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The last thing 40-year-old project manager Tori Felix remembered was scrolling through a wiki article about a dating sim game franchise while on the shinkansen. Then she was hurled forward to the sound of metal creaking, the smell of smoke, and was knocked out.When Tori woke, she was in a lavish four poster bed with a splitting headache and in the bruised teenage body of a Marquis' arrogant daughter from the popular dating sim "The Romance of Soleil". Problem #1: There is a possibility she's dead in her world. This meant she couldn't meet up with her friends. Also, her tickets to Universal Studios were useless now.Problem #2: This body may be young, but weaker than her original. And where were her boobs?Lastly, Problem #3: She now inhabited the body of Victoria de Guevera; the villainess of "The Romance of Soleil" whose final ending, according to the wiki article, was a violent death at the hands of sex slavers. With just a few weeks before the heroine and the villainess collide, there is no time for an existential crisis. Tori took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and whispered her personal mantra: "Assess the situation, then make a plan of action. You don't want to die like a b-tch." Collapse
Female Protagonist, Sword And Magic, Transmigration, Aristocracy, Otome Game, Weak to Strong, Medieval
This is no romance novel despite it being a female MC. Sure, she had to deal with infatuated teens, but she did so kindly and outright stated her intentions to be just friends.The world building in the novel was amazing, I liked how the empire she was in was put together. The only weak point was a notable lack of respect towards the nobility. It seems lesser nobles and commoners got away with being rude or outright aggressive towards high nobility without any consequence for their actions, which doesn't make sense. Why would that system of government hold together or anyone observe the social protocols in that case.Striking a person for any reason was unlawful. I'm thinking it was similar to modern day British isles. They have nobility, but people could disrespect them and there is little the nobility could do about it. It just doesn't make sense for a culture in the medieval period to allow such freedom. How could they enforce discipline in an Empire in more or less perpetual war on and off with a neighbor for hundreds of years?The MC put up with a lot of trash in this novel without becoming mean about it herself. She got revenge for slights and trouble in more subtle ways. She just didn't overreact to things - she was incredibly wealthy and there was little trouble she couldn't fix with money or her position. The MC didn't resort to permanently destroying the lives of teenagers she put it because of school arguments. In truth, all of them repented of their actions eventually and considered her a friend. Spoiler(except 2 who had a bad ending)The MC did indeed kill people or cause their death or maiming - but on adults only.
Well I read this on Royalroad and I really like this novel. the characters are mostly likable and it has some decent twists. the world building is good and while there is not an insane amount of character development, it's not 0 either
If you like a strong independent mc then you would be disappointed, for a 40 year old women to be this naive is insane, shes too solf hearted the mc know it herself, and she treated the characters like grandchildren that doesn't know better but the in reality shes just delusional, she makes herself believe that something is ok then act as if everybody oberreacted but would a 40 year old women really think that kissing on the lips is ok because someone is a friend and it's just a goodbye kiss and nothing else? If she herself know that her "friends" is young and she a mature womam(mentaly?) Thats more weird tbh
Tori considered Constantine a friend. She also considered him just a teen with a bad case of puppy love. It's just a kiss and not all that meaningful to her.You're 40 and there's a 15 or 16 year old teen saying he loves you and begs for a kiss. She didn't want to kiss him, but did it out of spite because Alessa Hart just influenced him again right in front of her and got him all confused, ruining the effort she had made to bring him around to join her circle of friends.She kissed Constantine because she wanted to one up Alessa and bring Constantine's attention back on her. There was also a little competition there with Alessa, Tori wanted to outdo her at her own game.BTW, the MC is no virgin 40 yr old either. She was an independant woman who did as she pleased, and loved to travel all over the world. Foodie and thrill seeker. Her relations with men or women were never explicitly stated in the novel, but she did start laughing at the boys once when they argued about size. She prefers them a "little better than average".
I read this one on RR. This novel starts out as a somewhat blatant ripoff of "My Next Life as a Villainess; All routes lead to doom" And it was good, quite funny, and poked fun at the "meta" of villainess style novels, while establishing a realistic world.As the novel progresses due to the lack of major adversity facing the titular Tori the novel leads into a sort of lull Slice of Life+ Business/"empire" management style for a long period of time. The Humor and meta references slowly fall by the wayside, and imo the novel is worse for it. In the more recent chapters while I won't say Tori experiences actual long term loss or hardships there is at least opposition or hurdles to her progression regularly.On the whole this novel is easy to recommend to fans of 'villainess" novels, slice of life fans, and even has significant appeal to fans of business/noble management type novels. Just don't expect a lot of character growth or romance despite being set in an "otome" game setting.
