The Villainess Turns the Hourglass

Aria Roscente, once the darling of high society, finds herself condemned and facing execution as the crowd jeers at the fallen noblewoman. Once a commoner who rose to prominence through her mother's marriage into nobility, Aria's reputation has been tarnished by accusations of cruelty and arrogance. As she faces her final moments, everything she believed about her life is suddenly called into question. Miraculously, Aria awakens to find herself returned to an earlier time, with a mysterious hourglass by her side offering an impossible second chance. Now armed with knowledge of what may come and the power to alter fate itself, Aria must navigate the treacherous waters of aristocratic society once more. But this time, she plays a different game—one where she must carefully balance between redemption and revenge, truth and deception, as she seeks to uncover the real forces behind her downfall and reshape her destiny.