Chidori Hama – illustratör

Yukimura Rina is an overworked twenty-something systems engineer who’s dangerously close to her breaking point. Her only comfort is an otome game with a charming side character, the brother of the villainess, who soothes her weary heart. She gets so hooked that she forgoes sleep and ends up blacking out...only to wake up inside the game as the villainess, Ekaterina. She’s now the little sister of her favorite character! Her new brother Alexei is handsome, kind, and responsible—the whole package. Rina, now Ekaterina, would be happy just staying by his side, except for one little problem. If she allows the game to run its course, she and her brother are headed straight for a terrible future! Can Ekaterina overcome the doom flags that threaten her new family and the empire, while also preventing Alexei from working himself to death?

Ekaterina has settled well into her new life as the not-so-villainous villainess of an otome game. Perhaps a little too well, in fact! On top of spending most of her time thinking about her dear brother, she’s become friends with the heroine, Flora, and the main love interest of the game, Prince Mikhail, whom she’d sworn never to approach. Ekaterina’s not too worried, though, because she’s on track to avoid the doom flags that threaten her family and the empire after successfully driving back the monster that attacked the academy. She’s ready to kick back and take it easy when Alexei drops a bomb on her: the imperial family is about to visit their residence. How is she supposed to prepare for that?! Not to mention, she has to deal with her grandmother’s remaining supporters and her first-ever exam season in this world! Forget about relaxation, Ekaterina has no time to spare!

After her quest for the perfect gift for Alexei’s birthday led her to purchase a glass workshop, Ekaterina must now learn how to manage a company. She has no intention of letting her new business weigh on the duchy’s finances and is keen on turning a profit by making the glass pens from her past life sell like hotcakes among the rich and powerful! Since summer vacation is coming soon, that should provide her with all the free time she needs...or will it? When Alexei and Ekaterina return to their main residence in the Yulnova Duchy for the holiday, their trip home may prove more eventful than they expected!

After being forced to work overtime for the umpteenth time in a month, Yukimura Rina drags herself home, exhausted and in need of some relaxation. She downloads an otome game, starts playing, and passes out...only to wake up as Ekaterina, the villainess of the game! Her new reality overwhelms her, but she soon recovers thanks to the care of her handsome, kind, and responsible new big brother, Alexei. There’s one little issue, though. If the game follows its original scenario, only the worst awaits her and her dearest brother!Rina, or rather, Ekaterina, now has two goals: find a way to avoid doom, and protect her new big brother from the horrors of overwork!

Yukimura Rina, an overworked systems engineer, has been reincarnated as Ekaterina Yulova, a seventeen-year-old noble lady...and the villainess of the game she obsessed over in her past life! Though she swore she’d prevent her and her brother’s doom by never interacting with the heroine, Flora, or her main love interest, the prince, Ekaterina finds herself unable to avoid them at school. See, there’s one teeny tiny issue: Flora is the sweetest young lady Ekaterina has ever met, and the two become fast friends after bonding over cooking. To make matters worse, the final boss, whose existence threatens the peace of the empire, has made an appearance in the Yulnova Duchy!

Will Ekaterina be able to fight off the dangers and lead her dearest brother and her new friend toward a happy future?