- Chapter 1: Tickets Were Useless Now
- Chapter 4: Were They Walking in Slow Motion?
- Chapter 7: Prison Rules
- Chapter 10: She Just Hit the Jackpot
- Chapter 13: Hunger is the Best Seasoning
- Chapter 16: This is Already Polite
- Chapter 19: Feed Off Enemy Tears
- Chapter 22: No Oversight is How People Die
- Chapter 25: Could Almost Kill for a Good Burrito
- Chapter 28: Due to an Old Wrist Injury
- Chapter 31: An Increase In Allowance
- Chapter 34: A Bit Too Smooth
- Chapter 37: Because I Want to Live
- Chapter 40: Let’s Not Judge
- Chapter 43: I Was Told There Would Be a Sea Dragon
- Chapter 46: So We're Name Dropping
- Chapter 49: How Dramatic Could She Make This Inevitable Confrontation
- Chapter 52: No Reason for Us to be Detained
- Chapter 55: Does Your Mom Know Your Plan?
- Chapter 58: Silently Asking If He Believed It
- Chapter 61: This is Some Fairy Tale Sh*t
- Chapter 64: Flip It
- Chapter 67: I Enjoy a Good Challenge Every Now and Then
- Chapter 70: Push Aiden Into the Well
- Chapter 73: Your Mother Called Me
- Chapter 76: I Call it the Army of the Undead
- Chapter 79: Do What You Want, But Know What You're Doing
- Chapter 82: You Were Meant to Come Here
- Chapter 85: Piers - The Enabler
- Chapter 88: I Am Not Disgusted By You
- Chapter 91: Am I the Murderer
- Chapter 94: Surprised By His Beauty
- Chapter 97: It Didn’t Taste as Sweet
- Chapter 100: Okay, You Two Have Fun
- Chapter 103: Not as Important as the Animals
- Chapter 106: That's Not a Good Sign
- Chapter 109: He's Too Old For You
- Chapter 112: Why'd You Provoke Him
- Chapter 115: She Would Exploit the System
- Chapter 118: Responsibility is Overrated
- Chapter 121: Portrait of What His Family Could’ve Been
- Chapter 124: As If She Were a Bond Villain
- Chapter 127: The Decency to Look Guilty
- Chapter 130: I Know How Crazy This Sounds
- Chapter 133: Do You Blame Alessa
- Chapter 136: Don't Hesitate to Exploit Him
- Chapter 139: I Really Don't Blame Her
- Chapter 142: You Should Go and Comfort Him
- Chapter 145: Access to the Toxicology Vault
- Chapter 148: I Will Wait
- Chapter 151: A Shrew at the Marketplace
- Chapter 154: She Has Crystal Fatigue; She's Not Dead
- Chapter 157: Take the Damn Carriage
- Chapter 160: Trouble in Paradise
- Chapter 163: Besmirching
- Chapter 166: You're the Cause of My Stress
- Chapter 169: You Don't Go to This School
- Chapter 172: I'm Sorry I'm Late
- Chapter 175: A Long and Storied Life
- Chapter 178: As Beautiful as Fiona's Rooster
- Chapter 181: Maybe They Would Offer Him Potato Chips, Too
- Chapter 184: Did Marquis Guevera Approve of This
- Chapter 187: The Power of Friendship
- Chapter 190: Take Them to Holding
- Chapter 193: I Like the Codenames
- Chapter 196: You Care Too Much
- Chapter 199: Not Anymore, Satan
- Chapter 202: Stab Her Father In the Eye With a Wax Coloring Stick
- Chapter 205: You're Lucky We Come From Money
- Chapter 208: Island Full of Crystal Fanatics
- Chapter 211: I Will Go Where Tori Goes
- Chapter 214: Who Will Be My Sidekick If You're Dead?
