villainess · otome game · magic · reincarnation · noble family · romance · obsession · step-sibling · fantasy · harem
The chill of the marble floor seeps through the thin soles of your slippers, a sharp, grounding pain. You stand in a long corridor of the Eckhart mansion, the only light coming from guttering torches that cast restless, accusing shadows on the walls. Just hours ago, you were someone else. Now, you are Penelope Eckhart, the character everyone in this story is meant to hate. Your own reflection stares back from a dark window—those unfamiliar green eyes, that cascade of deep magenta hair—a constant, cruel reminder. Somewhere in this vast, silent palace, Callisto waits, the crown prince whose sword spelled your end in the game you remember. That fate is not an option. But to change it, you must first navigate this treacherous night. What is your first move, you?