A few days ago, 20-year-old Seo Yu-na who died in an unexpected accident finally opened her eyes in the body of 12-year-old Elisha.

“Lady Elisha, the Duke is looking for you.”

Ha, who had been called by the Duke of Rubelin, did not let Elisha into the Duke’s office. Elisha followed her and looked at the strange reflection on the window.

A cute twelve-year-old girl with brilliant blond hair and fresh eyes.

I was no longer 20 year old Seo Yu-na with black hair and black eyes.

“I’m Elisha and this is Rubelin…”

It was before my daughter-in-law that I possessed this body.

At the time, Elisha said she was dying in a carriage accident. It was the Duke of Rubeline who saved her. But her mother died on the spot, and her father, Loengrin, died three years ago, so Elisha became an orphan.

Sadly, there were no relatives to take in Elisha.

Because Loengrin wasted his fortune by buying fish, there was nothing left for Elisha.

So for her relatives, Elisha is a family member with no gain.

The Duke of Rubelin brought Elisha to the Duke’s Castle.

He promised Elisha’s grandfather that he would marry their grandson and granddaughter.

But Elisha, who heard the name of her husband, said, “I’m sorry, it was Richard Rubelin!”

In other words, Elisha was meant to be Ha-ne’s mother.

The novel, with an unusual title, was one of the novels Elisha enjoyed in her previous life. But life is a comedy from afar and a tragedy up close.

“It’ll not be as good since I am possessed!”

And by the time the original story begins, it’s a dead extra!

In the original story, Elisha grows up with her parents into a tight-knit dutchess. In the process, she showed an abnormal obsession with her husband Richard due to the lack of affection and ended up miserable to the very end.

‘I don’t want to die like that’

Elisha grabbed the hem of her skirt.

‘I didn’t want to end my second life so vainly.’

Fortunately, Elisha still has 10 years left to die. 10 years was the time to change her fate.

Elisha and the maid had already arrived at the Duchess’s house, the shaman.

Entering the Oval Office, she saw a man with a fierce impression sitting at his desk.

Albert Rubelin.

The most powerful man in the empire in name and in fact the housekeeper of the Duke of Rubelin, called the ‘Rubelin Storm’.

But a year ago, he was an unhappy man who lost his only child, his son and wife.

The Duke of Rubelin, who looked at Elisha with indifferent eyes, took out the bond first.

“Let’s get married”

“….”

“That’s why you’re so insignificant in this house”

Elisha questioned his words at once.

As he said, Elisha’s family was insignificant compared to the Duke of Rubelin, the only Duke of the Empire.

‘I know. Why would the only Duke in the country want to use a Korean-American writer on the outskirts, a girl who lost her parents? The aristocrats who want to be sons-in-law of the Duke would be full.’

I don’t know why he chose himself for his granddaughter, but one thing was clear.

‘It’s not very small in words. Even so, you need me as your priority among so many noblemen.’

Elisha, who quickly grasped her position, faced the old man smoking his cigarette without wavering.

Albert continued his speech, glancing straight at me, with no sign of intimidation.

“Women’s lives are so comfortable. If you have a baby in an easy house, you can enjoy everything your husband has built up.”

He seemed to want to cut Elisha’s worth somehow and make his own boat rock.

“Giving birth to a child is only just the beginning.”

A girl who grew up in a world dominated by patriarchal values might have agreed with him, but not Elisha, who had memories of her past life.

Elisha crept into Albert’s mind as she listened roughly to his subsequent drip.

‘Men’s lives are so comfortable. Wandering about outside in vain for a job. When they get home, they can live in a harmonious family that their wives have made.’

“Your Excellency.”

Then someone knocked and came in, it was Albert’s aide. Behind him came a man in a priestly suit. It was priest Mo, who had been called a witness to her marriage vows.

The aide approached Albert and told him the news.

“The Duke met a band of Bandits on his way, and he’s late.”

Albert puts down the cigarette that he had in his mouth.

“A band of bandits? Didn’t you say he arrived nearby last night?”

“Yes I did but…”

“…There weren’t any bandits on the main road, they don’t want to die”

“That, I think, is coming from the path you took?”

“Do you have to take the big road and the mountain road?”

