Prologue
She was never the heroine.
She wasn't the main villain either.
She was only a side character... a girl whose only purpose in the original story was to be used, abandoned, and forgotten.
Born into one of the empire's most prestigious noble families, she spent her entire life chasing something she could never have.
Love.
No matter how hard she studied, how perfectly she obeyed, or how much she sacrificed for her family's reputation, their eyes were always fixed on her brilliant brot…
