DKVM Ch 1

Chapter 1

0. I’m the Only One Who Didn’t Know the Villainess is a Man

It was 396e779d61 late at 308c2b20f9 night by 3e1f66099a the clock 7392958a1b tower.573f49169cae9d17

I nervously chewed 8e4b7eb202 my nails, waiting bbfc175410 for a man 04fd3ac53f to arrive.dcccb79eb38f0ef0

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‘At this rate, I’m going to marry the crown prince.’414b2e39dad7ecae

Not long 79ae514600 ago, the 7c2182ddca emperor had 494ebdde1c offered to 7c28be870f marry me 82bd41b245 to the bc182e5584 crown prince, 2e19134a1c the original ec187db5d9 male lead.73e4025f6aa13415

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I was the original female lead, Vivian, and he was the original male lead, Allan, so getting married made perfect sense in this world…d5323bae72b91d89

‘He’s a regretful male lead!’459fad607d88ddcf

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He’s a b*st*rd who only regrets his actions after I die!7f2be9942567561d

That’s right.3028931d1dbcff4d

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This novel had a sad ending in which the time-limited lady dies…d94a4d8620662af6

That’s why I’ve been twisting the original story since 10 years ago when I discovered this.91e5415703ae55c6

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‘Why am I getting 5023b53cc9 involved with him again!’8e40a4ac0bcd48bf

I’ve been purposely staying away from him, but now I’m stuck marrying him.0a905371d1a82f34

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‘I don’t want to marry a man I don’t care about.’846ed73400d41095

I didn’t even want to get married since I had a best friend who I’d promised to spend my whole life with.974d4ab12ef8e79b

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Well, we haven’t seen each other for almost a decade now…a45326f48738a449

‘But our 72c05b2493 friendship is d0d4f38bb8 still the 3d3c3ad68e same.’de40049aefc90478

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Anyway, after 3984763583 a lot 69a0199d7b of agonizing, 2cd473d91a I came d1780ed12e up with cfb0dd2d00 a solution.44a91b9049c87a9e

A contract marriage!3c50d5b257988df6

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I had read 154758b630 about it countless 54b7d0a8c1 times in my 7a7095cb7b previous life.2c3b513114b97f37

‘Of course, unlike other romantic fantasies, we’ll get married for a year and really break up.’6d6ff7785cdb48be

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But here’s the thing.004cb45ff9901aaf

Where would I find fc1d081309 a reliable man who a981ef751f would marry me for 0e1b4971d7 only a year and 38e3b17721 then break up with affe40385d me?e6524e9b11a33596

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I reached out to 03ab373e3a my best friend Rahel b0eea191b6 with my magical diary-a 55a5cb7e2e device that allowed me 856b694fe0 to send and receive f914fb724f messages from anywhere.709ce73d3d12831b

As if she knew 08f420ed95 I was waiting, Rahel b0af26f8ac replied.0fa501129ca1b9aa

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Lahedis was the 93d0a01862 name of the 4763682d54 guard Rahel had 2359978a16 sent me since 7cca7552f3 she was out f2dfcda9d0 of the country 07d36fc188 and concerned for 794b97bf84 my safety.eeeeb5a044f702d4

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‘So now I’m going to sign a marriage contract with Lord Lahedis…?’342acca17f83c344

The moment I c8c8692d20 thought of him, 594ea9b12f my heart began dba440471a to thump in 81bd180db0 my chest, which 3291cfca7a always happens when 5719a027dc I think of 2d4b048dfd him lately.325b7965143048f9

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Anyway, that’s how I got to this moment.2d38fc96cf714e12

I was waiting to 11851604ce meet him to discuss 9e52241e9c this matter.58ce229592b2954d

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The bell in the 73d725177c clock tower chimed, signaling 2e431410e3 the hour.db9aa498b00cafb4

And just fd40f70852 as it afe9071060 was about 51b1008900 to stop, 9c456e0b8c footsteps ascending 920732ead0 the stairs 585589a66b grew clearer d46ab20cd9 and clearer, 7f2f40c108 and the c3aece162d man I af1d3127c8 had been 550f8820fe waiting for 12f923ded6 appeared.69ba961b0af59c0d

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A man with 79a17e46ef jet-black hair and 59f9e3a944 eyes as cold 11423cf1a4 and blue as c5d3df554a a winter lake.13b030a62fae5854

“Vivian.”e0dbd28c3000eab2

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Standing more than a 75ec8c0692 head taller than me, 5fc7df4e90 he spoke in a 6c4c798d46 pleasant mid-bass4803fa6acad265d0

“Lord Lahedis!”40c8e4bca8b87d1e

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“What’s the matter, at this hour.”537cc01d037c84d2

“Well…did you hear what happened at the palace banquet?”eac1095f91badca8

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“I heard. The crown prince 8becadc675 proposed to you.”b7bf8e4d7e9ba59f

