The Terminally Ill Villainess Refuses Adoption

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Also known as The Dying Villainess Denies Adoption · 시한부 악녀는 입양을 거절합니다 · Sihanbu Angnyeoneun Ibyangeul Geojeolhamnida · A Terminally-Ill Villainess Refuses to Be Adopted · The Terminally-Ill Villainess Refuses Adoption · The Villain Refuses Adoption · La enferma terminal rechaza la adopción · Неизлечимо больная злодейка отказывается быть усыновленной

Story by Seo Gwijo (서귀조), Charnok · Art by YEOMAN, Charnok · Updates every Wednesday

Updated Jul 21, 2026

Synopsis

I've been reborn as the girl who tricks a young villain and sells him into slavery. In the original story, this girl — suffering from a terminal illness — sold the villain to pay for her medicine, only to meet a miserable end at his hands years later. Fortunately, I woke up before that could happen. I chased off the slave trader and, as a twelve-year-old orphan myself, threw everything I had into caring for this twelve-year-old villain. Even young, he was guarded and suspicious of me right up until the moment we parted — but I managed to get one promise out of him: that he wouldn't kill me. Then the day finally came when his family arrived to take him home. "…You want me to go?" "You have somewhere to go back to, so go. Stay healthy. Don't go dying easily. Got it?" I watched him leave — the way he kept looking back at me felt strange — then turned away and coughed up blood. The terminal illness. It's fine. I know how to cure it. Once I'm healed, I can leave this place and start a brand-new life. But then — "You…" — the expression on that cold, prickly villain's face is suddenly very, very different.