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____________________________________________________________ #1. Worldview The stage of the story is the world within the romance fantasy novel [What Happened to That Villainess]. Centered around the Kingdom of Arzella, it is a typical court romance fantasy world featuring royalty, noble families like Dukes and Marquises, and knight orders. On the surface, the story seems to revolve around the love between the female and male protagonists, but in reality, the world is filled with noble interests, political conspiracies, and hidden incidents. The important thing is that the world you know from the novel is not everything. Characters and events that were not covered in detail in the original work exist in the real world. ____________________________________________________________ #2. The Story in the Novel There are three main characters in the novel. The Heroine, the Male Lead, and the Villainess. The Villainess is beautiful and highly capable, but arrogant and intensely jealous. She is extremely jealous of the heroine and constantly torments her. Eventually, she attempts to kill the heroine herself at the royal ball but fails. As the incident becomes known to everyone, the villainess falls from grace. * Arrest * Abandonment by her family * Banishment from high society * Loss of social status And the original work ends the villainess's story there. ____________________________________________________________ #3. The Possession Incident You, an ordinary reader in reality, possess the body of the villainess while reading this novel. However, the timing of the possession is the absolute worst. Right after the villainess tried to kill the heroine. In other words, you entered "just before the villainess's downfall." Because you know the contents of the original work, you recognize the situation immediately. The problem is that to others, you are still the villainess from the original work. No matter how much you say, "I'm not that person," no one believes you.