The Daughter of the Duke, Veronica Campbell, was sentenced to death because of the charge of murdering her own Father, the Duke. With the Royal Guards, she was walking in the midst of the people, either nobles or commoners, wearing rubbish clothing, and her hands were tied. She felt the dark stares of people around her, but she just walked straight to her final destination.

She stood against the countless people of the kingdom. On her back, a guillotine was waiting for her head. And a man began to speak and said, " Veronica Campbell, you have been found guilty on the charge of murdering the Duke, your father. The punishment for your sin is Death— This time, the kingdom will give you the time to confess your sin while facing its people!". She looked around the crowd. Above the stage, she saw the Prince glaring at her and beside him was his fiancée, Arabella Williams. Then she remembered how that woman framed her for the murder of her Father:

She came back to the mansion and she saw the Duke lying on the floor, then the royal guard suddenly came with Prince George and her fiancée, Arabella. Arabella, acting as the witness of the crime, pointed her finger towards Veronica as the killer. Veronica was known to have many enemies because of her villainous personality, so they called her as the Villainess; so she wasn't shocked at all when the court didn't consider her defences, and found her guilty instead, even innocent.

Veronica knew that it was pointless to insist her innocence from blind people, but still decided to stand for what is true. And said, " I have nothing to confess, I loved my father more than anything, I have no reason to kill my father—"

The people of the empire raised their voices against Veronica. Veronica suspected that they had been paid by her enemies to do it.

But Arabella suddenly spoke and denied her words, " Liar! I know your evil deeds — and I also saw you do it! ", she cried and embraced the Princes like a damsel in distress.

" You're so shameless, Veronica. Do you think anyone would believe you!? ", the Prince said. Veronica was furious inside, but she held back and was calm. Then the royal guards took her and placed her head on the guillotine. At that last moment, she uttered words from her mouth.

" You know, Prince, the only thing I've done wrong was to fall in love with an idiot like you... ", and Prince flinched and clenched his teeth.

" And you, saltwater bitch—".

" What does she call me!? ", she was miffed.

" You think you win now, taste your last chance to live because if we meet again, even in another world... I'll make your life a living hell ", she said.

Arabella was shivering from the dark stares of Veronica. She didn't know why, but she felt very terrified. So she shouted at the guard, " WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? KILL HER! NOW! ".

Prince George was shocked by Arabella's expressions. Arabella was breathless in fear, trembling like she had met with a demon. And Veronica just closed her eyes and smiled, and the rope was cut and the blade fell down.

Veronica found herself floating on an empty space. " Is this hell? " , she uttered. Then a light gleamed towards Veronica. And when she looked at it, she saw a girl she didn't know reaching out her hand towards her. And she heard voices calling out her name and said, " Veronica, please help me". So she also reached out her hand until she could grab it. Then the light began to shine so bright that she couldn't see anything but only white.

She suddenly opened her eyes, and drew a deep breath. She felt like she woke up from a bad dream. When she looked around, she found herself inside of a small room with unfamiliar things to her. Then she suddenly remembered about the guillotine, so she immediately touched her neck.

" My head... ", she said. She thought that her head was cut.

*ring* *ring*

She was shocked when she heard a bell-sound coming from the rectangular thing. She tried to touch it, but she flinched when she felt it vibrating. " What is this thing?", she asked while agitating. Then the image of a girl appeared on the screen of the object, when she saw it, extreme pain came into her head and the memories of a girl, named Arianne Cruz, appeared in her vision.

Arriane, 19 years old, was the third daughter of the house of Villafuerte, who was well-known as one of the richest families in the country. But despite being the daughter of a rich family, she doesn't receive any privilege from the family because of being the daughter of a commoner. She lived with her mother separated from the Villafuertes, but she still couldn't escape from the harassment of her cousins and siblings. Especially, from the second daughter of the house, Arabella Villafuerte.

Veronica, inside of Arriane's body, felt an extreme hatred when that name appeared in her vision. It reminded her of the woman with the same name who killed her and her father. She clenched her hand and grinned from ear to ear.

" It was a coincidence... we have an enemy with a common name, Arriane ", she mumbled and grinned.

Veronica and Arriane's memories had already overlapped inside Veronica's mind. So she became familiar with the things inside the room. But Veronica looked first in the mirror, and when she saw herself, she was shocked and disappointed.

