Prologue

A strange person appeared at the entrance of the restaurant. He was a man of a large physique that gave off a sense of pressure.

“Oh my, was there someone like that in the empire?””

He smelled of males that is unlike other aristocrats who argued or held table discussions.

“Will you come closer? I’ll help you check your reservation.”

As the man stretched out his long legs and moved, a subtle light fell on his face.

The smooth forehead revealed through black hair like pitch black, the high nose like the northern mountain range, and the line along the chin were beautiful.

“Argention Palesdon”.

“Yes. Your reservation has been confirmed. I’ll show you the seat.”

The moment the man named himself, there was a silent storm inside the restaurant.

“It’s ‘Palesdon’?”

“Look at those eyes.”

“The rumour that the battlefield’s blood is absorbed and red does not remain the same.”

“But the Duke of Failsdon didn’t return for a long time even after the war ended….”

“Argention Palesdon”.

A hero who led the last continental war to victory and a pioneer who discovered a new land. At the same time, he was the incarnation of fear. There was a rumour that even the vicious devil was afraid of him covered in blood.

“Uhm, your coat Sir…”

“I don’t need it.”

“What? Do I look like a fool who can’t take off a coat with my own hands?”

The man who established the myth of being undefeated was also talented in keeping people’s mouths shut. The nobles, who quickly became silent, lowered their eyes.

As his indifferent eyes swept through the interior, the market quickly became silent. Someone gasped and hurriedly covered his mouth.

The frozen atmosphere was brief, and the restaurant regained peace as Duke Palesdon headed in front of someone.

It was then,

“Please divorce me.”

The moment the low voice of Duke Palesdon rang, there was a huge invisible splash.

‘Did you hear that?’

‘You’re getting divorced as soon as you return from the battlefield?’

People’s eyes shook like a huge earthquake. However, this was only the tip of the iceberg.

“I will pay you 5 million gold as alimony.”

The amount of alimony offered by Duke Palesdon was unbelievable here and there.

5 million gold was a surprising amount even for a considerable nobleman. ‘I want to marry Duke Palesdon and divorce him, too. ‘

‘Me too! Me too!’

The immature young girls were blinded and shut their mouths while talking nonsense.

“Uh.”

Roselina’s thin moan made the surroundings quiet.

Her slender shoulders trembled as if shocked.

‘Come to think of it………… The duchess chased the duke a lot.’

‘I heard that she had followed him for years and got married.’ As her courtship for Duke Palesdon was famous, eyes were drawn to sympathize with Roselina.’

Meanwhile, Roselina, who will become the former Duchess of Palesdon, grabbed her hand hidden under the table.

‘Yes, it’s very good.’

Contrary to people’s thoughts, she was not shocked.

Rather, I had to struggle to lower the corners of my mouth and clowns trying to soar toward the sky.

‘It tells the story of receiving 50 billion won as soon as she transmigrated.’

In terms of 5 million gold, it was 50 billion won in units she knew.

‘What’s the big deal about divorce when you receive 50 billion won? Just call me when you remarry. We will take you to the full course from officiating to the wedding song.’

Roselina gently bit her lips to suppress the soaring joy.

If you have a two-year-old, I’ll be your godmother!!

I felt like I wanted to get up and dance right away.

‘I think I can go through the same thing as yesterday a hundred more times.’

Roselina’s eyes darkened slightly as she recalled the moment she possessed this body.

Chapter 1

1. Unlock the 50 billion won as soon as you possess it

I’m possessed. In fact, it was just yesterday.

It is a rare crazy novel in which all the male leads are crazy about the female lead and break up with their wife or fiancé, and it was fun to watch while swearing.

I was tired of my present life, giving up even college and working part-time because of the debts left by my parents. I was comforted by reading web novels in a completely different world from the harsh reality.

“I sentence Roselina to death, a wicked woman who tried to disturb the world and take away innocent life!”

Again today, provocative content was unfolding.

“Finally, the villain is being dealt with.”‘

Because of the vivid description, I even felt terrible as if I were being executed.

And on my way back from my part-time job. The horn sound from the dump truck running from the other side of the road was the last memory in modern life.

When I opened my eyes, I was being notified of my divorce.

“If you gently fill out the divorce application form tonight and leave the mansion, we’ll take care of the consolation money. I’m sure you want that.”

Marriage report and divorce application. Name written in both documents. Argention Palesdon,

I knew well who he was.

In the novel that I remembered until my last moments, the sub-male lead.

