The Villainess in the Game Advances Towards Destruction

When my imprisonment in Bastille Prison was decided, I couldn't help but feel a strange sensation.

That's because Bastille Prison was near the place where I was first possessed in this game.

Yeon Bennett, who was adopted by Duke Bennett at a young age and only bullied those around her.

Eventually, Duke Bennett made a decision to correct her behavior.

He confined Yeon to an empty mansion with only a few servants and guards.

And that mansion was where I first opened my eyes in this world.

Currently, only well-maintained graves stood lonely where the burnt-down mansion once was.

I picked the pretty white wildflowers blooming nearby and placed them one by one in front of the graves.

"It's been too long since I came, hasn't it? I'm sorry. I've been a bit busy."

The servants and knight guards I became friends with in this world, the day they were killed by monsters and the mansion burned down.

The Duke rescued me, the only survivor, and revealed the truth before making a deal.

One of the compensations I demanded was to maintain these graves.

'At least the Duke kept his promise.'

In front of Annie's grave, who was closest to me, a thick book with a strange name was placed, preserved by magic.

A book she cherished so much that she even cast preservation magic on it with her meager salary, saying it needed to be passed to her successor.

Thanks to that, I was able to salvage at least one of Annie's possessions from the fire and place it in front of her grave.

I quietly closed my eyes and began to recall the day I became Lady Yeon Bennett, which was also the day I first met Annie.

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When I opened my eyes, I was lying in an unfamiliar room.

The unfamiliar ceiling pattern, the soft feel of the bed, and the subtle fragrance that filled the room.

All of this made me anxious.

"Ugh... my head..."

As I grabbed my throbbing forehead and tried to raise my body, something felt strange.

My body was light, and my movements were smooth.

A mirror placed beside the bed caught my eye.

I slowly approached it.

In the mirror stood not myself, but a beautiful girl who looked about the age of a high school freshman.

Pitch-black hair flowed down her shoulders, and clear, large eyes sparkled in apparent confusion.

I raised my hand to touch my face.

The girl in the mirror made the same movement.

As soft, slender fingers brushed my face, I realized that all of this was real.

Slap!

I hit my cheek with a hand smaller than my original one to wake myself up.

"Heeuk!"

The slight pain cleared my mind, but a strange sensation ran through my body, making me involuntarily let out a weird moan.

But that wasn't particularly important to me right now. I immediately collected my thoughts, which had somewhat awakened through the pain, and tried to recall what happened before I fell asleep last night.

'Last night, I certainly...'

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It's the game I've been deeply immersed in lately.

A game where various characters become protagonists to complete their respective stories.

The player must save the world called 'Terra' from the evil god through their chosen protagonist character.

The structure itself might be a common RPG configuration, but it gained popularity due to its high-quality story.

The problem was that it had been in early access for three whole years and still hadn't updated the final chapter.

As a result, it received tremendous criticism from users, and many users left, but...

I had a reason to continue playing this game.

"Oh! I got it!!!"

A brilliantly dazzling light, on a different level from the usual gacha effects.

Finally, breaking through the extreme probability of 0.3 percent, a legendary skin appeared.

I might have to survive on ramen until my part-time job payment comes in two weeks, but that doesn't matter.

Having lost my parents to a Gate when I was young and lived alone for 20 years.

With no family like others and living as a single person, a game character came to me.

That's TOE's playable character, Saint Candidate 'Rina'.

"It's okay! I'll definitely protect you."

"Wow, this is insane..."

An automatic exclamation that came out the moment I applied the skin to her in the character selection screen.

This is truly historic...

Pink straight hair and the usual cute face, but that wasn't what mattered right now.

The current season is summer.

Yes.

Rina's newly released legendary skin is none other than a "swimsuit."

A dark fantasy world setting where they have to stop the evil god, and a swimsuit for a Saint Candidate? What nonsense, you ask?

So what.

Any gamer who cares about such minor setting errors when faced with a swimsuit skin doesn't deserve to be called a gamer.

Naturally, if it's a swimsuit skin for a female character in a game, a bikini is the standard rule.

Thanks to that, the massive flesh that couldn't even be contained by the basic academy uniform skin was now exposed more explicitly.

I spent half my part-time job earnings on skin gacha, but I have no regrets.

No, I'm actually proud.

