I Hold the Tragic Beauty's Script, but I'm Actually a Goofball

I am a villain with the classic revenge-story setup: beautiful, powerful, and tragically doomed.

Everyone knows that my family was slaughtered when I was young. By chance, I was later adopted as the righteous daughter of the Demon Cult's leader, and so began my life as the Demon Cult's young leader, serving the man who killed my family and helping him commit evil.

The righteous heroes are heartbroken. They believe a fine young woman like me should never have fallen into the filthy waters of the demonic path.

They think that if I discover my adoptive father was the real culprit behind my family's massacre, I'll surely mend my ways, help the immortal sects wipe out the Demon Cult, and destroy this great threat to them.

Countless people have tried every trick in the book, desperately pushing clues right under my nose.

Yet I remain blind and deaf, turning a complete blind eye to everything, and stubbornly following the great villain.

I know that's what they must be saying about me behind my back.

Sigh. Everyone thinks I'm an icy, noble beauty, trapped by the hatred of my slaughtered family and driven by a single-minded thirst for revenge.

But the truth is...

Hehe, I barely even knew that stupid family.

I'm just a poor, helpless transmigrator who was inexplicably dragged away by their patriarch to stand in for his child.

All that coldness and revenge is just me following the plot so I can stay alive.

As a wisecracking goofball, I'm about to suffocate from living this miserable life.

Sigh. When can I finally kill that dear adoptive father who poisoned me with a parasitic curse and regain my freedom?

...Wait, wait, wait. I made up the whole thing about being a villain. So why does it seem like there's actually a main plot?

Isn't transmigrating into a book supposed to come with a plot-aware golden finger? Why do I have to figure it all out myself based on years of reading novels? Come on!

Don't goofballs deserve to live, too?!

"Reading guide"

1. The entire story is told in first person.

2. I'll add more if I think of anything.

Theme: The wind may howl, but one day we'll ride the waves and set sail across the boundless sea.