When I opened my eyes, I was my favorite character's ruin button.

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 villain who, after an arranged marriage with the Northern Grand Duke Raphael Aurelion, joins hands with the Crown Prince to frame his entire family as traitors.

The ending is even more fantastic.

The destruction of Aurelion. The execution of Raphael. Raphael's regression. And a very meticulous revenge against the villain.

In short,

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 live as long as possible.

It was a perfect plan.

The only problem is—

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.

He would never be deceived again.

A kind husband on the outside.

Thorough surveillance on the inside.

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

But—

No matter how long he waits, nothing happens.

Instead, you go around avoiding the Crown Prince, find the Imperial Family's traps first, and smoothly resolve the North's mounting problems.

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 Marriage Stone even confirms it.

The current you is not that person from the 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 such promises.

And so, very slowly,

and quite seriously,

Raphael 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 traces.

Testimonies 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 it better than anyone.

That's why it's more horrific.

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

"I know it better than anyone."

Even so, 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 after trusting once.

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

In the end, Raphael chooses fear over love.

"……I cannot bear to lose 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 leave while understanding his wounds.

You could even go to the Magic Tower and declare,

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

And only then does Raphael begin to realize.

What he should have truly feared in his second life

was not 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 villain who would betray him, only to find out they were a different person, ended up falling in love, but failed to trust them at the most crucial moment and is now about to lose them for real.

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Can Raphael succeed in his revenge like in the original story in this life?

No.

Before that—

Can he be forgiven by you?