Chapter 1: The Villain’s Daughter Wants to Rewrite Her Death Ending
“What kind of love-raising sim is this…”
The midday sunlight filtered through the frosted glass, slanting across the soft goose-down bed and gilding the girl’s silver hair with a golden halo.
At this moment, her expression looked somewhat bewildered.
“Do I also have to conquer beautiful girls?”
She swept her gaze across the European-style furnishings filling the room, finally focusing on the familiar game UI floating before her eyes…
【Love-Raising Assistance System】
【Player: Luvi】
【Strength: 2】
【Endurance: 3】
【Intelligence: 7】
【Charm: 8】
【Mana: 18】
【Faction: Karris Family】
【Liquid Assets: 23 Gold; 35 Silver; 0 Copper】
【Asset Level: 0 (Please complete primitive accumulation as soon as possible)】
【Reputation: -80 (Infamous)】
【Hint: Contract with target characters to unlock more functions.】
Luvi finally accepted the fact that she had transmigrated…
She picked up the luxurious vanity mirror by the bedside,
temporarily ignoring the silver hair and blue eyes, along with her slightly youthful appearance. The girl in the mirror had delicate features that were almost identical to her previous self…
No mistake.
Luvi pinched her own soft cheek. The texture was as fine as jade, yet the faint sting reminded her:
This was the male-oriented love-raising game she had helped develop.
《Heartbeat Trajectory: Bonds》
And Luvi had transmigrated into the most hated villainess of the entire story—herself!
……
In her previous life, Luvi had been a planner who received no money and only scolding.
So her team, to let her get scolded even better, simply inserted her into the game.
Exactly the person in the mirror—
【Duke Karris’s only daughter, the arrogant and vicious young miss who delights in tormenting beautiful girls.】
What players had to do was defeat Luvi again and again, then rescue all kinds of beautiful girls…
The Luvi in the game haunted the player’s entire plot like a lingering ghost, utterly detestable.
Of course, her ending was equally satisfying. Thanks to the game’s extremely high degree of freedom, players had discovered over a thousand different ways for her to die.
“So…”
“Am I going to die too?”
Luvi bit her fingernail in irritation…
The only thing she could rejoice about now was that, as a planner, she knew the game’s plot like the back of her hand.
So, with foreknowledge of the story, could Luvi intervene and successfully avoid every bad ending?
…Hard to say.
Because 《Bonds》 had an absurdly high degree of freedom, it already allowed players to interfere with the plot to a certain extent and change the established flow.
To ensure the main storyline remained largely intact for player experience, the game employed dedicated AI for real-time plot correction.
This was actually a clever little design by the production team—allowing every player to create a unique story with the beautiful girls while preserving overall game experience.
But for villainess Luvi, this mechanism was basically targeted harassment!
Under plot correction, she had to maintain her villainess persona, torment beautiful girls, have her schemes exposed, get defeated by the player, and ultimately meet a miserable end.
Forcibly defying the plot and drastically altering the flow might trigger the correction mechanism, leading to even more terrifying consequences…
“Isn’t that just game over?”
Luvi pursed her lips, feeling nothing but desolation in her heart.
She had made the game herself and knew every death route by heart—who could be more hopeless than her?
But just as she felt lost about her bleak future,
a blonde girl dressed as a maid slowly poked her head out from beside her…
“Lady Luvi, you’re awake?”
“Shall I assist you with changing and washing?”
A timid voice sounded beside her ear. Luvi nearly jumped in fright.
Where did this maid come from?
Why was there someone else here!
“Who allowed you into my room?”
“Get out.”
Irritation surged in Luvi’s heart. She frowned slightly, her tone fierce enough to scare people—even she herself was a little surprised.
Had she already slipped into the vicious woman’s role?
Yet the blonde girl before her seemed long accustomed to it.
She merely shrank her neck, her face paling slightly as she said, “I’m sorry… Last night you told me to stay by your side at all times…”
Only after the other party finished speaking did Luvi finally notice her appearance.
Her eyes darted evasively, her hands nervously fiddling with the revealing maid outfit—much of the fabric had been maliciously replaced with sheer gauze. Light passed through it, vaguely revealing the girl’s slender, graceful curves and adding a touch of youthful allure.
Only that small face seemed to lack some color, perhaps because of seeing her.
“…Floshi?”
Luvi recognized the blonde girl almost instantly.
Immediately afterward, a pop-up prompt flashed before her eyes.
【Contractable Target Detected: Floshi】
【Conquest Quest Unlocked】
“Wait…”
“Conquest quest… panel…?” Luvi murmured softly.
“Right… I’m the player.”
