Episode 3

“Shouldn’t you call a doctor? Are you sure you’re okay?”

“My family will probably scold me again for being so picky. But thank you. You’re the only one who takes care of me.”

I was thankful for Anna, who was on my side until the end.

Anna seemed to be the only happiness the world had planted for me.

“No. It’s strange that they treat the young lady like this!”

Anna was furious when she saw my wounds, which were all bruised and worn.

“You are a direct descendant of the author. You were not born with a destiny to be persecuted or ridiculed by others!”

“……If this is my fate.”

Anna was startled when he vaguely trailed off.

“Oh my goodness? No one is born with such a fate.”

“I wonder if that’s true.”

Honestly, I was upset.

No matter how determined you are to break free, it’s not easy to break the world you’ve lived in every day with your bare hands.

however,

“What is this?”

When I woke up, another change had come over me.

Unlike yesterday, I didn’t simply realize that I had been reincarnated into a novel.

This world I was reincarnated into, I vividly remembered the original story as if I had read it yesterday.

Is this hypermemory? The plot, up to the point where I’d already read it, came back to me and repeated in my head like a parrot.

-The original female protagonist’s name and hair color are… … ·.

-Where is the male lead in the beginning of the original work?

My head was filled with someone’s chattering, as if he was anxious because he couldn’t tell me.

“stop!”

I spent half a day wrestling with all the information. Rolling around in bed in agony, the strange chattering subsided, and then I began to have slightly different thoughts.

‘But it’s quite useful, isn’t it?’

I felt like an omnipotent god. Even an emperor would struggle to know everything about this world.

I know important information about the future that others don’t. What if I could use this as a weapon?

To add more confidence to my thoughts, I asked Anna, who had come to the room to attend to me, as if throwing a question.

“If you were born to be ignored by others, and then one day you accidentally gained access to all the world’s information, what would you do?”

“yes……?”

Anna, who had been worried about me acting strangely since I fell down the stairs yesterday, tilted her head and answered.

“A role? Is it some kind of play? If so, you need to use your power now. In this age where information is money, there are dozens of ways to succeed!”

Those words stimulated me.

I can change my destiny. Heaven gave me this illness, so it also gave me medicine.

Even I, who thought I was just a supporting actor, have a chance to rise to the level of a leading actor if I have information about the original work.

If I put my mind to it.

Thanks to that, I made a small resolution: to take full advantage of this situation.

“Anna. Could you bring me a pen and paper?”

***

Square square.

After that, I sat down and wrote down in my notebook any information related to the original work that came to mind.

First of all, I could immediately tell which novel this was from among the novels I had read in my past life.

The reason I became certain was because of my family name, ‘Starace’.

This world is the last novel I read in my previous life.

My Starache family showed some ridiculous behavior in just 5 episodes.

He tried to force a daughter of his family onto the original male protagonist Ezekiel as a marriage partner, but was severely criticized.

-Your Majesty. There is a very good daughter in our family… … .

-go away.

-Yes, yes!

‘They hint at the plotting throughout the 4 episodes and then they just end it and leave.’

The sudden turn of events, as if cut with a knife, was so absurd that it was memorable.

‘But… when did our family ever force our daughter into Ezekiel’s hands?’

It suddenly dawned on me. No matter how much I tried to recall it, it hadn’t happened yet.

This means that the original work hasn’t even started yet.

‘Wouldn’t it be me who will be pushed in later and embarrassed?’

Please, no. Anyway, the information about the main characters that came to mind through someone’s chattering echoed in my head was as follows.

[Title: <The Sunshine Saint Saves the Male Lead>

Male lead: Ezekiel Betra

Lead Actress: Monica Conte

My Story Comprehension: ☆☆]

Actually, I didn’t read all the way to the end. I only watched the first 20 episodes, so I should only give it two stars.

In the introduction, Monica is described as a ray of sunshine from the slums who later becomes a saint. She then saves the prickly Duke Ezekiel.

“Hmm.”

I’m not sure what’s so rough about it.

