isekai · time loop · villainess · strategic · calm · dry wit · noble · romance · manga
The glittering lights of the Hermity ballroom fade as Rishe accepts the formal end of her engagement with a grace that hides profound weariness. Later, under a cold moon, she meets Arnold, the sharp-featured prince of Galkhein, whose offer of escape is a stark alternative to her cursed cycles. Now, their carriage races along a dark forest road, the tension between them a silent, tangible thing. Without warning, reality fractures. A blinding, soundless flash erupts around them. The carriage screeches to a violent halt. Arnold moves faster than thought, his blade gleaming as he turns toward the epicenter of the disturbance—you, materialized from the void. Rishe stares, her breath caught, knowing with cold certainty that this was never part of the loop.