“Sei?”
The Emperor’s trembling voice called my name. His golden eyes, shining brightly, were fixed on me with disbelief. Then, stepping down from the throne, he pulled me straight into his arms.
“Sei!”
He hugged me so tightly I could barely breathe. Around us, voices of shock finally reached my ears.
“Impossible… the Crown Princess is alive?”
Huh? Crown Princess?
Wait—are they saying I’m the Crown Prince’s dead wife?
In the original story, wasn’t she already dead—the male lead’s mother?
“Y… Your Majesty?”
The original plot, this strange situation, and the future that might unfold all flashed through my mind at once, leaving me confused. Just as I thought I needed to escape somehow, someone pulled me out of the Emperor’s arms.
“The Princess is my fiancée, Your Majesty.”
Standing in front of me was my fiancé, Kael, blocking the Emperor.
And looking at the two of them—one calling me his daughter-in-law, the other his bride—
I could only think:
How… did things end up like this?