“You work hard on the security of the land…”

Albert’s forehead was scrunched.

Richard seemed to be quite unhappy with the marriage. Seeing how he’s dragging his feet doing things he’s not normally doing.

“A useless piece of work”

Albert clicked his tongue with an expression of disapproval.

Elisha, who has been told to move aside, hoped that the person in question would be delayed by a few hours, or even a day, so that she can think about it a little more.

But the patience of the man that would be her assistant wasn’t so good.

“At least he’ll arrive in the evening”

Albert signed the marriage vows in front of him and then pushed the papers to Elisha.

“Come, sign here.”

The aide next to him stood by the Duke and handed it over to Elisha.

Richard’s part had already been filled by Albert’s signature. When Elisha signs, the two become married.

Elisha weighed the poor life outside and the easy life in the castle of the Duke.

‘There’s still more than a decade left from the original Elisha’s death. Wouldn’t it be okay if I don’t give birth to a child in that room and don’t stick with Richard?’

If I keep to that, I’ll be able to spend a lot of time writing, and then get a piece of alimony when we get divorced.

The worries were short-lived. Elisha wrote down her still awkward name on the paper.

The priest, who had been called to witness the marriage, opened his mouth after watching

“This makes Richard Rubelin and Elisha Loengrin married with the goddess Arenne watching. May the grace of the goddess be with you in the future.”

Elisha took a deep breath listening to the priest’s testimony.

‘This house, it’s only gonna last for 8 years and it’s gonna take a big chunk’

That’s how the wedding vows without a groom ended.

***

That night, the maid serving Elisha’s bath took her to her room and disappeared.

The room she was guided to was luxurious beyond comparison with the guest room she had been staying in for ten days.

The room that she stayed on for ten days was luxurious enough to match the reputation of the Duke, but compared to the Gentiles, it was small and lascivious.

‘Is the hostess’s room all ready?’

Elisha looked all around the bedroom.

The walls of the reception room, which was connected to the bedroom, were decorated with swords that seemed expensive at first glance. Although the items were rather foreign to market in the lady’s room, Elisha went here to sleep.

The bed was as wide and large as her previous life’s room.

Elisha laid in bed. The expensive silk was soft and cozy, and she was sleepy. Maybe because of the change in her sleeping habits, soon she woke up wide awake.

‘It’s quiet out there, so you haven’t arrived at the castle yet?’

Elisha recalled her husband, who never came at this time.

‘I hope you don’t come today’

I was curious about the boy who would be my husband, but I was more afraid than that.

In the original book, Richard was the head of the hostile family who was at odds with the male lead. He was already dead long before the original work began, so I couldn’t tell exactly what his personality was like, but he was not a very good man in Ha-ne’s recollection.

Now that I’ve married him, I can’t help but want to marry him as late as I can.

‘…I can’t sleep’

While Elisha was tossing and turning, thinking about this and that, it was midnight. But her husband still hadn’t come.

‘Wouldn’t he come today?’

I felt a little relieved when I thought so.

Elisha soon relaxed and fell asleep.

How long has it been?

Elisha awoke suddenly when a door opened roughly.

On a dark night when the moon is covered by clouds, only three or four lights are opened in the dimly settled room. The sound of the wind shaking the window further shook Elisha’s anxious mind.

‘Who is it….’

Then the shadow, turning against the dim light, strode towards Elisha.

A slightly disheveled, pitch-black hair, a faintly white skin, and a blood-red undereye.

‘Eeeeek! Oh, the devil?’

In Elisha’s eyes, who had just fallen asleep, saw that.

At the moment of eye contact with the gruesome eyes looking down at her, Elisha felt a frightful fear and shortness of breath at the same time.

Richard, who was also on the bed, stopped in surprise when he saw a set of light eyes, which were barely visible above the blanket.

There’s someone in my room. I was confident that there wouldn’t be anyone else here.

With frightened eyes as if it’s about to get dark.

At that moment, Richard’s forehead became crumpled as he looked at the unwelcomed being.

He muttered in a voice of irritation.

“…I can’t even see you.”

He approached the door again and turned the doorknob.

But the door was locked. The cold expression on Richard’s face became even stiffer.

