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by cocopi
Clara Casewell is a sharp corporate lawyer with a secret passion for villainess stories. After a heated year at her law firm, she ekes out a promotion over her rival, the cocky Warren Righton. But on her way to celebrate, a bout of turbulence sends her plane spiraling down. When Clara wakes up, she finds herself in a world of nobles and magic, as a servant to the notorious villainess Iris von Rhenia. And to top it off, Iris and Clara are about to be put on trial for poisoning the heroine. A trial based on truth magic, where the accused get no defense. Join Clara as she learns the ins-and-outs of the unfair, convoluted, and often fantastical courts of the Holy Kingdom of Arcadia, meeting a colorful cast of characters including the heir to the Duke of the North™—but why does he look eerily like her annoying rival Warren?! Surely fantasy law can’t be harder than modern cross-border taxation, right? What to expect: ✦ Ace Attorney-inspired comedic legal drama, featuring mysteries with enough clues to be solved by the reader ✦ Slow burn rivals to lovers romance ✦ Character-focused interludes with Otome Isekai elements blended with aristocratic politics ✦ A competent but not overpowered MC who faces both warmth and adversity ✦ Plenty of OBJECTIONs! Book 1 cover art by Kisielec. Book 2 cover art and header art by 00chovo. Regular updates on Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons (CET). This story is only posted on Royal Road, ScribbleHub, and my Patreon. If you see it anywhere else, please message me.
#4
2/20/2026
Peak #3
31d
#3
2/19/2026
Peak #3
31d
#2
2/16/2026
Peak #2
44d
#1
2/13/2026
Peak #1
50d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:08 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
1%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Mystery → Romance → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy + Mystery + Romance + Fantasy (0%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#455 of 12,235 · 405 below RS #50
By genre
beats 63% of similar stories
beats 37% of similar stories
beats 98% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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