Thought It Was 'The End', Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 6
It’s not like she could live every moment remembering the character names from a novel.
Until the keyword ‘saintess’ was combined, she just thought he was a handsome fiancé with a difficult foreign name.
But he was the male lead of this novel, and Adeline herself was not the female protagonist. She had adored him as her fiancé until now, but now that she knew, she had to change her attitude.
“Adeline? What’s wrong?”
“Let’s break up.”
“What?”
When such unexpected words came from the mouth of his nine-year-old fiancée, Shane’s face, which had been kindly smiling, turned cold.
His expressionless face looked like a wax doll rather than an angel.
Adeline, undeterred by Shane’s cooling blue eyes, continued to speak.
“Let’s break off our engagement, Shane. Yes, that would be best. We’re still young…”
“I don’t understand what you’re saying, Adeline. Our engagement has already been recognized by His Majesty the Emperor himself. You know it’s not a simple matter that can be undone on a whim?”
“An engagement to a child not even ten years old, this is child abuse!”
“Now you bring this up? We’ve been engaged for a long time.”
“……”
That’s true, but…
“L-Let’s break it off. We gotta break it off! Breaking off an engagement is better than a divorce, that’s what they said!”
“Who taught you such bull— No, such bad words?”
“……”
It seemed like you were about to say something even worse.
“What would you do with that information…”
“I’ll make sure no one can teach you such bad words again.”
“……”
Could a mere 13-year-old boy feel so threatening? The intent contained in the phrase ‘I’ll make sure’ was certainly not moderate.
It was clear that it didn’t mean he was kindly persuading her.
“Adeline, who told you that? Just tell me the name, okay?”
Shane coaxed Adeline like one would soothe a child. She wanted to protest being treated like a child, but at this moment, she indeed was one.
“Let’s just break off the engagement, okay? If we don’t like it, we can find a way to make it work.”
“But Adeline, I want to marry you.”
“You’re still so young. You don’t know what the future holds.”
“You do realize you’re younger than me, right?”
“…I wish I didn’t know that…”
“Adeline, did I do something to upset you? Tell me, and I’ll fix it.”
“…No…… You haven’t done anything wrong……”
Not yet.
Adeline considered throwing a tantrum and screaming.
Break it off!
Imagining herself sprawled on the floor with Shane and her horrified parents watching…
‘No, that’s not it…’
As Shane had said, their engagement was a contract made under the auspices of the emperor and a promise between their households.
It couldn’t be broken simply on the whim of a child.
Even parents who loved their youngest daughter dearly would find it difficult, and there would be consequences.
She didn’t want to cause any harm to her parents who had given birth to her and raised her.
‘Then there’s no helping it. Breaking off the engagement on the adults’ terms and distancing would be the most moderate approach, but…’
If they wouldn’t agree to break it off, she’d have to find another way.
The male lead was meant for the female protagonist, after all.
Getting involved would only be exhausting, and it was better to cut ties early for the benefit of both parties before emotions grew deeper.
‘Though I’ve already grown fond of him…’
He’s someone else’s, not mine.
She could slowly detach herself emotionally, maintain a friendship until the female protagonist appears, and then cleanly let him go.
Up until now, Adeline had remained calm.
‘But what exactly was that novel about? I only remember the romance from the mid to late parts, it’s confusing. There are so many romance fantasy novels involving a saintess… I must have read dozens of similar ones.’
She was somewhat thrilled to realize that she had been reborn into a world from a novel. Being the male lead’s fiancée was a bit troublesome, but she also thought about enjoying it from the background as a side character.
However, the nightmares started that night.
*
“Ahh, fxxk!”
Adeline gasped for breath as she woke up screaming.
Her young body was soaked in cold sweat.
“I remembered… my role in this novel…”
It wasn’t merely the minor role of the male lead’s fiancée.
Adeline, who had a lot and was dearly loved by her parents and two brothers, couldn’t bear it when her beloved fiancé fell in love with another woman.
She tormented the female lead and used everything she had to try to kill her, but in the end…
‘Who was it, the bastard who killed me?’
She was a character who was murdered by someone who was in love with the female lead.
