# E1 - Why Raeliana Made a Deal
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**[00:48] Raeliana**
*This is...*
**[00:57] Raeliana**
*not my house.*
**[01:12] Rinko**
*Of course there aren't any withdrawals...*
**[01:17] Rinko**
* I took a year off and still couldn't get*
* into any of my top schools.*
**[01:27] Rinko**
What is life, anyway?
**[01:44] Rinko**
Huh?!
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**[01:47] Rinko**
You're kidding...
**[01:52] Rinko**
I did it!
**[01:54] Rinko**
I got in!
**[02:12] Rinko**
*Mom...*
**[02:14] Rinko**
*Onii-chan...*
**[02:16] Rinko**
*Everyone...*
**[02:18] (Flashback) Fortuneteller**
I see a short life in your future.
**[02:24] Rinko**
*I get it.*
**[02:28] Rinko**
*I was fated to die either way.*
**[02:34] Rosemary**
*I, Hanasaki Rinko,*
**[02:37] Rinko**
*was reborn as Raeliana McMillan...*
**[02:41] Rinko**
*in the world of a novel.*
**[02:45] Raeliana**
*What the heck is going on?!*
**[04:26] Raeliana**
*Why am I alive? And inside a novel?*
**[04:31] Raeliana**
*That night...*
**[04:34] Raeliana**
*Someone called out to me.*
**[04:37] Rinko**
*I can't remember their face, their voice,*
**[04:39] Rinko**
*or even what they said to me.*
**[04:46] Raeliana**
*I woke up in this world.*
**[04:51] Raeliana**
*I don't think I'll ever get used to this.*
**[04:53] Raeliana**
* I can't believe I was reborn*
* as someone so beautiful.*
**[04:59] Maid1**
My lady, your meal is ready.
**[05:02] Raeliana**
Oh... Okay. I'll be right there.
**[05:11] Johndein**
Raeli.
**[05:12] Raeliana**
Good day, Father.
**[05:14] Johndein**
Did you sleep well last night?
**[05:16] Raeliana**
Yes.
**[05:20] Rosemary**
Sister!
**[05:21] Raeliana**
Rosemary!
**[05:23] Katie**
Rose...
**[05:25] Katie**
Haven't I told you not to
wander around during meal times?
**[05:29] Johndein**
Now, now.
**[05:30] Johndein**
Let's eat before it gets cold.
**[05:33] Katie**
You're far too easy on Rose.
**[05:36] Rosemary**
Sister, you know what?
I had a dream I was flying!
**[05:40] Raeliana**
*We're like the picture-perfect happy family.*
**[05:44] Johndein**
So as for the next contract...
**[05:45] Raeliana**
*Its head, Johndein McMillan,*
**[05:45] Johndein**
I think I've got one just about wrapped up.
**[05:48] Raeliana**
* was granted the title of baron*
* for his success in the oil industry.*
**[05:52] Katie**
John, don't talk about work at the table.
**[05:52] Raeliana**
* He's what they call "nouveau*
* riche" among the nobility.*
**[05:56] Katie**
Right, Raeli?
**[06:01] Raeliana**
*On top of being reborn,*
**[06:04] Raeliana**
* I was blessed with this family*
* and a life in which I want for nothing...*
**[06:09] Raeliana**
* aside from the fact that Raeliana*
* McMillan is a character in a novel.*
**[06:15] Raeliana**
* Raeliana McMillan is just*
* a supporting character.*
**[06:19] Raeliana**
*The heroine of this story is a girl*
**[06:21] Raeliana**
* who returns from studying abroad*
* in response to her friend's death...*
**[06:27] Raeliana**
*in other words, Raeliana McMillan's death.*
**[06:34] Raeliana**
*I, Raeliana McMillan...*
**[06:38] Raeliana**
*am going to die soon.*
**[06:47] Rosemary**
Sister?
