The man, who had been thoroughly beaten, sobbed and told the story of the past 5 years.

That is, from 5 years ago when ‘Tyrant Jella’ died, until just now when I opened my eyes in a new body.

After my death, the Shunaibel Imperial Family was destroyed.

Afterward, my former fiancé Niel Alpenhayer, who had dealt with all the remnants of the old imperial family, became the emperor of the new empire.

In the original story, Yuria became the empress by his side, but now the emperor is said to be single.

The ministers’ worries are deepening because the young emperor isn’t producing an heir.

‘Given Niel’s nature, he probably can’t forget Yuria, his first love.’

Somehow, it was sad.

Even more so because I knew Niel’s heart, who had risked his life to request a broken engagement for Yuria’s sake.

‘Since it’s come to this, it would be nice if he could meet another good woman and heal his wounds.’

Anyway, the new emperor is ruling benevolently, and the lives of the imperial citizens are said to be the most prosperous and peaceful in history.

I felt my heart swelling.

‘My death wasn’t in vain.’

My heart ached for no reason.

To be honest, really honest, it was so painful and scary when I died.

I put on a brave face in front of people, but I even shed a few tears.

Just because it’s a second life with memories of a past life, just because it’s a second death, doesn’t mean it wasn’t scary.

‘Thank goodness. Really, thank goodness.’

What if peace didn’t come even after I died because the original story went wrong?

What if the death I chose with my own hands was in vain?

Sometimes I had such worries.

But look!

The world after my death is this peaceful!

Moreover, as if blessed by God, I opened my eyes again 5 years after my death.

And as an ordinary apothecary at that!

All that’s left now is to fully enjoy this beautiful peace achieved through my sacrifice!

“…But to think there’s an underworld in this peaceful world.”

I glared at the self-proclaimed underworld member with eerie eyes.

“Eek! I-I’m sorry, Big Sis!”

The man’s name was Felitz.

I shuddered in disgust at the title he shouted.

“Why am I your Big Sis? I’ve never had a burly and fierce-looking little brother like you.”

“W-well, if you’re pretty and strong, you’re everyone’s Big Sis…”

“I don’t even want to talk to you. Shut up before I cut out your tongue.”

“Gulp!”

Felitz quickly closed his mouth.

“So, this place is the so-called ‘underworld’ located in the capital’s red-light district, and this Tenes guy is the head of this place?”

It’s strange.

In the original story, Yuria hated evil and gloomy things like the underworld terribly, so the male leads uprooted evil things to the point where one might think they had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

But now there’s an underworld.

Even if Yuria disappeared, given their personalities shown in the original story, they should have been trying to eliminate the things Yuria hated even more obsessively.

How has the original story been twisted? Moreover…

‘To think there’s such a blemish on the peace I achieved with my own hands.’

Hearing about what the underworld does, these guys were doing all sorts of unbelievably bad and wicked things.

‘I can’t just stand by and watch such evil things again!’

It seemed I needed to take care of this.

Having finished my thoughts, I cracked my knuckles and grinned.

“Felitz.”

“Y-yes, Big Sis!”

“This Tenes or whatever. Guide me to where your boss is.”

As a rule, if you deal with the head, the rest will reform on their own.

After dealing with the insolent underworld boss, I’ll quickly leave this gloomy place and live the life of an ordinary apothecary!

‘If possible, it would be nice to squeeze some money out of the boss. I’ll need funds for a new start.’

A satisfied smile naturally formed at my perfect plan.

***

I passed winding alley corners with Felitz.

He said this entire gloomy street was the underworld of the capital Yetrisha, under Tenes’s influence.

After calmly organizing what Felitz told me, this body’s name is ‘Jella Irene’. Coincidentally, it was the same as my name in my past life.

“So you’re saying that I was ostracized because I have the same name as the tyrant emperor Jella who died 5 years ago?”

“Well, not exactly ostracized… just a bit of bullying…”

“That’s the same thing.”

I snorted.

“It wasn’t just because of the name. Big Sis’s nature was so gloomy and quiet…”

He said that her personality was also gloomy, so she had no close acquaintances.

Apparently, she’s been working here for 3 years, recognized for her talent in making poisons, but has no friends.

Moreover, she always went around covered in a robe, so no one knew Jella’s face.

This wasn’t a bad thing for me.

If there had been many people close to this body, there would have been those who would find my changes strange and suspicious.

“Don’t you find my changes strange?”

“There are many people like Big Sis in the underworld, aren’t there?”

Felitz shrugged and answered.

“People like me?”

“I thought you were just an ordinary loser, but it turns out you’re a loser hiding your strength!”

Felitz gave a thumbs up and continued.

