y'know she's not the villainess in this story, be it in her past life or now. She's a brat before but she isn't a villainess, all the rumors and incidents were created by Mielle (and her lackeys), not her. Now, she just wanted to survive; to avoid her death. No one can actually blame her for...
imagine being haunted by the fact that you were beheaded in your past life... poor Aria just wanted to survive /sigh/
tho she wanted for everyone to act th same as before (for her to be one step ahead of them and take revenge), the story was changing tbh, because now the crown prince is...