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“Princess, come here quickly!”

“Gasp..gasp..gasp..gasp..”

A woman running hurriedly down a hallway, with a man escorting her.

Escorted by a man with blue hair and blue eyes, the princess with black hair and red eyes was gripped by fear and was trying to move her legs with all her might to survive.

however..

“Huh!..”

A group of people appeared in front of them as they ran away without thinking.

They are heavily armed with armor and swords.

Among them, a woman dressed in a white robe slowly walked out.

She also knows it all too well. But… she absolutely did not want to face that person at this moment.

A woman with silver-shining hair and blood-red eyes.

The moment she saw that sight, she felt that everything was over and called out to him with a trembling voice.

“Uh… Sister… ”

The girl I see before my eyes.

The princess stepped back in fear as she looked at her blood-related sister.

My sister slowly approaches me, holding a sword that is engulfed in magic and burning with a red light.

Next to that older sister stood her fiancé, whom she had always loved.

“Bae.. Count.. How.. How you..”

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I’m truly sorry, but this is what happened.”

With those words, the man naturally kissed his sister’s fingertips.

At that moment, tears of despair and anger began to flow from her eyes as she saw the sight that shocked her even more than her sister who had a knife in her hand.

“Don’t blame me too much, you brought this on yourself.”

My sister showed a cold smile on her lips, her red eyes filled with hatred flashing.

My older sister, wrapped in tremendous magical power, exuding a murderous aura that could be felt through her skin, like a reaper crawling out of hell.

At that moment.

“!…”

“… .”

The escort blocking my sister’s path while holding a sword.

Looking at him, my sister’s expression suddenly collapsed and she spoke to him.

“I didn’t really want this ending…”

“I’m sorry, sir. But even if the whole world turns around, I can’t abandon this person.”

“… I’m really sorry.”

The person who answers his sister’s words firmly.

At this, my older sister made a truly pitiful expression and grabbed the two swords in each hand.

A person who will protect himself until the end in a situation where there is absolutely no chance of winning.

Looking at him, the princess began to feel deep regret once again.

‘Why did I only realize this now? Why… at a moment like this…”

She began to feel sad as she recalled the past.

And then, in front of her eyes, the man swung his sword.

A man who goes into battle with all the strength he can muster.

However, the moment in which he gave it his all did not last long.

“Ugh!”

The sight of him dying with a sword stuck in his heart

As she watched the man crumble before her eyes, her sister spoke in a voice filled with sadness.

“That’s why.. That’s why I told you. Don’t try too hard in front of someone you can’t beat..”

That person whose breath was running out as he listened to his sister’s words.

But at that moment, his gaze was neither on his sister nor on the sword embedded in his heart.

There is only one person he is looking at.

Only the princess trembles as she looks at herself.

Even as his own life was fading away, his eyes were filled only with regret towards the princess.

“Ah..No. No..”

The princess was suddenly overcome by a deep sadness she had never felt before.

She would have liked to save him right now, but there was no way she could do that right now.

like that..

The body of the man who had tried to protect her had turned cold, and upon seeing this, the princess sat down in despair and sadness.

Meanwhile, looking at the man who took his own life, my sister spoke quietly in a lonely voice.

“I didn’t want to give you this ending.”

My sister, with those last words, wiped the expression of pity from her face.

Then, she raised her sword and spoke to her younger brother in front of her in a voice that was as cold as ice.

Unlike when I cut down the escort just now, I didn’t feel any regret at all.

All it contained was fierce hatred and hostility, that was all.

“Then, what you took away from me, I will make sure to get it back. My dear little sister.”

With that said…

-Whoaaah!-

Her sister’s black sword slit her throat.

“Ah… Ah… ”

The terrible pain felt at that moment.

She collapsed on the spot as she watched the whole world turn red with the pain of burning flesh and bones in flames.

My breathing becomes shallow and I start to feel dizzy.

Pabu felt a warm and sticky sensation, but at the same time, his whole body felt cold.

The feeling of life as a candle going out.

The pain that comes with it. The despair. And the regret.

Caught up in such terrible and complicated emotions, her body began to sink into a sea of blood.

‘I shouldn’t have done that…”

At that moment, the image that came to her mind was of her father looking at her with a joyful expression.

The moment when he had placed his hopes on her and tried to pass on everything he had.

‘Even if I hadn’t been given this position back then… it would have come to this…’

I had some level of awareness myself.

That these gifts from his father did not suit him.

The peacock’s seat too

Even the perfect fiance

And… the excessive expectations of the people around me and my father’s excessive love.

But she accepted it, remembering her small desires and the advice of those around her.

The result was her death.

‘The position of successor and all.. I should have thrown it away a long time ago along with that damn fiancé.. Ah.. I’m sorry, mother.. If I had listened to you back then, it would have gone this far..’

Regretting the wrong choices I made during those reckless times.

Thinking back to the woman who had been warning her all along.

Lamenting the fact that I had gone to extreme lengths to receive love and attention from those around me

And… I was so caught up in the sweet illusion that I didn’t notice.

To the person who always tried to protect her by her side.

Feeling feelings of guilt and regret…

she is.

The third princess of the Dragona Duchy, a nation of dragons, and the next in line to succeed to the throne.

