In the end, Ivory Esmeralda, the most beautiful vampire girl who was the niece of the middle-class nobleman Percival, was chosen to be the queen consort of the Vampire King of the AGHARON Kingdom. Without Ivory realizing it, she would be used as bait by her own husband, Ragnar Rowan Agharon.

Where on the wedding night, King Ragnar met her in the bridal chamber, but not to perform their first night ritual, but only to say, "Remember, this marriage will only last for 6 months. Don't expect me to treat you as a wife because you know that I already have a lover whom I love very much."

"What does Your Majesty mean, the man named Denzel Hetherington? The man that Your Majesty has been placing in the Alteria Palace? Is it true about the rumor that Your Majesty—"

"Is it true? I am indeed gay, so don't expect anything from this marriage." King Ragnar immediately affirmed everything, after which he turned around and left the bridal chamber just like that.

Since then, Ivory lived in a luxurious palace without anyone caring about her existence, even her days were always compared to the man known as the Vampire King's lover. Where the king always spent his time with the man named Denzel without ever visiting his queen consort.

However, just one month into her position as queen consort, Ivory was found dead in a tragic state in her room by a servant. Where her body was found lying in a pool of blood with many stab wounds from vampire-killing weapons all over her body.

Meanwhile, King Ragnar himself did not seem to feel any loss at all, even two days after Ivory's death, King Ragnar immediately appointed another new queen consort, then forgot and buried Ivory's murder case just like that. Ragnar did this to suppress rumors about his beloved male lover and to maintain the good name of the royal family.

"Damn, what kind of novel is this? Why is the character Ivory so stupid and weak that she even dies just like that without knowing who her killer is. And damn it again, why does she have to marry that gay vampire king. What a weird story, I regret reading this novel."

Annoyed by the story that was so illogical, she then threw the book in her hand just like that while lying down. Yes, that was the daily life of Ivory Asteria, a 27-year-old woman who was still unemployed after graduating from college. Not because she was the daughter of a rich family, but because no company wanted to accept her to work because her physical appearance was not as beautiful as other women. Her teeth protruded, her skin was dull, and her clothes looked simple.

Unemployed, a burden to the family, useless and other hurtful words that seemed to have become a song for Ivory every day, both from other people and her own family. Ivory herself also did not want to be like that, but what could she do, she could not choose to be born as she wanted.

To reduce her sadness and despair, Ivory always spent her time locking herself in her room while reading a novel, one of which was a novel titled 'The Death of the Vampire King's Queen Consort,' the novel that had just annoyed her. She was interested in buying and reading the novel because the name of one of the supporting characters was almost the same as her name.

"Hmm ... Even though she has the most beautiful face in the vampire clan and even becomes a queen consort, it's as if she got the good fortune that I've always wanted. But why did the author make her get killed just like that? What a pity, if only her character was a little firmer, then she could do whatever she wanted as the queen consort of the Vampire King," Ivory muttered, feeling a little envious and sorry for the fate of the character with the same nickname as her.

"Haah ... I really want to be like her. A beautiful face, become a Vampire Queen, but not with the part of dying tragically and having a husband who likes rods," she continued, daydreaming.

Brakk ....

"Ivory!"

"Ivory, where are you, Hah!"

The sound of the door slamming and her sister, Elena Rosalia's shout clearly startled Liona who was lying on the bed. Quickly Ivory got up out of her room to approach her sister who clearly looked angry at her. And sure enough, as soon as she came out of the room, she saw her sister climbing the stairs towards her.

"Yes, Sis! What's wrong? Why did Sis come home early—"

Slap ....

A hard slap landed right on Ivory's left cheek as soon as they faced each other. Ivory of course just kept quiet, stunned by the slap that her sister gave her. Truly, she was very aware that all this time she had only been a burden to her family, but they had never laid a hand on her like this. Even though insults and scoldings continued to be thrown at her every day.

"Sis, what's my mistake? Why did Sis—"

"You're still asking where your mistake is, Hah?" Elena interrupted with her blazing gaze that implied sadness.

