“Huh!”
Attention
When did I faint?
I opened my eyes in bed.
My last memory was several boards with prophecies written on them flashing before my eyes.
“What happened?
Huh?”
As I brushed my sweaty bangs, feeling like I had a nightmare, I looked around, sensing something was off.
This feeling, familiar yet strange…
“What’s going on?”
I didn’t understand.
This was definitely my room, but last year, I had redecorated with the trending colors and even changed the furniture arrangement while painting the walls.
But the room I saw in front of me was the one before the makeover.
“Which crazy person restored my room to its original state?”
And did my family just let it happen without saying anything?
It couldn’t have been just a prank; it would have taken too much effort.
Still unable to hide my shock, I got out of bed but then felt another odd sensation.
My vision seemed lower than usual.
Now that I thought about it, I felt shorter overall and a bit chubbier.
It wasn’t that I was obese, but more like I had the appearance of a young child who hadn’t yet lost all their baby fat…
Hurriedly, I ran to the mirror set in one corner of the room and confirmed my reflection, mouth agape.
I had been an adult for a while, but now, for some reason, I had the appearance of a teenager.
“Ena! Ena!”
I urgently called my maid, Ena.
Soon, I heard footsteps outside, and Ena appeared.
“Miss? What’s wrong?”
“What year is it?”
“Huh? You called me in such a rush just to ask about the year?”
Her puzzled gaze came back to me, but I didn’t have the time to explain or laugh it off.
“Quickly!”
“Uh, it’s… 218, Miss.”
Ena’s gaze was full of concern.
She seemed worried, wondering if I was okay because I was acting strangely.
My last memory had been from the summer of 227.
How had I somehow gone back nearly 10 years?
The situation was so confusing that I felt dizzy and struggled to stand.
“Ah…”
“Miss!”
Ena quickly caught me when I almost collapsed and gently helped me back to bed.
She asked if I was feeling unwell, but I pretended to want some rest and sent her out.
Lying quietly with my eyes closed, my mind was spinning.
“They said it was the end.”
I recalled the last words of the gods.
While eavesdropping on their conversation for a long time, I realized that the gods seemed to be viewing this world like a play or a piece of literature.
“Perhaps ‘the female lead’ and ‘the male lead’ aren’t their real names…”
It seemed they were just shortening the titles for the female and male protagonists.
Based on what they were encountering, it seemed to fit the genre of a romance novel.
“The end. The end of the world…”
The phrase “the end of the world” carried an ominous tone.
If the world’s end really existed, wasn’t it bound to be destruction?
“Ha… What is this?”
Not only did I experience the sudden destruction of the world while eavesdropping on the gods’ conversation about the future, but now I had also regressed to my childhood.
Rather than accepting this, wouldn’t it be easier to just consider everything I went through a nightmare?
Just as I was thinking this and trying to compromise with reality…
Something familiar appeared before my eyes.
[Golden Seka Geum Siblings and the Male Protagonist’s Obsession]
It’s the advance team.
We’ve reached the 130th chapter’s launch volume in just one day.
The male lead is completely obsessed, and the female lead is totally heartbroken.
No regrets in obsession, imprisonment, and trashy love (★^3^)♥
You won’t regret taking off now. But there’s something a bit strange…
The conversation window I had seen a long time ago from the gods appeared in front of me.
Even the number 78, displayed just below, was exactly the same.
I tried to ignore it, but this window wouldn’t disappear until I checked all the contents, so I had no choice but to click on the number.
[Golden Seka Geum Siblings and the Male Protagonist’s Obsession]
(Spoilers) There’s a surprisingly interesting character.
Honestly, they have nothing to do with the female or male leads, but they somehow burst with refreshing energy, right?
The female lead is so sweet that it’s almost frustrating, but watching this character makes me feel a little relieved.
However, as I mentioned, they don’t meet the leads… I think they’ll probably end up helping the female lead later.
They’re like a crazy dog that bites all the bad guys.
A girl-crush vibe.
Ugh.
Honestly, this character could be the protagonist, but if that happens, the genre would change, so it’s a bit of a shame.
[Please watch Bad White Trash]
“Wow, it’s you here too. How many serials are you working on?”
But the content was different from what I remembered.
Clearly, the god named Golden Seka had once called me a “sweet potato villain,” right?
I wondered if they were referring to someone else, but when I saw the name “Lovely,” I realized it was me.
“Has the content changed? Why?”
And why were these people acting like they had never seen me after they had witnessed the terrible ending with me?
I couldn’t understand.
***
Even though I didn’t understand it, I realized that everything I had gone through wasn’t just a nightmare.
