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* TheChessmaster: Emma was the brains behind Mielle's schemes, [[ManipulativeBastard having suede over the maids of the Count's household.]] She succeeds in helping Mielle kill off her stepmother and Aria in the first timeline, but once Aria returns to the past, Emma has a harder time dealing with Aria, who is a much more gifted manipulator.

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* TheChessmaster: Emma was the brains behind Mielle's schemes, [[ManipulativeBastard having suede swayed over the maids of the Count's household.]] She succeeds in helping Mielle kill off her stepmother and Aria in the first timeline, but once Aria returns to the past, Emma has a harder time dealing with Aria, who is a much more gifted manipulator.

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* SelfMadeWoman: She establishes several businesses to become economically independent of her family.

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* SelfMadeWoman: She establishes several businesses to become economically independent of her family.family, thanks to using the hourglass to win at gambling for investments.



* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's pretty much running the country due to his father being unwilling to act, and personally intervenes in matters such as bringing down the aristocrat in charge of the casino when he learns of the latter's crimes.

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's pretty much running the country due to his father being unwilling to act, and personally intervenes in matters such as bringing down the aristocrat in charge of the casino when he learns of the latter's crimes. In fact, the only reason he was unsuccessful in stopping the Aristocratic Party and forced to marry Isis in the original timeline was because of bad advice in critical moments. When Aria starts a butterfly effect by warning him about the auction ticket, he ends up in a far better position.



* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Jessi was the only one who would dissuade Aria from her terrible misdeeds and attempted to actually advise her in the first timeline, and paid dearly for it. Aria clearly regrets this, and does her best to treat Jessi well in the second timeline.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In the first timeline, Jessi was the only maid that truly tried to advise her. Aria responded by cutting her tongue out. Averted in the second timeline where Aria regrets her treatment of her in the original timeline and treats her far better.



* BecauseYouWereNicetoMe: Jessi was the only one who would dissuade Aria from her terrible misdeeds in the first timeline, and paid dearly for it. Aria clearly regrets this, and does her best to treat Jessi well in the second timeline.

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* BecauseYouWereNicetoMe: Jessi was the only one who would dissuade Aria from her terrible misdeeds in the first timeline, and paid dearly for it. Aria clearly regrets this, and does her best to treat Jessi well in the second timeline.


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* GoodIsNotDumb: While a kind and sweet woman, she does quickly pick up on Mielle undermining Aria in her conversation with her after she marries Marquis Vincent, long before her true colors begin to show.
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* TheFakeCutie: Mielle acts all lovely and innocent, but she's actually a nasty piece of work. She does manage to uphold her act as a demure noble girl for quite a long time, but she eventually gets uncovered.
* FatalFlaw: '''Pride'''. Mielle is a huge believer in blood purity, and resents anyone who gets a leg up in society despite their inferior blood. She went after Aria and her mother purely because Countess Carin was a prostitute and they were from the slums. If Mielle hadn't gloated her victory over Aria and her mother in the first timeline, Aria wouldn't have sought after revenge. But alas, Mielle couldn't keep her mouth shut, and Aria went on to ruin Mielle's life.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mielle's classist views cause her problems in the second timeline. When Mielle was meeting with a group of wives whose husbands were rising in the economic ranks (thanks to Aria), she was confused on why the wives were helping their husbands with their businesses when it's supposed to not be their problem. This did not endear Mielle to those wives, but it certainly helped Aria in the long run.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: For someone who views themselves as a villainess, Aria is still capable of being horrified. Particularly when [[spoiler:Mielle tries to kill her own father]] and later when [[spoiler:she sees just how much poison Mielle loaded the tea with that ended up killing Cain. In the case of the former, Aria was shocked that Mielle was twisted enough to try and kill her own father.]] She's also legitimately disgusted when she realizes Cain is sexually attracted to her. Even if Aria's his stepsister they're still in the same family.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: For someone who views themselves as a ruthless villainess, Aria is still capable of being horrified. Particularly when [[spoiler:Mielle tries to kill her own father]] father by pushing him down the stairs]] and later when [[spoiler:she sees just how much poison Mielle loaded the tea with that ended up killing Cain. Cain.]] In the case of the former, both cases, Aria was shocked that Mielle was twisted enough willing to try risk everything just to get what she wanted, even if [[spoiler:it meant killing off the people who seemingly cared for her, her father and kill her own father.]] Aria respectively]].
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She's also legitimately disgusted when she realizes Cain is sexually attracted to her. Even if Aria's she's only his stepsister stepsister, they're still in the same family.


