the prince will smile too.”

“I hope so… The prince didn’t even allow me to call his name.”

“It’s because he’s shy.”

If you look closely, this person next to Armel is the servant from earlier, right?

I turned my head away from them chattering and fell into thoughts.

The novel begins when the protagonist, at the age of 18, meets the male lead, the 19-year-old Crown Prince, at a banquet hall. Therefore, I knew little about the original characters from their childhood.

‘You’re going to meet the male lead now.’

I found the advantage of being a ghost for the first time.

If I had a body right now, I wouldn’t know how to greet the male protagonist with fists. I won’t have to be taken away for assault on the imperial family, so how lucky I am.

In the distance, I saw him sitting in a garden surrounded by roses.

A straight back and posture. A face that looks sharp despite being a child.

‘Blue hair and green eyes. That guy is the male lead.’

The male lead is different from the usual setting, in which members of the imperial family are born with blonde hair.

Because of that, it was a setting where people around looked at him harshly, but to my eyes, he had good-looking hair.

“It has been a while since we last met. I am…”

“No need.”

He looked at me and didn’t care for Armel, whose face brightened up.

My eyes met with his, who turned his head away from Armel with indifferent eyes.

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‘Are your eyes looking at me?’

Eye contact!

“Who is that, who doesn’t even bow her head?”

“What do you mean?”

Armel looked in the direction the prince’s finger was pointing. The prince’s finger pointed straight at me.

Even if I looked around, other people couldn’t see me, so the servants who had their heads bowed were surprised and bowed their heads more deeply.

In line with Armel’s stride, he approached me.

“Can you see me?”

How exciting. Is it possible to have a conversation for the first time? The male protagonist, whom I didn’t like, suddenly looked cute.

“Ahhh!”

The chair he was sitting on tipped back.

“Ahhh! Prince!”

Oh, how many times have I heard screams today?

People gathered next to the prince, who had fallen to the floor.

Even in the midst of a roaring commotion, his scream among Armel’s servants was truly unique. A voice as sharp as a siren.

It was a scream that woke even the dead. Waking up a stunned person would have been easier.

Wherever he had gone, the way he was holding on to his coolness was like a fawn looking for its mother.

I thought about the mental health of the child and decided to hide away a bit.

“I, there…”

Armel was covering him with a blanket with a concerned look.

The child wrinkled his face and took over her blanket.

Why is that guy accepting other people’s favours with such an expression?

The male lead turned his head around looking for me.

“Did no one see? Her legs and fingertips are transparent!”

Even at the prince’s words, the people around him only shook their heads.

The male lead exhaled as if relieved, then spoke.

“I’m going to finish here today, so let’s part ways.”

When the prince left, Armel continued to look behind him in regret.

Which of the two should I follow?

‘I have to follow the prince, right?’

My mental power was consumed more than expected to attract attention while performing a live show between Armel and her servants, who can’t see me.

I sighed heavily and followed the male lead’s still trembling little back.

But something was strange.

‘Why doesn’t anyone ask if he’s okay?’

Then there was the sound of laughter. One of the servants covered her mouth, the other pressed playfully on another servant’s shoulder.

The male lead moved more quickly, as if he didn’t hear them. He crossed the vast castle and entered his room.

All alone, the prince leaned his back against the door and slid down on the floor.

“Obviously, I saw it…”

With a sigh that sounded like pain, the child crouched down and hugged his legs.

‘What am I looking at?’

Have I misunderstood the novel I possessed?

After a while, he got up from the spot.

‘He’s going to fall over there.’

As I finished my thoughts, the child’s head plummeted to the floor.

“Hey, be careful!”

Ugh.

The child quickly rolled his body, lessening his impact on me.

“Hey! I saw you before!”

It was impressive to see him pointing with his mouth wide open enough to show his Adam’s apple.

“Hey… Calm down and listen to me, Prince.”

“Y-you…”

“I didn’t come here to do anything bad.”

“…”

The conversation did not take place.

Even if it’s me, I’ll get scared when a ghost I’m not familiar with talks to me.

I raised my hands high to show that I had no intention of attacking.

“Follow me. Inhale, exhale.”

Hee, Hoo.

The prince did not seem to understand the situation, but he followed me and breathed slowly.

Hee, Hoo.

I don’t know if this is the correct breathing technique, but it worked.

“Come on, let’s slowly lower those fingers.”

The prince wiggled his fingers, which had been pointing at me.

“That’s right, that’s good.”

I want to stroke his hair, but if I do, that little prince may faint again.

I waited as if I was dealing with a vigilant cat.

“You, you, what are you?”

“…”

“Ah, ah.”

‘Is that kid really the male lead in the novel I read?’

The keywords of indifference, arrogance, and coldness were not even close to this pathetic, fussy boy.

Is this the long-awaited past before the change?

It was the past I was so curious about, but I didn’t want to know it this way.

‘What is it that he’s the only one who can see me?’

A child’s tears are reflected in the light and glisten like shattered pieces of jewellery.