"If only you worked and helped me support this family, then Dad and Mom who are already old wouldn't have to work and have an accident on the way to their workplace. You even ignored the phone from the hospital, because of you, Dad and Mom are in a coma now!" Elena said with tears that flowed again, wetting her beautiful face.

"What!?"

Clearly Ivory was extremely shocked when she heard the news. Quickly Ivory ran to her room, looking for the whereabouts of her cellphone. Then checked it and sure enough there were dozens of incoming strange phone calls, but Ivory did not hear them at all because she activated silent mode.

"No! Dad ... Mom ...."

Ivory could not believe it, she did not want to believe it. When her sister intended to scold her again, Ivory had already run out of her room to go to the hospital and make sure of the truth of the news herself.

"IVORY!"

However, because she was not careful, she stumbled as soon as she stepped on the steps. As a result, her body fell and rolled down the stairs. Ivory could see the surprised expression of her sister who saw her fall lying in a pool of blood at the end of the stairs before Ivory lost consciousness.

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"Your Majesty King! Your Majesty Queen is starting to open her eyes."

Ivory began to hear the commotion as she slowly wanted to open her eyes. Her head felt very sore, was that the effect of the impact she experienced from falling from the stairs of her own house? And was this commotion happening because she was already in the hospital too? If so, she could meet her Dad and Mom as soon as she opened her eyes.

"You're still alive, huh?"

The cold-toned question seemed to directly pierce Ivory's eardrums which were still not fully conscious and opened both eyes perfectly.

To be continued ….

But who would have thought, upon opening her eyes, Ivory was immediately presented with an extraordinary sight. A very handsome man was now right in front of her face. Was he the doctor who treated her? People say that young doctors who work in hospitals are very handsome.

But wait! Why are the hospital walls painted in black and gold, aren't hospitals always painted white or other bright colors? And why are people wearing such strange clothes? Like the nobles and servants she had seen in manhwa or films with European kingdom themes?

"Wait! Where am I actually now? Shouldn't Elena take me to the hospital where Dad and Mom are being treated? Why did Elena take me to such a strange place?"

Truly in her heart, Ivory wondered what had actually happened after she closed her eyes after falling from the stairs.

"Your Majesty, may I examine Her Majesty the Queen to ensure her condition? Because there is a possibility that the impact experienced by Her Majesty the Queen when she fell resulted in internal damage to her head," said a middle-aged man asking for permission before taking action.

"Do it!"

Ordered the handsome man who took a few steps back to give space for the middle-aged man to conduct a re-examination. Ivory was still silent, allowing the man to do the examination, even though Ivory's silence was still questioning what had happened to her.

"Thankfully, there are no serious problems with the injuries experienced by Her Majesty the Queen and—"

"Wait! Who are you calling Her Majesty the Queen?" Ivory interrupted as soon as she realized that everyone kept calling her Queen, even before she fully opened her eyes.

Hearing that question from Ivory's own mouth, everyone in the room was quite surprised and also puzzled. Likewise with the handsome man who was now looking at her with a look that was very difficult to interpret.

"All of you get out of here!" the man ordered in a cold tone.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Everyone responded, then bowed in respect before actually leaving the room, leaving Ivory alone with the cold, handsome man. Truly, Ivory really hoped that she was not transmigrated or reincarnated like most of the storylines she read from her collection of novels.

"This can't be like what I'm thinking now, right? I couldn't possibly be experiencing what I read in the fantasy Romance novel, right?" Ivory tried to think positively, even though her hunch said otherwise.

"Ivory Esmeralda, are you trying to test my patience now? Haven't you agreed to all the agreements from the start?" said the handsome man, which made the woman confused.

"What does Ivory Esmeralda mean? My name is clearly Ivory Asteria, then why... Damn, don't tell me my guess really came true. I entered another world?" Ivory could only curse in her heart.

"What do you mean—"

"Remember, this marriage will only last for 6 months. Don't expect me to treat you as a wife because you know yourself that I already have a lover that I love very much."

The same sentence, the same facial expression and tone of voice as described by the author of the novel entitled 'The Tragic Death of the Vampire King's Empress' that Ivory partially read before she fell from the stairs after hearing the news about her parents' accident.