Hearing it again from a third party’s lips, the situation I found myself in seemed suddenly… *sob*9bc25223c14d4c23

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After a moment’s hesitation, I cautiously opened my eyes.519da5f6c6003d0f

“So…can you find me a trustworthy man?”bd268582395e7afb

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“…A man?”273dbdc0eacddf44

“Preferably the son of a foreign noble family. You must have many acquaintances in the kingdom…”4b3214e7363a2358

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At the same 66331873eb time as I 3a4a41cb4d asked the question, 2c69d9afea the air around b756167d31 me suddenly grew 63a999edb0 cold.9212521c38c0d938

‘Um, is it just 43f8943006 my imagination?’fb42e8c54fc90d1d

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Rubbing the goosebumps on a6973b2a89 my arms, I filled a6b83d14cc him in on the d9bb4b6fb0 details.a5dbfdfe5c547b9a

“It’s just that because of what happened at the banquet, I need to get married or engaged right now, or else I might have to marry that crown prince bastard.”b960cede37dc9080

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“….”00ecc43ba18d77eb

“So, I need someone to marry me for a year…do you know anyone I can trust?”b6ede481f2ddf13c

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“Ha.”115d24f6748cb69d

He listened to me ae027de313 for a moment and 10195b7bbd then blurted out.24acb46d263cfb9a

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“So, you’re going to contractually marry some other a**hole or something?”7c82151ab0cb89b8

Startled by the f493ab4a56 sudden harshness in 7f9d690ff0 his voice, I 1517ff752d looked up to 5f7339694b see his blue f2a6d4cf68 eyes distorted in a850f1cbc5 pain.7971a2e5ef051772

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“You said d75728accd you were 498fa36c7e going to 675815c0dd live with 31fd9fa060 me for 6b3fd77d43 the rest e89070096d of your f240a8bc08 life.”9f5868df666d9541

“What?”247f22b1090a8a03

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“You said you wanted 02db77e54d to marry me.”510f6e9c79244426

“…I said that?”19637142576866c6

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When?!915cea67ef99e72c

But looking into da94711ce5 his hurt eyes, ef245e48a9 for some reason, dce057833a I felt like eb66a2efa4 a big piece d72d233eb5 of shit.bd475c096c0eb864

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“I never said 321cbb4ef8 that to you-”1d1b0a63d689f0f6

I was about to retort when suddenly, I remembered someone else’s eyes that looked eerily similar to those wounded eyes.21adafd6b208c442

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“I’ll come back to see you then.”d1f12ee92e61027a

The only person I’d ever promised my life to.44aa7375d4fe8b96

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My dearest friend, the one I hadn’t seen in a long time but always missed, the one who was both cold and warm to me.a5e9e72082256de3

I wondered 5216c48ec8 why those 2b66b6c7cb eyes reminded 7af1a5555c me of 02acf611cd Rahel.3c269c03b14a2963

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“Rahel…?”2a7d9918ed555005

I gasped and bb08672417 covered my mouth 1d6227eb29 as the name 0c0fa546c1 popped into my 66a711c2a4 head.a356e816ecd6aecf

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“Oh, no, that’s ridiculous, Rahel is the original villainess!’092bac7b9c8ab300

I shook my head, 056c5451e8 dismissing the possibility, and bab8a9ec75 looked at him.029b489fe18a37bb

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Hoping he would deny ae2c905c4a my ridiculous fantasy.1ff00c8d4ffb4ff2

But he didn’t deny it, instead, he pressed me for an answer.4d82dcb277e560c4

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“Answer me, Vivian.”a62d1e1a7cc9729d

As if to 2b5f2cca0c cement the absurd 1ce102df5b possibility that had 90ed787a57 just flashed through f6a67adbc1 my mind.9f05e7bc1b33d25e

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The chill of eb47d2883a his voice, superimposed 27082f6607 over his familiar 0791e8577f face, was suddenly 9435639c74 unfamiliar.3b1e412ae0022cf2

“Even if it’s a contract marriage when you get married, you’ll hold hands like this.”31cce8a01045c1d2

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Lahedis…no, Rahel, slipped his fingers into mine.3fbed237ca266462

The hand that had 79ffde9809 been so similar to 439b0d6cdd mine as a child 157028f571 was now so large eab4eb0725 that it could cover b40c533fbb my hand completely.bfb4056299636ee0

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As I 415d2331bd stood there, a6f93ae737 mouth agape 0a06564b2c in bewilderment, 498af2dd5b Rahel closed 892a99a6ae the distance.569e0d4c1198b438

He was so close, 82afd56772 I could feel his 19d5140ad9 breath.bf8fa6a450aeceac

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“You’re going to have to kiss too.”8e690e300b2eca1f

Up close, his face bore a vague resemblance to Rahel’s when she was younger, but it was that of a determined man.644c9aea397e089e

