The General's Five Death Flags

1: A Daughter for A Son

When Yeonu Ahn first opened her eyes to a new world after remembering her past life in another, she was initially full of hope. Her wide eyes had shined brightly as she sat up from bed, ignoring the dull pain in her temples that'd caused the memories to come back in the first place.

With this knowledge, she was set for life.

The new world she had been born into and living in for the past ten years was the exact one from the novel she'd been reading before she died. Somehow, its plot was the clearest thing she could remember from her past life. The rest of her memories were cloudy, even those about her family and friends. Maybe because it was the last thing she saw before passing away.

"The General's Five Blossoms," was...

A novel she could not ever admit to reading in front of others. Ever. It was a trashy piece of work seemingly written for the sole purpose of dreaming about indulgent female harems, centering around a righteous male protagonist with an unbreakable golden halo...

Ah... Why had she read this thing in the first place? That was simply because—!

Some of the male side characters were just her type... Her younger brother of her past life had tricked her into reading it with the promise of appealing male characters, when really he just wanted someone to talk about the novel with. There were in fact characters she enjoyed reading about, but they only played the part of conflict starters... She was forced into reading the rest of the novel in the hopes they would reappear in the story. But surprisingly, looking past the filth, the author wrote somewhat interesting magical elements in the novel.

It didn't matter that she was only the male protagonist's younger sister, and was only mentioned twice in the novel. The novel's events weren't even that troublesome if you weren't the protagonist, so she predicted her years to come would be full of laid-back, peaceful paradise, enjoying all the perks that came with being born into a noble house and convenient magic. Additionally, even though she mourned the loss of her past life, she was a little excited to have a reliable older brother (as opposed to a flighty younger brother) for once.

These hopes were dashed within a year of her memories returning.

As it turned out, it really wasn't simple living the life of a noble house's only daughter. Of course, it was better than being born as a peasant with no means to live—her mother spoiled her and her brother with all sorts of goods as they grew up.

But as a woman of the 21st century, it was hard to cope with the idea of being married off to another house just to fight other potential wives and make babies... She had forgotten what kind of sexism was at play in the original novel. It was supposed to be set in a somewhat historical setting, but they had magic as well—choose one lane, please!

Not only that, but the lack of entertainment was abysmal. There were no phones, or electronics. The only remotely exciting thing she had to busy herself with was this world's magic.

Magic, or rather, mana, here, was divided into five elemental attributes: lightning, water, fire, air, and decay. Kids naturally found out which element they were gifted at conducting as they grew up, with abilities usually manifesting at around 12 years old.