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Published at 13th of September 2021 10:00:39 AM


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The Male Lead Knelt Before Me Chapter 1

Prologue

I looked at the man sitting in front of me.

“Do you have something to tell me?”

“Yes.”

“What do you want to tell me…”

“I think it’s better to identify myself before I tell you what I’m here for. Enosh le Elpida. That is my name. And…”

The man opened his shirt collar and pulled out the necklace that was hidden under it.

“I am the Crown Prince of this Empire.”

A necklace the shape of two stars and moon hung in the air.

It was a pattern representing the imperial family of the empire.

‘Why did the Crown Prince come to see me?’

My surroundings and status has nothing to do with the crown prince. However, my lingering thoughts did not last long.

“Lena Oreu.”

I came back to my senses as the man’s call which was ringing in my ear.

“How do you know my name…”

“I told you I was the Crown Prince. As the Crown Prince, it’s easy to find out what your name is.”

The Crown Prince laughed. He laughed as arrogantly as when he called my name.

“I’ll like to offer you a proposal..”

“A proposal?”

“Yes.”

The prince nodded, took out a rolled up paper, and placed it onto the table.

“Open it up.”

I carefully open the paper. Soon a portrait of a man came into my sight.

“Well, who is that person?”

“Caleb Igon.”

I shuddered at the familiar name.

“Most people in this empire know his name.”

The Crown Prince added.

Like I didn’t know.

I knew that name he said so confidently.

Caleb Ignon was the ‘male lead’ of the novel I possessed, .

I took my gaze off the portrait and asked.

“Why are you showing me the portrait of the duke?”

“Like I said,”

The prince added glancing at the portrait I was holding.

“I’m making you a proposal.”

No way that offer is…

You’re not asking me to seduce the male lead, are you?

That can’t be true…

“Seduce the Duke.”

“What are you saying…”

“I heard rumors that you were an extraordinary temptress.”

I made an awkward smile.

The Crown Prince reached out to me because of that rumor.

I tried to protest that he must’ve misunderstood, and that the rumors were false, but the crown prince didn’t give me a chance to protest.

“I heard you made many men kneel before your feet with your body, right?”

Yes, I used my body to make them kneel before me… it’s true armed forces use their bodies anyways. (t/n it might mean that she forced them to kneel before her)

“I heard that there’s no man who won’t kneel before you with your beckoning.”

That’s right, but the gestures you think of and the gestures that I actually do are different.

“Everyone also can’t make eye contact with you when you smile.”

That’s because they’re scared of me…

“You can use any means or method. Make the Duke fall for you.”

Excuse me, Your Majesty.

I think you asked the wrong person.

Whenever I blinked, the beauty in the mirror also blinked. She was indeed, tremendously beautiful.

If I put my mind into it, I could easily take control of the whole empire and ruin it into pieces with this beauty.

The dark purple hair that reached up to my hip was mysterious, the tip of my eyes that were slightly raised, was seductive and even looked a bit arrogant.

I slowly raised my hand and touched my cheek. The beautiful women in the mirror also touched her cheek.

“Is this a dream…?”

I didn’t hear my usual voice, but a voice that was so perfect echoed throughout the room.

Besides, I wasn’t speaking my language, but a language that I just heard for the first time.

The strange thing was that I understood and interpreted the language.

As if I’ve been using this language all my life.

If I could, I would’ve pinched my hand, but I didn’t dare do so as the appearance was so beautiful.

But I didn’t have to do that to find out.

That isn’t a dream.

It’s because I still clearly remember me dying.

It was a car accident. The cause of my death wasn’t so grand.

I got notified that the next chapter of the beloved romance novel I was reading was out, and so I got hit by a car while I was busy reading it. I was casually crossing the street without looking at the crosswalk signal when the unfortunate accident happened.

When I realised that I was hit by a car, the first thing I thought of was my parents, my next thought was my friends and my dreams of becoming an actor.

And the next thing that came to my mind was, , a novel that was the main reason for my death.

was a novel that I enjoyed reading lately.

When I was in highschool, my friend Yoo Young, who was in the same acting class, recommended it to me.

‘So Eun, why don’t you read this novel?’

‘A novel? What’s the name?’

‘It’s a romance fantasy called . I used to read it by myself, but it seems like the heroine has a similar name to you, and she also acts similar to you. Because of that, I decided to show you it’

‘She has the same name as me?’

‘Yes, the heroine’s name was Jisoo-euon. Of course her name changes after she possessed someone with a different name, but I think it’s pretty similar to yours. She also likes to play like you, and has learned taekwondo at an early age for self defense.’

I was interested in reading the novel because of the similarities my and the heroine shared, plus, the name was pretty similar.

I was unfamiliar at the beginning, because this was the first time I have ever read romance fantasy, but I quickly adapted to it and continued reading.

begins with the heroine recalling her memories from her past life because of the shock she had while falling off her horse, to catch the eyes of the male lead, Caleb Igon.

