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WAITING FOR UPDATES this focus more on parenting than romance
Eugene has reincarnated into the body of “Reina,” a single mother with a daughter. Luckily, the confusing transition only lasted a short while, and she adjusted to her new world quickly.After she had lived for 4 years as “Reina”…She suddenly receives a threatening message informing her that she must kidnap the Princess of the Duchy if she wishes to have her daughter back ..As she sinks into her despair, she suddenly recalls a certain novel she had read before. She was the a small chara in the novel who was arrested and executed for kidnapping the heroine.A character who was merely a tool in confirming the love that the heroine’s father held for his daughter.
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Reina Boton
Reina Boton is name of our MC and she is maid who works in the Duke's mansion, The child mentioned is MC'S child
Duke
He's a married man um:blobexpressionless: nope he is not anymore in current situation in the novel cause when he went away for some war or something, his mansion got invaders in it and kidnapped the Duke's wife and his child and Duke loved his wife, very much. He is the typical ML we get to have in novels, who loves his wife very much. He searched everywhere for his wife and missing child but he couldn't find them.
The women in the portrait behind MC
The portrait belong to the Duke's Wife and the mother of his missing child. Estelle Winter Night, it's the name of Duke's wife and she was a princess ..The princess had gray hair that people thought was ominous, but she was like a cloud swimming in a clear sky, and her pink round eyes were like a flower that signaled spring. However, because of her lovely appearance, many people came to Estelle. all from user Spoiling Queen
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backdrop
The prologue is about Damian Winternight (The Duke), and Reina Bolton (the Maid). Reina met the Duke to gave information that someone is targetting the only daughter of duke Winternight : Lady Estelle.
Reina told the Duke that she can help to pinpoint the culprit, but she demands one thing : "Please save my child". It turned out that Reina got blackmailed. Reina's daughter was caught and kidnapped, and Reina must kidnaps Estelle so her own daughter can live. from user afelice
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8 Years ago, Winternight Manor was raided while Damian was gone. The duchess and the only princess in the manor was missing without a trace.Damian went batshit crazy in his revenge. He eliminated his rivals and who he deemed as the one who attacked the manor. He gained power and now his family standing is almost equal to the royal family. His image is pretty bad, tho. cold and cruel duke.
4 years prior to the story, A woman named Eugene found herself in a body of Reina, a woman with a daughter named Bonita. Her memories as Eugene was vague, so as her newly acquired memory of Reina. Eugene tried her best to adapt to her new life as a single mother without job and a daughter to protect.
Bonita was a mature child. She understood that they lived in poverty and tried her best not to be a burden to her mother. Reina looked for a job everyday, but returned in vain. It's hard for someone like her (unmarried, Bonita was born from a one night stand and the guy can't be tracked) to get a job although she is competent.
One day, Reina returned from job hunting and found Bonita got sick. Reina desperately wanted to save her only daughter and took the child looking for help. Sadly, everyone rejected her... Including the holy temple. The refused to help Bonita because Reina didn't have anything to offer
Reina arrived in front of winternight manor. She started to beg to the guard, who made their move to remove her. suddenly a carriage stopped, and the Duke stepped out from it. Reina started to cry and asked for Duke's help. The Duke helped her and allowed her to work as a maid in his manor. Reina lived peacefully with her daughter there.
4 Years passed, one day, Damian found a little girl in slum and took her back to the mansion. The girl was afraid, but Damian was gentle with her. He questioned if the girl's hair is gray, but she denied it. She said that her hair is originally white, but the "teacher" dyed her hair. Damian thought that the girl was his long-lost daughter, that's why he took her in without questions. When they arrived, Damian immediately asked for someone to take care of the girl. Everyone thinks of Reina who raised a daughter with similar age and summoned her.
