They Say Other People's Misfortune Tastes Like Honey, But Your Own Downfall Tastes Like Poison desu wa!

Villainess Koleha Nyarlathotep. Put into simple terms, her end result in "Face☆Meet" was engagement cancellation and exile in every route.

Surprisingly, villainess Koleha was acting as a villainess in all routes. It seems she really didn't like that former commoner baroness heroine… Probably due to budget constraints for the VR models.

The exile destinations varied: "convent," "Demon Forest," "prison," even "hostage abroad"… I think being exiled to the "Demon Forest" would definitely mean death. Moreover, I believe it was an exile where she was poisoned by her attendant maid and lost consciousness, with that much attention to detail.

"What a farce that a Poison Magic-using villainess would be poisoned and unable to move."

Muttering that, Koleha remembered that this villainess was actually herself and scratched her head.

She was once again confirming her appearance in the mirror.

Still a young 5-year-old Koleha-chan. The same purple hair and eyes as the villainess she saw in the game. Cute hair near her ears that would likely become vertical rolls in the future. Strong-willed eyes. Considering that enrollment in the academy where the otome game takes place happens at age 15, Koleha would definitely become a villainess.

"But I can't remember any of the fine details… Well, since I don't even remember my own name, that's how it is… Conversely, it's strange that I forgot my name but remember 'Face☆Meet'."

Well, it's probably the pattern where the goddess accidentally forgot to erase the memory. I've seen it in web novels. Koleha stopped thinking deeply about it.

At this point, something suddenly bothered her.

"… Oh? By the way, I'm the only daughter of the Nyarlathotep Marquis House, so why was I the younger sister of a love interest in the game…?"

Searching her memories for the name Kurushu, she found a male cousin with that name.

It seems he's not her brother yet in the current situation, but he will become one.

"… In a common development, they would adopt the excellent Kurushu-sama from the family to succeed to the Prime Minister's position and the Marquis House, right? I'm certain of it! I know these things well!"

I've forseen it! Koleha nodded in satisfaction.

In reality, as the First Prince's fiancée, she would normally leave the house and become queen in the future. In that case, it would be natural to adopt an excellent relative as heir to the family.

"That settles my doubts, desu wa!"

While Koleha was feeling satisfied, the door to her room suddenly slammed open.

"Ojou-sama, what was that scream just now!?"

The one who entered was a young maid.

Facing the maid who had rushed in so forcefully, Koleha smiled sweetly.

"It's nothing, desu wa. More importantly, to storm into your mistress's room like that… if I had been standing in front of the door, I might have been seriously injured, don't you think?"

"…! M-my deepest apologies. I thought it was an emergency!"

"Please be careful. Well, I'm in a good mood right now, so I'll make a special exception and forgive you desu wa!"

"Y-yes! I'm terribly sorry, Ojou-sama."

As the maid bowed deeply, Koleha turned her face away with a little huff.

…

The words had come out naturally, but — huh. She didn't know the maid's name.

(It seems I've been the sort of villainess who, from a young age, never bothered to remember the servants' names and did whatever I pleased, desu wa…? Figures.)

Commoners are pawns. There's no need to remember each name; if they can be trained into usefulness, fine; if not, replace them. Such thoughts floated into her mind.

By the standards she'd used up to now, she'd have called herself "honest," but with her previous life's values, this upbringing could only be described as steadily walking the path to villainess-hood.

And, to make matters worse, seeing a maid bow made her feel good. She'd rather not think she'd had that personality before reincarnating, so perhaps this was Koleha's native temperament.

However, she was only five. There were still ten years until the academy where the otome game begins; she was at an age where anything could be changed.

(Now then. From here, what actions should I take…?)

As a policy for the future, three major patterns came to mind.

1. Avoid the engagement and never take up the villainess position.

2. Prepare with everything she had for the downfall to come.

3. Throw everything away and run.

… There were also routes like savoring the villainess role and accepting ruin, or charging straight down the path of evil and leaping over ruin — but for Koleha, who couldn't help thinking "It may be fun to watch, but aren't you insane?" about either, those were impossible.

Therefore, her policy narrowed to the three above.

(In any case, there's no downside to making the servants my allies, desu wa.)

Thinking that, Koleha spoke to the maid, who was still bowing.

"You. What is your name?"

"! U-um, m-my apologies…"

Ah, she doesn't want her name remembered, Koleha realized precisely.

Because if your name is remembered, you can be identified and be told, "Papa, I want you to fire the maid called so-and-so, desu wa—" or something like that.

(T-this is bad, desu wa! At this rate, I'll end up on the 'Demon Forest' exile route where a maid poisons me!)

Koleha hurried to take action. Being poisoned was out of the question.