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* SickeninglySweethearts: Will act like this with Asher in the latter half of the story. [[{{Tsundere}} Though she will be embarrassed by the act at times.]]


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* BetrayalByOffspring: Suffers this after [[spoiler:Mielle pushes him down the stairs in her plan to frame Aria]]. He's so horrified by the act that he instantly points the finger at the culprit when he wakes up from his coma.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: For someone who views themselves as a villainess, Aria is still capable of being horrified. Particularly when [[spoiler:Mielle tries to kill her own father]] and later when [[spoiler:she sees just how much poison Mielle loaded the tea with that ended up killing Cain. In the case of the former, Aria was shocked that Mielle was twisted enough to try and kill her own father.]]

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* EveryoneHasStandards: For someone who views themselves as a villainess, Aria is still capable of being horrified. Particularly when [[spoiler:Mielle tries to kill her own father]] and later when [[spoiler:she sees just how much poison Mielle loaded the tea with that ended up killing Cain. In the case of the former, Aria was shocked that Mielle was twisted enough to try and kill her own father.]]]] She's also legitimately disgusted when she realizes Cain is sexually attracted to her. Even if Aria's his stepsister they're still in the same family.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: For someone who views themselves as a villainess, Aria is still capable of being horrified. Particularly when [[spoiler:Mielle tries to kill her own father]] and later when [[spoiler:she sees just how much poison Mielle loaded the tea with that ended up killing Cain. In the case of the former, Aria was shocked that Mielle was twisted enough to try and kill her own father.]]

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* ManipulativeBastard: Aria is much better at being this than Mielle is. Although she only uses temptation and seduction as tools, not gaslighting.



* ManipulativeBastard: Mielle comes off as manipulative in the first timeline, but not as much in the second. Aria suspects this is because Mielle's maid Emma was feeding Mielle ideas to use. [[spoiler:When Emma gets executed, Mielle loses her best manipluator.]]



* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite his best efforts, Cain is not all that different from his father, both in attitude and when it comes to Aria.

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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite his best efforts, Cain is not all that different from his father, both in attitude and when it comes to Aria. Both have trouble accepting help from others, preferring to do things themselves, and both lust for women of lower status.




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* BecauseYouWereNicetoMe: Jessi was the only one who would dissuade Aria from her terrible misdeeds in the first timeline, and paid dearly for it. Aria clearly regrets this, and does her best to treat Jessi well in the second timeline.



* HeelFaceTurn: Annie starts out as a spy for Emma, but leaves her side when she realizes how generous Aria is. She becomes one of Aria's [[UndyingLoyalty most trusted maids (though not with everything)]].



* PaternalSubstitute: She has taken care of Mielle since she was a baby.

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* PaternalSubstitute: TheChessmaster: Emma was the brains behind Mielle's schemes, [[ManipulativeBastard having suede over the maids of the Count's household.]] She succeeds in helping Mielle kill off her stepmother and Aria in the first timeline, but once Aria returns to the past, Emma has a harder time dealing with Aria, who is a much more gifted manipulator.
* ParentalSubstitute:
She has taken care of Mielle since she was a baby.baby, seeing her as a substitute for her miscarried child.

