Chapter 1

At first, I believed it was a vivid dream. I drifted off while rereading a romance novel I had completed. When I opened my eyes, an unfamiliar place was brought into view. No it wasn't unfamiliar since this place was none other than a novel I had read.

It was a peculiar experience.

It was a novel and not a book at the same time. To put it another way, this place is fictional, but in reality, it has become a reality that touches my skin **.

**(피부에 와닿다/I can feel it on my skin= to realize/sink in)

From that day onwards, I enjoyed the story, which felt more graphic than VR. Fortunately, my wealth was abundant for no reason; therefore, I poured all this money generously into achieving good things.

To see the main characters up close, I bought the status of the Fallen Nobility with money in advance to enter the noble's gathering. How excited I was as a true fanatic to witness all of the main characters passing by in front of me.

First of all, the female lead, as described in the novel, has long pink hair with a subtle pearly hue. Bright eyes with a mysterious mixture of blue and green, like the color of the sea at Hyeopjae Beach **. Perhaps it was because she was the most beautiful woman in this world. Wherever she strolled, light powder seemed to scatter. As the role of providing the strongest cider ** in the novel, she was very bold.

**협재/Hyeopjae= Beach on Jeju Island in Korea

**사이다/cider= Famous drink similar to sprite, a slang for satisfaction and refreshingness that we can feel when an injustice situation is solved

It was a minor abrasion to my fortune, but after paying a considerable donation and meeting the saint, it was truly worth the money.

There are also another two individuals who had no choice but to rank first place in the beauty rankings along with the heroine.

The male lead, a Crown Prince, who is a dignified man, and his best friend, a young marquis, a sub-male lead who acts as a barrier between the male lead and the female lead.

The male lead perfectly fulfilled the demands of black-haired male maniacs. A combination of black hair and golden eyes. In addition, just as though he was the best man in the world view of a movie, he had a body if it was a body, a head if it was a head **and even his innate status as the crown prince. It was a character that the writer was resolved and written solely the best.

The opposite of the crown prince is my sub-male lead. Although he was initially cold-hearted and would sometimes create cruel decisions for his own sake, he was the sweetest man in the world when it came to the heroine. And in spite of his desperate love for the woman, he was an unfortunate man who was not selected by the female lead in the end.

The original plot was as follows.

Diana was a saint with healing powers referred to as divine power. A great priestess of the gods who always offers devotion by the side of the powerless. Her heart was as beautiful as her looks, and she was named the only hope in an empire where all kinds of greed and trickery were rampant.

There were two men who yielded their hearts to her. Crown Prince Helios and his best friend, Marquis Kaelus. The two men, through their position and their fortune, assisted her side by side and supported her in making the world a better place.

"Diana, you are always right. I will join you."

"Don't forget that I'm always behind you, Diana."

Of course, there were also villains who defied the protagonists. Mainly The Duke of Orcus, the head of the nobility, and his daughter, Princess Letona. He was a typical villain who would not hesitate to commit unscrupulous crimes for their own benefit. As the protagonists confronted them, the love and love triangle of the three main characters deepened. The villain Letona, who opposes the heroine, tormented Diana. She was supported by an influential family that was not afraid of the emperor together with a desire to marry Helios and become the future empress.

Her words were as followed, "Doesn't the noblest of the blood befit the noblest of the Empire? Unlike this woman with low blood."

"If the Empire does not wish for the Duke of Orcus to establish a new principality, you will have to accept this marriage, Your Majesty."

The emperor's authority was shaken without mercy by the interference of the nobles. Hence, the Crown Prince was coerced into an undesirable marriage over the woman he loved. In the end, the sub-male lead didn't hesitate to release the gun ** as soon as he discovered evidence of the crimes his duchess had committed for his friends and loved ones.

**총대를 멨다/release the gun= to take on a common task that no one is reluctant to take on as a representative.

"The only way to uproot the duke's villainy is now. The imperial family might face a counterattack if they come forward. Hence, this time I have no choice but to move alone."

Here, the decisive reason why the sub-male lead was not chosen by the female lead appeared. It was the duke and his daughter who drank the poison on their own. Although they ended their lives by suicide, the sub-male lead had exterminated them regardless.

The female lead fiercely criticized the behavior of the sub-male lead. It was the decision of the sub-male lead who cut off the buds in advance ** for fear that the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Haengnyeo would receive only lenient punishment and would face the prince and the saint again, but the heroine rebuked this as cruel and immoral. Moreover, she pointed out, it is clear that he, who was only her marquis, allowed the duke and princess to die at will.

