After nearly being excommunicated by the Church, Iris decides to marshal her forces to take the organization down. Dean, meanwhile, reflects on his childhood, and the first time he ever crossed paths with Iris.
Iris used to be an ordinary office drone addicted to otome games...then she woke up in one! Now, Iris is determined to use her real world smarts to start her own business. But for Iris's plans to succeed, she'll have to overhaul the entire country's feudal system.
After being banished from high society, Iris has managed to invigorate her father's domain as acting fief lord. But when an invite comes from the Queen Dowager, Iris finds herself called to court once more...just as the struggle for the crown begins to heat up. Can Iris find a way to manipulate the outcome to her own advantage, or will she become caught in the crossfire?
The original shoujo/josei isekai story that inspired the popular manga–also published by Seven Seas! Iris Almeria, the daughter of a powerful duke, is arrested and forced to her knees in front of her fiancée. Her betrothed, Prince Edward, is rejecting her for another woman! As Iris’s life flashes before her eyes, she suddenly realizes she knows exactly what is coming next–because she has been reincarnated into her favorite otome game as its villainess. Quick thinking saves her from exile, but Iris can’t rest yet. If she wants to survive this world that sees her as wicked, she’ll have to change the world itself.
Iris Armelia, the daughter of a powerful duke, is arrested and forced to her knees in front of her fiancé. Her betrothed, Prince Edward, is rejecting her for another woman! As Iris's life flashes before her eyes, she suddenly realizes she knows exactly what's coming next--because she has been reincarnated into her favorite otome game as its villainess. Quick thinking saves her from exile, but Iris can't rest yet. If she wants to survive this world that sees her as wicked, she'll have to change the world itself.
SHOWDOWN! Everything's on the line--Basara and his allies charge headlong into battle against their deadliest enemies yet. Zest brings her full might to bear against them, but even she pales in comparison to the threat waiting in the wings: The dread demon Zolgia! Against a foe so strong, has Basara met his match? He'll need everything in his arsenal to make it out of this one alive!
A DARK PAST Vueko, once one of the Three Sages, tells the harrowing origin story of the Village of the Hollows! What terrors did the members of the suicide squad Ganja and their leader, Wazukyan, find on their adventure into the Abyss?!
All paths converge on the eastern capital. With the frontiers secure, the armies of three ducal houses march on the last bastion of the insurrection and its foreign allies, determined to relieve the besieged beastfolk population and put an end to the civil war. But the frantic Lady Lydia Leinster races ahead, burning her way through every obstacle in her desperation to learn the fate of her missing partner, Allen. As she spirals out of control, her growing power threatens to incinerate her humanity along with her enemies. Only the combined efforts of Lydia’s friends and Allen’s students stand a chance of restoring the rampaging swordswoman to her senses before it’s too late, but their undertaking won’t amount to much if the rebellion’s last gasp destroys the city with them in it. The upheaval in the kingdom is drawing to a close, and it will take the birth of a new legend to make its end anything but tragic.
According to Scarlett, during the attempted assassination of Crown Princess Cecilia, the earring that pinned the crime on Scarlett was switched out with a fake. And the most likely suspect to have made the fake earring is Scarlett’s fan—Aisha Huxley. Connie heads to the Huxley mansion to hear what she has to say, and despite Aisha’s best efforts to keep her secrets, she’s driven into a corner by the girl-and-ghost duo. At last, the truth about Scarlett’s execution ten years ago will be revealed, and the meaning behind Lily’s cryptic message shall also come to light...