[Reincarnated Young Lady x Epistolary Novel] To the Fifth Elena

[Letter on the Desk]

To the Fifth Elena

I am leaving this letter in the belief that you were Japanese in your previous life.
You have been reincarnated into the world of a game called "Doki-Doki♡Love Paradise." And you are currently the villainous young lady named Elena Flora. However, you have now become beloved by everyone as a kind and noble lady.
The soul of the young lady named Elena seems to swap every year. You are the fifth Elena. You must live as Elena Flora for one year and pass this role on to the sixth Elena.
More detailed information has been written down by the Elenas before me. Today, go with the flow of the situation, sneak out of the dormitory late at night, take the key hanging around your neck, and head to the library marked on the map.

From the Fourth Elena

[Letter tucked inside a book]

To begin with, I wonder which number Elena you are, having seen the letter I tucked into this book. I am the third one. I haven't written a letter since kindergarten. Please forgive me if my writing style is childish.
To my shame, I was an old man, so I had never played an otome game before. Therefore, honestly, even with the diary from the first person and the knowledge left behind by the second person, I didn't know what to do. It's just that because the first person changed the main plot of the story, the second person seemed to try to return it to its original state. I am still at the stage of worrying about what I should do.
For now, I will record my impressions of the people around me. The second person had compiled a more detailed character introduction, but due to various circumstances, I burned it to ashes. I am now deeply regretting what a foolish thing I did.

・Lady Elena Flora
That is me. I attend an aristocratic school called Doki-Love Academy and live in the dormitory. This year, I am in my third year of middle school, as they would say in modern Japan. I heard that in the original story, I was a villainous young lady, and the second person seemed to act accordingly. Specifically, approaching the capture targets and bullying the protagonist. However, shortly after I was reincarnated, I heard the servants around me saying, "If only she would return to the young lady she used to be..." and I felt unbearable. Therefore, although I am clumsy, I intend to spend my time as an ordinary young lady.

・Prince Atlas
He is the second prince with blonde hair and transparent honey-colored eyes, and he is Lady Elena's fiancé. He is always surrounded by people, which shows how popular he is. He is kind to everyone, but because the second person deliberately forced herself on him at the ball, he is wary of me. I suppose that is only natural. Also, he seems to have worries other than me. Since he spoke about them during the time of the second person, I think it would be good to listen to him again. It seems difficult from my perspective.

・Rino-san
She is the female protagonist of the otome game. She is a very kind and lovely person. Perhaps because of the many things I did before, she was afraid of me at first, but after I apologized carefully, she forgave me. Even though she is a commoner, she treats everyone brightly and cheerfully, melting their hearts. From observing her, it seems she likes Prince Atlas. I think it would be nice if they were both kind people, but since the first Elena also liked Prince Atlas, as an old man, I have mixed feelings.

・Sir Hector
He is the vice-captain of the Knights. He is a muscular man with a firm mouth. He approaches everything with passion, and as someone with a Showa-era brain, he is a person I can relate to. Honestly, he might be my favorite. He is also wary of me, but I feel an atmosphere where the misunderstanding might be cleared up somehow. Occasionally, he asks for cookies to be delivered through the knights. It seems there was a cooking element in the otome game. I am bad at cooking, so I am worried that I haven't been able to give him any yet.

・Theodore-san
He has long silver hair and is a clergyman with squinty eyes. He is much older and not a student at the academy, but he comes to pick up his younger brother every day. I feel that his tone is a bit like a con artist, but is it just my imagination? He appears before me on weekday evenings and asks me a few questions before leaving. He is likely probing me, so please be careful.

・Lord Nico?
He is said to be the Demon King who lives in the ends of the earth. The second person's materials said he was incredibly handsome, but I have never met him. If you find out anything, I would appreciate it if you could add it for the next person.

I will stop here. I apologize for not being able to provide a very helpful character introduction. I have left the letters about the academy's facilities and the world situation without burning them, so please refer to them. The second person's letter has a lot of passion and is very worth reading. Also, I wrote about my impressions in this letter, but when you live your life from now on, please don't worry about my thoughts and feel free to live as you wish.
Lastly, I pray that you take care of yourself.

P.S.
Reading this again, I wrote about the second person in a bad way. I don't mean to deny her. It's just that when I saw the world as Lady Elena, I wondered if it was really okay to live a life where I bully someone. However, in the end, it is my life, so I intend to do as I please. For your reference.

[Letter in the Safe]

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I am the second Elena. Did you read the previous letter?
Don't mix it up with what the first Elena wrote. Honestly, I can't believe her. I'm considering burning all the diaries she wrote, but they might be useful as a reference for where things went wrong, so maybe I'll forgive her. Oh well, I'll continue from what I wrote yesterday.

