Although I Was Reincarnated As The Villainess Of The Otome Game I Was Playing, I Only Bought It For

Aah, aah, I’m trapped.

“Umm, is something the matter?”

“Please don’t worry about it, Prince William.”

Even at this stage of childhood, I was struck by the handsome prince who’s radiating an incredibly charming aura. My memory is almost useless but he looks just like the guy most prominently positioned on the cover!

“… If I give a bad answer, it’ll be a Doom End, no, it’s a work that involves giant robots, lives are fragile anyway,” I muttered.

Yeaaahhhh, human lives are lighter and more fragile than paper. It’s common in mecha works.

“… U-Umm, is there something wrong?” Prince William asked.

“No, no, I was just thinking about lives being… something of a fleeting thing.”

Well, I know that if the Prince takes a disliking me, I’m going to be killed regardless.

“… Isn’t that right, there are so many people still dying in this world.”

Hmm? What is with this serious atmosphere?

“It’s been more than a decade since the last war, but even in just that, hundreds of thousands of people were killed–”

… Is he really 5-years-old?

… Never mind, never mind, I’m a villainess, but I have to be a noble daughter, a noble lady.

“So you’ve realized that too!” Prince William said.

Oh, no, I wasn’t listening to him.

If I didn’t listen to a member of the royal family… that’s also a Doom End!

With the situation now, I can’t ask what he was talking about.

In other words, I need to give a reply he’ll like, but I’ve got no choice but to take a chance!

“Haah, you have to be sweet, don’t you, Prince William?” I asked.

“Ah, sweet?” he asked.

“Yes, sweet,” I said. “You’re going to be the ruler of this kingdom. On the face of it, you’ll have put on a sweet facade while making ruthless choices!”

Yeaaahhh, it’s mecha series’ trend to have the characters make the most ruthless choices, big or small. Trying to drop a space colony out of orbit, launching Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) on a planet, trying to raze the planet with thermonuclear weapons instead… this is an otome game but so long as it’s also part of the mecha genre, it’s going to be a problem if you’re not a person who can go that far!

“… Yes, that’s right, that may be the case,” Prince William said.

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… Ah, it seems I’ve got no problem giving him a convincing answer.

“Sometimes you’ve got no choice but to be ruthless–” Prince William started.

“Prince William, you don’t need to worry about Lillie.”

Oh, it’s Mother.

“However, her words are still true.”

… Huh, I think I may have just planted something awful.

I’ve just created a future Last Boss, haven’t I?

“Well, as long as I don’t die, there should be no problem!”

No, there was a problem. Yeaahhh, one of the things my friend told me was a spoiler, the existence of a Bad End where the Prince who was a Capture Target falls into evil and “corrects” humanity.

… In-In that case, my future is… or rather, it’s going to be the end of this world!?

After all, Sacred Machine Pilot Training is essentially so I can stop him myself if it comes to that!

“Lilie.”

… Haah, I’ll have to get on my knees and beg Father for training time—

“Lilie!”

“Mother!?”

I-It’s an ogre! A demon!

“No, it’s just your mother.”

Did she read my mind?!

“Uh-Um, Mother?”

“… Come here for a moment, I have something to talk to you about.”

Is-Is this going to be my Doom End!??

“Oh, please forgive me, Mother…!”

“Sometimes, you have to be merciless and ruthless… that’s so different from what my teachers have taught me, isn’t it?” I, Prince William, said to myself.

I don’t understand her, it’s like she’s got a different perspective, that she’s come from somewhere far away.

“And yet, that was such an amusing and entertaining way to deal with her mother, wasn’t it?” I said.

“Please forgive me, Mother…!” she said. Then… I’ve never seen anyone do that sort of pose before… well, it seems like it was begging for forgiveness, so I wonder if it was a gesture of apology… it was the first time I’ve ever seen anything like it.

Is this something unique to House Rivale?

Roman the Eccentric, the hero who ran around the battlefield with extremely outlandish equipment and led from the front lines.

It’s said his eccentric behavior scared the previous King.

When he wakes up in the morning, he heads out to sortie and after going wild on the battlefield, he comes back for breakfast.

After that, he went out to sortie again, and after going wild on the battlefield, he comes back for lunch.

After lunch, he goes out to sortie again, takes an afternoon nap, then sorties once more.

Then he comes back for dinner, goes out for a quick sortie on a full stomach, takes a bath, does a bit of light exercise, then goes to bed.

This is the man who repeatedly, consistently defeated more enemies than anyone else. That was Roman the Eccentric.

The person who married him was a woman who betrayed her home country, this kingdom’s enemy: Trison Rivale.

… And the daughter of those two was Lilie Rivale.

“This could become an uncontrollable storm that I, no, not even the King, can handle,” I said.

Haah…! Was I right to have a hunch that something, somewhere, was going to go wrong for me?!

… Is it necessary to improve me and become the strongest pilot, after all?

No, rather, is it best for me to gather talented pilots and create a plan to build a new army for myself?

… Ah, but that plan seems to be no good as it feels so villainous.

“The Young Miss has been thinking so much lately,” one of the servants said.

“Maybe she fell in love with Prince William?” a second added.

“… I can’t say she hasn’t,” a third offered.

Isn’t that the ploy of an evil scientist who wants to rule the world?