" -ere. His Excellency is not someone who has a lot of free time."
"But then-"
"Miss Claire, do not overstep your boundaries. Now if there is nothing else, I'll be leaving."
After hearing the door closed, the woman who was currently on bed slowly opened her eyes and what greeted her sight was a beautiful intricate ceiling.
"My Lady, you're awake! Do you feel any pain? Would you like some water?"
Turning her sight to the side, a girl with a maid's clothes can be seen looking at her with a worried expression plastered on her face.
When the woman on the bed kept staring at her, the maid started to feel that her mistress must be in a bad state.
[This is the maid that stayed loyal to the original soul until the end. Her name is Claire. She was picked up by the duchess when she was almost sold to a slave merchant. Since then, she felt grateful and promised to devote herself to the original soul.]
The system continued to provide info to Violet as she remained staring at the girl's worried face. That's right. The woman who is currently lying on the bed is Violet.
Never have she ever thought that one day, she will be transmigrating into another world. And what is even more shocking is that she transmigrated into a book with a system. She is now in the body of a small villain called Violet Dominique. That was before she got married to one of the dukes of Belgardo country, the Lancester household.
Her husband, the Duke, is one of the men who fell for the female protagonist, a count daughter aka the female protagonist. And so does the female protagonist. But at the same time, the young lady is also in love with three other men who also have feelings for her. That's right. This novel is a reverse harem novel.
But why is her husband the villain? That's because he actually despises the fact that he is sharing her with other people. Because of this, he would always try to cause problems for the other men and disrupt every move of the female protagonist making her feel suffocated. Yet, since the duke holds tremendous power, it is quite hard for them to fight back. So, the female protagonist came up with a plan.
Reduce the duke's power so that he will be easier to control.
Which in fact was a very bad move.
After a few plans and deceptions, the duke's power tremendously falls. Her husband only holds an empty title and the royalty power increases as they finally became the most powerful family in the country. The female lead then married into the royalty and became the empress of the country. Her harem? They remained by her side stupidly. The duke? He not only lost the power, he even failed to catch the female lead. The female lead and her harem then lived happily ever after.
Or not.
Nine years later, the country then got invaded by the enemy and many lives perished during those wars.
Now where is her role as the small villain? It is when she rebuked the female lead for her behaviour. The duke then proceeded to divorce his wife after the female lead came crying to him.
'Holy mother of creation! Out of so many stories, why did I drop into this one?!
To actually receiving a stupid husband right off the bat?! God, what sin did I commit to receive this kind of man as my partner?
Oh no, wait. At least he is rich? And since he is love blind, then he won't pay attention to me.
No attention = Freedom
Thank you God for this chance!'
Looking into the previous owner's memories, Violet found out it has been 2 months since she has been married off to the duke. Three days ago, she suddenly felt sick and stayed unconscious after she fainted during the meal time.
A doctor came to check up on her and after prescribing medicine, he was then immediately sent away. No one ever thought that the real owner has been poisoned secretly by the doctor through her medicine and now she is the one in the body.
'That doctor. Why would he poison the owner of this body even though she never did anything? Even if she died, the Duke household will still remain unaffected.
But, he better enjoy the time he has now since I will look for him even without the duke's help.'
A month passed, Violet is now sitting in the small garden as she enjoys her tea. She never went to look for the duke nor did she care about his whereabouts. She has decided that now she has been given a second life, she should just enjoy it to the fullest.
After that day she woke up in this world, Violet just stayed inside the mansion doing whatever she wanted. But probably because she was used to being on alert while sleeping, she became a light sleeper even in this new body. Not only that, she even started to do a little bit of exercise since she always wakes up early.
So her schedule since then started with waking up, exercise, bath, breakfast, library, lunch, library, tea time, strolling, dinner, bath and finally sleeping. Even though the people around her were ignoring her, they still did their job properly. But if Violet were to request for something more, the chances of it being ignored will be very high. Not that she cared about it since she used to do things by her own.
Moreover, not once did the duke seek for her presence so she preferred this situation to remain the same.
'Who gives a damn about that no brain man? Since he doesn't like me, it gives me an advantage to act anyway I want. I'm very rich right now even if it that dumb's money. But I probably need to look for some other alternative in case he finally gets brainwashed by that woman.'
That's right. Due to this, Violet had been busy thinking of what her future plan should be these past few days. She would loved living somewhere quiet and tranquil in a small comfy house on her own land. And probably having a small garden would be nice too. Also, if it gets too lonely, maybe she should try adopting a child. A cute one. Just thinking about her plan, Violet started to smile happily. But from the perspective of her maid who just entered, Violet is currently smirking with a stupid happy face.
"M-My lady?"
'Ah, oh no, I was so into my fantasy that I forgot about my surroundings. '
"Ahem- What is it, Claire?"
Violet tried to cover up her action as she elegantly sipped her tea.
"The carriage is ready. Would you like to go now?"
Hearing this, Violet's eyes twinkled in delight.
"Oh, great! We should go now. I'm tired of staying in the same place."
'It's time to explore the outside!'