It was the same even after a few more turns.

“Those crazy people.”

He used abusive language and punched the door.

Bang!

Elisha was startled. Only then did she know that it was not an ordinary man, but the devil who would be her husband.

And the fact that this is not her room, but his.

It was then.

‘Wind…..?’

A strong wind began to gather around the bed.

Elisha looked around the room, wondering if the windows were open. But they were firmly closed, albeit shaken by the wind.

‘This is the power of Rubelin.’

The wind that gathered around Richard is like the power that Ha-nes used in the novel.

From time to time, children with the power of the Ken family were born to be descendants of Rubelin who could use wind magic freely.

The title ‘Rubelin of the Storm’ was to work its strength.

Richard and Ha-nes, his sons, were among the descendants of his power.

‘Are you going to break the door?’

Elisha watched him in fear as she realized that Richard can use his strength to do anything.

“…I’m going to kill you.”

Unlike the words of Richard, which he muttered in a harsh voice, the wind was scattered back.

Elisha was surprised to see Richard walking back, so she covered her face again with only her two eyes wide open exposed.

Fortunately, however, Richard went to the sofa to lie down, not the bed.

From her position, only his legs that were sticking out were visible. It seemed that he had no intention of sleeping on the bed.

‘But he’s my husband, so I’d have to greet him, right?’

Elisha, who had been observing Richard’s movements for a while, went out of the bed and sat down beside him. She then greeted him carefully.

“Ah, how are you feeling, Duke?”

There was no answer. However, Elisha remained firm.

“I’m Elisha Loengrin, and today, I became Elisha Rubelin. I look forward to working with you.”

Calling myself ‘Rubelin’ meant ‘I’m your wife’ in a polite way.

But Richard was unresponsive. He didn’t even look at her once even though he was still awake.

Elisha’s eyes fluttered as she looked at Richard’s leg sticking out of the sofa.

Is he good or is he bad? She doesn’t know. But one thing was for sure.

‘There aren’t a lot of scumbags.’

Well, any 15-year-old would have a black dragon in his heart.

Elisha lied back on the bed, snorting at Richard’s leg.

And so, the first night passed.

***

The next day, Richard came to the Duke’s office.

Albert, who was about to light up his cigarette, greeted Richard with a look of indifference without any surprise.

“I was going to call you, but you came right on time.”

“Cancel it.”

“What?”

He pretended not to know the words that Richard said, even though he knew exactly what they meant.

Richard then answered back.

“Cancel this marriage.”

“A vow made before the goddess cannot be easily taken back.”

“I didn’t proceed with a vow.”

“So you want to run away?”

To this question, Richard replied in silence.

Albert inhaled the smoke of the cigarette with an expression of indifference and exhaled after some time, only to speak slowly.

“Didn’t you like the child’s face? I thought she was pretty beautiful even though she’s still young. She doesn’t look like it in your eyes, does she?”

Richard’s expression became visibly distorted upon hearing his words.

Albert, however, went on about his day regardless.

“Or can you not marry someone you don’t love like your father? If so, who will be the owner of Rubelin in the future?”

“…..”

“Well, I understand. Once you leave that blonde girl, she’ll be as good as a tooth.”

“…..”

“So just stay with her until you become an adult. Until you get a successor. Then you can have any woman you desire as your hostess-”

“That’s not the plan!”

Richard’s voice rose and strong winds gathered around the office.

The wind sent the papers on the table to fly aimlessly.

Albert’s aide, who was next to him, hurriedly tried to catch the documents, but there were too many of them.

Despite the situation, Albert faced Richard without batting an eye.

He looked so cold that it was hard to think that the blood-stained eyes of Richard are the eyes of his grandson.

“You are the only descendant of our family who is eligible to be the successor. You’re obligated to mate with your wife and succeed this family.”

“…..”

“Four seats. Those lumps you’re enjoying now, it’s all given to you so you can be the successor. You don’t deserve to be there if you give up on your duty as somebody’s heir.”

Richard’s lips twisted at Albert’s words, which seemed identical to threats.

His grandfather saw him not as a grandson, but as a stallion to inherit the family line.

Richard asked his grandfather with livid eyes.

