My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
The time has finally come.
Here at this magic academy is where the game begins...
and where I, Catarina Claes, meet my doom.
But...
I won't let that happen.
Bring it on if you dare, doom flag!
I'll take you on!
Capital of the Kingdom of Sorcier
Royal Palace
No! I hate this!
Why is the ribbon blue?!
Change it this instant!
B-But you chose this ribbon yourself...
I don't know what you're talking about!
I'm in the mood for a pink one right now!
W-We don't have any others ready.
Ugh! You people are useless!
You're all fired!
Ah, my adorable Catarina!
Father!
This is Geordo Stuart, the third prince of the kingdom.
Go on, introduce yourself.
How do you do? I am Catarina Claes.
It's an honor to meet you, Lady Catarina.
I am Geordo Stuart.
Our gardener takes meticulous care of these flowers.
What kind of flowers do you like, Lady Catarina?
U-Um...
My feet hurt. I can't keep walking on my own.
Maybe I've developed blisters...
In that case, you should return to your room.
As long as I do this, I'm all right!
But...
What's his problem? How rude!
That was my younger brother, Alan.
Oh! But he doesn't look the slightest bit like you!
Most people say that.
Your feet seem to be all right now, Lady Catarina.
Please, wait!
Prince Geordo!
What's happening?
Who are these people?
This view looks familiar...
What is this monkey doing?
Ah, I can't stand dogs.
For some reason, they used to bark at me every morning.
Wait, why do I know that?
Where am I?
Is this a closet? Or perhaps a doghouse?
No... I know what this is.
It's... my room!
And this is...
Me?!
Are you all right, Lady Catarina?!
Catarina! Catarina!
Are you all right, Lady Catarina? Can you hear me?
That was... me?
Call a doctor!
Catarina, if you can hear me, please answer!
I hit the fast track to becoming an otaku in middle school.
In high school, I got hooked on otome games,
and after playing one all night, I was running late for school,
so I rushed out into the street...
I died at the age of seventeen!
That wasn't a dream! They were my memories from my previous life!
Lady Catarina!
A Few Days Later The Claes Mansion
How are you feeling?
I feel much better. My fever has gone down.
Oh, good...
I'm so sorry I caused an injury to your face.
No, no! I'm the one who should apologize!
I've caused everyone such worry.
Besides, this is just a scratch. It's nothing to worry about.
B-But even if it doesn't bother you,
the rest of high society won't feel the same.
It might even hurt your chances of getting married.
R-Right...
High society, huh?
I was thinking, and I believe you and I should get engaged.
Being nobility seems like a lot more trouble than it's worth.
Of course, I will respect your wishes, as well.
Compared to that, I had a lot of freedom in my previous life.
Would that be all right with you, Lady Catarina?
Uh... Yes!
In that case, I shall return to present myself formally on another day.
Present himself?
Lady Catarina! Congratulations!
Huh? For what?
For what?! Your engagement to Prince Geordo, of course!
What?!
We've already been informed. Congratulations!
I expected nothing less of my adorable Catarina!
Imagine, a prince falling for you at first sight!
Uh, Prince Geordo simply felt responsible for my injury...
Indeed!
We must celebrate tonight!
Yes, let's!
We'll have to throw an engagement party, too!
I-I'm still not feeling very well, so I'll be going now...
Oh, that's a great idea!
What should I do?
Prince Geordo is wonderful,
but I can't feel romantically attracted to an eight-year-old.
I'm a seventeen-year-old otaku chick on the inside, after all.
Being part of high society is depressing enough,
but being engaged to a prince?
Come to think of it,
there was a similar story in an otome game I played.
Prince Geordo was black-hearted and sadistic, but he had a gorgeous smile.
The evil rich girl he was engaged to blamed him for a wound on her forehead,
so she kept him confined...
Wait... Prince Geordo?
Character Profiles ☆Other Characters☆ In addition to the characters with playable routes, the game features many other charming characters. Some are friendly toward the heroine, but of course, there are also rivals!
Rival Villainess Catarina Claes The daughter of the noble Claes family. To assume responsibility for an incident during their childhood in which her forehead was injured, Prince Geordo...
That villainess did have a name...
Rival Villainess Catarina Claes The daughter of the noble Claes family. To assume responsibility for an incident during their childhood in which her forehead was injured, Prince Geordo...
Catarina Claes?!
That... That can't be...
It's too soon to conclude that this is the world of that otome game!
I have to remember everything!
Fortune Lover.
An otome game set in a magic academy in a certain nation,
it's all about fostering romantic relationships with the characters.
The heroine, Maria, is a commoner who possesses light magic.
She enters the magic academy at age fifteen,
and there, she meets the four love interests.
The first is Geordo Stuart, the third prince of the kingdom.
If I'm by your side,
I'll never know boredom as long as I live.
The second is Geordo's younger twin brother, Alan Stuart.
I-It's not like I was looking for you or anything, okay?
I just happened to be passing by.
The third is Catarina's adopted brother, Keith Claes.
Pretty young miss, would you like to play with me?
The fourth is the son of the premier, Nicol Ascart.
You have such fantastic ideas.
And then there's...
Catarina Claes.
She's Geordo's fiancée, and the villainess.
And the fate she meets if you play Geordo's route...
Geordo's Route
In the happy ending,
after tormenting the heroine with bullying that bordered on crime,
Geordo's Route
Catarina is stripped of her rank and exiled.
After that, the heroine is happily engaged to Geordo.
You won't get away with this!
Geordo's Route
In the bad ending,
Catarina attacks the heroine with a knife,
Geordo's Route
but ends up getting attacked by Geordo instead and dies.
Having murdered his own fiancée,
Catarina's Grave
Geordo breaks up with the heroine and leaves the country.
Catarina Dead or Exiled
The other routes end in basically the same way, too!
Exiled in the happy ending and killed in the bad ending?!
How are either of those "happy"?! Bad endings only?!
I have to find out for sure!
It can't be... It can't be true!
The more I look into this, though, the more it seems to be.
This is the world of Fortune Lover!
Checklist Geordo's twin brother Alan → Check Surname of future adopted brother → Check Premier's name → Ascart Magical attributes → All match
And that means I'm...
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
I'm on the path to doom!
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
A Meeting Inside Catarina's Mind
We will now commence the first meeting to discuss our strategy for avoiding the doom ending.
Chairman Catarina
Does anyone have a good idea?
I do!
Go ahead, Lady Catarina Claes.
Fearless Catarina
We should just not get engaged to Geordo!
Spineless Catarina
B-But it was Geordo who proposed the engagement.
Can we really do that to him?
Good point...
Happy Catarina
So let's just not go to the magic academy!
Studious Catarina
It is the duty of all who possess magic to attend the magic academy.
Take a look.
Catarina manifested her earth magic at the age of five.
There it is! The Earth Bump!
That was the first time we managed to make a bump in the earth!
We really have to go to school to learn about wimpy magic like that?!
Wouldn't it be best to simply not bully the game's heroine?
B-But...
Isn't there a chance we could still be made out to be the evil mastermind?
What do you mean?
Geordo is a black-hearted prince who wears the mask of an angel.
Isn't it possible he might vilify Catarina in order to end up with the heroine?
Oh, no!
So what should we do, then?!
Please calm down, everyone.
I have a great idea!
We'll brush up on our swordsmanship in case we're ever about to be killed!
And we should boost our magical power, too.
If we can use magic well enough,
we won't have trouble finding work even if we're exiled!
Then are we all in agreement that we should improve our sword and magic skills?
No objections!
She's been acting strange since she got injured.
Episode 1 I Recalled the Memories of My Past Life...
But the doctor said everything was normal...
"Easy to Understand!! Introduction to Magic"
"To boost one's magical power,
it is essential to converse with the source of one's magic," huh?
That's it!
Lady Catarina, what in the world are you doing?
I'm conversing with the earth to boost my magical power!
What better way to converse with the earth than by farming?
Farming is how we talk to the earth.
Thank you for teaching me just the lesson I needed, Grandma!
I have no idea what you're talking about,
and I have a feeling that you're fundamentally mistaken...
But this is far more important, Lady Catarina!
Prince Geordo is here to see you!
Lady... Catarina?
Madam!
Good day, Lady Catarina.
May I ask what you're doing?
Geordo is the black-hearted, sadistic prince.
His cheerful expression looks like the devil's smile...
Good day, Prince Geordo.
I'm communing with the earth in order to train my magic.
Huh?
I felt that starting a farm would be the best way to do that.
Communing... with the earth?
Starting a... farm?
Oh, no! Did I make him mad?!
I see!
That's a new and unique way to train!
Oh, good! He's not mad!
I thought I was about to be exiled!
Lady Catarina...
I've come to present myself to you formally.
Will you accept my proposal of marriage?
Oh... Yes.
Crap! Now I've done it!
Congratulations, Lady Catarina!
A wound on my forehead and an engagement to the prince...
This is turning out just like the game.
But I don't want to die young again.
I'm going to live out my life this time!
Catarina.
This is Keith. He's going to be your brother from now on.
I-It's nice to meet you.
And there's the second doom flag!
Secret Catarina
"Keith Claes.
A distant relative of the Claes family
who had a very lonely upbringing.
Because he was the son of a mistress, he was bullied by his siblings.
Even after the Claes family took him in, Catarina bullied him,
so he spent most of his time locked up in his room.
As if to bury the loneliness of his childhood,
Keith grew into a frivolous playboy who fooled around with many girls.
But after meeting the game's heroine,
his loneliness is soothed and he falls in love for real.
And when Catarina interferes with that,
she's either exiled or killed using magic!"
As of right now, everything's progressing just like it did in the game!
What's more, Keith is family.
There's no telling when he might kill us.
Now that it's come to this, we'll have to take action while we can.
You don't mean...
B-But we can't...
For our own sake, we have to!
We have to put him in a box and dump him under a bridge!
Please Take Me Home
We can't do something so cruel!
I don't wanna do that, either!
Wait a moment.
We just have to ensure that Keith is not lonely.
If he isn't lonely, he won't fall in love with the game's heroine,
and doom will not befall Catarina.
B-But how do we do that?
Well, shouldn't we just give him lots of attention?
That's a brilliant idea!
I always wanted a little brother!
Then, are we all in agreement that we must lavish Keith with attention?
No objections!
Keith!
Since it's such a nice day, I'll show you the garden!
Thank you, Lady Catarina.
We're brother and sister now.
You can call me "Sister."
B-But wouldn't that be rude?
It's always been my dream to be called "Sister"!
Please, I insist you call me that!
Okay... Sister.
These are eggplants, and those are tomatoes.
Are you the one who tends this garden?
Yes.
I'll let you taste some fresh produce sometime.
It's delicious!
There are fish in here. You can even go fishing.
Really? You fish?
Yeah! We can fish together sometime!
Now I'll show you my favorite place!
Here it is!
The view from the top of this tree is the best!
What? You climb trees?
I do. Have you ever climbed a tree?
Then, I'll teach you how! Watch me!
I was a tree-climbing expert in my previous life.
Everyone called me a wild monkey.
Hey, Kei—
Ow...
Keith?!
No! Don't die!
I finally got such a cute little brother!
I can't believe I killed you with my butt!
S-Sister Catarina!
Thank goodness! Keith!
I was surprised when I heard you fell from a tree.
I'm glad you're all right.
Yes...
I'm usually very good at climbing,
but I got carried away and fell.
I-I see...
And I landed on Keith,
so my mother was terribly angry with me.
Now that you mention it, your parents
have seemed more affectionate than before.
Yes... Well, some things happened.
Welcome, Prince!
Mother mistakenly thought that Keith was Father's illegitimate son.
They nearly got a divorce!
Since the misunderstanding was cleared up, they've been very loving.
We're a perfectly happy family now.
That's good to hear.
You helped me make a lot of progress with the sword.
Thanks, Keith.
Sure.
And my farm's coming along great!
This should give my magic a big boost!
Magic?
Oh, yeah! You also have earth magic, right?
Huh? Y-Yeah...
Hey, would you show me what you can do with your magic?
I'd like to learn from it!
B-But...
Just a little bit! Please?
W-Well, if it's just a little...
That's amazing!
When I pour magic into a dirt doll,
I can make it move how I want it to.
Can you move a bigger doll?
Well, yeah...
Using dirt dolls would eliminate labor costs!
Even if I'm exiled, I could make a fortune!
Show me, Keith! Please!
O-Okay.
That's amazing!
You're a genius!
Now this is magic!
Watch out! Don't get close to it!
Sister!
Catarina!
Thank goodness! We were so worried!
F-Father...
How do you feel?
The doctor said you were all right, but still...
Yes, I feel fine.
Wait, what about Keith?
He's fine.
Oh... Thank goodness.
Catarina, about Keith...
He has very strong magic,
but he doesn't have full control over it yet.
So he had promised us that he wouldn't use his magic for no reason.
He once injured his brothers by letting his magic get out of control.
He knows very well how dreadful his magic can be,
so we were very surprised to hear that he had used it.
Keith has said that it was all his fault,
so he'll accept any punishment.
No! It was my fault!
I talked him into using his magic!
He even warned me not to get close,
but I didn't listen and ran up to his doll anyway!
Catarina...
I have to apologize.
Catarina!
Keith!
Lady Catarina, I see you've awakened.
Yes... Where's Keith?
Well, he took the spare key and locked himself in his room.
What?!
It's me, Keith! I need to talk to you!
Could you open the door, please?
I'm sorry. I can't do that.
Why not?
I can't be close to you anymore.
This is going to end up the same as the game!
No, Keith!
Open the door!
Keith! Keith!
Look, a bird!
Move it!
Take that!
Fall!
C'mon!
Hit it!
So close!
S-Stop!
Y-You're a monster...
Monster...
How frightening...
Don't you ever leave that room!
He'll kill you. Don't get close.
This is how it should be.
If I'm alone, I can't hurt anyone.
I can live without hurting the people I care about.
Keith!
If you're near the door, get away from it!
Wait... Lady Catarina!
What are you going to do?!
You'd better move, too, Anne! This'll be dangerous!
I'm sorry!
Huh?
Why are you apologizing?
It was my fault.
What are you talking about?! It was my fault!
I talked you into doing it!
You're not afraid of me?
Huh?
At my other house, I hurt my brothers.
I could hurt you next!
I always hurt people with my magic!
Of course I'm not afraid.
You just need to start training so you can control your magic.
Let's work hard together, okay?
You'll... stay with me?
Of course!
We'll always be together, Keith!
Thank you, Sister...
Catarina!
Mother! I can explain!
I don't need to hear excuses!
Come to my room right now!
I'm sorry, Mother!