Episode 1

The day when Charlotte met her ex-husband again was, coincidentally, a particularly pleasant day among the satisfying days of her new life.

“Viscountess.”

A sweet voice called Charlotte. When Charlotte turned her gaze to the person who had called her, a cup of coffee was placed in front of her with a clattering sound.

“These coffee beans are being sampled this time, and the scent is really good. It’s good enough to be put on the menu right away.”

The owner of the beautiful voice was Emmett, a barista at a cafe. As he said, the coffee smelled really good.

Charlotte put down the document she was looking at and smiled.

“There’s nothing I can’t trust when it comes to Emmett’s judgment.”

When she answered with a grin, Emmett smiled embarrassedly and continued talking.

“These are coffee beans from the Lamarbel region. It has a uniquely sweet scent, so I think it will be popular with female customers.”

“Thanks to your good looks, female customers are already lining up outside the front door every day? Look over there.”

Emmett’s face instantly turned red as Charlotte giggled.

But what Charlotte said was true. It was an eternal truth that the face of a cafe clerk boasted of the highest efficiency in attracting customers.

As a manager, she really liked the employee named Emmett, seeing how much Emmett’s outstanding appearance helped sales.

“It’s a joke. As you said, the coffee smells really good. I’ll think about the coffee beans.”

“Yes. Thank you!”

Charlotte playfully looked at Emmett, who was walking away with a smile on his face, and then looked out the window.

It was art. The sunlight broke into white waves decorating all sides of the cafe like a famous painting.

Being able to enjoy the beauty of the Herringen Sea through full-length windows was a pride that only the Herringen branch of Cafe ‘Blumen’ could find anywhere else in Lohadin.

Charlotte grabbed a warm cup of coffee, visually feeling the coldness of the winter sea.

“It is perfect…”

Yes. Her life was perfect now. This was the life she had longed for in her past life.

Even after being reincarnated into good conditions, it took a long three years for her to feel at peace with her current life.

It was a really eventful three years.

Charlotte drank coffee and looked back on the past three years.

Although she was not a noblewoman, she was ‘Charlotte Rothschild’, the famous daughter of the Rothschild family, who ran ‘Sone’, the largest construction company in the Lohadin Empire. To borrow an expression from her past life, she guessed she would be the youngest daughter who grew up in a chaebol family and received a lot of love. The conditions of being literally reincarnated were good.

Except for one thing: she was about to die.

“I wonder if it’s inevitable to avoid death in the cycle of reincarnation?”

The place where Charlotte was reincarnated was the world in the fantasy coming-of-age novel The Brilliant Rebellion, which she had read on the recommendation of a graduate school senior in her previous life.

The content of the novel was the story of how the just Northern Grand Duke launched a rebellion for the sake of the people suffering under the tyranny of Rufus, as he succeeded to the throne as the Emperor of the Lohadin Empire and ruled the country.

Her role here was that of the Empress of the overthrown tyrant. She was an extra who appeared briefly in the middle of the work and then left.

The tyrant, who practiced not only tyranny but also extravagance, appointed Charlotte, a commoner, to the position of empress, after he had left the country’s treasury vacant.

The words were chosen. It was a way to take advantage of the fact that they were commoners who had no right to veto the emperor’s words, and to make the Rothschild family, who did not have power but had a lot of wealth, his vassals. Of course, it hurt to say that the company was taken over by the tyrant and the Rothschild family was ruined.

Fortunately, the time when she realized she was reincarnated was before all that happened, on her 20th birthday.

She was a graduate student in her previous life, but one day she developed an incurable disease, so she quit graduate school and began living in the hospital. Later, she died fighting the disease at home because she didn’t have money for the treatment, but she couldn’t die here in vain.

Then, wasn’t it obvious what Charlotte needed to do? Grab onto the main character’s buff and survive!

In these cases, a contract marriage was usually used. Referring to precedents was a very desirable path. So, in the novel, Charlotte proposed a two-year contract marriage to a supporting character with the same fate as herself. With a bit of interest towards the person who was her favorite in the original.

Marquis Erhen Rosenheim was the owner of the estate where the Rothschild family was located and was in charge of a family that was on the verge of bankruptcy. He helped the main character, Archduke Michael Düsseldorf, lead a successful revolt, but he died instead of the main character, so it was a sore spot for readers.

“Why two years?”

That was because a year later, a marriage proposal would arrive from the tyrant, and two years later, the country would be turned upside down.

