In her previous life, Atia had lived a life obsessed with sports and thus, felt a sense of kinship with Heidegger.
She even revered him, wanting to inherit his fitness secrets and mindset.
According to the foulmouthed Casus, it was a bad ending, but what could she do?
That too was her destiny.
However, she wanted to save Heidegger.
The man who sacrificed his body for his people, and horrifically lost his life as a result.
As a Korean who practiced rectifying wrongs, she couldn’t stand idly by and let such a great man die.
Atia revisited the original story once again.
Several months before Heidegger died on the battlefield.
During a sortie with Leo, he received a small wound from a thorn scratch.
It wasn’t noticeable, so everyone took it lightly, but it turned out to be a massive complication.
The wound got infected, which slowed down Heidegger’s body at a crucial moment in the battle.
As a result, he died along with Leo.
‘To prevent that from happening, I must stop Heidegger from going to the battlefield.’
There was one reason why the Wellington family continued to go to the battlefield.
The friction with the royal family.
The family motto passed down through the generations in the Wellington family was ‘loyalty to the absolute monarch’.
It meant that they would not revolt even if a knife was at their throats.
They could have easily become emperor by causing a rebellion.
But it meant they would never compromise the pride of the Wellington family, even in death.
Originally, the Wellington family were founding contributors along with the current royal family.
The two families joining hands to establish a new country was a good thing.
But it stopped at just that.
The royal family sought loyalty from the dukes for a relationship reset, and the dukes readily accepted.
However, the friendly relationship between the two families, thought to be eternal, didn’t last long.
As a hierarchical order formed, friction began to occur slowly between the two once friendly families.
The friction deepened as it passed down the generations, and by the time of Heidegger, the friction reached its peak.
Feeling threatened by the dukes, the royal family decided to undermine the power of the Wellington family.
They proposed a number of terms that the Wellington family would refuse.
Whether the Wellington family accepted or refused, it was advantageous for the royal family. If they refused, they were put in a difficult situation.
Still, Heidegger couldn’t break the tradition of his ancestors.
Moreover, in the capital where the royal family resides, there was a magic crystal that could easily blow away an entire empire.
The magic crystal discovered when establishing the Felern Empire.
The magic crystal was first discovered, shining in the shape of a crystal ball beneath a solid rock.
It was known that merely possessing the magic crystal greatly expanded one’s magic power.
Amplifying existing magic power was an abnormal act.
Therefore, the magic crystal was a tool of black magic.
Knowing the dangers of black magic early on, the ancestors strictly prohibited the use of black magic.
Because they couldn’t predict what kind of repercussions it would bring.
With the pink magic crystal in their possession, no one could take the royal family lightly.
In fact, they couldn’t even gauge how much power it held.
What was certain was that a magic crystal the size of a fingernail could easily wipe out a troop.
Imagine how much power a magic crystal the size of an adult male could wield.
Therefore, wild rumors also circulated, such as a curse falling upon the descendants if used, or the entire continent exploding.
The royal family thought about how to effectively destroy the Wellington family.
The method was surprisingly simple.
Instill a sense of camaraderie in other nobles and sow a bad image of the Wellington family.
After all, the North was the furthest from the royal family.
If the authorities were similar, the nobles found it easier to side with the closest power.
Heidegger found the royal family’s forced terms ridiculous, but he followed them without objection to prevent major damage.
However, he opposed laws that treated people and prisoners less than human.
Ever since Casus had received the Duke title, he had shown opposition to almost all orders from the royal family. Hence, the royal family and the duke’s household became enemies.
The royal family accused the Duke of Wellington as a disgraceful family that couldn’t even protect their own state.
They spread false rumors and created a negative image, saying that the family was planning a rebellion.
Even sending Atia from the Harad family, who had a short life, to the north was all to disadvantage the Duke of Wellington.
The husband who killed his young wife with a bright future.
It was a narrative perfect for inciting the rage of the women of the Fel Empire.
[This is the time separator]“Where is that woman!”
Leo, who had been unable to wake from sleep for a whole day, yelled as soon as he got up.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
