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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

Liria adjusted her cloak as she walked, her footsteps steady but her mind in turmoil. The air outside the Wailing Caverns was cool, a sharp contrast to the suffocating heat that had nearly consumed her within. The others followed, their silence punctuated only by the crunch of gravel under their boots.

No one spoke about what had just happened.

Daena, ever watchful, had her arms crossed, her sharp violet gaze flicking toward Liria every few seconds. Enara walked at Liria's side, her midnight eyes narrowed in quiet thought, while Ananara the ever-critical pineapple was muttering to himself, floating just above Liria's shoulder.

"I do not like this," he finally broke the silence, his voice dripping with suspicion. "You absorbed something. I don't know what, but it reeks of trouble."

Because if she did, she'd risk slipping up.

The Return and Unanswered Questions