Translator and Editor: Maru and Aki

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Chapter 1

The day she woke up after losing consciousness by rolling down the stairs.

Ravia found out an unintended truth.

The fact that she was inside the book she had read in her previous life and that she would soon be killed by a con-man that her father would pick up.

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A romance fantasy novel entitled [His and Her Spring].

It was the name of the book Ravia had read in her previous life and the background of the world in which she lived in now.

The content of the book was relatively simple.

A romance novel about the story of a male protagonist who had only walked on a dark road, and a female protagonist who had the power of spring that will change him.

If so, what was the role of Ravia here?

‘A supporting character.’

The first supporting character who would be sacrificed in the ‘dark road’ that the male protagonist walked on, and the older sister without any blood relation with the male protagonist.

That was her.

In fact, she was just a supporting character who often appeared when the book explained the dark story of the male protagonist, and the whole story went like that.

One day before Ravia’s 26th birthday, Ravia’s father, Duke Leontine, who had never called her affectionately before, called her.

And this was what he said when he brought in a young man.

“Say hello, Ravia. He is going to be your brother.” Ravia, of course, was confused.

Because she was the only child, the sole heir of Leontine, and her mother died early after giving birth to her, there should be no such thing as being separated from a younger brother when she was young.

And as you may have noticed, that man, Tidwell, was the male protagonist of [His and Her Spring].

But Ravia, who didn’t know this fact, was just confused. She couldn’t believe a young man that was brought into her house suddenly became her younger brother. Ravia still couldn’t believe it, so she asked.

“……Father. What do you mean by he will be my brother?”

“Technically speaking, he’s the son of our distant relative, but I think that’s a good idea. More importantly, look. Don’t you think that our hair and eye color are similar? I’ll officially put him on the family register soon.”

Duke Leontine was right. As someone who was a distant relative without any blood relation with us, the face of the young man he brought did not resemble the duke at all, but except for that, all aspects were similar.

The silver hair was the symbol of Leontine. And even the pale blue eyes that looked exactly like the duke’s.

All were things Ravia didn’t have.

She was obviously the daughter of Duke Leontine, but she took after her mother’s features of soft blonde chick-colored hair and dark amethyst eyes.

If you didn’t know it well, you would certainly ask what was so important about one’s hair or eye color, but for high-ranking nobles, one’s hair color itself was like an identification card.

The more distinct the hair color was, the higher the status, and each family had a distinctive hair color.

For example, the royal family had platinum blonde hair and Leontines had silver hair.

Therefore, the fact that she did not have silver hair despite being a Leontine made Duke Leontine despise Ravia the most.

Because of Ravia, who didn’t resemble the Duke of Leontine at all, rumors were openly circulating that the dead Duchess of Leontine had an affair.

-If Duke Leontine had one more child, Ravia would not be the successor.-

It was a story that everyone talked about in unison. Ravia also agreed because Duke Leontine was incredibly cold to the point it was hard to believe that he was her biological father.

The disgrace of Leontine. That was Ravia Leontine.

In front of Ravia, a new candidate appeared to replace her.

It also meant one thing.

Ravia was in danger of losing everything that she barely had as a successor.

Still, whether she was ‘in danger’ or not, it wasn’t a current problem. Ravia managed to smile, pulling the tail of her trembling mouth.

“Nice to meet you. I am Ravia Leontine. What’s your name?”

At Ravia’s soft question, the man looked at her indifferently and opened his mouth. His gaze was too indifferent, but a smile hung naturally on his beautiful face.

“Tidwell. Nice to meet you…sister.”

In the novel, the voice of the man who would become her younger brother was depicted as ‘terribly deep’.

Like an abyss that would devour everything.

And he was exactly like that.

In less than a month after he came, everything that belonged to Ravia became his.

Considering the fact that this was a novel and he was the male protagonist, it was a natural process. There was nothing that a skillful male protagonist cannot do in a novel.

Ravia, the supporting character, was simply in a situation in which she would be deprived of everything she had.

From the connection, status, and treatment that Ravia had built up as a successor. Now, even the servants in the mansion did not call her young duke anymore.

In their minds, Tidwell, who hadn’t even been on the family register yet, had become the young duke of Leontine.

That fact drove Ravia crazy. Ravia was a person who could say in front of everyone that she had not neglected her duty even once and always put her best efforts without being ashamed.

She didn’t even hope for her father’s love or anything. She just wanted to keep her position quietly, and when the time came, she wanted to revive Leontine, utilizing the chance that was given to her.

