* This chapter is chapter 1 combined with chapter 2! The next chapter will be chapter 3! *

Chapter 1: A Little Different.

When was it when i started realising that I was in a novel?

Right... It was that day when the son of the wealthy family first began yelling at me for hurting a student.

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People only knew books that reincarnates it's character from the medieval time.

Reincarnating as a princess, an empress, and the duke's daughter.

All of those stories have two things in common.

Reincarnating, and as a villainess from a story or a game.

Those stories are popular. Targeting young girls.

But what if it was reversed? How about a young girl from medieval time reincarnating as a wealthy villainess in modern world?

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I was from a wealthy family.

In fact, I was a marquis' daughter.

I had a loving father, mother, and three loving older siblings.

My life was perfect.

Being the fiance of the one I love. And also being loved back.

But I died in place of my best friend.

And when I opened my eyes again,

The love interest yelled at me while looking at me with fierce eyes

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June 29, 2020

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*Chapter 2*

Chapter 2: Convincing her

Betrayal - Part 1 (1/3)

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Lady Sia rushed towards me and hugged me tightly.

I felt her warm tears wet my dress.

"Luna... What do I do...?"

I hugged her back and leaned to her shoulder without saying anything.

"His Highness is gonna kill me...!"

"I'm sorry Sia... I- I can't do anything..."

Lady Sia, who has been my friend for over a decade, was accused of treason by the prince's lover.

Lady Sia is a duke's daughter. She's the crown prince's only fiance candidate and the next possible queen of the kingdom.

While the prince's lover is only a poor viscount's daughter with no potential of being the next queen.

With that said, it's easy to understand that the prince's lover wanted to get rid of a thing stopping her and the prince from marrying each other.

The crown prince might actually notice her plan but chose to turn a blind eye to it because of also wanting to marry her.

If people think more, they will probably have already thought about this thing happening. But of course, they did not.

The prince's lover has a good nature, how could they think such a thing when they've seen her kindness in front of their eyes?

She was popular for her kindness and angelic smiles while the duke's daughter was only known for her high rank in society and pretty face.

People would naturally choose the kindhearted girl over a dull woman whose they've only heard of in the rumors?

So even if they think it was fake, the face of a kind-hearted woman appears and their doubts immediately disappeared.

I am only a marquees' daughter with no actual power in my hands. But I could do...something to save her...

"I'll sacrifice my self."

The girl in my arms stopped crying and waited for me to talk again.

"Blame it on me."

Sia finally moved and held to my shoulders while backing up to look at me in the eyes.

"Wha- What are you talking about...?"

"After I die, marry the prince and collect evidence for his crimes... And min-"

*Slapp!!*

Before I could finish my word, a hard slap hit my face.

"Are you out of your mind!?"

I looked at her face that was wet from her running tears. I looked at her eyes and widen my eyes.

She was completely glaring at me.

"What do you mean sacrificing your self!? Do you know how dumb you sound right now!?"

"S...Sia..."

*Slapp!!*

She slapped me again, except it was lighter and didn't hurt that much.

"I don't want you to leave me Luna!"

"But you'll also leave me if I don't do anything!"

"Sia!!"

She loudly yelled directly at me. Her face was turning red while still wet from the new tears that keep running down.

I clenched my fist and look down at the caramel-colored wooden floor.

"If I don't sacrifice my self...you'll die...,"

I felt my knees giving up and I fell into the wooden floor

"But if I sacrifice my self we- we'll have justice... Because you're the only one that can do- do that..."

My vision started to blur as I hear droplets of tears meet the hard wooden floor.

I knew it was a crazy plan.

Blaming her "crime" into me so that she could marry the prince and take revenge for us.

It's such a weak and easy to read plan

But with our hands not holding any power, this is the only thing we could do.

And I know she understands it too.

"Please sia..."

I looked up to see her face while a drop of tear fell off my face.

"Luna..."

"...I'm sorry..."

And after that word, she left my room without turning back.

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July 1, 2020

Chapter 3: A Weird Book

Betrayal...? - Part 2 (2/3)

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It was hard to convince her to my plan

But now she finally cooperated.

After a week of turning a blind eye to my request, she finally gave up and looked at me directly.

After that, we planned how our acts will make their doubt shift from her to me for 4 days. And after the next day, we were finally able to act.

"Your Majesty! I have something to tell you!"

"..."

It was just a small nod but we were able to notice it.

"That woman of o- over there!"

Sia pointed her finger at me while trembling

"She made me do it! All of it was her plan! She lured me in and asked to ki-kill his highness!"

After that, a guy with a pair of black eyes and shining blue hair arrogantly gaze at the girl who was pointing her fingers on me.

"Blaming your crime on your best friend to survive, are you crazy-"

Before His Highness could finish his words, I ran up to Sia and closed her mouth tightly using my trembling hands

"Lady Luna?"

"Yo-Your Highness! Sh-She's lying! I didn't do it!"

"I know it wasn't yo-"

"But how you act tells the opposite, Lady Luna."

His Highness' words we're cut off again by a terrifying deep voice that called for me.

"No Your Majesty! I'm- I'm not!"

The emperor gazes at me up and down before chuckling.

"In that state, you think you could fool everyone with that, Lady Luna?"

