Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 8

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Chapter 1. The Male Lead is a Villain (7)

“Yes. I did get married.”

“Phew.”

Edelaine breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Right, that’s how it should be. There’s no way it could have gone wrong from there.

‘So Shane Blancarde, that bastard, really became a budding adulterer? Even a criminal adulterer? What kind of transformation is this for a male lead, you piece of trash.’

She needed to quickly claim that all these misdeeds were Shane’s doing alone, and that she was just an innocent victim. Edelaine was filled with hope.

Listen, Genevieve. Your husband…

“It wasn’t with Duke Blancarde.”

“Huh?”

“My husband is a guard knight for His Highness the Crown Prince. He’s someone without an estate or title.”

“…Huh? Then what about the newspaper article?”

In the newspaper, Shane and Genevieve were standing side by side, smiling happily.

And the article itself described at length how their bond deepened through his sponsorship since her days as a Saint candidate, and so on and so forth.

Anyone would see it as an article announcing Shane and Genevieve’s happy marriage.

“It didn’t explicitly say I was becoming the Duchess Blancarde…”

“It just didn’t say it explicitly! This is fraud!”

“Yes, it is fraud…”

“That crazy bastard faked even mother’s obituary and fabricated articles?! Is that acceptable for a duke of the nation?!”

“Normally it wouldn’t be…”

Genevieve skillfully played along.

As Edelaine fumed, she suddenly caught a whiff of the sorrowful scent of a low-level employee from Genevieve. It was exactly like an assistant manager standing beside a bad-tempered department head.

It wasn’t the scent that should come from a female protagonist who received overflowing love.

Genevieve even flatly stated that she couldn’t help Edelaine.

‘You have such a kind heart, you shouldn’t be like this. You should save me…’

Red alerts started blaring again in Edelaine’s head.

“Normally it wouldn’t be acceptable, but is His Grace an ordinary person…”

“If he’s not ordinary, that makes it even worse! Someone who should be a model for all citizens…”

“He said it’s fine since he’s only deceiving one person.”

“…”

“Actually, I didn’t know that one person would be Lady Edelaine.”

“…You’re saying he committed all these acts just to deceive me alone…?”

“Yes.”

Isn’t he really insane…

As Edelaine groaned and hung her head, Genevieve spoke in a slightly cold voice.

“And to me, fabricating death seems far more vicious than fabricating a few articles.”

“That, there are really deep circumstances behind that…”

“Please tell that directly to His Grace, not to me.”

“Genevieve, you’ve changed…”

Edelaine spoke in a clingy tone like an ex-boyfriend.

Genevieve paused at the whining words, then smiled helplessly and said.

“I have changed. These five years have been really… difficult.”

“…”

“Come here. Just in case, let me heal you once.”

“I’m not even injured…”

“You never know. Lady Edelaine doesn’t take care of her body at all.”

“Is there a barb in those words?”

“Oh, you can feel it? Back then I couldn’t use healing arts, but now as long as you don’t die, I can definitely bring you back to life. Even if you don’t take care of your body and throw yourself in front of a beast, I can save you anytime.”

“…I’m sorry…”

What a state I’m in, having to apologize even after being saved.

Though she had deliberately thrown herself, it was also true that she was saved, so getting only scolding felt a bit unfair.

“Lady Edelaine.”

“Yes.”

“Never do such a thing again.”

“Even if I wanted to, I can’t…”

“Don’t do it.”

“Y-yes.”

Gentle and kind, but firm. Scary.

“And whatever circumstances you had, …for now, it would be best if you behaved obediently.”

“…What happens if I don’t behave obediently?”

“…”

Genevieve looked at Edelaine with quiet eyes.

Her gaze was like that of an enlightened sage, or an overworked office worker.

Genevieve, who had been looking at Edelaine like an immature younger brother, smiled benevolently and said.

“I don’t want to see Lady Edelaine covered in blood ever again…”

That meant.

“Someone is planning to make me bloody, right now?”

It was even scarier because she said it with a benevolent smile.

“I’m just letting you know it’s best not to anger His Grace too much.”

“You’re talking about Shane, right. He’s not some underground organization boss…”

“Lord Lucian would be better.”

“…”

“At least he’s… No, both of them are about the same.”

