I’m Going to Change My Husband With a Predatory Marriage - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Evangeline Roux.
She was strange from the very beginning.

“I look forward to working with you from now on, sister-in-law.”

The term “sister-in-law” itself didn’t sit right with me.
They said she was practically my husband’s cousin, but she wasn’t even a real cousin, was she?
‘In the end, they both had an affair.’
Yes, up to this point, I could dismiss her as merely eccentric and scatterbrained—a woman lost in her own delusions of infidelity.
But the absurdities didn’t stop at one or two.
Everything came so easily to her.
My husband’s love, needless to say.
The promising High Priest, the continent’s mightiest knight, the Master of the Mage Tower, a powerhouse of the underworld, a media magnate, and more.
Every single influential figure of note in this world became hers.
She collected their aid and devotion as though it were only natural.
And Evangeline finally became the Crown Princess.
Throughout that process, I was merely an obstacle—a nuisance blocking the seat she deserved.
I could only be removed in the most tragic manner possible.
Every time, across three previous lives.
And I learned the reason only in my final moments.
Through Evangeline’s confession.

“Now I’m the real heroine.”

All my suffering had been nothing but a process for the possession to steal my place.
Evangeline had spoken in Korean—deliberately, knowing I would understand.
‘I’ve never told anyone that I retain memories of my past life.’
That I had lived and died under the name Yushin-a in Korea, only to be reborn in this world.
Now I could finally be certain.
Why Evangeline had obtained everything so effortlessly, as though she knew the future.
‘She was a possessor who had read the original work.’
Moreover, according to her words, the protagonist of this world—the ‘original work’—was….
Me.
Truthfully, the position of ‘heroine’ that Evangeline mentioned mattered little to me.
I hadn’t even known I was reborn into a world from a book.
My husband Ludwig, the others, the position of Crown Princess, the wealth and glory—she could have taken it all if she wished.
If she had simply left me alone when I fled in my second and third lives….
If she hadn’t slaughtered the few precious people I held dear so brutally….
Then perhaps I wouldn’t have hardened my resolve to this degree.
But.
‘This time, I’ll take everything back from her.’
Everything she held in her hands and laughed over was actually mine.
My teeth ground together with a harsh sound.
The face of that woman who had mocked me just before my neck was severed appeared vividly before my eyes.
What was mine.
This world.
‘I’ll reclaim it all!’
But there was one serious problem.
‘I don’t know what this original work is. I’ve never even read it!’
If I had, I would have known long ago.
I was born and raised in this world for nineteen years, and then experienced regression three times after that.
Suddenly, a thought struck my mind like lightning.
‘Could this be why I regressed three times?’
I was reborn into this world with the memories of a Korean. That was likely the same as the ‘original work.’
‘The possessor knew I could understand Korean.’
But I don’t know the contents of the ‘original work.’ This is clearly a weakness.
However, I had something else.
‘Knowledge of the future obtained through regression!’
During my three previous lives, I never sensed that Evangeline was aware of regression.
Which meant the memories from regression belonged to me alone.
If Evangeline possessed knowledge of the original work, then I possessed information gained through regression.
And that too was something Evangeline had inadvertently revealed to me.
‘I’ll use that to repay her for everything!’
With my resolve set, I bolted upright from the bed.
And then.
“Ah!”
My vision darkened, and I collapsed right there.