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* LadyInRed: Aria was vain and materialistic in the first timeline, goaded by her maids (sent by Mielle) to act this way. She avoids this in the second timeline, but does occasionally use seduction when the situation calls for it.



* PowerPerversionPotential: She uses the hourglass' power to do lots of petty stuff to Mielle or other people that irritate her and then undo it.

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* PowerPerversionPotential: She uses the hourglass' power to do lots of petty stuff to Mielle or other people that irritate her and then undo it. After fainting one too many times from overusing the hourglass, Aria doesn't utilize it as often, only in emergencies [[spoiler:like when Veri poisoned Annie with tea meant for Aria]]. By the end of the story, Aria no longer needs the hourglass, but keeps it as a reminder of everything that happened to her.


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* GoldDigger: Subverted somewhat. On the outset, Carin married the Count to get his money and status, but really it was more for her and Aria to survive. She does act like this [[spoiler:after the Count is paralyzed and Cain and Mielle are arrested for treason; she divorces the Count to take everything away from him and then send him to a nursing home.]]

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One of Mielle's servants. In the original timeline, she was the one that poisoned Carin and then tricked Aria into trying to poison Mielle by claiming the latter killed Carin, only to reveal Aria's "conspiracy" the moment it became convenient. Aria takes advantage of the second timeline to get revenge on her.

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One of Mielle's servants. In the original timeline, she was the one that poisoned Lady Carin and then tricked Aria into trying to poison Mielle by claiming the latter killed Carin, only to reveal Aria's "conspiracy" the moment it became convenient. Aria takes advantage of the second timeline to get revenge on her.her.
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!! Viscountess Sarah Loren / [[spoiler:Marquess Sarah Vincent]]

The daughter of a viscount, Lady Sarah becomes Aria's etiquette teacher in the second timeline. In both timelines, she marries Marquis Vincent, becoming one of the most powerful ladies in high society.
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* CoolBigSis: Acts like this towards Aria. While Aria merely meant to use Sarah as a stepping stone in high society, she ends up genuinely caring for Sarah like a real sister.
* ProperLady: Shown to be the pinnacle of an aristocratic lady. Aria uses this to gain Sarah as a teacher.
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* AlasPoorVillain: By the end of the story, Isis has become the ButtMonkey of high society. [[spoiler:She lost her engagement with Asher, putting the Aristocratic Party in a difficult spot, and her coup against the country failed, leading to her execution. Isis still acts haughty and vain until the last moments of her life, when she asks what will happen to her brother Oscar. Once she finds out he will live, Isis realizes she no longer feels resentment or anger, just relief that Oscar will be spared.]]



* TheChessmaster: Has shades of this. She engineered Asher's downfall in the first timeline, [[spoiler:and the coup in the second timeline]]. However, once you analyze the plans Isis makes, it becomes clear that there are holes that can be exploited. [[spoiler:The coup involved getting engaged to King Lohan and his attendants in order to invade the capital. However, Isis was unaware that Lohan was deceiving her, and that some elements in the plan, like the seals of approval, were faked.]] Aria notes that the only reason Isis was able to get away with her plans was because she had the power and backing of her family and political supporters. Once those went away, Isis didn't have much left in her arsenal.




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* NeverMyFault: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle [[NeverMyFault loves to blame others for her failures]], and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]



* NeverMyFault: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle loves to blame others for her failures, and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]




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The king of the neighboring country. While he acts flippant and carefree, he is a very capable ruler. He and Asher have a complicated relationship.
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* TheGadfly: Loves to provoke people that he really shouldn't push. He flirts with Aria whenever he gets the chance to get a reaction out of Asher, and [[StealthInsult pokes holes in Isis' plans]] whenever he's with her.


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* DevotedtoYou: How Asher acts towards Aria once he falls in love with her. He will do anything for Aria if she asks for it, including some shady and violent things. When you see a large bouquet of flowers in Aria's vicinity, it's usually from Asher.