**[06:53] Raeliana**
*I have to die twice?*
**[06:59] Raeliana**
*Over my dead body!*
**[07:05] Raeliana**
* In the novel, the cause of Raeliana's*
* death was arsenic poisoning.*
**[07:11] Raeliana**
* Her fiancé mixed it into*
* the tea she drank every evening.*
**[07:23] Brooks**
Hi there, Raeliana.
**[07:25] Raeliana**
*Francis Brooks.*
**[07:27] Raeliana**
*He's my fiancé.*
**[07:29] Raeliana**
Greetings, Lord Brooks.
**[07:32] Raeliana**
*The one behind it all...*
**[07:39] Raeliana**
* Brooks, a man trusted*
* by the McMillan family,*
**[07:42] Raeliana**
* wins over Raeliana's parents*
* when they're heartbroken over her death*
**[07:45] Raeliana**
*and tries to take over the family business.*
**[07:49] Raeliana**
*That's when the heroine of the story appears*
**[07:52] Raeliana**
*and exposes the truth of what happened.*
**[07:55] Raeliana**
*At least, that's how it goes in the novel...*
**[07:58] Raeliana**
* But if it gets that far,*
* I'll already be dead.*
**[08:02] Brooks**
It's such lovely weather today.
**[08:04] Brooks**
Shall we walk through the garden?
**[08:08] Raeliana**
Of course.
**[08:10] Raeliana**
* The engagement was agreed*
* upon by both families.*
**[08:12] Raeliana**
* The Brooks family is*
* a long-standing noble household,*
**[08:14] Raeliana**
*so I can't just call it off on my own.*
**[08:18] Raeliana**
* And even if I told anyone*
* that he's trying to kill me,*
**[08:22] Raeliana**
*no one would believe me.*
**[08:24] Raeliana**
*Which means there's only one thing to do...*
**[08:27] Raeliana**
* I have to make him want to*
* dissolve our engagement.*
**[08:32] Brooks**
Raeliana?
**[08:34] Raeliana**
We should break up.
**[08:38] Brooks**
Look at that crow.
**[08:40] Raeliana**
I want to break up with you.
**[08:42] Brooks**
What a silly-looking crow!
**[08:44] Raeliana**
Hello? Are you listening to me?
**[08:46] Brooks**
Wait, isn't that a hawk? How unusual!
**[08:52] Raeliana**
*Why did I think that would work?*
**[08:54] Raeliana**
*I need to come up with a better plan.*
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**[09:04] Raeliana**
Oh, dear. I'm sorry.
**[09:08] Raeliana**
My hand slipped.
**[09:10] Raeliana**
I've ruined your precious clothes.
**[09:14] Brooks**
No... It's fine.
**[09:19] Raeliana**
Look! There's a piano over there!
**[09:22] Raeliana**
I would love to hear you play, Lord Brooks.
**[09:27] Brooks**
With pleasure.
**[09:29] Brooks**
If it is your wish...
**[09:34] Raeliana**
I'm sorry. Please excuse me for a moment.
**[09:37] Brooks**
Raeliana?
**[09:38] Raeliana**
*Victory!*
**[09:40] Raeliana**
*Why won't he say anything?!*
**[09:43] Raeliana**
*I even read a book for this!*
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**[09:46] Raeliana**
*What is going on?!*
**[09:49] Raeliana**
*Third time's the charm.*
**[09:51] Raeliana**
*This time, I'll make it work!*
**[09:56] Brooks**
This is your first hunt, isn't it?
**[09:58] Brooks**
Do you know how to hold a gun?
**[09:59] Raeliana**
*How little you know, Brooks.*
**[10:01] Raeliana**
*As far back as I can remember,*
**[10:04] Raeliana**
* I grew up watching my father,*
* Johndein McMillan, go hunting.*
**[10:09] Raeliana**
It's my first time holding a gun.
I hope I'm doing it right.
**[10:13] Brooks**
Aim carefu—
**[10:16] Raeliana**
Oh, dear, I'm sorry! I'm still new to this.
