Sebastian Leodegrance was fated to bring about the world's end, his path irrevocably marked by the three scars etched across his left eye as proof of his unholy contract with Ardalas, the Evil God.

His insatiable thirst for power would have been enough to conquer all, even without the infernal blessing, but now not even the divine intervention of the Goddess could thwart his ambitions.

With purposeful strides, he marched toward Cassiopeia to claim the hand of the renowned Princess Ava Cassia, a woman whose veins coursed with the blood of greatness. But as he drew closer, he discovered that the Princess had been exchanged with her Lady in Waiting.

"Yes. I am the replacement. You have been fooled!"

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"From now on, Isla, call me Elder Sister."

The person in front of her was the brightest constellation in the world. Ava Cassia... the Princess who was even prettier than the Nereids. But it was like looking in the mirror.

She looked exactly like her.

"Maybe the Goddess sent you to me so we can become Sisters. How about it, my dear Isla? Would you call me Sister?"

Her most cherished treasure; her Elder Sister, Ava.

"I'm sorry, Sister... this is the only way."

"You must replace me. Because if I bear his child... this world would perish..."

The Tyrant's Replacement Bride

Isla realized it after Sebastian had long pulled her away from the ocean and dried her body on the beach. It was gone in the ocean, and now, she felt naked and exposed without it. 


Sitting in front of a fire, she previously asked Sebastian to let her search for the necklace, but he refused to let her touch water again. As a compromise, the man offered to search for her... if she promised she would stay in his peripheral vision and not move. 


Sebastian silently scolded his horse for helping her on another trip he didn't approve of, and now the black horse was also in charge of watching her. 


Isla was no longer quivering from the cold. It was just that her hair was still a bit damp. Behind her back was a tree trunk Sebastian put there for her to lean in, and the man also put another bigger tree trunk around the fire to put some layers of their wet clothes to dry. 


My Love