- Chapter 217: You Have a Lot of Pent Up Aggression
- Chapter 220: This Was Not a Hill For Her to Die On
- Chapter 223: Avatar Tori is Here
- Love Interest End Scenes (LIES): Constantine - Part I
- Love Interest End Scenes (LIES): Dimitri - Part II
- Love Interest End Scenes (LIES): Montan - Part II
- Love Interest End Story: Fabian - Part I
- Love Interest End Story: Tom - Part II
- Chapter 2: Jack of All Trades
- Chapter 5: Victoria, You Stupid B-tch
- Chapter 8: Sorry, I Thought You Were a Mugger
- Chapter 11: Underdogs With Money
- Chapter 14: Each New Person was an Unwanted Responsibility
- Chapter 17: Not a Genius, Just Vindictive
- Chapter 20: Let the Horrible Revelation Sink In
- Chapter 23: Get to Know Me a Bit Better
- Chapter 26: This Has Been a Depressing Day
- Chapter 29: You Piece of Sh-t World
- Chapter 32: Playing God and Making Terrible Mistakes
- Chapter 35: Trust Me, This is Perfectly Safe
- Chapter 38: As Naturally as Breathing
- Chapter 41: Having Friends in High Places Was Very Beneficial
- Chapter 44: That’s a Stupid Reason to Get Drunk
- Chapter 47: Joke's On You
- Chapter 50: I'm Sowing Discord
- Chapter 53: As If The Woman Had Escaped
- Chapter 56: He's a Grown Man
- Chapter 59: We Won’t Be Doing That
- Chapter 62: We Cannot Let Him Become Distracted
- Chapter 65: You Kids Want a Tour?
- Chapter 68: Where Do You Get the Audacity
- Chapter 71: In the Face
- Chapter 74: Go, Or I'll Stab You
- Chapter 77: Do You Want a Hug
- Chapter 80: It Gets Weird
- Chapter 83: Holy Sh*t, I'm a Crystal Fanatic
- Chapter 86: Do You Want to Come or Not
- Chapter 89: You'll Never Be a Good Leader
- Chapter 92: You...Dropped Your Pinecones
- Chapter 95: Not Conducive to Our Fun
- Chapter 98: This Isn't What It Looks Like
- Chapter 101: Rip Off the Bandage
- Chapter 104: I Know What a Tiger Is
- Chapter 107: When Did I Retract It?
- Chapter 110: There Are Plays That Make More Sense
- Chapter 113: Countess of Cosora
- Chapter 116: He Targeted Me First
- Chapter 119: And They Were Wrong
- Chapter 122: Dashing Good Looks
- Chapter 125: So Much For Stopping a Spectacle
- Chapter 128: I'm Going to Call Mother
- Chapter 131: Axton's Lips Are Thin and Chapped
- Chapter 134: Every Day I Suffer
- Chapter 137: Don't Blame Me Because You Got Caught
- Chapter 140: Oh, Crap This is My Fault
- Chapter 143: Rest Assured If I Do, It Won’t Kill You
- Chapter 146: Take Me to the Vault
- Chapter 149: I Ask You to Forgive Me
- Chapter 152: Thank You For Your Generous Donation
- Chapter 155: Living With Piers Has Made Him Rebellious
- Chapter 158: You Can Yell My Name
- Chapter 161: He Should Be Hiding From Me
- Chapter 164: Life Is So Hard
- Chapter 167: Animals Are Better Than People
- Chapter 170: Die, Pinecones!
- Chapter 173: This is a Sack of Rice
- Chapter 176: Size Does Matter
- Chapter 179: Don't Want To Be a Necromancer
- Chapter 182: I Took Matters Into My Own Hands
- Chapter 185: Now Who's Crazy
- Chapter 188: Old Man Prince
- Chapter 191: I’m a Petty Woman, Guthry. Don’t ever forget that.
- Chapter 194: These Love Interests Have Gotten Out of Hand
- Chapter 197: My Hashbrowns Are In There
- Chapter 200: It Scares Piers, Too
- Chapter 203: I Said What I Said
- Chapter 206: She's Going to be Jealous
- Chapter 209: Am I Supposed To Use You For Evil?
- Chapter 212: The Sooner We Dance, The Sooner We Eat
- Chapter 215: Do You Have Money?
