The Villainess's Scheme
Chapter 1: The Beginning
✧ Tags: yandere!haikyuu male leads x villainess!reader
✧Synopsis: you hit your head on your kitchen counter one lonely night only to find yourself transported to the world of Flower of the Estate, your favorite novel!
✧ Warnings: yandere behavior (later on), reader hits her head, bullying, mentions of bullying, inaccurate representation of Regency era
A/n: i see your requests and i'm finally back with chapter 1, i'm so sorry for the long wait i've been super busy lately. can you tell i watched Bridgeton to prepare myself haha
You were a loser, well not exactly. You had a pretty stable job and a nice flat but lacked one major component in your life: friends. But it’s not like you were antisocial! Moving to a new city just a few months ago, you had been busy with moving in and didn’t exactly have enough time to make friends.
Besides you were preoccupied with your favorite web comic of all time: Flower of the Estate! A commoner girl that has three noble men falling for her? This girl really had some crazy cha(rizz)ma. You weren’t really into harem type stories but wow did it keep you coming back to see what happened.
It was another late night reading Flower of the Estate when you decided to head to the kitchen to get some snacks to keep you fueled. However, when you turned to retreat back you slipped on spilled water near the sink and hit your head on the granite counter! You mentally curse yourself for not cleaning it up as you drift into a deep slumber.
When you open your eyes and the lights blind you, quickly slapping a hand over your face you shoot up. Registering the soft plush beneath you you opened your eyes, when did you get in bed? Looking around your jaw drops, who the hell put you in a room like this! The whole room was illuminated by sunlight peaking behind the luxurious navy drapes and you gasped at the sheer size and extravagance of the bedroom. You were… in a castle?
Jumping off the bed you immediately fell to your knees with a thud. How long had you been out for that your legs were this weak? You push yourself up and stumble to the mirror on a vanity next to the bed. The satin fabric of your night gown fell to the ground, revealing the length that had been bunched up while you were sleeping.
In the mirror, the first thing you see is (e/c) eyes and a face eerily similar to yours. It was your face and body for sure but the state of it wasn’t, your hands were usually rough and your knees were scarred from playing as a child but now both were smooth and even. Then your eyes feel on a crest engraved onto the top of the vanity and your heart dropped.
The beautiful family crest of a black fox protected by two swords was a prevalent symbol in Flower of the Estate. It was the crest of the villainess. You, Y/N, were the cruel villainess of the story, waking up here and looking like this had no other explanation. To see if it was true you quickly pushed the sleeve of your left arm up, on the wrist was a faint birthmark. A scar in the shape of a half moon, your fate was sealed. You fall back on the bed. ‘Shit.’
You were official the villainess of Flower of the Estate, who bullies the main character, get thrown out of high society, and then dies. You knew the path that the villainess followed and the actions she took, did that mean you could avoid facing the same death as her as well? The first mistake that she had committed that set her on the path of destruction was her bullying of the main character.
The villainess was notorious for her extravagant lifestyle and cruel manner. She didn’t have anyone close to her that she could trust, and the book never showed her reasoning or point of view. You knew the basics about her, but who was Y/N — really? Was she really just jealous of the commoner girl that had managed to outshine her, or was it deeper than that?
No matter why she behaved that way, you knew that following in her footsteps would only lead you to doom. You needed a game plan, plus you read enough reincarnation manga to know what basic things you had to do in order to avoid a gruesome end as the villainess. First, you put together a list of all the death flags you could think of, and you realized that they all led to three main characters.
Love Interests and Relations:
Tooru Oikawa: Royal Prince/Childhood love (One sided) and Y/N’s main obsession.
Tobio Kageyama: Royal knight who pledged their loyalty to Y/N.
Ushijima Wakatoshi: Esteemed scholar who ended up being Y/N’s tutor for a short period of time.
Ok… this would a little harder than you thought. Why were all the love interests involved with the villainess anyway? Oikawa could be avoided easily enough, you just needed to distance yourself from him and considering Oikawa was keen on getting rid of you, it would be easy enough. If you remembered correctly, he was rather annoyed by the villainess who would cling to his side like a lost puppy.
As for Ushijima, you knew that he would only be your tutor for a month, then leave you to meet the main character, who he would eventually fall in love with.
Kageyama would be the hardest to get rid of compared to the other two. He would be around the villainesses the longest and somehow manages fall in love with her. However, much like the others, he would fall in love with the female lead and leave Y/N to be with her.
The main event that led to the villainesses', well, now your death, would be the Conviction event. In one of the more dramatic scenes of the comic, the three male leads would come together to protect the female lead from the wicked villainess who attempted to have her knight, Kageyama, kill her.
In a shocking turn of events, at least for the villainess, Kageyama withdraws his oath of honor to protect the female lead, leaving Y/N defenseless as Oikawa's knights captured her, dragging her to the Dungeons of Despair, never to be heard from again.
From what you gathered in the comic, the dungeon was sealed by some sort of ancient magic that resided beneath the royal castle. Despite the many attempts by the royal family to excavate and utilize the power that rested beneath them, it proved volatile and in the end fruitless. Many lost their lives to the walls of what now became known as the Dungeons of Despair. No one who dies in there really dies. Instead, their soul is said to be absorbed into the walls forever a part of the castle.