**[10:20] Raeliana**
* After all this, surely even he'll*
* get sick of me and want to break up...*
**[10:26] Raeliana**
*He didn't!*
**[10:28] Raeliana**
*What is going on?!*
**[10:32] Brooks**
Good day, Raeliana.
**[10:35] Raeliana**
What brings you here?
**[10:36] Raeliana**
We made no prior plans to meet today.
**[10:40] Brooks**
Prior plans?
**[10:42] Brooks**
Raeliana, you and I are engaged, are we not?
**[10:47] Raeliana**
Even in a close relationship,
manners are still important.
**[10:51] Raeliana**
Please return home today.
**[10:53] Brooks**
Raeliana!
**[10:56] Raeliana**
What are you doing?!
**[10:58] Brooks**
Why are you suddenly talking like that?!
**[11:00] Brooks**
Even if this is a political marriage,
**[11:02] Brooks**
I thought we had a deeper relationship!
**[11:05] Brooks**
Or was I the only one who felt that way?!
**[11:09] Raeliana**
Yes, you were mistaken, Lord Brooks.
**[11:13] Raeliana**
So please let go of me now.
**[11:20] Brooks**
What the McMillan family wants is
the Brooks family's social standing!
**[11:25] Brooks**
They should be grateful to me for
agreeing to marry a nouveau riche like you.
**[11:32] Raeliana**
Wh-What did you say?
**[11:34] Brooks**
However you may fight it,
you can't escape this marriage.
**[11:40] Brooks**
You'd best prepare yourself
to obediently serve your future husband.
**[11:48] Raeliana**
*That guy...*
**[11:52] Raeliana**
* I wish I could just kill*
* him myself, right now!*
**[12:01] Raeliana**
* I already live in*
* a world I barely understand.*
**[12:04] Raeliana**
* I refuse to spend every*
* day here living in fear!*
**[12:14] Raeliana**
*I'll have to think of some other way...*
**[12:25] Raeliana**
*So he finally shows up.*
**[12:27] Raeliana**
*Noah Voltaire Wynknight...*
**[12:30] Raeliana**
*A duke of this nation,*
**[12:33] Raeliana**
*and the protagonist of the novel.*
**[12:49] Raeliana**
*In the Kingdom of Chamus, where I live now,*
**[12:52] Raeliana**
* royal authority has decayed*
* significantly with the rise of capitalism.*
**[12:58] Raeliana**
* The old nobles came up with a law*
* to pluck new nobles out from the root*
**[13:03] Raeliana**
*before they can acquire any power.*
**[13:08] Raeliana**
*The transfer of noble ranks is forbidden.*
***SIGN*** Known as the "Nouveau Riche Prevention Law"
**[13:11] Raeliana**
* They call it the "Nouveau*
* Riche Prevention Law."*
**[13:14] Raeliana**
* But the royal seal they*
* needed to enact that law*
**[13:17] Raeliana**
*was stolen by someone.*
**[13:20] Raeliana**
* As the old nobles were scrambling to come up*
* with a new way to suppress the nouveau riche,*
**[13:26] Raeliana**
* the one who showed up out of*
* nowhere like a comet...*
**[13:29] Raeliana**
*was the younger brother of the current king*
**[13:31] Raeliana**
* and first in line for the throne,*
* Noah Voltaire, simply known as "Noah."*
**[13:37] Raeliana**
*The Wynknight family has been the core*
**[13:38] Raeliana**
* of the kingdom's military*
* strength for generations,*
**[13:40] Raeliana**
*and he is the former queen's eldest son.*
**[13:42] Raeliana**
* He's basically the last bastion*
* for conservatism.*
**[13:45] Raeliana**
*Though he was removed from*
**[13:47] Raeliana**
* the line of succession at one time*
* due to an unfortunate scandal,*
**[13:50] Raeliana**
*he's now known as the young ace*
**[13:52] Raeliana**
* who'll take center stage again*
* and carry the hopes of the old nobles.*
**[13:58] Raeliana**
*He must have it rough.*
**[14:00] Raeliana**
*But... wait a minute...*
**[14:03] Raeliana**
*Since his rank is higher,*
**[14:05] Raeliana**
*maybe he could stop Brooks...*
**[14:08] Raeliana**
* If this works out, it could be*
* an incredible bargaining chip.*
**[14:18] Raeliana**
* I know that guy,*
* and I know this story's ending.*
**[14:26] Raeliana**
* This is stuff that only someone who came*
* from outside this world could know.*
**[14:32] Raeliana**
* I don't know if something like this will*
* work on a pure-blooded noble, but...*
**[14:37] Noah**
Excuse me for a moment.
