The Villainess's Brother Has Absolutely No Intention of Following the Plot

Lucien Vale had one goal after being reincarnated into his favorite otome game: Survive. Unfortunately, he has reincarnated as Lucien Vale, the younger brother of the game's infamous final villainess. In the original story, his older sister, Seraphina Vale, becomes obsessed with Prince Adrian after he breaks off their engagement for the heroine. Her descent into madness eventually plunges the kingdom into war. And Lucien? He dies somewhere in the middle of it. Naturally, Lucien decides that the sensible solution is to stay far away from the plot. Unfortunately, his family has other plans. When he realizes that changing Seraphina's fate might prevent his own death, Lucien begins secretly manipulating the story from behind the scenes. He sabotages the prince's romance. He pushes the heroine toward the supposedly doomed second male lead. He prevents assassinations. He exposes traitors before they can act. He even manages to stop his sister from becoming the villainess. Everything goes perfectly. Too perfectly. Because Lucien makes one tiny mistake. While trying to pair everyone else together... he accidentally becomes the love interest. Now the kingdom's most dangerous duke's heir is pursuing him, his former villainess sister is actively supporting the relationship, the heroine thinks Lucien is her best friend, the prince keeps asking him for romantic advice, and half the nobility believes he's secretly manipulating the entire kingdom. Lucien, meanwhile, is desperately trying to escape. He has fake identities. Hidden money. Safe houses. Escape routes. Even an underground network of servants willing to help him disappear. Unfortunately, his pursuer has already discovered every single one. And the more Lucien tries to avoid becoming part of the story... the more important he becomes to it. Because perhaps the future he remembered wasn't the original story at all. Perhaps someone else has been changing the plot. And perhaps Lucien wasn't reincarnated into this world by accident. ..........