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The middle boss of the AAA-class game produced by the company. The villain who dies 999 times out of 1,000 times. Deculein.

That person, was me now.

“You’re going to die on almost every route.”

Deculein, like all villains, inevitably dies.

[First and foremost survival goal: Be what the game requires you to be]

I’ll have to survive even if it means twisting my fate if I am destined to die.

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The Villain Wants to Live
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VWL
악당은 살고 싶다
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Academy’s Undercover Professor (13)
The Novel’s Extra (12)
My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending (10)
T*ash of the Count’s Family (9)
The Villain Who Robbed the Heroines (7)
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SeverTheHeavens
SeverTheHeavens rated it
June 22, 2023
Status: Completed
Great novel. I liked The Novel's Extra but it slowly dropped off and had an ending that left much to be desired (I haven't seen the side stories yet, I will though.) and I just found out they're apparently written by the same author, though this one's ending isn't 'bad' but bittersweet. It followed the same flow though, amazing -> great -> good -> ehh.

Now for the review of the actual novel, it's my first time actually writing one so here it goes:

    1. Story - 8/10 The concept is typical, the MC gets transmigrated into a villain of a game (the trope typically uses novels but yeah), but he's heavily influenced by the personality of the actual character. If there's anything to complain about, it's the number of events happening simultaneously. It's a miracle that the characters can even name them all due to how often they happen. If it weren't for the wizards/whatever they're called there, the entirety of the population would have died in two weeks. Though, that isn't the problem. The problem is that after the first half of the story, so many characters' POVs are being used and it gets confusing to know who's who. The overall direction of the story was pretty weird as I couldn't see how many of these events would fit into a game (unless they're sequential). However, they all ended up having a reason that I could understand in hindsight.
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      The voice with Sylvia, the dream demon with Sophiene, the meteor with Epherene, etc.

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      If there's a complaint to give, it'll be the lack of transitional chapters.
    1. Characters - 8/10 So many people call the characters ungrateful or s*upid and I can agree on a logical standpoint, but humans aren't exactly logical beings so I can understand where they're coming from. Julie is the only character whose logic and emotions you actually understand completely because she reacts to events as a normal person would.
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      I don't know how a lot of people don't understand that MC has literally been directly/indirectly involved with the death of their loved ones, hence the fact that they all hate him. If anything, you could praise them for being able to put aside their feelings for the important parts (learning from him, fighting demons, etc.) Just because they've been saved once or twice doesn't erase the fact that he killed their loved one (Epherene's father, Sylvia's mother, Julie's knights, etc.)

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      But, there are problems with the emotions of the characters. Sometimes, they just go from feeling A to C instantly. And, unless the author plans to release some more side stories, some characters' futures are left unknown.
      Spoiler

      Like Allen/Ellie. She became fond of Ducelein and helped him during Epherene's regression arc but after that, she just vanished. She occasionally appeared to help the main cast teleport to places but the conversations that should have been shown about her were just omitted and the readers are only left to assume what will happen.


      Then, there's the matter of Yoo Ara/Lia, what happened to the ticket?? We just know that she decided to stay in the world, but would she choose to die there because Kim Woojin was no longer on Earth? How were they so sure that they were both no longer there? If the author had shown what happened on Earth after everything, it would've been solved because at this point it's like Schrodinger.
      Sophien's death, I want to fight against it, but it's the perfect ending for her. She felt guilty about Ducelein and didn't know how she was going to live from the day he died. She persevered for 5 years and eventually decided to die on her own terms and like Epherene and Ducelein, she eventually succumbed to fate by saving her most loyal knight on his birth and dying by his side.
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      But, one thing I understood was the MC's progression, though there were still flaws.
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      He slowly becomes one with the character as you can see his harsh tendencies are offset by his gentle actions and in the end, they're practically a new character altogether. Though, I feel like he simultaneously trusts and doesn't trust anyone at all. If he managed to use more of his emotions and confided in any of the main female cast, he might've been able to achieve a different ending that isn't so depressing.

