DKVM Ch 1

Chapter 1

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

It was late at 460160a216 night by the clock d6e728b23e tower.16a1f710ded7b566

I nervously d5a55a330f chewed my 57a0477bd4 nails, waiting c1d44734ca for a 9b71b9ab6b man to b09e643403 arrive.5771da6963d0fc2f

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‘At this rate, I’m going to marry the crown prince.’a7a794f29b8a89ec

Not long ago, 6c0dfee529 the emperor had 31150779d3 offered to marry 06c8f32550 me to the 641755cb82 crown prince, the cd99d08bba original male lead.38a6ccc72b0eea4d

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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…d6eac717bfd0012a

‘He’s a regretful male lead!’19765e7d81887c4b

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He’s a b*st*rd who only regrets his actions after I die!b34220e636405f41

That’s right.066591601c15be43

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This novel had a sad ending in which the time-limited lady dies…036eaa42a762f54c

That’s why I’ve been twisting the original story since 10 years ago when I discovered this.60558eda14963fe6

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‘Why am I getting ca859e4fff involved with him again!’dee772b272cd8e3d

I’ve been purposely staying away from him, but now I’m stuck marrying him.c31c60d8d93339e0

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‘I don’t want to marry a man I don’t care about.’91107b5c81499545

I didn’t even want to get married since I had a best friend who I’d promised to spend my whole life with.37cb52409476e456

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Well, we haven’t seen each other for almost a decade now…e7e412603b8ad346

‘But our friendship is 75af5d8d68 still the same.’22528c1eec5820f6

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Anyway, after a lot 746732e5da of agonizing, I came 81a0adeb71 up with a solution.271204d5faab074f

A contract marriage!632a03b7a992d455

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I had 88b9215e4b read about 8f4c1e18f4 it countless 4421cdb6d5 times in f6a4643e2e my previous aed2263a1c life.41765652a59d1906

‘Of course, unlike other romantic fantasies, we’ll get married for a year and really break up.’6300b7bbd2f4486a

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But here’s the thing.264800f2b006e852

Where would 6213554a9c I find 3b50e09e72 a reliable 25fae656ac man who ee8494dc1a would marry 9dae21a174 me for f40cb55038 only a 6224e0cb15 year and c3097c814e then break bedbc36118 up with f5dff6c560 me?c61dba356981a0a6

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I reached out to 9ac5fe9bec my best friend Rahel 1b584d0f67 with my magical diary-a 3df009f4a6 device that allowed me bc91a4f6da to send and receive a2aa232902 messages from anywhere.526907d9d728a758

As if she e1d88b6643 knew I was 62483fedd9 waiting, Rahel replied.a3ff4d4f508b439b

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Lahedis was the name 65bcf08109 of the guard Rahel 544f9ea492 had sent me since d3b2a6355f she was out of da7b0e1083 the country and concerned f8ff75e115 for my safety.e173ca9fa7160890

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‘So now I’m going to sign a marriage contract with Lord Lahedis…?’c140934596a082f9

The moment I thought 6d6d1ae15e of him, my heart 4aea27a4d1 began to thump in d38f909600 my chest, which always a589d1cc89 happens when I think 761788fe9a of him lately.d80b6b813734b481

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Anyway, that’s how I got to this moment.ea153bbfd29629c6

I was waiting b473d39390 to meet him 4f10afc5f4 to discuss this 1fa730860f matter.a027415399402382

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The bell 83ec362a96 in the 83f8f12dc2 clock tower 7b10853448 chimed, signaling a3e40d2015 the hour.0e777d557588d0d2

And just as it 5f7b907b12 was about to stop, b370cab3db footsteps ascending the stairs f1f5108634 grew clearer and clearer, 884899e34c and the man I 28908edb9f had been waiting for da23777ee6 appeared.4a38bed463e7de92

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A man 1720932b47 with jet-black 0b536c6406 hair and ea122aee80 eyes as c7753360ee cold and 27cca35460 blue as 4e3ed32913 a winter 5516fa7f8b lake.5e511707ef47949a

“Vivian.”e3258df966f94eef

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Standing more than 4da40ce722 a head taller c40771e966 than me, he 75dfede32e spoke in a 077c521998 pleasant mid-bass4020539d50560c2f

“Lord Lahedis!”f671050df69106b7

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“What’s the matter, at this hour.”6bdd5dbc0c379889

“Well…did you hear what happened at the palace banquet?”dac92a9c82894621

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“I heard. The crown prince proposed fdee5ea49a to you.”77b0054cb59e79ca

