Only Until the Real One Appears

As an extra in a novel, I had the audacity to covet the protagonist.

I believed that love could change fate.

It was a complete misunderstanding, and everyone died before I realized it.

'If I can go back, I will never love you again.'

Whether my desperate wish was heard or not, I returned to one year before the original story began.

The problem is that this body was originally the worst-reputed villainess in the story!

'At this rate, when the heroine appears, I'll be beheaded.'

So I decided to keep my distance from the male lead and show that I'd reformed...

"I think we should write a giant placard praising Her Majesty the Empress and post it all over the empire!"

"You've done something truly great! Her Majesty the Empress is indeed a saint!"

"I would gladly give my life for Her Majesty the Empress!"

Did I try too hard? Everyone seems to like me too much. And also...

"What brings you here..."

"Is it strange for a husband to visit his wife's bedroom?"

Even the male lead, who used to hate me terribly, has started acting strangely......?

***

At last, word came that the female lead had appeared.

It was time for the extra to disappear according to the original story.

I signed the divorce papers without lingering feelings and took them over...

"...Divorce?"

"You were supposed to depose me and install a new empress... what are you doing?"

Before I could finish speaking, he tore the divorce papers to shreds.

And to my stunned face, he replied calmly,

"I can't do that."

"You're going to defy the oracle?"

"That's none of my concern."

What?

As I stood there dumbfounded, he moved in close.

His dangerous face came to a hair's breadth from a kiss as he growled,

"Didn't you promise you'd stay by my side until you die?"

"......"

"Your promise came first. I'll never let you go."

The original story was about to change once more.