《Becoming Bestfriends With the Cold Male Lead》 Chapter 1 Livia. Low and deep voice rang in her ears. .Lucian?! Surprised by the voice of someone who could never be heard here, Livia jumped up from her seat. No, he cant possibly be here right now, can he? Lucian stood before Livia, who was blinking at the unbelievable reality before her. Its really hot here You, you. Why? Hows your engagement? Im not doing it. What does he mean? Why arent you doing it? So you dont have to. When Lucian looked at him who said it as if it was obvious, she stood there with her mouth wide open and lost for words. Lucian, who smiled at her, took off his black coat. He put it on Livias shoulder, who was wearing a top that clearly exposed her shoulders. Why? Would you like me to be engaged? Huh? Im not going to get engaged. He added in a low as he started to button the coat. Neither are you, of course. It was when the Crown Prince of the Colden Empire, filled with the smell of cold winter, arrived in the Hate Kingdom where the sun was shining brightly. Hello? The person sitting beside her snapped their head when Lively spoke so lively. Her Highness Livia. As she tilted her head as if there was something wrong in the voice that addressed her, her navy tied hair fluttered. Why? The compelling red-haired boy sighed at the question. And a tall, navy-haired man as Livias, burst out laughing. However, despite the conflicting reactions, the words that came out of his mouth were still Talking in an informal manner is a bit Theres no way Ill use informal speech. Oh, but I heard youre younger than me. And were two years apart, arent we? Her blue shining eyes wiped around the room, looking at her father and her escort, who tried to prevent her from using informal speech. But, hes the Crown Prince of the empire. You cant speak informally to him. I beg you, Your Highness, he is the Imperial Crown Prince. Tsk. Livia shook her small shoulders once in disappointment. The black-haired man with a sharp gaze sitting before them chuckled. Urgan. Its fine for them to speak informally in private. I think so but this is your country. Arden, who felt better seeing his friend, husky voice and the same figure he remembered all this time, stared at his son who sat still with his head hung low. Lucian, why dont you speak informally to Livia? Nod. A lively smile hung on the girls face as she looked at the boy who nodded slowly. Im Livia! Are you Lucian? Yes. The black-haired boy with purple eyes that looked similar to amethyst seemed indifferent. Livia spoke boldly without giving up despite Lucians slow and indifferent nod. Im going to stay here for a while from today onwards, so lets get along well! Yes. Urgan shook his head with a smile after looking at her daughter who used informal speech in the end. On the other hand, Arden spoke with a smile while looking at cute-looking Livia. Yes, Princess Livia. Ill try my best to make you comfortable during your stay here. Thank you! Arden, who was satisfied with Livias response, promised once again as he looked at Urgan. Urgan. Ill watch over Livia for you. Ill contact you often and sometimes go back too, so you dont have to be so worried, theres an escort from the kingdom as well. Trust me and go back. Urgan, whose anxiety subsided at the sincere words of his friend, finally had a heart to leave his 12-year-old daughter in another country, so he nodded. Yes. I believe you. Ill send you a lot of mangoes that you like, too. Hahaha. Oh, thats too much. Its unnecessary. Although Ive said it since a long time ago, I still dont like mangoes. They stood up from their seats while bickering as they used to do and patted each other on the shoulder. Of course, a courtesy handshake was necessary as a greeting for the emperor of the empire and king of the kingdom, but they need nothing like that. Urgan, who spoke farewell to Arden by looking into his eyes and hugged Livia, who was staring at him, before leaving through the door. Then he glanced at Tiam, the loyal escort of his tomboyish daughter, and nodded at her. Tiam was still young and a troublemaker, no different from his daughter, but he was trustworthy since he wasnt shy to do anything when its related to Livia. Having decided to make his pace, Urgan slowly turned around and headed to the carriage awaited him. Although it seemed like a heartbreaking farewell, it was not. The sight of her father leaving her brought tears to her eyes for a bit, but Livia quickly turned around with clenched fists without looking again until Urgan had gotten far. Its all right, this is just the beginning. She murmured in a small voice which no one could hear. Let just say, It was an ordinary day when 5-year-old Livia found out that she was a character in the novel. As usual, she did swordsmanship with Tiam until her face became dirty and filled with dirt before she fell asleep. What? After sleeping and waking up again as usual, she suddenly realized that she wasnt the ordinary Livia Hate. Her previous life suddenly came to her mind, she was doing well without any shortage in life. She was a loser student who was tired of having to take CSAT(College Scholastic Ability Test)repeatedly, and after studying all night for a few days, she collapsed and died. She was reincarnated in the Hate Kingdom within theRofan(Romance Fantasy)Novel named, The Crown Princess Who Melt the Icy Prince that she had read in her