Hearing it again from a third party’s lips, the situation I found myself in seemed suddenly… *sob*a455195481b340e8

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After a moment’s hesitation, I cautiously opened my eyes.db4f38de44bbb3b6

“So…can you find me a trustworthy man?”30acfa5382d14224

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“…A man?”5bf82561ffab1ebb

“Preferably the son of a foreign noble family. You must have many acquaintances in the kingdom…”24b432c17a3f6ebc

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At the b8d281b208 same time be13560a99 as I 6d987d72e0 asked the 0168c7c192 question, the 3c62d11013 air around f596506d13 me suddenly 2e67927bea grew cold.83bf10e73a5ac088

‘Um, is it just 063afd90a1 my imagination?’be1d78c1c1879f54

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Rubbing the goosebumps 10e9ec886a on my arms, cfb15050f9 I filled him 41bba706c2 in on the 97cf02e0e6 details.0ad1a786b84e585e

“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.”c0c1d640e6f5b304

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“….”2cb1e90b74ecd0fc

“So, I need someone to marry me for a year…do you know anyone I can trust?”2ca5772e85a9bcae

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“Ha.”b44709c158e79941

He listened to me bd564b2a40 for a moment and e749c9305d then blurted out.c89fde7e71e53757

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“So, you’re going to contractually marry some other a**hole or something?”54ba68369df773e2

Startled by the 7a7c7d2ddf sudden harshness in 485b6e93ee his voice, I 647695ea4c looked up to 9e4e76a8f6 see his blue 7af20fde83 eyes distorted in 98d6dfa657 pain.b9ff9da841d99b0c

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“You said 975c2b3cca you were bdccccc0b8 going to 16dd82f66e live with 8ff82294dd me for 9b1dc99549 the rest c57567e0c1 of your 0c7d6a8308 life.”c205aaa6f62fa745

“What?”476c9ddd2cdc606d

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“You said you wanted e3fc79d8b5 to marry me.”eb89ed6ea3394141

“…I said that?”3a8ac307fa45b9db

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When?!ccf3c7f8cd92a5e4

But looking into 929a4c5c7d his hurt eyes, 584166fb96 for some reason, f92a80a91c I felt like c9e2217115 a big piece 85ca0e9c9d of shit.1dd7900df1962428

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“I never said 1fe322fac4 that to you-”878bb57a3af54f5b

I was about to retort when suddenly, I remembered someone else’s eyes that looked eerily similar to those wounded eyes.30c11a467dfa2695

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“I’ll come back to see you then.”a15c118fa51f448c

The only person I’d ever promised my life to.2777ec24c83acd75

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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.e8659968622f98d6

I wondered why those ccfac28cd0 eyes reminded me of e3da9dd01d Rahel.3b77aff65873aaaa

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“Rahel…?”0b0188cb0de22bf8

I gasped and a0ab1e39c4 covered my mouth 5d9d464112 as the name c19b89daf7 popped into my c1fc1a4619 head.767ca44dec04699f

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“Oh, no, that’s ridiculous, Rahel is the original villainess!’756c920bf00ba475

I shook 1d8fb2273e my head, d481c40c29 dismissing the a9bda73952 possibility, and 8d55d7a229 looked at c9c87eb015 him.894e9a7a9930da5c

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Hoping he would 8311f6ba8b deny my ridiculous cb85e1b13c fantasy.b7ea9da80d915e82

But he didn’t deny it, instead, he pressed me for an answer.99eeb4c986cc712e

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“Answer me, Vivian.”ebb8b74b48e4314b

As if to cement b2640dc75d the absurd possibility that db0f1842a5 had just flashed through aeb63a448b my mind.08805f1f631d471a

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The chill of his 26c965373d voice, superimposed over his 7ad803c832 familiar face, was suddenly 7ff72d86b9 unfamiliar.56c11515554dd11d

“Even if it’s a contract marriage when you get married, you’ll hold hands like this.”2c10614e21db8f2a

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Lahedis…no, Rahel, slipped his fingers into mine.fd71ddb6ce99b4f5

The hand 403c08f3a5 that had 2f20cc8ca5 been so 122e8575eb similar to bc6e2dc06f mine as 4108aa914e a child 28c405b484 was now a2514b7aa1 so large 69d19dd163 that it c55f4b54a9 could cover b591b3d7f8 my hand cac4116f00 completely.46c2113a8ba4cafb

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As I stood there, 5c753eba8b mouth agape in bewilderment, 579befed9d Rahel closed the distance.2832f47749136610

