Summary
Sophia Alcott, the daughter of Earl Alcott, lives a lonely life as a maligned and infamous shut in, with nothing to do but to work on her skills as a budding apothecary in the dusty storeroom she’s forced to call home.
That is until she suddenly wakes up one day and finds herself in the body of an even more infamous villainess (one who actually earned her reputation) locked up in a tower. But although the only clue she has about how this happened is a cryptic note, instead of despairing about her new situation, she’s in awe at just how luxurious the treatment she’s receiving in this ‘prison’ is compared to how she had to live before.
Meanwhile, back at Earl Alcott’s mansion, all hell is about to break loose.
That’s because…
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- Free Chapter 71 - Apothecary's first threat 27/01/2025 67
- Free Chapter 70 - Take care of Sophia 14/11/2024 186
- Free Chapter 69 - Violet's bluffing course 08/11/2024 85
- Free Chapter 68 - The one being targeted 07/11/2024 92
- Free Chapter 67 - Full of things that don't add up 03/11/2024 76
- Free Chapter 66 - Disastrous scene 02/11/2024 73
- Free Chapter 65 - The priest who is passionate about his idol 01/11/2024 78
- Free Chapter 64 - Evil lady reveal her true colors 26/08/2024 220
- Free Chapter 63 - Abduction 22/07/2024 217
- Free Chapter 62 - Trouble with women confirmed 17/06/2024 231
- Free Chapter 61 - Lady education not in use 04/05/2024 227
- Free Chapter 60 - Hair ornament 02/05/2024 174
- Free Chapter 59 - Injured 02/05/2024 158
- Free Chapter 58 - First flower festival preparation 01/05/2024 165
- Free Chapter 57 - Definition of a date 10/04/2024 241
- Free Chapter 56 - Friend from the past 08/04/2024 221
- Free Chapter 55 - Friend of the knight commander 24/03/2024 279
- Free Chapter 54 - Worn out man=sexy 24/03/2024 295
- Free Chapter 53 - Frederick Foster 24/03/2024 225
- Free Chapter 52 - Up you go without formalities 22/03/2024 360
- Free Chapter 51 - His Majesty the King and the Wicked Lady's tea party 20/03/2024 364
- Free Chapter 50 - A promise of a date between the knight and the apothecary 16/03/2024 431
- Free Chapter 49 - Lady who had forsaken the path of human 12/03/2024 665
- Free Chapter 48 - Prologue 11/03/2024 603
- Free Chapter 47 - Blossoms of all possible kinds 22/02/2024 757
- Free Chapter 46 - Thank you 22/02/2024 682
- Free Chapter 45 - The hero's revenge tale 22/02/2024 658
- Free Chapter 44 - You lost 22/02/2024 702
- Free Chapter 43 - You're of unknown nature 22/02/2024 613
- Free Chapter 42 - The desire to help 22/02/2024 581
- Free Chapter 41 - You shine brighter than anyone else 22/02/2024 649
- Free Chapter 40 - I don't know what to say 21/02/2024 739
- Free Chapter 39 - It would be boring to just kill him 19/02/2024 732
- Free Chapter 38 - Compared to the gaze of Lady Violet, the grand duke is nothing 19/02/2024 710
- Free Chapter 37 - You should think about who you hang out with 19/02/2024 723
- Free Chapter 36 - I think I'm getting tougher 17/02/2024 748
- Free Chapter 35 - I can do it too 17/02/2024 801
- Free Chapter 34 - I'm counting on you 14/02/2024 855
- Free Chapter 33 - Mother is like a flower 11/02/2024 867
- Free Chapter 32 - It's okay, you will become immune to it 09/02/2024 856
- Free Chapter 31 - Fox extermination RTA 07/02/2024 873
- Free Chapter 30 - More competent than expected 05/02/2024 893
- Free Chapter 29 - This. Cat's out of the bag for sure... 05/02/2024 898
- Free Chapter 28 - Snake and Mongoose, Frog caught in between 02/02/2024 886
- Free Chapter 27 - Enough to build two castles 31/01/2024 818
- Free Chapter 26 - How delicious these past three months had been 20/01/2024 801
- Free Chapter 25 part 2 19/01/2024 697
- Free Chapter 25 part 1 - Either way, it's your loss 18/01/2024 713
- Free Chapter 24 - It's your achievement 16/01/2024 853
- Free Chapter 23 - I don't think that's a thing to be grateful for 14/01/2024 821
- Free Chapter 22 - Making medicine is limited to ten hours a day 12/01/2024 879
- Free Chapter 21 - I'll do my best! 06/01/2024 939
- Free Chapter 20 - It's a wonderful herb 06/01/2024 874
- Free Chapter 19 - ...Sophia 05/01/2024 910
- Free Chapter 18 - I don't want to leave this tower..... 02/01/2024 851
- Free Chapter 17 - I don't want to give these flowers 01/01/2024 755
- Free Chapter 16 - Your expression is too honest 31/12/2023 758
- Free Chapter 15 - You have a knack for joking 30/12/2023 770
- Free Chapter 14 - Sophia sama, is it to your taste? 30/12/2023 779
- Free Chapter 13 - Fragrance of lily 28/12/2023 815
