The Blackened Female Side Character in a Sentinel-Guide Novel

[A mama's girl, Duolin transmigrates into the rival female character in an explicit sentinel-guide novel]

The heroine is a poor commoner from the bottom of society, full of energy and cast as the beloved darling of everyone. Her story is a satisfying rise from good-for-nothing to success.

The rival female character is a noble young lady, arrogant and pampered, handed a villainess-corruption script and condemned to a muddy road down from the altar.

At first, the unruly S-rank sentinels all resist the fate of being forcibly matched by the Tower.

So they reject the rival female character, preferring to use guide pheromones rather than lower their mental barriers and establish a mental connection with her.

Later, to spite the Tower, they all flock to the commoner heroine, whose compatibility with nearly all of them is low.

After the S-rank sentinels repeatedly rebuff her, the rival female character gradually turns evil, deliberately targeting and framing the heroine in various ways. The result, naturally, is that she brings disaster upon herself, failing to harm others and harming herself instead.

When Duolin transmigrates into the book, the original owner has lost her spirit form and her mental powers, and has even lost her position at the base. She seems utterly miserable, but she still has a way out: go home and be a decorative young lady.

Duolin, who was also a "mascot" before transmigrating into a book, says: What a coincidence! She's very familiar with being a full-time daughter!

Obedient, sensible, and no trouble at all, she is also willing to meet any marriage prospect her family approves of. It's just that...

Aren't there a few too many potential fiances on her family's shortlist?

Roguish on the outside, feral within: a clingy snake who mutates from a gloomy little lizard into one with nine heads.

Scheming and secretly flirtatious: a red hawk who looks easy to fool but is actually fierce and formidable.

Cool and melancholy: a salt-of-the-earth short-tailed weasel whom no one wants to see sink further into the mire.

Alluring and bewitching: a green tea fox whose real face is impossible to distinguish from its disguises.

A cold-blooded noble: her lion cousin, elegant and divine on the outside, dark and twisted within.

One comes as a pair: an upright serval brother and his arrogant, sour-faced twin.

In the end, why have even the original heroine and her S-rank sentinel harem come to join in?

Looking at those familiar and unfamiliar faces and feeling their gazes, some restrained, some repressed, some burning hot, Duolin can't help falling into thought.

Does it really make sense to give a corrupted rival female character this many scenes?

Reader's guide:

1) A sentinel-guide novel with a universally adored heroine. The original heroine isn't vilified; she's genuinely sweet and gentle.

2) All pairings possible, perhaps with phased one-on-one romances depending on how the male leads behave. The ending will most likely be open-ended, with one-on-one alternate-timeline endings in the extras. The heroine is genuinely doted on by everyone, and everyone has a one-sided crush on her. Expect a rivalry-filled harem, a crematorium of regret, spirit forms competing for affection in daily life, and melodrama flying alongside outrageous plot twists.

3) A sweet story, with no angst for the heroine. It uses the sentinel-guide setting as a basis and includes lots of author-created details. Everything serves the plot, so don't expect logic. Please don't take it too seriously!

4) If you like it, give it a little star to show your support~

5) New cover! It's a commissioned cover that I purchased. Shout-out to the talented artist I discovered through BS Drawing Paradise: TangliGt (the "Xili Xili" template group).

6) Apart from the heroine's unique design, which I bought outright, the other male leads' images are from the artist's image library, with permission from the artists.

7) Please note: the male leads on the cover are not commissioned or unique designs. Only their hair colors and general vibes are somewhat close to those in the story; these are not the male leads' designs from this novel~

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