-* REVERSE VILLAINESS *- || by jelly-san ||

CHAPTER 0

The ash-golden girl looked at the closed shut door once again, where did this all go wrong?
When she married the duke? Or maybe when she decided to trust all her secrets to her "dear" sister?
Erina sighed heavily, she was hungry; being trapped in this cold, rusty basement for god only knows how long. She thought back to her memories with the mansion she loved with her heart, her maids who had dressed her up nicely, her dear fiance who used to smile at her as if she was his world, and.. her dear sister whom she thought she could rely on; they all had betrayed her because of the false rumors that her "lovely", "kind" sister spread. Erina had always thought how her secrets she had told her sister somehow always made it to the aristocratic parties. She had confronted her sister, Eliza, before however Eliza always shook her head denying any fault.
Then she thought back to when her sister harshly pushed her into this freezing room, listening to her siblings laugh, "..Your suspicions were right, my dear sister. How does it feel to have your fiance, best friend, and status taken away from you? After all, the main character is me."
The similar ash-golden hair girl whispered to Erina before letting her rot in the cold basement alone.
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"Aghh!! I even feel mad at Eliza reading my own novel! Thankfully, Erina gets a happy end with the crown prince an-....." She fell asleep.
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"Gosh, I can't believe I fell asleep while writing the last chapter.. I have to publish it so--?!?" 'Erina's' eyes shot open, her bed was soft, even though she fell asleep on the chair, when she awoke, she was greeted by a fancy chandelier, and she wasn't in her usual baggy sweater.
'What the f$&/?" she mentally cursed as she arose from her bed, greeted by 2 maids, "Good morning, Lady Erina. Today is the day of your engagement, I hope you are ready to dress up for the next 5 hours."
The ash-blonde girl stared at the maid, "I'm sorry, what?", she had asked.
"Today is your engagement, Lady Erina." The maid once again, repeated.
"Lady who?" She asked the maid repeatedly.
"Lady Erina, if you act like that, I would get punished." The maid replied to her repeated questions.
"R-right, I apologize, ... you may go out first." She finally spoke out as the may excused herself, "Well then, this one shall wait outside the room patiently for your morning bath."
"W-wait!" 'Erina' yelped a bit before asking the maid for her name, "What is your name again?...haha..??" She asked nervously.
"This one's name is Daelian Campbell. Lady Erina, perhaps you really aren't well?" The maid asked worringly by the door.
"N-no, not at all! I will be out in a minute."
The maid shut the door quietly as 'Erina' remained still in her bed.
'How.. how did this happen?!' she mentally questioned whether she was in a dream or maybe hallucinating even. She harshly pinched herself, "Nope.. Alive and well.."
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Eventually, she had got up and washed her face with the warm bucket of water and soft towel next to her bed as she processed her thoughts.
'Erina Vadburne, age 19, 18th birthday passed two months ago, engagement with Duke Ladquevurg is today, March xx, year xxxx. Closest maid, Daelian Campbell, if the storyline is correct, this times 'Erina Vadburne is heavily in love with the Duke because she is mistaken that he was her savior from when she was little. This also means, in order for the novel plot to remain stable, I cannot disrupt its storyline, however.. this means I will be led to my doom!!'

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