“When did I ever want this seat?”

His voice was filled with deep rage and disgust towards his grandfather.

Not once did he wish to become the successor of Rubelin but rather hoped to get rid of the power he inherited if he could.

“I have no intention of doing anything with that mutt, so please don’t let her come into my room again.”

Richard turned away and roughly opened the office door. But his foot stopped as he was on his way out.

There stood Elisha, whom he did not know how long she had been there for.

“Did you hear that?”

Richard looked at Elisha, who stood in front of him.

I don’t know if she heard it, but the conversation Albert and I had was not very pleasant to hear.

Richard frowned as he looked at Elisha’s expression. It wasn’t his business anyway.

Elisha looked at Richard with a surprised look on her face, turned silently, and passed by him, entering the office.

“You called for me?”

“Richard, listen as well.”

Albert stopped Richard, who was about to leave.

Richard took a sigh and finally stood beside Elisha.

Albert opened his mouth, looking at Elisha with an indifferent stare.

“I heard you didn’t attend your first meal on the first day of your honeymoon.”

Instead of looking at him, Elisha avoided his gaze.

Before, the maid informed the two, Richard and his wife, the newlyweds, to greet the elders of the family and have breakfast together.

But when Elisha woke up to have breakfast, Richard had already disappeared, and Albert wasn’t present either. Due to that, she thought Albert didn’t know, but it seemed as though he was the one who instructed the maid to inform them.

Elisha swallowed a sigh as she thought that a sound of sleepiness would pour out instead.

But Albert understood Elisha and Richard, contrary to her expectations.

“Well, yes. You would’ve been awkward with each other this morning as you’ve barely seen each other’s faces.”

“…..”

“If you live in the same room for a while, you’ll get used to each other. That’s how you’ll get close.”

He said to Richard with a low voice.

“I’m sure we don’t have to use the same room.”

“It’s natural for couples to use one bed, so what’s the problem?”

Neither Albert nor Richard seemed to be willing to accept each other’s opinions.

Richard glared at Albert and turned away without a word. The door behind Elisha’s back closed with a violent thud.

Albert looked casually at the closed door and turned to Elisha.

“At last, I have something for you. Aaron, bring it in.”

When he called the aide next to him, he handed Elisha the book he prepared.

Elisha was so surprised as she didn’t know what book it was.

“From tomorrow, a teacher will come to teach you about the book. It will help if you know the content in advance, so be sure to serve the household with sincerity.”

“Yes, sir.”

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Elisha left the office upon receiving Albert’s order to do so and looked at the book she had received right after.

[A Wife’s Virtues]

It was a title that seemed to contain a lot of old-fashioned content from patriarchal values.

Elisha sighed heavily and headed towards her room.

***

That night, Elisha was forcibly sent and pushed by the maids to Richard’s room. She looked around with nervousness, but Richard wasn’t anywhere to be found.

“Isn’t he…?”

Then, something made its way into Elisha’s view.

There was a familiar leg protruding out of the sofa where Richard was lying yesterday.

Albert and Richard spoke this afternoon, which Elisha accidentally overheard.

“You’re the only heir of our family. You have a duty to welcome your companion and succeed this family.”

“…..”

“Your home, and all the things you’ve enjoyed, they were all given to you as my successor. You don’t deserve to be there if you lose your power as the heir.”

It was not an ordinary conversation between a grandfather and grandson. In Elisha’s view, Albert only saw Richard as a stallion to succeed his family, and Richard was resisting his will. That meant he was thinking the same thing as Elisha.

There’s a saying, “The enemy is an ally.”

Elisha took courage once more.

If things go well, she might get a strong ally from a Duke with no one on her side.

Of course, he’s a temporary ally before the divorce.

“Hello, Duke.”

Elisha slowly approached the sofa, where Richard was lying, with the idea of greeting him one more time. When she opened her eyes in the morning, he had already left the room. And during the day, she couldn’t see him. The same happened at dinner time.

“You weren’t busy last night, were you? I’ll introduce myself again. I am….”

“…Whoa”

“What?”

“It’s noisy.”

The voice from over the sofa seemed irritated.

‘Our Black Dragon seems to be in a very bad mood.’