‘What’s wrong with him?’

A thought ran through my mind.

‘Ah!’

Could this be the plot of the author who put me here? I should have no sympathy for this little, fragile male protagonist!

As a good proof of that, I’m losing my animosity towards the future bastard…

“I asked, answer me!”

Yep, that’s it.

“Isn’t it polite to introduce yourself first and then ask?”

“I, I am the prince of this empire! Take an example! How dare you ignore me!”

The prince spat out.

“Trash!”

“You were the first to argue.”

There was no consideration for the disrespectful boy.

“Look at this.”

The feet attached to the ground were floated in the air, giving off a ghostly appearance. I tap-danced with the transparent ghost legs, demonstrating my dazzling footwork.

“Huh, huh!”

The prince let out a strange noise and at the same time collapsed on the floor.

“Hello?”

He had passed out and had no reaction.

‘It’s ruined.’

The keywords here for the male protagonist of the novel are indifference, harshness, coolness, and regret.

The keyword should be seizure.

When I saw the past of the male protagonist I was so curious about, he embarrassed the reader, me, with actions that did not fit the keywords, so choose the right response the reader should take:

1. Deny this situation altogether.

2. Turn my head as if I didn’t know.

3. Erase the memory.

4. Get out of this place and go somewhere else.

5. Correct the male protagonist that I don’t like and change the original.

‘It’s not good.’

Perhaps because it was the options from my head, I couldn’t see the right answer.

What would the main character of a rofan novel choose?

‘Number five?’

However, I first thought, ‘Do I have to?’

There was a conflict between the thought of ‘Do I have to change the crappy male lead?’ and the thought of ‘I have to live and watch first!’.

‘How painful!’

Even if I tried to separate the prince lying over there and the crappy man in the novel into separate characters, my head won’t listen.

‘Phew, calm down.’

I glanced at the child still lying on the floor. The light green eyes that I saw earlier are covered by his eyelids.

Sharp eyes and slightly open lips. Looking at him like this, he was exactly how it was described in the book.

‘I don’t need to do anything and I want to go home.’

The reality was complicated.

What can I do to find my body and go back to reality?

In light of the years of experience in reading rofan novels, those who escaped from the novel led the ending in a good direction.

‘But it’s kind of… To make him happy…’

I think this is a dream. Maybe I’m mistaken and I’m just having a long dream.

The blue hair paralyzed my sense of reality.

‘It doesn’t matter how I came in. I can’t change what’s already in here.’

I don’t know who put me in here, but I’ll go back someday.

‘I have no choice but to correct his temper and change the future.’

The resolution I made in front of Armel went wrong, but what can I do?

I have to live first.

‘Hurry up and open your eyes.’

I squatted in front of the prince who collapsed like a princess who ate a poisonous apple.

I wanted to poke his cheek, but my finger passed right through.

‘I must be a real ghost.’

His eyelid then slightly twitched.

“Hey, prince.”

“…”

“Did you wake up?”

When I saw him desperately pretending to be unconscious, my playfulness rose.

“Then I’ll eat you if you keep pretending.”

I flew over his stiff body and approached him.

He peeped at me and opened his mouth slowly as if he were about to scream.

“Shh, be quiet.”

I tried to block the prince’s lips by raising my finger.

It was quiet as if it worked.

The child covered his face with his arms raised.

“Hmph.”

Huh?

A small sound leaked through the blocked arm.When I listened to something, it penetrated my ears clearly.

“Wahhh…”

A sobbing sound!

As soon as I heard the crying sound, I was surprised and widened my distance.

‘I didn’t mean to make you cry…’

The child was biting his lips to prevent the crying sound from leaking out. Tears flowed through the gaps and dripped on the floor.

“Oh, that, prince. I’ll stay away from you. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you cry.”

I was not a sadistic person who could feel joy when a child who was smaller than me cried.

“If you’re scared, I’ll stay away from you. It was just a lie. I can’t eat people!”

It broke my heart to see a child forcibly swallowing tears that were about to burst out.

“I’m really sorry. I can call someone. I think you’ll be scared if you’re alone.”

“Oh, no”.

The eyes of the prince, who hurriedly stood up and opened his mouth as he saw me trying to go outside, were red.

“No. Don’t call a person.”

“Don’t worry. I can’t call anyone even if I wanted to. I’m just stuck here”

I went to the corner and crouched down and waited for the child to calm down.

“Prince, if you rub it like that, your eyes will hurt…”

An answer did not return, and only the sniffling sound could be heard in the room instead of silence.

“I, I must finally be crazy…”

He murmured something with a nasally voice, and then completely ignored me.

“Prince? Prince? Excuse me!”

It was clear that he could see me for sure. He closed his eyes and shook his hands whenever I passed by.

“Prince.”

Ignore.

“Prince?”

Ignore.

“Hey! Prince!”

Ignore.

“If you blink, you can see me!”

It was a series of ignoring me.

The sun was already setting outside, and the maid dragged the tray as it was meal time.

“I’ve prepare a meal for you.”

