Even a Villainess Wants to Be Happy

Western fantasy · Fantasy · Triangle relationship · Political intrigue · Contract marriage · Nobility · Royals · Soul exchange/Possession · Female protagonist

"Make me happy."

One day, lawyer Yu Si-a receives a ridiculous request.

She must live inside the body of Elizabeth, a duchess in another world, for one year and help her realize what happiness is.

And if she succeeds, she will be given the winning lottery numbers...?

It was absurd, but after accepting the request, Si-a becomes the duchess of Duke Blaine in the Kin Empire.

However, living as Elizabeth, the villainess of the empire, is anything but easy.

Everyone around her is trying to use her,

and even her husband Raymond treats her coldly, keeping a lover on the side.

Is this really a request she can complete?

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"...Before next spring comes, I don't want to spend my birthday in this mansion."

The day Elizabeth went to find the mage to cross dimensions was the day after her birthday.

After being coldly rejected by the husband she loved on her first birthday as Duchess Blaine, Elizabeth cut away at her own lifespan with a single resolve: to find true happiness.

Raymond felt his heart sink.

'Elizabeth's birthday...!'

He couldn't remember the exact date. But little by little, he began to recall that she had celebrated her birthday shortly after their marriage.

How had he treated her then?

"..."

He didn't even need to force himself to remember. Back then Raymond's anger had been at its peak, so he must have cast Elizabeth aside as coldly as anyone in the world could.

Even if Raymond and Si-a apologize for their past actions and no longer harbor negative feelings toward each other, the painful memories themselves do not disappear.

What kind of effort would it take to overcome even those memories?

Can that hurt really be healed before Elizabeth's birthday next year, as Si-a declared?