The Male Lead Knelt Before Me

The chandelier on the ceiling was the first thing that welcomed me.

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I could see the view of a room that was definitely different from the modern one when I adjusted my gaze a bit.

“Dream……”

Some of my hair spilt down and tickled my shoulders as I elevated his body and rubbed my eyes.

I placed my hands around my face, looking at my dark purple hair and slimmer white arms than Ji So- eun’s.

* * * * *

‘Dreaming about my previous life.’

It’s not impossible, but I was concerned because it was an unexpected dream.

And I had the same emotion when I sat at my workplace desk.

‘Because it’s a dream, I hope my parents will appear.’

I was disappointed, but I quickly changed my mind.
Because I’m already dead.

I couldn’t get the sound of my heart-stopping in the ambulance out of my head.

If I saw my parents’ faces in my dreams, I would be filled with regret and grief since I would never see them again.

In this regard, my dream was unquestionably preferable.

 

What bothered me, though, was that the substance of the dream and what my friend stated was too similar to what transpired yesterday.

‘……a female supporting character appeared out of nowhere……’

‘After reading the comments, everyone was worried that the supporting female character would become a villain and torment the female lead.’

“A villain…”

I felt really uncomfortable saying it with my own lips.

Dreams, I’ve heard, are a representation of our unconsciousness.
Was I concerned that I may unintentionally become a villain?

But I didn’t want to be a villain, let alone bother Caleb and Vivian.

“What are you thinking?”

“Gasp!”

I shrugged in response to the voice from above.

When I looked up, Lord Vessel, who I had no clue when he arrived, was staring down at me with my desk as the centre.

“Why are you so surprised?”

“Everyone is surprised when you suddenly speak to them.
And I didn’t feel your presence at all, Lord.”

“Let’s just assume it is.
That’s not what matters anyway.”

What?

 

Why was he taking it so easy? I was expecting him to say something more.

“Please accept this.”

“What is this?”

Lord Vessel handed me a small box.

It appeared magnificent despite its modest size since it was tied with a beautiful purple ribbon.

I examined the box with suspicion, considering the atrocities he had done just a few days before.

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Don’t tell me there’s another expensive item in here.
A pricey ring, a necklace.

“She said that it was a ribbon that is used to tie your hair.
Vivian wanted to apologize for what occurred the day before, and she requested me to pass it on to you, Lady.
”

That’s exactly what it was.

“Ah, thank you for giving it to me.”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Edmund, I assumed, would return to his original place.

But he was just reluctant, and he did not return to his seat.

“Do you have anything else to say to me?”

“How did you find out?”

Lord Vessel questioned, his eyes wide awake.

“… Isn’t it strange not to know when you’re just looking back and not returning to your seat?”

“Oh.”

Lord Vessel appeared to be oblivious to something.

Did he honestly think I wouldn’t notice?

“So, what were your plans?”

Lord Vessel, in my opinion, could not talk readily.

He eventually spoke up after a long period of opening and shutting his lips.

“I am……gize.”

“What?”

“……gize.”

“Could you repeat that? Your voice is really too weak for me to hear.”

I wasn’t exaggerating.
He sounded like he was mumbling.

Lord Vessel opened his mouth again in response to my remarks.

“I said I apologize.”

He sounded more determined this time.

“Oh, is that so…… Wha, what? What did you just say?”

It was at that point that I unconsciously nodded my head.
I inquired, quite belatedly, about what he had just stated.

“I apologize for anything I’ve done before, including my sister who came to visit yesterday.
I was hasty.
”

All of a sudden, he apologized in this manner?

The fact that this person apologized to me perplexed me.

“Lord Vessel, um, have you seen a physician recently?”

“A physician?

“Yes, did the physician tell you to prepare for the worst or something?”

“I haven’t seen a physician in a long time.
But I’m completely fine and normal.”

Lord Vessel stated so, but it wasn’t really credible.

However, his apology could no longer be taken lightly by the serious words that followed.

“Anyway, Lady, I have caused you trouble.”

“……”

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“I did my hardest to make you feel better, but Vivian came to visit yesterday…… I believe I’ve gotten Lady in a lot of trouble.”

I didn’t expect him to apologize so seriously.

I felt embarrassed, but my heart skipped a beat when I saw him.

Lord Vessel has been trying to be good to me recently, come to think of it.

He even apologized in this manner.
First, let’s simply accept it.

I made my decision and opened my mouth.

“It’s all right.
I was just a little taken aback by Lord Vessel’s treatment of Lady Vessel yesterday.”

“If it’s my attitude, then…….”

“Lord Vessel doesn’t seem to like your sister.
But, even if they don’t get along, siblings don’t typically do that in front of outsiders, do they?”

Lord Vessel closed his mouth in response to my remarks.

‘From his expression, he seemed to have something to say.’

I was intrigued, but I couldn’t bring myself to ask.

It was, after all, a personal matter.

Of course, if he told me the story on his own, it would be different.

“……I believe it would be preferable if Lady was aware of it.”

Uh, huh?

The unexpected remarks surprised me, and I stared at Lord Vessel.

Indeed, I was interested, but I didn’t expect him to tell me straight immediately.

“Do you mind if I hear that?”

“It makes no difference.
Because the majority of people must already be aware of it.
It wouldn’t make a difference if Lady found out about it here.”

His voice was dull, but his speaking face was rigid.

He acted as if it were a memory he didn’t want to remember.

“I do superimpose someone from Vivian.”

“Someone?”

Lord Vessel paused for a bit before continuing.

“There was a woman that followed me around till last year.”

The Lord Vessel’s voice was quite low.

“She not only snooped around in front of the Knight’s quarter on horseback, but she also came in, scribbled her name on my desk, and sprayed her perfume on my chair.”