‘I thought I had regressed again!’
Thankfully, I hadn’t died this time.
It seemed I had simply fainted from anemia after standing up too suddenly.
Now that I thought about it, I had been subjecting myself to extreme dietary restrictions in preparation for the wedding.
Fury surged through me anew.
“Damn this cursed wedding!”
I spat out the curse and tore the ring from my left ring finger, hurling it to the floor.
The thick carpet beneath made no sound as it landed.
I knew what day this was. The day before my wedding.
The wedding ring on my hand was proof.
In my first life, I had slipped on this ring with a bright smile, oblivious to the future, and fallen asleep.
And the next day, I held the lavish wedding ceremony as planned.
The result was….
‘Horrific! I was used for my wealth, drained dry, stripped of my position as Crown Princess, and died a traitor!’
Looking at my third death, you’ll see that all three times ended the same way.
Though the path grew more complex and changed significantly from my first life.
There were many others besides Evangeline I needed to resent and take revenge upon.
Naturally, the first among them was ‘him’.
My husband in every life, the enemy who used me and drove me to death.
‘Damn Ludwig!’
The current Emperor’s favored nephew.
The bastard who drained my family dry, seized the Crown Prince’s position, and then abandoned me!
‘No, wait. Comparing him to puppies would be unfair to them.’
Puppies are cute, kind, warm, and fluffy.
It’s too cruel to compare them to Ludwig, who’s worse than rotting garbage.
‘I’m sorry, puppies.’
I took a moment to apologize to all the adorable furballs in every world, then lifted my head sharply.
This was no time for such thoughts.
I had too little time remaining.
‘Tomorrow is the wedding.’
Look at that magnificent wedding dress draped over the dress form in front of the mirror.
It was like a symbol of the miserable future awaiting me.
‘Come to think of it… that was chosen by that possessed woman too.’

“This design suits your complexion and figure perfectly, sister-in-law. Please take good care of my brother.”

Yes, I had foolishly married while wearing a wedding dress chosen by my husband’s mistress.
Three times!
Of course, I was ignorant only the first time, and the remaining two occasions were beyond my ability to refuse.
But that was not all.
I drew closer and lifted the pristine white dress to examine it.
Hidden within the layers of meticulously stitched lace, in a place barely visible, it was there.
Two initials, embroidered with thread matching the lace itself, concealed so that no one would notice. Had I not known to search for it, I would have remained utterly oblivious.

L and E.

It is common to embroider the initials of both bride and groom onto wedding dresses and veils.
L belonged to my fiancé Ludwig. But the E beside it was certainly not my initial.
‘Evangeline.’
So these two adulterers had secretly embroidered their names onto my wedding dress like territorial markings.
I had married without knowing a thing, wearing it. Three times.
In my first life, Evangeline revealed it to me with deliberate pride.

“Actually, your wedding dress had my initials and Ludwig’s embroidered on it. You didn’t even know, and you stupidly smiled while wearing that dress to your wedding.”
“How does it feel? Can you see it? This time I had mine boldly embroidered on my dress. Isn’t it beautiful? This was always our destiny from the beginning.”

My vision blazes crimson with fury.
I wanted to tear this dress to shreds right then and there. Or burn it to ash.
Truth be told, I’ve tried before. It simply made no difference.
No matter what I did to the dress, I couldn’t stop the wedding. It was nothing but my own futile rage.
‘But I don’t have time for that.’
I forced my mind to work at full capacity.
First, I picked up the wedding ring I’d thrown earlier and examined it.
‘As I thought… all the light has vanished.’
The ring was set with three violet diamonds.
One of the imperial treasures, bestowed directly by the Emperor himself for the wedding of his favored niece.
Every time I regressed, I returned to the night before the wedding, lying in bed with this ring on my finger.
‘And each time I regressed, the light from the ring’s gems disappeared.’
This strange luminescence was visible only to my eyes.
‘As if it were telling me that each given opportunity had been exhausted.’
And now, this ring bore no mystical light whatsoever.
To my eyes, it was merely an ordinary ring.
This could mean only one thing.
‘My chances to regress are finished.’
If the ring’s power truly sent me back through time, this would be the last.
During my three previous lives, I’d made countless efforts and attempts.
‘All of them failed.’
But.
‘This time is different. I know the true identity of my enemy now.’
Yet I still lacked one crucial thing.
‘An ally. A truly powerful one.’
Just as the possessed woman has Ludwig at her side. Just as she enchants countless capable individuals and reigns as the queen of high society.
If this opportunity was truly my last….
‘Perhaps I need a radical remedy.’
Fight poison with poison. Fight a villain with a villain… no, with someone even more deranged!
There was only one person I could think of.
That man beneath the crimson moonlight, drenched in blood, smiling with madness in his eyes.
Yet so beautiful that I couldn’t help but be captivated, my gaze stolen away….
‘Prince Arpard.’
He was the one person who never fell into the possessed woman’s grasp across all three of my previous lives.
‘Of course, that’s because he died before she could.’
But this felt like a crucial hint to me.

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