The night was dark. I looked around carefully to make sure no one was watching. Taking a deep breath, I quietly jumped out of the window. It wasn't very high, but for a seven-year-old like me, it was still difficult.

But some how I managed to jump.

"Hey, I think I heard something over there!"

What?! How did they hear that? Did they have super hearing or something?

Before they could find me, I ran as fast as I could. Because If I got caught today, my ending would be the same as in the original story.

*****

Not long ago, I was just a normal seven-year-old living in a large mansion. I never knew my parents because they died when I was born. The head of the Dawson family took me in and gave me a place to stay.

Everyone thought he was a kind man.

I used to think so too.

I was grateful for his "kindness."

That was before that day.

After finishing my work, I sat under an apple tree to rest.

Bonk!

An apple fell right on my head.

Instead of discovering gravity, I suddenly remembered my past life.

That was when I learned the truth.

I was inside a novel that I had stopped reading because it was too violent.

And I was a side character destined to die at the hands of the villain.

And to change this cruel fate, I run away. There is no way an insignificant character like me can have any value in the story.

So the story will continue as it was without me.

After running far away from the mansion, I finally stopped to catch my breath.

"Finally... I'm free from that nightmare," I whispered as I sat down on a nearby bench.

Waking up in a bloody novel is such bad luck. I was supposed to wake up in a romance fantasy

I had been a fan of fantasy novels and comics. One of my favorites was Throne of Ambar.

In the story, the villain planned to bring down the Ambar Empire with forbidden magic. The heroine, my older cousin, was the one fated to save the empire.

As for me?

I was nothing more than a weak side character.

I stopped reading the novel because it was filled with bloodshed and war.

As I thought about it, my head suddenly felt heavy.

I was becoming sleepy.

No matter how mature my mind was, this child's body still reacted like a child.

But why am I here?

That was my last thought before everything went dark.

.

.

.

The next morning, I woke up because of loud voices.

"What's all this noise...?"

I rubbed my eyes and sat up.

The moment I looked around, I froze.

A huge crowd surrounded me.

Last night, this place had been completely empty. It looked so creepy that I had been too scared to stay awake.

But now it was packed with people.

I felt like a lost puppy.

As I wandered through the city, I couldn't stop staring at everything around me.

The city was huge.

I had never been allowed outside the mansion before.

Suddenly.....

Grrrrr...

My stomach growled loudly.

So loudly that everyone nearby turned to look at me.

My face turned red.

I quickly covered my face with my hair and ran to a quiet corner.

Sitting down, I hugged my stomach.

"I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten since yesterday."

Thinking about my former master made me angry.

That old man barely fed me, yet everyone praised him for being kind.

Because of his neglect, my body was weak and unhealthy.

In the original story, I became so sick that I couldn't even leave my bed.

That was why the villain was able to kidnap me and use me to threaten the heroine.

In the end, he killed me.

But things can still change, I thought.

I still have three years before the heroin finds me.

As long as I remember the story, I can survive.

Just then, my stomach growled again.

I lowered my head in embarrassment.

Then I heard a gentle voice.

"Here. Take this."

"Huh?"

I looked up.

A piece of sweet cream bread was being offered to me.

The person probably thought I was a homeless child.

Honestly, they weren't completely wrong.

As I looked at the stranger, our eyes met.

Ocean blue eyes.

Golden hair.

She looked like a fairy.

For some reason, she seemed familiar.

Blue eyes.

Golden hair.

That when realization hits me.

N-No way...

My eyes widened.

It's the heroine.

"B-Bella..." she stuttered.

My heart began to race.

"Is your name Bellatrix?"