“…”

What am I hearing right now. More than that, you knew Lucian too, Genevieve…

“Can’t you let me escape now…?”

“Then His Grace will kill my husband.”

“…”

“I’m sorry, Lady Edelaine.”

“No, you don’t need to apologize. Right, your husband… he can’t die.”

I don’t know where or what went wrong. The female protagonist married someone I’ve never heard of, and the male protagonist is like…

‘Being treated like the biggest villain in this world?’

When Edelaine left Delmez, everything was flowing according to the novel.

At that time, Shane and Genevieve shared a special connection, and the Crown Prince also seemed smitten with her. Everyone around Edelaine was captivated by Genevieve.

Except for her dying first and dropping out, there weren’t really any variables.

“At least you won’t be trapped here for long. I’ll also try to find a way through His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“Where is this place?”

“It’s one of the hideouts His Grace owns. I can’t tell you the details either.”

“…”

“Still, His Grace won’t do anything too harsh to Lady Edelaine.”

There was no confidence in Genevieve’s voice.

‘Kidnapping and confinement aren’t harsh?’

It seemed like harsh things had already been done.

When Edelaine stared quietly, Genevieve reluctantly added.

“Probably…”

Let’s not do this.

*

Edelaine was an omnivorous reader when it came to romance fantasy, but she still had her preferences.

She liked light and cheerful stories the most, and while serious and grand tales were also good, she particularly disliked confinement and suffering stories.

Real life was already hard enough to bear, so she couldn’t understand why she should suffer while reading as well.

Of course, that didn’t mean she didn’t read them.

She would resent the innocent author for writing something so interestingly painful, then finish reading it and even collect it.

Still, it wasn’t her preference. Happiness was the best thing in life, after all.

‘But my life is a confinement and suffering story?’

It was absurd that this was the genre she had landed in after avoiding and avoiding it.

She would sincerely apologize for mocking fluffy romance stories, so please give her back that genre….

“Edelaine, say ah.”

“….”

You come back as the male lead too, you villain bastard….

Edelaine glared silently at Shane.

Saint Genevieve had changed Edelaine into indoor clothes before leaving. It was ridiculous to be concerned about indoor versus outdoor clothes while being kidnapped, but she felt bad about refusing Saint Genevieve’s suggestion, so she obediently changed clothes.

In fact, she had refused the offer to let her bathe, so she couldn’t refuse changing clothes as well.

And as if taking turns with Saint Genevieve, Shane came with a warm meal.

He had left with such a serious expression that she thought something important had happened, but apparently he had only gone out to prepare a meal.

“Ah.”

“I’m not hungry.”

“That can’t be true. You’ve already gone a full day without eating.”

“I said I’m not hungry. I don’t want to eat anything here.”

“Do you want me to force your mouth open and feed you?”

“Just let me go! I won’t eat anything here!”

Shane didn’t answer. Edelaine shouted in frustration.

“Are you keeping me locked up here to raise me like livestock?!”

“…That’s not a bad idea either.”

Shane looked at Edelaine with what seemed like regret. As if he was seriously considering it and felt sorry he couldn’t do so.

“It wouldn’t be bad to keep you locked up like this and make it so you can’t do anything without me.”

“When did you become such a pervert….”

Edelaine shuddered.

“Are you seriously saying that…?”

“Who knows.”

Shane pulled up a chair and sat down. Then he brought the spoon filled with soup to her lips again. He seemed determined not to back down until she ate. Edelaine inwardly sighed.

‘He’s still pretty though, that crazy bastard….’

Even with the gloomy atmosphere added, Shane Blancarde still boasted a handsome face. He had become slightly thinner than she remembered, giving him a sharper impression, and his gaze toward her had become cold as ice.

But he was still Shane Blancarde.

The one who would approach like a puppy even when she tried to keep her distance, only doing cute things.

The one she tried not to give her heart to, saying he wasn’t hers.

The one who begged her to tell him what he did wrong so he could fix it.

The one she ended up making cry, but wished happiness for.

Even though he had become as unfamiliar as a stranger, he was still Shane Blancarde.

Edelaine spoke in a somewhat softened voice.

“Shane.”

Shane’s eyebrow merely twitched.

Look at him doing all the male lead gestures, even using his eyebrows well.

Edelaine said.

“What should I do?”

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