One Day, an Evil Witch Burst into My Life

As one of the empire's top aristocrats, Catherine is a standard puppet heiress.

She has impeccable manners and a lovely smile. She is the public face of the noble ladies, and their mirror image.

She does her best to play the perfect doll, but day after day, her life grows tiresome.

One day, Catherine suddenly begins having strange dreams.

An evil witch barges into her life and uses magic to steal it from her.

Her father and brothers strip her of her surname and adopt the evil witch;

The crown prince, rumored to be her sweetheart, breaks his promise to her and falls for the evil witch;

Her companions turn on her with contempt and become mindless fans of the evil witch.

Catherine: ...At last, life is getting interesting.

The evil witch is thriving in the imperial capital, while a divine messenger from her own sect is down on his luck.

When he's so broke he can't even afford his next meal, he decides to turn to his companion's archenemy, Lady Catherine.

Garcia: Only magic can defeat magic! I have a copy of The Interstellar Witch's Guide to Cultivation, too!

At Garcia's urging, Catherine dubiously opens the hefty witch's handbook.

She thought witches were only a legend, but magic leads her into a completely different world.

The mystery of her origins, the empire's secrets, family feuds... one by one, the veil over Catherine's perfect life is lifted.

At last, the people who cast her aside as worthless come to their senses:

Her father and brothers: You will always be the pride of the Greenville family.

The crown prince: You're the only one I've ever truly loved...

Her companions: The evil witch deceived us all!

Catherine, who only wants to benefit the people of the empire: Thanks for the offer, but I don't want a membership card. (Read, misunderstood, and replied at random.)

Lillian arrives in the imperial capital with a grand conspiracy, swearing to trample Catherine beneath her feet.

In countless prophecies, Catherine has never once defeated her.

Lillian believes she will always have fate on her side, but Catherine breaks free of her shackles and fights back with all her might.

"I won't submit to fate. I'll take control of it.

I'm not Duke Greenville's daughter, the crown prince's intended fiancee, or the perfect flower of the imperial capital...

I only need to be myself."

A haughty heiress x a pure-hearted divine messenger

This is probably a story about discovering yourself anew and learning to love the world, qwq.

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1. A sci-fi fantasy setting: a witch's coming-of-age story, backed by high technology.

2. The male lead may be poor, but the female lead won't go bankrupt. Happy ending.

3. The female lead and the second female lead won't compete for a man. The crown prince has other plans.

4. The male lead and the second female lead have a history, but they each have their own aims. They're not close allies.

5. I don't hate any of the characters I write. A character's values are not the author's values; they're just what's needed for the plot. Please don't read too much into it.

Theme: No fate is beyond your control