Proud to Be the Villainess

For years, Wellmy Ernest has made her half-sister Iora’s life a living nightmare. She forced Iora to obscure her beauty, treated her like a servant, and even stole her fiancé. Their own father and his second wife joined in on the torment, cruelly confiscating Iora’s belongings and forcing her to live in a cold, drab detached building. Now that Iora has turned eighteen, Wellmy is ready for the final insult: marrying her off to Aides Ormirage, the handsome yet heartless mage lord. Tonight, at last, her brilliant scheme will reach its climax at the banquet held by Aides himself. Yet as the villainess prepares for her final act, she is acutely aware that all that awaits her is her own doom.

Months have passed since Wellmy and Aides’s confrontation at the party. Count Ernest and his wife have been punished for their crimes, Iora is free and engaged to Leo, and Wellmy is spending her days under the sweet torture of Aides’s attentions. All’s well that ends well... Or is it? Iora’s engagement to Leo isn’t exactly smooth sailing. Having lost her peerage, Iora’s only path to marry Leo is to complete her magic research, which would grant her a new noble title. And that’s not to mention the detractors who might target her once they learn she’s to be the future crown princess. That’s when Aides and Wellmy come up with a plan: Wellmy will step in for Iora and let everyone believe she is Leo’s fiancée. Putting her villainess mask back on, she prepares to take on this new role—all for her beloved sister’s sake.