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When cynical office worker Aizen is reborn as a nameless mob character in Arcana Regalia: Gentlemen’s Passion, a magical otome game notorious for its ruthless villainess, he expects a short, miserable life polishing silverware. But after accidentally becoming the childhood confidant (and target of obsessive affection) of Stephanie Redwyne—the game’s ice-cold antagonist destined for exile—Aizen’s “mob” existence goes up in flames.

Years later, framed as dead and exiled to a monster-infested jungle, Aizen reinvents himself as “Phoenix,” a flamboyant adventurer with a face-stealing mask, a sentient fire spirit, and a grudge. Meanwhile, Stephanie, now a brooding academy prodigy, is hellbent on freezing the world solid to avenge her lost servant… unaware he’s the same smug B-rank hero burning down bandit camps (and noble expectations) one quest at a time.

Will Aizen survive his fiery double life? Can Stephanie thaw her icy heart before her yandere tendencies ignite a war? And why does the king keep offering Phoenix statues?

Dive into a witty, magical romp where dating sim tropes crash into explosive fantasy chaos, and the underdog isn’t just rising—he’s arson.

yandere villainess is obsessed with me

Stephanie stood at the iron gates of Arcana Regalia Academy, her expression colder than the frost creeping across her gloves. At eleven years old, she was the youngest student in decades to enroll—a fact her parents had bragged about to anyone who'd listen.

"Welcome, Lady Redwyne!" chirped a pink-haired girl with a clipboard. "I'm Lila, your orientation guide! Let's—"

"Leave," Stephanie said, her voice glacial.

Lila blinked. "But… your schedule, your dorm assignment—"

Stephanie's bonding pendant burned beneath her uniform, a constant reminder of Aizen's absence. He's dead, she told herself for the thousandth time. Dead and gone.

Aizen carved through the jungle like a wildfire. The mask's flames devoured beasts and vines alike, their ashes staining the crimson leaves black. Vermis hovered beside him, its pages now filled with the dungeon's cursed runes.

"Master, your mana efficiency has improved by 42%. The sentient flame appears… pleased," Vermis noted.

"Pleased?" Aizen incinerated a serpent the size of a carriage. "It's laughing."

The flame coiled around his arm, playful and hungry.

By nightfall, he reached a trading outpost—a ramshackle cluster of tents at the jungle's edge. Aizen donned the mask, his features shifting into a sharp, genderless visage framed by smoke-red hair.

"Name?" grunted the adventurer's guild clerk.

"Phoenix," Aizen said, his voice a rasp of embers.

The guildmaster eyed Aizen's charred robes. "You're new. Start with pest control—giant rats in the granary."

Aizen's flame flickered indignantly.

"Decline," Vermis advised. "We require funds, not humiliation."

Aizen slammed a clawed, fiery hand on the counter. "Give me something worth my time."

The guildmaster palmed a bronze token. "Fine. Bandits near the Silver Road. Try not to die."

The bandits died screaming. Aizen took their coin, their maps, and their least-bloodstained cloak.

"Next target?" Vermis asked.

Aizen traced the pendant hidden beneath his shirt. "West. Toward the capital."

Part 4: The Ice Queen's First Class

Stephanie's ice magic froze the entire sparring ring—opponent included.

Professor Thorn, a wiry man with a scarred face, whistled. "Well done, Lady Redwyne! Though perhaps… less lethal next time?"

Stephanie thawed the boy with a wave of her hand. "He shouldn't have challenged me."

Whispers followed her through the halls: "Psycho." "Watch out, she'll freeze your blood."

She didn't care. Let them fear her. Fear was better than pity.

In her dorm, she stared at the bonding pendant. Why won't you stop glowing?

Aizen crouched on a rooftop overlooking Arcana Regalia Academy, his mask's flames dimmed to a smolder. Vermis floated beside him, scanning the campus.

"Detection complete. Lady Stephanie is housed in the North Tower, room 13."

"Standard wards. Easily bypassed."

"Not yet," he muttered. "She thinks I'm dead. If I reveal myself now…"

"Her parents would intervene," Vermis finished.

Aizen's new face twisted into a grim smile. "Let them think they've won. I'll be the shadow at their heels—the ghost they can't kill."

Chapter 14: “The Phoenix and the Ice Queen”