**[14:40] Raeliana**
*It's do or die.*
**[14:44] Raeliana**
*It's worth a try, at least.*
**[14:48] Jake**
Well, well!
**[14:51] Jake**
If it isn't Francis Brooks.
**[14:54] Brooks**
Jake Langston...
**[14:56] Jake**
It's been a while, Brooks.
**[15:00] Brooks**
One moment, please.
**[15:03] Jake**
You sure you should leave your
cute little fiancée all alone?
**[15:06] Brooks**
That's none of your business!
**[15:08] Jake**
Don't be so aloof.
**[15:11] Jake**
We're both in the same boat, aren't we?
**[15:14] Jake**
It's only natural that I'd worry.
**[15:16] Brooks**
There's nothing for you to worry about!
**[15:19] Brooks**
So just go—
**[15:19] Jake**
Even our client has told me
**[15:21] Jake**
that you and your fiancée haven't
been getting along well lately.
**[15:27] Jake**
Let me just give you one little warning.
**[15:31] Jake**
Do your job.
**[15:35] Jake**
If you screw this up, you're dead.
**[15:40] Jake**
So yeah, do your best not to
make your fiancée get tired of you.
**[15:47] Brooks**
*This is all that woman's fault!*
**[15:51] Brooks**
*I thought she was a shy girl...*
**[15:54] Brooks**
*but recently, she's changed completely!*
**[15:58] Brooks**
You there. Have you seen Lady Raeliana?
**[16:02] Bowie**
Yeah.
**[16:03] Bowie**
I saw her walking toward the garden.
**[16:06] Brooks**
I see.
**[16:08] Brooks**
*I swear... She is such a headache!*
**[16:18] Raeliana**
* I followed him out here*
* without even thinking.*
**[16:21] Raeliana**
*What do I say to him?*
**[16:24] Raeliana**
* And... he's obviously*
* suspicious already, isn't he?*
**[16:27] Raeliana**
*It's not as if we have any mutual friends.*
**[16:31] Raeliana**
* And this is my first time speaking*
* to a noble I've never met—*
**[16:35] Noah**
Do you have some business with me?
**[16:42] Raeliana**
Duke, this is my first time meeting you.
**[16:46] Raeliana**
I am the daughter
of Baron Johndein McMillan.
**[16:48] Raeliana**
My name is Raeliana McMillan.
**[16:51] Noah**
Ah, the young lady of the McMillan family.
**[16:53] Noah**
I am Noah Voltaire Wynknight.
**[16:58] Raeliana**
*Wait, why am I just gawking at him?!*
**[17:01] Raeliana**
* I can't be deceived*
* by the sweet mask this man wears!*
**[17:05] Raeliana**
If I may be so bold,
**[17:06] Raeliana**
I have come in hopes
of making a deal with you.
**[17:11] Noah**
A deal?
**[17:13] Raeliana**
*I know who this guy really is.*
**[17:18] Raeliana**
I don't know if this is
something I should say here...
**[17:25] Raeliana**
It's about the royal seal.
**[17:34] Raeliana**
*Behind that calm, angelic smile*
**[17:38] Raeliana**
*lurks a terrible demon.*
**[17:41] Noah**
Oh? Well...
**[17:44] Noah**
How very intriguing...
**[17:48] Raeliana**
*Two-faced bastard!*
**[17:53] Noah**
Why don't you tell me
**[17:56] Noah**
all the details of this deal of yours?
