The Hired Heroine Wants the Villainess to Gloat

by Hanami Nishine, Jordan Taylor (Translator), Rin Hagiwara (Illustrator)

“Would you like to be the heroine in an otome game? The catch is…you must have a downfall so the villainess can gloat.”

One day, a white cat who calls himself the messenger of a god comes to scout Nina Scaglione for a certain role. The prince, whose heart she’s meant to capture only to be thrown aside by him, is obsessed with farming. The villainess, who’s meant to gloat over the heroine’s failure, is a seemingly perfect noble girl with hidden flaws—one of them being an inability to effectively carry out a plan. Once Nina takes on her role as heroine, she encounters another a handsome boy with silver-white hair.

Nina must work hard to make sure the villainess gets a satisfying triumph or she won’t get her payment, but can she pull it off?

Genres: Light Novel

199 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 31, 2025

About the author

Family name (in kanji): 西根
Given name (in kanji): 羽南

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yay one-shot! But…it seemed a tad… rushed? Idk, it was ok, but not my fav.

The “villainess” was just…not as intelligent as advertised. Wish we had a chapter or two from her POV. But it might have been painful. She seemed kind of…not too bright.

3, not bad but not fantastic, stars.

[Alicia Phillip · Rating 5 out of 5]

cute little one-shot. It builds the world well enough that I still want more