Chapter 2
She blinked her eyes open.
Her world had changed.
The moment had already passed.
“Miss? Miss, are you awake? Miss Luna!!”
Luri slowly closed and opened her eyes again.
Was the ceiling of her house always this high?
Huh? What is that? Hmm, isn’t that the kind of chandelier you only see in movies or romance fantasy novels? It’s pretty impressive.
The chandelier had sparkling crystal pieces woven together and hanging down in long strands. Small candles were placed on each holder, stacked in two layers, one above the other.
It wasn’t even a light fixture. They were real candles giving off light. Weren’t things like that only used in old Europe?
“Miss, can you hear me? It’s me, Lily, Miss.”
Luri’s head was pounding like it would split open from her hangover, but someone beside her was making such a fuss that she couldn’t help but turn her head.
She saw a girl with a pale face, big brown eyes, curly brown hair, and a cute little head covering on top of it.
The girl, who looked like a middle or high school student who still had a childish appearance, was wearing a maid outfit.
She was tightly holding a wet towel in her hands, standing there with the expression of a frightened rabbit.
What? A foreigner?
Why is there a foreigner in my house?
“Who… are you?”
Luri asked the young girl with a genuinely confused expression.
The girl’s face immediately became even paler than before.
“Miss Luna, you don’t remember? It’s me, Lily. You were found collapsed in the greenhouse…”
Lily? Who is Lily?
And she called me Miss Luna?
Miss Luna… That name sounds very familiar.
Luna, Luna… Ah!
That Luna?
No way.
“Luna… do Mirage?!”
When she unconsciously muttered the name, Lily’s face instantly brightened.
“You remember, Miss? You didn’t wake up for three whole days. Do you know how worried I was? The master and Young Master Raizent were extremely worried too, and then…”
Lily continued talking like a lively little bird that had regained its energy.
Then she glanced to the side before continuing.
“Even Count Freund…”
C-Count Freund?
Is Schwindel de Freund also in this room right now?
Luna and Schwindel were characters from the web novel 《Love, Promise of Flowers》 written by Luri’s former soulmate and now traitor, Sowooju, who had completely betrayed her yesterday.
Am I still drunk?
Am I dreaming right now?
Luri pressed her temples and looked at the girl calling herself Lily again.
This isn’t some foreigner reenactment program.
There is no way foreigners would just break into my house.
While lying on the bed, she looked upward.
The warm, spacious cream-colored ceiling and the gorgeous chandelier were still there.
Even if she drank more than usual, could a novel written by a guy who betrayed her really appear in her dream?
What kind of nonsense is this?
“Lady Luna.”
While Luri still couldn’t understand what was happening, a low and calm male voice came from somewhere.
Following the voice, she turned her head.
A man was sitting neatly beside the bed.
His long blue-silver hair was tied neatly, his mysterious purple eyes seemed impossible to see the depth of, his skin was so white it looked almost transparent, and his sharp jawline gave him a strong impression.
He was the perfect appearance of a romance fantasy male lead.
W-what is this?
Does this crazy visual have every single thing I usually say I like combined into one person?
Then the man pushed his chair back and stood up.
He looked at least 185 cm tall.
Since Sowooju’s height was exactly around that, Luri could recognize it even with one eye closed.
Come to think of it, even though he looked like a Western person, he did resemble Sowooju quite a bit.
That crazy guy.
Did he really create a character this perfect?
Anyway, the man who stood up while calling her Luna was the male lead from the BL novel Sowooju wrote.
“Schwindel, uh… what was it? De… Freund?”
Luri had heard about the male lead from Sowooju’s novel several times, but remembering his long full name was still difficult.
Calling him just Schwindel should be enough.
Seriously, he only cared about making things look fancy.
“Yes, that is me. Are you all right, Lady?”
At Schwindel’s voice, Luri suddenly came back to her senses and looked at him with widened eyes.
“Do you know how worried I was? You are not someone who would collapse from something like this, are you? If you want to have me, then become stronger. I cannot allow you to collapse like this again.”
As he said that, Schwindel gently touched her face with his right hand, as if he were touching a precious porcelain doll.
At that moment, a strange tingling sensation entered her eyes.
Then, some kind of energy flowed into her mind and chest.
W-what is this?
Luri’s vision became dizzy, and she felt her chest tighten.
At the same time, an image appeared in her mind like a clear video.
Two men were tightly embracing each other, with no space between them.
The man with flowing blue-silver hair looking toward her…
That is Schwindel?
Then the fragile man with platinum blond hair being held in front of him is…
Panen di Liebe?!
Why are both of them looking this way?
Is someone here?
Yes.
They are both looking at someone.
Someone was hiding and watching the two men.
Then that person must be…
Luna do Mirage?
“Are you crying again, Lady?”
Schwindel gently wiped the corner of her eye with his long fingers.
Only then did she realize she was shedding thick tears.
She instinctively slapped his hand away.
Then she hurriedly wiped her tears with the back of her own hand.
“Don’t touch my body!”
Even though she had no intention of saying it, a sharp and aggressive voice came out on its own.
Luri was surprised by herself.
