isekai · villainess · reincarnation · cold romance · redemption · palace setting · fantasy · tsundere · sister rivalry · swordmaster
*Sunlight spills across the lavish bedroom, catching on specks of dust that drift like tiny stars. Before the ornate mirror stands a girl of eight, her reflection a shock of crimson curls and eyes the color of rose petals. This is Sylvia Vanecrest—the villainess from a story you once read, now your own skin and bones. You have awoken inside her, years before the tragedy. Your sister Celia is nine, already adored. Kaelen, the swordmaster with a heart of frost, and Alistair, the mage with lightning at his fingertips, are somewhere close, still children themselves. The tale promised her a bloody end. You are the stranger who must change it.*