Argention’s request for divorce meant that he and I were married.

I turned next to his name on the document. Roselina Palesdon, a letter written only on the marriage registration form.

‘Awesome! You possessed Roselina.’

Argention spit out harsh words at me again, as he looks at my appearance. “I don’t know what’s lurking in that useless head, but everything will be useless. Poor Roselina.”

‘Let’s hear him out. Let’s hear him out. But isn’t he too much?’

Even though I knew it was not for me, but for Roselina, it was a verbal abuse that hurt my feelings.

You only said sweet things to the female protagonist…

For his wife, Roselina, he was a master of gaslighting that undermined self-esteem by word.

I couldn’t hold it back. I was going to retort,

“The alimony is 5 million gold, which is the maximum amount I can pay.”

10,000 won is one gold, so if it’s 5 million gold…………. It’s 50 billion won. Crazy. You want me to divorce you and then give me 50 billion won? Who do you think I am? Do I look like a person whose worth 50 billion won?

Then it was very accurate. I could divorce more than a hundred times. In the midst of confusion, Argentina kicked its tongue above its head while chewing 50 billion won.

“As I’ve said over and over again, it would be good for everyone to accept the divorce.”

And then it went out quickly.

A halo seemed to emanate from the back.

Of course, I should. 50 billion won is at stake!

My heart began to beat fast.

‘Divorce… That was my wish since I was born!’

The undesirable imagination came to reality.

In the original work, Roselina was defeated to avoid divorce, but eventually she was horrified. So divorce was a good choice in many ways. I stayed up all night in case it was my dream to be possessed, and I came out and sat down before the appointment time.

“Okay.”

She raised her head and stared straight at Argention sitting opposite to her. He seemed a little suspicious that he didn’t know I would say yes.

I guess so. Because until a few hours ago, I was desperately hanging on.

Argention’s eyebrows narrowed when she pulled out her divorce application that she had filled out yesterday on her table.

“Wait-.”

She stood up, not heeding his call.

“This is where our relationship ends.”

Immediately after, I left the place, so I didn’t even notice the words that appeared.

[The fate has changed significantly]

[The count for the number of times fate changes begins.]

***

After I left the restaurant, I got on the carriage I had prepared in advance.

Tomorrow, no, from the afternoon right now, the empire will be turned upside down.

Because it’s Palesdon’s divorce, not anyone else.

Argention is by no means a small figure. In fact, he was holding so many things that it was said that the writer’s favourite was not a male lead but the sub male lead.

He was born as the sole heir to the Palesdon, the nation’s greatest family, and earned the title of the youngest sword master.

Argention participated in the Continental War at the age of only 17, and led to victory in all the battles he participated in. As the days that only sounded his triumph continued, he went missing out of nowhere.

People whispered that the high-ranking Palesdon was over, but Argention finally returned. Conquering a new land discovered after several hundred years.

He was the one who made Palesdon reach a realm where no one would dare to surpass the power of Palesdon, who had already pierced the sky.

‘So, I guess he can pay 50 billion won as alimony.’

And that 50 billion will soon become my assets.

‘I’m glad you agreed to the divorce as well.’

                 In the original story, Roselina could not accept the divorce and runs wild. She didn’t even know that it was an act that cuts her lifeline.

‘Yes, it only leads to ruin.’

Roselina was typically a person who twisted her fate. She thought she could avoid divorce if the heroine disappeared, and so she started to bully her like crazy.

‘She was a one-dimensional villain.’

In the end, Roselina is caught trying to poison the heroine, and without anyone to take her side, she stands on the platform of execution.

‘I’m never going to do that.’

She wanted to live well as if it was the second life she has never had.

My goal was to eat well and live well after divorcing Argention safely before the original work starts.

‘In order to do that, we must first improve our family relationship.’

In this place, women’s right to make decisions was seldom recognized as their status were significantly lower than in modern society. For a woman to get a divorce, her husband had to get permission from her father as well.

‘Perhaps they won’t allow it easily.’

She went straight ahead like a bulldozer only for the things she wanted to do, and she was also at odds with her family.

It was also said that she would have been excommunicated from the family if Rozelina had not married Palesden.

‘It’s not a situation where I’m relaxed enough to have a daughter who came back from divorce.’

In fact, Brighton was one of the most prestigious families in the Empire. Until Rosalina was born.

As she grew up, the family began to fall, and Roselina was even called the “Brighton Disaster.”