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* DevotedtoYou: DevotedToYou: How Asher acts towards Aria once he falls in love with her. He will do anything for Aria if she asks for it, including some shady and violent things. When you see a large bouquet of flowers in Aria's vicinity, it's usually from Asher.



* AllTakeAndNoGive: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle [[NeverMyFault loves to blame others for her failures]], and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]

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[[caption-width-right:248: "I want to be as elegant as Mielle."]]

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* MagnificentBastard: She uses her knowledge of the future and the people that surround her to manipulate them for her goals.

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* MagnificentBastard: She uses her knowledge of the future and of the people that surround her to manipulate them for her goals.



* CrazyJealousGuy: After he falls for Aria, he expresses this feeling whenever he learns of another man getting closer to her. [[TheCasanova Lohan]] saying her first name brings out the {{Yandere}} in him.



* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Revealing her role in ruining Aria's life in the first timeline triggers Aria's MentalTimeTravel ability, which ruins Mielle's life in the second timeline.



Aria's mother, a former prostitute who gets married to Count Roscent and became the stepmother to Mielle and Cain. While she does love Aria in her own way, she wasn't the most doting parent, caring more about her and her daughter's survival than anything.

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Aria's mother, a former prostitute who gets married to Count Roscent and became the stepmother to Mielle and Cain. While she does love Aria in her own way, she wasn't the most doting parent, caring more about her and her daughter's survival than anything.



* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with [[spoiler:Chloe Piaast boils down to this— despite her Tsundere attitude, she does love Chloe very much.]]

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* FieryRedHead: She's the most prone to rage over what she perceives as injustice towards Aria.




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* PaternalSubstitute: She has taken care of Mielle since she was a baby.



One of Mielle's servants. In the original timeline, she was the one that poisoned Carin and then tricked Aria into trying to poison Mielle by claiming the latter killed Carin, only to reveal Aria's "conspiracy" the moment it became convenient. Aria takes advantage of the second timeline to get revenge on her.
* LadyMacbeth: She was one of the people who led Aria to make the mistakes that would cause her death in the first timeline.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Aria engineers her death after she reveals Emma pushed her to poison Aria.



* AllLovingHero: He has a kind heart that wishes to aid anyone that needs it.




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* TokenGoodTeammate: One of the few good people among the high aristocracy.



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The bastard son of Marquis Piaast and Violet, he was originally part of the Imperial family until the prince Violet was forced to marry learned the truth. Crushed by the reveal, he wandered into the capital's red-light district, where he met Carin, a prostitute, and fell in love with her. He promised to take her out of such life and marry her, but the very next day he and his mother were exiled to Croa. Ever since, he's become a recluse in heavy depression, wishing he could find Carin once more and fulfill his promise.
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* CastFromLifePoints: She can use the hourglass to turn back time, but only once a day, and it drains her life force.

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* CastFromLifePoints: She can use the hourglass to turn back time, but only once a day, and it drains her life force.



* MagnificentBastard: She uses her knowledge of the future and her realizations of the people that surround her to manipulate them.

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* MagnificentBastard: She uses her knowledge of the future and her realizations of the people that surround her to manipulate them.them for her goals.
* PowerPerversionPotential: She uses the hourglass' power to do lots of petty stuff to Mielle or other people that irritate her and then undo it.
* SelfMadeWoman: She establishes several businesses to become economically independent of her family.



* TheChessMaster: He's very good in the political scene and engineers the Aristocratic Party's collapse. The only reason he lost in the first timeline was due to not having enough support.




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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's pretty much running the country due to his father being unwilling to act, and personally intervenes in matters such as bringing down the aristocrat in charge of the casino when he learns of the latter's crimes.



* AllTakeAndNoGive: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle loves to blame others for her failures, and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]

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* AllTakeAndNoGive: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle [[NeverMyFault loves to blame others for her failures, failures]], and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]

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* BastardAngst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles, to look down on her because of this.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After a long road full of obstacles, Aria [[spoiler: finally gets revenge on Mielle by getting her executed for poisoning her own brother, becomes the Crown Princess, and has become a goddess in high society.]]

