Rat Kitaguni – illustratör

Claudia learns that all is not well in Bari Kingdom, at least according to Raul’s loyal retainer, Lestea. Raul doesn’t want the throne, but a certain faction wants him as ruler, and their actions against Raul’s brother, the king, are escalating.Meanwhile, Sylvester faces an insurrection in the town he’s visiting, and evidence suggests he’s acting on Raul’s orders. Sensing a scheme, Claudia decides to it’s time to take the initiative and do some investigating on her own!

The entire student body is preparing for the school festival when the orchestra’s instruments go missing! Of course, Claudia becomes the target of suspicion, but she recognises the incident for what it is - Fermina’s latest scheme. As Fermina becomes more desperate, Claudia decides to fight back, teaming up with her allies to set a trap for Fermina!

In this fantasy tale of time travel, revenge, and aristocratic intrigue, a doomed noblewoman sets out to turn the tables on those who wronged her in her past life! And don't miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas, or the anime!Claudia, the daughter of a duke, is engaged to the crown prince. That is, until her half-sister Fermina sells her to a brothel, where she dies from illness. To her great surprise, however, Claudia awakens to discover she has gone back in time--back to her childhood body! Armed with a second chance, Claudia must use every wily trick she learned at the brothel to gather allies and keep history from repeating itself.

Claudia, daughter of a duke, is tricked by her wicked half-sister and sold off to a brothel. Unwilling to accept defeat, Claudia uses the tools at her disposal and becomes one of the most successful sex workers in her new home. That's when she dies - only to be thrust back in time to age fourteen! Gone is the gullible girl of her academy days now that she's got street savvy and hard-won seductive skills. It's Claudia's turn to play the evil villainess, and there's nothing she won't do to protect what's hers!

The day of the school festival arrives, and Claudia enacts a plan to gather solid proof of Fermina’s evil deeds. However, memories from Claudia’s previous life leak into the present, softening her resolve… only for Fermina to reveal her most underhanded tactic yet! Will Fermina’s modus operandi - hurting and manipulating people’s goodwill - finally bring the condemned villainess’s wrath to the surface?

At long last, Claudia and Sylvester’s engagement is official, but before they can even celebrate, Sylvester is called away to deal with civil unrest. Remaining in the capital, Claudia is forced to entertain Prince Raul, a prince from the neighboring Bari Kingdom...and a very special customer from her previous life! As secrets and nostalgia threaten to tear apart everything Claudia has schemed for, will she be able to protect her newfound happiness?!