The brilliant silver tableware flashed, and the delicious smell poked my nose mercilessly.

“It looks delicious.”

Why did you give me a sense of smell when I couldn’t even eat?

On the bed, a table was set up simply.

There was no change in the expression of the little male lead eating, but the number of times he chewed carrots decreased. Through that, I got information that he hates carrots.

When I realized the human aspect of the character in the novel, I felt strange.

“Prince, are you going to pretend you don’t know me until the end?”

“…”

I was still treated like air even while waiting patiently until the meal was over.

‘Oh my gosh, he didn’t even eat half of the meal.’

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The child looked at a book and ignored me before going to bed and laid down on the bed. Whe glancing at me, the prince was surprised and pulled the blanket up to the top of his head.

“Uh… Good night, and let’s not ignore me tomorrow.”

The answer did not come back.

I lied down on the sofa and slept. I was then thinking about whether a ghost could sleep, but I lost consciousness less than a minute later.

The first day of the miraculous possession fell in vain.

~*~

It’s already been about a week since I entered this place.

It was an extremely peaceful time except for being lonely because there was no one to talk to.

Until a clink sound rang the room.

“…”

In the past few days, the prince has changed his method of determination that ignoring me cannot drive me out.

“It’s a bad habit to take it out on the food.”

The prince turned the table upside down and stared at me. The bowl containing warm food just now rolled around the floor.

“It’s your loss.”

He didn’t show it because of his strong pride, but his body was shaking to where I could see that his fear of me had not disappeared.

“Then you won’t get taller.”

“…!”

“I’ll clean it up.”

The maid sitting next to him spoke and familiarized herself with the floor. Then she took the tray out, saying she would bring new food.

‘This is the male lead I know.’

Flipping the table, throwing stones, glaring secretly, ignoring, and secret verbal abuse.

These are the atrocities the prince has done to me for a week.

Of course, he wasn’t the only one who abused me.

“If you don’t eat, you won’t have the strength to throw stones at me. Hmmm, maybe you won’t even grow.”

I was worried that he wouldn’t grow because of me.

He has a small body right now, so I’m very worried…

“I’ll be in the corner, so let’s eat this time, okay?”

“…”

“Eat at least half of it…”

How did I become a child-rearing helper?

I raised all my younger siblings. Now, even in a novel, except we’re not related!

With good timing, the maid brought the food back from outside.

‘The smell is amazing.’

It was pork that was glossy. My nostrils expanded automatically and I was attracted to the smell.

I crouched in the corner, but the prince did not move.

“Are you going to open your mouth if I feed you?”

Of course, I can’t.

Even before I finished talking, the prince picked up the spoon with trembling hands.

I was pleased to see him start eating.

However, my smile seems to have been delivered differently than intended.

“Gasp!”

“Pr-Prince!”

Perhaps he choked, the prince grabbed his throat and coughed. The maid urgently held out a cup of water.

The prince, who hurriedly picked up the cup, drank the water at once and stared at me with his bloody eyes.

The face, which was so scary that it was confusing who the ghost was, made me crouched down even more.

“Hey… It’s not my fault, personally.”

Because the prince was about to throw a glass cup at me.

“I watched you because you ate it deliciously.”

“…”

“I can’t eat you.”

When I made an excuse in a humiliating position to rub my hands, the glass cup went back to its place.

“Look at me. I’m a ghost who can’t do anything.”

I raised both hands and two feet to inform them of my harmlessness. When I was dangling in the air, the prince shrank his shoulders.

“Get out now!”

“…Call me when you’re done eating.”

Only the dear maid left the room.

A strong wind blew over us. The prince acted as if I was going to harm him at any moment.

“Now, quietly go to the corner and bang your head.”

“…”

I snuggled into the corner and tried to bang my head.

Oh, I got the distance control wrong.

“Ugh, whoa!”

A wall structure was visible. From the outside, it was obvious that half of my head was in the wall.

At the prince’s scream, I quickly pulled my face out.

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

“…”

“This isn’t really meant to surprise you.”

I am a newcomer among ghosts.

“It’s hard to believe, but it’s because it’s my first time in a ghost life, so it’s not enough.”

“I’ll show you an improved image in the future, so stay tuned.”

“Don’t show it, just disappear!”

Wow. It was a sound comparable to that of Armel’s maid.

Still…

“It’s difficult. I also have a situation.”

I shook my head with my palms outstretched. It is a shameless statement even if I think about it.

The prince looked at me with a puzzled face.

“Disappearing will be difficult.”

“…!”

How do I do something I don’t know how to do?

“Let’s live by yielding to each other.”

I said with a good expression on my face as if I were going to a public interest campaign.

Even in spite of my seemingly good-natured appearance, the prince went into an unresponsive state again.

Thinking that dealing with him was a waste of time, he raised a spoon. The crackling sound continued for a long time.

“You ate half! Well done! Let’s do a little bit more next time!”

Applause of encouragement came from afar.

“Let’s try to eat everything next time!”

I envy you for being applauded when you eat.