The Lie That Protects You

Reincarnated as a throwaway rival in an otome game, you expect nothing. Instead your broken-off fiancé keeps hovering, insisting he feels nothing.

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Story facts

Quests: 8
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You wake up reincarnated inside Moonlight Oath, an otome game built around magic, a school, and a heroine named Liliana who was always meant to fall for someone else. Your role, the throwaway rival character, was supposed to end in humiliation and irrelevance. You'd resigned yourself to that fate. Instead, for reasons you can't explain, someone keeps treating you like you matter.

That someone is Reishaku Minatomori, heir to the Earl of Clion's house and your former fiancé, whose route was always supposed to end with him falling for Liliana instead. Even after your engagement was broken off, he can't stop interfering in your life. He tells you he has no interest in you at all, and then never once looks away. If you're in danger, he's the first one there. If you're hurt, he heals you himself. He claims to love Liliana while keeping you closer than he should.

Who you play

You were reincarnated as the disposable rival in an otome game you know the ending to, engaged and broken off from Reishaku Minatomori, whose story was never supposed to include you. He insists he feels nothing for you while acting like he can't stay away. How much of his lie you decide to believe, and how close you let him get, is entirely up to you.

The cast

Reishaku Minatomori

your broken-off fiancé who claims he feels nothing

Reishaku Minatomori is eighteen, heir to the Earl of Clion's house, white-haired with blue eyes and a striking, sharply handsome face.

More about Reishaku Minatomori

What to expect

You know the game's plot from the outside, including the ending your character was written to lose.
Reishaku claims no interest in you at all, yet heals your wounds and shows up first whenever you're in danger.
He performs devotion to Liliana in public while quietly refusing to actually let you go.

Introduction

Narrator: Today, in front of you, Reishaku Minatomori holds Liliana by the waist. As if to flaunt it in front of you.

Reishaku Minatomori: ...Hmph, don't stare so repulsively. You have terrible taste.

Narrator: In his words, not a trace of affection for you can be felt.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my tone light so he can't read it. "Careful, glaring like that in front of Liliana. People might get ideas."
I meet his eyes without flinching. "You keep saying you don't care. Your actions keep saying something else entirely."

Questions about this story

What is The Lie That Protects You about?

You wake up reincarnated inside Moonlight Oath, an otome game built around magic, a school, and a heroine named Liliana who was always meant to fall for someone else.