Chapter 000
Prologue
Lillian Tillard was “trash.”
She was also something of an insurance policy for everyone’s peace of mind.
You know the type—the kind of existence that gives you a sense of relief, making you think, ‘At least my life hasn’t gone as downhill as hers.’
“The Tillard family’s only powerless failure…”
“The defect who can’t stop a supernatural rampage at all…”
“The woman even her fiancé is sick of…”
Whatever the derogatory nickname was, it usually belonged to Lillian.
Her birth was among the most noble, yet she seemed to have a hobby of collecting nothing but garbage.
However, today was the day of the Frenies Empire’s Crown Prince Competition.
“Lady Lillian! Lady Lillian!”
“Your Highness Evren!”
“Lady Lillian is the best!”
Waaaaah—!
The roar of the crowd echoed through the stadium where the competition was held.
Surprisingly, they were chanting the name of Lillian—the very owner of those trashy nicknames.
A noblewoman watching from the stands clenched her fists in excitement.
“I saw it with my own eyes, but I still can’t believe it…!”
“Her awakening was a miracle in itself, but to purify the mental pollution of that many people at once…!”
“I’m so glad I came to watch!”
It was worth every penny of the ticket price!
The woman shouting with joy suddenly looked at her companion with an envious gaze.
“Oh, but you’re wearing ‘Mariposa’ earrings.”
“Ehem. You noticed?”
“How could I not?”
It was a design praised throughout the capital, not to mention an artifact that could even cure “Supernatural Disease.”
“I’m definitely going to buy some next time… Lady Lillian needs to release more.”
“Hoho, they sell out fast, so you have to buy them immediately. Now, rather than buying from the Tillard side—”
The chattering spectator suddenly caught a glimpse of a certain family sitting in one corner of the stadium.
The Ducal House of Tillard looked as somber as a funeral home.
Even the faces of the Tillard siblings, once called the most perfect, were now dark and ashen.
“…I heard Lady Iris’s business was actually Lady Lillian’s—”
“Shh, shh.”
“Everyone knows the story anyway, don’t they?”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
The two looked back toward the Tillard family.
Who could have known?
That the abandoned, powerless Lillian would rise as the brightest star in the Empire.
Much less that she would return as the fiancée of the notoriously wicked First Prince.
A fated love between two people from rival families!
It was said that today’s event was held through the very power of that fated love…
“By the way, where did Lady Lillian and His Highness go?”
“The competition is still ongoing…”
The individuals everyone was searching for were currently trapped in the stadium’s waiting room.
Thump, thump.
CRASH!
A massive hole appeared in a wall as hard as diamond.
Lillian, who had pink hair and green eyes flecked with gold, thought to herself:
I’m screwed.
“Your Highness.”
Lillian whispered to the man who was clutching at his chest.
“Your Highness, get a grip.”
“Ha… ugh.”
As Lillian placed her hand on his hunched back, the First Prince, Evren, let out a groan of pain.
The First Prince, Evren.
An S-rank supernatural user and the villain of the “original story.”
In this Empire where even rabies didn’t exist, he was a man known as the Imperial Mad Dog…
Once, Lillian had called this man names like “Hot Iced Americano” or “Problem Child”…
In truth, she used those ridiculous nicknames for such a terrifying opponent because he was gradually becoming more human.
But now, cold sweat trickled down the face beneath his shimmering silver hair.
A red spider-web pattern was slowly spreading across his left cheek.
Is he really going into a rampage right here…?
“Ren!”
“…Lilly. That’s why I’m saying, don’t leave.”
The man smiled faintly. He was already a seductive beauty by nature, but the symptoms right before a “rampage” made him look dangerously alluring.
“Ren, pull yourself together. We have to go back out!”
“After making my body so it can’t function without you…”
“Wait? Where did you learn such misleading phrasing—”
“Where exactly do you think you’re going?”
He reached out and grabbed Lillian’s hand.
The lips that touched the back of her interlaced fingers were hot enough to sting.
While Lillian stood flustered, he laughed.
“My life is ruined anyway, so let’s be ruined together.”
“Ha…!”
Lillian thought again.
Those who try to twist the plot of the original story always end up paying a heavy price.
But this shouldn’t be happening right now.
Just what exactly caused things to end up like this?
‘It’s definitely because of that damn phytoncide…’
And then, his face drew closer.
Chapter 001
A Great Plan is Needed to be Abandoned
Lillian had become strange.
Lillian’s fiancé, Young Duke Karkin Pavil, was irritated.
For about a month now, Lillian had been ignoring all of his messages!
How dare she, when he was doing her a favor by marrying a powerless woman?
“It’s time I taught her a lesson.”
Karkin smirked and pulled a “Notice of Annulment” from his jacket pocket.
This was his “Annulment Game.”
A method he used whenever he wanted to see Lillian grovel and cling to him!
‘I’ll throw it at her at the party today.’
Karkin snickered as he entered the Tillard family garden.
Many nobles were already waiting at the tea party.
But everyone’s eyes were…?
“Oh my, the Young Duke—”
“I can’t believe it…”
“Ahem, to think you were going through such… a painful love.”
What?
Just then, he saw a familiar pink-haired woman.
Lillian Tillard.
His supposedly dim-witted fiancée.
“Karkin. I didn’t know.”
“What?”
“That you and my cousin were in such a painful relationship?”
Tak!
A newspaper article fell at Karkin’s feet.
<Young Duke Pavil, Even While Cheating, ‘Tastes Don’t Change’?>
<Karkin Pavil of the ‘Five Holy Houses,’ the most respected families in the Empire!
Why on earth was he enjoying dates with Iris Tillard, the cousin of his fiancée of ten years, Lillian Tillard?
“Our love is so painful, but we can’t break it off.”>
…Who leaked this?
Lillian smirked inwardly.
It was me, you filthy scum.
‘Leaking an anonymous tip to the newspaper is child’s play.’
Lillian silently approached Karkin, who was still frozen in shock.
SLAP! SLAP!
She delivered two very satisfying slaps to both of Karkin’s cheeks.
“Keu, ugh…!”
He had come to mock Lillian, but how did it feel to be made a fool of in front of everyone?
“You certainly were well-prepared, Karkin Pavil. You even readied an annulment paper for the sake of your new love.”
“You, you…!?”
“Yes, I’ll sign it just the way you wanted.”
Lillian gracefully scribbled her signature on the document he had intended to use to threaten her.
The paper fluttered down onto the head of her now-collapsed ex-fiancé.
Lillian then turned toward the other culprit.
Her cousin, who was trembling piteously with her platinum blonde hair and wide green eyes.
“Iris. Congratulations.”
“C-Cousin?”
“I’ll yield the position of the future Duchess to you.”
“…!”
“Actually, Iris, the Young Duke Karkin suits you much better than Prince Kyle.”
“I-I have no interest in the Young Duke!”
At Lillian’s “blessing,” the muscles in Iris’s face contorted.
She had only toyed with Karkin because he was her cousin’s fiancé!
Karkin looked bewildered.
“What? Iris, that’s not what you said! You said only I…?”
“Young Duke, please, be quiet—!”
Watching the scene, the onlookers began to whisper.
“Goodness, what is happening…!”
“A real annulment? And with Lady Iris?”
“Poor Lady Lillian.”
Clap!
As Lillian clapped her hands, people instinctively turned their attention to her.
The original villainess, who had always been gloomy and insignificant, was now smiling quite elegantly.
“The Young Duke is leaving. Please escort him straight out the door.”
Let’s throw the trash outside the front gate.
‘Now, will the rest of you get lost too?’
From my brand-new life.
