The Cannon Fodder Heiress's Guide to Winning Over Villains

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You’ve transmigrated into a sci-fi otome game as a cannon-fodder villainess.

Your family is the biggest mecha manufacturer in the galaxy. You have nothing but money.

All you wanted was to enjoy a quiet life, but then you realized that if you did nothing, you’d meet the same fate as the cannon fodder in the original story.

As the sole heir to an enormous fortune, you decide to get your act together and restore your family’s glory.

But this is an otome game, after all, and the System tells you that you have to win over a male character to survive.

As a cannon-fodder villainess, naturally you won’t be pursuing the handsome, charming male leads.

You study the options the System gives you:

1. A foolish male classmate who sabotages the male lead out of jealousy;

2. A bitter childhood friend whose true identity is the Demon King’s lackey;

3. A nobody who’s bullied relentlessly and clearly destined to turn evil later on.

You: Wait a minute, aren’t they all villains in the original story (or at least future villains)?

Is there any hope of a happy life after all?

For a happy, carefree life as a young lady, you decide you have to do something.

Win over the villains, put them to work for me, and reform them. The villain rehabilitation plan begins!

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Your father wants to strengthen the family’s influence, so he picks out potential matches for you at your birthday party.

He’s quite taken with your original canon match, whom you’re desperate to avoid. But having played the original game, you know that would be like inviting a wolf into your home.

As your canon match walks toward you, you shudder and hurriedly grab someone at random from the crowd, claiming your heart belongs to him.

When you turn around to get a look at the fated one you picked, you discover in horror: this is the final boss of the entire game!

In the original story, this major villain turns evil because he can’t have the heroine.

He’s meticulous and patient, biding his time as he manipulates all the romanceable characters. In the end, he only gets his happy ending because the original heroine’s silver tongue forces a plot-driven death. He’s even more terrifying than the canon match.

The Demon King is quietly watching you.

You: Uh...

The problem is, once your hand is out, you can’t take it back.

Sci-fi + Western fantasy

2022/10/20

Theme: Let’s build a harmonious world together