“To think that I’m the first to know about the strength Big Sis was hiding… I’m honored.”

Even the sobbing sound he made was perfect.

“Anyway, you’re saying I’ve been working with you guys for 3 years?”

“Do you really not remember anything?”

Felitz asked with drooping eyebrows.

He completely believed my hastily made-up excuse that I suddenly couldn’t remember anything after waking up.

‘Memory loss is an excuse that works in book worlds regardless of time and place, huh.’

Of course, if he didn’t believe it, I was planning to make him believe with the power of my fist.

“Big Sis always worked hard making medicine, but it was always terrible.”

“……”

“But you were so incredibly good at making poisons that Master Tenes praised you as a talent befitting this underworld! Hahaha!”

Felitz laughed heartily.

‘Is he considering that a compliment?’

I stared at him with cloudy eyes, dumbfounded.

Anyway, unfortunately, in this life too, I was a villain.

Not an overwhelmingly powerful final boss like ‘Tyrant Jella’, but a powerless scum villain belonging to the underworld.

No, a scum of scum villain despised even by scum villains like Felitz. The ultimate scum villain.

‘Sigh, my possession luck is the worst.’

Following a terminally ill final boss, now I’m the ultimate scum villain.

‘It’s not like I sold out the country in my past life… No, I did cause the fall of the Shunaibel Imperial Family, so I guess I did sell out the country…’

Anyway, the first possession was one thing, but in my last life, I sacrificed my life to achieve world peace, and yet I’m a villain again.

I was very dissatisfied, but what could I do now that I possessed someone again? I should be satisfied with being alive again without dying.

‘Originally, the best among possessions is being an extra. Being a villain, well. I can just quit.’

I quickly accepted my situation.

‘After I beat up this Tenes or whoever.’

As I confirmed while beating up Felitz earlier, my strength was still intact.

More precisely, the ‘magical power’ that my past self possessed was still present in this body even now that I’ve awakened.

Of course, I had no intention of showing off this power.

In this life, I intend to become an ordinary citizen and enjoy the peaceful and comfortable life of an extra.

‘Just, I’ll use a tiny bit of power to take care of this and then leave.’

Before we knew it, we had entered the largest three-story mansion in the underworld.

Unlike the shabby exterior visible from the outside, the inside of the mansion was very neat.

“The room at the very end of the third floor is Master Tenes’s office. It’s where only the most precious guests in the underworld are received.”

Finally, we arrived in front of Tenes’s office.

Felitz knocked.

“Master Tenes, it’s Felitz. I’ve brought Jella Irene.”

“Come in.”

An immediate response came from inside.

I strode in with a bored expression.

Inside the office, two men were sitting on an antique sofa.

The black-haired man looked at me and asked with a stupid expression.

“Where’s Jella Irene, and who is this woman…?”

I could immediately tell that he was Tenes, the head of the underworld.

‘Oh ho, so you’re the head of this place.’

He matched exactly the description Felitz had given me.

“I am Jella Irene.”

“…?”

Tenes blinked at my words.

“You say you’re Jella Irene? No, wait. Before that……”

“Wait a moment. I have something to say first. But let’s start with you taking one hit.”

“What are you talking about…?”

Whack!

“Aaargh!”

I surrounded my toes with magical power and struck his face, and he screamed and fell to the floor.

“My eyes! My eyes!”

Then he rolled around on the floor, covering his face with both hands.

I haven’t experienced it myself, but it must hurt quite a bit.

Unlike when I beat up Felitz, I struck with proper magical power this time.

“Oh my, I’m sorry. I have this allergy where my hands and feet move on their own when I see bad people. You should have lived more kindly.”

I apologized, imitating an apologetic voice as best I could.

“I’m quitting my job here. You should also stop this villain-like work, this underworld or whatever, and live kindly. Thank you for everything so far. If possible, I’d like you to send me off with a generous severance pay. Well then, goodbye.”

I rattled off everything I had to say like a machine gun and then bowed my waist.

Just as I was about to turn and leave.

Snicker.

A small laugh grated on my nerves.

“I’ve witnessed an interesting scene.”

My eyes slightly narrowed at the husky baritone voice that was annoyingly pleasant to hear.

“What should we do now? Didn’t you say that woman was crucial for this request?”

As I turned my head toward that somehow familiar voice,

I froze as my eyes met with the man sitting opposite Tenes.

‘Gasp!’

That man, looking at me with a faint smile, was a man I knew all too well.

How could I not know him?

“Jella Shunaibel, I will surely kill you with my own hands.”

Niel Alpenhayer, my former fiancé and the first emperor of the current Alpenhayer Empire.

The man who swore to kill me was looking at me with an interested expression.