Elisha squinted at the sofa, her lips furrowed. It was impossible to have a conversation with him today.

“Well then… good night.”

Elisha went to bed and lied down. Richard seemed to be thinking of sleeping on the couch today as well.

Elisha, who was thinking about this and that, was looking at the sofa where Richard rested and fell asleep.

***

A few days passed just like that.

As Albert said, Elisha began taking bridal lessons the next day.

She was bored with the lecture, but she liked the fact that she had free time all for the rest of the day after class.

Elisha, who took a class in the morning, had lunch and went to the castle library as usual.

The library of the Rubelin Castle was huge in size and was owned by the first family in the empire. It also has a vast number of books.

It was a place that would give great help to Elisha, who was still unfamiliar with the world she was in.

“Hmm, I think I’ll read the history books today.”

The history book was on the top case of the bookshelf, it was as high as her hand could reach.

Elisha struggled, but soon gave up and looked around for a ladder.

If Elisha runs into the librarian, it wouldn’t be difficult to get the book out, but he hasn’t been in since she came in, as he had a long lunch.

However, it was more difficult to go out and bring in the maids and servants outside the library.

“Found it!”

Elisha found the ladder and dragged it out from the bookshelf right behind her. She then climbed it and pulled out the book she wanted.

It was then.

In the distance, the library door opened with a sound.

‘Who is it?’

There were only two libraries in the castle of Rubelin.

There was an open library for everyone in the castle, and the other library was only for the Lord and his family.

The place where Elisha is now was the library only for those with Rubelin’s name.

Therefore, the librarian in charge of the library, Albert, Richard, and Elisha were the only ones with access to it.

Elisha quietly came down from the ladder because she didn’t want to run into Albert or Richard.

Then, she crept towards the door with the book in her chest. Anyone who had something to do in the library would soon have gone to look at the bookshelves, so she could leave the library.

But as she was heading for the entrance, she stopped when she found someone lying face-down on a desk near the entrance.

‘Richard?’

Richard was lying on his stomach at his desk. Looking at his closed eyes, she felt as if he was sleeping.

‘Did you not sleep well because you were uncomfortable?’

Come to think of it, no matter how soft the sofa is, it couldn’t have been comfortable to sleep at.

Thinking of it, she felt sorry for sleeping proudly on the bed.

‘I think it’s going to be cold, so at least I could cover him with a blanket.’

Elisha, who pondered for a moment, approached Richard with a blanket from nearby.

I’m afraid to wake Richard up, so I held my guard

As I approached, I could see Richard’s face, who was defenselessly asleep.

He had beautiful eyelashes, a straight nose, and red lips for a guy.

His face, still young and energetic, looked perfectly harmless.

The face of the devil that I saw on the first night feels like a completely different person.

“Pretty.”

As I admired his face, which I said to be pretty rather than handsome, his closed eyelids opened, showing his blood-colored eyes.

“Hmmm…”

When Elisha met the cold-blooded eyes, she froze with the blanket unfolded.

At that moment, Richard’s hand snatched Elisha’s arm roughly.

“What are you doing?”

“I was trying to cover you with a b-blanket… I was afraid you would catch a cold.”

Embarrassed, Elisha stuttered one beat late and answered.

After staring at Elisha with cold eyes, Richard let her arm go with a flutter.

“I don’t get colds like that. Only weak people like you get sick.”

“……”

“Get out of my way.”

Richard beckoned her to go before he lied down on the desk again, turning his head in the opposite direction to Elisha.

‘Oh, this Black Dragon. Even though I’m trying to get along with him, he’s not even trying to cooperate.’

Elisha mimicked what Richard said with her mouth, pretending to squeeze Richard.

Then, in good timing, Richard tossed and turned.

Elisha was startled and lowered her hand. Fortunately, Richard didn’t turn around.

‘Well… he’s still a kid.’

That’s the age where you’re in the middle of a storm.

Elisha gently covered Richard’s shoulder with the blanket she was holding. There was no indication of whether Richard had fallen asleep or he had just given up.

She picked up the book she pulled out and left the library quietly.

As the closing door in the silent library made a sound, Richard’s eyes fluttered open and then closed again.

