The day was exceptionally clear and sunny.

On this beautiful day, my shitty boss chewed me out like there was no tomorrow, and my boyfriend suddenly ghosted me.

At my ‘family-like’ company, I wanted to triumphantly wave the resignation letter I’d been treasuring in my heart.

“Haha, life……”

Feeling deflated, I scraped together what energy I had left and stopped by a Star Café. Life was so shitty that I wanted to rest under the cool air conditioning.

I ordered an iced Americano like always and read a webnovel.

It was an ultra-expl*cit BL novel called Where the Dukes’ Obsession Leads.

……Rough breathing touched my ear. The temperature at his fingertips was hot, and burn-like marks were etched everywhere they touched.

Luca found it hard to breathe at the gesture, as if telling him to remember who his master was.

His aura gradually flowed into Luca’s heated body.

Before long, Luca’s shallow moans burst out. Claude’s aura filling him was like a beast. It would eventually crush him, make him run wild, and devour him.

But he couldn’t stop. There was nowhere for his body, already tamed by Claude, to escape……

“……Kugh.”

Right, an obsessive gong should be extraordinary to really hit the spot.

I wasn’t normally that interested in BL novels, but this one was different. An unprecedented novel that filled seven whole volumes with just s*x scenes. Rich worldbuilding, solid story, and a tight composition that made you gasp “oh my” throughout!

An extraordinary obsessive gong and worldview, breathtaking tension between the world’s greatest beauty and the capable, innocent su!

I still remember it. “Do I drive you crazy?” I was entranced by that fatal line and hit purchase. While I dozed off briefly reading the novel, what unfolded before my eyes was a completely unexpected different world.

“I’m sorry, Maria. But I think you’ll understand me when you meet true love too.”

Four years had passed since she opened her eyes in this other world. Right now was probably the moment she was hearing the most absurd words in her life.

Maria mulled over his words that made her feel the most miserable in the world.

“What…… did you say……?”

“Break off our engagement, Maria. I don’t think I can hide my feelings anymore.”

“……”

“I love him…… I love Luca Clodence.”

The expression of someone shamelessly telling his fiancée that he’d come to like someone else looked peaceful.

More precisely, he looked relieved. His cheeks even flushed as if he were a movie protagonist who’d realized his true feelings.

At this irritating sight, Maria splashed the milk tea she’d been drinking on his face without hesitation. There was no mercy to spare for a b*stard spouting such trashy nonsense.

“……Ma…… Maria……”

Maria’s ‘former’ fiancé, with milk tea on his face, looked extremely flustered.

He hadn’t expected that Maria Certi—the timid girl who watched the server’s face even when ordering at a café—would splash milk tea on him.

‘D*mn it.’

But Maria actually felt disappointed. The milk tea had gone completely cold while that idiot unnecessarily dragged things out.

‘I should’ve dumped it on him when it was hot.’

Four years since transmigrating into this world and desperately trying to adapt.

This was all that came from struggling desperately to adapt.

Maria Certi.

She was a passing villain in the BL novel she’d read before transmigrating.

A villain who appeared briefly and disappeared without a trace.

Of course, she hadn’t realized from the start that this world was inside that novel.

Not knowing whether it was a dream or reality, she opened her eyes as Maria Certi. Her memories were mixed up and she wandered around in confusion, only realizing where she was after hearing the name ‘Luca Clodence.’

‘Luca Clodence……’

Truly the real troublemaker of this world.

He was the male protagonist of this novel.

The su of this novel with an angelic face and devilish allure. The protagonist who was the world’s greatest beauty and went around enchanting all the major characters.

She never expected he would affect her like this.

Who knew even a noble from a rural territory would lose their heart to him.

Maria sighed and slowly stood up.

Seeing Maria rise without a word, he called out in apparent confusion.

“W-wait, Maria!”

Maria looked down at him with an expressionless face. Her eyes said, what other brilliant words are you going to spout now?

Her former fiancé flinched but continued stammering.

“I feel bad about House Certi. So I’ll completely transfer the farmland our family was going to grant to House Certi into the Certi name.”

“……”

“S-so, couldn’t you say House Certi proposed breaking off the engagement first?”

“Why should I?”

His stammering appearance was truly irritating.

The reason he couldn’t answer was obvious.

Because it was clear how society would view him if rumors spread that he was a sodomite. He said he couldn’t hide his feelings, but he was a cowardly b*stard trying to avoid anything disadvantageous to himself.

“Pathetic b*stard.”