I thought about it today, so I'll write it again: you must absolutely follow the original story!!
I don't understand why Prince Atlas ends up going to the rose garden with me. Rino should be the one going. And then, Prince Atlas confesses about himself. That he doesn't actually want to be kind to anyone.
Why are you telling me that!
The person he should be consulting is not me, but Rino. As someone who supports Atlino, I really can't stand it. Oh, Atlino is the pairing. It means I want Prince Atlas and Rino to get together. Theodore or Hector won't do. Such a pure, cute, and wonderful protagonist, it would be a waste for anyone other than Prince Atlas. Besides, I think Prince Atlas's melting eyes should all be directed at Rino.
As I thought, the one before me messed it up. If you change everything, it's no longer "Doki-Love." We have to protect this world. So, please, by all means, play the villainous young lady. Don't ever act selfishly like the one before you and crush Atlino. Also, don't get together with other capture targets. After Prince Atlas's happy ending, the capture targets will marry their respective fiancées. If you take into account all the hidden settings of everyone, that is the best. Okay?
Come to think of it, considering the day the one before me disappeared, if I disappear, it will be in about three months. Just about in time for the "Ball." If I can manage to act according to the original story, Prince Atlas should condemn me and get together with Rino in the subsequent development. That is, if all the influence of the one before me is gone!
Ah, I got angry just writing this. If this irritation doesn't go away tomorrow, I'll really burn her diary. Well, I can give her credit for treating Prince Atlas and Rino with care.

Look for the eleventh letter.
From the second Elena

[Scrap of paper in the treasure chest]

Day 365

The high fever I've had since yesterday doesn't seem to be going away. Prince Atlas apparently came to visit me, but I had him sent away. I wonder if that was a mistake. I had finally steeled my resolve and wanted him to hear my story. To think he would come to visit someone like me—he is so kind and truly a wonderful person. Why is there such a perfect person in this world?
I'm not doing a very good job as Elena Flora. It's been a year since I was reborn, and I'm still not perfect at all; it's embarrassing. I don't really understand the etiquette of a noble lady, and I'm always causing trouble for Theodore and Lord Hector. Yet, they tell me, "Elena, you've changed," and shower me with praise. It makes me happy, but it also makes me feel truly miserable. If it weren't for me, would she have been able to act like herself before the amnesia? I don't really know what kind of person she was, though.
No, I should stop thinking about things that make me feel down. I need to think properly about tomorrow.
If my fever goes down, I'll bring a gift to Lord Hector for the first time in a while. Then, I'll meet with Theodore and ask him to teach me more about the properties of holy water. And when night falls, I'll meet Prince Atlas, and that's when I'll tell him everything properly. That I'm not actually this person, but someone who came from another world. I have to apologize. If I do that, I wonder if I can become true friends with Prince Atlas. I hope so.
I was a failure in my previous life, but I want to do my best to change in this one. To do that, I really need to get some sleep. In my previous life, my mother was always scolding me, asking, "Are you sure you're okay not going to sleep early?" So, I'll end today's diary here. Good night.

[A Letter Inside an Ornament]

To the Fifth Elena

If you have found this letter, you are a very clever person. You have done well to make it this far.
Do you recognize my handwriting? I am the fourth Elena. Truthfully, I had intended to leave it at just the letter I first placed on the desk, but I felt that would be unkind, so I left this behind.
You are likely wondering why there are only two letters from me, and why there is almost no information from me. It is because, after reading the letters from my predecessors, I concluded that no further information should be provided. Of course, the decision is yours, which is why I only noted the location of the library. Looking back, I thought I should have at least passed on information about Demon King Nico. Judging by the story progression written by the second Elena, have you met him yet? They say he is a very cold-hearted person with cool lines. I never had the opportunity to have an audience with him, but I have been a little curious about him.

Now, I will get to the main point of this letter. It is whether or not we should pass on the information gathered so far to the next Elena.
The girl named Elena was the villainess of an otome game. As the second one said, should that position be maintained? Should the development be changed, as the first one did? Or should she be allowed to live freely, as the third one did?
As you likely already know, I have spent this past year holed up in the library, barely appearing in high society. That is because I could not make that decision. I apologize for imposing my values on you, but I felt that I should not let a clumsy decision dictate the life of the girl named Elena. The world she lives in is an "otome game," but she is a girl in her own right. Even so, is it right for us to bundle up our respective values and force them upon her, causing confusion in her surroundings and ruining her life?
I was even hesitant to let you read this letter, so I hid it in a place that would take time to find. Perhaps by the time you find it, it will be too late. However, if you do not have a high fever yet, I believe there is still time left. You can choose to discard all the materials in the library, or conversely, leave them all behind; you are capable of making that decision. Also, while Lord Theodore has uncovered everything, if you reach a conclusion, he is willing to drink the holy water himself and erase it from his memory. I can assure you there is no possibility of betrayal. He is the type of person who will go along with it if it is a conclusion reached with sincerity.
Therefore, for the sake of Lord Theodore, for Prince Atlas, for Demon King Nico, Lord Hector, and Rino. And above all, for the sake of Elena Flora. I beg you. Please make the decision that I could not. The sixth Elena will enter the final scene. Before that happens, please decide what to do. In other words, will you entrust the values of the five of us, including yourself, to the sixth, or will you leave nothing and have the sixth create a new Elena? Of course, even if you leave nothing, the sixth or the one after that might make a mess of things again. Even so, wouldn't it be possible to reduce the burden that we might end up forcing upon her?
I am sorry for making you carry such a burden. I am sorry that I am a coward. Even so, I ask you again and again. I believe that someone other than me can make this decision.

Please think seriously about the life of one young lady, or perhaps about your own life.

From the fourth Elena