To Survive the Main Plot as the Villainess
The Prologue
If someone told me I would end up living inside a noble fantasy world, I would’ve laughed and said:
Let's start from where it all started, chaotic.
I don’t remember much about my childhood in this world. It’s weird, right? Like I was just… there. Eating. Sleeping. Complaining. Being told to sit properly like some princess-in-training when I didn’t even ask to be born rich in the first place.
From what I always heard, what people told me I used to be like
** 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒂
𝑬𝒗𝒚𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒏 **
That's my name. Pretty long and unique right? A fourteen-year-old elegant noble girl.
Daughter of Duke Rael and Duchess Ayida Evyraen
Apparently, I used to be the
“perfect noble daughter.”
Polite smile. Proper posture. Soft voice. Never too loud. Never too much. The type of girl people praised but didn’t really see.
Etiquette Tutor
Lady Lioravelle, posture.
Lioravelle Serentha
Yes, I understand...
I would reply, fixing my back immediately. Not because I wanted to, but because that’s what was expected.
???
Lady Lioravelle, smile for the guests.
So I smiled. Even when my cheeks felt tired. Even when I didn’t feel like smiling at all.
???
Such a graceful young lady!
Lioravelle Serentha
Thank you very much.
That was it. That was my whole personality. How would I describe it? Boring. Like, really boring. The kind of boring that makes you question if my whole life is a story that was written just to go by. I even started thinking maybe I died in my past life and this was my punishment—
Which, by the way, I wasn’t totally wrong about.
It was peaceful, but also… kind of empty. Like living in a room full of beautiful things but not knowing if they were yours.
It didn’t start dramatically; no lightning, no divine voice, no magical “chosen one” moment.
I saw a girl in a dark messy room...
A glowing rectangle in her hands. Hair messy. Eyes tired. Expression completely done with life.
???
Why am I like this? I need to fix my life...
Then she ate something called instant noodles and the clock pointed that seemed to indicate at a number; The scene looked like it was a ritual.
Lioravelle Serentha
... Who is that?
Though I was extremely confused, yet I felt everything around me was so strangely familiar...
And then she looked up...
Lioravelle Serentha
That's...
Do you know what's strange?
Lioravelle Serentha
...Oh. So I really did die. Cool. That explains a lot actually.
Yeah. That unexpected reaction of mine.
No tears. No dramatic screaming. Just pure acceptance and a little bit of “what the hell is going on.”
Like my background shattering into pieces.
Everything started glitching like a broken video. Suddenly, I saw things I had never seen before but somehow knew.
Nobles fighting with magic.
A man with dark desaturated purple hair standing alone in a garden.
Blood. A curse. A countdown I couldn’t fully read.
A mysterious girl who's face was blur enough to be recognized.
And one name kept repeating in my head:
Lioravelle Serentha
*HAAHH!!
I woke up gasping, sweating like I just ran for my life. Which, honestly, I kind of did mentally.
Lioravelle Serentha
...I need a life refund.
The moment I said that, everything shattered.
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I woke up falling off my bed.
Lioravelle Serentha
OW—WHY IS THE FLOOR PERSONAL TODAY?!
A maid rushed in, her face was pale with the most terrified expression. Almost as if her life depends wether I'm alive or not
I sat up too fast, clutching my head.
Lioravelle Serentha
My brain just leaked information I was not ready for.
Maid
What do you mean, my lady?
Lioravelle Serentha
Yes. There was a cutscene and everything.
The maid stood there like she was trying to decide if this counted as a medical emergency
And that was the first crack.
After that dream, things started feeling wrong. Not scary wrong—more like… familiar wrong. At first, it was small. I would pause during conversations, stare at things too long, or sometimes say things I didn’t fully understand.
Lioravelle Serentha
This situation feels… suspiciously scripted
My personal maid, Fenni, blinked.
Lioravelle Serentha
... Ignore that.
It was like I was reading a story I wasn’t supposed to remember. I started noticing names I shouldn’t know and events I somehow predicted.
I realized I wasn’t just living; I was inside a story.
At first, I denied it. No way I got reincarnated into some fantasy noble world like those cliché web novels I used to read while ignoring my responsibilities. That would be insane. That would be—
Lioravelle Serentha
Actually kinda funny.
I admitted out loud once. Because yeah, it was exactly like that.
So I did what any normal person would do:
Lioravelle Serentha
💭Is this my punishment???
Lioravelle Serentha
💭 I'm doomed. So cooked.
Externally, I just kept acting like a normal noble girl who definitely had her life together.
When the memories came back, they didn't come gently. It was like someone opened a floodgate and said “good luck.”
Lioravelle Serentha
Oh. So I was insane there too. Great. Multiverse of stress.
I just sat there on my bed, completely at my wits end...
"𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜"
“𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 2.0.”
One morning, when a maid came in to announce breakfast, I nodded slowly and said:
Lioravelle Serentha
I am mentally unstable right now, but I will attend.