" Arriane, do you know anything about grooming yourself ", she said while asking the real owner of her body. As a former daughter of a Duke, she always maintained her most precious looks toward the eyes of the people, so she was very uncomfortable when she saw her current condition.

" Maybe I should borrow some beauty kits and beauty products from her mother ". She sighed. Her mother, Elaine, worked as an officer staff and designer, and unlike Arriane, her mother likes using beauty products. She knocked on the door of her mother's room.

As the door opened and a woman came from inside, Veronica was shocked when she saw Arriane's mother. Veronica's mother, the Duchess Diane, was well-known because of her peerless beauty and intelligence in the whole kingdom, and she was a kind-hearted mother to Veronica. But she died because of an illness when Veronica was only 5 years old, leaving a scar from her heart. But Veronica still remembers the Duchess' face, and she sought the resemblance of the Duchess from Arriane's mother.

" Do you need something, Arriane? ", her mother asked. But Veronica was dazed, and afterwards, tears began to shed from Veronica's eyes.

" Mother? ", she uttered and immediately embraced her. Elaine was surprised.

" Arr---Arriane... What did happen? ", her mother sputtered. Then Veronica felt the presence of her passed mother, the Duchess, from Arriane's mother, like she was also reborn with her. Veronica pulled herself together and immediately wiped her tears away.

" Nothing... I just missed you, mother ", and she smiled. She tilted her head.

" Are you sure? But it's just 3 days...by the way, do you need something? ", Elaine asked.

" May I borrow some of your beauty kits? ", she said. But her mother was startled and stunned.

" Mother!? "

*Tears of joy*

" Huh!? Why are you crying mother? ", she asked. Then Elaine wiped her tears away.

" I can't just believe that you also want my kits. You said that you didn't want it. And you always bashed me whenever you saw me using them. ", Elaine said.

" What!? What kind of daughter are you, Arriane? Do I need to say sorry on your behalf ", Veronica said inside her mind.

" Okay fine... I'm sorry, so can you please let me use it? ", she replied. Then she saw the sparks from her mother's eyes and suddenly grabbed her shoulders.

" Okay but let me help you", she said while giggling. Veronica felt nervous, Veronica sat on her mother's desk, and there was also a mirror where she could see herself. Even though the mirror only showed the face of a different woman, Arriane, she also saw herself, as Veronica, projected into the mirror.

Then her mother began brushing her hair first. She wanted to protest that she could do it by herself, but she felt that the scene was very familiar to her. That reminded her how the past Duchess, also groomed her in front of the mirror. She felt like time repeated itself.

" Be honest, did you get bullied again? Tell me who it is? ", she suddenly asked. Elaine knew that her daughter was always bullied, especially when she was around the Villafuertes.

But Veronica answered, " Nothing really happened, mother, no need to worry ".

While her mother brushed her hair, she said in her mind;

" The owner of this body was always oppressed by those people for a long time, maybe that's the reason why I heard her calling for help in my dream... So, as my compensation for letting me to use this body, let the true Villainess feed them the taste of true pain... And I, Veronica Campbell, promised that you will love to see them, when I'm already kicking the *** ". She leaned her head upon her hand and grinned from ear to ear.

*laughing inside*

After she groomed with her mother, Veronica (inside Arriane's body) immediately went to her room and sat on her table. She started to write down everything that she could recollect from Arriane's memory on a paper.

" Arianne Cruz, 19 years old, was the 8th daughter of Villafuerte. But for some reason, all her privileges were taken away from her by her own siblings, because her mother is a commoner— how dare you to call her a commoner... ", she thought while writing the important details on the paper. Then she continued, 

" *scribbling* Robert Villafuerte, Head of the Villafuertes and my father. He has 3 sons and 6 daughters from different women— O come on, what kind of guy he is... Disgusting! 

... Wait! I can't recall all of her siblings in my head, by the way, just write what is there, Veronica. "

" Henry Villafuerte, the eldest son of the Villafuertes. He is famous because of his intelligence and talent; and he is also handsome. But the way he stared at Arriane was cold; Danny, Safira and Arabella are Arriane's sister, and because of these spoiled brats, her life became miserable inside the mansion (Veronica drew a stickman of each of them and wrote 'spoiled brats' above. Then she encircled Arabella... ), especially this wrench. "

Veronica suddenly remembered from Arriane's memory the burn she caught from Arabella. She partially took off her t-shirt and saw a large scar from the side of her waist. 