"Am I really entering the world of the novel? If I really entered the world of the novel entitled 'The Tragic Death of the Vampire King's Empress', am I really becoming Ivory Esmeralda and this cold handsome man is the Vampire King... who is gay?"

"Are you Ragnar Rowan Agharon, the king—"

"How dare you mention my name without a title of honor!"

The man's shout immediately startled Ivory, but it seemed that it was indeed true that the man in front of her was the husband of Ivory Esmeralda, the vampire king who had a male lover and only used his marriage to cover up his secret.

"Damn! It seems I really did enter that unclear novel. What will happen to me now? Even in the story, Ivory Esmeralda ends with a tragic death. If I remember correctly, she died with many stab wounds from the weapon of a vampire hunter." Ivory Asteria who now occupies the body of Ivory Esmeralda was truly shaken by the reality.

"Listen! I am indeed gay, so don't expect anything from this marriage because from the start your existence was only to protect the existence of my lover!"

King Ragnar immediately emphasized everything, after that he turned around and left the bridal chamber just like that. The exact same thing as written in the novel. Now Ivory could only be silent, trying to digest everything, even though various questions now arose in her head without heeding the departure of the man who was her husband.

Did she really become Ivory Esmeralda? Then what about her body, Ivory Asteria's body? Was she already dead or just in a coma? And how were her parents who had an accident? What will happen to Kak Elena if she also goes into a coma like her parents or even the worst possibility, she is already dead? Will her sister feel guilty or even happy because her burden has disappeared?

Those were the various questions that initially arose in Ivory's head, until she remembered that Ivory Esmeralda's fate could not be said to be good either. Where since becoming empress, she has always been ignored by her own husband and the other servants. Not only that, one month after becoming Queen, she will also be killed by someone whose identity is unknown.

"What should I do now?"

"In an instant, Ivory Asteria, who was unemployed and a burden to the family, is now Ivory Esmeralda, an empress of the Vampire King who was found dead tragically in her room."

"I don't even know how Dad and Mom are? Now I myself am faced with a second death as Ivory Esmeralda, the Queen who is never considered by her own husband and everyone."

"I want to go back... I want to make sure how Mom and Dad are, but how can I go back? Should I...."

Brak....

Ivory's words stopped when her room door reopened, showing the arrival of a middle-aged man and woman who opened her room door without permission along with a woman who looked about her age. Ivory, who did not know the three at all, could only look at them in surprise, who looked angry at her.

Slap....

"You idiot! What are you trying to do, Huh? You intend to commit suicide to end your marriage with His Majesty King Ragnar, are you crazy?" Already slapping, cursing vaguely also made Ivory become angry.

To be continued....

"What—"

Ivory's words stopped when the middle-aged woman suddenly gripped her chin tightly, forcing her to look directly into the woman's eyes, who said, "Listen, even if you become an empress neglected by your own husband. Make sure your life and death are within this Palace. Do you understand?"

"Wait, what is this again? Who are these people who came in without permission and are now threatening me," Ivory wondered inwardly.

Clearly, Ivory did not know the identities of these three people, because she was not Ivory Esmeralda but Ivory Asteria, an unemployed woman who enjoyed her life by carrying many fantasy romance novels.

Ivory had often read scenes like this, where there were only two choices: fight or remain silent. And of course, Ivory's choice was to fight; she didn't want to be called useless again by anyone, including the three people in front of her right now.

Ivory roughly threw the middle-aged woman's hand off her face, pushing her away, and don't forget her sharp gaze. Now Ivory remembered this scene, where the Percival family, her own adoptive family, came to scold and threaten her when they heard the news that Ivory had attempted suicide.

When in fact, someone intended to kill Ivory, causing her to fall and her head to hit one of the pillars there as soon as she finished her wedding ceremony.

Yes, the Percival family, Robert Percival, the man who raised Ivory and took her as his adopted child since she was only five years old. Along with his wife, Carmila Wellington, and their only daughter, Seraphina Percival.

