Chapters
182 total- 1 Chapter 1: Tata, Bye Bye, Destiny
- 2 Chapter 2: The Day the North Tried to Kill My Beer
- 3 Chapter 3: Premium Sunlight DLC
- 4 Chapter 4: How to Adopt a Wolf Pack Without Trying
- 5 Chapter 5: The Era of Crimson Howls
- 6 Chapter 6: The Confession That Burned Cold
- 7 Chapter 7: The Saint of Forjenholm
- 8 Chapter 8: Where Joy Dies Quietly
- 9 Chapter 9: Don’t Wake the Rainbow Baby
- 10 Chapter 10: The Duke, the Hot Spring, and My Sanity
- 11 Chapter 11: A Taste of Ruin
- 12 Chapter 12: The Desire
- 13 Chapter 13: Horseback Hostage
- 14 Chapter 14: When Hope Took Root
- 15 Chapter 15: When Siblings Are Scarier Than Winter
- 16 Chapter 16: Protect Him… From Me
- 17 Chapter 17: One Bed, Infinite Problems
- 18 Chapter 18: A Kiss? Again?!
- 19 Chapter 19: The Seeds of Suspicion
- 20 Chapter 20: Shamelessness in Imperial Ink
- 21 Chapter 21: The Burrito and the Melting Rock
- 22 Chapter 22: The Day His Pajamas Sparkled
- 23 Chapter 23: Husband Material? Wrong Answer
- 24 Chapter 24: The Grand Duke’s Threat
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Start from Chapter 1About this novel
When Renji Takeda succumbed to sake intoxication, death wasn't his only surprise—neither was transmigrating into Leif Thorenvald, a romance novel's overlooked second lead. He'd anticipated becoming a cunning villainess or perhaps an omega entangled in some steamy Omegaverse tale. Instead, fate dealt him an ironic hand. The heroine commands divine powers, the antagonist schemes in elaborate gowns, and the charismatic Grand Duke is destined to claim her heart. As for Renji? He's simply the disposable love interest doomed to rejection.
One critical problem stands in his way: Renji is gay.
Rather than languish in a narrative crafted for someone else's desires, he abandons the author's predetermined path, discards convention to the flames, and ventures north toward solitude and genuine peace. His plan unfolds flawlessly—until Alvar Ragnulfsson, the supposedly heterosexual male lead, materialize in the frozen landscape. The Grand Duke's intentions blur acceptable boundaries: prolonged gazes, deliberate proximity, unmistakable fascination that transcends friendship.
What begins as a calculated escape transforms into something neither expected. The disregarded second lead might be composing an entirely different romance.
Caught between political intrigue, supernatural forces, and a Grand Duke whose attention proves dangerously compelling, Renji faces an unavoidable question: Is he authoring a new destiny, or is the narrative itself rewriting him?
One critical problem stands in his way: Renji is gay.
Rather than languish in a narrative crafted for someone else's desires, he abandons the author's predetermined path, discards convention to the flames, and ventures north toward solitude and genuine peace. His plan unfolds flawlessly—until Alvar Ragnulfsson, the supposedly heterosexual male lead, materialize in the frozen landscape. The Grand Duke's intentions blur acceptable boundaries: prolonged gazes, deliberate proximity, unmistakable fascination that transcends friendship.
What begins as a calculated escape transforms into something neither expected. The disregarded second lead might be composing an entirely different romance.
Caught between political intrigue, supernatural forces, and a Grand Duke whose attention proves dangerously compelling, Renji faces an unavoidable question: Is he authoring a new destiny, or is the narrative itself rewriting him?