- Free Chapter 12 - Crows should become white, and clouds should become black 27/12/2023 885
- Free Chapter 11 - It wasn't because she was cute 26/12/2023 980
- Free Chapter 10 - Honestly, I think you're an extraordinary villainess 26/12/2023 909
- Free Chapter 9 - French toast with lots of honey 25/12/2023 1498
- Free Chapter 8 - You should be grateful 24/12/2023 1052
- Free Chapter 7 - Violet Elford 19/12/2023 1383
- Free Chapter 6 - I am actually an apothecary... 15/12/2023 1883
- Free Chapter 5 - Eating together 14/12/2023 1778
- Free Chapter 4 - Claude Bradley 11/12/2023 1083
- Free Chapter 3 - That, that's prison...!? 07/12/2023 1062
- Free Chapter 2 - Sophia Alcott 04/12/2023 1486
- Free Chapter 1 - When I woke up, I became an imprisoned villainess 03/12/2023 2912
Well yeah she’s evil. She IS a villainess…
I call for a Salem Witch Trial.
Yes!!! Finally he realized the reason she switched. It wasn’t for herself. Claude is cool but a bit dense too.
She’s inviting herself to a debut party. That’s new.
Called them idiots in the last chapter. Underestimated just how stupid the prince is. Haah.
Great. She gets to meet the idiots
Thank you for the chapter <3
The despair this chapter caused me is a testament on how well written this story is. Im glad i didnt have to live a cliffhanger after this chapter, it would have killed me
Thank you so much for translating this beautiful novel, i found the manga today and decided i couldn’t wait more to read the rest. Can’t wait for the next arc. Enjoy your break and read you when you return.
Thank you. I enjoyed my break thoroughly, lazing around~ I sort of didn’t keep my promise made in this chapter though haha.
Thank you. I enjoyed my break thoroughly, lazing around~ I sort of didn’t keep my promise made in this chapter though haha.
There are dedicated readers. We just lurk.
The part:” […]whom *your uncle* has hidden away?” Should be just *uncle*, since Violet id talking about the Duke.
Oops. Fixed it. Thank you for pointing this out!
Thanks for finishing this arc!
Enjoy your well deserved break
Thank you, I will~
I’d vote for releasing all at once.
Can’t wait to see the conclusion of the first arc
I see. Since the responses are a tie, yours will be the tiebreaker. I’ll release it all at once then~
Cliffhanger! But thank you so much for translating!
Thank you for the translation, please keep up the good work.
please rest well translator <3
hope you’re having a fulfilling week!
randomly found this manga and decided to see if there was any translated novel. thank you for continuing to translate this story!
Annoying trying to remember my Disqus password. But anyways.
You definitely have a few dedicated readers. But like most people, we rarely comment. But don’t let that get to you. Do it at pace that keeps you happy.
I don’t normally comment much either. I like the novel a bit though, and your translation quality is excellent. Ill just echo what the other comment said and say, updates are updates, love the work and dont mind the wait.
Irregular updates are still updates… so it’s better than no updates
And I’d say I’m a dedicated reader (usually just not making myself noticeable)
And for your first novel your translations are really good. I tried to learn Japanese myself and gave up once Kanji came in.. and MTL is too much work depending on the novel, because sometimes there are some real bad inconsistencies and other stuff with it that it’s not worth it if only I read it
So I appreciate all the work you do for this translation
I think using the honorifics as given (-sama, -san, -dono etc.) is fine. I think nobody would read a “non-official” translation without knowing what those mean. And I’m pretty sure nobody has a problem with you using them (in fact I’m pretty used to them in translations that it’s stranger for me to read miss, mister etc. instead)
Thanks for the putting in the effort to translate this btw.
So that means the heroine and the villainess were under similar circumstances all along, with different reactions between them. Sheesh
Thank you!
please update this again soon i would love to know what happens next
I will!. There will be a christmas and new year gift soon hehe.
Oooh thank you for translating this! Ive been reading the manga and curious how the story will go hehe
I am really, really glad. Thank you for the comment, and I hope you will continue to enjoy this novel!
I am really, really glad. Thank you for the comment, and I hope you will continue to enjoy this novel!
I have been waiting to hear from this end!
I am happy to know that there are readers of this novel! I really appreciate the comments.