This is not an otome story. This is a military story.

At 2 the MC poisons her whole family. (and yes, she did hesitate. 40 people died in the meantime). At 6 she gets caught up in her first battle.

Her guardian, well aware that her lands are in proximity to an increasingly belligerent country, makes her undergo harsh governance and military training, which she accepts without questioning because she's smart enough to realize the reality of her situation, and also because she feels that it is her responsibility to restore the domain that was devastated by her family.

The fact that she's a reincarnator? Irrelevant to her, mostly just 'someone else's memories'. The otome setting? Give it up, the MC is more on the path of becoming a cold-blooded military leader than a fluffy love interest.

The story details the MC's life year-by-year as she assist in restoring her devastated territory, faces increasing military aggressions, navigates the world of aristocrats (having taken over her father's title), and deals with conspiracies within the territory, all while hoping her guardian doesn't keel over of old age or overwork too early, as she's still a mostly powerless child.

Although good-intentioned, the MC is unfortunately also too smart and calculating for her own good, resulting in serious trust issues and an inability to accept goodwill and compassion when it's actually present, even though she thoroughly needs it. As a result, she becomes increasingly cold-blooded... hence the summary of the story.

The story starts slow and is hard to get into at first, but it's quite a poignant read. Be prepared to read it for what it actually is: a psychological/military story, or you'll be seriously disappointed when you don't find any fluffy otome romance nor easy achievements.

Update: At ch. 205, the story is finally moving into the period of the 'otome game'. That may sound like a long time to get to that point, but the development until now is truly worth noting.

Unlike your average Isekai story, the MC isn't a stand-alone genius. On the contrary, it is quite clear that she was propped up by people more experienced, better connected, stronger or more skilled than her (and they still are), and they themselves only came into contact with her in the first place due to geopolitical and military circumstances surrounding her territory (like her Guardian). In fact, even now, it is clear that some of the people around her are pushing their credit onto her.

But that does not diminish the MC's accomplishments. The MC was trained and supported by monsters, only because she showed the corresponding hard work and tenacity. Even if the military family she is close to were the ones to come up with a particular military strategy for example, she was still the one charging and executing the strategy at the frontlines. Even when she got subordinates to help her with territory management, she was still working hard to research new ways to help her territory. Even when a plan of hers involved the participation of another noble, it's okay, she came up with the plan, she personally faced several of the people involved.

Most importantly, this method of development connects her more closely to the characters, the world and the plot. The MC isn't just some otherworldly tourist here to play Sim City with her superior knowledge. She's a part of this world. She is deeply affected by the plight of the people in her territory, the wars and the deeds she has to accomplish on the battlefield, the political machinations and the loss of people close to her. For everything she accomplishes, she's also had to give up something, and to protect her territory, she paid the price in terms of reputation and what she was willing to do with her own hands. And yet, as she faces all these, the bonds of bonds of trust, friendship and family that she does develop with the people who stand by her side feel that much more concrete and precious.

The story isn't perfect: there are ups and downs, slow moments, and some interactions feel a bit forced. But they are followed up with intriguing plots, shocking moments, poignant interactions, satisfying accomplishments and even some hilarious misunderstandings, that make it well worth the 200+ chapters just for the 'main' plot to start.

“..... You’ve absorbed and synchronized fast. I can barely see her anymore. Has it accelerated?”

Faris suddenly muttered something under her breath.

“-Eh?”

It was so unexpected that I had no idea what she was talking about, but Faris ignored my reaction of surprise and continued as if she hadn’t muttered anything at all just now.

A 2 year old girl managed to recognize a poisonous plant (that no one know about) because of her past memory and no further explanation than that, she then proceed to somehow combined Conium into the food of her family unnoticed. Mind you all of this happend while she was 2 years old, I don't care what kind of world this is, a 2 year old girl getting a poisonous plant and then putting it in food is suspicious. And don't talk that she uses her attendee to get it and putting it on food, I forgot which chapter but MC said this

"The pond was located in a pond, near the edge of the garden, it was an old pond that was older than the mansion, at the rook surrounding the pond, I still could see the hemlock I gathered growing"

A Heiress of a noble family and land that isn't 8 years old is forced into 3 months military training including sparring against a full grown, experience man with banditry, forced to procure her own food and followed training schedule, all in the name of "preparenes" that is a f*cking bullshit, what happened IF MC is sick or become limp because of these training? What would happened if she is unable to recover from physical trauma? What if she become mentally unstabble because of this? What if she DIED? NO ONE, NOT A SINGLE f*ckING SOUL In the entire mansion though of her future as a noble, all they could think of is that since this girl is a heiress located in a remote but near the border, let's make her to train like a madman, f*ck it if she could become limp because of this, because hey! It's not like we are the one becoming limp,

OUT OF NOWHERE! This 6 year old noble is put into the charge of 50 man and tasked to lead them to the fortress at the edge, because there's no one fit in, let's throw this 6 year old girl, hey what could go wrong right?, and was basically forced to saw the horror of warfare, mind you, before this, she was never involved in fighting, let alone war, her past life too was detached from fighting and said that war is akin to something like a fantasy, BUT HERE IT IS!! A 6 YEAR OLD NOBLE GIRL IS TOTALLY f*ckING FIT IN THIS BATTLE BECAUSE OF HER 3 MONTHS TRAINING! WHAT A REALISTIC WORLD WE ARE READING, IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEONE NEEDS EXPERIENCE FIRST TO COMMAND!

And do you know how this f*ckers of a character justify it? By seeing her as older then she actually is, and then from what I read, invited her to join more battle. YEAH THAT"S TOTALLY NOT OUR FAULT FOR MAKING HER MATURE FORCEFULLY! IT'S NOT LIKE WE TREATED HER LIFE LIKE SHIT! WHAT"S THAT? WE THROW HER TO A 3 MONTH TRAINING THAT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE HER SCARRED FOR LIFE? TOTALLY f*ckING NORMAL! WHAT DO YOU MEAN A 6 YEAR OLD ISN"T SUPPOSED TO LEAD HER OWN MEN? THAT IS TOTALLY NORMAL! IT"S NOT LIKE SHE WAS DEPRESSED AND DIDN"T TO ANYTHING FOR A MONTH BESIDE SLEEPING! THAT IS HER FAULT!