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      And finally, the entirety of the main female cast's impression.
      Spoiler

      Epherene, Sylvia, Sophiene, Julie, Yeriel, and Lia all loved MC at the end, with all of them having their own reasons. Epherene fell for him because of how much he cared for her despite being her enemy (and being her only ally in the unending stream of time), Sylvia looked up to him as a mentor but over time, her feelings gradually deepened (though she is a bit cuckoo), Sophiene had been with him the longest and he was there during her worst times (a hundred years of regression), Julie wronged Ducelein because she was left ignorant but when he saw the truth behind his actions, she fell for him. Yeriel, despite being one of his greatest enemies/threats to his life, was unconditionally loved by him as his sister. They weren't of the same blood and the one flowing through her veins was threatening enough to even get him sent to the gallows. He (Kim Woojin) fought himself (Ducelein) to accept her and the two came to a consensus. Lia, or to be specific, Yoo Ara, since the character Lia had absolutely no reason to fall for MC (assuming that the original Lia doesn't have the memories of his original fiancee) regretted being that way with Kim Woojin. Her only wish was to get out of the game world so she could be with him again. Finding out that he was actually sacrificing himself in another world was enough of a reason for her to even give up her chance at getting out (the ticket) but Kim Woojin refused, stating that he didn't want to live in a world without Yoo Ara.

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      Still, could've done with less drama and I wish that the main female cast, at the very least, had better endings.

      Spoiler

      Not feeling longing for the rest of their lives (and not dead).

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    1. Abilities - 8 The scale seems weird at times because some characters are way stronger than the standard but they actually make sense if you look at the bigger picture. I wish they could've expanded on the different systems of magic first, but since most of the cast members are at the college level, the story skipped having lessons on the most basic principles.
    1. Translations - 7 They straight up just left MTL chapters without editing them at the end. There were also some MTLs in the middle of the story that they couldn't be bothered to edit out. Overall, for a majority of the chapters, the translation is pretty solid though. Would've been better if they had a warning for whose POV it was.
Overall - 8/10

Impressions tend to leave a lasting effect on me and while there was a messy second half, the first half's impression was still very fresh in my mind. I'm not a fan of bittersweet endings, but in the end, it was MC's choice as he could've strived for something better.

There were many things to complain about, but I still loved the story overall. None of the characters are perfect, cause they're not meant to be. While everyone sees Ducelein as the perfect person from blood to abilities, he's in reality, full of never-ending flaws that he keeps well hidden from everyone else.

I believe that you have to REALLY dive into the character's perspective to actually understand where they're coming from instead of reading at just the surface level (I saw a comment talking badly about Epherene who wanted to get expelled when it was obviously just a play made by her and the MC on the spot).

I wouldn't recommend this novel to someone who isn't very well-versed in the language it's translated to (Korean, English, whatever else it has) cause they would just get confused by all the nuances.

Still, despite the multitude of complaints, I loved it.
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AtranZ_Ryou
AtranZ_Ryou rated it
December 20, 2022
Status: c267
main character is pretty interesting..

but the story is hella confusing, many part not connected together, and not explained even though the arc is over

starting from ch160 translation goes to sh*t and returns at 190

the ending of a major plot doesnt get a deserved ending. It feels like Im reading for no conclusion. Also I hate how inconsistent the story with julie arc is. Maybe its the author or translator fault tho
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Ner0
Ner0 rated it
August 13, 2022
Status: c278
Like many people have pointed out, this novel is great for its first part. However, at a certain point, the flaws that could be ignored at first just makes it obvious that the novel cannot go on.

Characters: this is the best part of the story. The characters are interesting and have their own stories. There's not much to say because they are already very well made.

Background: It's kind of filled with holes. There's no real logic. It feels like it's a plastic world built to contain the characters and the... more>> plot. It's quickly forgotten otherwise.

Plot: The author is really good at thinking of creative plotlines. The overall plot at first is really interesting but the more chapters are read, the more obvious it is that the author didn't plan what was coming.

It's like the author only had a rough idea of the ending, a very good plot layout for the beginning. Then he lost himself in the middle and given up because he wasn't interested in the story any more.

The strength of the plot are its creativity and mesh well with the characters stories.

The most obvious flaws are:

- an extreme focus on making everything go the way the protagonist wants, yet induce drama because what he wants may harm him.

- The intent to avoid making the protagonist fail in his endeavour is translated into enemies who are converted into allies/lovers.

The absence of a nemesis for the protagonist. From start to finish, he has no rival, no archenemy who oppose him. There is a final boss who is portrayed as opposing the protagonist but in reality, in most of the scenes he's very friendly and seem able to give up his master plan to get along with the protagonist.

He's even helping the protagonist through the stories as if they work toward the same goal.

- There's no tension in the story. Very early on, even if there are great stakes at risk, the protagonist indifference, opness and plot armour erase any tension that should be present in the challenges he encounters.

In conclusion, this story is close to wish fulfilment due to the lack of difficulty and the many women in love with the protagonist, but it's not there yet.