***

That night, Richard, who came to the bedroom, headed for the sofa.

Now, he’s used to the position as if it were his own bed. It’s still uncomfortable, though.

As I laid on the sofa, I heard a rustle from the side of the bed. A small chuck came to my side.

The library was trying to hide its spirit as much as possible, but I could feel it, this time there’s no sign of hiding.

In that move, Richard intuitively noticed that Elisha had something to say to him.

With closed eyes, Richard said to her, who was approaching him.

“…Just go to sleep already.”

But Elisha came right in front of him, seemingly unwilling to hear it.

Richard opened his mouth with his closed eyes wide open.

“I told you just go to slee-”

“I’m not gonna eat you, so let’s sleep in the bed.”

“…What?”

Elisha said, reaching out to Richard as if she’s not frightened.

“I’m just going to sleep while holding hands.”

Richard, looking at her hand which was smaller than his, burst into laughter.

“Who’s eating who?”

Elisha was nervous about Richard’s laugh. It wasn’t a laugh from pleasure, it was a laugh that seemed trivial.

Richard asked coldly with a stiff look on his face.

“Did the Duke make you do it?”

“What?”

“Tempt me this way?”

Elisha was embarrassed.

I thought the reason why Richard was hard on me was because he was the Black Dragon, but I didn’t think it was because of that thought.

‘By the way, he’s referring to his grandfather as the Duke. Do they not get along very well?’

In any case, misunderstandings were not good to accumulate.

Elisha made a hasty explanation.

“You seem to be misunderstanding this, but it has nothing to do with the Duke.”

“How can I believe that?”

“I don’t know if you already know, but I just lost my parents. So when I had nowhere to go, the Duke brought me here.”

But even with Elisha’s explanation, Richard’s expression was sour.

“Family history is the dustiest story for those who are caught wrong.”

‘…There’s a lot of mistrust in the world.’

Elisha explained her situation in more detail.

“The reason I agreed to this marriage was because I thought it would be better for a 12-year-old child who was all alone and had no reason to live.”

“What if the Duke ordered you to say that to seduce me?”

“Is there any difference even if your guess is true?”

“What do you mean?”

“I can’t force you. So even if I tempted you, isn’t it possible for you to fall for me?”

Elisha’s words were kind of provocative.

“You just have to hold out well. Are you not confident in your own feelings?”

This time, Richard didn’t refute. She wasn’t wrong. With Richard’s power, Elisha would’ve been defeated.

Elisha took the opportunity to bring up the story she had read in the original.

“I heard that the imperial family is aiming for the power of Rubelin and is trying to bring you and Princess Seonha on-line. That is mainly the reason why the Duke brought me here.”

There are four families in the Arencia Empire that have contributed to its founding.

Together, the four families who founded the empire to subdue tyranny and make a better country, discussed who would become Emperor.

Among them was the Cairo and the Rubelin family who offered to become Emperors.

They, who were close friends, took an eternal oath after the Cairo family agreed to take the throne.

The house of Cairo is holding a sacred place where it never forgets its people, and the Duke of Rubelin is always on the other hand of the Emperor’s side to keep him from tyranny.

The two friends who shared their lives became enemies of each other for a great cause.

Their friendship and loyalty were admired in the history books, but now, after a long time, only checks against each other remained.

The royal family coveted the power of Rubelin to be stronger, and Rubelin cultivated such power to avoid getting eaten by the royal family.

As the relationship continued in the original, Elisha was well aware of the relationship between the two families.

“If you don’t intend to marry the Royal Highness, someone should be sitting next to you.”

When Elisha brought up a rather sharp story, a bit of redness rose from Richard’s eyes, who looked at her with indifference.

‘I thought you were stupid, but you were pretty good.’

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When Elisha noticed that Richard’s eyes had changed, she came to the point.

“I don’t hope to have a child with you nor be the Dutchess seated with the Young Duke.”

“……”

“Please keep the marriage until I become an adult. When I become an adult, I will leave the Duke on my own.”

By then, the Princess would have found her mate.

Richard stood up and looked at Elisha’s soft eyes, who calmly made a proposal while speaking in a determined tone.

“I accept the offer…”

“Only if this promise of you leaving will be fulfilled.”