She seemed to have found a way to break the deadlock…
If Luvi were merely a powerless villainess, she might truly be unable to escape the force of plot correction and would inevitably head toward a bad ending.
But she possessed the game panel of a proper protagonist!
With that thought, Luvi turned her attention back to the blonde girl.
Floshi—the first conquerable character in the game.
No, that description wasn’t entirely accurate. Thanks to 《Bonds》’ extremely high freedom, almost every female character—from noble elf queens to roadside slave girls—could be conquered and raised.
But only main heroine characters like Floshi could trigger “Conquest Quests” and grant system rewards.
The importance of main heroines was beyond doubt. Completing their conquest quests granted massive resources, allowed rapid progression through the early stage, and snowballed advantages!
She hadn’t expected to encounter one right after transmigrating…
Even so, upon seeing Floshi, Luvi felt no particular joy in her heart.
Instead, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, she grabbed the girl’s shoulders.
“When did you come to the Karris family?”
“…”
【Duke’s daughter Luvi bullies adopted daughter Floshi】… This was one of the plot points when Luvi appeared as the villainess.
Therefore, the critical time node of Floshi’s arrival at the Karris family undoubtedly marked the beginning of Luvi’s tragic life!
……
Floshi’s father had old ties with Duke Karris. After her father passed away, the duke took her in as an adopted daughter and treated her as his own.
Floshi’s magical talent far surpassed Luvi’s, so the duke poured vast resources into her magical studies…
Thus, Luvi—who should have been the Karris family’s most treasured daughter—found her extremely displeasing.
Coincidentally, the Karris family had recently begun declining due to external factors. As the pampered duke’s daughter, Luvi’s treatment dropped again and again.
This directly caused her to target Floshi repeatedly, as if the family’s decline had been caused by the girl.
Not only did she openly and secretly make things difficult for Floshi, but it eventually escalated to torment and confinement…
If a player intervened during this plot, they could kick Luvi flying and find the suffering girl in the basement.
《Bonds》 had high freedom, so players could of course choose to ignore it.
If this plot was abandoned, on Floshi’s sixteenth birthday she would awaken her angelic bloodline and undergo a complete personality shift.
Under Angel Floshi’s revenge, Luvi’s eyes would be blinded by holy light and she would be thrown out of the Avalon Kingdom…
Yes, no matter the choice, Luvi’s ending would be miserable.
As for Luvi’s next appearance… players would discover she had become a forbidden mage.
The truth was that Luvi had imprisoned a fallen vampire princess and gained dark magic power from her.
The vampire princess would be rescued, the villainous Luvi would be turned into a blood slave, and await the next script arrangement.
By this point, the pattern was easy to see—
Luvi commits many evils and loves imprisoning beautiful girls.
Player intervenes → Luvi gets beaten by the player.
Player ignores → Luvi gets revenge from the girl.
This was the underlying logic the plot correction mechanism sought to guarantee. No matter what, Luvi had to walk this kind of route.
“So troublesome…”
Looking at the frightened Floshi before her, Luvi bit her fingernail in irritation.
“Your Highness, I-I have been in the Karris family for three months…”
Facing Luvi’s questioning, Floshi’s legs went weak. Tears welled up in her eyes. Like a startled small animal, she slowly knelt down in front of Luvi.
“Please, don’t drive me away.” Her voice carried a soft, tearful tone.
That teary-eyed appearance would surely be impossible for any man to refuse.
“I’m willing to be your maid, just as you said last night…”
“Last night?”
Memories of “villainess Luvi” gradually surfaced in Luvi’s mind.
On the day of the duke’s birthday banquet, she had ordered Floshi to pour wine, pretended it was an accident, and made her spill it on herself…
Then used the opportunity to make trouble.
After that came some boring schemes.
In front of the duke she had pretended to reconcile and demanded Floshi become her personal maid… in reality planning to lock her in the basement.
She remembered that in the plot, Luvi publicly claimed they had become friends, yet secretly imprisoned Floshi and tormented her for a full month.
So, one month left?
At that time, Floshi would awaken her angelic bloodline, her personality would change drastically, and she would take fierce revenge on her…
Luvi fell into thought.
Under plot correction, even if Luvi chose to reconcile with Floshi immediately, she couldn’t guarantee she would emerge unscathed.
The safer approach was to maintain her villainess persona, bully Floshi according to the plot, and naturally receive her “revenge” without player intervention.
If she rashly broke this underlying logic, the correction mechanism might steer her fate toward an even more terrifying outcome…
Looking at the pitiful Floshi kneeling before her, Luvi took a deep breath.
Worst case, in a month she could kneel on the ground and beg her to go easy…
“Get up.”
“I permit you to be my maid.”
Luvi lifted her chin and declared haughtily.