You shivered at the thought. Once you were in there, escape was useless. So, avoiding the events that led to the Conviction event was your best bet at survival.
You looked around your room for any indication of what part of the story you were at, then spotted a white beaded bracelet with a golden carving of a waterfall on its centermost bead. Am inscription on a piece of jewelry often held a deeper meaning in this world, and being the expert you were, you knew this one meant change.
So, the main story had already started, huh? At the beginning of the comic, the female lead is gifted a bracelet by her mother before she sets off for the Grand Academy of Nerasul, the most prestigious school in the nation, where the main story takes place. It would also be the place where all three leads would meet her and become infatuated with the underprivileged commoner.
But the bracelet being in your possession also meant that you, or at least Y/N Aleria, had started bullying her. Shit.
So you couldn't go the peace and love way, that was fine. But at least you still had the one trump card. The knowledge of- "Miss Y/N!"
A bright haired girl zipped into the room, pushing one of the heavy oak bedroom doors open as she located you. Her chest heaved as she struggled to get the words out, "Lady" huff, "Aleria" huff, "is on" huff, "her way" huff, "here!"
Your eyes widened. If you remembered correctly, the Lady Aleria, or Y/N's mother, was not a meek woman by any means. From the female lead's point of view, she was cruel and vicious, never failing to humiliate the ones she deemed earned it.
The girl motioned for you to get into bed, and almost obediantly you rushed under the covers, closing your eyes as if you had been deeply slumbering all along. Just as your head hit the pillow, the door slams open.
"Y/N!" a shrill voice calls out, "The sun has risen yet you remain in bed"
You feel the right side of the bed dip as a cold hand touches your cheek, "Wake up, my dear,"
You pretend to open your eyes for the first time, "Yes," Oh shit, what had Y/N called her mom?! "Mother?"
Her eyes softened as they met yours, "It is quite late, just making sure my darling girl was awake"
She was... nice? Unexpected from one of the more vicious mamas of the comic.
The rest of the morning was a rush of getting pampered and dressed and, being fed a feast fit for royalty. Well, you technically were. The reason you were Oikawa's childhood friend wasn't that you were disgustingly rich, but because your father was an esteemed war hero who had fought alongside the King when he was still the crown prince. Somehow, he had gained the young prince's favor during those war ridden months, and now your family sat among the most prestigious in the nation.
It was also yet another reason why you are attending the Grand Academy of Nerasul. Unfortunately for you, it seems that today was Monday, and thus you were carted off to the school in a ridiculously opulent carriage and an even more ridiculous uniform. Once you arrived, the sheer grandeur of the castle stopped you in your tracks. This was a school?! It looked more like a castle if anything.
Before you could hop out of the carriage, your lady's maid stopped you with a quick "Miss!"
You turned around and tried to school your expression into the cold indifference that Y/N often held, "Yes?"
It seemed to work because the maid hunched a little in obedience, "Did you find that item you were looking for? I couldn't find it to hide."
You raised an eyebrow, what was Y/N looking for? "Speak plainly, whatever is it," the maid continued to stumble over her words, but finally calmed herself, leaning closer to whisper it to you through cupped hands, "The poison."
Oh dear. Now that was a problem. Oh, Y/N, what were you planning? "Dispose of it," you said with finality.
"After all the trouble you went through this morning to get it miss?" Oh, so that's why you had to be in bed this morning. You were retrieving evil weapons for your evil plan to do even more evil things, good.
"Yes, yes, dispose of any other... similar items as well"
With a determined nod, your lady's maid waved you off, carriage bouncing through the cobbled streets. As you walked into the school, bag in hand, the students seemed to still around you. Anyone who even made eye contact seemed frozen in fear, while others looked irritated, if anything. So this is how bad your reputation was.
You checked a schedule that thankfully listed your classes for the day. Ok first, Mathematics 3. Now, where was the class? Ugh. Scanning the hall, you spotted a tall bespeckled blond, a background character maybe? Well, today he was going to be your guide. You approached him with the level of confidence as a baby tiger and tapped him on the shoulder.
He turned, eyes widening slightly as he saw who was disturbing him.
"Hi, I'm Y/N," you said blandly, "can you show me where Mathematics 3 is?"
He blinked once. Then twice. Then shook his head, "Uh yeah, I can, My Lady." The last part seemed to just fall out as he shook his head a little at his delivery. "Here, follow me."
As he led you through the halls, you mentally noted the turns and steps, trying to ignore the inquisitive stares of students. After a few minutes, you both came to a stop in front of two large brown doors with the words Mathematics 3 written in gold on a gold lined plaque next to the doors.
You turned to the boy who awkwardly looked everywhere but you, "Thank you...?" You started. He looked up and quickly finished your sentence. "Kei. Tsukishima Kei."
yes guys! i am in fact back with the first part! sorry it's not too long, i just don't want to burn out too quick like i did last time. hope you enjoy! also let me know if you want to be added to either the permanent or the taglist for this series!
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