Chapter 01
[Get out of my house! You are no longer my daughter.]
[Father!]
I crunched on potato chips and turned the pages with interest.
At last, the villainess who had constantly tormented the female lead was being kicked out of her family.
Adelaide Sitten, daughter of a count.
She had spread dirty rumors about the female lead, Sabrina, and openly humiliated her at balls, committing many wrongdoings.
At first glance, it looked like a typical punishment of a villainess.
But Adelaide’s reason for bullying the female lead was because of her beloved parents and fiancé.
In truth, Adelaide had no real personal grudge against the female lead.
She only followed the pressure of her parents and fiancé, who were hostile to the female lead’s family.
Of course, the winners became the main couple.
And if things went wrong, even the parents and fiancé who had ordered her actions would have been punished.
But they solved it by cutting ties with her and breaking off the engagement.
Adelaide was essentially abandoned and discarded.
It was a bit pitiful, but considering what she had done, I only felt refreshed.
I continued reading the satisfying “justice served” scenes.
Even though she was a count’s family, you’d think they would at least give her some money.
But Adelaide’s father, Count Sitten, showed no such mercy.
Seeing Adelaide end up begging and starving on the streets made me feel even better.
‘This is exactly the kind of satisfying revenge I like!’
I closed the book in satisfaction.
There was still a lot left, but I decided to save it for tomorrow.
“Yawn.”
It was late at night, so I naturally yawned.
Luckily, tomorrow was my only day off in the week.
Normally I would sleep early to open my restaurant, but on the night before my day off, I could enjoy this luxury.
On other days, that would be impossible.
Running a fusion Korean restaurant was extremely labor-intensive.
Why fusion Korean food?
Because I was good at too many types of cooking, choosing just one specialty was difficult.
So I chose fusion Korean cuisine, which allowed me to cook many different dishes.
It was the perfect choice for me, and customers came like clouds every day.
Even when nearby restaurants were empty, mine stayed busy nonstop.
But today, I just wanted to rest without thinking about anything.
I placed the book down and slowly fell asleep.
And when I opened my eyes…
“Get out of my house! You are no longer my daughter!”
A scary-looking foreign man was shouting at me.
‘Huh…?’
My mouth opened in shock.
The man’s face became even more frightening.
“You still don’t understand the situation, Adelaide?”
At this point, I knew.
I had become the villainess of a novel overflowing with satisfying revenge scenes.
And at the exact moment she was being abandoned by her family after losing to the main couple.
No, normally people get isekai’d before committing crimes, right? Give me some time to prepare!
Survival method after becoming a villainess.
First rule.
Even if you are kicked out because of things your original body did, you must find a way to survive.
As usual, I set up a stall and started heating a portable burner.
Children gathered around me.
I placed a black ladle over the fire and poured sugar. It melted quickly and turned golden.
A sweet smell spread everywhere.
I shouted in a practiced vendor voice.
“Cheap! Only 50 penta each! If you break it into a perfect star shape, you get one more free!”
Yes.
I was selling dalgona candy to survive.
I was worried because I had no baking soda, but thankfully this world already had both baking soda and baking powder.
No wonder the food here tasted so good.
I was confident I could make great food too, but opening a restaurant required a lot of money.
So I planned to save money through selling dalgona first.
It was still a distant dream.
“Hyidi, I finished!”
A boy stood up and cheered.
I smiled and gave him another piece of dalgona.
Other children looked at him with envy.
“Hyidi, I want another one too.”
“Me too!”
Yes, like these kids.
Actually, nearby merchants did not understand my business at all.
It was already cheap, and I even gave an extra one for a perfect star shape.
But modern business thinking could not be matched here.
In truth, only one boy could ever cut it perfectly.
The rest just followed him like moths to a flame and paid me more coins.
As the sun began to set, I packed up my stall.
My inn room was in a narrow street, so I had to go back early.
Still…
‘I guess this is pretty good.’
I jingled my coins.
Selling to kids was surprisingly profitable. I might even be able to save money soon.
But happiness did not last long.
While I was humming and pulling my cart home, someone suddenly grabbed me with great force.
“Ugh—!”
I tried to scream, but my mouth was covered, and I was swallowed into a dark leather sack.
Survival method after becoming a villainess.
Second rule.
Find a way to breathe inside a tightly sealed sack.
Fortunately, I found a small tear and stuck my nose through it.
‘Kidnapping?’
Who?
I was just kicked out of my family.
My fiancé broke off the engagement.
Who would bother kidnapping a penniless count’s daughter?
Maybe they mistook me for a simple candy seller…
Even more confusing.
After several hours, I was thrown onto a hard floor while riding a shaking carriage.
Voices came from outside.
“…inside…?”
“What? Hurry…”
I tried to listen, but couldn’t understand clearly.
After a while, someone grabbed me and pulled me out of the sack.
It was dark outside; a lot of time had passed.
I quickly looked around and made eye contact with a man.
The kidnappers stepped aside. This man was clearly the one who ordered it.
“Lady Adelaide Sitten.”
My blood ran cold.
“You did a background check.”
“It wasn’t difficult.”
“…”
I had nothing to say.
I had never even tried to hide properly.
I didn’t leave the capital, and even my alias was just my nickname, Heidi.
“So? If you kidnapped me for ransom, you chose the wrong person. My parents won’t pay a single coin.”
“Ransom?”
The man smirked.
“Do you really think I want something like that?”
“…No?”
If not ransom, then what?
“Then you’re going to sell me.”
“Hah.”
He sighed like it was ridiculous.
“Listen carefully, my lady. I do not do such things. The reason I brought you here is…”
I frowned.
“Brought me here? That’s a strange way to say kidnapped.”
“If you prefer accuracy… I brought you here because I want you to become my chef.”
“…What?”
My mouth dropped open in disbelief.
What kind of crazy person kidnaps someone to recruit them as a chef?
