The Author's Rewritten Drafts

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What?!

Her eyes suddenly mirrored an awed expression. Ginising niya sa kanyang isipan ang parasite na si Boy Buwesit. Hindi pa rin siya makapaniwala sa mga alaalang bumaluhong sa kanyang isipan.

"Am I the villainess? What kind of task is that?" Naguguluhang tanong ni Magda.

"Do you have complaints? Sino ka ba sa akala mo para laging female lead ang role mo? You're not a god in this world, you're merely a player of the character you created." Custus let out a taunting laugh.

Magda let out a scream of frustration. Her scream echoed around her chambers, causing fear to her subordinates. They were trembling upon hearing her cold and menacing scream.

She thought her task would only be evolving around making the male lead of the story fall in love with her. It's extra challenging, and for what? Two hours of her fucking life? Fuck that.

"I'd rather die than fulfill this shit. How am I supposed to make the hero be the villain?" She bit her lower lip, thinking.

"Are you giving up? You really don't deserve the second chance given to you. Sige, hayaan mo na lang na dumihan ni Serene ang pangalan mong pinaghirapan mo ng ilang taon. Hayaan mong mamatay ka ng sira ang reputasyon mo." Sunod-sunod na wika ni Boy Buwesit. Napairap siya sa ere. She was sure that he was doing a reverse psychology on her...

Reverse psychology, hm.

Isn't gaslighting and manipulation somewhat stem from reverse psychology?

Well, she has in such advantage. Siya ang sumulat sa naturang hero ng istorya, alam niya ang bawat kalakasan at kahinaan nito. Kailangan niya ang approval ng masa.

By successfully killing the beast, she is now reigning the underworld, finally accumulating an army of evil to fight for her.

Bahagya pa siyang nagpapalakas ng kanyang kampon bago tuluyang lusubin ang pinanggalingan niyang teritoryo: ang mundong ibabaw.

"My queen," The voice gained confidence to interrupt her. Bumaba siya mula sa kanyang trono at sinalubong ang naturang kawal. "The mission was successful, we got the woman you were looking for."

A struggling woman emerged from group of soldiers, her eyes were sending me daggers, she was full of hope like I was once... hope that her beloved would go to heaven and hell to save her.

"Welcome to my kingdom, dear guest." Magda told her playfully.

"What do you want from me, you... evil woman?!" The woman screamed. Agad niyang pinigilan ang kawal na muntikang itarak ang patalim sa kanyang bunganga. It wasn't the right time to dispose the woman.

Ngumisi si Magda. "I'm saving you, Alethea. For the second time, I'm taking your place."

Her eyes became confused. She didn't know what Magda was talking about. Hindi iyon mahalaga. The only thing that was clear, she was going to be a prisoner of her chambers--- of this evil kingdom.

"It's time for me to visit an old flame... It's time to go back to the world I belonged before..." Her maniacally evil laugh sent shivers down their spine.

With Alethea being in the underworld, someone has to take her place in the real world... someone has to be the hero's love interest.

For the second time, she has to fulfill that role again.

But with an evil task at her hand.

Funny world.

She was once the love interest turned into a villainess... now going to occupy that role once again.

The clapping in her head began.