
I might be wrong here but basically our MC in real world is the shard of Penelope's soul from the game. Every single time Penelope died in the game (no matter if it was normal or hard mode), Vynter had to reset everything back to the beginning. It's because Penelope (she is the reincarnation of goddess or something like this) is the only one capable of stopping Yvonne (she is like a super evil witch that wants to destroy the world). And because of so many resets, Penelope's soul just shattered into so many peaces and was scattered around the universe. The worst part is both all the potential male leads and Penelope lose their memory after resets but Yvonne remembers everything. So it's impossible to avoid the confrontation and no matter how many resets, Yvonne will always want to kill Penelope and Vynter was always the one that helped get Yvonne close to MC but it changed in this timeline. This also answers why Penelope is so tired. It's not even her whole soul but a shard of it and she was through so much.
There will be also an explanation to what even is the game. I don't remember everything but it was a basically a cheat from Penelope to herself and the whole game she played in real world was memories of the goddess so she could train a little before coming back.
I read it a long time ago so it might be vague or not correct but it's the glimpse of most of things. For me the soul shattered information is the most heartbreaking because Penelope was through this hell so many times because of Vynter. Every single time he learned that Penelope was the key to save the world, he reset everything not caring about her wellbeing.

In his defense (I don't want to defend him tho, lmao) he also lost his memory every single time after the reset. So he created this circle without knowing it was repeating over and over again. I just wish he would be smarter cuz he's like this super OP magician but can't creating something that would give him some hints after the reset.
this rabbit guy is kinda gray character isnt? but i dont remember my reason that i dont like this guy. (the slave guy is out of questions since the relationship is a bit no for me. obsession x possession, yeah not a big fan)
damn maybe i should re-read the novel once again, if i found the link i read tho