Mia Celestial, female, 19 years old.
Occupation: Young lady of the Celestial Count's family.
Appearance: Pink hair and pink eyes.
Notable fact #1: She has been transmigrated into a romance fantasy novel for a year.
Notable fact #2: She just failed to change the original story.
"It should have changed by now! Why! Why on earth isn't it changing!"
Mia took a deep breath to calm her excitement and looked beyond the castle. The imperial army, waving red flags, was advancing toward the fortress. Soon, the male lead of this novel would arrive and kill Mia.
"Being transmigrated is bad enough, but why do I have to die, too?" Mia burst out in frustration.
The novel Mia had been transmigrated into was "Serenity in the Rose Garden", a typical romance novel where the female protagonist, Serenity, heals the male lead, Adilot, and the two end up together. Mia had taken over the role of the daughter of Count Celestial, who rebels against the empire. Not a villainess, no special role. She had breathed a sigh of relief when she realized this.
"Survival is the goal! If I do nothing, something will change!"
But it was all in vain. The rebellion occurred, and Count Celestial fled, abandoning her.
"That rotten bastard!"
Why did she have to be transmigrated as that bastard's daughter? She had worked so hard to avoid death, yet here she was, facing her end. After watching the army led by Adilot breach the castle, Mia staggered toward the count's office. If she were Adilot, that's the first place she'd go.
Adilot Genzen Schröder. The name of the male protagonist that once excited her now filled her with dread. Having read the novel so thoroughly, Mia knew just how ruthless he could be. Adilot wasn’t a tyrant who killed innocent people indiscriminately, but he showed no mercy to those who opposed imperial power.
"Crucifixion, burning, alive burial, hanging, crushing..."
Mia shuddered, recalling the many execution methods used by Adilot.
"Maybe I should’ve run away like the servants!"
But Adilot was a relentless hunter. If she had run, he would have killed her even more brutally. After all, his nickname was "the handsome psycho."
"Maybe I should have run away as soon as I got transmigrated!"
But the Celestial family was too poor for her to escape. They couldn’t even afford to provide her with money for independence. And besides, she felt bad for the original Mia, who wouldn’t have wanted her father to die.
"Who knew he'd be such a rare breed of scumbag that he’d abandon his only daughter..."
Regret always comes too late. Mia collapsed in front of the count’s office desk. Now she had only one wish left.
"I hope at least it won’t hurt too much."
Not long after Mia sat down, the door opened. She tensed up and watched as it swung open. Soon, a tall man in a red cape strode into the room.
A man? No, light entered the room.
The moment she saw his face, Mia’s mind went blank, forgetting even her fear.
"So... good-looking..."
Silver hair like mist on a rainy day. Ruby-red eyes shone through his disheveled hair. His slanted eyes gave him a cold expression, and his face looked indifferent to everything. This was Adilot Genzen Schröder, the young emperor of Orquenia and the bloodthirsty tyrant. He was also the male lead of Serenity in the Rose Garden.
Behind him, a group of knights entered the room and began inspecting it, but standing next to Adilot made them look like insignificant potatoes.
"Wow, what would it be like to live with that face..."
While admiring him, Mia noticed the bloodstained sword in Adilot's hand. She closed her eyes. That face had turned him into the "handsome psycho" after all.
Meanwhile, Adilot didn’t even glance at Mia. He merely stood in the center of the room, surveying his surroundings.
"...?"
Then, he tilted his head slightly. Soon, the knights finished their search and approached Adilot to report.
"Your Majesty, there’s nothing here."
"It seems Celestial has already fled."
Adilot furrowed his brows and tilted his head again before finally turning to look at Mia.
"Mia Celestial."
"Huh... y-yes!?"
Mia quickly responded, startled by her sudden name being called. She couldn’t help but think that even his voice was perfect.
"Are you alone?"
Adilot asked calmly.
"...Yes! I’m alone..."
"Why?"
"I-I told the servants to escape..."
"Why? Did you think if they escaped, I wouldn't be able to kill them?"
Hah, what a madman...