"No! Your Majesty-"

"Enough."

With that, the emperor slowly stood up with the help of his servant.

"As the crown prince of this kingdom, any attack from him is an attack not only on me, the emperor, but the whole kingdom!"

"And because with that, Lady Luna Melody Florentine will be beheaded after the sunset down!"

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They left me in a prison only made for those people whose crime was treason. But before they left me, they whipped me for a hundred times that lasted for three hours.

And after that, I had a visitor.

It was my fiance, Frederick Rooney Darnalia. The crown prince of the neighboring kingdom.

He said he came in secretly and need to leave immediately.

He gave me a book to fill my boredom and left immediately.

The book that has been popular for 7 months was titled < Flowers Blooming One By One >.

I never had a chance to read it because there were only 200 copies around the world. Those people who had it only kept it for themselves while some sell it again 10x the amount they bought it so it was only natural Frederick had this as he's a crown prince.

It was hard to flip the pages but I was able to read and understand it easily.

It was about a young girl named Sung Yun Hee living in a kingdom, or I should say a country named Korea.

In the story, Sung Yun Hee apparently passes an exam at a famous High School.

And there, she met seven wealthy attractive guys that fall for her one by one like the title.

"Flowers meaning their feelings and blooming means increasing."

Feelings Increasing One by One.

But a person wanted to break those feelings.

The Villainess, Ahn Nari.

Ahn Nari apparently planned to ran Sung Yun Hee with speeding so-called car to kill her.

The "car" probably looked like a carriage or more advance than that since it mentioned the speed as "Faster than a speeding horse"

It's the first time I've noticed this but this book mentions weird and different things like a Cell Phone where they could use as a messaging tool similar to letters.

It's a much more different and difficult to understand the story rather than the average popular books.

But the life in that book has much more freedom than life here...

Sia and I could've lived happily...If... We lived in that... World...

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Chapter 4: Did he wished to kill me...Or..?

Betrayal...? - Part 3 (3/3)

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I woke up by so much pain that strikes my stomach.

"Hey bitch wake up!"

It was a guard that kicked my stomach while looking down on me with his mocking eyes and smile.

"A bitch who committed treason because of jealousy hah!"

"Just you wait until you see who will slash your head tonight."

"Hahahahaha!!"

Two guards forced me to stand up but tripping me when I walk so that they could step on my bloodied scars made by the thin whip with nails sticking to it.

*Step!*

"Ahh!" I screamed in pain

"Hahahhaha!! It hurts? Then you shouldn't commit a serious crime, bitch."

They both laughed while looking at me with their disgusting eyes.

After ten minutes, they decided to shut up and actually lead me outside and let me in a cold small metal carriage that leads to the town square.

Every person that glanced at the metal carriage looked at it with disdain while only 8 people glanced at it in sympathy.

And then we finally arrived at the town.

In the middle of the crowded people was a medium-sized wooden stage with only one person standing on it.

It was hard to see but I caught a glimpse of the person's hair and it was a long color black hair tied into a high po- ponytail

...

It can't be.

I shook my head and followed the guards.

When I walk in the middle of the crowd, people were looking at me with astonished gaze wondering how could a small and delicate girl commit treason.

But my eyes weren't looking at their gaze.

Instead, I was looking at the guy in the stage who was also looking at me with an indifferent look as I climb up the stairs.

After taking a closer look, I could finally see his appearance very well.

Dark blue long hair tied in a high ponytail, and the same thin blue-green eyes that used to stare at me kindly every day.

I looked at his left hand that was gripping a long thin but hard silver sword with a light blue handle that has a red crystal as it's only decoration.

Looking at my eyes that were reflected in the silver metal, I remembered our conversation when he let me take a look at the Royal Family's treasured sword that was given to him when he was fifteen.

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"Luna"

"Hmm?"

"Do you want to take a look?"

He said as he took out a sword that looked very expensive.

"No." I jokingly said

"Aww-"

I cut him off and smiled while adding, "But sure. I could see you want to boast it off but you can't."

"I'll listen." I closed the book and put it on the small round table beside me.

I patted a space on the couch and smiled at him.

He ran towards the couch and immediately sat comfortably beside me as he talks about his sword.

"Luna~ Do you know this sword is one of the secret treasures of the Darnalia Royal Family?"

No-

Before I could answer, he cut me off.

"And and! Do you know that this sword has a power??"

I was suddenly interested in this sword and looked at him to continue.

"My father said when you killed a human using this sword, the human ---- ----------- -- --- ---- ---- ------ ----!"

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Why is he carrying that sword? Is he the one whose going to kill me!?

H-how can he do that with a straight face!?-

"Kneel!!"

The guard kicked my knees making me kneel instantly in front of my fiance. I saw his face twitched lightly

Frederick walked towards me and crouched to meet my eye level.

He brought his mouth close to my ears and said:

"It's for your freedom, Luna..."

And that was the last words I heard before dying...

He quickly stood up and immediately slashed my neck cleanly without hesitating.

And then... -

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"Are you out of your mind Ahn Nari!?"

- ...When I blinked, I saw the son of the wealthy family, and my rumored fiance, Sung Kyung Hwan fiercely look at me as he yells using a harsh tone directly at me.

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July 1, 2020