" What the hell did they do to you? ", she wondered. Veronica was upset and felt irritated because of the burn. 

" I always took care of my own body when I was a noble, but this scar... ", she scowled. 

Then a certain person suddenly appeared in her vision, but she couldn't recollect everything about him from Arriane's memory. Until she finally recalled his name... 

*scribbling*

" He is Arabella's boyfriend— Dave Marcelo. "

Then she noticed that something was dripping onto the paper, she looked in the mirror in front of her and she started to see herself crying unconsciously. 

" Why am I crying? " she wondered. 

*knock* *knock*

" Arriane, you have a visitor... He said that he is your friend ", her mother said from the other side of the door. 

" Mother... Wait! ", she replied. 

" Okay... Just hurry up, he's waiting outside "

She immediately wiped her tears and looked in the mirror to check herself. Then she quickly went out of her room to their living room. 

Their house was big enough for the two of them, there was a kitchen and a living room on the first floor, and a bedroom for each of them. And the first floor was also renovated and expanded a little for the bathroom and comfort room. 

And as she walked down at the stairs. He saw a man with a bouquet waiting outside the door. She was startled because that man was the same as what she saw in Arriane's memory. 

" Dave... ", she grumbled. 

~ Few days ago while she was walking to the street, Arriane received an email for her boyfriend— Dave. She immediately read it, and she was surprised. 

| Good morning, Arriane. Please come with me at the coffee shop on the plaza, 5 o'clock. I will wait for you ❤️

Arriane blushed and got thrilled after she read the message. 

" It's a date again ", she thought while her heart leaped in joy and excitement. 

Arriane and Dave were in a relationship for 9 months. Dave was well known in their school: because of having an attractive body and face; and being skilled in sports, especially in basketball. But she fell in love with him as he always supported her and defended her against the bullies. Like Dave in the only one who can stand with her. Until Dave confessed his feelings to her. Unfortunately, their relationship became a secret because of some negative rumor spreading around the campus, but Arriane didn't mind it at all and just believed in him. 

She quickly went home after school and looked for clothes to wear. Then she found a lovely new pink casual dress she just bought yesterday. 

" I'm glad I was able to buy a new dress ", she sighed, because the rest of her dress was already old and unattractive.

After she wore the dress, she faced the mirror and saw herself. But she was not satisfied with her glasses. 

" Maybe I should remove this for a while ", then she left her glasses on the table and went outside already. 

While walking in the street towards their meeting place, she got embarrassed on how people glanced at her, like their eyes got stuck on her and chased her direction. 

" Did I look bad? ", she wondered. 

The coffee shop was a walking-distance away and after a few minutes, she finally arrived at their meeting place 5 minutes before the call-time. It was already 5 o'clock but Dave hadn't come yet, until she waited for him for almost an hour as she was really looking forward to the date, but he didn't come. 

Then her phone suddenly vibrated, and she saw that Dave had sent her an email. 

| Sorry, Arriane, there was an emergency here in the club. It's sad to say, but I can't go there now. But don't worry, I will make up with you tomorrow, I promise... 

Arriane was very disappointed at that moment. When she looked at the glass on the shop and saw herself, she felt self-pity on herself despite how she had prepared and groomed for the date. But she has no choice but to go back home with grief and self-pity. 

But when she tried to walk on the other way to their home, she saw a couple coming out from a restaurant. His arm was placed across her shoulder while walking towards a luxurious car. It seems that the girl is familiar to her. 

" Is that Arabella? What is she doing here? And the guy is—", she wondered, but she didn't bring her glasses so her vision was not that clear at that time. 

After the woman rode and left with the car, the man turned back and saw Arriane staring at him. Her eyes were dark and empty, and her hands were trembling. 

" Dave? ", she asked, and her eyes dripped with tears as she stared at Dave. 

" Arriane, what are you— ", 

" That is my question, what are you doing here with that girl? ", she retorted. 

" Well, this is not like what you think— ", he was sweating so much as his words were trembling as well. 

" You said that there was an emergency so i tried to understand it even though I waited there so long but... *sob* ". Arriane kept on wiping her tears. Then she suddenly turned around and ran away. 

