Chapter 1

"Retisha El Sentencia.

I will punish you for the crimes of high treason and the attempted assassination of the Second Prince."

At the ball.

Prince Georg, the Second Prince, announced this to me.

The hall suddenly buzzed with commotion.

---Ah, as usual---

I was a girl from a small rural domain.

Even so, I had been reasonably happy.

But after my father remarried... my life changed completely.

At the age of 12, I was noticed for my high magical power, forcibly separated from my father, and made a candidate for the Second Prince's consort.

And at 18, I would inevitably be judged.

No matter how I argued, the result wouldn't change.

I had already repeated this scene of condemnation 52 times.

At first, I tried to argue and change things, but the outcome was always the same.

I would be judged and killed for crimes I didn't commit.

Next to the Second Prince was a woman who had won his favor.

A daughter from a domain that boasted the kingdom's greatest economic and military power, said to be the most powerful in our country.

Mariette Char Cranbeld, a candidate for the First Consort.

She exuded grace and kindness to everyone.

On the surface, at least.

I knew her true nature.

She was very cunning, skillfully manipulating others with words and repeatedly engaging in cruel bullying.

And she would pretend to intervene, helping those she bullied to gain their trust.

But no one would listen to me if I spoke about her true nature.

"Do you have anything to say in your defense?"

The Second Prince cast a cold gaze at me.

As usual. After 52 repetitions, it gets tiring.

I'm going to die anyway.

"…No, I have nothing to say.

Please, kill the nuisance and be happy together."

---The moment I said it.

I was seized by the soldiers.

■□■

There, I woke up.

Opening my eyes, I found myself in a bed with frilly lace and a canopy, in a room filled with cute furnishings.

Yes, it was my room in the Sentencia domain.

"…Just a dream, huh."

The dream was of my condemnation scene.

The future that awaited me.

Originally, this world was a smartphone RPG game.

I was one of the villainous young ladies who harassed the protagonist.

Retisha El Sentencia, the Second Prince's fiancée, who would challenge the protagonist with numerous impossible tasks.

However, in the end, she would be moved by the protagonist's sincerity and reform—only to be framed and killed by another villainous young lady, Mariette, who didn't like this development.

I remember playing the game and thinking, "There are so many villainous young ladies!?"

Looking at my wet hands, I sighed.

My 6-year-old hands were really small, completely different from my 20s body.

…Why did this happen?

For some reason, I had swapped bodies with a game character.

I had fallen asleep while playing a smartphone game, but when I woke up, I had become a villainous young lady in the game.

Later, I found a letter from "Retisha" in my room.

I've been repeatedly dying and being reborn at 18, tired of this life.

So, to break the loop, I used a forbidden spell to swap souls ☆

I'll leave my magical power, memories of the loop, and knowledge of magic, so sorry! Good luck!

The letter contained more detailed and polite apologies, but in essence, it said:

I don't want to die, so I swapped souls with you!

Sorry, hehe ☆

That's what it meant.

It's the magic I've always dreamed of!! I can practice magic from childhood and become super strong!!

Since this is a world created by Japanese game developers, the food, plants, and names aren't much different!!

I'll have a knowledge cheat from now on!!

Yay!!!

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…No, that's not good!!

I never thought I'd actually be reincarnated (or something) into the game world!

And I'm a villainous young lady who is forced to die in every route!

I'm destined to die at 18!!!

Aaaaaah, what do I doooooo!!!

I screamed in my heart.