The maid paused, then glanced at me with the look of confusion
Lioravelle Serentha
Yeah, loading. Please wait.
She slowly backed out of the room, probably to report me later.
Lioravelle Serentha
Hah... Let's go.
When I finally went to breakfast, everything felt too normal, which made it worse.
My mother sat at the head of the table.
Duchess Ayida Evyraen
Liora, you look distracted.
** 𝑫𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒚𝒊𝒅𝒂 𝑬𝒗𝒚𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒏 **
-Lioravelle's mother, and the wife of Duke Rael Evyraen
-Status? Yet to see the worse situation possible
Lioravelle Serentha
Sigh...
'Liora' is what my so elegant parents always call me, apparently so it's my nickname.
I stared at my plate, sighing heavily:
Lioravelle Serentha
I am spiritually elsewhere
Duke Rael Evyraen
Explain.
** 𝑫𝒖𝒌𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝑬𝒗𝒚𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒏 **
-The head of the house Evyraen. The firm yet concerned father of Lioravelle.
-Status? On the verge of sending his daughter to a remote church for possessed patients.
Duke Rael Evyraen
What did you mean about that?
Lioravelle Serentha
Hmm...
I thought for a second, before telling them the craziest sentence that would take half of their lifespan probably
Lioravelle Serentha
My soul...
Lioravelle Serentha
... is doing updates?
Duchess Ayida Evyraen
What?
Duchess Ayida Evyraen
'Updates'…?
Lioravelle Serentha
Yes. New patch.
As time goes, my situation only got worse—
In the most unpredictable-funniest way possible...
A servant dropped a tray one morning
While everyone gasped, I immediately said;
Lioravelle Serentha
Heh, skill issue.
My brain didn’t even register what I said until three seconds later...
Lioravelle Serentha
No-... Wait, I mean, I didn't mean that out loud!
The servant was so confused yet started crying as if they felt it-- no, they KNEW it was an insult. So I panicked.
Lioravelle Serentha
I MEAN- YOU DID YOUR BEST THOUGH???
My maid appeared out of nowhere and whispered to me,
Fenni Braham
My lady... I must ask... What does 'skill issue' mean?
Lioravelle Serentha
Hah.. It means unfortunate circumstances with extra judgement...
Fenni Braham
Unfortunate... circums--
She slowly nodded like she was translating ancient scripture as she wrote it down in her small notebook...
Lioravelle Serentha
... Do you really have to write it down?
During dinner, my father looked at me firmly and said:
Duke Rael Evyraen
Eat properly, Liora
Lioravelle Serentha
I am eating properly
I said calmly, as if while I wasn't stabbing a fruit with a spoon obviously
Lioravelle Serentha
This is my coping mechanism.
Duke Rael Evyraen
C-coping mechanism???
Duke Rael Evyraen
That is not a coping mechanism
Lioravelle Serentha
It is now
Duke Rael Evyraen
Stop stabbing your fruit and eat properly
Lioravelle Serentha
Whatever you say, daddy pops
Duke Rael Evyraen
Don't call me that ever again...
At some point, I blurted things I shouldn't have to; more or so about names I shouldn’t recognize, events I somehow guessed before they happened.
Lioravelle Serentha
The northern trade route will collapse soon.
I said out loud randomly one day at dinner
My father paused, looked at me with his jaw dropped, and his expression turned to a mix of confusion yet a hint of worry
Duke Rael Evyraen
...Why would say that?
Lioravelle Serentha
Vibes.
It actually happened two weeks later. No one let me speak at dinner after that.
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Even during etiquette lessons, I couldn't help it.
Etiquette Tutor
My lady, you must not refer to royal traditions as outdated systems
Lioravelle Serentha
But they kind of are, though.
The tutor almost dropped their book.
Etiquette Tutor
Not to be rude, my lady, though I do not know what you mean about ‘outdated systems’ but I know THEY ARE NOT.
Lioravelle Serentha
Agree to disagree
Fenni Braham
My lady, please stop disagreeing with your tutors...
Lioravelle Serentha
I physically cannot.
Even then, I expected that my parents were genuinely concerned.
Duchess Ayida Evyraen
She speaks... differently now
My mother said one night, then my father replied;
Duke Rael Evyraen
It's like she's the same person but... a bit crazy.
I was standing outside the door again, pointing at myself
Lioravelle Serentha
Rude? But accurate
That sums it up my whole year after receiving my modern memories like a update patch.
And then I turned sixteen.
A month after my birthday, that was when my life said: "prologue finished. Onto chapter 1"
One day while I was having the best time of my life eating the delicacies I've never had in my whole life now in 2.0
The worst cutscene came I expected to come but wished it didn't.
You know what it is? Guess!
Actually, don’t. I’ll tell you. It’s the one thing that can ruin your peaceful life faster than a "We need to talk" text from your ex.
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓"
Ah yes, I remember that specific word.
And yes, this is where I'd desperately would ask for a life refund.
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