I was very grateful to the TOE developers for creating such an incredible, outrageous skin.

'But I still should do what needs to be done, right?'

As my favorite character lives and breathes in this world, I pride myself on having more affection for this game than anyone else.

So what I'm doing now is purely an expression of affectionate opinion toward the game.

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Title: Who cares about that bitch's story, why are you updating it?

Username: RinaFan

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Why release that bitch as a playable character instead of updating the final chapter?

I don't know how the story will turn out, but is it even possible to redeem her?

She'd probably have to be so miserable that death would be better.

Considering her past actions, she should be betrayed, not treated as a human anywhere, eating worse than pig slop, and even if she apologizes on her knees, it might not be enough.

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-Looking at the characters so far, she'll probably be redeemed, but honestly, it feels cheap

-I don't know, her face was pretty, so she'll probably be redeemed somehow lol

-I don't know what they're thinking, for real. I knew she'd appear since they put a lot of effort into her design, but all she did in the story was bully others and act like a troll

-But this guy has been writing the same post all day. Are you unemployed?

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"There's absolutely no redemption."

Unlike 'Rina,' my favorite character who was kind and friendly to everyone, 'Yeon Bennett' only bullied those around her and was the main contributor to the story turning miserable through her trolling.

The character I hate the most.

Fortunately, Yeon Bennett always met a miserable end, being punished within Act 3 regardless of which route was chosen.

Until now...

A month ago, the game company announced that she would be added as a playable character, which caused the TOE community to explode for a while.

Now, the heat has died down somewhat after some time has passed since the announcement.

The game company had previously updated villain characters as protagonists.

Showing the villain's circumstances can easily backfire, but if there's enough plausibility, it can make people excited.

And though I hate to admit it, the reason TOE's story receives praise is precisely because of this redemption.

Honestly... they wrote it well.

Well enough to instantly reverse the public opinion of a character who had been criticized all day in the community.

That's exactly why it's unacceptable.

They obviously must have prepared an impressive story.

I absolutely cannot stand seeing praise showered on someone who tormented my favorite character and other characters every day.

I need to keep adding fuel to show the developers the users' will.

'121 posts written, it's about time it becomes noticeable.'

I immediately pressed the logout button and logged into my 31st fake account.

'I'll use just this account and then go to sleep.'

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'I thought her face looked familiar.'

All I did yesterday was express a customer's legitimate opinion on the community using 31 accounts...

Yeon Bennett.

The villainess of the Bennett ducal family.

The wretched and gloomy TOE world setting where they must constantly prevent invasions by evil god followers and monsters.

I was possessed as the worst villain who tormented my favorite character in that world.

Knock knock knock

"Young lady, it's time to wake up."

Right after the sudden knocking sound, a maid with brown hair and a pretty face opened the door and entered the room.

"Aaaah!"

The maid screamed with a pale face upon seeing me, then fell to her knees.

"I'm sorry! I didn't know you were already awake."

What's this?

I didn't do anything...?

"Haah... it's okay, get up."

I helped her to her feet.

"Y-yes! Would you like to wash? I'll assist with your bath."

She still looked at me nervously. I didn't understand why she was so flustered, but to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I decided to send her away first.

"It's fine, just go out for now."

But she became even more pale, and this time, she prostrated herself, almost burying her head in the floor.

"I'm sorry! Please spare me just this once!"

...What?

'What's going on now?'

I was inwardly shocked.

'What on earth has this crazy woman been doing?!'

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After barely calming down the crying maid who was begging for forgiveness and sending her out of the room, I began to calmly organize the current situation again.

First, if this is within the TOE world setting, there's one thing I need to experiment with.

"Appraisal."

When I touched a white cloth placed on the drawer and shouted, a translucent window appeared before my eyes.

[SYSTEM]

「You have successfully appraised the item.」

Oh! It works!

-A premium sanitary pad released by the continent's finest trading company, Lapelasia Trading Company.

Effect: When worn, you almost don't feel it. It has Clean magic cast on it, so it never gets dirty.

'Ah... that was information I really didn't want to know.'

One of the elements that made TOE well-received was how it utilized game elements as settings within the world, making users accept them with minimal dissonance.

The 'Akashic Records' that contain all records of the world.

And the 'System Management Bureau' that edits that information and provides it to people in various forms through the system.

Providing basic information about items like this is also one of the system's functions.