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* BastardAngst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles, nobles to look down on her because of this.
* BecomingTheMask: Initially begins to fake a change of personality for her plans to get revenge on Mielle, but eventually it becomes genuine.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After a long road full of obstacles, Aria [[spoiler: finally gets revenge on Mielle by getting her executed for poisoning her own brother, becomes the Crown Princess, and has become a goddess in high society.]]society]].
* MagnificentBastard: She uses her knowledge of the future and her realizations of the people that surround her to manipulate them.



* Tsundere: Acts like this towards Asher once she realizes he's in love with her. It's a trait she inherited from her mother. She's not happy about it.

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* Tsundere: {{Tsundere}}: Acts like this towards Asher once she realizes he's in love with her. It's a trait she inherited from her mother. She's not happy about it.



Aria's stepsister, and the main antagonist. On the outside, she looks and acts like a sweet, gentle lady. On the inside, she is cruel, arrogant, and looks down on her stepmother and sister as unpure whores. In the first timeline she succeeds at killing them both, leading Aria to vow revenge against her in the second timeline.

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Aria's stepsister, and the main antagonist. On the outside, she looks and acts like a sweet, gentle lady. On the inside, she is cruel, arrogant, and looks down on her stepmother and sister as unpure impure whores. In the first timeline she succeeds at killing them both, leading Aria to vow revenge against her in the second timeline.



* GoOutWithASmile: How Mielle [[spoiler:finally dies, wearing a peaceful smile as she hallucinates a world where she and Aria are loving sisters.]]

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* UndyingLoyalty: She's very loyal to Aria.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She raised Mielle up to become the BitchInSheepsClothing that she is in order to survive the cruelty of aristocratic society. Unfortunetly, Mielle became just as cruel as the other aristocrats, to the point of saving her own skin by throwing Emma under the bus instead of standing up for her most trusted ally.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She raised Mielle up to become the BitchInSheepsClothing that she is in order to survive the cruelty of aristocratic society. Unfortunetly, Unfortunately, Mielle became just as cruel as the other aristocrats, to the point of saving her own skin by throwing Emma under the bus instead of standing up for her most trusted ally.


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* DisappearedDad: He's Aria's father. He wanted to marry Carin, but circumstances prevented him from doing so.
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* AllLovingHeroine: What Mielle tries to invoke in high society. It works well, until Aria destroys her image.



* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with [[spoiler:Chloe Piast boils down to this— despite her Tsundere attitude, she does love Chloe very much.]]

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* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with [[spoiler:Chloe Piast Piaast boils down to this— despite her Tsundere attitude, she does love Chloe very much.]]



* AbusiveParents: Comes off as this to Aria. He's neglectful at best, downright hostile at worst.




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* BrotherSisterIncest: Feels this way one-sidedly towards Aria.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite his best efforts, Cain is not all that different from his father, both in attitude and when it comes to Aria.



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Aria's most trustworthy maid in both timelines. In the first timeline, Jessi had her tongue cut out due to Aria's misguided accusations. In the second timeline, she becomes Aria's top lady-in-waiting.
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Originally Mielle's servant. After being sent to spy on Aria in the second timeline, she eventually leaves Mielle's side and becomes Aria's lady-in-waiting.
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Mielle's nanny, and her most trusted ally.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Has this attitude once Prince Asher officially courts Aria, and when he betrays his family after the coup's failure. He genuinely wants the best for Aria, but is too powerless to really help her.



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* Tsundere: Acts like this towards Asher once she realizes he's in love with her. It's a trait she inherited from her mother. She's not happy about it.



