How to Get My Husband on My Side

Chapter 1

 

“I’ve finally found a worthy groom for you, darling,” announced Father, as he wiped off his lips with a napkin.

 

Laying on the knees of my oldest brother Cesare, I felt the urge to run back to my bedroom and throw up all the food I’d just eaten.

 

My second brother Enzo, who had been busily chowing down on an awfully smelly quenelle, slammed his fork down and cried out in protest.

 

“Not again! Father, how many times has it been already?”

 

“Enzo.”

 

“It hasn’t even been three months since her last engagement was called off! Regardless of what our family would gain from this marriage, shouldn’t you at least try to consider her feelings?”

 

“What a surprise to see you side with your little sister. Then would you rather battle the barbarians yourself instead of accepting Britannia’s support?”

 

“What are you talking about? Those savage barbarians up north wouldn’t stand a chance against the likes of me, the greatest, most noble soldier to ha—”

 

“Shut your trap, boy.”

 

The great noble soldier took the rest of the quenelle on his plate and shoved it into his mouth, aggressively chewing in protest.

 

The marriage proposal wasn’t any surprise to me though. I knew that it would come sooner or later.

 

“Who is it, Father?”, I asked cheerfully.

 

My father, who had been staring disapprovingly at Enzo, looked back my way and smiled.

 

“He’s Britannia’s hero. The king’s beloved nephew and famous knight of the South. He’s very handsome, I’m sure you’ll like him.”

 

“What! Father, do you know how bad his reputation is?!”

 

“Boy, was I talking to you?”

 

Enzo became quiet again.

 

of them had any idea that this handsome knight would one day massacre their entire family.

 

“Ruby?”

 

my head, called for me again. This time his

 

shifted my gaze to Enzo who was frowning discontentedly, and then to Lady Julia and my father beside her, both seated upright, poised and dignified as

 

I’m grateful that I can at least be of some

 

into a rare gentle smile and pressed them up against

 

always, our sweet little angel,”

 

I really wanted to

 

more pressing matters to attend to than throwing up. After all, the handsome knight of the South was out to kill me

 

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that I would be reincarnated as a lady in the Renaissance Era, and as a

 

this novel, couldn’t I have at least

 

“Ugh!”

 

my eyes begin to water. I’d gotten good enough at throwing up silently that I didn’t need to worry about being caught by the maids, but, nevertheless,

 

or as people call it nowadays, an eating disorder. Before I became Rudbeckia de Borgia—I mean before I died—I was an adopted daughter of an upper-class family in

 

my adoptive siblings, I

 

didn’t understand what it meant, so I just laughed along with the rest of the kids in my class. I thought that my eyes were

 

time I grew numb to the racism that I faced at school, but as for my life at home, despite the sophisticated, welcoming facade of my adoptive family, there was always an unspoken rule that I was to be treated

 

and drug addiction. The only one in my adoptive family who would sometimes treat

 

me to play the role of a smart, cheerful, and obedient daughter, since if I ever brought the smallest bit of shame to my family or

 

before l passed away. But when I looked in the mirror, instead of seeing my face,

 

de Borgia, a character in

 

abused his power to subjugate others. It was a story about the countries of the North and the clergy bravely rising up and banding together to overthrow the wicked pope, his family, and

 

the northern Romagna region of Italy, and ‘Holy Grail’ was a metaphor for the holy site of the Vatican City. And as for lucky me, I was reincarnated as

 

to die no less than at the hands of my

 

and oldest brother, in an attempt to gain even more political influence, were hellbent on marrying off Rudbeckia, and after three

 

murder his wife’s entire family after only being married for six months, it was Rudbeckia who made

 

Rudbeckia,

 

I think about it though, more than being mad about Rudbeckia killing his little sister, it seems like Izek just got fed

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