CHAPTER 2

I Will Change My Fate To Be Executed

2.The resurrection of the executed crown princess.

"Heuk heuk. Your Highness Crown Princess. Heuk heuk……"

“I will never forget the loyalty that princess showed to me even after I die. Now stop crying."

I patted the crying princess on the shoulder and raised my head towards the prison guard.

"Go ahead and muzzle me."

The guard bowed his head and then gagged my mouth and bowed his head again.

"......I have been owed to you in the past, so I will not bring you with me."

As I walked down the hallway of the underground prison where only a small crack with sunlight seeping through lit up the darkness, I felt the shadow of death approaching.

It is acceptable for me to die alone, but my family, what will happen to my family.

As soon as I got out of prison, people put a hood on me and put me in a carriage. Even while I was getting on the carriage, I could hear the desperate cry of the princess crying out to me. By the time the carriage that had been running for a long time stopped, people were buzzing.

"You're a crazy old princess!"

"The devil in the mask of the Crown Princess!"

"Cut off the old princess's neck right now!"

It was until someone took off the hood that I knew where I was. It was a citizen square in Reynos. Thousands of Reynos citizens had already gathered in the square to watch my execution.

The eyes of the citizens who looked at me as if they were seeing something more terrible than anything else in the world were full of hatred and contempt.

"Kill the Abandoned Crown Princess who murdered the Crown Prince! Kill her!"

"The Wicked Princess is a witch! Kill the witch!"

Angry citizens threw stones at me. Not long ago, I was the one who ascended to the position of Crown Princess with the blessings of all the people.

Now I have become a terrible monster that killed my husband and was stoned by people.

In the center of the square, His Majesty and Her Majesty were looking down at me with harsh eyes, and below them were my husband Karzan's body wrapped in lily flowers as if he were asleep.

'I didn't kill him! I didn't kill you!'

I wanted to shout. I wanted to shout to death. It's not me! I didn't do it!

I never killed the Crown Prince! This is someone's conspiracy! I'm guilty of being caught up in that conspiracy!

However, I couldn't say anything because of the cloth that was tightly covering my mouth. I wanted to raise my head proudly, but I was afraid to make eye contact with anyone because of the stinging gazes of everyone staring at me fiercely.

The executioners fastened my ankles with shackles with large iron chains to keep me from escaping. Another executioner pulled a straw-covered cart dripping blood in front of me.

"Walk!"

I could guess what it was, so I turned my head the moment the knight lifted the cover. However, the knight standing next to me raised my head up and stopped me from looking away.

"If you close your eyes, I'll cut off your eyelids so you can see!"

Mother and father on the cart. My brother lay peacefully asleep with his eyes closed, but the red-colored sack covering my family was already saying they were not in this world anymore.

The moment I saw my family's terrible humiliation, the tears I had been holding back with all my might fell down.

Before the wedding, the voices of my father and mother who softly called my name, which I could not call in the future because it was the last time, echoed vividly in my ears.

[Venity. My daughter. My daughter, who will be the crown princess tomorrow. Let's try to call that name for the last time, which can't be called lightly, Venity. My daughter.]

An older brother who quietly made custard for his younger sister who enjoys wine and left it at the door. All my family did was send me to the crown prince…..

Was that enough for my family to suffer annihilation. Was sending me off such a big sin…..

Behind my back, the sound of pulling out a sword rang violently as if to announce my death. A sharp blade flew towards my neck.

I hugged my body tightly as if holding the witch's sheet music that the princess gave me with both hands.

If I were born again, I would never live a life like this.

If I am given a chance to live a new life, I will never….. I will never again live a life victimized by betrayal and conspiracy like this.

The moment I close my eyes. I sang the song of a witch who was unfairly executed in ancient times.

Everything is a dream.

It was a long dream that was harsh and cold.

Now I shall fully awaken from that cruel and sad dream.

* * * *

"Princess!"

Tasha! This voice was definitely Tasha's. As soon as I jumped out of bed, I saw Tasha with a sad face.

"Princess. Do you know how worried I am that you didn't wake up?"

"Ta, Tasha?"

Was it all a dream. However, even at this moment, it was too beautiful to be called a dream. Something I've never done before. So, I rubbed my cheeks against Tasha's. I can call it a dream. Because I'm so happy at this moment.