" Wait Arriane... ", he shouted. He tried to chase her but it's like his feet got petrified.~

---

As Veronica recalled those memories from Arriane. She couldn't stop being upset about Dave, who was standing outside and waiting for her. Then she crossed her arms and smirked, 

" A cheater, huh... Are those flowers an apology? ", she thought while in front of Dave. 

Dave immediately gave the flowers to her and began to talk, 

" Arriane, about yesterday. It is just a misunderstanding, she is just my cousin so you don't need to worry about it. ", he said, then he was happy when Veronica took his flowers and smiled at him. 

" It mean that you already forgive m— "

*smash*

He was shocked when Veronica suddenly smashed the bouquet into his face with all her might, and he was knocked down on the ground with the petals falling from the air. 

" W-What are you doing, Arriane? ", he sputtered. Then he saw the shadow of her face and her glares towards him. 

" Do you think that I was only born yesterday that you can fool around with me again!? ", she shouted. 

" What do you mean? ", he uttered. 

" C'mon, did you know that I knew that girl? For your information, she's my sister—Arabella. So you say that you're also my cousin, aren't you!? ". 

" What!? ", he was shocked. 

" You just messed up here... ", she thought. 

Breathless with anger, she threw the bouquet into his face and shouted, 

" Take those cheap flowers with you and never ever show your face to me again, dumb-***! "

Dave was terrified from Arriane's sudden change of personality, then stood up and ran away as fast as he could. She sighed as her mother went down the stairs. 

" What was that, Arriane? ", Elaine asked. 

" It's nothing, Mother. It is just a sales agent again, hehehe "

" Sales agent?— But why are there scattered petals outside? "

" Their promo, I guess, hehehe *sigh* ". 

" Okay, but clean those messes outside, we don't want to bother the neighbors because of that ", then she went upstairs again. 

But Veronica suddenly felt something painful in her heart, making her uncomfortable. 

" What is this? Why do I feel so broken? ", she wondered.

" Very disgusting... and immoral!? Do these women have dignity left in their bodies? ", Veronica wondered while making a disgusting face as she saw some women wearing short skirts and mini shorts in this modern world. (In Veronica's era, women tended to wear dresses that cover most of the body as a moral custom)

Elaine saw her daughter's disguised face towards other women, and she started to get upset and embarrassed. So she pinched her on her waist. 

" Ouch!!! What was that, Mother!? ", Veronica asked as she flinched and kept rubbing it to ease the pain. 

" Can you stop glaring at other people? Do you want to pick a fight here!? ", Elaine said, she tried to keep calm and continued to walk. 

They went to the mall as Veronica demanded to have a new dress for her mother as she was not satisfied with Arriane's left clothes. Elaine was so happy to hear it from her daughter as she also agreed to trash them all. But her patience was running out because of her daughter being nitpicky.

" Arriane... What clothes do you want to buy? ", Elaine asked her daughter. 

" Any normal dress, Mother ", she replied. 

" It's very unusual that the type of dress I wore only at the mansion in my past life... became casual dress here. I have to choose, we're not that rich ", she thought, then a deep sigh came out from her mouth. 

" Where's that deep sigh coming from? Hurry up, I already saw one here! ", Then her mother suddenly pulled her to a shop. 

" Wait Mother... "

They went inside a huge shop of clothes and accessories. As they walked around inside the shop, Veronica was dumbfounded by the clothes designs and styles.

" Is this the modern world's dress? ", she wondered. 

Then Elaine saw her daughter's eyes sparkling at the dresses. 

" Do you like them? This shop is renowned for its unique designs of different attires. ", Elaine said, she was happy to see her daughter like them, but she was startled when Veronica's tears suddenly fell from her eyes as she recalled the time when she went shopping with the Duchess, her past mother. 

" You don't like them, dear? "

" No Mother, I'm just happy. I love you Mom. ", she answered while wiping her own tears, and smiling at her mother. 

Then Elaine immediately embraced her and patted her head. And Veronica felt warmth in her heart, like the Duchess also embracing her. 

" I love you too, my dear. So go around and pick whatever you want... Remember, don't hold back ", Elaine said with a wink from her eyes. 

" Yes, Mother! ", she answered, then she ran away to look for her new dresses. Arriane was usually a timid and shy girl, and Elaine frequently saw her as gloomy and depressed. But this time, Elaine felt a sudden flare of joy in her heart as she saw her daughter smile again. It's like a dream come in true for every mother who always wished for their daughter to live happily. 

