Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Villainess(6)

A reborn noble in an otome game with the memories of her past self, Karen was engaged to a prince and had a dark fate in store when the heroine arrived. Her childhood friend Hansel was a cursed child, alienated by his colouring and marking. In adulthood, Hansel becomes the princes attendant and keeps a cool distance from his engaged childhood friend. The rest of the story follows Karen and Hansel falling for each other as the prince is readily swayed from his fiancée by Alice. There are some good lovemaking scenes and a happy ending, but it feels like there was much that was unexplored (eg what made a cursed marking cursed? It seemed to have no impact other than social rejection).

This is evolving into an interestingly complex story with the past of the King revealed. There are plenty of silly, OTT moments in the story that balance out the serious topics, but understanding why the King ignores his daughter and wife, looking into the attempted murder of the Queen and getting to the bottom of the relationship with the illegitimate brother provides plenty of drama to what would otherwise be a silly but fun piece of fluff story.

Completed story Commander Liza Mary of the Imperial Knights returns victorious to the Empire of Phaeton after a long war to subjugate an enemy kingdom. But little did she know that her beloved fiancé Illian would leave her for Flora, the princess of the fallen enemy kingdom… After drinking herself into a heartbroken stupor that night, Liza awakens to the modern world in the body of timid high schooler, Doeun. Puzzled and confused, Liza seeks to find out what happened and return to her own world, aided by Doeun’s friends Ian and Lora, who look suspiciously like Illian and Flora!

These really are a hoard of one shot Villainess stories that make for a great, quick escape.

Completed story Yoon Haneul: Modern woman and a pushover, Yoon finds herself isekaied into a novel she had written 10 years earlier. One full of youthful cliches and tropes that made her cringe, and one where she became the villainess. Aila Mertensia: The villainess who existed in the novel to make the heroine shine. Daughter to a powerful duke, now that Yoon is inhabiting this body she is determined to avoid that bloody ending and enjoy her favourite novels. Only it seems that avoiding her role has placed time in an endless loop. And it seems that she isn’t the only one to notice. Killian: Centuries old and a powerful warlock, Killian had been stuck in a repetitive and irritating day and was determined to destroy the one responsible. Tracing that person led him to Alia. In order to help time move on, he decides to help her become the perfect villainess. I really loved the story. The MCs were wonderfully designed and the plot was enjoyable. The ending was a bit fast perhaps, but it wrapped things up pretty well and was very satisfying as far as the MCs future goes. Based on a light novel