No Place for a Fake

Philomel, the 'fake princess' who conspired with her mother to impersonate the emperor's daughter and incited war between the Magic Tower and the empire, meets her end on the executioner's block when her crimes are exposed—the perfect downfall for a villainess. But when the real Philomel stumbles across a mysterious book detailing her fictional counterpart's deadly fate, she discovers that reality is following the story's plot exactly. Determined to survive, the nine-year-old impostor sets out to change her reputation and locate the emperor's true daughter, Ellencia, only to find the emperor, her seemingly indifferent fiancé, and even the Master of the Magic Tower barging into her life and refusing to let her go.