Episode 1

It was a typical fantasy story, where the protagonist, the attractive crown prince, falls in love with a young commoner and together they must fight for the kings to accept their love. The protagonist, of course, possesses a unique charisma, her kindness and perseverance lead her to earn the affection and respect of everyone. She and the prince live their romance while dealing with the typical problems in aristocratic society.

Of course, as in every story, there is a villain, and in this case, it was the second prince Darrell, who not only craved the power of the throne but also desired the beautiful protagonist. So, in search of obtaining what he desires, he began his plan to weaken the forces of the crown prince, and that is where his greatest ally comes in, Aleksander Ronchembert, better known as "the beast," a ruthless general loyal to the crown prince, since both fought together during the war. He was the one the second prince feared the most and whom he most wanted to destroy. How would he achieve it? Well, he had found a way. Aleksander had requested an engagement with the young Avery Levallois, a beautiful, kind, and just young woman. So, the second prince began his plan, approached Avery, made her fall in love, spoke ill of Aleksander, making him look like a ruthless being who respected no one.

Avery, in her naivety, believed in the second prince, but although she refused the marriage, her parents forced her to marry. So, that same night, when she became the Duchess Ronchembert, her hatred towards Aleksander began for having forced her to marry him, so she always refused to see him, ignored his attempts to court her, no matter that he wanted to have a peaceful marriage. Avery only sought a way to meet with her beloved, and although Ciel, Avery's sister, warned her that everything she was doing was wrong, Avery was blind with love for the second prince.

Due to this, the second prince told her that there was only one way for them to be happy, which was to kill Aleksander. Avery doubted this, but Darrell made her believe that Aleksander was after him, in conspiracy with the crown prince, planning to assassinate him, as they were beginning to see him as a threat to his ascent to the throne. Avery, fearing losing her beloved, decided to follow his plan.

She had to earn Aleksander's trust, and she did, to the point where he was not cautious and drank the tea that Avery gave him, without knowing that it contained a very strong poison, which, while it did not kill him immediately, made him lose strength. Thus, Darrell managed to capture him, revealing that his beloved wife was the one who helped him and that thanks to her, now, he would be able to defeat his brother, take the throne, and have his beloved for himself. Darrell let Avery know that, thanks to her, he would have the woman he has always desired. Avery was stunned by this revelation, she refused to believe that Darrell was using her, she even told him that she was pregnant with his child and that she wanted them to marry, just as he promised.

But Avery only received mockery from Darrell, and he even presented before her the corpses of her family, her parents and sister, had been murdered by the second prince. Avery was horrified by that scene, but there was little she could do, since Darrell stabbed her in the abdomen with his sword, ensuring that the only children he would have would be those that his beloved gave him, as he was sure that his brother's betrothed would choose him when he took the throne.

Aleksander could only see everything, unable to do anything due to the poison, and after Avery's death, he was also murdered.

Of course, Darrell's plans did not go as planned, his crimes were discovered by the protagonist and the crown prince, and although Darrell wanted to kidnap the protagonist to take her far away upon seeing his plans fail, the crown prince managed to find him and save his beloved, executing Darrell for his crimes. And so, the protagonists managed to stop the villain and achieve their happy ending.

The story itself was not bad, since the protagonist was not a whiny and hateful one, on the contrary, she put effort into everything, the one who was stupid was Avery, that extra who allowed herself to be deceived and that because of her fault, her family also lost their lives, her sister, who tried to warn her, was the one who suffered the most, because when Darrell's subordinates entered the mansion to capture the family, these men wanted to abuse her before killing her, fortunately she managed to avoid it, from her hiding place she saw how her parents were hanged in the windows of the mansion and the servants were killed without compassion.

The young woman was captured again, and for fear of being abused, she took a dagger that one of Darrell's men had and took her own life, as she would not allow her body to be defiled by those cruel men.

And now, long before that horrible event, a different soul had been reborn in the body of that young woman named Ciel Levallois, Avery's younger sister, and unlike her, who possessed straight black hair and hazel eyes, Ciel had inherited a pair of precious blue eyes and black hair with curls, giving an exotic touch to her beauty.

Ciel looked at herself in the mirror with surprise, she still couldn't believe she had that appearance, she still couldn't believe that she had reincarnated into that unfortunate girl who had to take her own life to avoid a worse suffering, and all, because of the idiot she has as a sister.

She has been in that body for a week and when she woke up she was confused, the memories of both lives were confusing, the headache did not leave her alone until she finally understood her reality and now she only had one thing in mind, to avoid the terrible fate that awaits her.

Ciel hears the hooves of the horses, which means one thing, her parents and Avery have returned from their visit to the palace, today was the day that Avary met the second prince for the first time and after only a brief conversation, she was enchanted with him, but, that same night she would also learn that her parents were planning an engagement with Aleksander Ronchembert.

Ciel went down to greet her parents, welcoming them and they were surprised to see her already out of her room. Ciel lets them know that she was much better.

"Good afternoon, Father, Mother," she greets with courtesy.

"You should have told us, so you would have gone with us," her mother comments, observing her dress. "And where did you get that horrible dress?"

"Don't bother her, dear, she's just recovering," the count reprimands her.

Both parents continue on their way, talking about it, while shortly after through the door, enters a pretty young woman with black hair and hazel eyes, wearing light colors.

"Ciel? But what have you done? It looks like you're going to a funeral," she reproaches her because of the color of her clothes.

"At least I don't look like I'm wearing the dolls' dresses," she replies.

Avery is surprised by how Ciel responds to her, although they were not so close, Ciel was never severe with Avery.

"What's wrong with you? I didn't tell you that to make you angry," she pouts. "Come on, I have something to tell you."

Avery takes Ciel's hand to guide her to one of the many rooms in the mansion.

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