This was Yue Shuxia's ninety-ninth death.
Only now had she been told that she was the villainess in an otome game.
She was the Yue family's adopted daughter, and had taken the heroine's rightful place.
She should have been grateful, but after the heroine was found, she kept sabotaging her and even framing her, until the Yue family disowned her and sent her to court.
To avoid dying in prison again, Yue Shuxia tried countless times, but every attempt ended in death.
[You were killed by a wolf in the beast-taming arena.]
[You died while taking a calamity meant for the heroine.]
[You were killed by the heroine's suitor, the "Furious Crown Prince."]
[Your stepbrother, who was protecting his biological sister, sent you to prison, where you died of poisoning.]
[Congratulations, player! You have earned the "Ninety-Nine Deaths" achievement. Some of your character restrictions preventing OOC behavior have been lifted. You have gained a degree of freedom and obtained the special ability "Fourth Wall."]
She was going to die in the end anyway, so Yue Shuxia threw caution to the wind. She stopped anxiously trying to please everyone and started looking for trouble, like a horse that had broken free of its reins, galloping farther and farther down the road to unrestrained freedom.
But for some reason, everyone who had wanted to tear her limb from limb now switched sides.
"If that's what Father wants, then I won't do it!" She defied him without restraint.
[Father's affection +10]
"Does Big Brother assume the worst of everyone because he's a rotten person himself?" She sneered.
[Big Brother's affection +5]
"Your Highness, how about listening to reason for once? The fate of the Roman tyrants wasn't pretty." She grabbed the Crown Prince by the throat and pinned him against the wall.
[Crown Prince's affection +15]
[???'s affection +9999]
Yue Shuxia: I don't understand.
[Congratulations, player! Everyone's affection has reached maximum. The reverse harem ending is about to begin...]
Yue Shuxia: "Stop! A good horse doesn't eat old grass. I refuse to get together with this bunch of bastards! I'll be sweet and happy with my darling Feng Chenxi for the rest of my life! Even if she's a girl!"
[System prompt: Feng Chenxi is very dangerous. Besides, she isn't actually...]
The exquisitely pretty, doll-like "girl" shot her a glare.
[...Please rest assured, player. Feng Chenxi will always be your soulmate.]
(An untethered wild horse x a beautiful, sickly yandere in disguise as a man. Not a gender-bender pairing.)
(2022.4.10)
Theme: Be yourself.
