# Chapter 02
Chapter 02
Cayena slowly opened her eyes.
“I'm really back.”
Lying on the bed, she thought about this chaotic situation.
“Cayena was the villain in the novel The Lady of the Black Rose…”
“That's right, it's a romance.
However, the situation was not that simple
In the novel, she acted as a proper villain and as befitting that role, was killed by her mad husband.
In her second life, she was born in the Republic of Korea.
Of course she didn't remember her life as Cayena, but she had read a novel called — The Lady with the Black Rose.
In this novel, Cayena was portrayed as a foolish and wicked character.
In fact, most of the characters were like this.
All the characters except the heroine were socially powerful but crazy.
Rezef was a sociopath, Heinrich was mad with power, and Bayel, was he human?!
Among them, Raphael, the male protagonist, seemed to be the most normal, but he also had some mental problems.
“The novel was about how all the characters were influenced by the heroine.”
The original heroine, Olivia, was a living stabilizer who filled in the characters' deficiencies.
Cayena was driven by her jealousy and tried to poison Olivia.
But even though she was the villain, Cayena alone wasn't bad enough to kill her.
Instead, she was used as a puppet by her younger brother, a tyrant.
Rezef wanted to control Olivia, so he manipulated Cayena into poisoning her.
It appeared to be successful.
But Bayel, the powerful magician and owner of the Black Rose Garden, gave Olivia his power and revived her.
Therefore, the title of the novel was — The Lady with the Black Rose.
Afterwards, the story predictably punished the evil characters.
However, as a reader, she was not impressed with the main characters' narratives.
Instead, she was drawn into the life of the villain Cayena.
The reason why she was so concerned about her history, however, turned out to be because it was her previous life.
“To think that I was the villain in the novel.
For some reason, she came back into Cayena's life.
More than that, it was also when she was just 19 years old, before she reached the age of majority.
“I probably died, right?!”
She only knew the person who stabbed her in the face.
He remembered that there was a scandal in the company, the man was having an affair.
He had to hand over the project he was working on because of this.
“This is just a past life.
She may have lost a lot of things, but it had been a miserable life.
The woman had been competent.
She was more than competent enough to be usable and more than competent enough to pose a threat to others.
Executive Director Kim convinced her to follow his commands and controlled her.
It was like Cayena's life.
“How did I come back as Cayena?”
She was abandoned by Rezef and married (sold) to Viscount Gillian.
So in the end, she was horribly murdered by her insane husband.
Suddenly, she realized why she was in this condition.
“That's when I drank the poison.
Not long ago, she was at a banquet when she drank some alcohol and started spitting out blood.
The Great Hall echoed with screams and more screams.
“Of all things…
Why did she have to go back to that time, when her body was still sick?
“Did you wake up?
The maid who was in the room approached her.
The maid wiped her face with a wet towel and arranged her hair, as if it were natural to do so.
It was bizarre.
She almost died, but the state of her beauty was even more important.
However, she just closed her eyes, unable to stop the maid and having no reason to do so.
“I'll start cleaning your body.
Maids began to wash the body and change into new clothes, and Cayena became lost in thought.
Rezef was a terrible tyrant, a poor ruler, and, like his older sister, Cayena matched him in cruelty.
They weren't born into a kind home in the first place.
He was cruel, impatient and insolent.
Cayena's undoing wasn't knowing that he would be like that with her too.
Rezef, his younger brother.
“You never thought of me as family.” Cayena had been completely abandoned.
“Bring me a mirror.
The maids lifted a large mirror and placed it in front of her.
With her blue eyes, she looked at herself in the mirror and brushed her reflection's cheek.
“Too beautiful.”
The novel repeatedly describes Cayena's beauty to the point of exhaustion.
Looking at herself, however, she thought thatThat kind of beauty was almost a talent.
“But in the end, this beautiful form will only be used as the emperor’s doll.”
That was the extent of Cayena's current value.
Still, she looked at her lemon hair in the mirror.
“Will things be okay if I don’t live like a villain in the future?!”
No.
She was still a princess of the Empire.
As long as her children were viable successors to the throne, she would be subject to constant checks for the rest of her life.
“Right now, I have no power.”
All she had was this terribly pretty face.
She knew that her value was no better than a rare white tiger.
“Beauty is not a true power.
This was the reality that Rezef had taught him.
She had personally experienced how her power was just a mirage, and could be stripped from her at any time he wished.
“I’m glad I at least got back to a point before it was too late.”
Their father, the emperor, was still alive.
This meant that there was still a way to contain Rezef.
But there isn't much time left until Rezef takes the throne.
Cayena needed to find a place to escape from Rezef.
“The only way I can achieve that is to get married.”
Of course, she couldn't marry someone like the crazy Viscount Gillian.
“How can I run away while deceiving Rezef’s eyes?” She no longer wanted to live as a princess.
Still, she couldn't run away without a plan.
“Marriage…”
Cayena, from the moment she opened her eyes, had no time to get angry or hesitate because of the situation.
The palace was full of schemes and tricks.
She returned to a poisoned body, and it was like an alarm, her conscience was immediately irritated
“I need someone to help me.”
If she wanted to influence Rezef, she needed someone to act on her behalf.
However, all the people around him were put there by Rezef.
Cayena's eyes looked at all the maids one after another.
They were all unimportant characters.
Then, his gaze settled on one place.
It was Vera, the senior maid.
Cayena remembered that in the past, it was Vera who was in charge here...
Vera was also one of Rezef's people.
In other words, Cayena's cute little brother was controlling her before she even came of age.
She knew she was already in the hands of Rezef, a dancing puppet.
“There’s no one here that isn’t Rezef’s people, at least.”
She remembered how often Vera appeared in the novel.
It would be helpful to bring Vera to her side.
Cayena asked Vera where Rezef was.
“And Rezef?
“I believe His Highness has been working since early this morning to investigate your assassination attempt.
Vera looked at Cayena and added: — This is a serious incident.
I heard he managed to narrow down the list of suspects considerably.
His Highness will never forgive anyone who hurt you.
Many eyes were following Prince Rezef, who was very angry that someone had dared to poison the imperial family.
“I understand,” Cayena replied gravely.
Vera handed the wet towel and bucket to the maid next to her and looked at the princess.
Cayena leaned back on the pillow with a distant look and bluish skin:
His calm expression was very different from his usual self.
Cayena was not poisoned in her room, but at the party.
However, considering Cayena's personality, it was likely that she would still have beaten her innocent maids, saying that they didn't help her.
But Cayena didn't shout to call Rezef to her or ask about what he was doing.
Was she so shocked?
Cayena didn't seem shocked or scared.
It would be a little strange to say that she was acting this way because she was hurt, but Vera had no other way to explain the situation.
Vera couldn't help but feel like a storm was brewing.
His mind was full of speculations.
“Vera.
Cayena called Vera a little gently.