Maria had no need to listen further and left her seat.

She didn’t care that his face turned red and blue.

Behind her as she left the hotel, an aggrieved shout rang out.

“I didn’t want to say this! Who cares about House Certi, you’re expelled from society anyway. Just do whatever’s convenient for you!”

Maria stopped dead at those words.

The murmuring of people in the café grew louder. Her former fiancé shouting at the top of his lungs seemed to know no shame.

Right, that’s why your head’s in the clouds right now.

Maria didn’t feel the need to go back to him. She simply turned around.

And raised her middle finger vigorously to send her regards.

“Th……that……!!!”

“How can a lady make such an insulting gesture! How vulgar!”

The noble ladies who’d been watching their situation with great interest also widened their eyes. Her former fiancé seemed shocked and even stuttered.

Naturally, she didn’t care about people’s stares.

Rather, the corners of her mouth lifted as her heart felt refreshed.

He’d been spacing out at every recent meeting like he was chasing clouds. She’d had a hunch, and sure enough. His heart had been in another field.

Of course, she hadn’t known that field would be the famous Luca Clodence himself.

‘Ah, I should’ve done something stronger than the middle finger.’

Still, she had no regrets.

The first thing Maria did upon returning home was inform her parents in detail about the broken engagement that happened today.

After that, things were resolved swiftly.

Baron Certi was naturally furious, and the baroness, who’d been listening quietly beside him, dropped her teacup in shock.

She was so shocked that she sat there dazed even as hot tea spilled on the dress she cherished.

Right, it was shocking enough.

In this world—the worldview the author created—homosexuality wasn’t viewed very favorably.

Yet in such a worldview, her fiancé demanded to break off their engagement saying he was homosexual. Talking about it would only make her mouth hurt.

‘It makes my mouth hurt, so why do such things keep happening……’

After transmigrating, nothing went right for Maria.

If she spoke to someone, misfortune would suddenly befall that household.

‘Is it not that nothing goes right, but that I’m unlucky?’

There was a similar situation.

A man she’d been promised to marry at a very young age. Not her current fiancé but someone else. But the engagement was broken off due to an incident back then, and Maria was essentially banished from society.

In the BL world, the one who gets topped is the su, the one who tops is the gong. The two male leads are divided like this.

Luca was a beautiful su, capable su, innocent su, and sensitive su whom all men fell for and followed around.

Luca was the greatest beauty in the worldview the author drew, and an innocent flower boy su ignorant about human relationships and s*x. So naturally all men were drawn to him.

And Claude was the ultimate embodiment of an obsessive gong who bent and bound such a Luca.

And this was all Maria remembered from before transmigrating.

Why?

Because she only watched the steamy scenes……

Maria banged her forehead on the desk repeatedly.

“Stupidly only followed my instincts……”

I should’ve read more carefully.

Something about a mine being developed, or upcoming trends that would be popular. If she’d remembered even trivial things, she wouldn’t be in this state now.

What Maria remembered was roughly the story’s main plot.

Luca, the bewitching man, had a pretty appearance since childhood and exuded decadent beauty even sitting still. This young master from a prestigious family in the Kingdom of Asamoa was accidentally kidnapped.

That incident became trauma, and he developed serious self-loathing and sensitivity.

Now, the real problem starts here.

Though she didn’t know how she found out, Maria had admired Claude since childhood. So observing Claude’s every action, she learned of his feelings toward Luca.

Jealous of this, Maria lost her mind and fed Luca poison, and Luca lost consciousness coughing up blood.

Luca’s mana ran wild and the hall became chaos. Claude, who’d been visiting the Magic Association for investment at the time, saved him.

Through that, the two grew closer.

Later, Luca realized his feelings, refused at first but eventually their bodies became one……

‘Kyaa.’

Not just the gong, but people who were somebodies in the country would fall for Luca at first sight and court him.

Also, with a plot where the author’s ethics went to the dogs, Luca spent hot nights with the hot guys in the story……

‘Kyaa.’

Well, in the end it concluded with “my love was only for the main gong, Claude, all along.”

It was fun to read, but now that she’d transmigrated, her situation wasn’t very good. It happened to be the time when the two male leads were in the thick of their lovey-dovey phase.

“Should I perform an exorcism or something?”

“Pardon? Miss?”

“Never mind, Sylvie. My name is Maria, why would I do an exorcism?”

Jesus would be furious if he heard.

Maria just let out a deep sigh. She felt like relics might come out of her body instead of sighs soon.