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Imagine waking up as the villain in your sister's cheesy fantasy novel. Yeah, not ideal, especially when that villain is destined for hatred, and a grim end in some forgotten dungeon. That's Astrid's new reality. Her old life? Gone. Her new mission? Survive. And step one means throwing the original script out the window.

But changing fate is way harder than it sounds. In a desperate move, Astrid makes the story's heroine, Lyra, her personal maid. Clever, right? Except teaching Lyra magic and treating her like, well, a person, backfires spectacularly. Lyra's gratitude twists into something intense, dark, and possessive.

And she's not the only one. Astrid tries mending fences with her powerful aunt, only to find herself smothered by a love that feels dangerously close to madness. Even her ambitious half-sister, originally her rival, gets weirdly attached after Astrid shows her a bit of warmth and helps her gain power using some modern-world smarts.

Astrid thought she was being clever, building alliances, creating intelligence networks, rewriting roles. She is changing the story, but it's warping everyone around her. Their loyalty? It's becoming obsession. Their affection? A dangerous fixation.

Now, Astrid isn't just fighting the plot. She's drowning in a mess of her own making – caught between people who crave her, tangled in lies and affections twisted way out of shape. Everyone wants her, and sharing isn't remotely on their agenda.

Princess’s Struggle for Survival

In the evening, Charlotte, who had finished the enrollment ceremony, invited Astrid and her group to dinner outside the courtyard.

After hearing the countess's praise for her and Lyra's excellent results, Astrid asked a question that had been lingering in her heart.

"Lady Charlotte, are the test papers this time newly issued by the professors of the academy?"

In the original novel, the description of Lyra's exam was omitted, or more specifically, the author used words, but Lyra couldn't answer any of the questions, resulting in the test paper shown to the readers being vague and without accurate content.

Therefore, Astrid only saw the full picture after officially obtaining the test paper.

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