Chapter 1

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.

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