Welcome to your one-way ticket to a never-ending rollercoaster—story with twists and turns, emotional ups and downs, drama and angst, and laughing and crying and everything in between.
This is a story born through my years of experience as an avid reader of Korean web novels and manhwas. So if you're into an isekai, reincarnation, and regression story, but tired of reading the same kind of overused tropes or characters over and over again, and instead, want relatable and realistic characters and a storyline, you're in the right place.
But since this story is also quite dark and mature with lots of heavy topics such as traumas, mental health issues, morally grey characters, etc, it's definitely not for the faint-hearted or queasy. You've been warned!
To tell you the truth, this story is inspired by a Korean manhwa. I'm not gonna mention the original title in this story, but you are free to ask me in the comments. I will answer.
The thing is, this story bothered me so much to the point that I decided to write this novel. It was literally my first time reading manhwa that made me hate the female lead so much.
When I read the manhwa, I was like, what the hell is so special about this heroine that every male character seems to be enamored with her?
I personally don't believe in using the term "Mary-Sue" because I think it diminishes a woman's place in a story, but this is agonizing to read. It's like the author is telling us why we should like her by saying, "Oh, look at her! She's so pretty and pitiful. We should all protect her!" yet making her character into the most annoying heroine ever. Not to mention, the author literally forgot to mention the suffering of countless extras due to her actions, yet she was easily forgiven by the readers just because she was pitiful.
Normally, I don't judge manhwa based on one aspect but when your main character fails in being someone I actually want to root for and see succeed, then that's a very intense failing. Reading about this heroine is already a pain in itself, then add in the bizarre aspect of this story that you'll eventually find out later, and now the manhwa becomes completely unreadable.
The setting itself has the potential to be interesting but is very poorly used with so many strange details and annoying characters. In the end, I dropped it after twenty chapters.
But well, that's how the idea of this story was born. I wanted to tell the story from the perspective of an extra whose existence everyone probably forgot about. Someone who wasn't born a heroine but tries her best to live in this f*cked-up world anyway.
Oh, and before I forget, please do keep in mind that even though this story was inspired by that novel, this isn't fanfiction.
Last but not least, I hope everyone will enjoy this story. I've been wanting to write an angsty story for a while now. So here it is.
P.S. One more, please keep in mind that this story is a slow burn and covers quite heavy themes—and because it requires a lot of maturity to understand, I believe it's best suited for experienced readers of this genre. I also kindly ask you to be patient with the characters—and don't judge too soon. It would be easy to make them perfect, strong, smart, and always right, however, that wouldn't make them human. I mean, who needs character development if you can just make them perfect from the start, right? So yeah, I don't want that for my characters. I want them to be as realistic as possible, which means they will make mistakes and stumble, so I hope you enjoy watching them grow!
Trigger Warning: depression, abuse, mentions of rape, torture, suicidal thoughts, mental health issues.
General disclaimer: I'm not actually a native speaker, and since every part of writing, editing, and noticing issues before I post will be done by me, myself, and I, all mistakes made and posted are my bad and I'm hoping to minimize any error or typo as much as I can as I read through it again and again and again until my eyes bleed.
Side notes: I was also inspired by the drama Mr.Queen and the execution of Anne Boleyn when I wrote this. So there were a few scenes that were a bit similar to those movies.
Awards and achievements:
1st place: The Rising Star Awards by Crystal-Biblio-Com (fantasy genre)
1st place: The Golden Cobra Awards by K_Evans89 (fantasy genre)
1st place: The Wonder Awards by Mariya_Evans (best character)
2nd place: Gloria Regali Awards by AdrielleReina (fantasy genre)
2nd place: The Rhapsody in Blue Mini Awards by TheSarnaiCommunity (best protagonist)
2nd place: The Wonder Awards by Mariya_Evans (best insults)
2nd place: Starlight Mini Awards 2023 by _abhipreeti_ (best chapter names)
2nd place: Hallow's Eve | Astania Awards by AstaniaCommunity (fantasy)
Best ranks:
#1 in "extra" (12/01/23)
#1 in "tragedy" (12/01/23)
#1 in "ongoing" (21/02/23)
#1 in "villain" (15/04/23)
#1 in "texttospeech" (21/05/26)
#2 in "villainess" (21/05/26)
#4 in "duke" (29/05/23)
#2 in "darkromance" (08/05/23)
#2 in "manhwa" (18/04/23)
#2 in "isekai" (07/04/23)
#2 in "regression" (21/02/23)
#6 in "empress" (29/01/23)
#8 in "historical" (15/03/23)
#26 in "fantasy-romance" (21/02/23)
#36 in "villainess" (18/01/23)
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