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.

In the capital of Velys, Princess Iris Kroyd of Kingdom of Velys, wearing an expensive velvet robe, walked through a certain noble residence.


"Your Highness Iris, Lord Albert is in the front hall. Shall I escort you there?"


Following the servant's pace, the Princess of Velys, wearing gray-brown thigh-high boots, stepped slightly, almost soundlessly, her deep violet eyes clouded with faint worry.


With the arrival of the cold wave, the joint plan between the Church of Light and Kingdom of Velys to invade the Valeria Empire had now completely collapsed. All the enormous wealth invested in the early stages of the war had disappeared into nothing, not even a single shred of benefit gained.


Chapter 596 - She is Empress