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The Transmigrator's Mistake
The Transmigrator's Mistake
Author: Hide in the Grass

Chapter 1

Author: Hide in the Grass
"Princess Sophia?"

The entire courtyard went silent, and the noblewomen and ladies looked at me with uncertainty. Everyone at court knew Princess Sophia had been frail since childhood and had spent years living with the Queen Mother at the Veiled Abbey. Very few people had ever seen her.

The prince's former betrothed, Sylvia of House Upton, also lived far away in the south. She had come to the capital only once, when she broke off her engagement to the prince, so few people knew what she looked like.

They were not sure who I was, so they no longer had the courage to act rashly.

Now that the Queen Mother's chief steward had appeared, every heart in the courtyard skipped a beat and no one dared make another sound.

I met Lydia's twisted glare and shook my head with a cold laugh. "I had long heard that Alaric's bride was unlike anyone else. You have truly opened my eyes today."

No wonder Sylvia had chosen to end the engagement and cut all ties as soon as she had someone investigate the woman Alaric wanted to marry… She was spoiled beyond belief.

Lydia suddenly stepped forward and pushed Edwin aside, her face full of disdain. "What's with this act? You believe him when he says she's Princess Sophia? Everyone knows that the Queen Mother herself had arranged the engagement between Prince Alaric and Sylvia. Maybe this man is just someone that old hag sent to cover for her. He is using the princess's name so she can sneak into the manor and rekindle her old romance with Alaric!

"That is how it always plays out in period dramas! Don't think I'm ignorant about it!"

Edwin froze in shock for a moment, before he became furious. "How dare you speak so carelessly of the Queen Mother and the Princess..."

Lydia kept going. "All you medieval relics do is use your status to crush others. So what if I speak without care? The prince said that no matter what I do in the capital, he'll protect me. Go talk to him if you have the nerve to!

"For a rejected woman to come here to provoke me… Was I supposed to wait until you shamelessly got into the prince's bed before I regretted it?"

Her foul words turned Edwin's expression even darker in fury.

Meanwhile, I took out the royal signet that proved my identity and threw it at her face. "Open your eyes and look closely! See exactly who I am! What you're doing now is preposterous! I will report every single thing you did today to His Majesty and see whether the prince can still protect you."

The royal signet landed in Lydia's hand, but she only smiled in mockery as she said, "Look at that. You clearly put a lot of work into the whole act."

Under my disbelieving gaze and Edwin's scream, Lydia smashed the royal signet hard against the ground. Then she raised her brow at the maid beside her. "What can a fake signet prove? As for me, I have evidence that you came to the manor to seduce the prince.

"Bring it here. I'll expose this vile woman's true identity and make sure she pays for it!"

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    As I looked at Alaric kneeling there in such a miserable state, I felt as if I were seeing that thin little boy from the past. The same boy who had to please everyone just to eat.Victor and I were blood siblings. When our mother brought him to us as our younger brother, I did not feel much affection for him. All I felt was that it was pitiful for a prince to be bullied by the royal servants.Over time, we grew close. As the three of us grew older together, the bond between siblings grew with us.Alaric had no desire to fight for the throne. Instead, when the other younger princes cursed Victor behind his back while he was still Crown Prince, Alaric stood up for him and fought them. Every time Alaric returned from the Royal Academy, he was covered in wounds. Victor, who had always been gentle on the outside yet cold within, would treat his wounds. As for me, because our father's favor had drawn the other princesses' displeasure, Alaric would speak up in my defense too. Eventually,

  • The Transmigrator's Mistake   Chapter 7

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  • The Transmigrator's Mistake   Chapter 6

    Alaric nodded, his resentful gaze landing on me. "This is Sophia's fault too. When Lydia mistook you for someone else, you should have proven your innocence. Why did you provoke her and make her keep making the same mistake?"His words made me laugh from sheer anger. I raised my hand and pointed at the damaged royal signet on the ground, then looked at the two of them as I gritted my teeth. "I showed my signet from the very beginning, but what did she do? She refused to believe it and even smashed the signet Father gave me."Alaric, is that what you call not proving my innocence? She refused to believe me and decided I was seducing you on purpose. Since when has this become the victim's fault?"Alaric frowned. Then, he looked at me coldly even as Lydia sobbed. "Lydia is usually very gentle. If you had not deliberately used Sylvia's identity to provoke her, why would she have done such things?"After saying that, he looked at my mother before kicking the royal attendant holding Lydi

  • The Transmigrator's Mistake   Chapter 5

    "My precious Sophia!"My mother, Queen Mother Maria, staggered forward and slapped Alaric across the face with all her strength when she saw what happened to me. Then, she walked over and wrapped me tightly in her cloak, her face filled with endless disappointment and anger."Edwin managed to send someone to inform me you were helping an outsider humiliate your own sister… I did not believe it at first, but now that I have seen it with my own eyes… Alaric! Do you even know what crimes you have committed today?!"Alaric's face became deathly pale. He was just about to speak when Lydia stormed forward in anger and tried to strike my mother. A sharp-eyed royal attendant immediately stepped in and stopped her at once, only to receive a vicious slap."Do you really want Sylvia to marry into Alaric's household that badly? First, you lend her your people and let her use Princess Sophia's identity to enter the estate and get into his bed. Now that it has been exposed, you came in person to

  • The Transmigrator's Mistake   Chapter 4

    The voices around us fell silent at once, and even Lydia froze. The next instant, her eyes filled with tears as she ran weakly into Alaric's arms with a pitiful sob. "You're finally here, my love! Sylvia is pretending to be the princess and sneaks into the estate so she could get into your bed and seduce you, then break us apart. Please, see justice be done for me!"I staggered to my feet and fastened the cloak my maid handed me. Then, I looked coldly at the two of them, fire burning in my eyes.Alaric's face was pale as he wiped the cold sweat from his brow, yet he still patted Lydia's shoulder to comfort her. "Why would she pretend to be the princess to seduce me, Lydia? Is there some misunderstanding? She is clearly..."Before he could finish, Lydia's sobs cut him off. She glared at me and raised her foot, about to ram herself into a nearby column. "Since you don't believe me, I might as well die and go back to my own world. I don't want to stay in this rotten medieval world anyw

  • The Transmigrator's Mistake   Chapter 3

    I looked around at the unfamiliar faces and frowned.No wonder I had not seen any of the old household staff. My dear younger brother had truly lost all sense. He had been so enthralled by this jealous woman that he had dismissed Cedric, who had served him for more than a decade.When Lydia saw me fall silent, she grew even more arrogant. "Today is my wedding day, so I won't make things difficult for you. Beg on your knees and apologize to me, then swear you'll never appear before the prince again. Then, I won't expose this matter. Otherwise, it's not my fault for doing what duty demands. Impersonating royalty is a capital crime. Even the Queen Mother won't be able to save House Upton!"With that, she led the guards toward me. Her sharp nails dug hard into my arm. The maids and senior attendants beside me were stopped by the guards in their tracks, and Edwin was sweating all over from anxiety."Stop! How dare you disrespect Princess Sophia! Stop this at once!" He yelled. But a guar

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