EMHFTVBSH C12

Synopsis

[Congratulations! The <Freedom> stat has been created.]

Upon reaching her 100th regression, a status window that had never appeared before finally revealed itself. For 99 lifetimes, she had been forced to live and die as a villainess with no control over her fate—and now, she was being told that by completing quests and accumulating stats, she could finally live freely?

[Restriction: If your identity is exposed, rewards will be reduced by 50%.]

So then, what is the correct course of action for a villainess?

Continue as before and remain a plate-smashing villainess
Secretly complete quests and accumulate stats without anyone knowing

“Thank you so much! You are the benefactor of my entire life!”
“You even paid my younger sibling’s tuition!”

…Wait, how on earth did they find out it was me?

[You have acquired the title <Kind-on-the-Outside, Soft-on-the-Inside Lady>.]

And just like that, I became the kindest villainess in the entire empire.
This isn’t exactly what I was aiming for, but… anyway, I pulled myself together and diligently began building up my stats—when suddenly, a main quest dropped.

[Install the Second Prince ‘Rakiel Bernhardt’ as Emperor.]

The scale of things keeps growing, but I’ll handle it!
After all, I possess a Mental Strength stat of 3,259 (S++).

However—

“What exactly did you do to me?”
“…Pardon? What do you mean?”
“Damn it, this is driving me insane. You’re not some kind of stalker, are you… Just hurry up and come. I’ll take you home.”
“Excuse meee?”

The Second Prince—whom I had assumed was just an extra—keeps clinging to me.