How To Get My Husband On My Side [meanie]

𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 1: 𝖶𝗈𝗇𝗐𝗈𝗈 𝖽𝖾 𝖡𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗂𝖺

"I've finally found a worthy groom for you, darling," announced Father, as he whiped off his lips with a napkin.

Laying on the knees of my oldest brother Joshua, I felt the urge to run back to my bedroom and throw up all the food I'd just eaten.

My second brother Yeonjun, who had been busily chowing down on an awfully smelly quenelle, slammed his fork down and cried out in protest.

"Not again! Father, how many times has it been already?"

"Yeonjun."

"It hasn't been three months since his last engagement was called off! Regardless of what our family would gain from this marriage, shouldn't you at least try to consider his feelings?"

"What a surprise to see you side with your little brother. Then would you rather battle the barbarians yourself instead of accepting Britannia's support?"

"What are you talking about? Those savage barbarians up north wouldn't stand a chance against the likes of me, the greatest, most noble solider to ha-"

"Shut your trap, boy."

The great noble solider took the rest of the quenelle on his plate and shoved it into his mouth, aggressively chewing in protest.

The marriage proposal wasn't any surprise to me though. I knew that it would come sooner or later.

"Who is it Father?" I asked cheerfully.

My father, who had been staring disapprovingly at Yeonjun, looked back my way and smiled.

"He's Britannia's hero. The king's beloved nephew and famous knight of the South. He's very handsome, I'm sure you'll like him."

"What! Father do you know how bad his reputation is?!"

"Boy was I talking to you?"

Yeonjun became quiet again.

None of them had any idea that this handsome knight would one day massacre their entire family. Oh poor, wretched creatures of this world...

"Wonwoo?"

As I pretended to hesitate for a moment, Joshua, who had been storking my head, called for me again. This time his long fingers groped the back of my head. I shuddered in revulsion. It felt like a cold snake slithering up my neck.

I slowly raised my head and locked eyes with Joshua. After glancing at his eerie azure eyes, I shifted my gaze to Yeonjun who was frowning discontentedly, and then to Lady Julia and my father beside her, both seated upright, poised and dignified as always.

"Thank you, Father. I'm grateful that I can at least be of some service to you with this marriage."

Joshua curled his lips into a rare gentle smile and pressed them up against the top of my forehead.

"Perfect as always, our sweet little angel," he whispered.

Now I really wanted to puke.

But I had more pressing matters to attend to than throwing up. After all, the handsome knight of the South was out to kill me too.

***

I thought with that untimely helicopter crash that my tiresome life had at least came to an end and I could finally rest. But if I'd known that I would be reincarnated as a boy in the Renaissance Era, and as a character in a novel that I'd read long ago, and, to make matters worse, forced to survive in an environment that was just as vile as my pervious life, would I still have thought the same way?

If I was going to be reincarnated as a character in this novel, couldn't I have at least been born into a decent family?

"Ugh!"