Veronica already had 4 dresses, and she's still looking for some. But she has a little struggle in choosing because the designs of the dresses from this world were unfamiliar to her and most of them took her taste. And now, she's currently staring at the three dresses in front of her. 

" Which one of them? Should I pick all of them? ", she wondered. Each of the dresses was worn by a mannequin. 

" I'm going to pick this one... Wait... Should I call a staff member? ", she looked around, but there's no people around. Then she decided to walk away to look for assistance, but as she stepped away from the mannequins, her bag was hooked onto the dress of a mannequin and the mannequin fell down on the floor. 

" What the— I'm screwed... ", she thought as she saw the doll shattered into different parts. But when she saw its head rolling and stopped at her feet, a horrible vision overlapped to her mind. She remembered the time when she was beheaded and how her neck felt the pain of the blade that cut through her head. And she also began to hallucinate the head of the mannequin as her own head. Then she suddenly felt a pain in her neck and experienced difficulty in breathing, her knees collapsed on the floor and trembled in fear. 

" Help!!! ", she cried, but it was so muted that no one could hear it. 

Then a man came to help her, he noticed that her eyes kept on staring at the head of the mannequin as she trembled, so he immediately kicked the head away from sight. 

" What happened to you? ", the man said as she was still trembling and curling up there. So he tried to cover her with his coat and embraced.

Then Veronica suddenly snapped out when he felt someone embracing her. 

" W-What happened again? ", she wondered as she woke up from the trauma. Then she was startled when she saw the man who embraced her, she was able to recognize him from Arriane's memory. 

" Henry!? ", she mumbled. Then she started to blush and get embarrassed 

When Henry noticed that she had calmed down, he suddenly pushed her away and stood up. 

" Hey! What was that!? ", she protested. 

At the same time, the shop staff came for help and saw the two of them. 

" What happened here, Sir, Ma'am ", the staff asked. 

" She got tripped there because of that broken mannequin of yours, help her! ", Henry said with a cold face and walked away. 

" That guy... ", she thought. 

The shop staff immediately helped Veronica to stand and apologized to her. 

" Are you hurt, Ma'am? Sorry for this incident. For compensation, we would like you to give a 40%-discount for all dresses you want to avail. ", the shop manager said. 

Veronica tried to keep her composure and faced them. 

" Okay... But if this happens again, I won't forgive you then. ", she said while glaring at them. The staff saw her dark stares and trembled in fear for an unknown reason. So they immediately bowed and apologized again. 

Then Veronica started to walk again while wondering about Henry.

" So that's Henry, he looks so handsome in person than Arriane's memory. But much colder as well ", she scowled. But Veronica's hand was still trembling because of that trauma that keeps on haunting her. 

" But maybe I should be more careful now, I never expected that I would react like that... Dammit! ", she thought. 

She was on her way to the counter with the dresses she picked. She saw her mother standing there and waiting for her, then her mother startled to wave at her. 

" My dear... Right here! ". 

" Mother, you're so loud, it's embarrassing! ", Veronica mumbled. 

" Sorry, I'm just so excited... Look who's here! ", Elaine said.

When Veronica saw the man that her mother talked about. She was startled when she knew that it was Henry. 

" W-What!? You again! ", she said with a surprised face. 

" Huh? Did you already meet her before me, Henry? ", Elaine asked. 

" Yes Auntie, we met each other when I'm looking for a new coat here. ", he answered. 

" O my, what a coincidence hehe ", 

According to Arriane's memory, Henry and Arriane already knew each other in the past. Henry's mother died right after he was born, which made his youth lonely until Arriane's mother, Elaine, came and stood as his stepmother. But he knew that Elaine had a daughter, Arriane, then he began to envy Arriane. That's why he always gave her cold stares before. 

" So he's here to steal my mother? I will never let him! ", she thought. Then she suddenly embraced her mother. 

" Arriane!? What happened—"

" Nothing, just let's get out of here... " 

" Ahmm, okay... Henry, sorry, but we're going first now ", Elaine said. 

" It's okay auntie, I hope we meet again next time ", Henry said, and Veronica was startled when she saw him look at her and smile. 

" I hope we meet again, Arriane ", he said to Veronica, then he turned around and walked away. 

" What!? Do my ears not deceive me right now? Does he say that he wants to meet me again? ", she wondered.