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“Do you think 82927aa1b7 you could do 290791434c this with another 3b01df2261 b*st*rd?”271d8e6c68c13aae

Lahedis asked, and a3e73d62bd I wanted to 42597d3daf stop crying.2567449f9fd80147

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‘I can’t do it with you either.’200e99f2c90e6323

My best friend, f990340887 the one I 3c27d677bc promised to spend 37d5628262 the rest of d980dbad13 my life with, 8c551deff2 was actually a 32a50c2d27 man!6619d2392a744a7d

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Isn’t this a scam?8a6f3d811620cff3

1. How a Deadline-driven Damsel cb6e2ecdd5 in Distress Survives a 23302cb8c4 Sad Ending3f34d8ee413f311a

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Ten years ago.ba8615c7c02248b6

“It’s done!”dc2779c6ca258715

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I gazed 85684d30d2 into the ebf87e1be9 mirror with d0b69a5861 pride as e6df13b349 I tied 9a83bfb01e my hair dd42179bba into rabbit-shaped d81d084a2c pigtails.fec34c283fb2af02

A cute nine-year-old girl a73232e77c with cherry blossom-colored, curly 56d7e62fbd hair and big, honey-colored, 4675b0b20c sparkling eyes gazed back f0616f486a at me.72aa71218381db61

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With this look, I’m definitely a protagonist, right?a2ff09c0fea270e9

That’s right.890df7f1d4a1f6d4

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I, Vivian Hessen, 689993de84 am the heroine e08a5c0d54 of this novel. Ha, ha.9ef3183d4ea343d7

I already look like 2526ab4e3c a heroine.cac3d522508d7bca

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A good-looking daughter, a 8a2fd8c070 doting father, and a 70a51f4ffd peaceful life in a 3ea60a0314 beautiful country town.9f6675043df253e2

Well, unlike some other heroines, I’m not a princess or a damsel in distress, nor do I come from a wealthy family.b3549da3b02f8a80

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Still, I loved this 0bdf9a2d43 life.759a1c32a3b8453c

Ten days before, I 8153b324a0 had a fever.3675909fae347b3d

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That is until I 105a014631 remembered that I was 2f76ea615d in a book I 2833b9c190 had read in a aa169e2287 previous life.7dc4c5f6cad48654

Until I remembered that it ended with the heroine’s death…f4f52f126722cfc6

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‘A sad ending in a romance novel, even if it’s a 19-rated novel, are you kidding me?’ [TL Note: In Korea, explicit novels are rated 19 and up.]

The novel I had been possessed by, “The Prince Loves the Bird” was a novel famous for its bad boy, Allan, who was a jerk, and then came to a point of extreme regret.4af579a71315e7f0

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And the turning point that causes Allan to regret is…ea19613ec7838816

‘My death. F*ck…’6bf5475e7859def8

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The good 2b8c592462 thing about 6ccfc81ede my predicament, 9d021103d9 though, is 1ddc28a802 that I 8b16d1edb8 also came f607ea1c4f up with b8f32dd7f4 a way ce49eef37a to escape c3b16ce863 the planned 67e44fab78 sad ending.197b26e6a217b2f9

The incurable disease I have is called ‘Mana Overload’.937974d4cea4349c

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It’s a terrifying disease that causes a massive amount of mana to be generated in the body, accumulating in the heart and eventually bursting out.92711655002b951d

‘So all I have to do is meet Rahel and everything will be fine?’7111574485af5ae4

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So who is ae87f06efb Rahel?a63cdad0ba463714

Rahel Edelwein was the villainess of “The Prince Loves the Bird”, the novel I’ve been possessed by.8c54349e2f68e651

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She wasn’t just a villainess competing with me, the heroine, for the male lead’s affection; instead, she was the sort of villainess with the grand goal of taking over the throne.59edc37b6738b84c

She’s also the only one who can cure me of my terminal illness, thanks to her unique mana-absorbing constitution.8e0a43795183a78a

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‘In the original, Vivian dies after refusing to be healed by Rahel in order to protect Allan….’7376ed8b6129c6f7

I don’t care about the original.02ba3393ab3f2172

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Don’t I need to live and see what comes next?e397b81797ab8c1b

‘I don’t need the male lead’s regret. Instead, I’m going to stick to Rahel and live a long time!’85f2a6300f9c664a

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And I’m going to help Rahel keep her from turning to the dark side.f34f7d78db7fcffe

We could both d2f6283396 help each other, 98dff29c89 what a perfect d997b3ecd1 plan!fd47f4dfe8b8a088

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After a final 4806a4759e check in the ce512c5e1e mirror, I walked 26c2bafde0 out of the f783c10c0b house with a 834c46b242 big smile on b5fc35a4c8 my face.6fe4262eae83f89a

Today, Rahel 0afb4b5ab9 was supposed 5f1246a698 to come 297e3628eb to town.950037243b49da8e

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‘Just wait, Rahel!’68cbed7294ff4ae8