Makeup artist, Yoon Seol, was involved in a celebrity accident. When she opened her eyes, she was in the body a heroine in a novel.... more>>

For a moment, she was mesmerized by the beautiful female lead's appearance, then she realized that she is in a novel known for torturous confinements.

In the novel, the heroine Lila is r*ped by three men. She was an unfortunate character who ended up being imprisoned and turned into an idiot.

“Merry bad endings* are not my thing! If it's a bad ending, it's a bad ending, why does it have to be merry!”

To avoid the original route, Yoon Seol, or rather, Lila, decided to make herself ugly with makeup with the use of a ‘secret pouch.’

Ten years later.

Lila, who avoided the original route, received a marriage proposal from an ugly duke. “Don't be too scared, I'm just being honest with you because you weren't honest with me first.”

But will her ending be a merry bad ending? Or a happy ending?

*merry bad ending - endings that may seem sad but the characters themselves are happy <<less

Just before becoming the seventh wife of an old-aging marquis who had devoured his previous six wives, her first love, Raiden, returned.... more>>

After waiting tirelessly for five years, now, only happiness seemed to lie ahead.

Raiden paid off her stepfather’s debts and became a loving partner again, even proposing to Ana.

But why did she feel uneasy? It was barely noticeable, but what could the chilly glint in his eyes mean?

He still loves her… right?

“People’s hearts… they change easily. You understand that, don’t you, my lady? You were smiling so brightly at your engagement ceremony with Young Lord Haimel.”

He had changed. Raiden now tormented Ana, he enacted punishment. To him, Ana was nothing but a sinner.

“Raiden… you weren’t like this.”

“That’s right. The me from the past used to be affectionate and gentle… I would have even died for you, as you put it.”

“…”

“That’s why it turned out this way.”

“What?”

“Remember this. I have no intention of repeating the same foolish mistakes.”

She tried her hardest to dispel his misunderstandings and regain his trust, but it was in vain.

‘I thought I owed you. But if it’s true that you ruined our family, the fate between us has already been settled.’

In order to break the chain of ill fate, she faked her death and fled from his side.

And finally, when Raiden discovered the truth, he came looking for her, collapsing at her feet and crying.

“I will keep trying until your heart opens up, my lady. Can’t you give me one more chance?”

“Is that… possible through just effort?”

“From the beginning… we shouldn’t have met. We should have never married.” <<less

Rosander Wayne is Queen Elaine and Princess Eizentine’s knight and hunter. He suffered the loss of his wife and close friend due to his involvement with Queen Elaine. He accepted the mermaid’s offer to allow him to return to his past and help her escape from the royal palace.... more>>

Lavinia is a mermaid with light blue hair and blue eyes. When she drinks human blood, she turns into a human. She makes a promise she cannot keep, to send Rosander back to his past in order to return to the sea. <<less

A territory devastated by a long war, Pervaz.... more>>

And the new lord who shall restore Pervaz, Asha Pervaz.

She receives an audience with the emperor to collect the reward for her victory,

But she was met with ridicule, called a ‘barbarian princess’, and given the absurd right to pick her marriage partner as a reward for victory.

Asha makes the best possible choice in such a situation.

“Then…… Duke Carlyle Haven”

She chooses the noble ranked first on the list of nobility, the first prince, who was recently deprived of his position as crown prince following a grand scandal.

She plans to request compensation when he refuses, but contrary to her expectations, he accepts her choice. While also promising to provide a tremendous amount of support for the restoration of Pervaz.

“What do wish from me?”

“Don’t concern yourself with what I do in Pervaz. Don’t wish for me to treat you as a wife, and don’t join forces with my enemies. Then quietly sign the divorce papers when I request one.”

It was a deal with nothing for Asha to be dissatisfied about.

She took the hand of the arrogant man who even looked down on his father, the emperor.

His lips spread into a charming smile.

“I hope we can get along well, wife.” <<less

In the midst of a harmonious and blissful newlywed life with her beloved child and dependable husband, she was surrounded by happiness, every moment a precious gift, even if it meant trading her own life.... more>>

Or so she thought. But then, she died.

...Huh?

***

'I didn't mean I actually wanted to die!'

She was sure she had only fallen asleep and woken up, but when she came to her senses, she found herself a translucent body floating in mid-air.

How perplexing.

"Hey, can't you see me? You too, over there? ...Butler? Head maid?"

To her utter confusion, not only had four years passed since her death, but she had also become a ghost.

"...Oh my?"

-…

"Oh, oh my, it's true? ... it's true?"

Apparently, her ghostly form was only visible to her four-year-old son. Left with no choice, she initially pretended to be a guardian angel sent by his mother to watch over her son. However, upon observing the clear signs of neglect he had endured while being confined to the attic of the mansion, her heart sank.

As if that wasn't enough,

"My baby, how long have you been living here?"

-I'm not a baby...

“...Right. So, what's your name?"

"... Young Master?"

...He didn't even have a name at the age of four.

Had my f*cking husband lost his mind? When had he ever shown any genuine gratitude for me giving birth to our child?

She vowed to give her husband, who was currently away on business, a piece of her mind when he returned. She would avenge the suffering her son had endured.

With that thought in mind, she gritted her teeth. But then she noticed...

'...What on earth is that?'

His once handsome face was now gaunt and haggard, with dark circles etched beneath his sharp, piercing eyes.

She was shocked by the stark difference from the last time she had seen him.

-I can't quite remember how your voice sounded anymore...

Consumed by grief over the loss of his wife, he had lost his sanity. <<less

“I’d say it’s audacious.”... more>>

Kaiden looked down at Trinity trapped beneath his arms and gasped for breath.

Unlike the bold demeanor she had displayed in her counterattack, Trinity’s body was small and delicate enough to fit snugly in his embrace.

The moment he met her dark eyes, wide with surprise, Kaiden tightened his arms involuntarily.

Thick sinews bulged in his arms as he struggled to keep himself from collapsing onto her.

“I’d say it’s remarkable.”

His opposite hand, not touching the ground, cradled Trinity’s head. The palm held her soft hair, while the back of the hand was in contact with the harsh wintry chill of the ground.

Trinity shuddered as she squeezed his hand, the sensation unfamiliar but not unwelcome.

Kaiden’s hand trembled with hers.

“Perhaps, it might be both.”

Kaiden Calskronin is a member of the Magic Knights Order and has spent three years patrolling the borderlands before enrolling in the magic academy. He possesses unique magical attributes that no one else can duplicate. While chasing after the monstrous Trinity, he is reunited with Rosiana when he is forced to enroll in the Kantaean Academy of Magic.

Rosiana Delconda is a wind mage who can see spirits. Along with Luperne, the guardian spirit of the Escalona Empire, she battles evil spirits in the guise of the Rogue Trinity, often getting into trouble with Kaiden, who tries to capture her. <<less