Todos los capítulos de The Fake Princess, Their Biggest Regret: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 9

The Grand Lantern at the Imperial Winter Festival had always been mine to light as the kingdom's only princess. The celebration also happened to fall on my birthday.On the day of my debut celebration, my brother, William Ashbourne, had held my hand as we lit the lantern he'd made himself.Now, as he stared at the obscene painting Francesca Ashbourne had drawn on the lantern, he merely furrowed his brows and gently covered her eyes with his hand."You're an unmarried young lady. How can you look at such filthy things?" he scolded her.Francesca stuck out her tongue playfully before turning to me with an innocent smile. "Wow, Leah, you're really something! Just look at this painting. You managed to handle eight men at once. How extraordinary! I bet only someone like you could stomach that sort of thing."She tilted her head, the malice in her eyes threatening to drown me.I knew exactly what she was doing. She was exploiting my deepest, most painful wound to provoke me into losing

The palace servants came forward and dragged me away, though I could barely stand.William stormed back to his seat at the head of the table. When his gaze fell on the glaring red mark, he froze for nearly 15 seconds.But the moment Francesca pouted and threw herself into his arms, all traces of guilt vanished from his face. He immediately called off the banquet and summoned the imperial physician to examine her.The banquet had been arranged specifically to humiliate me. It had begun with great fanfare, only to end just as abruptly.The nobles and their wives had been eager to gossip for some time. Soon, the entire hall had emptied.Only Theo paused for a long moment when he passed the embroidered purse on the ground.Five years ago, I'd stayed up three nights in a row to embroider it for him. It had been a token of our love.When he heard Francesca call out to him from a distance, "Theo, come here!" he finally straightened from his slightly bent position. He dusted off his clo

I clung desperately to the burning doorframe, refusing to let go even as my clothes caught fire.When the servants saw that I'd actually managed to crawl out, their expressions darkened."Lady Francesca said you're not allowed to leave this courtyard today.""Princess, forgive us."In an instant, countless wooden poles thrust toward me from every direction, forcing me back into the sea of flames.At the sight of their twisted, vicious expressions, I burst into hysterical laughter.My laughter sent chills down their spines. They had no idea what had gotten into me.But how could they know? I wasn't trying to beg for help. I wanted the celestial phenomenon known as the White Rainbow Crossing the Sun to send me home!Having completely lost the will to survive, I fell backward into the sea of flames.At that very moment, a brilliant light flashed across the sky, and my soul slowly rose into the air.I watched as the flames consumed my body, reducing it to a charred corpse.I cou

While I was lost in thought, Francesca finally arrived.With a pitiful expression and tears in her eyes, she hurried over to the two men. "Brother, honey, this place is dangerous. Why don't we leave the servants to handle things and go back to finish our wedding first?"The thing I've looked forward to most in my entire life is our wedding today. Perhaps Leah deliberately set the fire and faked her death just to ruin it!"The tension on both men's faces immediately eased.They exchanged a glance and let out a long sigh of relief."That's right. Francesca is right. Leah is full of tricks. She approached us to complete her system missions in the first place. She never had an ounce of genuine affection for us. For all we know, she's hiding somewhere right now, laughing her head off at us for worrying like a pair of fools!""Exactly! Leah has gone too far this time. Just wait until I get my hands on her. I'll make sure she pays for this!"As I listened to them, I let out a bitter la

"Tell me! Tell me exactly what happened, every last detail!" William demanded. "If you do, I might at least let you keep your bodies intact when you die!"The servants who had forced me back into the fire just moments earlier were now trembling like leaves in the wind. Under severe torture, they confessed to their crimes one by one."Lady Francesca paid us to burn the disfavored princess alive!""She promised to let us leave the palace once we'd finished the job. We swear we'll never do it again..."William shook uncontrollably. His sword flashed, and the servants fell dead one after another.After slaughtering the servants, he finally turned his blade on Francesca. "Francesca Ashbourne, you claimed you could hear the system speaking to Leah. You even claimed you could find a way to make her stay forever."So what the hell is going on now? Was a single word you said ever true?"Terrified by the icy gleam of the sword's tip, Francesca burst into tears and turned to Theo for help.