Synopsis
I woke up inside the fantasy romance novel I had fallen asleep reading after working late into the night.
And of all people, I became the villainous witch who gets brutally killed near the beginning of the story.
She is ordered by the Empress Consort—the Crown Prince’s scheming stepmother—to brew a deadly poison meant to assassinate the male lead, the Crown Prince. But after completing the job, she’s betrayed and silenced by the Empress herself.
“It was bad enough dying from overwork. There’s no way I’m going to die such a pointless death again!”
What can a powerless supporting character do?
After much agonizing, I reached a decision.
Before the Empress sends the potion request, I’ll leave the Magic Tower and disappear without a trace!
“I’d like to resign.”
I pulled out the resignation letter I had been keeping close to my chest.
My plan was simple: wrap up my life at the Magic Tower, hide somewhere safe, and quietly enjoy a long vacation until the events of the original novel were over…
But then my boss—the Master of the Magic Tower—suddenly took my resignation letter, crushed it in his hand…
Fwoosh—
Flames erupted from his fingertips, and in an instant, the letter burned into black ash.
“No.”
The moment I met his eyes, flickering with crimson reflections of the fire, I instinctively knew…
Something had gone terribly, terribly wrong.