‘It’s the worst condition to get permission to divorce.’

Brighton won’t welcome the eldest daughter, Roselina, back.

But she doesn’t really care.

Perhaps to give readers catharsis, the process of the failure of the original villain Roselina and Brighton family was described in detail.

‘That means, I know how not to fail. You just have to do the opposite of what Roselina did.’

Furthermore, they were guessing how the Brighton family could be revived. It was valuable information held only by me who read the original.

‘I can negotiate with the Duke of Brighton with this.’

While organizing my thoughts, I felt the carriage slowing down.

Soon, I heard a polite knock on the window of the carriage.

“From here on out, it’s the Duke of Brighton’s mansion. If you want to visit, tell me your name………… Huk.”

Without hesitation, when I removed the curtain and showed my face, a young-faced knight breathed in.

“Pe, Duchess of Palesdon, what brings you here….?”

“Roselina Brighton”.

“Yes. Yes!”

Rumours have not yet circulated that I will divorce.

I just corrected my name to let you know that I would return to Brighton, but the driver was too scared.

“I, I have a wife and children. Please spare my life…”

“………….”

‘He’s going to cry like that.’

How notorious Roselina must have been for them to be so nervous?

As if no further confirmation was needed, the carriage soon departed again. And after a long run, I was able to get off the garden.

“Welcome to Brighton’s mansion. I’m…… Duchess of Palesdon?”

“Long time no see, butler.”

The polite butler’s mouth twisted and did not move. In Roselina’s memory, he always kept a poker face.

‘I guess you really don’t like me coming.’

To the point where he, a professional, can’t properly manage his facial expression.

I took the lead because I didn’t want to be guided by someone who didn’t like me.

“Is the duke in the office?”

“………Yes, that’s right.”

The butler shut up as if he didn’t want to talk more. Even a single leaf of a tree planted in the garden showed reluctance to Roselina.

Her husband divorces her and her family does not welcome her.

‘It’s the worst.’

But I didn’t mind.

‘It won’t get any worse here.’

There was no need to worry because only good things would happen from now on. I raised my head like Roselina, who was not discouraged in any way.

***

First, I came into the office, but the air was freezing.

Duke Brighton knew I had come in, but he didn’t even look my way.

‘Even like this?’

She couldn’t help but stand upright as she floundered and sat down on the sofa reserved for his guests.

‘I can’t do it. Because a thirsty man must dig a well.’

“.……. Long time no see.”

Perhaps because I was nervous, my voice popped out. Somehow, it sounded like a quarrel, so it seemed more like Roselina.

“What brings you here?”

Duke Brighton said without looking at me. Standing in front of the window, his back looked solid without any room to squeeze in.

I suddenly brought up the main topic because I thought it would be useless to talk in circles.

“I want to get permission to divorce.”

“What?”

Duke Brighton, who seemed indifferent, turned around and stared at me.

‘Heuk…. How can a man be so handsome?’

He was an ascetic handsome man who passed every strand of hair without being disturbed. Even if he was Roselina’s eldest brother, he looked so young that she could believe it. And perhaps because it was originally a family of scholars, it also exuded an intellectual atmosphere.

“What did you just say?”

His stubborn expression and determined voice alone read his straightforward personality. With great will, the Duke of Brighton will not be able to carry out.

‘I’m must be strong too.’

Facing him with a frown on his forehead, he stared straight into the green eyes.

“I ask you to approve my divorce.”

“……”

For a while, only silence lingered in the office.

It wasn’t long before Duke Brighton burst into laughter as if he were dumbfounded.

“….You’re out of your mind.”

There was a blazing flame over his light green eyes. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand that feeling.

‘If I get married, I won’t come back to this damn place. If you allow me to marry, I will disappear for the rest of my life!’

After saying that, the daughter, who ran away from home, came back after three years and is asking for a divorce.

‘Even I will be outraged.’

The Duke of Brighton clenched and opened his fist. It was an action full of anger.

“Roselina.”

His voice calling out my name was very quiet.

“You swore that you would not harm the family any more if I allowed you to get married.”

“……… ”

“I expected you to change, maybe. That’s why my heart was shaken too.”

The Duke of Brighton’s eyes sank low.

“But that night, you stole my seal, stamped it on the marriage licence and disappeared.”

What?

“After that, you acted arbitrarily and constantly talked to people.”

“…… ”

“But now, you’re going to get a divorce? I can’t promise that you won’t harm the family any more than this.” In fact, there was nothing wrong with what the Duke of Brighton said.

