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Chapter 02
Abbreviated as DanGuWon, this game world contains beings known as “Transcendents” and “Purifiers.”
A Transcendent is, simply put, a superpowered individual with special abilities—divine beasts wielded by the gods, weapons used to stop calamities.
However, the powers of a Transcendent come at a cost. The more they are used, the more the user’s body becomes corrupted. Once the corruption level exceeds a certain threshold, the Transcendent loses control and goes berserk.
To stop that berserk state, there are Purifiers—those who can cleanse corrupted Transcendents through physical contact.
Thus, once a Transcendent meets their Purifier, they are utterly captivated by them and end up worshipping them.
In the Barceha Empire, four S-class Transcendents miraculously awakened in this generation.
A miracle that would be recorded not only in the empire’s history but across the entire continent.
However, not a single Purifier awakened to match them.
Then came Charlotte, the female protagonist, who awakened as an S-class Purifier. Literally, the one and only savior.
The storyline of the game was that this sole Purifier in the empire, Charlotte, would seduce the Transcendents and enjoy sultry, R-rated romance with them.
And within that game appeared a villainess.
A fraud who pretended to be an S-class Purifier without being one—deceiving the entire empire.
A woman who committed unspeakable atrocities yet evaded all punishment by masquerading as a Purifier.
She sucked benefits from the empire for three years, exploited the system, and toyed with its four S-class Transcendent heroes.
That villainess was Odette—her past self.
The naive and delicate girl who had never been outside without her count family’s permission had somehow become the most wicked woman in the empire.
There was a reason for it. That incident.
Odette’s brother, Ferdinand—the count’s son—killed a civilian woman while under the influence of drugs.
The power of a Transcendent was equivalent to a weapon. So the military law overseeing them had to be strict.
In the end, when the military court sentenced Ferdinand to death, Odette’s father chose to use her to escape the consequences.
By exploiting a law of the empire: A Purifier and their immediate family (within second-degree relation) are immune to criminal punishment.
“If she tries to actually purify someone, she’ll be exposed. But if she never goes through with it, the only way to identify a Purifier is by their unique scent—something only Transcendents can detect.”
“…”
“I know how to replicate that scent. We can fool the Transcendents.”
The Albrecht family had run a pharmaceutical company for generations. And just as confidently promised, the count quickly produced a drug called Mengele.
A green serum that, once injected, would emit a floral fragrance similar to that of a real Purifier—for 24 hours. It had zero purifying ability and existed solely to deceive Transcendents.
That’s how Odette became a fake Purifier.
Who would dare to impersonate a being said to appear only through divine will?
Count Albrecht lied to the entire continent. And in return, he was showered with immense rewards.
He was granted monopoly rights to manufacture and distribute the berserk-delaying agents used by Transcendents, supply contracts with the imperial palace, several mines, and even rich territories.
But that came at the cost of Odette enduring nightmares of being torn apart by hornets every night and collapsing unconscious for hours from the excruciating pain of the Mengele injections.
“This much pain is nothing compared to the grace we’ve bestowed upon you! Why are you crying again?!”
“Hh…hic… I—I’m sorry, Mother. I—I can do better.”
Odette endured it all. She believed that if she suffered alone, her family could be happy.
But pretending to be a Purifier brought enormous benefits—and once exposed, the punishment was just as great.
Impersonating a Purifier was a crime classified as Deception Against Humanity, and was punishable with absolute severity.
The ringleader of such a crime could never escape the death penalty.
“Odette deceived the family! We are victims, too, Your Majesty!”
Her father, mother, brother, even the butler and a mere maid—all pointed to her as the instigator. They claimed it was all a lie fabricated by her.
“Mm! Mmph!”
Her father ripped out her tongue, so Odette couldn’t even protest properly.
Not that it would have changed anything.
Eventually, Charlotte appeared, and Odette was sentenced to death by hanging. While rotting away in a prison cell, waiting to die in misery, her mother came to mock her.
“Did you really think you were part of our family? You must be insane! You were nothing but Ferdinand’s toy. Now that your master’s decided to throw you away, you should die happily. That’s what a toy should do.”
Blood burst from Odette’s eyes as red tears streamed down her face.
Only then did she realize—how ridiculous her belief had been, that she could earn love through effort.
How foolish, to only understand that after being discarded time and again.
This time, the ones who will be utterly ruined… won’t be me, but you.
She made up her mind. Her family had worked so hard to frame her as a villainess in her past life. This time, she would become a real villainess for their sake.
No more foolish deaths caused by love or emotion. She would return the pain and suffering she had endured—and then live a real life.
Surely, she had been given this second chance for that purpose: to kill off her fake self, and become the true villainess.
The Next Day, Early Morning
Yes, first, I need to make a deal with that person.
Odette had a clear deadline for her revenge: within six months, before Charlotte appeared.
In the game’s plot, when the male leads smelled the unique rose scent of a real Purifier, they began to suspect the villainess with the artificial fragrance was a fake.
Moreover, the setting stated that upon meeting the heroine, their hatred for Odette would increase 61 times.
A symbolic number—61—to help players remember Charlotte’s birthday: June 1.
Scoffing at the ridiculous setting, Odette organized her revenge plans to succeed in this short window of time.
Thud, thud. She heard someone climbing up to the attic.
Then, with a bang, the door burst open and a woman entered.
Odette’s eyes narrowed as she recognized her: Paula, her disciplinary maid.
“It always reeks of vulgarity in here, no matter when I visit, my lady.”
The woman smirked like a predator cornering its prey.
She then opened her mouth in a pretentious, noble tone, poorly imitating an aristocrat.
“Hm, my lady. What are you doing? Didn’t I tell you to be kneeling before I came up…?”
She wore accessories far too expensive for a maid—fancy hairpins and necklaces.
Just like I remember it.
In her previous life, Paula had also come up early that morning, claiming she would “educate” her.
Appointed by the countess, Paula was Odette’s so-called disciplinary maid. A woman who relished leaving bruises on her body.
“You were just a lowborn orphan, weren’t you? And now you dare speak informally to me, the lady’s personal maid? Of course, you must be punished.”
This maid had, since Odette was six, handed her a riding crop and forced her to strike her own thighs until she lost count and passed out.
And then, as if she were her superior, Paula would look down at the weeping girl with a stern gaze.
How pathetically foolish I was, to endure even that.
Odette pitied and despised her former self—someone even a maid looked down on.
“Paula.”
Odette stood tall with a graceful smile, eyeing Paula from head to toe with an aristocratic air befitting a noble chastising an impudent servant.
Startled by the shift in tone, Paula raised her voice.
“You’re standing? Not kneeling? Then I suppose I must discipline you—!”
“Knock and enter properly.”
But Odette had no intention of tolerating that behavior anymore.
