Transmigrating into The Rose of Versailles: Flower and Butterfly

"I had a dream. In the dream, I was a tiny, ugly caterpillar. I humbly hid beneath the green leaves of a red rose, afraid to venture into the sunlight. Because I knew that the moment I showed myself, a natural enemy would appear and destroy me." "Humans and birds alike were my enemies. Birds saw me as food; humans loathed my ugliness and hated me even more because I might ruin their beloved roses..." "That's right, I slowly grew by feeding on the nutrients in the rose's leaves. I saw some of my companions crawl out, longing for the rose's beauty. Without exception, humans found them and killed them with insecticide. Some were even crushed into pulp beneath human feet..." "I was terrified that one day I would suffer the same fate. To survive, I changed my color to match the leaves. I carefully avoided the rose's sharp thorns, never daring to stay on one leaf for too long. I would eat just one little hole, then move to another leaf. I thought that as long as the rose didn't die because of me, I wouldn't be so easily discovered..." "I succeeded. The red rose didn't die. Instead, she bloomed in all her splendor. People adored her beauty and praised her again and again. I was delighted with myself, because I too could live quite well while clinging to her..." "Just then, I saw the white rose beside her. She was so noble and graceful, and the way she swayed in the breeze enchanted me even more. I longed to go to her. But I knew my ugliness would frighten her." "I longed to become beautiful, to become the most beautiful butterfly, worthy of her. I lived even more carefully, waiting for the day I would emerge from my cocoon..." "At last, the day came. As I struggled to break free from the layers of confinement around me, I finally spread my wings and flew high. Dancing among the flowers, I no longer felt inferior. I saw the sky and clouds I had long yearned for. People no longer looked at me with disgust and hatred, but with admiration and delight..." "Happily, I flew toward the white rose and landed on one of her petals. She didn't reject me. Her smile put me at ease and filled me with excitement. I felt so happy. I thought I had found where I belonged. I thought we would be together forever..." "But someone tried to catch me in a net, and I could only keep fleeing, escaping to somewhere people couldn't reach..." "I saw the white rose trembling her broad leaves in the wind. She was nodding at me. I heard her speaking to me. She wanted me to hide beneath her leaves. She said she would protect me from anyone who might hurt me..." "I was so moved. I flew back and threw myself into her embrace without hesitation. She would protect me. She would protect me for the rest of my life..." "I believed she truly loved me..." "I flew beneath her green leaves, only to slam hard into her sharp thorns!! They pierced my body. It hurt so much I couldn't breathe..." "I asked her sadly why. She shook her leaves and told me she had seen through me long ago. She said I was a liar! She pointed at the red rose, now withered, and said I had killed her beloved red rose. She hated me. She had always hated me and would never forgive me..." "She said that no matter how much I looked like a butterfly now, I was still a caterpillar: that pitiful, hideously ugly caterpillar. I had tricked humans and my other natural enemies, cleverly surviving. But I had come to destroy them. That was what I had always intended. As long as I existed, my descendants would become an endless scourge and destroy them completely..." "She said she was acting in the name of justice, to make sure I could never be a pest again. So she had waited all this time, waiting for me to fly into her embrace..." "When I woke from the dream, I suddenly understood something. I was a butterfly, a butterfly that brought destruction!! The roses could never accept me. We were born to be enemies..." Theme: