The moment I opened my eyes, I knew something was wrong. The familiar ceiling of my tiny apartment was gone, replaced by a lavishly decorated canopy bed in shades of crimson and gold. I sat up abruptly, my hands clutching the silk sheets.
This wasn’t my room.
And then it hit me—like a thunderbolt laced with regret. The ornate mirror across the room reflected a face I knew all too well, one I had seen countless times while playing The Eternal Rose. Dark curls framed the pale face of Marietta Van Cleef, the third-rate extra villain who existed only to make the protagonist’s rise to glory shine even brighter.
This couldn’t be real. But the sharp pinch I gave my arm told me otherwise.
I had possessed a villain. No, not even a villain—a wannabe villain. Marietta’s sole purpose was to sneer at the protagonist, Elena, and fail spectacularly. She had no grand schemes, no redeeming qualities, and certainly no survival skills.
And worse, her story ended with her execution.
“I am so doomed,” I muttered, falling back onto the bed. The feather mattress barely cushioned the weight of my panic.
But then a thought struck me—a simple, desperate plan.
I didn’t have to play by the game’s script. Who cared about sabotaging the protagonist or chasing after some impossible redemption arc? If I laid low, avoided conflict, and kept my nose clean, maybe I could survive to see the ending credits roll.
Yes, I would live as a proper third-rate villainess. No ambition, no drama, just sheer determination to avoid trouble.
I climbed out of bed and stared into the mirror, trying to convince myself. “Marietta Van Cleef, you may be doomed, but if I have anything to say about it, you’ll survive. Forget glory. Forget love. Forget it all. All we need is to get through this nightmare in one piece.”
Easier said than done. Because surviving in a world ruled by protagonists and their endless quests for justice? It was going to take everything I had.
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The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide • Surviving the Academy • How to Survive at the Academy • 아카데미에서 살아남기 • The Extra's Academy Survival Guide • Guia de Sobrevivência do Extra da Academia • Guia de Sobrevivência do Figurante da Academia".
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