I Became the Young Wife of the Oriental Fantasy’s Male Lead Chapter 1

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To Think That My Household Is Doomed, What in the World Is This?

 

 

 

 

Heat overflowed from the brazier where the flames were raised to the fullest.

 

However, unlike the warm spring air, the atmosphere around me was gloomy.

 

“…We can not send you like this.”

 

Every single person surrounding my bed was dripping with tears.

 

Although I was out of breath, I still smiled lightly.

 

“Don’t cry, everyone. What should I do if all the big adults are full of tears like this?”

 

“How can you say that!?”

 

“Knowing what you mean to us!”

 

At their sobbing, I reflected on my past life.

 

It was sad to abruptly transmigrate into a mass-produced martial arts novel, but what was worse was that I possessed a character who was alive 300 years before the male lead was even born.

 

The absolute one who had received the blessing of the Aged Ice Crystal, the Best Sword in the World, Baek Seolryeon.

 

She was the founder of the North Sea Ice Palace, which dealt with winter martial arts, and the ancestor of Hyun Doyul, who would become the male lead of the novel in the future.

 

She is also the person whom I possessed.

 

‘Ha, really. When I think about the hardships I had to suffer after I became Baek Seolryeon…’

 

I faithfully followed and did everything in the original work.

 

That was also because Hyun Doyul, the male lead, was my favorite.

 

‘If the original work is twisted because of me, it would be a big problem, wouldn’t it?’

 

In the face of such a crisis, I worked my bones off, established numerous accomplishments, and hardened the foundation of the North Sea Ice Palace.

 

I also didn’t forget to put the child who would be the distant ancestor of the male lead as my disciple in advance, and make him my heir.

 

‘Well, it surely is a relief that that guy was as talented as the male lead.’

 

Without that child’s help, maybe we couldn’t even hang the sign board of the North Sea Ice Palace until before I died.

 

Ahem, anyway.

 

Now, the future of the North Sea Ice Palace was truly solid.

 

Since the male lead, who inherited everything I had built up, will widely spread the prestige of the North Sea Ice Palace based on him.

 

Now that my body’s lifespan is over, I was already ready to accept death.

 

I’ve finished all the things I have to do, so by all means, wouldn’t I be able to return to my original world?

 

I used the last of my strength and thanked the people who stood by me.

 

“Everyone, thank you so much.”

 

“Palace Owner!”

 

“Please!”

 

Desperate screams rang out, but my whole body was so heavy as if it was wet cotton.

 

I was very sorry to those who were sad about my death, but the last emotion I felt before closing my eyes was…

 

‘Finally I can rest.’

 

It was a lighthearted feeling that made me feel like I was going to literally fly away.

 

Well, although a lot of things happened…

 

It seemed like it was a satisfying life in its own way, right?

 

Now, if I just return to my original world, then everything will be over.

 

“Haa.”

 

Letting out my last breath, I slowly closed my eyes.

 

Soon after, my view darkened.

 

 

***

 

 

…It would’ve been truly great if I could leave this world satisfactorily like that.

 

I didn’t think that everything would go contrary to my expectations.

 

“…Iss …Rin.”

 

“….”

 

“Young Miss Yerin!”

 

A sharp shout entered my ears.

 

At the same time, intense pain surged in from my scalp.

 

“Ack!”

 

I screamed reflexively.

 

It hurt so much that tears almost came out.

 

However, the servant girl who pulled my hair, glared with both eyes as she was only scolding me.

 

“Please do not exaggerate the pain you’re feeling. It’s only that your hair was pulled a little…”

 

And then, she started brushing my hair without mercy.

 

“Right. Who told you to lose your mind like an idiot?”

 

The harassment that naturally followed was a bonus.

 

No, I mean, just what kind of situation is this?

 

The bewildered me urgently raised her head.

 

‘…This is?’

 

For a moment, I ended up a little dazed.

 

It was no wonder since the scenery which was reflected in my view was a shabby room that I had never seen even once before up until now.

 

Wallpaper that was worn out and tattered, and furniture that did not even have any unscathed corners.

 

And even a weather strip with holes in it.

 

‘No, no. Wait.’

 

The place where I let out my last breath, was the elegant bedroom where the owner of the North Sea Ice Palace lived.

 

But where did that bedroom go, and why am I sitting alone in a secluded room that looks as if a ghost would come out at any moment?

 

Tak!

 

At that moment, there was a spark in front of my eyes.

 

“Ugh!”

 

It was because the servant girl who was holding my hair swung the wooden comb and struck the top of my head hard.

 

Was that all?

 

She even pulled me roughly!

 

“Please stay still!”

 

No, I mean, isn’t she crazy?

 

Why should I be beaten up like this by a servant girl!?

 

I’m Baek Seolryeon, the founder of North Sea Ice Palace, the first owner of the Ice Palace, and the White Ice God Sword, one of the best swordsmen in the world!

 

“What are you doing…!”

 

I, who was trying to scold the servant girl sternly, suddenly ended up stiffly frozen on my seat.

 

It was because only the did the small looking glass which was placed in front of me came into view.

 

‘…W-what the hell is this?’

 

I shook off the hands of the servant girl at once.

 

I crawled toward the small looking glass on my knees.

 

The appearance of Baek Seolryeon that I remembered was a mature beauty in her early 30s.

 

It was because the aging of her body stopped as it reached the level of a transcendent.

 

But, the appearance that was reflected in my eyes was….

