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Because there are indication she's in the game like.. the favoritism? Charts that the 3 oh potential MLs have and the game store.
She has the love meter and shop at disposition which only make sense if it's in a game, a novel wouldn't have those things. It's also because it never crossed her mind that this world could be real and things wouldn't follow a predetermined path.
Why does the Fake Elincia assume that she is in the game and not the novel?