- Chapter 218: Don't Let the Flap Hit You On the Way Out
- Chapter 221: It's Not That I Don't Trust Your Judgment
- Chapter 224: This is For Victoria
- Love Interest End Scenes (LIES): Constantine - Part II
- Love Interest End Stories (LIES): Montan - Part I
- Love Interest End Story: Gideon - Part I
- Love Interest End Story: Fabian - Part II
- Chapter 3: A Brush With Death Can Change a Person
- Chapter 6: Never Trust a Career Politician
- Chapter 9: Doing Anything Was Better Than Doing Nothing
- Chapter 12: The Protagonist and Her Harem
- Chapter 15: Does Your Brother Know?
- Chapter 18: Trial By Combat
- Chapter 21: The Vandal is Your Friend?
- Chapter 24: We’re Mutual Enemies
- Chapter 27: A Chat With Swords Next Time
- Chapter 30: Her Own Personal Supervillain Lair
- Chapter 33: I'm Sorry To Disappoint You
- Chapter 36: A Strategic Move For His Succession
- Chapter 39: Don’t Embarrass Us
- Chapter 42: Stabbing Someone Was a Very Intimate Act
- Chapter 45: Her Beloved Nanny Abandoned Her
- Chapter 48: Their Story Checked Out
- Chapter 51: There is No Need For You to Marry
- Chapter 54: The Ice Queen from Lycée
- Chapter 57: Some People Seem to Want and Need a Romantic Relationship
- Chapter 60: Don't Listen to His Negativity
- Chapter 63: You Told Me You Loved Me
- Chapter 66: It’s as If He Doesn’t Want to Go Home
- Chapter 69: Nice
- Chapter 72: Hiding Like We’re Criminals
- Chapter 75: This is Unbefitting For a Prince
- Chapter 78: I Don't Want to Lose You
- Chapter 81: Good Job
- Chapter 84: A Mask Will Not Stop This
- Chapter 87: Let Us Make a Gentleman's Wager
- Chapter 90: Do You Feel Any Discomfort?
- Chapter 93: As If It Had Personally Wronged Him
- Chapter 96: Join the Naval Academy
- Chapter 99: In Front of My Cake
- Chapter 102: I Found Them
- Chapter 105: I Do Not Need This Right Now
- Chapter 108: I’m Suspicious
- Chapter 111: Tell Me Who Hurt You
- Chapter 114: I'm Tired of Life
- Chapter 117: Nothing I Say Will Stop You
- Chapter 120: Live in Constant Fear
- Chapter 123: The Marches Have a Deep History of Pettiness
- Chapter 126: Slaughtering His Way Through the Forest
- Chapter 129: The Empress was Crying
- Chapter 132: A Solid Villainess Move
- Chapter 135: It Was Non-Refundable
- Chapter 138: It's Not My Fault You Were Useless
- Chapter 141: Potato - One. Alessa and Fabian - Zero.
- Chapter 144: Destabilizing the Opposition Was an Important
- Chapter 147: The One Who Dumped You Last Summer
- Chapter 150: Isekai - The World-Hopping Game
- Chapter 153: But Not Her Ilyana
- Chapter 156: There Was No Plan
- Chapter 159: Ew. Ew. Ew.
- Chatper 162: Attracts Attention Like Flies to Horse Dung
- Chapter 165: When He's Excited, I Get Nervous
- Chapter 168: Mine's Still Better
- Chapter 171: Don't Worry, Mommy
- Chapter 174: Dig His Own Grave and Then Backflip Into It
- Chapter 177: An Unforeseen Sense of Crisis
- Chapter 180: I Can't Have Nice Things
- Chapter 183: Disturbance in the Force
- Chapter 186: You're Not Supposed to Be Here
- Chapter 189: A Ball...With People?
- Chapter 192: Everyday You Disappoint Me Further
- Chapter 195: Are You Trying to Get Rid of Me?
- Chapter 198: Suspicious
- Chapter 201: Love Doesn't Make Him Less Annoying
- Chapter 204: How Desperate Is She?
- Chapter 207: You Hate Parties
- Chapter 210: Annual Operating Plan
- Chapter 213: When I'm a Big Girl, I Will Not Need You Anymore
- Chapter 216: Do You Find Joy In Irritating Me?
- Chapter 219: Naïve and Foolish
- Chapter 222: A Really Stupid Rock
- Chapter 225: Let's Go on an Adventure
- Love Interest End Scenes (LIES): Dimitri - Part I
- Halloween Bonus: Summer Jams 4 - Moss Hill
- Love Interest End Stories: Gideon - Part II
- Love Interest End Story: Tom - Part I