The Villainess’s Calculus ~Optimizing a Broken World with Speedrun Glitches~

"Survival isn't a matter of fate. It's a matter of frames." Evelina von Rosenberg is seconds away from the guillotine. Betrayed by her fiancé and framed by the "Heroine," the high-born duchess prepares for a tragic end—until a translucent obsidian window flickers into existence, filled with golden fluid text. [Celestial Sage "xX_Slayer_Xx": "LMAO, this NPC’s script is so bad. Kill her already."] [ZeroFrame (Voice): "Wait, chat. If I dash at 45 degrees into that wall during the execution scene, the collision physics should break. Let’s skip the death flag."] In the real world, Miles Sterling is a burnt-out, caffeine-addicted speedrunner in Toronto, just trying to break a world record for the glitchiest RPG ever made. He thinks he’s playing a game. Evelina thinks she’s hearing the divine voices of the Celestial Assembly. By interpreting gamer slang as high-tier spells and execution errors as forbidden miracles, the Villainess begins to deconstruct the laws of her corrupt empire. From frame-perfect escapes to kingdom-building through economic optimization, the world is about to realize that when a Speedrunner and a Duchess team up, the "intended" story is the first thing to be deleted.