Reverse Engineering the Villainess
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Story by Ziindra & Artwork by matchseia
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When overworked engineer Norma dies, she wakes up as Caelia Ardent, the villainess who has an ill fate in a romance novel. Along with Cassian Welsh, the head engineer at the palace, they go around the kingdom doing many projects- helping people and hearing their stories- all while navigating loneliness, identity, and what it means to be alive... And also maybe finding each other and healing each other in the process.
TW: Strong Language, Very Dark Themes including: S**cide, DV, A**se
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