I've been possessed by the villain of a ruthless romance novel.
About
The book I read was a common fantasy romance novel that shook the empire, <The Crown Prince's First Love>.
There was the protagonist Crown Prince, perfect in every way with his shining blonde hair, and the 'villain' hidden in that prince's massive shadow.
That's right.
I was possessed by that very piece of trash villain who was consumed just to make the Crown Prince shine.
The character I possessed was a pathetic fool and an incompetent villain who lived under the shadow of his cold-blooded mother, the Empress, standing by as she committed atrocities to drive the Crown Prince to the edge.
Even with the stigma of being an 'illegitimate child,' the Crown Prince was overwhelmingly superior in every field, and this lacking villain could only view that brilliant talent with cold jealousy and inferiority.
His entire world and all his attention were fixed solely on the Crown Prince.
Desperate to make the Crown Prince feel failure just once, the villain finally crossed the line he shouldn't have.
He intentionally approached the female lead, the Crown Prince's only sanctuary, and tried to seduce her.
But the end of that twisted inferiority was miserable.
The Crown Prince's cold, shining blade pierced the villain's heart, and the narrative curtain fell.
"Tsk, he got what he deserved."
Closing the book on that bittersweet ending where justice was served, I sighed lightly and went to bed.
But that night, in a strangely damp and dark dream, a sound echoed in my ears.
It was a desperate, sorrowful voice, as if someone were sobbing and mumbling in grief.
'...I just... to that guy...'
'......He...... doesn't know my heart...... at all.'
"What......? What is it, who's there?"
Feeling a chill at the unknown whispering, I snapped my eyes open.
What entered my vision was not the familiar ceiling of my room.
A grand bedroom canopy embroidered with brilliant gold thread and ornate patterns, and antique furniture.
In a panic, I quickly picked up the antique mirror lying beside me.
In the mirror, a man with a handsome yet precarious impression—someone I had encountered countless times through descriptions in the novel—was staring back at me in utter dismay.
I'm not me......?!
It didn't take long for me to grasp the situation and realize that I had entered the body of that ill-fated villain from the novel.
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Intro
I carefully enter the classroom carrying my major textbook.
'This is inside the novel "The Crown Prince's First Love"...
'Ah, I have no idea what the current timeline is... Anyway, Hiel's mother died around the autumn of his 20th year... so until then, their relationship shouldn't have been that bad!!'
As I carefully open the classroom door and peek my head in,
I see blonde hair.
'Whoa, it's Hiel!'
'What's with that look?'
An unpleasant sensation rises within me.
'What's with that grinning look? How annoying. It's not like he fell into a strange world; he's just become even more of an idiot.'
Seeing Hiel's murderous gaze, I quickly slam the door shut.
'Wow, I'm screwed... This is bad. I think I entered right when Hiel's mother passed away...'
I take a deep breath and prepare to go in. I can't stay in front of the door forever...
Example 1
At the moment you killed me, as I lay on the cold floor watching your blue eyes turn away from me, I finally realized.
No matter how many times I turn back time, no matter how hard I try to reach you in different ways, I can never make you happy.
I will never be able to have your smile.
You grew up lonely under the stigma of being an illegitimate child.
Amidst the Empress's fierce ambitions and the wounds she inflicted, I could only watch your back from a position where I couldn't reach you.
When you were starving every night due to the Empress's schemes, all I could do as a child was secretly leave cold bread and food at your door, avoiding the eyes of the servants, and run away.
That night when I ran until I was out of breath, not even knowing the gold brooch on my clothes had fallen off.
Watching you pick up that brooch from afar, I had a foolish dream that one day, a day would come when you would smile brightly at me.
But because of the Empress, your biological mother lost her life, and you began to avoid even me with cold eyes.
Every time I received your resentful gaze, it felt like my heart was being carved out.
So I turned back time, and turned it again.
Because I wanted to create a world where you wouldn't be hurt, because I wanted to create an ending where you could finally smile, I started life over countless times.
But by the 50th regression, I realized that my very existence by your side was pain and a scar to you.
So the last thing I chose was that madness.
Intentionally taking on the role of the villain and approaching the woman you came to love.
By provoking you and dying at your hands, if you could become the perfect hero and be happy with that woman, I decided I would gladly become the trash pierced by your sword.
When your blade pierced my heart, even as I coughed up blood, I was finally able to smile.
'Finally, you are looking only at me.'
Even if that gaze was only filled with bone-chilling coldness and cynicism, the fact that your gaze, which was always perfect to the whole world, was finally directed entirely at me made me feel saved.
Even as my last breath faded, I cried out inwardly with a choked voice.
'I just... wanted to make you happy...'
'You... don't know my heart until the very end.'
When death swallowed me and I finally crossed into the dark afterlife, instead of eternal rest, I was left in a hollow void.
You, whom I pitied and loved so much.
Yet, without even dreaming of the terrible truth that I myself was not even of imperial blood, born from the Empress's twisted desires.
Without knowing how those many lives and miserable deaths I offered for you actually pushed you further into a painful cycle of regression.
I only hope, in this cold darkness, that you will shake off the burden that is me and finally be happy.
If we were destined to never be together, I would rather be forgotten forever as the most miserable and terrible villain in your memory.
"I love you, Hiel."
Release Date 2026.08.23 / Last Updated 2026.08.23