Of course she couldn’t say something like that. Charlotte used the country’s laws to be more persuasive.

As a commoner there were only two ways for her to obtain a noble title. She could be awarded a title for doing a great service for the country, or she could marry a nobleman.

Charlotte decided to contribute by using the content of the original work from what she already knew. There was no way they would directly listen to a commoner, so she became a noble through marriage.

If she had to live in a society with a class system, wasn’t it better to be a wealthy aristocrat than a wealthy commoner?

“I have something I want to do. We just need to be married for two years for our marriage to be legally recognized.”

There was something she wanted to do, so she used marriage. She was indeed the daughter of the Rothschild family, the bourgeois of the bourgeois.

Erhen chuckled as if he didn’t understand. According to Charlotte, it didn’t matter if he wasn’t the one she married. This was because there were many nobles who coveted the wealth of the Rothschild family.

However, if she married a commoner or a mediocre noble, there was a high chance that the emperor would force a divorce and extort Charlotte at the same time. Therefore, she had to form a relationship with a person like the Grand Duke, who was difficult to influenced by the emperor’s.

Moreover, due to his poor family, Erhen was the person who could best utilize the ‘money’ that Charlotte had.

Of course, his appearance as the most handsome man in the novel also played a role.

“If you marry me, I will pay off all of the marquis’ debt.”

This marriage wouldn’t be a bad deal. He did not forget to include a contract guaranteeing mutual benefits.

“No, a contract marriage.”

Whatever the reason, Erchen accepted, and Charlotte became a contract marchioness.

And two years later, as in the original, the rebellion was successful and Lohadin became a kingdom rather than an empire. And the couple who survived together divorced as per the agreement. Charlotte was given credit for giving little spoilers to the current king, and upon her divorce, she was also awarded the title of Viscountess.

Everything had a happy ending. No matter how she felt, she thought it was a happy ending for everyone.

One year after that.

That was how Charlotte lived satisfied.

A life where she could do whatever she wanted, which she could only dreamed about in her past life.

Besides, tomorrow was her first day off from the cafe in a long time. Charlotte became happier because she planned to go home when the sun went down and play and drink all night with Lida and Lars.

That night, without even imagining who she would encounter again.

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After completing the treatment for a long time, the doctor stood up.

When Charlotte, who had been watching the bustle of the treatment, looked at the doctor and opened his mouth.

“You have successfully overcome the crisis.”

Charlotte let out the breath she had been holding without realizing it. At the same time, her heart, which had been pounding at a rapid pace, began to regain its normal speed.

“Fortunately, the internal injuries are not serious. However, the depletion of mana is severe, so you will need to recover sufficiently to wake up.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Hearing the words mixed with relief, the doctor looked at Charlotte’s complexion.

Ever since she found Erhen covered in blood, her face had turned pale.

“It looks like the viscount needs a sedative too, so I’ll leave one behind.”

“Ah… Thank you for coming at this late hour.”

After speaking, Charlotte put the medicine down on the desk next to the bed and got dressed. Charlotte called Lars, who was standing nearby.

“Lars, please escort the doctor.”

“Are you okay alone?”

Charlotte nodded.

“Really?”

“There’s Lida too.”

She smiled softly at Lars, who was looking at her with concern, and he reluctantly followed the doctor.

As Lida and Lars left the room with the doctor, Charlotte looked at the man lying dead on the bed.

His black hair, which was always neatly styled as if representing his upright nature, was hanging down, and his eyes were closed beneath it.

Charlotte was taken aback by the sight of him getting up now and inadvertently calling his name like she always did.

“Erhen…”

Erhen Rosenheim.

King Lohadin’s closest noble and the kingdom’s greatest wizard.

And the man who was once Charlotte’s husband.

“But how can we not trade our house?”

When they were living together as a couple, he was an indifferent man who seemed like not a single drop of blood would spill even if she stabbed him.

It was questionable when he acted as if he had no interest in her, and whom she only saw every few days, was found in front of her house like this.

Since Charlotte gave him a life different from the original, all he had to do now was live happily. However, Erhen was lying in front of Charlotte with countless wounds.

Didn’t this novel already have a happy ending?

Charlotte bit her lip.

One of the two who escaped death in the original story appeared before her again, almost dead.

Something was strange.

Something was wrong.

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This is not my work and no plagiarism is intended

Credits : goes to the righfull author/owner

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