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Synopsis:

I got reincarnated into a 19+ tragic novel called “The Empress’s Garden”. And as the villain!
When I opened my eyes, it was five years before the original story, back when we were engaged.

The male lead, Kaines, who was a quintessentially tragic figure, was surprisingly a cute, little, clingy baby!

Crunch-

“May I eat another cookie?”

The male lead sitting in front of me was so adorable it shocked me!
And the fact that he would grow up to be that sexy-potential male lead was another shock!
And the biggest shock? That I would die young at such a tender age!

A villain with an incurable disease… really, author…!!! Oh yes!
Incurable disease? I already knew the cure, so no problem.
The original story? I had no intention of changing it. I loved that novel too much.
Just being able to watch their love unfold and witness the male lead’s growth would be enough.

Yes. I would leave before the original story started.
But first, I would indulge in a little fan-girling!

With a light heart, I continued the engagement with the male lead—but now, it was really time to end it.
On the day Kaines’s victory report arrived, I wrote a letter of breakup in my study.
It was just a nominal engagement; no one would recognize me as the next duchess.

“Let’s disappear quietly.”

Soon, I would meet the empress at the congratulatory banquet.
She was the protagonist of this novel.
And the man in the Empress’s Garden? That was Kaines.
Late at night, I packed my luggage and left the mansion with a light heart.

“This is a new beginning.”

But right at the gate of the mansion, Kaines caught me.

“Were you trying to run away?”

Why that hurt look in your eyes?

“Did you entertain other thoughts while I was away at war?”

The obsession he had as a child, when I ran away from home, had returned now.