A Terminal Baby’s Goal Is Survival

I only wanted to be loved by my family.

Not to be abandoned as terminally ill and locked away in the annex until I died.

After realizing I had possessed this body and regressed back to age eight, I made up my mind.

No more of a life where I waited for my family like a fool, acting good all the time!

“...I can save Taeil.”

And I also wanted to meet the precious child I had failed to protect once again.

So I was the one who abandoned my family first.

I took the precious things of the cousin who had tormented me first.

I went directly to find my grandmother so she wouldn’t be able to lock me in the annex.

I no longer cared about my family’s reactions and moved however I wanted.

But then...

“I'm sorry. It’s all my fault.” My father knelt down and cried.

“How dare you do this to my granddaughter! In my estate!” My grandmother was, for some reason, angry.

“It’s not your fault. It’s ours.” My aunt, the tower lord of the magic tower, was comforting me?

***

Taeil, the white lizard who was the only one I had ever cared for while I was in the annex.

Unlike before my regression, the healthy Taeil disappeared one day without a trace.

And then appeared Ian, the imperial prince who looked just like Taeil.

“I told you, I can’t go on without you.”

“Hold hands only with me, make sure you come out to eat breakfast with me, and let’s go on dates with just the two of us.”

“I’ll do better, Cleria.”

“I want to be your fiancé. Please, let me help you.”

Ian, lingering by my side with a gentle smile, was overwhelmingly powerful.

When had your eyes begun to shine with such deep light?

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Once I realized that, I could hear my heart pounding loudly.