Reina met the little girl and started to be friendly with her. The little girl was confused when Reina asked for her name. The girl was called "Gray Hair", and Damian didn't like the idea. He gave the name : Estelle, to the girl. Poor girl thought that she doesn't deserve that name, but Reina assured her that the name is good, like a single bright star in the night sky. Reina gave Estelle a bath, and the stupid cheap poisonous dye hair got removed... revealing beautiful white hair.The servants in the manor were happy to see the little lady and treated her well. Estelle was a sweet child and she got attached to Reina easily. They started to live in a happy manor because their long-lost princess returned.
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Bonita has pink hair and purple eyes, it seems that she got her eye colour from the father side. Estelle is MUCH smaller than skinny Bonita although they are at the same age. Her malnourished case is worser than Bonita because Reina still feed her daughter as best as she can although they were poor.
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kidnapping & aftermath
All things went smoothly, and Reina prepared to take a day leave so she and Bonita can go to the market to buy new clothes and prepare for winter season. Bonita is a very quiet child, and the servants helped Reina and took turns to take care of her. Bonita also likes to visit the knight training ground, but she always make sure to return to wait for her beloved mother... at least until that day.
Reina returned to her room and Bonita was nowhere to be seen. there was a single envelope and Reina instantly knew the meaning.Reina suddenly got a headache and somehow her memories as Eugene resurfaced, and the 'text' started to appear in front of her.Eugene finally understand that this Reina is an extra character in a novel, and her "Reina's mother instict" is so strong and she tried to look for a way so Her and Bonita's live can be spared. She thought that if she modified the plot, it will work. so... she request an audience with the duke. back to the prologue chap
Reina made a bargain, and she unknowingly hit ALL OF THE DUKE'S SOFT SPOT. Damian helped her 4 years ago out of pity and he thought about a parent's feeling for their child, he can't bear to see the distressed mother and thought of his lost daughter. Now Estelle is back, and everyone care for her. He started to think that the loyal servants who care for his daughter also have their important person. he needs to give more attention to the security.
Damian called for his elite knight and explained the situation. Reina gave the blackmail letter and point out that the fancy paper is usually bought by nobles (she worked as an assistant when the social season is going, when the duchy needs people to reply the invitation letter).. Damian started his hunt, and left Reina alone after they talked a little. Reina wept for a long time, and hoped that her daughter is alive.
Estelle met Reina in front of Damian's office. The girl wanted to ask something to her father, but she caught Reina's sad face. Estelle tried to calm Reina down while the maid wept again. Estelle whispered to Reina that everything will be okay. She saw a vision that Reina will be smiling again. Damian placed 2 knights to guard his daughter and to watch Reina, because the possibility of spies and Reina is lying still there.
Damian needs several days to track down the kidnappers, and it turned out that another noble is trying to harm his family. He and his knights appeared and well... killed the kidnappers. Damian tried to keep himself clean and wiped the blood so Bonita won't be afraid. Thankfully the child is safe. Reina waited anxiously, and came running when she heard that the Duke returned with Bonita in tow.all from user afelice
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Truthfully romance isn't the main focus of this novel, it's more about motherhood and mother love,
also It turned out that FL is the duchess The concept is a bit sketchy to explain in short but in the last parts of this novel, it introduced some complicated magical elements, the duchess, the maid, and our FL represented 3 parts of holy light and FL lived in Korea while the duchess and the maid lived in that past western era, the duchess's soul and the maid's merged with each other (this incident also stirred up a drama where the duchess's body was possessed by another spirit but the duke was still able to recognize that it wasn't his wife). The combination of the duchess's soul and the maid Reina's soul met FL in present-day Korea, but they brainwashed FL and sent her into the past -novel to meet ML and the rest is history. Later FL would find out about this. from user badsanta88
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About children
Eugene+Duke=estelle (yes she is Duke's real daughter)
Reina+ man(idk what status this guy is)= bonita
Physically when not including the subject of soul swapping
Also the whole concept of 3 souls 1 person is weird and confusing. MC, duchess and Reina are all part of the same whole but originally inhabiting their own physical vessels until they all fused together as one.
MC - consciousness
Reina - body
Duchess - memory & soul merged?? (They have memories from all three people though)