I deliberately ignored the embarrassing item information window and checked the next function.

"Status Window"

A translucent screen appeared before my eyes.

"As expected."

The status window is also one of the functions provided by the system and serves as a kind of ID card for people in this world.

Name: Yeon Bennett

Level: 2

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Affiliation: Bennett Ducal Family

Ability: None

Unique Ability: Masochist

Only the most basic information was written, just like the status window I saw in the game, which can only be used as an ID.

'Wow, she acted so high and mighty in the story with just this pathetic level?'

It was the lowest starting level among all the characters I had played.

At least she met the academy's entrance level requirement of level 2, which is fortunate...

If she weren't a noble lady but some minor provincial noble, this would be the perfect level to be eliminated without anyone knowing.

But...

Hmm...

"Haah..."

I really wanted to grit my teeth and ignore it, but my eyes couldn't help but be drawn to it.

"What's with this perverted ability?"

How can the ability name be Masochist?

After confirming that the system works exactly like in the game, I immediately turned my attention to Yeon's unique ability.

Unique Ability.

An innate ability that can only exist in one person.

The types vary by person and show a wide range of performances, but most characters who possess these are among the strong.

In other words, Yeon, who was known as just an incompetent third-rate villain, had quite a decent talent.

The fact that Yeon had a unique ability was unknown to anyone in the game, so she must have been hiding it...

Well, yes.

If the ability name is this ridiculous, it makes sense to never mention it.

'Let me check exactly what kind of ability it is.'

Masochist (Unique Ability)

[Mental and physical pain make you stronger. All forms of pain turn into pleasure.]

It was a very intuitive ability.

As befits the name Masochist, becoming stronger through pain.

The strange sensation I felt when I slapped my cheek to wake up right after possession, I was too disoriented to pay attention then, but...

Could that have been the manifestation of the unique ability?

With such an ability, Yeon's behavior in the game makes some sense.

If she gets stronger by being cursed at, as befits the term Masochist?

Did she actually behave that way to use her ability???

'Hmm... thinking about it that way makes her even more trash-like.'

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Annie, Lady Bennett's dedicated maid, was trembling in her room with a thick book open.

This book, so thick it seemed doubtful her frail arms could even lift it, was titled 'Safety Guidelines for Lady Bennett.'

The number of maids who had been beaten to death by Lady Yeon Bennett for finding trivial faults and then expelled from their families numbered in the dozens. This safety guideline was written with their blood.

It contained detailed methods for responding to the noblewoman's tyranny, which ordinary people couldn't understand. By memorizing this thick book, she became the woman who lasted longest as Yeon's dedicated maid and made history.

But she now had a premonition that even this legendary record was about to end.

[Lady never wakes up first in the morning. If you hear an answer when you knock to wake her up, immediately leave and come back an hour later.]

Clearly following guideline 53, she entered the room as usual to wake up the young lady when there was no response to her knock.

And such complacency led to the worst outcome.

She was already awake on her own.

Annie began reading the last guideline, which was emphasized in very thick letters among the numerous guidelines in the manual, with trembling eyes.

[If the Lady wakes up on her own in the morning and doesn't get angry with you or find any fault, leave the ducal family immediately.]

A safety guideline she had laughed off when first reading it, thinking such a day would never come, but it had just happened.

Until now, she had faithfully followed the guidelines in the manual, but this time Annie simply couldn't follow the manual.

She needed money for her mother's medicine, who had fallen ill after her father's death, and living expenses for her two younger siblings.

Tears welled up.

After enduring somehow until now, was she going to die like this?

Ding ding

At that moment, the bell calling for a maid rang like thunder in her ears.

Annie squeezed her eyes shut.

Her family's survival depended on her endurance here.

She pulled herself together and walked out, heading toward the Lady's room.

Knock knock

"Come in."

As she entered the room, she noticed her mistress looking slightly different than usual.

She was looking at her with a gentler expression than the frightening and vicious expression she always wore.

There was nothing in the manual about her being able to make such an expression?

This wasn't good.

It seemed like the next guideline would be written with her blood.

At that moment, the Lady's lips parted.

"I... I think I've been too harsh on all of you. I'm sorry. I really want to apologize."

What...?

Annie's mind froze at the unbelievable situation.

Thud!

Soon she felt dizzy and collapsed onto the floor.