**[17:59] Raeliana**
*He's on board! Now I can...*
**[18:03] Brooks**
Raeliana?
**[18:07] Raeliana**
*Of all the times...*
**[18:09] Raeliana**
*Must he get in my way at every single step?!*
**[18:12] Raeliana**
*What should I do?*
**[18:15] Raeliana**
*Wait for the next opportunity?*
**[18:20] Raeliana**
*Actually...*
**[18:22] Raeliana**
*This might be my best opportunity!*
**[18:31] Raeliana**
I suppose I can't keep it hidden any longer.
**[18:36] Raeliana**
Lord Brooks, I'm very sorry.
**[18:39] Brooks**
F-For what?
**[18:43] Raeliana**
It would seem...
**[18:44] Raeliana**
that the Duke and I have
grown fond of each other.
**[18:51] Brooks**
What?
**[18:57] Raeliana**
The royal seal...
**[19:11] Raeliana**
*He actually... picked up on that?*
**[19:15] Brooks**
Wh-What in the world is...
**[19:16] Servant**
Lady Raeliana! Where are you?
**[19:19] Raeliana**
Right here!
**[19:21] Raeliana**
*Lucky break!*
**[19:23] Raeliana**
Well, I must take my leave now.
**[19:26] Raeliana**
Please have a wonderful evening.
**[19:30] Brooks**
Wait!
**[19:33] Brooks**
Is what you just said true?
**[19:36] Raeliana**
*I swear, this guy...*
**[19:39] Raeliana**
Yes, it's true.
**[19:41] Raeliana**
As I've said many times before,
I'd like to call off our engagement.
**[19:46] Brooks**
But why now?!
**[19:47] Raeliana**
It's quite late already. May I leave now?
**[19:52] Brooks**
You lowly nouveau riche!
**[19:54] Brooks**
You want to call off our engagement?!
**[19:57] Brooks**
Do you really think you have the right to—
**[20:00] Noah**
That's enough.
**[20:03] Noah**
Take her home.
**[20:05] Servant**
O-Of course.
**[20:07] Servant**
Come, my lady.
**[20:08] Servant**
If we're home too late,
the baron will scold me.
**[20:12] Raeliana**
Yes. I'm sorry.
**[20:19] Brooks**
* It had to be Noah Voltaire Wynknight,*
* of all people?!*
**[20:25] Brooks**
Even if you are a duke,
this is just too much!
**[20:29] Brooks**
That girl is *my* fiancée!
**[20:32] Noah**
Did you not hear what she said?
**[20:39] Noah**
I don't believe you have the right
to call yourself her fiancé anymore.
**[20:47] Brooks**
I'm not the type...
**[20:48] Brooks**
who'll just sit quietly and let this happen.
**[20:56] Noah**
Whitton...
**[20:57] Whitton**
Yes?
**[20:58] Noah**
Investigate Raeliana McMillan.
**[21:00] Noah**
And assign someone to watch that man,
**[21:03] Noah**
so that we can act quickly
in case he tries anything.
**[21:06] Whitton**
Understood, Your Grace.
**[21:10] Noah**
*A deal?*
**[21:13] Noah**
*With me?*
**[21:21] Servant**
My lady?!
**[21:23] Johndein**
Raeli, what's wrong?
**[21:29] Raeliana**
I'm all right.
**[21:30] Raeliana**
The night breeze just gave me a chill.
**[21:33] Johndein**
Well, that won't do.
**[21:35] Johndein**
Wear this coat over your dress.
**[21:37] Raeliana**
Thank you, Father.
**[21:41] Raeliana**
*Did I really do the right thing?*
**[21:47] Gideon**
You are returning awfully late.
**[21:55] Noah**
Yes.
**[21:57] Noah**
I encountered a puppy on my way home.
**[22:15] Fortuneteller**
*I see a short life in your future.*
**[22:20] Raeliana**
*I refuse to die twice!*
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