I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss

Aileen Lauren d'Autriche.

Our engagement is officially dissolved!

I beg your pardon?

Our engagement... dissolved?

Our engagement is dissolved?!

He can't possibly mean...

He can't!

Yet, somehow, I anticipated this...

This sight...

I've seen it in my dreams many times before.

Crown Prince of the Ellmeyer Empire, Cedric Jean Ellmeyer.

My fiancé and the main romance route.

Wait... "romance route"?!

I've decided to live my life openly, with Lilia.

I'm terribly sorry, Lady Aileen.

Lilia Reinoise.

She went from a commoner to the first daughter of a baron.

Also the game's female lead.

"Game"? "Female lead"?

I've had enough of your treachery and arrogance, Aileen.

Aileen?

Isn't that...

The female lead's rival...

The villainous heiress, Aileen?!

I finally know what's going on here.

This is the world of the game I was obsessed with in my past life!

Poor Lady Lilia.

She was so mean. Telling Lilia not to address her...

And all those things she did at the school festival, too.

This is the dissolution of their engagement, an event from the game's second act.

Quite a disadvantageous situation.

As you seem uninterested in my opinion, I'll simply take my leave.

I regret that I couldn't cry and make a scene,

as you so clearly wished to see me do.

Don't cry. Smile!

Don't let him feel superior to you!

Prince Cedric.

I truly did adore you.

This is the world of the otome game, Regalia of Saints, Demons, and Maidens .

As part of the legend of the Holy Sword Maiden, the female lead Lilia

does battle with the awakened demon lord.

The villainous heiress Aileen...

Meanwhile, Aileen...

In the chaos of the final scene...

dies———————————————

Sure, she dies offhandedly in the game,

but I can't afford to die in real life!

Think!

Remember!

What can you do under these circumstances?!

The bad end is triggered by the demon lord's awakening.

Which means...

I'll have to stop the demon lord.

I'll have to tame the final boss!

I'm the Villainess,

So I'm Taming the Final Boss

The Wicked Heiress's Story Begins

So many bad omens...

Go home, human!

You're the girl who got dumped by her fiancé!

Nobody likes you!

Selfish! Arrogant!

Is such disrespect typical of welcomes in this household?!

I am the one known as Aileen Lauren d'Autriche,

and I refuse to begone until I've had an audience with your master!

I carry the blood of the Holy Sword Maiden, too.

I'm sure I can handle this.

Let me help.

Why, thank you—

Hang on, hang on, hang on!

He's even more stunning than his character sprite!

It's almost annoying how pretty he is!

What business could a human possibly have with me?

Lord Claude Jean Ellmeyer, is it not?

Indeed it is.

I have an offer that you may find appealing.

Will you...

marry me?!

Marry?

Will who marry whom, did you say?!

I lived a charmed life as the youngest child of a duke.

But because I was a girl, and less competent than my brothers,

I could never keep up with them, no matter how I tried.

I assumed I had no value.

I thought that for the longest time.

At the age of eight, Prince Cedric proposed to me.

That was the first time anything was expected of me,

and becoming empress became my dream.

In order to reign well and wisely, I worked,

perhaps too hard.

The next thing I knew, I was declared the "arrogant heiress,"

thinking herself superior due to her status as the prince's betrothed.

If only I'd done a bit more

to make myself seem more charming and fragile,

maybe things could have been different.

But our lord isn't angry.

The lightning struck because he was surprised.

He wasn't... angry?

True enough.

If Lord Claude were angry, the damage would have been much more severe.

Why did you treat her?

No special reason.

She wished to marry you, Lord Claude?

I remember now. He has two aides.

Keith and...

Will you look after her, my lord?

The demon, Beelzebuth.

I have no such intention.

She may have been sent here on someone's orders,

as a trap.

Certainly not!

I came of my own accord.

Claude Jean Ellmeyer.

Cedric's half-brother.

His demonic nature was discovered when he was ten years old,

and he was stripped of his inheritance as heir.

The demons and humans signed a non-aggression pact,

and he was driven here to this abandoned castle.

If he awakens as a result of his hatred for humans,

he'll transform into the final boss dragon and kill Aileen offhandedly.

If I want to avoid that bad end...

Marry me, won't you?

I'm sure I'll make you happy!

Throw her out.

I'll leave the moment you agree to the engagement!

I only just met you!

Why, then?

I... well...

Are you saying... you're in love with me?

No!

Lord Claude! Please, restrain your tornadoes!

How dare you do this, mere moments after Cedric dissolved your engagement—

I'm aware that I've been less than perfect.

But am I supposed to spend all my time crying because of that?

I refuse to waste even a single second of my life!

So you came to court a demon lord?

Court—

Why, my lord, I could quite easily court—

F-Forgive my unsightly appearance.

I'll return another time.

No need for that.

Now you need never come back again.

Leave.

I'll treasure it!

A magical dress!

It's wonderful!

Oh, was that another spell?

Just leave!

Forcing me home with magic...

He got me that time.

You're looking better than expected, Aileen.

I'm terribly disappointed in you.

This sadist!

He's supposed to be the Empire's brilliant prime minister, so it surprises me.

An invitation.

From Prince Cedric and Lady Lilia.

In two months, they'll be holding a ball to announce their engagement.

They'll ask you to sign the nullification of your engagement in front of everyone then.

So he can reject me one more time in public?