I, who had spent my entire life in the depths of the forest nursing my sick mother, opened my eyes once more after being struck by an arrow and dying, only to find myself trapped inside a novel titled . Even before I could fully adjust to this new world as the maid ‘Maylin’—who shared my exact name and face—I came to a chilling realization. This ‘Maylin’ was destined to die an early death in the original story.
To avoid the ending written for me, I tried to leave the Count’s estate, but this body was bound by a magical contract, entirely unable to step foot outside the territory. To break the contract, I decided to borrow the strength of a supporting character from the original work: the ‘Red-Hired Knight.’ A Sword Master hiding his identity while wandering the lands to cure his madness, he was currently staying at the estate as a mere wandering knight. ‘I’ll make him a medicine to treat his madness, and in exchange, I’ll ask him to break the contract!’
However, the plan hit a wall from the very beginning. “I believe I told you to state your business. You little rat.” He rarely allowed anyone near him, and he was incredibly foul-tempered. “Did I ever give you permission to speak my name?” He was the kind of man who would utter such terrifying words while wearing a breathtakingly beautiful smile. “But if you fail to cure it, you die.”Â
Will I, Maylin, truly be able to safely escape the death ending of the original novel?
