I Was Tricked Into A Fraudulent Marriage By The Obsessive Villain - Chapter 1 Part 2

Chapter 1 Part 2

As a child, Iona was often forced to attend imperial social parties. Because she was a member of the Duke of Hardin, who contributed to founding the country.

“…….”

— I won’t get married!

— Oh my, is that so. Our little daughter. Now, why don’t you go in quickly?

Her father’s face, who ignored her with a smiling face and pushed her into the party, came to mind.

As a side effect of the possession, her mental age had dropped to a level slightly higher than her physical age.

If she could only demonstrate her original intelligence, she would be able to persuade her father with her brilliant rhetoric honed over 2N years of life!

After lamenting like that, Iona took advantage of the commotion and slipped out of the building, heading somewhere.

Behind the building, behind a small bush. It was where she always spent her time whenever she was dragged to a party.

But someone else had already taken the spot today.

“Who are you!”

When she shouted at the intruder, a boy who looked her age, raised his head.

His fine silver hair was sparkling in the sunlight. His bright red eyes shone like rubies.

Iona momentarily forgot to be cautious of the boy’s dazzling beauty. That was why she didn’t recognize him.

That the boy’s appearance exactly matched that of the villain in the novel.

“…….”

The boy lowered his eyes in surprise and fear. His expression was like that of a crying kitten.

When she met his eyes, a sense of guilt rose within her.

“Ah, no, that’s not it…”

It felt like she had done something wrong.

At the same time, the instincts she honed for 2N years in her past life screamed out.

That the boy in front of her was insanely handsome.

“Ah, hello?”

When tears filled his puffy eyes, she felt like she had to say something. The boy’s sparkling eyes seemed to mesmerize people.

“…Hello.”

The boy whispered softly.

Iona cautiously moved closer and sat next to him. She spoke with a careful attitude as if she were facing a long-haired cat with its fur standing on end.

“How did you come here? This is a place only I know.”

“…Just. I was wandering around here and there…”

After hearing the boy’s words, it was clear that he had escaped the party because he found it boring, just like her.

As soon as that thought reached her, a sense of camaraderie surged within her.

“So, you dislike that kind of thing too?”

“…What kind of thing?”

“Arranged marriages with kids and all that.”

“…….”

The boy nodded quietly.

Iona carefully scrutinized the boy’s face.

His red pupils sparkled as if they contained the scorching sun of a desert, and his silver hair shimmered like poured mercury.

If she could think more rationally, she would have immediately recognized that the boy was not an ordinary person.

That he was someone extraordinary.

Unfortunately, with intelligence adjusted to match her physical age, she couldn’t think on that level.

“Who sent you here?”

Like stumbling upon a beautiful stone while walking along the beach, she couldn’t help but feel excited to have coincidentally encountered such a beautiful boy.

Iona fumbled with her words, not being able to take her eyes off the boy’s face.

She hadn’t even considered why a stranger boy would be in a place only she knew.

She was simply captivated by his radiant appearance.

Compared to the boy’s face, even her favorite idols from her past life and the dazzling male leads in webtoons seemed like empty shells.

The boy was something that made one believe in the existence of gods just by his presence.

“Huh? Who sent me? Our dad sent me!”

Even his voice was perfect. Iona continued speaking, wanting to hear more of the boy’s voice.

“I… My new mom sent me.”

The boy seemed extraordinary not only in appearance but also in his circumstances. To have a stepmother at such a young age.

Iona raised her small hand and tapped the boy’s shoulder.

“Cheer up. That’s just how life is.”

“……”

At the words of a 10-year-old child who seemed to have experienced everything in life, a sharp look passed through the boy’s eyes for a moment, but Iona, lost in her thoughts, didn’t notice.

“Hmm…”

It seemed that in this novel, the boy’s character was a tragic child who lost his mother at a young age.

To play the role of a child who lost his mother at a young age… A sense of sympathy surged towards the boy like a rising tide.

…It’s not just because the boy is handsome.

“Hooh…”

Iona, who had been silently staring at the boy with eyes full of sympathy, let out a deep sigh.

No matter how pitiful the boy may be, there was someone who had it worse than him.

Taking a deep breath as if wishing for the ground to swallow her up, Iona reflected on her own situation.

The novel she had transmigrated into was a dystopian novel.

The villain, after eliminating all opposing forces, ascends to become the emperor and carries out a bloody massacre of all the nobles.

She had transmigrated into a minor character.

