I Bought the Villains With Money - CH 1.1

“I really wish for you to live.”

Me too, Your Highness.

I wished you could live, too.

So, we should…

“We should get married, Cassion.”

After hearing Diana’s words, the sick Cassion replied with a face that was ready to faint.

“I see you have gone crazy.”

***

Diana Viola Irenberg was the target of envy of all women in the kingdom.

She was the only daughter of a Duke who contributed to the founding of the kingdom and was blessed with the wealth to destroy a small country, thanks to his ancestors who had good business skills.

She was even blessed with the brain and the beauty!

That’s why Diana lived her whole life without any worries.

Except for the accident that left her without her parents at the age of 12.

As a consolation for her sadness by the loss of her parents, her uncle, Count Corcos, took over the family as her guardian.

At the introduction of Count Corcos, Diana, who met the first Prince, Dyson, fell in love immediately.

The crown prince, Dyson, naturally promised to marry the heiress of the kingdom’s first family.

It would be a happy life for her, except for the absence of her parents.

A life of looking at beautiful things, eating tasty foods, and wearing luxurious things.

Everyone was kind to her and envied what she had.

Therefore, Diana couldn’t see it coming.

She didn’t expect herself to be in the face of the guillotine, instead of the wedding hall.

“Diana Viola Irenberg, come forward and receive your sentence.”

The king’s aide spoke up.

Diana shivered as if she had been struck by lightning and then moved to the guillotine.

Every step she took, people were swearing at Diana.

“She will be executed for the sins of deceiving the royal family and the law-abiding citizen of the kingdom, and attempting to overthrow the kingdom for her self-interest.”

As she stood before the guillotine, the king’s aide shouted loudly again.

“Waah!!”

A thunderous cry rang out.

“Please wait! M-My lady is not a person like that!”

Diana’s maid, Janice, came out of the crowd and shouted.

The sight made Dyson’s face crumpled furiously as he came to the execution ground to watch Diana’s execution.

“What are you doing?! Proceed the execution right now!”

He commanded the executioner to speed up.

At the prince’s furious command, the guard moved in unison.

Janice, who was about to come to Diana, was blocked by the guard and the execution immediately proceeded.

Diana stared at the person who was rushing her death with glaring eyes.

Diana’s fiance and the crown prince, Dyson, led the execution, rather than defended against her false charge.

Diana cried saying that everything was a misunderstanding and begged him to recall the memories when they were in love.

“I never loved you. I just needed the money and the power you had.”

‘This trash bast*rd!’

*Clank*

The executioner secured Diana’s wrists to the guillotine. With her cheek on the wooden board, Diana turned her eyes and shot a glare at the woman next to Dyson.

Diana’s cousin, Bella, looked devastated as she leaned on Dyson.

She could feel anger started to surge up from the pit of her stomach.

“Poor Diana. You should have just sat down and act like my wallet. Why did you suddenly trying to play the role of head of the household? That’s why I took it all away. Money, family, fiance.”

Not long ago, Bella, who visited Diana in the dungeon, laughed at her and said she and Dyson were in love.

“Since when? Since when Dyson–”

“Since the beginning. Since the moment you met Dyson.”

The moment she heard that, Diana felt like the ground under her feet collapsed. Her life was shaken to the core.

Diana grabbed the bars and shouted that she would never forgive her, but Bella just snorted.

Diana, who was imprisoned, was as helpless as a baby.

Diana was furious when she remembered that time. Her glaring eyes flashed as she couldn’t even move her legs due to the harsh prison.

All kinds of ridicule, humiliation, and abuse became a dagger that pierced through Diana’s heart.

However, it was too early for her to give up like this.

She thought of a legend passed through generations in the kingdom.

“If more than three people doubt one’s death, the soul will be saved.”

If she had to be honest, she didn’t even believe in legends. She loved fairy tales, but she wasn’t that young to mistake them for reality.

Rather than fairy tales, she liked money, jewelry, and other people’s sweet words.

But now, she believed it. I believed it desperately.

If a castle was built with faith, her castle would become an impregnable fortress.

“Raise your hand if you are doubting the convicted’s death sentence.”

Most of the procedures were omitted, but the procedure of questioning could not be left out by the executioner.

Diana eagerly waited for someone to step up for her in desperation.

However, her wait was overshadowed as she couldn’t hear any sound.

Time passed coldly and steadily.

‘No one? Is there really no one cry for me?’

Even her last hope seemed to be in vain. The disappointed Diana dropped her head weakly.

It was then,

“My lady! Please stop everything right now! My lady is not someone who would do that!”

Janice pushed the guards and struggled desperately to come forward.

With tears and a runny nose, Janice desperately called for Diana.

Diana’s heart beat again with anticipation and hope.

‘Two more.’

Did her earnestness work?

“I can’t accept Diana’s death sentence!”

Then came Zoe, a woman with red hair. She was Diana’s aunt from her mother’s side that she only had a proper conversation a few times.

Diana, who had lived thinking that the Count of Corcos was the only one she had blood relation with, learned not long ago that her mother’s younger sister was still alive in the kingdom.

With the sound of clashing iron, the king’s army surrounded Zoe and Janice. Then a pair of blades was pointed to the two under their jaws.

Diana opened her eyes wide with her jaw clenched. Her fists were shaking.

Diana screamed as if she were going to shoot the executioner with her glare.

“Leave them alone!”