I was born into a dark, bloody novel filled with gore and ruin.... more>>

Of all people, I became the wife of the male lead known as the "Mad Duke", an extra who dies by the heroine's hand!

But when I actually met the male lead in his childhood…

He’s surprisingly normal…?

No, actually, he’s so pitiful that it makes you feel sorry for him?

“Did you know that you and I got married today?”

“Y-yeah.”

“Do you know what marriage is?”

“Uh-huh. Wearing p-pretty clothes.”

In that moment, she realized: If I just raise this lacking kid well enough to not go crazy, I’ll survive, right?

So, she worked tirelessly, enduring all kinds of hardship to raise him properly for the sake of her own survival.

But the problem was… she raised him too well, and now he has no intention of letting her go!

As the day the original story is set to begin draws closer, she decides to elope in the dead of night with a fake lover…

“You’re the one who saved me, raised me, Liri. You have to take responsibility.”

Where on earth is the heroine while he’s chasing after me…?

I really thought I raised him right…? <<less

Leticia, the youngest death row inmate in the Empire, is released on one condition. The Emperor’s sole demand for her release was:... more>>

“You shall become my son.”

…In other words, to play the role of the youngest prince who is to be sent as a hostage to the Grand Duchy.

“You’re going to die anyway, so die as a prince.”

From that day on, Leticia Borba became a fake prince. To die in place of the real prince.

*En Travesti: A female actor who performs male roles while wearing trousers instead of skirts. <<less

※ This novel is a work of historical fiction set in Goryeo, Joseon, and other historical periods. It contains keywords that may be objectionable due to the period and setting, such as coercive relationships. Please refer to them when reading the story.... more>>

Lee-Gwang — “How does it feel to be held by a man who was nothing?”

A limp wife of the Great Prince, Kim Yi-seo. She married the Prince at the age of twelve, and after a decade of indifference, she was beaten into submission.

Once she thought there was nowhere to fall.

Until the night he abandoned her and took a new wife, he sought her out, not as a wife, but as another.

Yi-Seo — “Lee, you can't do this. You can't. This can't be.”

Lee-Gwang — “That's why I'm doing this, because you're nothing to me now. You're not my wife anymore, and not your husband…”

Born to be the king's nemesis, his arrogant half-brother forced Lee-Gwang from the throne.

In the first place, he had no interest in the throne.

From his days in the past to now, there was only one thing he wanted.

“You promised me you would love me no matter what I did.”

In the darkness, only the man's eyes flashed like demons' flames. <<less

“Your revenge is justified, Luke Olfenster.”... more>>

Chloe Langsher, despite returning to the past, resolved not to alter anything. However, fate had other plans for her. While awaiting the impending doom, a knight arrived before her, claiming, “He won’t kill you. So depart as though you’re already dead.”

Thus, disguised in death, she fled with the knight. She believed she would no longer be an obstacle in his future. Little did she know…

“Your life belongs to me.”

The insomniac emperor and the alchemist who concocted his sleep potion—our paths would cross again, perhaps even unbeknownst to the gods themselves. <<less