The Grand Duchess of the North Was Secretly a Villainess

I brushed away the flowing hair and lifted my head. As the day began to set, the blue moon appeared along with the gradually darkening sky. A strong wind blew, and the smell of blood wafted in. 

"Your Highness, I think that's enough." 

Jayden, my aide, said while inserting his sword into the wriggling monster under his feet. As I watched the dying monsters being torn apart as a joke, I suddenly remembered the conversation I had a week ago. 

"Who said it was cruel to me because I said that the rabbit would be crushed?" 

Jayden opened his eyes wide as if he was wondering what I was saying. 

"Your Highness." 

"Why?" 

"How can you compare a rabbit to these disgusting monsters?" 

I shut my mouth and glanced at Jayden up and down. 

In the novel, the Northern people were tall even within the empire. Among them, Jayden was a little bigger. In addition, he was hit by a monster's claw and had a large scar on his face. 

Who knew he would like a cute little creature with that big statue and scary appearance? 

'No, it's bad to judge people's tastes based on their appearance.' 

Suddenly I felt sorry. Instead of answering, I looked at Jayden with pitiful eyes. 

"Jayden, Your Highness looking at you like you're some weirdo." 

It seemed that Johaim had read my true feelings, which I didn't know. 

"What do you mean weirdo? Do you really think of me like that Your Highness?!" 

Pretending not to hear it, I'm turned away from Jayden and wiped off the blood from my sword. My black leather gloves holding the body of the sword glistened with blood. 

"Since we've killed this much, I think it's going to be quiet for a while. Shall we go back? 

"Your Highness, you have to answer me!" 

Again, I turned a blind eye to Jayden and got on the horse instead of answering. Jayden's wiggling self-talk was heard, but I ignored it. If I say one wrong thing here, I was sure he would be upset. 

'Hm? This feels like....' 

Before pulling the reins, I unconsciously raised my head to see the sky that had begun to darken. The moon was shining blue, not much different from before, but I felt strangely reluctant. 

'My intuition has never been wrong since I was possessed as Eloise...' 

My long hair fluttered in the wind. I tend to tie my hair when I go hunting for the devil, but the hair tie broke at the end of the work. Because of that, his long black hair blocked his view. 

My long hair fluttered in the wind. When I go out hunting for monsters, I tend to tie my hair, but the hair tie broke by the time work was finished. Because of that, my long black hair blocked my view. 

Looking at the moon covered by my black hair, I had an ominous feeling. 

"I'll go back first, so go clean up." 

I commanded and pulled the reins back. 

"You're going to back first? Did something happen to the castle?" 

Jayden asked, pulling out the sword that was stuck in the monster's body. Originally, I tend to move with the Knights, so it seems that what I said was unexpexted. 

I frowned slightly, kicking the horse's side and said. 

"I think we'll have an unwelcome guest." 

***** 

The grooved trees quickly faded away. After possessing Eloise's body, if there was one thing that I thought was fortunate, it was this. 

'My physical abilities are the same as Eloise.' 

The body went through the brain and moved instinctively. Thanks to that, it wasn't that difficult to kill monsters. 

'I've been here for a year, and I've gotten used to it.' 

At first I frowned in disgust, but now I could kill them casually. 

'I mean, it seems to be more suited to my ability than I thought.' 

When I first possessed Eloise's body, I had no resistance to the act of riding a horse or wielding a sword. 

'Because I'm used to it.' 

As the memories of before possession came to mind, I naturally put strength into my hand that was holding the reins. 

***** 

If my life was fair, I was perplexed, and if it was beneficial, it was beneficial. It may have been an enviable life in the eyes of others. 

I was born into a wealthy family, and both my parents were celebrities. I had no objection to riding the horse, because I had been riding since I was young. 

'It was expensive for a hobby, but my parents seem to want to raise their one and only child in a special way.' 

Ballet, dance, violin, piano, painting, horseback riding... 

I have taken all kinds of arts and sports classes since I was young, and horseback riding has become my specialty. 

'I had no talent at all in the art world.' 

Still, I was quite athletic. Of all the sports, I liked kendo the most. When I wielded a sword, my stress was relieved and I became happy. 

'It was fun, too.' 

However, unlike having a special hobby, my career path was normal. 

"You want me to stop kendo? I want to continue doing it even after I go to high school..." 

When I brought it up, my parents smirked and laughed as if they had heard an immature story. 

“Now you need to focus on your studies and do kendo as a hobby.” 

"Yes, listen to your father. Mom and dad want you to be a teacher." 

"Teacher? Then why did you make me take the kendo classes when I was young?" 

