"Ediel is your daughter, Duke."

No, that's not true.

"S-Sister! How could you...?!"

"I'm sorry, Rowena. I'm the one who spent that night with the Duke."

And that's a lie, too.

"Why did I have to be born into such a trashy novel, especially one that happens to be my little sister's favorite?"

This is a top-tier trashy romance novel, overflowing with betrayal, deception, and utterly nonsensical plot twists.

And Ediel is one of its characters, assigned the role of the "betrayer."

After raising an innocent child under the pretense that she was blameless, she stooped to an unimaginable level of depravity by repaying the Duke's kindness by murdering him!

It's true that the truth behind her wicked actions, and the fact that she had been brainwashed, is revealed in the latter half of the novel. But what good will that do?

"By then, my head will already have been chopped off by the Duchess, who turns evil after putting a dot on her face!"

Having inherited the curse of an evil mother, there's no way I'll ever be loved anyway.

So...

My only option is to play the part of a petty little villainess and escape this miserable place!

But, as always...

Plans are made to fail, logic is made to be shattered, and there's always a reason why trashy novels are so incredibly trashy.

"Will I really be able to escape this place?"