But Schwindel only smiled slightly, as if he was familiar with this reaction.
“This is more like Lady Luna.”
Schwindel rubbed the hand she had pushed away with his other hand and stood straight.
“Now that I have seen you awaken, I should leave. I will send the dessert you like through the servants, so eat it once you regain your strength. I will see you again soon.”
Schwindel turned around and looked down at the fingers that had touched Luna’s tears.
For some reason, it felt like Luna’s tears were still moist on his fingers.
‘You can just cry. But why…’
Schwindel bit his lips until they turned red and tightly clenched his hand.
His body trembled slightly without him realizing it.
But soon, as if he didn’t want anyone to notice his expression, he raised his head proudly and opened the door.
Bang!!
The loud sound made the crystals of the chandelier shake.
But Luri was still lying on the bed in the same room.
Normally, when something this loud happens, shouldn’t you wake up from a dream?
Luri tilted her head and looked at Lily standing quietly beside her.
“Li-Lily, can you bring me a mirror?”
She looks much younger than me, but asking for something like this should be okay, right?
“Yes, Miss.”
Lily quickly brought a large hand mirror with an elaborate golden frame and placed it in Luri’s hands.
With an uneasy feeling, Luri looked at herself in the mirror.
Oh my god.
What is this?!
A woman with long, wavy red hair like a wave, golden eyes unlike anything she had ever seen, thick cherry-red lips, and a smooth, delicate jawline filled the mirror.
She also looked extremely young.
This woman…
Yes!
This is exactly the appearance I told that guy Sowooju that I wanted if I ever became a romance fantasy heroine!
Did he create the male lead and female characters with exactly the appearances I said I wanted to see in romance fantasy stories?
That damn Sowooju.
Should I say thank you while crying?
But isn’t this dream lasting way too long?
My mother always said that even if you roll around in a field of dog poop, being alive is better.
But what does it matter if I’m a beautiful young lady from a powerful count family?
This is just a character inside a novel.
Tomorrow is Sunday, and after that I have to go back to work.
Right.
I need to wake up from this dream quickly.
Just wait until I wake up!
I won’t let Sowooju get away with this!!
She turned her head and spoke to Lily.
“Lily, can you slap my cheek really hard once?”
“Huh…?”
Lily looked at her with shocked rabbit-like eyes.
“I just need you to hit me once, really hard.”
Lily’s face became full of fear, as if she thought Luna still wasn’t fully conscious.
Right.
Hitting someone else’s cheek isn’t an easy thing to do.
Luri waved her hands and decided to wake herself up.
She raised her hand high.
Before Lily could stop her, she swung her hand with all her strength toward her own cheek.
Things like this work better when you act quickly and decisively.
SMACK!!
“Ugh!!”
The moment she hit herself, stars flashed in front of her eyes.
Luri grabbed both sides of her cheek and rolled around on the bed.
“Ow!! Ah, it hurts!! Damn it!! Why does this hurt so much?! Ow, ow!!”
“Miss!! What are you doing right now?!”
Lily rushed onto the bed in shock and grabbed Luri’s face with both hands.
“Are you okay, Miss?”
Luri shook her head back and forth and blinked repeatedly, trying to regain her senses.
But the cute Lily with frightened rabbit eyes was still right in front of her.
The beautiful and extravagant chandelier on the ceiling was still there.
No way.
No way.
Why is everything still the same?
Can’t I wake up from the dream?
Or…
Is this not a dream?
She picked up the mirror she had thrown aside and looked at her face again.
Damn it.
It was the same red-haired, golden-eyed, impossibly beautiful woman.
Luna do Mirage.
The exact same face she saw earlier.
Except now there was a red handprint on her cheek.
Oops.
This is impossible!
What exactly happened?
Think.
Think about it.
Yesterday evening, I went to an Italian restaurant while foolishly imagining that I might receive a confession.
But then my soulmate of 16 years, Sowooju, suddenly came out and said he was gay.
Then he caused a huge scene saying he was going to have a ceremony with Soyu, the manager he usually fought with like enemies.
I was so shocked and angry that I drank like crazy and almost destroyed everything before forcing myself to act cool and congratulate them.
Then, while walking down the street drunk…
A huge horn sound rang out.
A white light covered me…
What?
Did I die?
Didn’t I come home?!
Then I got hit by a car…
No.
Right before I was about to get hit by a car, did I enter the web novel?
Is this the thing people only talk about…
Being transported into a book?
Did I become Luna do Mirage, a female supporting character from 《Love, Promise of Flowers》?
Oh my god.
I have seen protagonists who enter their own web novels or stories they liked.
But has anyone ever entered a web novel written by their male friend?
And if it’s Luna do Mirage…
She is the female supporting character who constantly interferes with the beautiful love between the Empire’s greatest beauty, Crown Prince Panen di Liebe, and the Empire’s most handsome count, Schwindel de Freund.
She commits every disgusting evil act possible.
And in the end, she gets killed by the Crown Prince’s sword!!
Yesterday, I was betrayed by the male friend I trusted and died after being hit by a car.
And now I have to die by the Crown Prince’s sword?!
