"What, I am now Victoria von Kruger, the evil last Boss of "Young Heart"? The one that has 9 different ways to suffer horribly, with at best being crippled and disfigured while at worst suffering perpetual torments for at least a decade?" Yu Ni was enjoying playing this otome, until she realized she had run out of food. Grabbing the last chip available, it got stuck in her throat and she died alone in her studio.
Thankfully, she has already completed 8 of the 9 roads available in the game, but while playing the true hero, a commoner named Alicia Amidala. The background was that she saved one of the prince of this kingdom from drowning, and as a reward, could join the prestigious noble school. As for Victoria, she was the fiancee of the said prince but was only known as the evil seed rightly born from her two parents.
Remembering how much the peasants hated to the guts the von Kruger family, to the point of being responsible for 3 death by themselves, Yu Ni shuddered. Looking at her own body, she knew it was already far too late to change anything, she was already 14 years old and tomorrow will be the beginning of the classes.
Because Yu Ni had knowledge of the game, she could predict a lot of events, unfortunately, it was not about everything. Some events took place outside of the window of the school, as the saving of the prince. Murmuring like a madwoman while circling around, she did not even notice the weird look her pageboy sent her.
"Andre, I want to go out."
"Of course Miss Victoria." The handsome servant was presumably the 9th road one could take, only that Yu Ni had no idea how to get that. The man was the loyal arm of Victoria, and no matter what she did wrong or horrible, he always stayed by her side. Under his calm and peaceful stature was hiding an extremely skilled swordsman, even rivaling the genius that was Victoria.
Of course, since it was a game, the two last bosses had to be hard to beat. Pausing after figuring that, Yu Ni picked up a sword nearby and executed one of the techniques the real Victoria used. She was baffled to see how effortlessly it was, compared to the painstaking grind she did as Alicia. Mechanically sheathed it on her waist, she left without speaking to her parents. Because she had not the memories of Victoria, she could only try to avoid all the situation where she could be discovered.
Thanks to the few clues she remembered, she found out the river where the prince fell into was ... ten meters away from the von Kruger manor. Half-running and half-walking, she barely caught sight of Alicia before the later found out about the prince. Signaling to her servant to hide, she ran, offering a hand to Alicia.
"Thank you." Even if she was a commoner in this region, the poorest of the entire kingdom, Alicia was still healthy and gorgeous. Her smile could melt the coldest heart, or that was what Yu Ni felt. Pulling the prince out of the water, she discreetly escaped when he regained consciousness.
With that first thing done, she immediately headed to the local bakery and bought many commoner biscuits. She was not used to the rich food nobles often ate, only to make her servant even more surprised. The next day, she still acted like the child she was, the only daughter of one of the most ancient aristocratic family.
Of course, everyone either despised her for her blood or envied her for her looks. The most hateful stare was sent by the third prince, the one that should have married her. As for the only one kind, it was from his companion, a beautiful girl with the smile of an angel. "Thank you very much for your help yesterday."
The moment Alicia began to bow to Yu Ni, the third prince immediately got between the two. "Don't thank her, she is Victoria von Kruger. The daughter of those that made your mother a widow." It was at that time that Yu Ni learned that the past Victoria almost never left the manor and had barely any contact with anyone else, besides her parents and their servants.
"Yes, but she is not responsible for her parent's fault. She helped me save you yesterday, you could have drowned without her."
"Who told me that she wasn't the on that did it? She is evil!"
Even if Yu Ni was fearful, she knew that as long as Alicia trusted her, she would live. However, she couldn't act like a baby and hug her tight. "It's nothing, excuse me." She quickly exited the awkward conversation, but she saw the sad look Alicia sent to her.
Even with the protection and care of the third prince, Alicia was after all a commoner. When it was time to eat, no one was beside her. Until a well-known figure sat in front of her. "Don't use the knife with your left hand, it is the right one." Even if it was a reprimand, it didn't have the same inner disdain from the other comments she received.
"Thank you very much, Miss von Kruger."
"Just call me Victoria, do you want a biscuit?" Yu Ni just shrugged off the formalities that should have been applied. It was time to strike the iron while it was hot. After this, each time the hero should have been alone, saddened by any event, a curiously omnipresent girl would appear and cheer her up. The same that seemingly always knew where she should go at what time, meet who and accept whom invitations.
Whether it was the cold teacher, the various princes, the friendly captain of the royal guard, the mad historian, the angry hostage prince or the perverted gang leader, Yu Ni helped Alicia either obtain their loyalty or even their love. Seeing the Harem Route nearly completed, she still didn't let go of her servant, the only one she couldn't earn when she played "Young Heart".
After using the magic shield the hero had, Yu Ni managed to avoid complete defeat. She was neither backstabbed, poisoned, infected, beheaded, dismembered, burned, drowned, blinded nor sold to a brothel. Her family still received its just treatment and her parents couldn't escape the clutches of justice. But because she had only a few interactions with them, it did not sadden the transmigrator.
It was the very day after their death, where all the potential ends should have disappeared that she received a stab of a dagger in the heart. Figuratively. "You are leaving?" Her servant, the one that helped her gain the trust of Alicia, buy delicious biscuits, became her confidant and that she even began to love suddenly left.
"You are not her. Otherwise, you would have fought for your parents and wouldn't have believed the rumors. Did you really think that if they were that evil, they would have died a long time ago? I don't know what you did to the real Victoria or why you have her body, but I won't harm her sad face. Your death won't change the past. Farewell, whoever you are."
It was at that moment that Yu Ni remembered she was in a game. She didn't participate in the execution of her parents neither had visited them previously. All she knew that they were evil, but that was from the point of view of Alicia. Someone who lost a father because of them. Realizing that she only was the puppet of a fictional character, Yu Ni exiled herself with the few savings she had. Long after Alicia became the queen of the kingdom and even the surrounding countries, no traces could be found about the last daughter of the von Kruger.