If she had just transmigrated into an ordinary minor character, it would have been fine… but…

In the novel, the villain kills the crown prince, marking the culmination of his perfect victory. She had transmigrated into a minor character who witnessed the villain killing the crown prince.

As punishment for seeing something she shouldn’t have seen, she ends up being executed in a cruel manner, her crime falsely labeled as treason against the crown prince.

Furthermore, whether it was due to the side effects of transmigration or not, she couldn’t remember the details of the original work. Except for the overall plot, everything else was completely blanked out from her memory.

“…Oh my, my poor soul.”

Amidst all that, one thing she remembered. That was that the villain was the Ninth Prince.

So, it was better to avoid getting involved with the villainous Ninth Prince or any noble for that matter.

Her goal was to live safely and peacefully, indulging in romance until her death!

‘If only I could meet a man who looks exactly like this.’

Iona rolled her eyes and took in the boy in front of her.

The boy, unaware of what dangerous thoughts Iona might be having, simply met her gaze blankly.

How long had they been sitting behind this dense forest? The sound of music signaling the end of the party reached their ears.

“Oh, shit. My sister will come looking for me in a little while!”

“……”

“You, will you come here again next time? Okay?”

“……Yeah.”

The boy hooked his finger onto the finger Iona extended, as she shouted arbitrarily.

Once the boy made the promise, Iona dashed into the party venue.

“……”

Unaware of the gaze the boy was giving her from behind.

Until the eighth party was held, Iona met and talked with the boy every time.

Whenever she glanced outside during the party, the boy was always waiting.

“Hello!”

“……Hello.”

Iona felt a strange sense of satisfaction from the boy who warmly greeted her with his big eyes. It was like the heart of a mother raising her child.

“So, my sister gave me snacks…”

The boy hardly spoke. Mostly, he listened while she talked, nodding his head or giving short answers.

But that day was different. As they ran behind the bushes, it was the boy who spoke first.

With large tears resembling pearls streaming down his cheeks, the boy spoke.

The sight of the tearful boy was like that of a fairy living deep in the forest.

“I can’t come here anymore.”

“Why?”

“I… I’m getting married.”

In an instant, Iona jumped up, as if propelled by a spring.

“What?! With whom, no, when?!”

“Probably soon… My new mom seems to have found me a match. She wants my brother to inherit the family business instead of me.”

“……”

“They’re going to sell me to an old noble.”

Tears like beads flowed down from the boy’s large eyes.

Unable to control herself, Iona instinctively reached out and wiped away the tears from the boy’s eyes.

As she touched his eyes with her small hand, the boy raised his head and met her gaze.

“……”

“……”

When their wet eyes met, she forgot what she was going to say.

She couldn’t do anything but stare at his reddish pupils that seemed to suck her in.

Her heart was hit by a wave of pity.

She felt like she wanted to do anything to stop those tears if only she could.

“She said she’ll accept me if I find a bride today, but how can I…”

So, at the next moment, she blurted out the words that would twist her life.

“Then let’s get married! Marry me!”

“Really?”

“Yeah! If you say you married me, your new mom will give up!”

“But still…”

“My name is Iona Hardin! Don’t worry! My dad is strong! If you marry me, your new mom won’t be able to do anything to you!”

Iona shouted energetically like a freshly caught fish. The boy’s reddish pupils shook from side to side.

The boy lifted his head and locked eyes with her. Even that sight was so beautiful that it could steal one’s heart away.

“Can you sign here then?”

To be honest, I didn’t think much about it.

I just felt sorry for the boy in front of me, and I wanted to do something if I could stop those tears, I didn’t think deeply about the promise between young children.

“Sure! Give it to me!”

The boy, or rather, the little villain, pushed the contract in front of her.

And until she signed it. She didn’t think deeply.

“Okay? Then you won’t be sold anymore, right?”

“Yeah… thank you, Iona.”

“But what’s your name? Come to think of it, I don’t know your name! I can’t not know my husband’s name!”

Iona said jokingly with a smile. The boy who had been staring at her without blinking opened his mouth.

“My name is…”

At that moment, a voice came from behind.

“Iona! You little rascal! Where did you go again?”

“Oh no, I have to go first!”

“……”

The boy’s reddish gaze was fixed on her retreating figure. The corners of his mouth twisted upwards slowly.

“I’m Carvain.”

The little hand tightly grasped the engagement document signed by ‘Iona Hardin’.

“…Wife.” 

His dark eyes shone brightly.

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