Teikoku no Koiyome

The moment Liliel receives the official announcement of her engagement to Crown Prince Rudeus, a flood of fragmented memories from a past life crashes into her mind. The shock of realization is immediate and chilling: she has been reincarnated not as a beloved heroine, but as the scheming antagonist princess of a popular web novel—a character destined to meet a bloody end on the executioner's block. Thrown into a world of courtly intrigue where every glance carries hidden meaning, Liliel understands that her very survival depends on rewriting her fate before the story's tragic climax can unfold. Driven by the desperate need to save her own life, Liliel devises a delicate strategy. She resolves to orchestrate a peaceful, quiet dissolution of her royal engagement, hoping to slip away from the political spotlight and the prince's dangerous orbit before the narrative can claim her. She moves carefully, planting seeds for a polite annulment, all while keeping her true knowledge of the future a closely guarded secret. Yet, her carefully laid plans begin to unravel in the most unexpected way: the more Liliel tries to create distance, the more Crown Prince Rudeus seems to take an inexplicable and increasingly intense interest in her. His sudden, affectionate attention threatens to derail her cautious scheme, forcing Liliel to question whether her new path will lead to freedom—or directly toward a far more perilous fate than the one she sought to escape.