However, I couldn’t just keep my mouth shut like this.

“I know that, too. That’s why I didn’t come here to ask for a favour.”

“……”

“You won’t believe me, of course. But……”

As if to judge my intentions, the Duke of Brighton’s eyes became thinner.

“I’d like to ask the duke for a deal. If you give me permission to divorce, I’ll revive Brighton. More than the shining days before.”

“…….”

“I will bring Brighton’s honour back to the family.”

Duke Brighton kicked his tongue.

“How can I believe that?”

His reaction was natural.

As I raised my head, I could see the Duke and the wall where he was standing at a glance. Brighton’s seal engraved on top of it.

“I swear by Brighton, which is greener than anything else.”

When referring to the green leaves to honour the leaf fairy, the Duke’s eyes grew bigger. At the same time, I suddenly felt it.

In Brighton.

Roselina is back.

***

‘Is it better than I thought?’

This was an appreciation of the days she spent in Brighton for the past few days.

People in Brighton did not like Roselina. Rather, they were busy being afraid, so they didn’t stop whatever she did.

No one even wakes her up saying that she had to wake up early in the morning even if she slept too long.

The bed was so soft that she fell asleep just by lying down. So naturally, she slept longer, and maybe because of that, her back was stiff.

“Hmm. It’s stiff.”

I was just muttering to myself, but the maid responded immediately.

“I’ll prepare you a bath with oil that’s good for fatigue recovery.” She stepped back without giving me time to answer.

‘Uh….?’

They don’t have to prepare that much.

I’m going to say it’s okay, but the bath was ready before I knew it. I thought it would be more troublesome to refuse, so I quietly entered the bathtub.

“Oh…”

When I went into the warm water, I couldn’t help but exclaim.

“It’s a good scent for recovering from fatigue by mixing rosemary, marjoram, lavender and eucalyptus.”

“Hmm.”

As explained, I felt like I was warming up, but the maid suddenly knelt down and banged her head on the floor.

“Ple- Please forgive me!”

‘What? What’s wrong with her?’

                  “If you let me know what I did wrong, I’ll correct it right away. So please relieve your anger.”

She was almost sobbing. It seemed that she thought I was angry.

‘What are you looking at?’

I stared at my face reflected on the water.

Round pink eyes, wavy long, rich pink hair were seen. She was a cute puppy-like beauty who looked round and gentle.

‘I can’t believe I’m a villain with this face.’

It was more of a waste of talent.

Anyway, there was no sign of anger anywhere on my face. The maid seemed to have been frightened by Roselina’s notoriety.

“Never mind. Get out of here.”

“Thank you, thank you!”

I thought it would be better to stay away, so I sent out the maid. I was going to organize my thoughts by myself anyway.

“Today is the day.”

The day I can save Roselina’s brother, Leodor.

On the day she heard about the divorce from Argention, she tries to summon the devil through her blood. Perhaps because of Brighton’s blood of being protected by a fairy, Roselina succeeded in summoning something anyway.

What would you choose between helping your brother and getting the attention of Duke Palesdon?

The evil spirit summoned by Roselina always presented two prophecies. The same was true of the day he was first summoned.

Roselina chose the latter without hesitation.

Anyway, she had been ordered to stay away from Leodor for some reason.

Burn the auction house on Leodor’s birthday, and the Duke, who took lightly of you, who was troubled by an accident on the land, will pay attention.

Roselina, who believed in the spirit’s words, hides in Brighton’s territory and sets off a big fire.

Fortunately, no one died, but when all the auction items were burned, the spirit who reappeared laughed and laughed at Roselina.

You idiot! You could have fed the tears of the wind from today’s auction to your brother, you could have bought it, but you burned it with your own hands!

“What?”

“Leodor Brighton will soon lose his life!”

And he disappeared behind Roselina, who’s frustrated. Spirits often appeared after that, putting Roselina at a crossroads of choice and pulling her into a swamp of despair.

‘I just need to do the opposite.’

Today was Leodor’s birthday.

I was going to go to the auction house and win a bid for tears of hope so I could save him.

‘Did Leodor say he was always lying on his bed?’

Brighton fell into ruin faster because its successor, Leodor, is dead.

As soon as she got up from the bathtub, the maids washed and dressed her. There was no need to lift a finger.

‘It’s so comfortable.’ It was a moment when the need to lead this life was more emphasized.

At that time, a maid approached me hastily.

