Even if you’re dragged off by a tiger, you can survive as long as you keep your wits about you.
Compared to that, possessing the body of a villain’s background-character wife should be easy enough.
Even if that villain is destined to become a tyrant emperor who will plunge the nation into despair.
Even if that villain despises you.
Even if the body you’ve possessed belongs to the daughter of a man openly opposed to the emperor.
Even if this marriage itself is a miserable one meant to take you hostage.
From the very beginning, there is no room for love—
and no intention to fix that.
A cold, loveless marriage is already set in stone.
Still, as long as you keep your head straight, you can survive.
“Honestly…”
After calmly reviewing her situation, her gaze drifted naturally toward the sky.
“…This might actually be doable?”
She was, after all, an optimist.
She never imagined that the first night would be arranged from the very first day of the engagement, but—
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“I suppose I was… far too presumptuous.”
To think she could work as his empress, or even as his subordinate.
It was an illusion born of not knowing her place.
Having fully grasped her position, she clasped her trembling hands together and lifted her head.
Reflected in those clear, blue eyes was a faint trace of mockery.
But she did not waver.
Holding tight to the creed of her past life, she made a firm resolve and spoke:
“I am not your wife. I am…”
Before he could interrupt, she hurriedly delivered her decision.
“Your Majesty’s loyal lackey.”
She abandoned any thought of holding refined titles like empress or retainer.
Only by lowering herself as far as possible and acting as his lackey could she hope to earn even a shred of goodwill.
Fortunately—or perhaps unfortunately—
being a devoted lackey was something she was exceptionally good at.
Releases Every:
Chapter 40: The Emperor’s Pleasure
Chapter 39: The Emperor’s Fiery Return
Chapter 38: The Wheel of Fate Stutters
Chapter 37: The Fear of Immortality
Chapter 36: Anel’s Fear
Chapter 35: Chapter 35: The Convent’s Ring
Chapter 34: A Calculated Kiss and Northern Shadows
Chapter 33: The Tyrant’s Amusement
Chapter 32: The Grand Plan Unveiled
Chapter 31: The Bureaucratic Bride
Chapter 30: A Queen’s Reluctance
Chapter 29: The Tyrant’s Shadow and a Naive Bride
Chapter 28: The Noble Hunter’s Shadow
Chapter 27: The Unpredictable Fiancee
Chapter 26: Evening’s Calculated Apology
Chapter 25: The Foremost Sycophant
Chapter 24: Chapter 24: A Competent Aide
Chapter 23: The Aftermath of the Attack
Chapter 22: The Icy Crossroads
Chapter 21: The Northern Archduke
Chapter 20: Chapter 20
Chapter 19: The Weight of Tyranny
Chapter 18: Unexpected Appointments
Chapter 17: Chapter 17
Chapter 16: Chapter 16: The Annoying Yet Alluring Fiancée
Chapter 15: Chapter 15: An Unyielding Embrace
Chapter 14: The Third Fiancée
Chapter 13: Chapter 13: The Immortal Emperor’s Burden
Chapter 12: The First Fiancée’s Shadow
Chapter 11: The Third Fiancée’s Unsettling Welcome
Chapter 10: The Empress’s New Name
Chapter 9: The Loyal Lackey
Chapter 8: A Calculated Embrace
Chapter 7: The Undying Emperor
Chapter 6: The Obligation of a Political Marriage
Chapter 5: The Empress’s First Night
Chapter 4: The First Battle
Chapter 3: A Faux Slumber
Chapter 2: The Tyrant’s Proposal
Chapter 1: A Suffocating Arranged Marriage