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* AntiHero: Asher, when given the chance to by Aria, is a schemer who plots the downfall of an entire political party to get back at them for trying to make him a fool.
* DevotedtoYou: How Asher acts towards Aria once he falls in love with her. He will do anything for Aria if she asks for it, including some shady and violent things. When you see a large bouquet of flowers in Aria's vicinity, it's usually from Asher.



* AllTakeandNoGive: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle loves to blame others for her failures, and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]

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* AllTakeandNoGive: AllTakeAndNoGive: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle loves to blame others for her failures, and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]


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* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with [[spoiler:Chloe Piast boils down to this— despite her Tsundere attitude, she does love Chloe very much.]]

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* GoOutWithASmile: How Mielle [[spoiler:finally dies, wearing a peaceful smile as she hallucinates a world where she and Aria are loving sisters.]]



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[[folder: Princess Isis]]Isis Frederick]]
!!Isis Frederick

Oscar's sister and Asher's original fiancé. She is a leader of the Aristocratic party, and mentors Mielle in the art of looking down on people lower than them. In the first timeline she succeeds in marrying Asher and taking his power away from him. Because of Aria, however, Isis has a harder time securing power in the second timeline.
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* AlphaBitch: The main queen of high society, with Mielle as an understudy.



[[folder: Frederick]]

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[[folder: Frederick]]Oscar Frederick]]
!!Oscar Frederick

Mielle's fiancé and Isis' brother. Aria had a crush on him in the past, but puts it aside for the sake of her revenge. He is not that powerful compared to the rest of his family.
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* AntiHero: Arguably this. While she does do selfless acts in the second timeline, her main goal is to get revenge on Mielle. Everything else she does is either in service of her revenge or helps boost her reputation in high society. As the series goes on, however, Aria becomes truly selfless and caring towards others, making her crusade against Mielle look more justified than anything.

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* AntiHero: Arguably this. While she does do selfless acts in the second timeline, her main goal is to get revenge on Mielle. Everything else she does is either in service of her revenge or helps boost her reputation in high society. As the series goes on, however, Mielle, Aria becomes truly selfless and caring towards others, making her crusade against Mielle look more justified than anything.


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* VillainProtagonist: What Aria sees herself as. While she does do selfless acts in the second timeline, her main goal is to get revenge on Mielle. Everything else she does is either in service of her revenge or helps boost her reputation in high society. Subverted, however, in that she is more on an AntiHero than a villain.


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* AllTakeandNoGive: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle loves to blame others for her failures, and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, however, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]

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* AntiHero: Arguably this. While she does do selfless acts in the second timeline, her main goal is to get revenge on Mielle. Everything else she does is either in service of her revenge or helps boost her reputation in high society.

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* AntiHero: Arguably this. While she does do selfless acts in the second timeline, her main goal is to get revenge on Mielle. Everything else she does is either in service of her revenge or helps boost her reputation in high society. As the series goes on, however, Aria becomes truly selfless and caring towards others, making her crusade against Mielle look more justified than anything.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: After a long road full of obstacles, Aria [[spoiler: finally gets revenge on Mielle by getting her executed for poisoning her own brother, becomes the Crown Princess, and has become a goddess in high society.]]



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* SanitySlippage: She already was somewhat nuts in the previous timeline, but she [[spoiler:goes off the deep end in the second timeline after a series of failures. She pushes her father off the stairs, joins in Lady Isis' plans for treason, and tries to poison her guardian after being spared from execution the first time. She ultimately poisons her brother on accident and gets executed for real while hallucinating that her and Aria became genuine sisters.]]
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Aria's mother, a former prostitute who gets married to Count Roscent. While she does love Aria in her own way, she wasn't the most doting parent, caring more about her and her daughter's survival than anything.

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Aria's mother, a former prostitute who gets married to Count Roscent.Roscent and became the stepmother to Mielle and Cain. While she does love Aria in her own way, she wasn't the most doting parent, caring more about her and her daughter's survival than anything.



* ParentalAbandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned on the streets as an infant.

