Episode 1 | Aster

Aster stroked her long ebony hair with her slender fingers while staring directly at the mirror. She unties the red ribbon that has been fastened to her hair all day long.

Her braided hair flowed gracefully after the ribbon has been pulled off. Nonetheless, Aster didn't see herself lovely enough to compare with her older sisters. She even didn't have the courage to compare herself with another noble lady. They're just so elegantly and carefully made while Aster...

Was totally plain as day.

As if God just have randomly and unknowingly created her without having single care about how her face would be.

Or maybe God has mistakenly chosen a wrong face for Aster.

Aster let out a heavy sigh. She gazed into her reflection then thought deeply.

That's may be the case. Her heart murmured.

Well, look at her image now. Her hair was pitch black, a contrast from her parent's platinum blonde hair. Meanwhile, her eyes... it's bloody red and might be glowing through even in the darkest night. Surely she must be looking like a vampire if she went out to the forest. Aster's older sisters possess gleaming amethyst eyes and Aster should have it too. Sadly, she didn't have any of it.

To conclude it, the Cirilla duchy often has platinum blonde hair and amethyst eyes for tradition. And the worst thing was, Aster the only person who had black hair and red eyes other than Demon Lord. It was distasteful.

Clearly, it was. Who wants to have the same appearance as the murderous Demon Lord? Aster sighed.

Aster touched her pale complexion. It's inevitably become worse day by day. It seems paler and paler that even her lips came to be colorless. There's no tint of flush on her cheeks.

Aster clutched her head, fed up. She must originally from a vampire lineage. If that's not the case, why she appears different from everyone else? Aster opened her mouth and checked if her teeth have some unnecessary growing canine teeth.

A sigh of relief slips out from her mouth. She glads her teeth were still the same as everyone else.

Aster stood up and walked away from the mirror, didn't want to get dishearten more than this by peering her reflection in the mirror.

She pulled off the curtains that have been closing the sliding door. The vague view of the forest hooks her eyes. Well, there's clearly nothing fascinating to look at. The forest at night was murky and all you can see were the gigantic trees stood tall there.

Aster's room was placed at the end of the house, near the forest. When she wanted to get fresh air from the gazebo, what she always watched was the wood.

It would get frightening at the first glance. But somehow, Aster found peace by just watching the tree's leaves swayed and danced blew by the night air.

Watching the forest reminds her of herself. There were many resemblances between Aster and the greenwood.  They're disturbing, rustic and there's no one who wished to look at them. They kept people away from them because of their creepy appearance. 

Aster opened the glass door. A gushed of wind blew her straight to the face. Looks like the wind also didn't like her to come out. Aster didn't want to care for it anyway.

She stood near the fence and gazed deeply into the greenery. All of a sudden, something... no, someone showed up in her mind.

It's a man with a slender and sturdy figure. He had a caramel brown hair and a pair of olive green eyes. The sincere smile of the man while looking at her always gives her a heart attack. He's the fifth prince of the Magnolia Empire and had been notable because of his remarkable magic power in the whole empire.

Aster's cheek flushed all of a sudden when realized how she unawarely thinks about the man. The man that has been called as her fiance.

Surprisingly, even Aster had this plain figure, her fiance still would look at her and gave her a  bright soothing smile.

And for the first time, Aster Cirilla heard someone truly complimented her as charming and loveable. There's no one who would understand how much the words flutters her heart.

Aster's lips painted a broad smile across her cheeks then unexpectedly let out a soft chuckled.

"Prince Arvin," whispers Aster with a love-struck in her ruddy eyes.

Aster Cirilla had now fallen in love!

There's nothing wrong with it right? As Prince Arvin and I were officially engaged to each other. Muttered Aster while looking intently at the forest.

Without Aster realizing,  someone was staring at her behind the tree leaves. He just there sat leisurely on the tree trunks.

"Well, I'll just keep silent and see how it'll go." He muttered with a curious smile.

And with just a second, he disappeared into thin air, leaving the so-called pathetic villainess alone on the gazebo.

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