Episode 1

...***Description...

Dylan de Beaumon, the adopted daughter of a Duke, recalls the memories of her past-life after hitting her head. Upon realizing she was a villainess character in a novel, she decides to use her intellectual giftedness to get a good career and run away. Dylan, who is haunted by her mother's death and the secret behind her birth, navigates life at Faerchester Academy relying on her wits and manipulation to escape her own downfall. Much to her dismay, the main characters in the novel just won't leave her alone***.

[Four years ago...]

The girl with an appearance as gentle as a flower stood idle on the top of the hill. Her radiant golden locks, resembling fields of wheat, fluttered gently in the soft afternoon breeze. She was a child with nowhere to go.

"Thank you," she told the man who was shovelling dirt into a hole. "I couldn't have done it by myself."

The man's face was stained with beads of sweat and an expression of fatigue, but he smiled at her gently when he spoke: "You're welcome, Dylan. Will you be okay?"

The girl nodded, her brown eyes resembling jars of honey in the sun. "Yes, don't worry."

'Because if my suppositions are right, he'll come get me soon.'

"Can I finish the rest?" she asked him, holding her small hand out.

The man frowned, hesitantly handing her the shovel. That day, the afternoon breeze blew like a sorrowful song as the young girl finished burying her own mother.

"I'm sorry," the man apologized, his forehead wrinkling with worry. "I told the townspeople, but nobody showed up."

He removed his tattered hat with a shaky hand, unable to meet the child's eyes. The girl, whose curly locks seemed to glow in the sunlight, smiled softly. It was smile with an expression of deep sadness.

The girl responded with soft words, her little fingers wrapping around the shovel's handle as she spoke: "I understand, please don't apologize. Giving me a place to bury my mother and helping me is more than I deserve."

Dylan's smile wavered as she thought of the woman who raised her. Her mother's smile was warm and her heart was kind. They didn't have a lot of money and there were times where Dylan had to go to bed without dinner, but her childhood was joyful and filled with love.

"I'd like some time alone," she told the man. "Please, mister."

The man nodded, leaving the child alone at her mother's grave. Dylan glanced up at the blue sky, wondering if her mother was watching her from up there. She watched the clouds with a blank expression, ignoring the subtle footsteps approaching her from behind.

The man nodded, leaving the child alone at her mother's grave. Dylan glanced up at the blue sky, wondering if her mother was watching her from up there. She watched the clouds with a blank expression, ignoring the subtle footsteps approaching her from behind.

Just as she expected, the Duke of Beaumon was the only other person to show up at her mother's funeral. The tall man with broad shoulders was dressed in an expensive all-black suit, his matching top hat shading his sullen face from the sun.

"Hello," he said in a gentle tone, watching the child stare at the sky with empty eyes. "My name is Morris. Can I know your name?"

"Dylan," she replied without looking away from the clouds. "Dylan Lembarg."

The man smiled softly, removing his hat with a gloved hand. "Dylan, do you have anywhere to go?"

Dylan shook her head, her golden hair fluttering with the motion.

"Would you like to come with me, Dylan?"

......episode 1 end~......

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