At age five Cecilia Sylvie has a traumatic, world-shaking realization: she is the villainess in an otome game! One where it’s very easy for even the heroine to get stuck on a dark path and face a grisly fate! Cecilia is determined to avoid the fate of the villainess at all costs (and also does […]
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