I was reincarnated as a minor villainess in a childcare fantasy novel. Specifically, a pitiful imperial princess who obsessively clung to the heroine's eldest brother, became consumed by jealousy, poisoned the female lead, and ultimately met a miserable end. Fine. You can all stay far away from me! With that resolution, I began preparing my escape. But after accidentally saving the female lead... everything went completely off the rails. --- "Anyone who lays a finger on my sister, I’ll hunt them down to the ends of the earth and destroy them." "The Imperial Family? That useless bunch who couldn't even keep Titania happy? Why should I care what happens to them?" "Hahahaha! They call me a mad dog, yet they're the ones without a brain in their heads. If a mad dog chooses who to bite, can you really call it mad?" W- wait, everyone, please calm down! I'm planning to spend my days in a beautiful seaside villa, enjoying my dreams, freedom, and money! I sincerely hope all of you find happiness too! ... Or so I thought. --- "...I really believed you were dead." His golden eyes, fixed entirely on me, swirled with emotions I couldn't begin to decipher. Looking into them felt like drowning. "...It was like living through an endless nightmare, Tia." Even as he whispered those desperate words, pleading with me never to disappear again... His hand tightened around mine as though he intended to make sure I could never leave. I found myself speechless. And then there was this. --- "You can hate my brother if you want. You can find my father annoying too! But please don't hate our family's money!" The adorable female lead suddenly shoved the key to the Duchy's underground treasury, filled with all their priceless treasures, into my hands. And as if that weren't enough... "Everything is a bother? Then choose me instead of my brother." "Don't trouble yourself with becoming the Duchess." "I'll stay by your side whenever and wherever you need me." "What? You think I'm talking nonsense?" "Woof! Woof! Grrr! Arf Arf!" Even the female Lead's second brother, who had always treated me like a thorn in his side, started acting strangely. What's is wrong with all of them?
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