The Villain's Devotee Retires

I poisoned the Crown Prince. I watched my gentle father burn. I handed the Empire's throne to a monster.

For ten years, I was the Villain's Devotee.

I lied, betrayed, and destroyed anyone who stood in Reniel's way. The abused slave my family purchased became the most feared magus in history, and I devoted my entire life to helping him seize the throne.

I thought my loyalty would earn his trust.

I thought my love would earn his heart.

Instead, my reward was a spear of black ice through the chest.

Reniel never wanted a lover.

He wanted a tool.

And my usefulness had finally run out.

When I open my eyes, I find myself eight years in the past, long before my family's downfall and long before the slave market auction that changed everything.

This time, I have only three goals:

Save my father.

Prevent my family's destruction.

And never become Reniel's devotee again.

To do that, I plan to quietly build my fortune, buy out the slave market before my uncle can purchase Reniel, and free the future tyrant before fate turns him into a monster.

Then I'll walk away.

Unfortunately, to a boy who has spent his entire life being bought, sold, and used, a girl who expects nothing in return is far more dangerous than one who worships him.

Because while I'm trying to escape the villain who killed me...

The future tyrant has become obsessed with the only person who ever set him free.