Prologue: Did I Reincarnate For This?
This country is doomed. In a way, it's almost shocking.
Not even in my 21 years could I image, or process, what was happening. I couldn't have imagined that I would be reincarnated as an aristocrat, enjoying a golden spoon life.
From a young age, I knew that the neighboring countries were at war. But it was the same feeling as a war occurring in another country on Earth. In some other country, even if a lot of people died under terrorism, my daily life was peaceful.
The Delphais Empire declared war on neighboring kingdoms to unify the continent. I believed that a union would impossible no matter how big the emperor of an empire dreamed.
But oh, was I wrong.
The Delphais Empire expanded their territory little by little near the border until they finally came face to face with the Sofen Kingdom. That was when the emperor told our king to surrender, or choose death.
The king of Sofen, whose face I have never seen before, went to the battlefield with my father, uncles, cousins, and more members of our family. And because they couldn't fight properly, their necks fell.
It was all because of Kalied, the psychotic killer who killed our king. The reincarnation of evil, a man with such power and arrogance that even the empire folded under him.
Asshole.
To those of us from Sofen who have lost our king, the emperor's decree has been issued to us. It was written on one page in elegant handwriting, talking about this and that. But its meaning was clear in the end of the page.
If you don't surrender, you'll die.
As soon as my fragile mother, a typical aristocratic woman, read the official letter, she sat down in her place with a lost expression.
Oh no... So that is the expression of one who just lost their country.
The emperor stripped all the captured nobles involved in the war and stripped them from their ranks, making them commoners. Commoners couldn't receive titles. In other words, my father was no longer Count Efran.
And because my father was deprived of his nobility, under the laws of the Sofen Kingdom, I would become the next successor. However, in the Delphais Empire, women were not allowed to hold titles.
No, it was said that "unmarried ladies" could not take titles.
Not only that, but the emperor told the nobles of the Sofen Kingdom who succeeded the new title that they had to come forth to the imperial palace and swear obedience in order to keep their wealth, social standing, and everything else...
But because the empire was large, it took about a month by carriage to get the the capital of the Empire of Delphais, where the imperial palace was located.
Considering this distance, the emperor, who decided to be merciful, gave us two months.
What kind of situation was this!
I had to be married within a month! AHH!
T/N: Thanks for reading the Prologue!
Here are some notes that I think differed from the manhwa, and would like to address...
** The main character's name is Leylin Efran. Her name didn't appear in the webnovel yet, so I didn't think it was necessary to include it. However, to avoid confusion, I feel like I should include it here haha.
Other than that, I hope you enjoyed! This is my first time translating any Korean webnovels, so I hope it was okay. If you want faster chapters released or just want to donate, click the image below to buy me a ko-fi!
