Muso

Her older sister, the queen, died in result of a meticulous trap and she herself was drowned alongside the rest of my family.
Patrizia, at the last moments of her life, fell into despair. 'If only I had been the Queen.' She had the confidence to not love the emperor. Then none of this would've happened. Everyone would've been alive, everyone would've been happy.
And when she opened her eyes again, she had returned to before her sister had become the Queen.
At this point she makes a huge decision to change the future of her family and herself.
"I shall become the Queen instead!"

Will this bring the happiness she sought for?
Or will this create for chaos?

Lady to Queen

"… Please come in." Though her voice seemed somewhat unpleasant, the Duke of Efreni opened the door without noticing. The Duchess sat inside dressed in black, as she drowned in her sorrow. 


He spoke to his wife. "I heard you arrived a few hours ago. I am sorry that I was not able to meet you."


"… Because you were busy. It is fine."


"Are you well? It must have been an immense shock."


"Was I the only one to receive such an immense shock?" The Duchess of Efreni looked at the Duke of Efreni, a mixed expression on her face. Obviously, both of them had lost their child. But he seemed so unmoved. The Duchess' heart trembled. "Our son is dead. He missed his homeland until the day he died. It is one of my biggest regrets that I could not bring him home to die here!"


"How could I not be sad as well, Duchess? I am grieving right now, too..."


"Really?" The Duchess looked at the Duke with her piercing gaze. "Is it really grief? But why..."


CHAPTER 91 (2) - There is No Forgiveness