I Just Want to Be Loved

She used to be so bold and outspoken, but a sudden turn of events left her family in ruins. Her mother died in tears, and her father succumbed to illness. All she could do was watch, powerless to help. With her dying breath in her previous life, she looked toward the photograph pressed into a corner, thinking it would be best to reunite with them.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself returned to childhood. She should have been overjoyed, but fate had other plans. Forced to curry favor with her enemy to complete that so-called “conquest,” she endured nearly twenty years of torment, pushed to the brink of a mental breakdown. When her mother died before her eyes once more, she wanted to end her own life again. But at last, she saw the guardian behind her, the one who had always protected and redeemed her. After twenty years as her knight, he finally won a glance from his princess, and she found the knight who could protect her. At last, a brilliant beam of light shone into the endless night. The night embraced the light, but the light could not save the endless night.

But whether this rebirth is salvation or despair remains to be seen.