The Villainess’ Rescue Plan

I was cursed: for the crime of coveting a holy relic, I was doomed to repeat death and regression over and over again.

To break this curse, I have to save my political enemy, Leandro.

But persuading him is no easy task.

So I decided to be honest.

“Your Highness, I’m regressing right now. When I turn twenty, I suddenly die for some reason and return to my eighteenth birthday.”

“Is that so. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to help you, so let’s pretend I didn’t hear that.”

“Even though I die every time Your Highness dies, and keep regressing with you?”

“You’re quite mischievous.”

Of course, he didn’t believe me, so I decided to prove it.

“Would you like to check?”

I lifted his wineglass and pretended to clink it against the air.

“Cheers.”

The moment I drank the wine, unbearable pain struck and I vomited a red liquid instead of wine.

Seeing his expression in my blurred vision, I laughed.

How do you move an upright man?

By guilt.

But had it been too effective?

“Although the young lady does have a somewhat playful and mischievous side, isn’t she actually a good person inside?”

“Wouldn’t you like to be a special friend, different from everyone else? Only then can we act a little more for each other, can’t we?”

“I thought I’d heard that children can see people’s true nature. It seems that’s true.”

The way he looked at me had changed too much.

Didn’t this person hate me...?

Cover illustration: O.ne

Title design: Do-si