**미리 싹을 잘라냈던/cut off the buds in advance= the problem must be prevented before it becomes more serious

"Kaelus! How can you force someone to choose death on their own? What a vicious way to punish them...! Besides, you have neither right to do that!"

Consequently, the female lead completely turned her back on the sub-male lead. The villain's death restored the peacefulness of the empire, and the novel concluded with a happy marriage between the female lead and male lead.

The decisive factor that made this romance-fantasy novel, a famous romance, was the charm of the male and sub-male lead, regardless of what anyone said. The dignified and incredible Helios and the thoughtful and gentle Kaelus. The author divided the readers' attention by showing the standard of a strong female lead, Diana, who pours out unrelenting work toward the nobles even though she is a commoner, the tsundere male lead, and the friendly sub-male lead. The readers expressed that it was too insensitive to choose just one person, so some commented that they should instead make it a reverse harem.

Unfortunately, I was one of those people who favored the sub-male lead. I was also firmly afflicted with the sub-male lead disease, which some Rofan readers are prone to.Even at the end of the novel, the marriage between the female protagonist and the crown prince, I still haven't given up my affection for Kaelus. You have no idea how much it touched my heart while reading the ending. Our sub-male lead said he would also be happy afterward, meeting a good person who acknowledges his sincerity so that he can forget the heroine and start over.

More than a year had passed since I entered the beginning of the novel, and by the time I saw the ending. I witnessed the wedding ending between the Crown Prince and the Queen with a lamentable heart. With a generous amount of money, I attended their wedding party.

A sub male lead who wishes happiness for the two of them with a lovely smile. I looked at him with a melancholy heart more than anyone else.

Be sure to be happy. You must be happy.

You're wise, so you should not dwell on a passing first love for too long. Please get over the despair of this shattered heart, get up, and live your life proudly.

I secretly begged and begged.

To be honest, I presumed transmigrating into the novel to be a long dream. So, after witnessing the ending, I thought I would have to return to my real world. No, the story is over, so there's no reason for me to be here any longer. I'm a person who still has a lot of work to do in reality!!

But to my surprise, I opened my eyes again to this novel. I was perplexed because I had no way of knowing why I was still not released from this possession. I went out into the street to find any clues. Instead, I heard the news that came along with the blue sky.

My dear sub-male lead Kaelus was said to take his own life.

His eyes were puffy, and his throat was sobbing. My dearest passed away in extreme despair without receiving any comfort from anyone.

I never wanted an ending like this. He should have lived well. He should have lived his life bravely, letting go of his shattered heart. There were no longer any regrets left in this world. He couldn't hate the couple, the female and male leads, who forced him to turn his back on the world. The affection I had for them when I was a reader of the novel vanished like smoke. I never forgave Diana and Helios for abandoning Kaelus.

I couldn't even open my eyes to reality. Life in the novel continues without any meaning. In the meantime, I have to work randomly to avoid starvation while collecting the backstories of the main couple.

After becoming the Crown Princess, the healing power of the saintess gradually weakened. The most substantial justification for making her the companion of the crown prince gradually relinquished her authority. The couple's bean pods **, which made them only look at each other, were peeled off little by little. The fiery love between the two main characters lasted less than two years at most. It's a love that subsides so quickly.

**부부의 콩깍지도/couple's bean pod= an idiom similar to love is blind/blind love. Basically, one falls in love with the other person and is blinded by that person's flaws. It contains negative nuances, i.e., even though no one sees it at all, if you fall into the illusion that you met by yourself, or if you are struggling with your heart, people around you may say that you were covered with bean pods. In this context, I would say both male and female leads uncover their love illusion of each other and finally realizes their flaws.

Then, what the hell did my beloved give up his life for? My whole life was filled with nothingness and wrath.

I had lived a life of no regrets so that I couldn't take good care of my health. One day when I was sick enough to die, I clenched my teeth and headed to the temple. I collected all the last remaining money and asked the priest. Please let me see the saintess just once.

But the priest replied that he could no longer allow the saintess, who had now sat on the highest throne, to meet with a lowly person like me. Saintess Diana, the priestess of the temple and a friend of the ordinary people, no longer existed.

I just lost my reason. I ran into a small room used as a place of prayer. I closed the door tightly and screamed immorality at the god who created this world and the writer of the novel.

Save my beloved!

I have been living without even knowing why I possessed this world, and my only hope that somehow managed to continue this meaningless life, my favorite, Kaelus, died.

Either save him or kill me. Please do something.

So I cried and cried again until I was exhausted and collapsed. And at that moment, a miracle happened. I collapsed in the temple and opened my eyes again.

Unbelievably, I met my favorite, Kaelus.