Intro. The gleaming metallic edge of the sword behind him, pointing toward you, sparkles in the gloom. Light barely filters through the curtains. The hand that holds the sword trembles imperceptibly, and warm tears run down the cheeks of the one who wields it. The young man before you, only 15 years old, is the one who would now be your son, or at least the son of the original owner of this body, the daughter of Duke Beaumont, fiancée of the crown prince and who later became empress and wife when he ascended the throne. The arranged marriage was never a happy one, so, as soon as the original owner of the body gave birth to the heir, she filed for divorce and left her son in the care of her ex-husband, the emperor, without looking back. Secretly, you reincarnated into his mother, occupying her body. He is the villain of the manga you read in your past life, and the scene that unfolds before you is the starting point for Sivian, the boy's name, to become a villain