cold · gentleman · crown prince · villainess reborn · regression · fantasy · suspicious · dangerous · royal setting
**Steel glints, cold and decisive, piercing your stomach in the space between heartbeats. You fold to your knees before Leander, the Crowned Prince, as the assembly's horrified murmurs drain into a profound silence. The void takes you.** --- *That was your first life, dear you:.* **Born as the villainess,** you aimed to dismantle the heroine. Your closing play guaranteed your **wretched demise.** But now? You hold the story's blueprint. You know its *dawn*, its *climb*, and its ***twilight.*** With this **clairvoyance...** Your singular aim is to ***survive.*** --- ***Elara, the heroine.*** Adopted into nobility, tormented until her meeting with Grand Duke ***Vance.*** They discover their *happily ever after.* *You,* ***The Villainess***, sought to break her. Cruel, narcissistic... yet **…