Realizing that she was reincarnated as ‘Vivian’, a young lady from the Marquis Household after a hit and run, she starts feeling ashamed and skeptical about her behavior.

She was reborn as a princess, yet she tried to fall off her horse just to try to catch the eye of a man! (t/n says princess, could be young lady too)

At the time, the male lead, Caleb, didn’t show any interest in Vivian, but she was still was embarrassed and tried to avoid him.

However, in the past where they both never faced each other properly, after she decided to avoid him, the two strangely kept on meeting each other and eventually fell in love.

Looking back, I used to envy Vivian.

Caleb Igon was my ideal type and my dream person, because he was cold. In the story, he did not pay attention to other women until he met the heroine.

His personality alone is enough to shout ‘Pass!’ He was handsome, young, plus he was also the captain of the Empire’s Royal Knights!

I saw numerous men at the plays I wanted to do when dreaming of becoming a musical actor, but I never saw my ideal type like Caleb, so I thought I would stand up very much.

I read the novel on the day that my friend recommended it, and for the first time I was so interested in something other than a musical. I stayed up until dawn, wondering what the next episode was.

‘I can’t read it anymore’

It was still vivid.

The loud sound of a car going at a high speed and hitting me.

The appearance of the car, the paramedics telling me to not let in, the sound of the machine making a loud beeping sound, and my last thoughts.

‘I haven’t finished the novel yet…”

It’s funny to think that was my last thought when I was still conscious.

Anyways, I must’ve died like that, but yet I still was somehow alive. And who was this woman?

She blinked blankly, yet her silver grays eyes of the women looked gold. (t/n don’t really know what that means but it could also be “yet her white eyes had a silver light or shone silver”)

A thought passed my mind, which had been absent-minded while I was staring at this mysterious woman.

‘This isn’t really reincarnation… did I really possess this woman?’

After confirming that it seemed like I reincarnated, I suddenly got confused.

Why did I suddenly possess someone?

Did this woman die like me? What if someone who knew this person suddenly came in?

In fact, if I said I wasn’t this person and I was someone else…they’d probably think I was crazy.

I was still in thought, when suddenly my body moved.

My instincts told me that I had to somehow figure out who this person was.

As I suddenly stopped looking at the mirror, and looked at the room, I saw a lot of cosmetics and dresses spread out everywhere like a mess.

‘It looks like props that I use to wear.’

I picked up the dress on the floor and looked around. The dress was rather gorgeous, but the fabric wasn’t the best quality.

‘It feels like non-woven fabric.’

As I touched the dress, I noticed a small booklet at the side table.

As soon I realized that it looked like a playbook, I came down from the bed and picked up the book like I’ve been possessed.

“Songs of Love…”

As I turned the book over, I saw a very familiar format with sheet music and lyrics in the middle.

‘This is a script.’

I was a college student who dreamed of being a musical actor before I died. I dreamed of becoming one ever since I was a child, I went to an academy and took proper education to become one.

The script was no stranger to me. Of course there were quite a few things different from scripts that I used to look at, but the format was basically the same.

At first I was just skimming through it, but now I’m reading the play thoroughly.

This is definitely the first time I read it, but why does this look so familiar? It’s like I read this somewhere…

“Ah!”

I remember now! It was . Well, it’s more correct to say that it’s quite similar to the content of the novel on how the two main characters meet in the beginning.

As I looked at the script, I thought of the contents of the novel.

So, the female protagonist who reincarnated as Vivian was finally allowed to go out after having treated and recuperated for more than a month due to the aftereffect of falling off of her horse. The first thing she did was go out for a picnic.

The marquis escorted Vivian for safety reasons.

However, the main character wanted to enjoy her first outing in a long time peacefully, so she intentionally walked around many crowded places and buildings, and eventually ran away from the guards.

Because the area was crowded and it was well guarded, the idea of bad things happening never crossed Vivian’s mind until she was confronted by bad guys.

Of course Caleb, the male lead saw what was happening and rescued her, and offered to bring her back to her estate, but Vivian refused.

She came out to see a play, and she was afraid that this might be her last chance to see the play because the play she was waiting for was a reenactment.

At Vivian’s word, Caleb proposes to escort her, and thus he accompanies her to the play.

And the title of the play she wanted to see was the title of the script I was reading right now ‘Songs of Love’! Maybe I remembered that scene because this was my favorite novel.

As I was blankly turning the playbook over, I stiffened.

So if it’s a ‘Songs of Love’ from , and I found that script of that play as soon as I woke up after my car accident…

‘No way, this is…’

The hand that was holding the script trembled.

No way. That can’t be. There’s no way that I possessed a character from a novel, isn’t this a dream?

But I already knew this wasn’t a dream. The script in my hand was proof.

I had to face reality, I even had clear evidence.

I seemed to have possessed a character in a novel that I use to enjoy reading.




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