Chapter 01…
Me… the protagonist!?
— So bright…
The first thing I noticed was how much light was flooding into my vision.
Everything was blurry, and I couldn’t hear clearly either.
But as I endured it, my senses gradually sharpened, and I felt a little relieved.
— Wait, where am I?
Relief was short-lived, and the obvious question arose.
“Oh my? You’ve awakened, Yury.”
— Yury?
A woman with snow-white hair and blazing red eyes had definitely called me that.
“Fehri, let me see Yury too.”
A man with flaxen hair and sky-blue eyes approached, his steps light with joy.
“Hehe, don’t be so impatient, Deal. I’m not going to keep Yury all to myself.”
— Fehri… Deal…
It seemed the woman was Fehri, and the man was Deal.
Who were these people?
And what was this hazy, white mist swirling around my body?
“Mother, Father! Where’s Ellie’s little sister?”
A child’s voice called out, and a young girl came running in.
She looked about three years old, with flaxen hair and red eyes.
“She’s right here, Ellie.”
“Wow! So cute! So squishy!”
— Being treated like a toy…
“What’s her name? What’s her name?”
“Yuliana. Yuliana Lindoll.”
So my name was Yuliana.
Yury must be a nickname.
If that’s the case, Ellie was probably short for Eliana.
“Yury… Yury, huh…”
Eliana’s face softened with a smile.
“Mother’s white hair, Father’s sky-blue eyes… the opposite of Ellie, but Yury is Ellie’s little sister!”
“Yes, that’s right. Ellie is Yury’s big sister.”
“Big sister! Ellie’s Yury’s big sister!”
From her voice and expression, I could tell Eliana was genuinely happy about Yuliana’s birth.
Fehri and Deal looked the same—both smiling warmly.
Watching the three of them, I felt an inexplicable warmth inside.
— Wait a second.
I recalled what Eliana had said earlier:
“Mother’s white hair, Father’s sky-blue eyes… the opposite of Ellie, but Yury is Ellie’s little sister!”
It was already clear that these three were Yuliana’s family.
The issue was what she said about my appearance.
— White hair and blue eyes…?
I strained my tiny body to look around.
The maids in classic black uniforms all had black hair and black eyes, their faces moved by emotion at the newborn’s arrival.
— So among everyone in this room, only four of us don’t have black hair or eyes. Which means…
Every story has its patterns.
One of them: the main characters rarely ever have black hair or eyes.
Conversely, background characters almost always do.
Which means—
— With my white hair and blue eyes… am I a main character?!
That much was certain.
It seemed I had reincarnated as a main character.
And if that were true, trouble was guaranteed to follow.
— No way. Absolutely not…!
And of course, that also meant I might die early.
If that happened…
— I wouldn’t be able to read!
The one thing I wanted to do after reincarnating:
Read more books than I ever could in my past life.
But main characters never have time for that.
If that’s how it was, there was only one option.
— I’ll survive as a background character, no matter what, and read all the books I want!
And so, the very first decision I made after reincarnating as a main character—
was to dedicate myself completely to being a background extra… and securing my reading time.
