I'm the crazy heir's daughter Chapter 1

1. Am I a crazy heir’s daughter?

Leonardo Sableen, Marquess of Sableen, was a mutant and a troublemaker of the Sableen ducal family.

His skin was as white and dazzling as the first snow, his golden eyes as enchanting as the sun, and his long, beautiful body seemed sculpted by the empire's best sculptor solely for the purpose of temptation.

And his long, flowing silver hair and extreme features were said to blind anyone at first sight...

As he grew older, rumors of his beauty spread throughout the empire.

Just one glimpse of him was enough to cause lovesickness, and proposals filled more than one mansion!

However, Marquess Leo remained indifferent to all courtship, focusing solely on his studies.

He stayed away from drinking, singing, gambling, and women, actively pursued moral causes, and his main hobbies were wholesome sports and charity. In short, he lived a exemplary life, practicing noblesse oblige.

At that point, everyone couldn't help but wonder.

'Will a woman ever win the love of this perfect, cold-hearted man?'

Then, when he turned twenty-two, he married a marchioness. But their relationship was distant.

Then something unbelievable happened.

After his wife died giving birth to a child, Marquess Leo became a different person.

A completely unimaginable scoundrel!-----"Are you insane, really."

The young girl in the mirror and I stared intently at each other.

Her eyes were as clear and pure as flowing aurora, and her mysterious, slightly darker purple hair was similar in color to her eyes.

Even her cute, delicate features made one exclaim, "Who are your parents?!"

I raised my hand and pulled my cheeks out, and widened my eyes.

The child in the mirror imitated me exactly.

Not only that, but she even slapped her plump, fiddlehead-like cheeks.

Slap!

"Ouch! It hurts..."

I clutched my mochi-like cheeks, falling into confusion.

'Have I really become Erusha Sableen?'

No matter how many days and nights I slept and woke up, I was still Erusha Sableen.

Who is Erusha Sableen?!

'Isn't she that extra from a romance fantasy novel who was kicked out of the family with her scoundrel father and then died in vain?!'

Fortunately, the last novel I read before I died was "Who is the Heir," so it remained vivid in my memory.

Although Erusha was an extra with not a single line of dialogue, her father played a rather significant role in the early part of the novel.

'Because he was the original heir of the protagonist's family!'

Leonardo Sableen, Marquess.

The novel "Who is the Heir" was a tragic story about the struggle for the heir apparent position in the Sableen ducal family.

Not a single character was happy, and most of them died, making it a depressing novel. I didn't realize it was a depressing novel when I read it and suffered trauma for a while.

Leonardo was the eldest son of the Sableen ducal family, born as the only legitimate heir. However, he neglected family matters and even his only daughter, drowning himself in alcohol.

Whenever he went out, he would get into all sorts of fights, causing Duke Schurman Sableen, the head of the family, to constantly clutch his neck. He was unparalleled in squandering the family's gold and treasures.

After enduring his eldest son's debauchery for five years, the Duke finally banished him. As soon as Marquess Leo stepped over the family threshold, he was fatally struck by a passing carriage.

Erusha, who was with him, also met an early death at the age of five.

'But I became the daughter of that scoundrel?'

No way!

I covered my cheeks, screaming internally.

I'm already dead, so reincarnation is fine.

But why didn't I reincarnate as the daughter of a charismatic mastermind, like the daughters in other novels?

There's even a tyrannical emperor everyone fears, so why of all people!

Why the daughter of a scoundrel with a criminal record?!

"Oh, Lady Erusha. You're here!"

Just then, the door opened, and Ebott, Erusha's personal maid, approached me.

She was the only maid who remained by Erusha's side.

Five years ago, Marquess Leo assigned a maid to Erusha, and Ebott volunteered for the position.

'Because Ebott adored Erusha.'

She considered Erusha the ducal family's only welfare. She had stayed by Erusha's side until now, believing there was no child as lovely as Erusha anywhere in the empire.

After Erusha was sent to the empty mansion with Ebott, Leo never sought Erusha out first, nor did he allow her to be seen by him.

As the father neglected Erusha for a month, then a year, and then five years, Erusha's presence within the family gradually faded as if she didn't exist.

"What were you doing? Oh, you were looking in the mirror. As expected, you find yourself so cute and adorable, Lady. If I were you, I'd be so fascinated I'd live in the mirror. Hohoho."