previous life. At first, she thought it was a dream because of how unbelievable it was. However Right before she died of exhaustion from studying repeatedly every day, she clearly remembered the content of the The Crown Princess Who Melt the Icy Prince. It was really fun when she read the novel after she got exhausted due to the stress of studying. It was the only time that she got to escape from the boring reality of studying. The happiness and excitement she felt at those times werent just a mere dream. T-this is real. Livia had no choice but to eventually accept it because the memory was so vivid to her. However, as time went by, the vivid memories of 5-year-old Livias past life gradually faded. And a year later, Livia completely forgot about the painful and hard memories of her previous life. Amazingly, except in the novel. The amazing thing was its everything except the content of the novel. Was it because she was so different from her previous life, which was only full of studying and being pressured to get into a good university? The content of the novel seemed to be more vivid to her because she was impressed by the characteristic of Livia, who was always confident and honest with her feelings despite being a supporting role. When the painful memories of her previous life vanished, and the vaguely happy memories in the past as well as the content of the novel are the only things she could vividly remember, she was eventually filled with just feelings of anticipation. Im becoming Livia, my favorite character in the novel. She even had a chance to personally meet Lucian Colden, the male lead, and Layla Marin, the lovely and innocent female lead, whose appearance she could never forget. The love story between Lucian Colden and Layla Marin was really touching. The process of them, who were previously not interested in each other, and gradually grew feelings for each other was thrilling. Livia Hate is one of the people who was able to see them closely, so I can watch them from the side. She was currently the princess of a kingdom. Tropical fruits growing in the shining sun. Casual clothes. The place where people with various characters live together. Kingdom of Hate, an ardent and hot country. The princess that lived there, Livia Hate, was her. As she already knew, Livia wasnt the main lead in the novel. Livia Hate was put in the Colden Empire during her childhood to learn how to handle the Spirit of Fire. There, she met the male lead, Crown Prince Lucian Colden. It has always been difficult to read Lucian. Since he was a child, he didnt easily react to everything, and he didnt even care about the things which he didnt take interest in. A calm and blunt person, which was a complete opposite from Livia, who was lively and a social butterfly. Although their personalities were different, they spent their childhood together as friends, and in no time Livia had fallen in love with Lucian. Livia confessed to Lucian after they grew up. But she was dumped because she was too nice and he didnt feel anything with her. Later, Lucian met Layla Marin and they fell in love. Despite her disappointment, Livia returned to her country calmly and has been a strong supporter of Lucian ever since then. The female character with such a hot personality unsurprisingly had fanatic readers. As expected, shes the best. Shes really cool! She was unspecifically proud to think that her character had become quite a cool person who was faithful to her feelings without being attached to her love. Besides, Livia in the novel was as magnificent as her personality. Highly tied silky blue hair and dark blue eyes. Her trademark was dimple and the fresh arches of the corner of his mouth that appeared when she smiled brightly. She was charming and had a bright personality despite not being a main character, she was also a perfect person in addition to being rich and came from a good family. She thought the male lead, Lucian Colden, definitely had a slightly different taste in women. It was a good thing for her anyway. Livia, who was growing up with the love from her parents, the king and queen of Hate Kingdom, was only grateful that she could grow up to be a wonderful person. Is the only man in this world just Lucian? Hate Kingdom alone was filled with good-looking men. It might not be near Lucians as depicted in the novel, but one level behind it would be excellent for her. Anyway, the main lead has been chosen. Therefore, she could meet a lot of people and do what she wanted to do, and then find a good partner when the time came. After arranging plans, she thought that she would live a better life in the future. I have to make a detailed plan now. Chapter 2 Livia has turned 12 years old this time. According to the novel, she came to the Colden Empire to handle the power of the Fire Spirit that would appear upon her soon. And there Livia met Lucian, her crush. She didnt know exactly how Livia grew up and ended up falling in love with the male lead until she went to the Colden Empire at the age of 22. Livia was just a character that existed in order to show Lucians huge popularity and help him in the future. Due to that, the details of their childhood memories werent told in the original story. But in any case, as long as she knew the content of the novel, everything wouldnt possibly go wrong. For now, all she had to think about was how to remain a calm and