Just an Ordinary NPC in a Dating Sim

"The latest update to the romance otome game Uncertain Promise is here! The one who makes your heart race is waiting for you. A sweet school romance is about to begin. Download now and start an unforgettable romance with him!" * Jiang Ruci never thought there was anything wrong with her life. She went to school, went home, watched her best friend get tangled up with handsome guys, and said the same lines in the same scenes. Then one day, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have repeated the same sentence countless times. Whenever a younger schoolmate, a classmate, or an upperclassman appeared in the same scene as her best friend, she would involuntarily say different, predetermined lines and perform actions she couldn't control. Oh, so she was an NPC who moved the romance game's plot along. The reason she said different lines in the same scene was that the game's heroine had chosen different routes to pursue different male leads. Bzzzt-- Data error. The romance game's NPC awakens. Now that she has a mind of her own, Jiang Ruci decides to step off the rails. Let someone else be the NPC! Tips: 1. Set in a fictional country at an aristocratic academy. Everyone is eighteen or older, so they can date. 2. The heroine will become entangled with several of the game's male leads. The focus is on romantic tension, with one-sided feelings, people going mad for love, and a story that may turn dark and twisted. 3. Illogical Mary Sue tropes, male rivalry, and a love-triangle showdown. 4. There will be multiple loops. 5. Written to blow off steam. I'm making it up as I go, so expect me to let loose. -- ★Coming soon: Why Is Senior Sister Like This? Zhu Qingqiu joined Wanjian Sect at seven and became the first disciple under her master's tutelage. As the senior sister, she studies hard, disciplines herself, follows the rules, stays diligent from dawn till dusk, and leads by example, striving to become a role model her fellow disciples admire. By the time she is seventeen, she has four junior brothers. All four are handsome and exceptionally talented, making countless female cultivators "fall for them." That year, during the sect's recruitment, her master does something unusual and accepts a female disciple. The sixteen-year-old junior sister is charming and innocent, and both Zhu Qingqiu and her four junior brothers adore her. Until one day, when Zhu Qingqiu breaks through to a new level of cultivation and a storybook suddenly appears in her mind. In the book, her innocent junior sister is struck by a love-affecting curse and carries an intoxicating fragrance that draws countless men to her. Her four junior brothers even fight each other for her, leaving the sect in constant turmoil. In the storybook, the senior sister is disliked by all four junior brothers for being "stuffy," "cold-hearted," and "clueless about romance." After she reprimands and punishes the junior sister, she is imprisoned on the precipice. Zhu Qingqiu: Outrageous! Furious, Zhu Qingqiu returns to the sect and gives her four junior brothers a thorough thrashing. From then on, she keeps her junior sister by her side at all times, determined to keep all men away from her. Four junior brothers: ??? Junior sister: ??? Why is senior sister like this? A senior sister who only wants to practice her sword and become the best in the world x a younger, sickly, scheming, tea-loving junior brother with a love-addled brain 1. The love interest is a junior brother. 2. The senior sister is very strong and dreams of being the best in the world. 3. The heroine follows a classic cultivation-and-leveling path, while the hero gets an angsty romance plot. 4. A touch of an ensemble cast. Theme: Discovering your true self