“Uh… A letter has arrived.”

“Really?”

Who is it? Roselina had few friends because of her temper. I can’t believe a letter came to her.

The sender was even more surprising.

‘The Duke of Palesdon wrote a letter?’

Why? I have nothing more to say with him.

When I opened the letter with a paper knife, thin and stiff paper fell to the floor.

“It’s a check!”

As soon as I checked the amount, my eyes widened. I hurriedly picked up a check that fell on the floor.

‘A million gold?’

It’s 10 billion won.

My mouth opened wide. Why did he send this?

When I looked at the envelope again, a short memo was enclosed.

Duke Palesdon seemed to be trying to finalize the divorce before I changed my mind. He was so serious about divorce that even this short memo was notarized.

‘I like it.’

Having reached 10 billion won, I was very motivated. I had a good feeling that everything was going to be all right.

***

Duke Brighton was lost in thought.

Days have passed since Roselina, who suddenly came, declared her divorce.

‘You’re going to get divorced?’

But I still couldn’t believe it. He knew his sister well.

Roselina was madly obsessed with the Duke of Palesdon.

It wasn’t love. I couldn’t call the destructive feeling of running like a boon moth because she just wanted to own the other person love.

Since childhood, Rosellina has tried to get whatever she wants. The same was true of the Duke of Palesdon. There was no way she would give up this easily.

‘It’s been about four years.’

Palesdon’s name came out of Roselina’s mouth, who returned home with a sweet face.

“I brought a tea, Duke.”

The butler put a teacup in front of the thoughtful Duke of Brighton. As he had worked for the Brighton family all his life, he would sometimes notice the duke’s intentions.

“Is it because of the Duchess of Palesdon?”

“…That’s right. Your eyes can’t be fooled.”

The Duke of Brighton was lost in thought again after taking a sip of tea. Roselina’s fickle personality made her unable to keep her words.

‘But…’

The face of the man, who was always fierce and sharp, harboured determination. And he kept a full watch on the trends of Roselina, and she was surprisingly quiet. She is locked in her room and never comes out.

‘Did you really come to your senses?’

It might be a change in the child who have brought trouble all their lives.

As soon as the Duke of Brighton was about to become a little soft, an urgent knock was heard.

“What’s going on?”

It was the maid in charge of Roselina’s reports that entered the office.

“Roselina is confronting Madame Elizabeth.”

“Those two? What’s the reason?”

“Lady Roselina, who came back from going out, came into the young master’s room….”

“What?”

Duke Brighton hit the desk hard.

He asked back as if he couldn’t believe what he heard.

“Who’s going into whose room?”

“Lady Roselina, Duke.”

Duke Brighton jumped up from his seat, and the butler, who was guarding nearby, closed his eyes.

Leodor Brighton.

He was the eldest son of the Duke of Brighton.

However, he had never shown his face to the public because he was suffering from an incurable disease. It was like the paradox of the Duke of Brighton because he didn’t know when he would die.

“You’re touching Leodor, not anyone else?”

In fact, there was a secret that people of the Brighton family were shushing.

Leodor Brighton was not suffering from an incurable disease. He was under a terrible curse caused by Roselina. This was the first disaster she brought to Brighton.

***

Duke Brighton took a stride.

He felt foolish for trusting his sister even for a moment. Even though he was betrayed so much, it was his foolishness that he could not completely erase his affection for his daughter.

‘Leodor’

It is said that there were no fingers that didn’t hurt because he bit ten fingers, but he was a particularly affectionate child.

A long time ago, Brighton lost two precious things. Beatrice, his first wife, and the protection of a fairy, and it was because of the young Roselina.

Inside the Brighton mansion, there was a garden that only the Brighton family could enter. At the centre of it was a fairy tree that protected Brighton for generations.

The moment young Roselina broke the branch, the angry fairy took the protection and cursed instead.

– You, foolish child, will fall into a deep sleep until you know your sins.

‘No!’

‘No!’

It was Beatrice and Leodor who blocked the curse pouring on Roselina with their bodies.

Perhaps because of the shock of receiving the curse instead, early labour began and she died with a baby in her stomach during childbirth. Leodor also collapsed and failed to regain consciousness.

‘It’s a miracle that I didn’t lose my life even though I was cursed by a fairy.’

All of this came from the testimony of Elizabeth, then Beatrice’s maid and now the Duchess of Brighton.

And today… It was the day Leodor celebrated his birthday. Why did Roselina visit him today?