coolnoona* without having unrequited feeling in the beginning. [*used when men/boys call their older sister or women who are older than them.] This is the room where Your Highness will be staying in. Im Lina, who will serve Your Highness from now on. Yes, thank you. And when her father, Urgan, has left. It was snowing heavily for the first time in her(current)life. Livia gazed at the scenery outside through the window. Thin smoke came out from her mouth even though she was staying indoors. The plot of the original novel has finally begun. The part where Livia came to the Colden Empire was obviously mentioned only briefly in the beginning of the novel. There were four spirits in the continent, and four countries were established based on them. Water, fire, ice, wind. The descendants of the Hate Kingdom, who were born with power of fire, would be taken by the power of fire itself if they couldnt control their own power. Therefore, it was important to learn how to control their power. Livia came to the Colden Empire, the land of snow and ice, in order to learn how to control her power, just as her father did back then. All spirit forces could interact with each other, in particular the relationship between the fire and ice spirits. According to the ancient book, fire and ice have had contracts from long ago to share power with each other. [If they cant control their powers, the descendants of fire spirit cannot handle the burning fire and it would burn themselves, meanwhile the descendants of ice would not be able to save any of their feelings and freeze as it is.] [In the end, they were forced to borrow each others power. The descendants of fire spirit depend on the freezing cold power of the descendants of ice spirit, and ice spirits descendants depend on the melting energy of the fire spirits descendants.] As said in the ancient book, the relationship between the fire and ice spirit was special. They act as a somewhat inhibitor that suppresses the power of each other. They had to find a way to control their powers all the while preventing each others power from exploding. However, she didnt know how to divide the power in order to control it. This was because the detailed explanations of how Livia received help from Lucian were cut out in the original. She thought, Isnt that too much to be omitted? but she was able to figure it out like a miracle. Before leaving for the Colden Empire, Livia was able to hear some useful facts from Urgan, her father. In order not to be taken away by the fire spirit which couldnt be handled yet, she would learn how to control her ability through physical contact with descendants who have inherited the power of ice spirit. What is it? That fact came to Nelia as quite a shock. She understood why the original Livia stayed in the Colden Empire for such a long time now. In order to stay closely with expressionless Lucian to make physical contact, she thought 10 years was quite short. What Urgan has to say regarding the form of physical contact was even more shocking to her, who had been in shock for a while. Physical contact that can be controlled by sharing powers always changes. It meant that neither Lucian nor her knew what kind of physical contact would be effective. Either one of them had to figure out quickly where to touch. Thats why I had no choice but to come to the Colden Empire as soon as possible when my power hasnt completely manifested yet. The whole situation happened in perfect order. Livia had to figure out what kind of physical contact so that she could share the power of ice spirit from Lucian before it burst. I have to make physical contact and control of my body before the power manifests. If she couldnt continue to control her power even after the power manifested, she wouldnt be able to manage that huge power and it would burst. In the original book, Livia stayed in the empire for only ten years. From when she was 12 years old until she turned 22. Livia and Lucian have been doing physical contact for 10 years, learning how to share and control their powers with each other. And it was at the age of 22 when the fire spirit in Livia and the ice spirit in Lucian didnt burst. In the original novel, the time needed for their abilities to become adjustable was exactly 10 years. Therefore, she didnt know what would happen if it passed that period. Naturally, there was a great risk of being possessed by that power. Before that happens, she has to genuinely make friends with Lucian and figure out what kind of physical contact that could suppress the bursting power of fire spirit. However, Livia didnt intend to wait until then. She must be able to control her power quickly because she wanted to return to the Hate Kingdom. She wanted to lead the precious country with people in the kingdom who loved her. Holding festivals, farming, drinking cold drinks as theyve done until this day in the kingdom full of people whore passionate in their work. If I make friends with Lucian, I can maintain a friendly relationship with the Colden Empire like what Father does. The Colden Empire, where Lucian would become an emperor in, has tremendous power. How valuable would it be to befriend the emperor who ruled over such an empire. Livia thought like that. Livia opened the window and extended her hand to feel the heavily falling snow. Then, she made up her mind for solely one thing. The most important thing