Deathbound Duke's Daughter and Seven Noblemen

On a crisp spring evening, young Erica Aurelia—just eight years old—discovers a horrifying truth: she’s the despised antagonist from the otome game *Liber Monstrorum ~Phantom Beasts and the Winter Princess~*. Worse still, her fate in the story is to torment the heroine before meeting a tragic end, setting off a chain of dark events. Each of the seven romantic paths in the game leads to a different demise for her, meaning she must dodge death not once, but seven times. Refusing to accept this grim destiny, Erica resolves to dismantle every looming threat to her survival. With her life hanging in the balance, hesitation isn’t an option—she must act swiftly and decisively to rewrite her future.

The stakes couldn’t be higher, and failure means facing an untimely end in multiple ways. Armed with knowledge of the game’s twists, Erica strategizes to outmaneuver the scripted tragedies awaiting her. Whether through cunning or sheer determination, she’s determined to escape the role of the doomed villainess. Time is slipping away, and every moment counts in her desperate bid to survive. The path ahead is treacherous, but Erica refuses to surrender to fate without a fight.