bkyxtedi's manga / #Strong Female Lead(133)

100 years after her death, Empress Martina, the founder of the Carabella Empire, reincarnates as Astina Lette, the daughter of a count. Her peaceful, everyday life as a noble lady, a stark contrast to her past life, is short-lived, however. With the bankruptcy of her father's failed trade business, her family falls into great debt. Astina decides to sell herself off to marry Grand Duke Thereode in place of her sister Kanna to save her family from their financial crisis. But Thereode is forever cursed to take on the form of a beast, and no one expects her to survive the night with him... Still, defying all odds, she fights the beast with her impressive swordsmanship, and miraculously survives. Over time, a slow relationship begins to kindle between them as she tames him as her pet. However, one night, Astina gives Theo a brief peck on the lips as a reward for his obedience when suddenly... he becomes.. human?

The useless maid, Marie, has never been able to do anything correctly. But, after caring for a dying prisoner, she becomes a person she had always wanted to be. This is the start of the capable maid, Marie.

At a young age, she was a genius medical doctor who was imprisoned by her grandfather. But just as she managed to escape her shackles she met with misfortune and crossed over to another world. Now she's the overbearing, yet good-for-nothing, eldest daughter within the Duke's family. Everyone ridicules her for having no spirit familiar, and even her fiance takes joy in bullying her! But so what? I've got my accupuncture needles, so even if you're on deaths door and begging me, I might not help you! And that man, don't come near me! I may have saved your life, but I didn't ask you to repay with your body!