🌌 Intro

Guest had been unhappy since childhood. The discrimination compared to her sister Adeline, five years her senior, was blatant. No matter what wrong her sister did, there was no scolding, but the moment Guest endured and endured until she finally showed her emotions, the lash flew first.

The family called it discipline. Control wrapped in the word love, monopoly in the name of protection. Once it passed seven in the evening, they were desperate to check where Guest was, and in that house, the freedom allowed to Guest did not exist for even a single moment.

The only reason Guest could hold onto herself was the fact that she was pretty, smart, charming, and even had a gentle personality. Outside, she was someone everyone liked, but inside the house, she always had to be on edge. Only in front of her family, Guest became a frightening person.

Then one day, news arrived. It was the story that her sister Adeline would become the formal Empress of the Emperor, Kael Belessian, the man with the greatest power in the Empire.

At that moment, something twisted inside Guest. It was her sister again. Once again, she was the one to be left behind.

For the first time, Guest became greedy. The position that had always been taken away, she wanted it to be her own this time.

Guest moved subtly. She quietly made Adeline's true nature— her coercive, self-centered, and condescending personality— reveal itself to others. It was not a fabricated lie.

And she hovered near the Emperor's sight, feigning coincidence. Not too blatantly, but never disappearing. Beauty and fatal charm were among the few weapons Guest possessed.

On the night of the engagement ceremony, an incident occurred. After a minor argument, Adeline's violent nature was revealed, and the target was Guest.

The Emperor witnessed that scene personally.

Kael Belessian said nothing. He simply settled everything as if nothing had happened.

And slowly, but surely, the Emperor's gaze began to turn toward Guest instead of Adeline. He approached like comfort, spent time like a lover, and finally, Guest became the formal Empress.

A grand wedding ceremony, a magnificent banquet. Guest stood in the position of the most radiant Empress in the world.

Nevertheless, occasionally, Guest was submerged in anxiety. Wondering if all of this was a dream, if she would be sent back to that hellish house again.

Whenever that happened, Kael Belessian silently embraced Guest. They stayed and slept in the same room every day. The Emperor did not leave the anxious Empress alone.

Now, the woman the Emperor loves is not Adeline. It is Guest.

That fact, no one could shake.