“Without Lord’s permission?”

“That’s exactly, and wherever I went, she claimed to be a coincidence and pretended to be my fiance when I wasn’t there.”

“…….”

“I’d never even said hello to her, but she was also spreading false rumours that she was pregnant with my child and that we were about to marry.”

I couldn’t even sigh with admiration.

She’s a terrible stalker.

“Is this still happening?”

“No, I raised the issue in the name of Marquis Vessel, and it has now been handled completely.
I had her treated in the temple in Count’s territory.
She must still be there.”

“I’m relieved it worked out.”

“Yes, it is reassuring.
However, I was having a difficult time at the time, so I didn’t even consider being engaged to someone, let alone becoming close to a woman.
That’s probably why you were so intrigued by what I did yesterday.
I apologize.”

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“No problem, that’s fine.
I can comprehend your suffering because you’ve been through so much.”

Lord Vessel made me feel terrible for myself.

He’d been pursued by someone he didn’t like, and that woman had even circulated such things!

Ugh.
Just contemplating that makes me sick.

“However, what is the correlation between that Lady and Lady Vessel?”

“Vivian, she did something similar.”

“Similar……?”

“Vivian likes our Commander.
No, I heard yesterday that he no longer likes our Commander, therefore I should have said Vivian was.”

“…….”

“However, when she used to love our Commander, she sought to capture his attention in some way.
A typical example would be to request permission from our mother to visit the castle and ride a horse around the palace with other young ladies.”

It wasn’t a very unexpected tale.

No, I was accustomed to it.
Because I remembered it from the original storyline.

“It would have been preferable if it had just been that.
But she even sold my name and came into the knight’s quarter.”

“What? Did she go inside the knight’s quarters? Don’t tell me, in order to meet Lord Egon……?”

“That’s true.”

Lord Vessel’s acceptance shocked me.

I didn’t believe it, but was it true?

Only then did I understand Lord Vessel, who was being especially harsh with Vivian.

But I’m not saying he did a good job.

‘Rather, was there something like this in the storyline of ?’

I knew she wanted to see Caleb, but I didn’t expect her to…

“After one warning, she never came to the Knight’s quarter again, but seeing her here yesterday reminded me of the past, and I couldn’t keep quiet.”

“But Lady Vessel said she came to see you and me yesterday, right?”

“Because she had that history, it was difficult for me to totally trust what she said.”

“So you still don’t believe her?”

“I’m not sure.
She entered the palace a few months ago under the guise of horseback riding to meet the Commander.
She even fell off the horse, which frightened our parents, and then she sold my name and broke into the knight’s quarter…… ”

Surely it’s hard to believe right away.

Huh? Wait a minute.

“Lady Vessel fell off her horse?”

“Yes.”

“Do you remember when it happened?”

“Perhaps four months ago……I recall that.”

Lord Vessel’s remarks left me speechless.

When Herschel informed me that a noble young woman had fallen from her horse four months earlier, I assumed it was someone else and passed it on.

‘But the young lady’s name was Vivian?’

It was ridiculous.

According to the original storyline, Vivian had to fall out around this time or later, not four months ago.

That way, she may go out in time for the reenactment of ‘Song About Love,’ avoid her escort knight, and see the reenactment play securely with Caleb’s assistance.

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“You don’t have to be so surprised.”

“What?”

“Aren’t you surprised by the news of my sister’s accident?”

“Oh….
Yes.
I’m worried about her condition.”

Of course, it was a lie.

It’s not because Vivian was hurt, but because I was surprised at a different time from the original storyline.

But I couldn’t tell him the truth, so it would be better to wrap it around like this.

“Well, you don’t have to worry too much.
She was unconscious for a few days after the fall, but she woke up perfectly.
As you can see yesterday, her condition is just as good as before.”

“That’s a relief, really.”

Contrary to what I said, I was not relieved.

I was rather confused.

According to the original storyline, Vivian had to fall and be aware of her past life.

‘That means Vivian was already aware of her past life……but why did she sell Lord Vessel’s name just to see Caleb?’

In the storyline, Vivian, having remembered her past life, felt ashamed of her past misbehaviour and somehow avoided Caleb.

But she still came to the knight’s quarter to see Caleb?

‘And Caleb didn’t seem to care about Vivian at all.’

I remembered Caleb’s reaction to Vivian yesterday.

Even I, who was watching from the side, felt that he was too cold-hearted.

As someone who has read , I couldn’t quite understand it.

When I saw Caleb’s cold reaction towards Vivian, I thought it was because the original storyline had not been exposed…

But Vivian already fell off the horse.

‘Why is it different from what I remember?’

According to the original storyline, Vivian should have remembered her past life after the incident happened.

No, she shouldn’t have fallen before that.
Because the timing was different.

But the incident had already happened.

And Vivian, who was supposed to be avoiding Caleb……….
No, let’s calm down.

Lord Vessel said it before that Vivian said she didn’t like Caleb anymore.

Maybe it didn’t come right away, but she slowly recovered her past memory.

But what did Caleb do yesterday?

No matter how many times I’ve thought about it, the confusion did not subside.

I was shocked when I first became ‘Lena’ and realized that this was the world in the book, but on the other hand, it reassured me.

Especially when the Crown Prince came to visit me.

I read the original story and knew what would happen in the future and the characters’ personalities.

That’s why I’ve been able to deal with it flexibly and live my life.

But what if the original storyline went wrong, and later events happened differently?

What if the characters I’ve identified behave a different way?

So what if the Crown Prince breaks the oath and tries to kill me after I fail?

What am I supposed to do……?

In an instant, fear swept over my body.