for her to do is based on the original book. Become best friends with Lucian. In all honesty, if thats all it takes, wouldnt half of her plan have been accomplished? Livia jumped up from her seat, nodded and clasped her small hands tightly. Since Im in the Colden Empire now, I should attend the snow festival Ive been looking forward to before coming here, or even snow fight competition. Soon enough, it was already time for dinner preparation. Livia bit her lips while feeling satisfied after recalling the things she had anticipated. The door opened right away after she heard the cheerful knock of the maid who introduced herself as Lina earlier. Your Highness, a welcoming dinner has been prepared for you. Shall we go now? Yes! Lina smiled happily at the lively Livia, which wasnt a usual sight around here. Sensing Linas soft gaze, she took a deep breath faintly. If I attend the dinner, there will be the male lead with a fascinating appearance that I saw for the first time a while ago. A handsome black-haired boy and charming eyes with intriguingly shining purple eyes. Livia was well aware that the child, whose appearance looked like a child now, would be a very important person in her life from now on. It was said that she had to sew her first button properly. Lets do this first step properly with Lucian! Princess Livia Hate is here. Shortly after making a vow, Livia arrived at the venue of the showdown. Huft. Livia, who took a deep breath, went over her own plan once again. Talk to Lucian in a friendly manner in order to befriend him. This plan was very important because Lucian was quiet and lacked words. To be precise, he was more difficult to be talked to because he had a personality that wouldnt talk to strangers first. Therefore, the most important point she had in mind was to make Lucian open his heart to her. Good idea! Smiling to herself at the ambitious plan, Livia was about to move when she was blocked by someone who stood before her and had been quietly following her around, Tiam. W-wait a minute. Your Highness. Whats the matter, Tiam? First, please dont lose your cool, second, please dont lose your cool. And dont forget the last one, never lose your cool. Oh, dear. Its the same for here as well. Yes, I got it. Tiam scratched his head at Livia, who seemingly didnt give a sh*t on his words and laughed as if it was ridiculous with her arms crossed. She might wonder what kind of nonsense he was saying, but the princess, whom he served, clearly needed that. Even if youre angry, you have to hold it back for now. You must not rush to attack like His Majesty Urgan. Tiam, do I look like that? Livia paused for a while at Tiam who compared her to his father before asking so. Tiam was in torment upon her words with a serious look on his face. The princess was a very ordinary person, but she was known to have a characteristic of someone who could do something quite surprising for other imperial people if they saw it, just like in the Hate Kingdom. He wondered what kind of big things she would cause at dinner with the people of the Colden Empire, although they had been interacting with each other in order to control the power of fire and ice, it wasnt a bad idea to prepare for a rainy day either. [t/n: he meant rainy day as in disaster that may come anytime and they must prepare for it.] Yes. Livia was getting worked up for a while after hearing Tiam, but she took a deep breath and soon spoke calmly. Whatever, Tiam, Im not doing it today anyway. The boy she was about to see today is the male lead of this novel whom she would try to have a good relationship with and work with to bring benefit for each other. Moreover, she has made a difficult plan to befriend Lucian. Leaving behind his concerned escort, who shouted desperately, Please dont forget what I said for the third time until the end of the event. The deliciously nose-stimulating smell hit Livia the moment she entered the appointed place. There was a lot of food on the long table. Shocked by the amount of food served on each plate, Livia finally sat on the chair that had been prepared for her. And Arden, the Emperor of the Colden Empire, said in a welcoming voice as if he had expected her. Right, Princess Livia. You must have paid attention to a lot of things on the first day of your stay in the Colden Empire. Mind telling me? Livia replied with an excited face, thinking that he was clearly not wrong to say that shed paid attention to a lot of things. Yes, everything is great. There are so many delicious foods. Haha, yes. I heard a lot about you from Urgan, Princess. I heard you like to eat a bit too much. She nodded. It was true, she used to love eating. Arden smiled in satisfaction at her bright blue hair that shook wildly. Then shall we dig in now? Yes! Livia, who had been eyeing the thick steak that had blood flowing out from it, couldnt hide her excitement and took the fork as soon as he announced it. However, sensing the sharp gaze on her, she looked up for a moment. Only to be immediately met with an indifferent gaze of a handsome little boy. Disclaimer: I put disclaimer belatedly on chapter 1, therefore I will put it here as well. My translation is not 100% accurate as I mostly depend on the machine translation. However, I understand a little bit of Korean and can write and read, so I know several terms and search up when I have to. Thank you for reading my work!