"What are you doing, huh? How dare you enter the Queen's room of the Vampire clan's ruler without asking permission first! And where is your respect for a queen of yours?" Ivory snapped with a sharp, emphatic look.

"How dare you—"

"Guards!"

Ivory shouted, calling her guards, who were clearly guarding in front of her room. And sure enough, several guards immediately entered and were ready to carry out the tasks their queen would give them.

"Yes, Your Majesty Queen! Do you have any orders?" One of the guards dared to ask.

"Since when have you been able to allow strangers into my room without permission, huh? From now on, make sure no one enters my room without getting permission from me first. And immediately drag these three people out of my sight now!" Ivory ordered firmly.

"Ivory, how dare you do this to us!" the middle-aged woman exclaimed with an angry expression.

"Take them away now!"

Ivory completely ignored the family again, where the family should have gotten a lot of wealth after forcing her to become the Vampire king's Consort, who only wanted to make whoever occupied the queen's position a shield to protect his male lover.

"Just you wait, Ivory! Do you think you can occupy the position as Queen of the Vampire clan for a long time? You will die soon!" Seraphina shouted, clearly not accepting being treated like that.

Brak....

The sound of the door closing and eliminating the words of insults, curses had disappeared with their departure. Ivory then took a long breath and got off her bed, walking slowly towards the window of her room to see the situation outside.

"Indeed, life is very different from my original world! Can I survive here as Ivory Esmeralda or will I still die like the plot in that novel? I really don't know what to do now?" Ivory muttered while observing anything that could be seen through the windowpane of her room.

"Dad! Mom, Kak Elena... I want to go back with you? I'm worried about Dad and Mom... Are you all right now? Have you woken up after hearing my news that I seem to have died from falling down the stairs?" she continued, feeling no sense of direction at that moment.

Where she wanted to return to her world, but she didn't know how to return. She wanted to settle down as Ivory Esmeralda, but she would always be faced with various tragic deaths. Ivory really didn't know what to do now; all her choices seemed to lead to a dead end.

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Meanwhile, in the Alteria palace, the Vampire king—Ragnar Rowan Agharon—was seen meeting his male lover, Denzel Hetherington. A man with long blond hair, a handsome as well as sweet and beautiful face, porcelain-white skin, and very beautiful blue eyes. Anyone who saw him, both men and women, would immediately be captivated by his figure.

"Your Majesty, I heard your queen intends to end her life. Why are you here instead of being in your wedding chamber to perform the first night ritual?" Denzel asked, walking gracefully and sitting next to Ragnar, who was focused on checking reports from his subordinates.

"You already know the reason, don't you? Why do you still ask?" Instead of answering, Ragnar retorted with a question.

"Hmm, you're so cruel! What if she doesn't end up committing suicide but is killed by that mysterious person? I even heard she has received deadly attacks since being announced as your queen. I'm even sure that this incident is also not suicide but a planned murder," said Denzel, who actually knew everything but pretended not to know anything.

"It depends on her luck? If she dies without us being able to catch the culprit, then I have to find another vampire to become my queen!" Ragnar replied casually.

"Your words sound like you love me so much that you use other people as shields to keep your lover safe." Denzel said again with full confidence.

"Don't joke! Don't you know clearly what I want from you," said Ragnar, smiling meaningfully.

"Should we do it now? On a night that should be a first night for you and your queen?" Denzel teased with a sweet smile.

"Have you prepared everything?" Denzel only nodded his head as an answer to the question.

"Then don't waste any more time; let's do it now!" Ragnar continued, showing his rare smile again.

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"Argh... Damn! Who are you, huh?"

On the same night in the Amethyst palace, the palace inhabited by the Queen of the Vampire clan, Ivory's frightened scream was heard. Of course, the woman was frightened to see an assassin who had just drawn a vampire-killing sword towards her.

Fortunately, Ivory could avoid the attack in time, so she could still maintain her life this time. Even though she was not yet said to be safe from the assassination.

"Hey, why do you want to kill me instead? Why not that damn King and his lover instead? You won't get anything by making me a corpse here!" Ivory exclaimed, trying to negotiate with the assassin who was targeting her life.

To be continued ….