Life as Penelope Eckart's older twin sister

Chapter 1 (part 2)

'Target the male leads and raise their favorability. You can also earn fame and wealth by getting rid of the villainess who likes to interfere with the heroine.'

In the background of the words were the same five male leads, but this time you could see what their role in the game probably was.

The man on the far left looked like he was holding a sword, in fact 4 of the 5 males carried swords on their bodies. One of the 5 males seemed to be wearing a robe. Though the cloak was not well seen, it could've also been a cape or jacket that the man was wearing.

Beside the 5 males were 2 girls. One easily identified as Penelope, but the other was a little bit more difficult. After a couple seconds of staring, the girl was identified as Esmeralda.

'If you reach 100% favorability with any of the male leads, you will receive a confession of love and obtain an ending...'

The pink haired girl was seen in the next clip next to an unidentified person who had no color whatsoever.

The black haired girl looked at the screen with an uninterested look on her face before thinking to herself. 'What the, that's simple. Isn't this pretty generic? Although the pretty art is a plus.'

The clock on the girl's walls started ticking.

10 p.m

"Since I have class tomorrow morning, I'll just play the prologue and go to sleep..."

Tick

10:34

Tik

11:05

3 hours later

Tired~

The girl deadpanned at her screen while sweat dropping.

'I couldn't sleep'

'This is more fun than I thought! The system is unique, and it's really well made.'

The girl had an eager look on her face.

The clock on the girls wall now reads 2 am.

'And...somehow, It feels like I'm watching my own story.'

The girl was on her knees, looking into her screen with an unreadable look on her face.

'The heroine, who had lost her status and lived in poverty, returned to the Ducal house.'

The next photo showed a comparison between the pink haired lady and a younger version of the black haired girl.

'I, who was brought into a wealthy family one day by my father. Even down to the two older brothers who were wary of a younger sister.'

The next clip showed the pink haired girl calling out to a pink haired boy and blue haired boy. The girl seemed to be being ignored by the pink haired boy, but the blue haired boy seemed to be looking over his shoulder to the girl.

'But the difference between our situations is like night and day. For one the black haired girl had a stepmother but the pink haired girl did not.

'I can't believe that the brothers are male leads too. Well, it's kind of fun to tame brats like these.'

The black haired girl looked at her screen, frowning.

'All the target characters start with 30% of their favorability in normal mode. It's fun, but it is too easy, even for a beginner like me.'

The girl looked at her phone, a dead look in her calculating eyes.

'This should be called easy mode instead of normal mode.'

"I ended up finishing all of the endings. Is there anything else to do...? The game can not be over just like that.

The girl's phone rang and showed a screen saying, 'ALL COMPLETE!!', and in smaller print there was writing saying, 'YOU HAVE CLEARED ALL NORMAL MODE ROUTES!'

"What's this? 'You can now purchase the game's hidden ending.'" The black haired girl called out.

"It costs..."

W 100,000

"A-A HUNDRED THOUSAND?! WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE FOR JUST AN ENDING?" The girl was startled and jumped up. Suddenly invisible writing appeared around the girl, *Illegitimate child of a rich family *Attribute: Poor**

"Is there no other way?!"

100,00

*Clearing hard mode unlocks the hidden ending for free

"...!"

'Right, there was a hard mode too. But I have to clear all of those too...?'

The girl questioned herself, sweat dropping, a startled look on her face.

"It's late already, and I have classes tomorrow."

Tik

1:10

"..."

"Ah, whatever! How hard can hard mode be?"

'In hindsight, I must've gone crazy for a second at the thought of the fact that the ending was just out of reach.'

'Otherwise, I never would've done such a thing.'

"Woah, this is cool."

"One of the villains is the heroine now?"

A picture of a beautiful girl showed up.

The girl had long half black and half pink hair, with buns on both sides of her head, and a crown of roses on her head. The girl had beautiful blue eyes that were different from the rest of the eckart, even Penelope's!

Where the other Eckharts had half turquoise and half blue eyes, Ezmeralda had gray blue eyes that looked light purple from a distance away.

The girl had a calculating look in her eyes that seemed to be looking deeply into the black haired girl's soul.

Underneath the picture was a 'short' description of the lady.

'In hard mode, the story will be played from the perspective of one of the villains, <Ezmeralda Eckart>.

A fake lady, only brought in to keep Penelope company, for without Ezmeralda, Penelope would have never accepted the role of a noble lady.

Only Kept in the Duchy to take care/protect Penelope.

Experience her story in hard mode now! Experience how Ezmeralda lived her life protecting the only one she cares about!'