This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist Novel

After dying, Rita discovers she was a villain in a male-oriented novel, manipulated by her scheming brother until the end. Reborn with knowledge of her previous life, her first goal is preventing her brother from joining the game's beta test—the event that enabled his rise as the live-in son-in-law protagonist of the Lopez family. This time, Rita chooses a different path. Operating from the shadows, she enters the beta test herself and claims every advantage originally meant for the story's protagonists. By carefully re-selecting her abilities, she systematically strips away their destined opportunities while maintaining the facade of an ally. Rita isn't interested in senseless cruelty or heroic sacrifice. Instead, she collaborates with authorities in mutually beneficial arrangements, focused solely on her true objective: escaping the role assigned to her and seizing control of her own destiny.