 

“It’s a kid?!”

 

I muttered in a dumbfounded voice.

 

A pale-faced girl who looked about twelve years old at most.

 

Her natural beauty itself was worth aiming for the world’s unsurpassed beauty in the future, but it was just that.

 

The pale complexion and slender build made her look fragile as if she would collapse if, tuk, touched.

 

Moreover, this attire is…

 

“…Why am I wearing wedding clothes?”

 

It’s almost as if I’m having a wedding today…

 

Surrounded by layers of glamorous wedding clothes, the child’s figure couldn’t even bear the weight of the clothes, and seemed to be crushed to death.

 

At that moment, the servant girl narrowed her glaring eyes and called me.

 

“Young Miss Yerin, why haven’t you been listening to me like since earlier?!”

 

“Young Mis… Yerin?”

 

“Is this Young Miss a little hard of hearing? If Young Miss isn’t Dang Yerin, then who else is she?”

 

Dang Yerin.

 

…Why does that name appear here?

 

Thud.

 

I felt my heart sink.

 

Because I knew who Dang Yerin was.

 

The youngest daughter who was a coldly treated illegitimate child,  a nuisance, and the disgrace of the Sacheon Dang Clan.

 

(t/n: 사천당문 [sacheondangmun] is a clan/family which appears in oriental fantasy/martial arts stories. It can be translated into ‘Sacheon Dang Clan’ which is more Korean, or ‘Sichuan Tang Clan’ which is more Chinese. But I chose the Korean one.)

 

And also the little villainess who interfered with the male lead and the female lead’s love in every way.

 

Ah, why is she called ‘little’ on purpose, you ask?

 

This was because the male lead wasn’t even interested in Dang Yerin, and dedicated his pure love only to the female lead.

 

The problem is that Dang Yerin, who was perverse to the fullest, tried to harm the female lead, and as a result was killed by the male lead. However…

 

‘Don’t tell me, I’m that Dang Yerin? Really?’

 

Just as I was looking into my confused mind, the servant girl asked a question as she acted arrogantly.

 

“‘I’m going to back out from the marriage now’, you’re not going to say such an unreasonable demand, right?”

 

“What, what did you say?”

 

“The thing that the Young Miss can do for Sacheon Dang Clan, isn’t that the only thing you can do best?”

 

A smile showed on the servant girl’s lips.

 

It was a deep scorn.

 

“I’m talking about being a use to insult that lowly North Sea Moron.”

 

Wait, ‘lowly North Sea Moron’, she says?

 

There was only one place in this world that was related to the ‘North Sea’.

 

It was only the North Sea Ice Palace which I built lightly and consistently with my body, though..?

 

Somehow I had an ominous hunch.

 

I asked the servant girl in a weak trembling voice.

 

“Just what in the world are you talking about?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“The North Sea Ice Palace is the supreme ruler of the North Sea. I don’t think it’s a place you can carelessly insult like that…”

 

“Seriously, even for nonsense, if it’s this much, it’s not even funny.”

 

The servant girl looked down at me with deplorable eyes.

 

“What do you mean the supreme ruler of the North Sea? It has already been a while since the North Sea Ice Palace was denounced and placed on the verge of the extermination of its whole family, you know?”

 

“What?”

 

The North Sea Ice Palace is on the verge of the extermination of its whole family?

 

The family in which the male lead would be born into in the distinct future, and my family that I devoted my whole life to.

 

…It’s on the verge of being completely ruined. Is this what you’re trying to say?

 

However, at that moment, my head that had been hurting, felt like it would explode.

 

“Aaackk.”

 

I gasped heavily, holding my head with both hands.

 

Memories related to the North Sea Ice Palace were constantly flooding in.

 

Memories about how 10 years ago, the North Sea Ice Palace was greatly damaged by a collision with Hyeolgyo, this world’s final villain.

 

Memories about how in the process, the owner of the Ice Palace was murdered, and the owner’s still young son hurriedly ascended to the position of the Palace Owner.

 

And….

 

That ‘young son’ was the male lead of this world, ‘Hyun Doyul’!

 

I was surprised enough that I felt as if I was going to faint. My mouth opened wide. 

 

“I-Impossible.”

 

“Young Miss?”

 

“No, how can this happen?!”

 

The servant girl looked at me as if she were looking at a crazy person, but I couldn’t afford to pay attention to her gaze.

 

As the male lead’s ancestor, I built the North Sea Ice Palace by working my bones off for the male lead who will be born someday.

 

The supreme ruler of the North Sea, the absolute family of the foreign lands outside the Central Districts, which absolutely couldn’t be ignored even in the Central Districts.

 

That was the North Sea Ice Palace that I devoted my whole life to.

 

But, what?

 

The North Sea Ice Palace is doomed?

 

That’s impossible. What I am saying is that, in the original work, the North Sea Ice Palace was on a roll until the end!

 

“Lies. This is all a lie!!!”

 

“No, I mean, why are you screaming… Young Miss? Young Miss!”

 

The servant girl, who looked at me with a doubtful look, soon reached out her hand to me as she was taken aback.

 

It was because I collapsed.

 

Dang Yerin’s young and thin body was too fragile to overcome the sudden headache and shock.

 

In the process, what was so unfair was,

 

‘Ah, if it was Baek Seolryeon’s body, this kind of fainting from shock would have never happened!’

 

Bring my body back!

 

After the end of that desperate inner scream, I stopped losing my reason for a moment and lost consciousness.