It was not too late to trample on humans who looked down on her and said that she was a successor that wasn’t acknowledged by her own father. The only thing that made her endure the contempt she had received during her twenty-six years of life was,

When Leontine was handed down to her.

The Duke status.

She lived her life solely for that!

What was left for her now?

Ravia was unable to give up on everything until the time when she received the bridal class for a political marriage instead of the education for an heir.

No matter how much she tried to take back what was hers, nothing changed.

Duke Leontine’s support turned to Tidwell, and the people around her also welcomed the new successor.

No matter what anyone saw, the only remaining path for Ravia was to take a bridal class and get married into a good family.

However, if Ravia had married obediently, she would not have been described in the novel so much.

As said earlier, Ravia went crazy.

It was because she couldn’t bear the change.

From a young duke of Leontine to a Princess of Leonstain.

From a successor of the family to a mere noble lady.

She was literally on the edge of a cliff. How could she endure it?

Even so, the people who laughed at her because she was a foolish young duke pointed at her with a mocking voice.

In the end, Ravia, driven to a cliff, made an extreme choice.

She went to find a hitman in the back-world and commissioned for Tidwell’s assassination.

If the assassination had been successful, [His and Her Spring] would have to change its title.

Anyway, the title of the novel was still [His and Her Spring], in other words, Ravia’s plan had failed miserably.

Would she ever have dreamed of it? That her younger brother, who fell from heaven, was in fact the big-shot of that back-world, and he wasn’t Leontine’s distant relative at all?

In fact, he was just a person who was unlucky enough to be poisoned when he was young, so his hair turned white and looked like silver hair.

He was a villain who drugged Duke Leontine and brainwashed him into thinking of him as the son of a distant relative in order to raise his status.

The story about him being the son of a distant relative who got disowned was all just Tidwell’s lie from the start.

He approached Leontine from the beginning with the intention of devouring the family. The Duke and Ravia easily fell into Tidwell’s scheme.

But what could they do? Even if he was the greatest con-man ever, he’d still be the male protagonist of this novel.

Tidwell, who had lived a ruthless life without morality until he met the heroine, eventually killed the Duke and Ravia and took over Leontine as he planned.

This was the past of Tidwell Leontine, the male protagonist of [His and Her Spring], and the future of Ravia.

‘Fuck.’

Ravia lied upside down on the bed and swore.

As she turned her head, her long blonde hair curled over the white bedsheet.

Long blonde. Ravia fiddled with her own hair. At one time, she cried and blamed herself for not having silver hair like her father.

‘It’s because I’m a supporting character.’

Now I know the reason. It’s because she was the supporting character set up to have everything taken away from her. It was so simple that Ravia almost laughed.

It was the third day since she rolled down the stairs and learned about the future. After going through a long reality in denial and tears, she was able to accept it now.

She was a minor character that would die soon and was going to become the older sister of the male protagonist.

‘And you’ll have everything taken away by his hand.’

Didn’t you think it was unfair? No, it couldn’t be unfair. Even she understood that this was just a world inside a well-written book, and all her resentment would be fruitless.

She was rather dejected that everything she had must be taken away.

But if you were being robbed without knowing anything, the only thing that would wait for you was death.

So Ravia tried to think positively.

‘I can’t stop Leontine from falling into Tidwell’s hand anyway.’

Ravia glanced out the window. The sun was setting. That means that it is time for Duke Leontine, who left during the day, to return.

And, if Ravia’s memory was correct, today was the day Duke Leonstine brought Tidwell in.

This was something she couldn’t change no matter what. Because Duke Leontine had already been brainwashed by Tidwell for a long time.

There was nothing Ravia could do against people like Tidwell, who could do anything to get what he wanted. It was upsetting, but it was the reality.

If she told her father, “He’s a con-man who came to take over our family from the beginning!” It’s obvious that the brainwashed father wouldn’t even listen to his daughter. Rather, it would be fortunate if she was not put into a mental hospital.

But if she tried to stop it alone, how could she beat him, who already had great power in the back-world? In addition, his father, Duke Leontine, would fully support him.

‘No matter how much I think about it, I have no odds.’

Tidwell will take over Leontine. This won’t change.

But that was Leontine, not Ravia.

‘Because I will survive.’

In the past three days, Ravia had given up her position as a successor in her mind. No matter how much of it was her goal in life, it was not more important than her life.

What she needed to do now was simple. To not die in Tidwell’s hand and plan her own life.

At that time, she heard the voice of the butler along with the sound of a carriage arriving outside the window.

“Welcome back, your excellency.”

The Duke of Leontine is back. Ravia got out of bed.

Now it was time to go meet her dear family and the person who would be her family.

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