"What's wrong with you, princess?"

Tasha's bewildered voice was vividly conveyed, but my relief came first.

"Tasha, is this a dream?"

"What are you talking about. Princess, did you have a nightmare last night?"

"Nightmare?"

"You're in a cold sweat. And you've done things you never did…."

Was it really a dream? All those vivid moments? Was it really a dream to do something so terrible that even the word "nightmare" was not enough.

I hugged Tasha tightly as if reminding me that this moment was real. As the princess said, the witch's sheet music gave me a chance to change my life.

"Venity!"

My brother Valen looked urgent and opened the door and came in.

"Venity! Are you alright?"

"Brother!"

I let go of Tasha and jumped out of bed and ran towards Valen and hugged him tightly. My brother was embarrassed by my sudden action, so he was at a loss, but it didn't matter. There was nothing more important than the fact that I was holding my brother alive at this moment.

Valen took off the hug and started looking at my legs. My ankle was wrapped in bandages.

"Venity. I heard you fell off from your horse. How's your leg? Are you okay?"

Fell off from my horse?

Tasha trembled as if she were horrified at the very thought of it.

"Don't tell me. I've been sleeping since I fell off from my horse yesterday and I've just woken up…. You even think I had a nightmare."

"Nightmare?"

"Yes. She suddenly hugged me and cried."

Valen nodded as if he understood.

“I think the impact of falling off from the horse was quite big."

If it's the time when I fall off from my horse.....

"Tasha, what year is it today?"

Not only Tasha but Valen looked at me with a surprised look on his face. There was a shadow on the faces of the two in an instant.

"Tasha. Didn't you say Vanity fell and only hurt her leg? Did she even hurt her head too?"

"Ah, no. Fo-fortunately, he said she was fine except for the sprained ankle…."

The two of them seemed unwilling to answer my questions.

Suddenly, when I stood up, I felt a slight pain in my ankle.

I remember when I was 17 I sprained my ankle from a fall while riding my horse. That was a week before the invitation from the imperial family that I had been placed on his fiancee candidate list.

I checked the calendar and found that today was September 2, 502, when I was 17 years old.

"Venity, your ankle hasn't healed yet, so sit down. No, Tasha. Will you bring Venity a wheelchair?"

"Yes, I will."

"Valen, what about father? mother? Where are they?"

"They're out there talking to the senator. Shall I ask them to come here?"

I slowly turned my head and looked out the window. In the distance, I saw my mother and father sitting on a bench in the backyard and talking to a lawmaker. Looking at my parents' faces, I felt emotional again. My room was on the 1st floor, and I went straight out from the window.

"Venity, are you crazy? Where are you running with that foot! Come back, Venity!"

"Oh, my God. Princess!"

Tasha, who was pushing the wheelchair, didn't know what to do and grabbed the wheelchair and walked together. Valen followed me, but couldn't catch up with me me who hurt my ankle.

I missed my parents so much that I couldn't even feel the pain in my ankle.

I run and keep running on the grass. To see the faces of my parents who I miss so much. To confirm that this moment is not a dream.

"Mom, Dad!"

My mother and father were surprised to see me running barefoot shouting for my mom and dad.

"Venity, what's going on?"

"Venity!"

I ran in tears and opened my arms as if to hug. My father immediately opened his arms and hugged me as I dug into his arms.

"Venity, what is it. What's going on?"

"Venity! What are you going to do if you jump with your injured foot like that!"

I wiped my tears away and buried my face on my father's shoulder.

"It just…. Because I miss you."

"What?"

My Mother's voice was absurd.

"Venity! I can't believe a Duke's daughter is running through the garden like this! Even with an injured foot!"

I reached out to my mother as if to hug her. My mother hugged me, she made a terrifying expression on her face, and pretended that she couldn't win.

"Venity, what happened? Is it because you hurt your leg yesterday?"

"Yes. Mom. I'm sorry."

I held myself in my mother's arms and vowed again and again. In this given life again, I will not be the woman of Karzan who has coldly abandoned me and led a miserable and pitiful life in his shadow, and above all, I will find the forces behind my family death and punish them.

Lastly, in order to fix everything as the princess asked me to, I will definitely find them and pluck them up to the root.

-to be continued

Translated by Aria

Not 100% correct

Credit to the Author

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