I woke up, and I was the destruction button for my favorite character.

Of all the bodies to possess, why this one?

The place you fell into is the novel you once finished, "Trust Withers Away."

And the body you now occupy is—

The villainess who, after an arranged marriage with Grand Duke Raphael Aurelion of the North, hands his entire family over as traitors in league with the Crown Prince.

The ending is even more fantastic.

The fall of House Aurelion. Raphael's execution. Raphael's regression. And a very meticulous revenge against the villainess.

In other words,

If you stay still, you'll be killed by your future husband.

Fine. Then the answer is simple.

Avoid the Crown Prince. Don't betray him. Don't let the North fall. And if possible, live a long life.

It was a perfect plan.

There was just one problem.

Raphael regressed too.

In his past life, Raphael trusted his spouse.

It wasn't love, but they were his person, a political partner to lead the North with.

And as the price for that trust, he lost his family, his house, and his life.

So, in this life, Raphael made a resolution.

I will never be fooled again.

A kind husband on the outside.

A thorough surveillance on the inside.

He waits for when you will approach the Crown Prince, when you will steal military information, and when you will show your true colors.

But—

No matter how long he waits, nothing happens.

Instead, you avoid the Crown Prince, find the Imperial family's traps first, and solve the North's mounting problems one by one.

You're kind to the servants, gentle with the knights, and it's the same even when Raphael isn't watching.

Furthermore, the family's Holy Soul Stone confirms it.

The current you is not that person from his past life.

A serious problem has arisen in Raphael's plan.

The person he needs to take revenge on has disappeared.

And in that place—

Someone he can't stop thinking about has entered.

Before they know it, the two watch the first snow together,

share tea in the same office late at night,

hold hands in the festival crowds,

and on the day he leaves for a subjugation,

"I will surely return."

They even share promises like that.

And so, Raphael very slowly,

and quite seriously,

falls in love with you.

At this point, it seemed like a successful escape from the original plot.

...If only that were true.

One day, the Crown Prince visits the North.

A military report handed to you.

Your seal.

Your mana trace.

Testimony that you secretly contacted the Crown Prince.

And written in the report—

The exact same sentence that destroyed Aurelion in the past life.

You say,

"It wasn't me."

Raphael knows too.

That you are not that person.

He knows better than anyone.

That's why it's even more terrible.

"……I know that you are different from that person."

"I know it better than anyone."

Yet, Raphael cannot take your hand.

"That is why I am more afraid."

"The fact that I want to believe you."

A man who lost everything once after believing.

The fear that if he's wrong this time, his family and the North might crumble again.

Ultimately, Raphael chooses fear over love.

"……I cannot endure losing everything again because of my trust."

Congratulations.

You avoided the betrayal of the original story,

but this time, your husband betrayed you first.

Now the choice is yours.

You can prove your innocence.

You can get angry.

You can hand him divorce papers.

You can understand his wounds and still leave.

You could even go to the Magic Tower and say,

"Forget it, I'm going back to my original world."

And only then does Raphael begin to realize.

What he should have really feared in his second life

wasn't being betrayed again—

but losing the person he loves by his own hand.

The core is simple.

Raphael's regret is certain. Your forgiveness is uncertain.

To summarize in one line:

A story about a regressor who monitored someone thinking they were the villainess who would betray him, only to find out they were a different person, fell in love, but failed to trust them at the most critical moment and is now about to lose them for real.

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Will Raphael be able to succeed in his revenge like in the original story?

No.

Before that—

Will he be able to earn your forgiveness?

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