He was 0e939bd523 so close, 055a9435ab I could bcc0df29e3 feel his 830f65fc84 breath.2e22638bcae08d1e

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“You’re going to have to kiss too.”3a97bc34a0e35b56

Up close, his face bore a vague resemblance to Rahel’s when she was younger, but it was that of a determined man.268b06bbda080263

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“Do you think c79e722a0f you could do 1b7cd1d24e this with another 985d7b081c b*st*rd?”dd0860b58a4cf5f3

Lahedis asked, 376e1d7514 and I b9449a2afe wanted to ff99126400 stop crying.5b41ad73f495b474

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‘I can’t do it with you either.’d5add444ba4dae33

My best friend, the 16a8b8d046 one I promised to 428d88e5ae spend the rest of 8e7dc569a2 my life with, was 94034d0b18 actually a man!4808fce85e6a662c

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Isn’t this a scam?de8ee526b56abc1a

1. How a Deadline-driven Damsel 84eff3af0e in Distress Survives a 6189e6b050 Sad Ending8a288e2dd110f937

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Ten years ago.d8f6b26c9fe30b37

“It’s done!”9cee90f789361def

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I gazed into the f31eca1747 mirror with pride as 45765645c3 I tied my hair 4c4f411c1c into rabbit-shaped pigtails.6d73d40307630c13

A cute nine-year-old da37adf4c1 girl with cherry b9f2ca5aa0 blossom-colored, curly hair 8a78782b22 and big, honey-colored, 6b8536aedb sparkling eyes gazed 1928cd7a02 back at me.9067726b01851a25

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With this look, I’m definitely a protagonist, right?0903cbae1e14b2ea

That’s right.5cb869918f8fbd90

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I, Vivian Hessen, am 61d76f57b5 the heroine of this 7d6d52da21 novel. Ha, ha.7c89836a062e3fc6

I already look 2c2fba61c1 like a heroine.f0bfa20393c04347

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A good-looking daughter, a 55d0ce198e doting father, and a 0d547cf830 peaceful life in a c857480524 beautiful country town.83f518fd1b5fa800

Well, unlike some other heroines, I’m not a princess or a damsel in distress, nor do I come from a wealthy family.185008cf1a80ccad

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Still, I loved 53f19e3888 this life.48aeb7ac564fd06e

Ten days 5bfde942ac before, I c0000c1d81 had a d16008adb0 fever.79312a47933c1794

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That is until I c23a5da4cf remembered that I was 7c09e01657 in a book I 96e376e6b7 had read in a 1aa7664bbd previous life.dcd0dd5a7323907f

Until I remembered that it ended with the heroine’s death…11bff583261e2648

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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.64550f0ef65500c4

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And the turning point that causes Allan to regret is…8a5793742a77ae66

‘My death. F*ck…’9d4cd4fdb4837b76

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The good thing about f525100284 my predicament, though, is 1de232398e that I also came 3ffbb6ace9 up with a way 1c19403dec to escape the planned 59bf58a446 sad ending.023a510c2bcc800e

The incurable disease I have is called ‘Mana Overload’.7582e1cb3132867c

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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.dedc566d9554241e

‘So all I have to do is meet Rahel and everything will be fine?’da6616459313f916

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So who is Rahel?995f6888967d3885

Rahel Edelwein was the villainess of “The Prince Loves the Bird”, the novel I’ve been possessed by.a83113a10603778f

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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.891953aad12105d2

She’s also the only one who can cure me of my terminal illness, thanks to her unique mana-absorbing constitution.13088a2612307ddf

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‘In the original, Vivian dies after refusing to be healed by Rahel in order to protect Allan….’efdb51e324870b5b

I don’t care about the original.5fa0fad5abc63031

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Don’t I need to live and see what comes next?480be197f40b435e

‘I don’t need the male lead’s regret. Instead, I’m going to stick to Rahel and live a long time!’fafcab5377854477

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And I’m going to help Rahel keep her from turning to the dark side.8249d200e599ac25

We could 7fb2398209 both help 795f167309 each other, e1f91b57ed what a 139f808c19 perfect plan!3df4c7865c17f11f

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After a final check 1a4eb5d51f in the mirror, I fdb878902a walked out of the 614db0a0b0 house with a big a2e65aa369 smile on my face.d8a444af7806f676

Today, Rahel a964369642 was supposed c20750d5b8 to come b253d6ca67 to town.70c45f022b681adb

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‘Just wait, Rahel!’13dcc1bb795a370e