Revenge of Reborn Villainess

She suffered for ten days and nights.

At first, Eshika thought she was seeing things.

However, it wasn’t a dream or an illusion, but memories from her previous life.

Her previous name was ‘Che Yeonongryeong,’ and she lived in the Central Plains.

She was the orphaned daughter of the head of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Sect, and she fell in love with the emperor of the empire.

Abandoning her free life in the martial arts world, she chose a new life being an Empress. 

“My only brother, I…… have a man I love.”

“An eagle can never be happy in a cage, Yeongryeong.”

Despite the opposition from those who treated her like family, the world of women who sacrificed everything for love was as brutal as the martial arts world, requiring careful planning. 

Yeongryeong shed blood countless times and survived the Wars of Flowers.

At some point, the emperor’s concubines see her from behind in fear.

‘The most powerful woman in the world, Cheon Yeongryeong.’

Her presence became feared even by the concubines in the palace.

Eventually, trapped in a cold palace due to the schemes of the concubines, Yeongryeong withered away like a dry flower.

She couldn’t remember the reason for her death.

The last thing she remembers is a man’s cries of pain, mixed with anguish, as if his whole body were on fire.

He doesn’t remember the reason for his death.

“Spirit. I’m taking you to…”

“I’m not going to let you die..”

Waking up in a cold sweat, Eshika woke up in bed for the first time in ten days, and the blurry scene in the room became clearer and clearer.

“Ugh…”

She covered her mouth, struggling to hold back her groans.

Her frail body felt nauseous, but the vivid memories of her previous life were still there.

“This place…… “This place… It’s exactly the same as the novel I saw in my previous life.”

The fact that the withering spirit had been killing time by reading Western novels was unknown to anyone but her martial arts teacher, Sidong.

The “Flower of Terres” was a novel about the events of a fictional empire called the Terresian Empire.

The protagonist was Lesvan Deon Lucane, the crown prince of the Terresian Empire, and the Duke of Klaus is the second in command, supporting the crown prince and keeping him in check.

In the book, Eshika Klaus, due to her extravagant lifestyle and a malicious personality, committed suicide right after divorcing Kallian Klaus, her husband for five years, who was taken away by her childhood friend.

The woman Kalien married immediately after divorcing Eshika is…

“Yurie Anesis”

She was a childhood friend of Eshika and worked as a maid eventually at the Klaus estate after Eshika was married to the Duke.

Recalling the part where Eshika cursed Klaus Ducal House until her death. 

“This woman… resembles me… It’s strange, it feels like we are sisters.”

A woman who grew up not inferior to her, losing everything for the sake of love.

There is probably no fate more regrettable and cruel than that.

She found sympathy and comfort in the character of Eshika in the book.

“Not particularly clever or malicious, lacking the ability to manipulate enemies, but ultimately sharing the same fate.”

However, now that she has become the Eshika from the book.

A woman destined to lose her husband to a childhood friend, curse them after divorce, and meet a tragic end.

And Kallian… his face and demeanor resembled the man she once loved.

Just as I became Eshika, could it be that he too was reincarnated as Kallian?

“The past was Yeongryeong, and now it’s Eshika. Both are me.”

Her previous timid posture had transformed into an overly upright one.

“I will never regret this second life.”

Most importantly, Eshika’s gaze was no longer the hazy and fearful one from before.

In the dark room, only her blue eyes shone brightly.

**

One of Eshika’s maids, Sella, entered her room with a dry piece of bread and a glass of water. Upon entering, it was pitch black and no light could be seen. 

She eventually went to the room after receiving the news that the duchess had awakened. She was given the orders by Duchess Leona to give these bland food. 

“Fetch a stale bread and cold water to atone for causing disturbance in the house,” she commanded.

Duchess Leona Klaus had always disliked Eshika for being the daughter of a noblewoman with no roots. 

“What time is it? Is she still sleeping?” Sella muttered with a sharp voice, looking at the bed. 

“She is so lazy.”

In her perspective, Duchess Eshika is a spoiled woman who did nothing but cry and complain.

All the provisions in the ducal household were under the management of the lady of the house which is Duchess Eshika. 

Under the lady’s order, every time the maids submitted resignation letters, they had to write the lady’s name, so the reputation of Duchess Eshika within the Klaus ducal family has long since fallen to the ground 

Perhaps, when the lady sees the bread and water in bed, she will cry again.

Sella, raising her mouth, bowed her waist and pulled Jessica’s comforter, expecting to find Jessica crouched inside.

“….?”

However, there was nothing in the bed but the messy comforter.

And in that moment, Sella, feeling something cold touching her neck, was shocked, unable to scream.