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I give this five stars because it manages to have an otome game heroine be damn near an actual villain let alone a mere antagonist without compromising her morals at all. She's so dangerous quite simply because she thinks with otome game logic and gets otome game heroine adoration in a setting where this is badly at odds with reality.It's so easy to make the heroine character opposed to the villainess MC because she's secretly an evil reincarnated person, but instead you can see how out of touch she is with reality by simply being exactly what she was written to be: An extremely charming and brilliant young woman with near flawless morals. The trouble is that this is a world of medieval feudal politics. So the MC deciding she must be a great villainess isn't just because she liked the character in the game but rather because deep down she just holds the game MC in massive contempt and is trying to limit the damage she causes by getting her to see reality, among other things. It's difficult for the MC to even understand what she truly wants because she feels like she's destined to lose and has chosen to embrace this. It makes for an excellent contrast, especially as it starts causing serious ripples and waves in the young noble community. The people around the game heroine, for example, do not actually live up to her ideals, yet because they're her friends she can't turn her back on them.