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* ParentalAbandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned on the streets as an infant. Subverted, however, with her own daughter; while she couldn't exactly be there for Aria like a real parent, she does care about her in her own way.


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!!Count Roscent

Aria's stepfather, and father to Mielle and Cain Roscent. He loves his two biological children dearly but barely cares about his new wife and child, seeing them as a means to avoid remarriage with another noblewoman.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He ultimately outlives both of his children, but not for very long— shortly after Mielle's execution, he hangs himself in grief.]]


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!!Cain Roscent

Aria's stepbrother, Mielle's brother, and Count Roscent's successor. In the first timeline, he illegally executes Aria after she is falsely accused of poisoning her own mother. In the second timeline, he becomes more interested in Aria than he reasonably should...


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[[folder: Frederick]]
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!Others

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!! Aria Roscent

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!! [[foldercontrol]]

!Main Characters
[[folder:Aria Roscent]]
!!Aria Roscent

The main character. Born to a prostitute,
Aria Roscentbecame the stepdaughter to the Roscent family, skyrocketing her status. She was a selfish, materialistic girl until she was framed for her mother's poisoning by her own stepsister, Mielle. But when she is suddenly sent to the past by a mysterious hourglass, Aria vows to get revenge on Mielle by becoming as wicked of a villainess as her.



* AntiHero: Arguably this. While she does do selfless acts in the second timeline, her main goal is to get revenge on Mielle. Everything else she does is either in service of her revenge or helps boost her reputation in high society.




!! Carin Roscent

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\n!! Carin Roscent[[/folder]]

[[folder:Asher]]
!!Prince Asterlope

The crown prince of Aria's country. In the first timeline he married Princess Isis and was seen as a puppet for the Aristocratic Party. Thanks to Aria's interference in the second timeline, Asher is a much more proactive figure and becomes Aria's love interest.



* ParentalAbandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned on the streets as an infant.

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[[/folder]]

!Roscent Family and servants

[[folder:Mielle Roscent]]
!!Mielle Roscent

Aria's stepsister, and the main antagonist. On the outside, she looks and acts like a sweet, gentle lady. On the inside, she is cruel, arrogant, and looks down on her stepmother and sister as unpure whores. In the first timeline she succeeds at killing them both, leading Aria to vow revenge against her in the second timeline.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts as pure and kind as a saint to the public. Only a few, like Aria, know that she is anything but.

[[folder:Carin Roscent]]
!!Carin Roscent

Aria's mother, a former prostitute who gets married to Count Roscent. While she does love Aria in her own way, she wasn't the most doting parent, caring more about her and her daughter's survival than anything.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned on the streets as an infant.infant.
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[[folder:Count Roscent]]
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[[folder:Cain Roscent]]
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[[folder:Jessi]]
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[[folder:Annie]]
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[[folder:Emma]]
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!Aristocratic Party

[[folder: Princess Isis]]
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Aria Roscent
* Bastard Angst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles, to look down on her because of this.
* Strong Family Resemblance: Aria has got her mother’s personality, but she got her looks from her father Chloe.
Carin Roscent
* Parental Abandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned on the streets as an infant.

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!! Aria Roscent
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* Bastard Angst: BastardAngst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles, to look down on her because of this.
* Strong Family Resemblance: StrongFamilyResemblance: Aria has got her mother’s personality, but she got her looks from her father Chloe.
Chloe.

!!
Carin Roscent
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* Parental Abandonment: ParentalAbandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned on the streets as an infant.
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* Strong Family Resemblance: Aria has got her mother’s personality, but she got her looks from her father Chloe.



* Parental Abandonment: Carin was abandoned as a foundling, on the streets.

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* Parental Abandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned as a foundling, on the streets.streets as an infant.
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* Bastard Angst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles, to look down on her because of this.

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* Bastard Angst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles, to look down on her because of this.this.

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Aria Roscent
* Bastard Angst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles, to look down on her because of this.

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