This was because the Ezekiel of this world disliked having his personal information appear in the newspapers, and in the novel, he was only described as having a cold atmosphere.

I just understood it and rolled the awkward words stiffly in my mouth.

“Is he perhaps a handsome man from the Northern Grand Duke?”

I didn’t know his personality was a bit blunt. Still, I believe that if he were the male lead, he would have at least some sense of character.

[Male lead comprehension level: ☆☆☆ (probably)]

If Ezekiel is a decent protagonist, his character will likely be similar to other male leads in romance novels. His actions will be predictable, and his life will be flawless.

‘Then, can I join the male protagonist’s promised smooth sailing?’

Honestly, where could you find a better opponent?

Money, lots. Rank, high. Looks, top-notch. Personality, probably decent.

As is always the case for noble young ladies, marrying a good man is the best way to escape the family without any trouble.

Given the reality, it was the least amount of courage I, a timid person, could muster.

Besides, there is one immutable law in all romance literature in the world.

[A couple who has made a contractual marriage will never break up]

No matter how much you sign a divorce contract, it will eventually become nothing more than a piece of paper.

The fake couple falls in true love and their marriage lasts forever.

So, if I could just change the genre of this world to ‘contract marriage’, I could have a stable life for a while.

Honestly, I was nervous.

The presence of a trustworthy person who will never harass me.

Someone who will be by my side for the rest of my life.

I, who longed for such a being, was thrilled by the mere possibility of it.

“Okay. Let’s propose to Ezekiel Betra.”

This was my first goal.

Securing the male lead as a strong ally and planning for the future.

After becoming the new protagonist of the world, reclaiming the original and breaking away from the family,

“As the Duchess, I’m going to show up here and there and build my network. I’m going to use the upcoming developments to find a way to survive.”

Anna, who was just entering the room with refreshments and today’s newspaper, pushed the plate towards me.

“Miss, please have some of this.”

He took a delicious bite of the apple and patted Anna on the back.

“Anna. Thanks to you, I realized something good.”

“What is it?”

“Whether I am a supporting actor or a main character depends on my mindset.”

“yes?”

“From today on, I will become the main character of this world. I will live happily ever after.”

Anna looked like she had no idea what was going on.

But I must have liked the fact that I was definitely different from before, so I raised my eyebrows.

“Okay. And here’s the morning paper you asked me to bring you every day.”

The headline in today’s newspaper that Anna gave me caught my eye.

Is the Vetra Dukes in danger of disappearing into history?

I came to my senses as if I had been splashed with cold water.

As soon as I think about my contractual marriage with Ezekiel, the whole world starts talking about his family.

“The Duchy of Vetra, which had special autonomy according to the history of the Empire, has now been revealed to have no legitimate heir, making annexation inevitable…”

Now was the perfect time to propose a contract marriage to the Duke.

The story of the annexation of the duchy that was being talked about in the newspaper was a story about Ezekiel’s past that appeared in passing at the beginning of the novel.

So, this is something that happened before the original work even started.

“Anna, listen. The Emperor is uncomfortable with the Duchy of Vetra, which is out of his reach.”

The root of all the problems was the autonomy of the dukedom.

The people of the Betra region gained permanent autonomy during the formation of a unified state several hundred years ago.

From the emperor’s perspective, this meant having two monarchs over one piece of land. Naturally, he deeply disliked the independence of the Vetra domain.

“So, His Majesty the Emperor is picking on the issue of the heir?”

“That’s right! With Ezekiel’s older brother gone and no relatives, the current Duke of Vetra’s family is unstable…”

Since there was no one to give the land to ‘immediately’, they pressured Ezekiel.

You, become one with us again.

The key here was ‘right now’.

Because of the unique succession conditions laid down in Imperial law, Ezekiel had a nephew who would have met the requirements for succession the following year.

The emperor threatened to take the life of his minor nephew as hostage.

“I’m going to stop it from now on. By throwing my body at it.”

Of course, I wasn’t planning on throwing myself away for free. The best way to solve this problem was for the Duke and I to marry.

I said proudly.

“Ezekiel Betra must catch me to survive.”