The Unlikely Imprint of the Villainess and the Male Lead - Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Translator: Yonnee
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‘Mmh… is it already morning?’
Wandering through a languid dream until now, Luciana stirred from her peaceful slumber with a slightly furrowed brow.
The rays of light tapping upon her eyelids felt pleasantly warm, but despite having slept in, her body felt uncomfortably heavy.
“Uuugh.”
Why was her body aching like this first thing in the morning?
Did she fall asleep in an uncomfortable position last night?
Moans of discomfort slipped out involuntarily with every toss and turn.
‘Did Mary forget to close the window by mistake? No way, it’s the middle of winter. Could I have caught a cold? My head has been throbbing since a while ago…’
Was it because her day started off with discomfort that the remaining drowsiness gradually faded?
“……?”
As Luciana came to her senses, she realized, in a half-asleep state, two shocking facts she had overlooked.
‘Wait… Naked?’
First, her body under the blanket was not wearing a single thread.
‘A m-man…?!’
And second, more bewildering was the fact that someone was embracing such a her, comfortably deep in slumber.
Sensing the unusual atmosphere, Luciana’s slowly opening eyes snapped open.
She gasped audibly.
As expected, a firm chest loomed before her eyes.
‘What the.’
The shape was not soft and round, but squarely and tightly filled—unmistakably that of a man.
Her eyes, filled with astonishment, widened as if struck by lightning on the street.
The situation was too much to comprehend with her groggy mind upon waking. So shocked she forgot to breathe, Luciana had long since turned to stone.
‘What the hell happened here?’
When Luciana finally took a breath, the unfamiliar scent that had been lingering around her nose rushed deep into her lungs.
“……!”
A refreshing yet deep fragrance tickled Luciana’s throat.
Goosebumps seemed to stand on end. Unknowingly, Luciana’s lower abdomen tensed.
Just smelling his scent shouldn’t make her face flush, so why?
Overwhelmed by the dangerous fragrance, Luciana ended up exhaling a hot breath.
Flinch.
It seems her warm breath had also reached the man’s body. He immediately stirred in response.
Then.
“……!”
As if embracing a cherished possession, he tightened his arms around Luciana, but that wasn’t the only issue.
‘Eek!’
Luciana gasped as she felt the man’s… distinct body part from below.
The blatant presence made her face burn up completely.
Waking up naked next to a man she didn’t know. An unfamiliar scent permeating the sheets.
It wasn’t long before Luciana recalled that she drank too much the previous night, intoxicated by the sweet atmosphere of her first ball.
‘We… went all the way.’
She wasn’t naïve enough not to grasp what had happened last night, so the simple deduction was quickly concluded.
‘The headache must be from a hangover. And the muscle pain… must be for that reason.’
As soon as she grasped the reality she now found herself in, her head cooled at a glacial temperature—in stark contrast to her heart, which was hot and pounding erratically with a mix of vague emotions.
‘Uuuugh, why is this happening to me?’
Luciana gulped dryly. She remained vigilant, as silent as she could, wary that the thumping sound of her racing heart might reach the man.
She never placed significant importance on virginity. It wasn’t all that important in the empire’s culture either.
It was just that… Luciana was slightly self-reproaching and worried about having made a mistake while drunk, something she hadn’t done even in her previous life.
‘Since I’ve lived so long with the mind of an adult in the body of a minor… Maybe I let loose. Drinking recklessly without knowing this body’s tolerance.’
She had caused a big scene, and to make matters worse, she had blacked out. This was a clear case of her own carelessness, so she had no excuse for what happened last night.
Right. What’s done is done, what could she do about it now?
Hindsight is twenty-twenty, and regretting it later won’t change the past.
Realizing her remorseful actions were futile, Luciana tried to calm her restless heart and shifted her thoughts.
‘But anyway… who is he?’
As her anxious heart settled, curiosity naturally rose about the person with whom she had spent the night.
“Mmh.”
Just as Luciana was getting curious, a pleasantly low voice—still drunk with sleep—filled her ears.
t/n: picked up a new one after so long! hope you guys like this one as well~
about the imprint, im not quite sure what the setting of this novel is yet, if it’s guideverse, omegaverse, or even nameverse. the premise does remind me of a few soulmate AUs that i read years ago though!
since i read novels as i translate, let’s find out together~
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