So, I decided to start by getting rid of all the useless things in my life.
“Big brother.”
“Huh? Why?”
“I’d like you to go somewhere with me. It’d be great if your friends… I mean, your knight friends could come along too.”
I asked my second brother, the most reliable one in our family, with a small smile.
He seemed to think I was asking to go out and have fun, but when I mentioned bringing his friends, he looked disappointed.
“Those guys too? Why? Can’t it just be me?”
“Yeah. It’s a place where it’s better to have a lot of people. Is that okay?”
“Well, if they ask, I guess I can, but… I don’t want to. What if they see our adorable little one and get obsessed and make it annoying?”
My second brother, who had a gentle nature despite his size, was like that.
But after I asked again, he finally gave in.
“Alright… If our little one wants it, I’ll do it. But where are we going?”
“Hmm, Hwangdo.”
“Hwangdo? Are you going to meet that Pedro guy?”
“Well, sort of.”
I was curious about why he wanted to bring his knight friends to meet Pedro, but when I said I would show something fun, he suddenly became excited.
We made an appointment and went to Hwangdo on the scheduled date.
When we arrived, my brother, who had finished work, was already waiting with his friends.
“Rubi! You worked hard to get here.”
“What do you mean by worked hard…? I was just hanging out at the estate and teleported here through the portal.”
“You must have struggled walking here with those tiny feet!”
“Ugh. You crazy bastard…”
My brother’s companion snickered and cursed as he heard my brother’s teasing.
It wasn’t said with malice, but rather as a friendly, affectionate insult.
My brother had gathered as many people as possible as I requested.
Judging by the fact that there were nearly 30 people, it seemed like he had brought the whole knight order with him.
Among them were some new faces, but there were also familiar ones I had seen before.
“Hello, Rubi. So, why did you gather all these people today?”
“Just… I wanted to show you something fun.”
Everyone tilted their heads, wondering if I was planning to show them a play or something.
Some seemed reluctant, probably because they weren’t interested in theater, but after I told them they wouldn’t regret it, they followed me, half-believing.
‘Yeah. What could be more stimulating and fun than an affair?’
I planned to make them witnesses to Pedro’s infidelity.
***
I headed to the townhouse of Pedro’s mistress, Joanna, who had given birth to his illegitimate child.
According to the servants I had planted in the townhouse, Pedro was supposed to be staying at the knights’ quarters today.
‘No way.’
Pedro, who was used to the high life, wouldn’t stay in the shared quarters.
He would rather crawl back to his townhouse if he could.
If he was using the knight order as an excuse, there was only one reason.
It had been quite some time since his workday had ended, so I wondered if he was already committing his little deed.
I briefly gauged the time, then turned to my brother and smiled.
“Brother.”
“Yeah? What is it?”
“Can you break down this door for me?”
“Eh?”
My brother was visibly startled by the unexpected request.
It made sense, though, since the building in front of us looked like an ordinary house.
As a knight, he couldn’t just harass normal people, let alone criminals, and I pouted at him, giving him a pitiful look.
“Won’t you? I guess not, huh?”
“Ugh, ah… Rubi…”
“If you can’t do it, I’ll have to do it myself.”
“Uh?”
I pulled out a small hatchet, one I had brought with me from the estate.
My brother was surprised, and his companions looked on with curiosity.
They didn’t know what was going on, but it seemed to be entertaining already.
“I’ll do it. You shouldn’t swing that thing carelessly, you might hurt yourself.”
My brother, worried that I might injure myself since I had never done anything like this before, pouted and took the tool from my hands.
But it seemed he didn’t plan to use it to chop down the door.
Instead, he kicked the door hard with his foot, using the trained strength of a knight.
The wooden door tore apart like paper.
“Ahh!” “What? What’s going on?”
“Is that…?”
My brother, who had broken the door with a guilty expression, froze when he heard the familiar voices coming from inside.
The companions who had followed us also exchanged confused glances.
Once the remaining pieces of the door were kicked in, the scene inside was clearly visible.
Startled by the sudden intrusion, the woman covered herself with the sheets, and the man hastily tried to pull up his pants, shocked to see familiar faces.
“R-Rubi?”
“Pedro Saxon! This crazy bastard!”
Even if my second brother was a fool, he couldn’t fail to understand the situation.
What else would a half-naked man and woman be doing on a bed?
Playing doctor?
In a flash, my second brother lunged at Pedro and literally pummeled him.
Pedro couldn’t even attempt to defend himself, let alone fight back. It was only natural, given the massive difference in their sizes.