Katlena Sofia Dragona’s life ended tragically at the young age of 21, at the hands of her older sister.

If things had gone according to plan, that’s what would have happened.

*

“Before we go to the goal with a set like that, we have to change this route somehow..”

A young boy lying face down on the palace floor, cleaning the hallway.

A boy with a shaggy appearance, with blue hair and blue eyes.

The servant named Zeros Raymond muttered in a small voice as he thought about what would happen in the future.

The boy who would have been the aide and bodyguard of Princess Katlena if things had gone as planned, but was later killed while trying to protect her until the end.

But now, the being inside him was not a naive man who only had such simple loyalty.

He was an avid reader of the fantasy novel ‘White Princess’, which is the original work of this world, but he regained consciousness after dying in his previous life and found himself possessed by Zeros, a supporting character in the novel.

Lee Kang-seok.

Originally an ordinary reserve job seeker, he was now seriously contemplating his future as he realized the situation he was in.

‘What should I do… If I keep going like this, I’ll definitely end up in the other world, unable to move, just like in the original.’

Zeros, a supporting character in the original work and a possessed being himself.

He started out as a servant to the Duke’s family and later rose to the position of being trusted by the princesses, but after becoming entangled with his master and the youngest princess, Katelena, whom he had a crush on, he ended up trying to protect her until the very end.

And the person who killed him was the White Princess, the main character of the original work and a personal friend of Zeros. Despite her persuasion, Zeros ultimately chooses to meet his end with his master.

From the reader’s perspective, it was a great ending that suited the original character of a loyal subject, but Kang-seok, who had become Zero, obviously had no intention of meeting such an end easily.

‘People should definitely stand in line. Even if you stick around under someone who is obviously going to fail, in the end you’ll only lose out. How much money did I lose in my previous life because I couldn’t cut my losses on coins?’

And, in the process of making up for the loss, he meets with an unexpected death…

Thinking back now, Zeros had already made up his mind to cut ties with the bitter memories of that time.

At this point, he has yet to catch the Duke’s eye and be entrusted with Katlena’s escort.

To be exact, it is a situation that took place 12 years before Zeros and Princess Katlena were killed by the White Princess, the main character in the original work.

At this point, there was only one best path for Zeros, knowing what would happen next.

A being who would later kill Princess Katlena, who had usurped his position, drive out his father, and take over the Duchy of Dragona.

The eldest of the three princesses in the duchy, she is the most capable and powerful person, and the protagonist of the original work.

White princess.

Going under Princess Elios Northhelat Dragona could be said to be the best route for Zeros at the moment.

‘Then… I need to get out of this situation of cleaning the floor like I am now as soon as possible.’

Fortunately, since I had been following the original story closely, I knew well when and how the opportunity to rise in status would come.

In a series of such events, he becomes entangled with the ultimate winner, Princess Ellios, rather than the loser, Princess Katlena, and rises in power under her.

If that were the case, it was clear that I would be able to live a comfortable and sweet life without having to die a miserable death like in the original.

‘The problem is that the event is going to take place in the next two years… and in the meantime, I have to spend my days like I am doing now, mopping the floors.’

Later, Zeros is evaluated as a trustworthy and intelligent person, and is selected by the princesses, and eventually rises to a fairly decent position as Katlena’s direct assistant.

However, his current state was literally that of a servant cleaning the palace floor.

They are just young and powerless beings without the trust or presence of those above them.

Until the time came to make one’s worth known, one had no choice but to live each day diligently, working hard in silence.

‘Sigh… Right now, I should just diligently clean the floor…’

It was at that time that Zeros felt bitter and regretful about the inevitable reality.

“Zeros Raymond?”

“! Ah.. Butler.”

Zeros got up from his seat at the sound of a voice in his ear.

A being dressed in neat attire stood before his eyes.

However, he had an appearance that was fundamentally far from human.

At first glance, it resembles a human female.

However, her body had features that were clearly different from those of a human.

It has a pair of huge blue wings sprouting from its back.

A type of demon race called Siren, they were quite common in the Duchy of Dragona.

A butler who belongs to the Siren race and also manages the household affairs within this palace.

She, whose name was Serif, was the direct superior of Zeros, who could currently be considered a servant.

‘To be honest, when I first saw him, I thought he was quite interesting. But surprisingly, he has a strict personality, so now he just feels like an assistant instructor I saw in the military.’

Zeros, who was thinking that, stood up politely from his seat.

Looking at him, Serif said with a slightly strange expression on his face.

“Follow me. The princess is looking for you.”

“Huh? Me… Me?”

“Yes. He asked you out of all people. I don’t know why, but if you act rudely, something might happen, so be careful.”

“Ah. Okay, sir.”

Zeros bowed his head to Serif’s words and followed her.

In this unexpected situation, he began to feel both nervous and anxious.

At least from what he knew at this point, Zeros was nothing more or less than a background character who didn’t even appear in the original work, and there was no reason for him to receive the princess’s call.

‘What? Could it be that I did something wrong and the flow of events changed? There’s no way something like cleaning the floor a little differently could cause a problem, right?’

Feeling like a criminal, Zeros walked cautiously down the hallway, worried that something might have gone wrong somewhere he didn’t know about.