I Like Another Man, Not the Male Lead - Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

“Oh my goodness, Reina! Oh, thank you. Thank God.”

My vision suddenly brightened as if a light had been turned on, and I could see people crying. A middle-aged woman sobbing while offering prayers of gratitude to God, and a middle-aged man making the sign of the cross.

And a handsome young man who was tightly holding my hand.

That was the first scene I saw after my possession.

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Reina Regfield.

The position of the character I possessed was ‘an extra who dies while stalking the male protagonist.’

The male protagonist had never once given Reina any hope, but persistent Reina couldn’t give up and kept following him around.

The day she died was the same.

Reina, who had been following the male protagonist, was murdered by a robber.

With Reina’s death, everything changes for the Regfield Duchy. Reina’s parents fall ill with grief and die in their sickbeds, and her only brother… Rochester Regfield becomes corrupted and turns into a villain. Eventually, he continues to oppose the male lead until even the family faces complete destruction.

“This won’t do.”

Reina, she really was immature.

When there are so many men in the world, why risk your life for a man who says he doesn’t like you? From my perspective, having spent my days going hungry while paying off debts my parents left behind, it seemed like a foolish thing to do.

“First, Reina. Thank you for giving me this body. And I’m even more grateful that it’s before you died.”

I patted my own shoulder.

Over the past week, I had realized that this wasn’t a dream. The inherited memories helped, but more fundamentally, my senses made me aware of it. I now truly felt that Reina and I had become one person. It felt as if I had always lived as Reina.

Moreover, everything around me helped me adapt as Reina.

My loving parents and Rochester, who visited my room several times a day to check on my well-being.

The soft bed and my spacious room that seemed five times larger than my previous home.

I accepted that this place, where I could eat hearty meals three times a day, was now truly my world.

Now then, what should be the first thing I need to do from now on?

Clean up the past.

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Reina, who had fallen into the Lake while chasing Caesar Prince after tripping over a stone, suffered from fever for three days before waking up.

For a week after that, perhaps because the shock of the accident hadn’t worn off, she didn’t come out of her room.

During this time, the Regfield family, who had been constantly worried, held a family meeting in the Sunroom without Reina.

“Are we going to leave Reina like this, Rochester? Aren’t you serving in the same Knight Order as Caesar Prince? If you could invite him over just once…”

“Despite being an indirect cause of this, and despite our long camaraderie as colleagues, he hasn’t come to visit even once during the past ten days.”

Rochester said coldly.

His bright blue eyes glinted sharply. No matter how the world viewed Reina, to Rochester, Reina, who was six years younger, still looked like nothing more than a little child who should be sucking her thumb.

Caesar, who hurts Reina like that, is nothing but a bad guy to Rochester. Rochester’s arm bends infinitely toward Reina’s side, so it didn’t matter that Reina was bothering Caesar. Rochester spoke seriously.

“Wouldn’t it be good to take this opportunity to show Reina what kind of guy he really is? We should introduce better men to Reina. Men who are more handsome than Caesar, taller, better with swords, richer, and who would cherish Reina.”

“Hey, are you breathing while you talk?”

Rochester clicked his tongue at the Duchess of Regifield’s concern.

“I’m not joking, Mother.”

“…You’re right. But where would we find such a man.”

At the duchess’s words, a brief silence lingered in the sunroom. Caesar was objectively perfect. Moreover, he was famous for his clean private life without even a hint of scandal with other young ladies. Caesar’s only scandal was with Reina.

“Reina does have high standards.”

The duke spoke with a troubled expression.

Seeing his youngest daughter, who was so precious she wouldn’t hurt even if put in his eye, suffering like this made his heart feel like it was being torn apart and decomposing.

“No matter what, that Caesar guy won’t do. Rather, overseas… no, how about considering an adopted son-in-law?”

Just as the duchess was about to sigh again at Rochester’s cold opposition, the sound of light footsteps approaching the sunroom could be heard. There was only one person in Regifield who walked like that.

Rochester jumped up.

Rochester ran toward Reina who was coming toward the sunroom. The duchess rubbed her eyes. She thought she just saw a puppy tail wagging from his bottom.

“Our Reina, the cutest and prettiest in the world. Is your body okay now? Is it alright for you to come outside like this? Should your brother carry you?”

The person who seemed to be made of ice just moments ago melted away in front of Reina. Reina blinked her eyes prettily and shook her head.

“No, brother. I’m really okay now. But brother.”

“Yes, tell me.”

“I have something to discuss with Caesar Prince, could you arrange a meeting? Just once.”

“Of course! Reina, if you want it, there’s nothing your brother can’t do for you.”

“Thank you, brother.”

“Aren’t you hungry? Let’s go out first. If you’re going to meet Caesar, it would be good to get a new dress made, right? Let’s go pick out something you like together, Reina.”

The Duke and Duchess of Regifield stared blankly at Rochester. Rochester took his place beside Reina and fluttered out of the sunroom. Where did my son go, the one who just firmly said that Caesar guy was absolutely not acceptable? Watching Rochester circle around Reina like a puppy fawning over its owner, the duke and duchess clicked their tongues.

“That boy doesn’t seem like a child I bore from my own belly.”

“Ahem. But… it seems Reina is still set on Caesar Prince, what should we do.”

The two people’s sighs deepened.

Even these two people who would do anything for their only youngest daughter couldn’t do anything about Caesar Prince.

Thanks to Reina looking for Caesar as soon as her body recovered, Regifield’s worries also deepened.

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An unmistakable look of being forcibly dragged here.

His face was so irritated that I, who had requested to meet Caesar, felt embarrassed. The knights forcibly seated Caesar across from me.

“It’s been a while, Lady Regifield.”

“It’s fortunate that you seem to have recovered safely, Lady Regifield.”

The knights greeted me. I replied with an awkward smile.

“Good afternoon, knights. Thank you for granting my request like this. Where is my brother now?”

“He’s overseeing the training of new knights.”

You’re busy. I wondered why you didn’t show up even though I came.

Cesar, who had been dragged out by the knights, shook off his colleagues’ arms.

“Please go back now. I would appreciate it if you could tell Senior Rochester that I came out to this place.”

“…Understood.”

“Tsk.”

The knights who had cursed with their eyes turned back.

Cesar swept back his disheveled hair and turned his head toward me. I think I can understand why Reina was so obsessed and stalked him. What would it feel like to live in this world with such looks?

His deep golden eyes sparkled as if jewels had been embedded in them. It wasn’t just his eyes that made Cesar stand out. His beautiful features looked as if they had been drawn with a delicate brush, and his soft silver hair that slightly covered his eyebrows.

It was a beautiful and mysterious beauty, as if it had been made by crushing stars. With looks like that, of course he’d be the male protagonist.

Cesar let out a long sigh and stared at me.

Seeing how he was dragged here, I feel sorry too.

But wait. Why does he dislike Reina so much? She’s this pretty. I don’t understand why she only chased after Cesar with this appearance and wealth. If it were me, I would have lined up all the men who liked me and met them one by one.

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