The Villainess and the Maid Prince [Western Fantasy GB]

A cold, aloof, tsundere heartthrob heiress x a man in women's clothing, seemingly obedient but secretly a deranged clingy flower

Reborn twice + keeping secrets from each other + the heiress training her dog + unable to say "I love you" aloud, so all they can do is act out a coercive romance

A personal kink-fest. Firmly female-led and female-dominant, with no role reversal whatsoever. The male lead will only agonize and enjoy himself, and enjoy himself while agonizing

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[Brief Synopsis]

A pair of bitter lovers, tangled in a tragic romance, both die after reaching a BE ending, then are reborn

They fall in love all over again, not knowing that the other is the person they loved in their previous life

Once the truth of their double rebirth is revealed, their sweet romance script falls apart

They try to return to the tragic-romance script, but struggle with all their might and still cannot resist each other

Forget past lives, this life, and all that. What's mine is mine

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[Synopsis from the Male Lead's Perspective: Reborn to Win Her Back]

In his previous life, being forced to dress as a woman was Xivir's deepest, most secret pain.

The beautiful girl "Xivier" in the mirror represented his deepest humiliation, his dignity crushed beneath the heel of absolute power.

This unbending blade was forced into luxurious velvet, its sharp edge concealed.

But if it meant winning the one and only true love of his mistress, he was willing to keep pretending forever.

It's all right. She loves me, he thought.

But deception cannot bear the fruit of love.

When his true sex was exposed, the mistress who had doted on him became his cruelest executioner.

His beautiful love turned into a hatred etched into his bones, and at last his blade was drawn, fueled by that hatred.

But no matter how mad he became, all he wanted was for her to look at him once more. Nothing else.

But things did not go as he wished. She gave him the fruits of victory, then resolutely left him behind to die.

It's all right. Even in death, we will never be apart, he thought.

He followed her into death. When he opened his eyes again, he had unexpectedly returned to eight years earlier, the day they first met.

With everything starting over, this time he resolved to bury his former self completely.

He cast aside every bit of masculine pride and stubbornness, and became her perfect "Xivier."

He would become a lovesick parasitic vine, wrapping himself around the Empire's rose, beyond anyone else's reach, for all eternity.

Even death cannot separate them.

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[Synopsis from the Female Lead's Perspective: Reborn for Revenge]

Miss Lucia thinks she did a terrible job of living her previous life.

She fell in love, accepted that she might like women, then discovered the other person was a man.

She didn't break things off cleanly, and the other person went dark, joined the enemy camp, and vowed to fight her to the death.

Fine, they fought. Then it turned out her own father was an evil villain who had created an inhumane virus.

She didn't want to deal with any of it anymore. She just wanted to run away with her childhood friend, who then stabbed her in the back.

At last the story ended, and her childhood friend came running back with her ex-boyfriend, begging to get back together.

Lucia: "Are you all insane?"

After deciding that no one around her was normal, Miss Lucia chose to start over.

This time, the heiress learned from her mistakes and made a clear plan:

1. Deal with the virus, deal with her father, the source of all evil, and save her mother.

2. Resolve the family crisis, crush every potential enemy, and make sure House Delowen remains standing.

3. Stay away from crazy people, especially that little liar who will turn her whole life upside down one day!

Everything went smoothly, except that the third step went off course right from the start.

When that unbelievably beautiful young man appeared again, dressed as a woman, her long-still heart seemed to start pounding once more.

Never mind, the plan has changed. Switching to PLAN B.

She would be the crazy one, take control of him first, break his wings, and make sure he could never escape her grasp.

But before she could even unleash her claws, something felt strange.

Why had he changed? How had he become so obedient and docile? There wasn't even a trace of the sharpness he'd once hidden beneath his mask.

He was gentle and kind, he bowed and scraped, he did whatever she asked, he wagged his tail and begged for her affection... as if he'd been born to lie at her feet, for her to do with as she pleased.

She was cold, she rejected him, she tested him, she threatened him, she coaxed him gently... but he still refused to leave, like a parasitic vine born to cling to her.

Fragile yet tenacious, beautiful yet suffocating.

Lucia: "...Fine. If I can't shake him, I'll keep him. Just don't let him turn dark this time."

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[Her Commands Had Long Since Become His Only Answer]

"Do you like it?" Lucia whispered in his ear.

She pinched his tongue. Xivir couldn't nod or shake his head, so all he could do was let out a soft little "mew," like a kitten.

"Mm, good answer."

"Remember, when you don't want to answer a question, that's the right thing to do."

She chuckled softly. Her laugh was no longer cold. Instead, it was languid, frivolous, even a little flirtatious.

Her fingertip swept from his back left molar to the right, one tooth at a time. She deliberately pressed on the sharpest ones, as if she meant to file down their points.

"I don't have the time to guess what you're thinking, and I don't care what you're thinking. But as long as you can please me, I can forgive your offenses and your lies."

"As for the questions I want answered, I'll give you the correct answers from now on."

She emphasized the words "correct answers."

Her lips drew close to his ear again, almost brushing against it.

The rose's cool fragrance forcefully invaded every sense through which his body received the outside world.

Her voice dropped lower, growing more suggestive, as if she were sharing a secret known only to the two of them.

"For example, that question just now..."

"Who do you like at Red Moon Manor?"

She deliberately paused. Then her thumb and forefinger suddenly tightened around the tip of his tongue.

Xivir let out another "mew." The sudden pain jolted his muddled mind awake.

His tear-damp lashes trembled. His golden eyes, blurred with tears, opened instinctively, like moonlight scattered across a lake.

He tried to look at Lucia, as if he wanted to read something from her face.

And when his gaze met Lucia's dark red eyes, he suddenly saw, deep within them, an abyss so unfathomable it seemed ready to swallow him whole...

"The answer is Lucia Delowen."

"Carve that answer deep into your soul."

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[Reader Advisory]

1. Both leads are virgins. The female lead is taller than the male lead: she's 185 cm, an androgynously beautiful stunner, while he's 170 cm (167 cm after being reborn), a beautiful "girl." A gorgeous older sister who loves to eat x a pretty boy who likes dressing as a girl.

2. Some women are attracted to the female lead. She really does attract people of both sexes, but she sees the women and everyone else as sisters, with no romantic interest. She's only ever loved the male lead.

3. The female lead is somewhat misandrist because of her family background, leading everyone to assume she likes women. But she's actually straight, until meeting the male lead in women's clothes makes her wonder if she might be gay.

4. The author's kinks are all over the place, but I'm firmly committed to gender reversal. There will also be things like pegging, nonhumans, and male pregnancy (magic! Amazing, right!). Please forgive this kink-fest!!!

Theme: Love is willingly repeating the same mistakes