by cocopi
Clara Casewell is an ambitious up-and-coming associate at an international corporate law firm. Yet underneath her serious lawyerly persona lies a woman with a passion for all sorts of villainess stories. It doesn’t matter how trashy or badly written they are: as long as it’s got a haughty girl and a brooding duke, Clara will devour it like popcorn! After a heated year at the firm, Clara ekes out a promotion to Senior Counsel 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’s wearing a… maid’s uniform? She finds herself in a world of nobles and magic, not social media and corporate grind. And there’s one more problem: Clara’s master is the notorious villainess Iris von Rhenia, and 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 Slice of Life interludes with Otome Isekai elements ✦ A competent but not overpowered MC who faces both warmth and adversity ✦ Plenty of OBJECTIONs! Cover art by Kisielec. Header art by 00chovo. Regular updates on Mondays and Fridays, occasional updates on Wednesdays. This story is only posted on Royal Road, ScribbleHub, and my Patreon. If you see it anywhere else, please message me.
