The symbol of the Apollinerian Empire is none other than the ‘bird’!... more>>

There was a legend in the empire that held birds as sacred and worshiped…

[On the day the (Divine Bird), made of silver and gold descends to this land, the empire will have everlasting glory.]

It was a trust that came down from the distant past.

Each interpretation was different, but people waited for the ‘(Divine Bird)’ to come down to this land one day.

One peaceful day, hundreds of years later. A fist-sized “egg” from heaven descended onto this land. <<less

“You shouldn’t have crossed this line, Elisha, if you didn’t want it to be like this.”... more>>

A sturdy arm wrapped around her swaying body. Her head became hazy and an intentional hot sweet sigh was pulled out of her.

‘How the hell did I get myself in this situation—’

Elisha recalled. This never happened before.

‘Yeah, I remember.’

Her future in which she would become the fake concubine to a demonic man from the same family, and would be eaten to death—even down to her bone marrow. A future in which the Cartier ducal family is embroiled in a power struggle and fragmented.

To avoid that future, Elisha threw herself at Lucerne, the archrival of her former life.

Yeah. There was no problem. She knew this man, before and after her regression. She already knew he was the most notorious maniac in the Empire.

20-year-old Elisha owes 30,000 gold coins (about 15 billion won in Korean currency or around 15 million in USD).

After going back in time, in order to avoid a hellish life because of debt, she becomes the most capable illegitimate child in the world and visits Lucerne, the archenemy of her master.

“What do you want from me?”

“Please lend me some money. And… make me your subordinate. I’ll give you all the information I have.”

“Why should I trust you?”

“I’ll give myself up as collateral.”

Lucerne listened to Elisha and watched her quietly.

“Okay. But I decide how to deal with the collateral.”

“…….”

“First of all, marry me.”

“…… huh?”

Elisha didn’t expect it either. That her information transaction would become a marriage contract. <<less

Deep sunken cheeks, dirty skin which lost its original color, twig-like wrists, filthy fingernails and a much smaller body for her age.... more>>

And with neglected hair hanging over half of her face, this small child is actually the forgotten Royal Princess of the Empire.

Unable to stifle her hunger any longer, she crawls out of her hiding within a tiny, old, worn-down castle in search of food...

"I'm hungry..."

The small girl who's wearing nothing but shabby clothes murmured without even realizing.

"Can I eat this...?"

Her small fern-like hand tore a piece of vegetation off of the ground, but she eventually put it down while shaking her head from side to side. The little girl hadn't had a proper meal for three days...

"Estrella..."

The child recited the name, her words one with the wind. It was a precious name that she had earned only after a long time.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

"...It's alright."

The little one who replied then slumped onto Aelias' chest. <<less

A master of disguise, master of escape.... more>>

The genius swindler ‘Viper’, a death rower who turned over the empire, was approached by the tyrant of the battlefield, Grand Duke Hessen, one day.

“Hey, you’re gonna have to help me out a little.”

“How can I help you?”

“I’m going to try to go against the Emperor.”

“….what?”

“….well?”

The Imperial Shame, Mad Dog of the North, Tyrant of the Battlefield.

When even his brain is made of muscles, what can possibly be done?

“You must find a way to make me emperor. Otherwise, it’s just death.”

Caught by her eagerness to survive, it all rely on the likelihood of succeeding this extreme survival mission! Let’s turn this royal bastard into an emperor!

You know…we’re working, not dating, right?

“Do you hear that? My heart is beating like a crazy bastard when I’m with you. It’s a poisonous side effect, isn’t it?”

“……”

“And when I see you, this crazy wrist also flinches. I think it wants to touch you like this.”

Rexid’s hand on her back shook. I felt his fist clenched.

“In case you misunderstand, I am telling you, I don’t mean to want to grope you.”

“Ah, yes.” <<less

The end of my story, which I thought was a happy ending, was ruined.... more>>

“Let’s get divorce, us.”

My husband, who fell in love with a woman other than me, trampled on me miserably.

In front of me who crumbled and chose death,
A devil with sparkling purple eyes, Duke Perial appeared.

“Will you sign a contract with me? I’ll give you anything you want, anything.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m the devil.”

Red lips smiling, he spit out a sweet whisper like the ‘devil’.

“Instead, I’m going to come over the window like this at every certain time to covet your night. That’s the condition of our contract.”

If I could trample the lives of those who made me this way
It’s nothing to sell all my body and soul to the devil.

“The red mark engraved on that body is proof that you’re ‘mine’.” <<less

I was five years old now.... more>>

I was born again as a prince and princess abandoned in the palace with a twin in my previous life.

We have been abused and abandoned only because our biological mother is low-born.

Her death gave us a chance to escape.

….. A day after we decided to run away, the emperor, who left us with our biological mother to be abused by her hands and left us in an abandoned castle, suddenly came.

You haven’t been interested in five years, but why are you so nice to me all of a sudden? <<less

Her brother, who was the one who caused a coup d’etat, had sliced her throat. After she returned to the time before she died, she decided that she would somehow tame him and survive!... more>>

But..

Did she tame him too much?

***

“Brother, why don’t you get married?”

There was no reply from him, instead the glass that he held popped and cracked.

“Oh no! You’re bleeding.”

“Why should I get married?”

“Eh?”

“I already have you.”

Why should you get married, you say? You have to get the Empress so I can leave this castle! Sezh laughed strangely.

“Sezh.”

At that moment, she stumbled and Raytan pulled her body into his arms. His red eyes started to gleam suggestively while looking down at Sezh who was trapped in his arms.

