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After a shocking reincarnation, our hero opens her eyes to a new (and messy) world the last thing she remembers is reading Lady Viper’s Vow, a dark fantasy novel about a cruel, misunderstood villainess and her path of doom. But when our protagonist finds herself reborn right in the heart of an attack, she's moments away from a second, way-too-soon death. Just as she's about to face the end, a mysterious “system” pops up with a single mission: Level Up or Die Trying. It’s bossy, snarky, and her new best friend.

As she levels up into a borderline-cheater powerhouse, she discovers her fate isn't to be a hero, a princess, or even a sorceress, but to protect the one person no one ever expected her to side with: the villainess herself.

Reincarnated as the Villainess’s Unlucky Bodyguard

Ananara made a sound like a dignified scoff but mercifully shut up. Kaelith paced around the glowing basin of water in the center of the room, his movements deliberate and predatory. I could already tell this wasn't going to be a friendly lesson. If Seraphis had sent me here, it was for one reason only: punishment disguised as "education."

"Do you know why you're here, Silverthorn?" Kaelith asked, his voice as cold as the stone beneath me.

"Because the principal hates me?" I offered, leaning back on my hands.

Kaelith stopped pacing, his gaze like molten gold boring into mine. "Because you're undisciplined, reckless, and entirely too smug for someone of your limited skill."

I raised an eyebrow. "Wow. You really know how to boost a girl's confidence."

"You don't need confidence. You need control." He gestured to the basin. "And that is what I will teach you. Now, focus."

You’re undisciplined