Daughter of the Duke - Love Project!

***Daughter of the Duke - Love Project!*** is the latest romance simulation game inside the series' universe of *Villains Are Destined to Die*.

## Normal Mode

**Ivonne Eckhart** is the heroine of the otome game *Daughter of the Duke - Love Project* in Normal Mode.

After coming back to the duchy, her brothers, Derrick and Reynold, were wary of her. Through out the gameplay, she wins over her brother while also being harassed by the villainess, Penelope. Soon, Penelope's former bodyguard, Eckles, is assigned to her instead. Based off of what route the player chooses, she either ends up with Eckles, Callisto, or Winter.

It's presumed in all endings she also helps cause the downfall of Penelope as well.

## Hard Mode

In Hard Mode, Penelope is the heroine instead of Ivonne. The story takes place a certain amount of time before Penelope's coming-of-age and, unlike in the Normal Mode where all Love Interests start with an Affection Score of 30%, in Hard Mode all of them start from 0%, except for Reynold who starts with -10%, which makes rising his Affection Score even harder, but it is very easy for it to drop, and if it drops below zero it automatically leads to a Bad Ending and Penelope's death.

## System

* The system can sometimes be an unreliable source of information as it is shown at the Second Prince's birthday banquet when it states that the commotion the crown prince had created was "small".
* The system can teleport Penelope from one place to another if the event needs her to be there.
* It can also show her where to go, in the form of a sparkling light showing her the way.

### Affection Score

Achieving an ending with one of the Love Interests by reaching 100% an Affection Score is the main objective of the game.

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To obtain the last percent of the Affection Score, the protagonist must be in love with the Love Interest.

#### Colors

In Hard Mode, the Affection Score's numbers of all Love Interests disappear once the player reaches 70% with one of the male leads. Only a colourful light above their head will be shown. When Penelope wants to check an Affection Score, she has to make physical contact with the Love Interest. The game window will then appear and asks her if she wants to check it or not.

* **Orange:** This is Derrick's Affection Score colour.
* **Yellow:**

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This is Derrick's second Affection Score color.

* **Red:** This is Callisto's Affection Score colour.

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This is also Derrick's third and final Affection Score colour.

* **Pink:** This is Reynold's Affection Score colour.
* **Purple:** This is Winter's Affection Score colour.
* **Dark Red:** This is Eckles' Affection Score colour.

### Reputation

The Reputation System is a bit similar to the Affection Score. It indicates the heroine's relationship with people other than the love interests like the knights, the duke, the nobles, etc.

### Special Events

Special Events allow the player to obtain different types of reward:

* Affection Points for one or many love interests
* Reputation Points
* Gold
* Items for other future events

## Trivia

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* Derrick is the only Love Interest whose Affection Score's colour change in the story (3 times). The others' stay the same until the end.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Prologue
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 5
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 14