"..."

Yep, that's not it.

Of course, this adorable child, whose soul had suddenly been taken over by me, had the appearance of a born goddess, enough to make one's eyes widen.

But what's the use? She meets an early death at the age of five without being able to properly show off this beauty.

"By the way, miss, shall we go for another walk? Or how about we just go for a walk, just the two of us, once a week from now on?"

"Who's this one now?"

"Excuse me?"

A charmingly mispronounced voice, even to my own ears, flowed from my mouth. Being a child's mouth, the pronunciation was unintentionally slurred.

At this moment, I couldn't deny the fact that I was Erusha Sableen.

I keenly felt a powerful survival instinct.

'If I stay still like this, I'll die in three months!'

According to the original story, there were less than three months left until Erusha and her father were driven out.

As if to prove that this place was unfolding identically to the original story, Ebott's reaction was indeed unusual.

'This maid is secretly pocketing money by using the Duke of Sableen's granddaughter.'

In the original story, this incident was discovered by her grandfather, and my father and I were driven out.

Of course, it wasn't just because of this incident.

Afterwards, Marquis Leo continued to assault countless victims, tarnishing the duke's family honor and selling off the family's pillars and territories.

Eventually, the exasperated Duke Schurmann drove my father and me out.

"I know everything. You're getting backroom deals again to make me meet those ladies, right?"

"Huh? H-how did you know?"

Ebott's face turned pale with shock.

"How could I not know when every lady I meet only talks about Dad?"

In the original story, Erusha thought those encounters were coincidental.

Because her father, who exuded charm just by existing, had many women chasing after him.

Many women fell in love just by looking at Marquis Leo's extreme good looks. He was still a scoundrel who kept his boundaries and didn't harm women.

They even extended their reach to Erusha, acting very kindly and sometimes even staying overnight with her.

In short, they were like Marquis Leo's sasaeng fans?

Since it was impossible to even exchange a word with Leo, they infiltrated the Sableen ducal family through my maid to catch a glimpse of him from afar.

The thought of how much trouble the Duke of Sableen would have caused if he found out about this was horrifying.

Ebott was also subjected to painful torture and driven out while they cracked down on the servants.

Since there was no one to trust in this family anyway with a child's body, losing even Ebott was out of the question.

'First, let's deal with this maid.'

I clenched my tiny, cotton-ball-like hands.

"Do you want to see me die? It'll be a disaster if Grandpa finds out!"

Would it work?

Erusha had little presence in the family. The Duke of Sableen treated her as if she were a non-existent descendant. No one would fear a young daughter whom even a scoundrel didn't care about, much less fear the scoundrel himself.

But wouldn't Ebott have at least some interest in my life?

Suddenly, Ebott turned ashen, knelt down, and prostrated herself.

"I-I'm sorry, miss! I won't do it again. Please forgive me just once. Please?"

Oh?

The threat worked?

It seemed that no one in the Sableen ducal family dared not fear the family head, the grandfather.

"Please, please, I beg you! My grandmother is sick, and I desperately needed money. I don't want to be separated from you either. Sniff..."

Ahem, I cleared my throat and looked down at the sobbing Ebott.

I had expected it, but when Ebott actually started to sob, my heart softened.

In the original story, Ebott also needed a lot of money to pay for her sick grandmother's medicine and food. If it weren't for the money, she wouldn't have used Erusha.

"You really meant what you just said...?"

"Yes? Of course! It's true! I-I won't take money from the ladies and make you meet them again!"

Right.

Since Ebott had taken care of me for the past five years without abandoning me, I'll trust her for now.

"Then if you help me, I'll keep it a secret. I might even be able to get you the money you need."

The tears in Ebott's eyes stopped. Was she touched? Soon, she tilted her head with a puzzled expression.

"Miss, since when have you spoken so well?"

"Huh?"

Perhaps Erusha's pronunciation was too good?

I subtly rolled my eyes and spoke with a slightly more slurred voice.

"S-so, can you help me? I don't want to be kicked out by Grandpa."

"Yes! Yes, I will! I'll help you with anything!"

Really?

When I looked at her with disbelief, Ebott nodded several times.

"Really! Really!"

'Whew, that's a relief.'

Only then did I feel at ease.

First, to not be driven out of this house and die.

'I need to rehabilitate my scoundrel father.'

The first helper had just appeared.