The Villainess Is Me?!

Chapter 1 : Prologue Rain lashed against the car windows as neon signs blurred into streaks of color. Inside the passenger seat, Xi Akari, a 16-year-old high school student, scrolled through the final chapter of the web novel he’d binged for the last three days. The title read: “Caged by the Duke”. “The villainess met her bitter end, alone and disgraced. No one mourned her. And no one remembered her.” Akari’s thumb hovered over the screen, trembling. “That’s it?” he muttered, voice laced with disbelief. “After 162 chapters, that’s how Evelina dies? Are you kidding me?!” He slammed his phone down on his lap. “Ugh. One star. No—half a star.” Evelina—the villainess—had always intrigued her more than the timid, perfect heroine. Sure, she was cold and sharp-tongued, but Evelina had her reasons.