“You know we are not real siblings.” <<less

Frey Obelir, who remembered that on the day her mother was assassinated, that she was reincarnated as a princess in the game she played in a previous life.... more>>

‘The original story begins with the destruction of the world at the hands of the young transcendents who are temporarily protected by the grand duke.’

Then she had to change the future.

She had to move to avenge her revenge.

Fortunately, there is still a little time left until destruction.

“Princess Frey. Again, I am a very promiscuous man.”

‘The keyword is #no interest for women, but pretending to be promiscuous.’

“Princess, I already have two out of wedlock.”

‘This man hates marriage so much, isn’t it a joke?’

"Then I should prepare for a divorce in my spare time in business!”

Grand Duke Daniel hated Frey, who was rumored to be a scoundrel. So using the power of the transcendent, he peeked into her future.

He can’t believe she took a man off and fell down.

'It’s a future that fits the rumors of a princess.’

But…

[“Frey, you can’t leave me.”]

The pathetic man who begging to hold her is-

[“Will you stay at Prause estate if I satisfy you?”]

Daniel, it was himself. <<less

In the original novel, she was the villainess, but she avoided all the death flags properly by faking her own death.
She saved even the poor child who was destined to die, sacrificed herself to ensure the protagonists' lives would be smooth…
And thus, she hid and waited for her own happy ending.... more>>

Finally feeling happy for a moment at the news of the original protagonists' marriage, she returned after hearing about her mother's passing...

…But why is everything all messed up?
No, more importantly, why was she in confinement?!

The original male lead, who was her childhood friend and fiancé, spoke.

"If I had known you'd fall for such a simple trick like a death notice, I would have done it sooner."

The male lead, who she thought had married someone else, laughed at her with utterly crazed eyes.
Why was he like this now? He wasn't like this before.

"You’ve got nowhere to run now."

What's going on here! <<less

The burden of regret after her unforgivable betrayal to a man came crushing down on her. Mora decided to ask for forgiveness and made a trip to visit him in his prison. Alas, she made too easy of a choice. The moment she realized it, it was over. She couldn’t go back. ... more>>

The man was not how he used to be.

“It pains me to touch you. But you are so lovely, it makes me crazy. I hate it when you don’t look at me.”

She fell in love with him, the beautiful and dangerous man who had saved her and whom she ruined.

They kept on loving and detesting each other.

***

Bam!

Her head turned at the sound of the horn and she froze on the spot. It was the sound of a five-ton truck roaring towards her. In a blink of an eye, death had claimed her.

But to her surprise, she saw a man appear before her. He was as beautiful as an angel and looked lethal as a devil.

“I’ve been looking for you,” said the man. “Mora, my lovely wife.”

Why did he save her? And why was he looking at her like that? <<less

[As you probably already know, I'm leaving you this letter only to keep my promise.]... more>>

Elisha, the Archmage of the Cardion Empire, and the fiancee of Emperor Erich wrote.

[The prince-no, Your Majesty, always said, "I'd rather die than marry you!"]

One day, she suddenly disappears, leaving only a letter to her fiance.

But contrary to what Elisha expected that he wouldn't try to find her, Erich immediately starts looking for her.

"Whether it's inside or outside of the Empire, find her."

When you find her and bring her back to me, then…

"We'll make a new promise."

***

"Your Majesty."

Whatever the reason, Elisha couldn't let Erich find her, but soon after, she found herself straining against the grip on her hand.

"Please."

Erich shook his head and opened his mouth again. The hand that was holding Elisha's wrist went down and took her hand.

"Don't leave." <<less

Charlotte is a love child who lived in the countryside.... more>>

For years, she dedicated her affection to her weak childhood friend, a powerless prince.

She was the person who worked on tirelessly to eliminate his enemies.

And yet, Albert, who was finally crowned king, quietly sentenced:

“Immobilize her and lock her in the prison. Exterminate her whole family to serve as discipline.” <<less

I closed my eyes while fighting my last battle. That would have been my peaceful rest.
But when I opened my eyes,... more>>

[Notification: You have entered the gate.]
[Verifying user.]
[Verified individual 'Han Seo-Ha (Awakener).’]
[Connecting to the system.]

I was in the worst gate, which took three whole years to clear.

"Pack things to eat, drink, weapons, and necessities for survival. Pack mostly canned food! Also, things like lighter and flammable items."

Forget my transmigration. I should just escape from this hellish gate first! <<less

Abandoned by her family, Yuri lived in a temple. ... more>>

One day, the darkness spoke to her.

“Baby. I don’t hate you. I just want to give you a chance.”

“ A…..chance.”

“Yes. You’ll be married to the frontiersman soon. If you can get him to promise, you will win. I’ll listen to whatever you want.”

“….”

“But if you can’t, you’ll have to give me everything.”

How long had it been since she had accepted the bet? Yuri fell in love with the northern man.

“If I, I…….looked a little more like that woman. Would you have loved me…?”

“No, I swear. Even if I died, I wouldn’t love you.”

“Eddie….I, I.”

“You’re not my mother.”

She eventually surrendered to the darkness on the day she was abandoned once again by the people she loved. Yuri closed her eyes as the curse took everything from her. And when she woke up,

“I’ve been waiting for you, for years. I missed you.” (Husband)

“Mother. I’ve never regretted saying that word.” (Child)

“Yuri, if you agree. I want you to come back to the Duchy.” (Father)

‘Why are you saying that now? If I were then, I would have forgiven you. And I could have been happy saying thank you.’

Tears came out.

‘It’s too late to apologize. I am no longer the person I was then.’ <<less