Manhwa/Chapter 2

## Chapter Guide

The second chapter can be read for free online at Tapas in English and at Kakaopage in Korean.

## **Summary**

Every month the Agrece Family has - the Grand Banquet. An event devoid of the slightest bit of familiar love. Lante Agrece has more than 10 wives and a great number of children. Among them, the most accomplished three of the children had a privilege to attend the Grand Banquet with the Head of the family, their father. Young Roxana is not one of these children, but it's all about to change because of a certain incident.

Roxana vividly remembered the day she was born. The very first voice that she heard was warm and gentle. It was her mother, Sierra. She had honey blond hair that shimmered like gold, and deep blue eyes that reminded Roxana of a vast lake. Even if she was just born, she could appreciate her beauty and thought about how lucky must her father be. Roxana was bewitched by her mothers beauty.

The reason a baby could think these kind of thoughts was because she was actually an reincarnation, that had kept her previous bodies thoughts and views. She was quite satisfied with the new found place she was born in, however, the day Roxana first saw her father her world changed.

Her father did not see her for a long time and when he finally showed his face he only gave her her name - Roxana - and left. This is when she first realized what a crappy father he is.

On the other side, her mother, was extremely affectionate. She would call her beautiful and would always smile at Roxana. Her mothers deepest wish was for Roxana to grow big and strong, and to make house Agrece proud.

This name "Agrece" sounded very familiar to her, and then the thought hit her.

House Agrece the family she belonged to. The name was often associated with theft, drugs, poison, fraud. If necessary they would kill without hesitation. A criminal family that dominated the underworld.

The worst thing was - anyone born into the family had to follow the same path. This is how Agrece's had carried on their family legacy for generations. To become a True Agrece, one went through training from an early age.

Roxana was not an exception. She didn't mind the studying, but she had no talent in practical skills, such as sword-fighting. Even her father, when he saw how she was, called her pathetic. He looked down on her. His approval was not something she wished for, and she couldn't understand why she should care to be useful. She never wanted to work for him, anyway. He treated her as an object and she hated him for it.

On top of everything, she had to learn how to courtship. There was no hope for this family in her eyes.

> *Wiki Note: In the original Korean manhwa she had to learn seduction not courtship, I guess they changed it to be more PG. They have erased a panel, where a girl was on top of a man, in the ENG version.*
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One of the only person she loved in her new life was - Achille Agrece. He was her four year older brother, and they shared the same mother. He would call her by a nick name - Xana. Unlike everyone else in the family, he was a big softie, Roxana would compare him to an innocent puppy.

She shared with him her worries about how their father wants her to learn courtship already, although she had no interest in things like that. He was shocked and frustrated asking Roxana if their mother knew about this. She explained that of course she had already heard and that the only thing mother said was yo be a proud Agrece. At these words her brother stiffened. When they were little she didn't notice this but his hands were actually trembling in fear. But he hid this behind a smile and told her to not worry and that he will always protect her.

Their family legacy was creepy and burdened both of them. They could hardly keep up with it and that is when "the incident" happened. Achille was brought by his neck before the eyes of their mother and Roxana. Her brother didn't make it through the "Special test", and ended up dying at an early age. Achille Agrece had been successfully disposed of.

Back in the present day, Roxana is inside on of the dungeon rooms that has Cassis tied up by his limbs up to the walls by a special enchanted metal. Roxana's first thought was that they must have used something to paralyze him. She had brought a small bottle with antidote with herself, carefully opening it and pouring it down Cassis lips. This woke the confused Cassis up and he started struggling to get free. Roxana quickly grabbed his face and told him to be quiet and not spit out the antidote. She told him she is here to save him.

Roxana knew that for her to survive the female lead's brother must survive.

## **Characters**

* Roxana Agrece
* Sierra Agrece
* Asil Agrece
* Dion Agrece (mentioned)