The World Called It Foolish, But For Me It Was Outwitting Fate

Por Suppakarn Jirachotikol spent ten long years learning a cruel lesson: status does not equal safety, and power does not guarantee kindness. Chasing what everyone told him was the best possible future, he chose the Duke of the Wolf Clan-the third most powerful ruler in the beast realm-only to find himself locked inside a gilded cage, broken, neglected, and abused until his body finally gave out. When he took his last breath, he expected only endless silence.

Instead, he woke up ten years in the past. On the very morning of the Great Mating Ceremony-the day his whole life went wrong.

Determined to avoid the same agony, Por decides he wants nothing more than a quiet, invisible life. To escape the eyes of the powerful and the pain they bring, he does the unthinkable: in front of the entire realm, he turns away from dukes and kings, and chooses the leader of the lowest-ranked clan of all-the Insect Clan, mocked, forgotten, and looked down upon by every soul.

The crowd erupts in laughter. His own family calls him a disgrace, disowning him completely and casting him out with nothing but the clothes on his back. Por bears it all willingly. If this is the price for peace, he will pay it a thousand times over. But fate has a surprise waiting no one could ever have guessed.

The quiet, gentle man he chose-Teetee Wanpichit Nimitparkpoom-is no ordinary clan leader. He is the last living heir and true King of the Ancient Dragon Clan-the oldest, strongest, and most feared lineage to ever walk the earth. For centuries he has hidden his true power, waiting for someone who would see him-not his crown, not his strength, but simply him. And Por, running away from pain, has just walked straight into the arms of the only being capable of giving him the love, protection, and home he never dared to dream existed.