"Because it's one of the maintenance. You need physical strength when you study. Do kendo as a hobby and focus on your studies." 

"........" 

"If you had a talent for art, I would have pushed it, but my daughter is not very good at art, right? That's why I want you to become a teacher. It'll make you a great marriage candidate in the future." 

My parents seemed to have already made plans for my life. Which university will I go to, what major will I take, and what kind of man will I marry. 

"Don't disappoint your father and me." 

It was miserable, but as a good daughter, I eventually entered the university according to their wishes. 

I had to be satisfied with kendo as a hobby, but my college life wasn't bad either because I had been living as my parents told me to do from a young age. 

It was also quite fun to teach someone. 

'Because I was also fond of children.' 

"Why are you so expressionless when you want to be a teacher?" 

However, by the time I went to the teaching practice, the stress was at its peak. 

I've always been a person with a small change of expression. But this time, my expression seemed to have gone against my parents' mood. 

'Even as an adult, I was still a daughter under the control of her parents.' 

Whenever I was stressed out by my parents, I spent time locked up in the kendo studio. 

That day was not different.  I was on my way home after relieving stress by swinging a sword for hours.

"Oh, today." 

It was also the day when the third season of <The Crown Holds Blood> began. 

I didn't know what it was, but the number of comments was huge. The moment I lowered my head to see the comments first, a horn sounded. 

Rang! 

And when I woke up, I was a completely different person.  

I entered the world of novels after my death. 

***** 

"That's enough." 

It was a word that popped out spontaneously after Anna was sent out. 

'First, be calm, Kim Da-kyung.' 

I pinched my cheek violently, calling my name. Again, nothing changed. 

'Yeah, there's no way a dream can be this real. You have to accept reality.' 

I felt like I had to believe the absurd assumption that I had a car accident and that I come into the world of the novel I was reading. 

"Haa... I'm going crazy." 

Strangely, I was not sad. 

'Actually, rather than being sad...a little excited?' 

Even so, I was mentally tired from living according to my parents' life plan. But to possess the Grand Duchess who doesn't need to listen to anyone. 

'It's bound to be exciting, right? It's been a long time since I got my freedom.' 

The possibility of a dream still exists, so I planned to live this life for a few days. 

'If it's a dream, I'll wake up. If it's not a dream, I have to adapt. You can't die by being stupid, can you? 

And about a week. I decided to admit the fact that I was possessed Eeloise Wayana body in <The Crown Holds Blood>. 

"I mean, I almost got assassinated from the first day I possessed it..." 

The memory of that day gave me goosebumps. 

No matter how deep I fell asleep, if someone rushed to kill me, I would have woken up from my dream. 

"So let's admit it now." 

I looked at Eloise's colorful face in the mirror and murmured as if I were determined. 

'What's more useless than wasting time denying reality?' 

I have possessed a character with a great position, and there would be no people who interfered. My heart was pounding at the thought of making a living doing the things I wanted to do. 

'Let's think it's good. At least there's no one here to order me.' 

Even thinking about it, I was fortunate because I had a quiet personality. 

Perhaps because of my excellent adaptability to reality, I adapted to life in the North faster than I thought. 

*****

'I've gotten used to the subjugating monsters like now.' 

The speed of the horse began to increase gradually. 

"Your Highness." 

Johaim, who followed on the side, awakened my thoughts. 

He said he couldn't send his master alone, and he seemed to follow along, leaving other knights. 

I looked at Johaim with my eyes rolling, not slowing down the horse. 

“Recently, the movements of the monsters are strange.” 

"There's been an increase in the number of people trying to cross the border." 

"Shall we send a patrol?" 

"Well..." 

Immediately after possessing Eloise's body, I finished judging the situation and organized the things I had to do first. Among them, the first thing I did was check the log of subjugating the monsters. 

Since I decided to live as Eloise, I had to do what she was doing. 

'Money and power do not come from the ground. After all, it's a give and take.' 

It would be nice if money and power could be maintained even if I lived a lazy life, but unfortunately, the Grand Duchess was not in such a comfortable position. 

'The border facing the northern forest is always full of monsters, so there's nothing we can do about it.' 

We didn't know when the North would collapse if we didn't deal with them. If I was possessed a princess, there would have been nothing to do, but Eloise was not a princess. 

She was the Grand Duchess. 

The Grand Duchess was responsible. 

'And this is the North. Without the dignity of the Grand Duchess, the Knights turn their backs on her.' 

The Knights move with pride. So I, the lord, had to set an example for them. 

'Of course, I do not intend to live like this for the rest of my life.' 

I pondered about the original story.