It's an immersive creative story that deserve to be read until a certain point. <<less
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FireIsGrey
FireIsGrey rated it
July 7, 2022
Status: c361
If you're into harem and romance with god-tier characters and protagonist oozing charisma- GREAT- This is 10/10 for you. If you hate drama and harem, don't touch this, run away, the starting might fool you into thinking you'd like this with all the death flags and action, but by the time Sophien gets introduced, you'll start crying.

The plot is great at the start focussing on action/romance at the start but by the end becomes heartbreaking, and tragic but beautiful as well. Plot does get confusing but I like it nonetheless.... more>> The story is just hella fun to read and Woojin in Deculein's body has such charisma, he pulls me in when I read him- especially the large contrast in his brain vs his body.

All characters have depth and are fleshed out, and they're just fun to read- they all have neat interactions with Deculein making the character scenes great- BUT many people might dislike the overwhelming number of heroines and the drama-like plot- and if you hate that kinda stuff, don't read this, its not for you. But for me, as long as it is to an agreeable extent, it is my cup of tea, cos it gives me a bit of spicy tension into the story- making it seriously amazing.

The story hasn't reached the ending and I do want to see how it finishes, which might change my opinion. But as of now, like each and every character has their moments and make me really love them. Re-reading the series, especially looking back at Epherene or Rohakan, with the knowledge of what happens later on, gives me joy as well, showing that the author actually thought this sh*t out, not just make it up along the way (which I swear he did with the Novel's Extra- don't lie to me author, you defo did). All in all, great read.

Edit: Ending is tragic, but beautiful- Many criticised it, but honestly, unlike the Novel's Extra which started falling apart after Nayun's brother arc, this story truly maintained the beautiful storytelling with an ending that made me feel like I just finished reading an epic tale- Truly wonderful- I only had such a similar feeling when reading ORV, so it felt very good to re-live that same experience of reading a true tragedy. <<less
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Dg2
Dg2 rated it
February 18, 2022
Status: c270
A very slow paced story. However, it is filled with a lot of character development and enough action to keep it from being boring over all.

However, the synopsis is pretty much exactly what you'll get. Don't expect the story's MC to deviate too much from the start. Which can be a turn off as the body he's in plays a major part in warping his personality.

Overall, if you like realism in a fantasy story, then this would be for you. Be warned though, that the MC does have some bad... more>> character traits when it comes to his love life. Which is the major turn off of the story.

Rate 4.3/5 <<less
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Veresta
Veresta rated it
January 23, 2022
Status: c235
Well I'll start off with the things that I like about this novel. I like the world building, the MC's gigachad personality, the way the MC apply his magic even though he only has mediocre talent. Transmigrating to a novel/game is nothing new but I like the concept wherein the die has been cast and now our MC has to deal with the repercussion of the terrible things that his new identity has done before.

With that out of the way, I will now explain the irksome part of this... more>> novel which is the romance. I would need to spoil some things to thoroughly elaborate why it's a detrimental part of the story. Here's why:

  • Harem. I am by no means someone who hates harem. IMO, if you want a good harem story then the heroines should not be too many. The problem with having too many members is inevitably some members will be shafted to the side while others will get the spotlight. It also means that the author will either not be able to flesh out the heroines making them look easy to get like cabbages or the author spends too much content of the novel fleshing out the heroines which could've been spent on the actual story. The latter is what's happening to this novel.
    Spoiler

    This novel has 7 heroines (If we only include the ones with POV parts which I assume are the important ones), the airhead student Ephrene, the smart but stalker student Sylvia, the knight julie (main heroine), lonely empress sophiene, step sister yeriel, the assistant who's pretending to be male allen/ellie, and his ex gf who's also a dev to the game but was also transmigrated to a child's body Lia/Yoo Ara

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  • Misunderstandings. The use of misunderstandings here in this novel is over the top that it will really grind your gears.
    Spoiler

    The most outrageous misunderstanding is the one with Julie's. Julie has a curse and it is said that she can be healed if she awakened a constitution by hating someone to the core. Yes, the MC will sacrifice himself and make her hate him. I'll explain later why this is BS. It also doesn't help that this misunderstanding is being dragged out for too long. To add a cherry on top, the other heroines are aware that it is just acting but aren't dispelling the misunderstanding. Sylvia knew the truth through her stalking but isn't saying anything to Julie. Sophiene brought it up once but she's leaving it be. Airhead Ephrene only told Julie when MC died (althernate timeline) and never told her again in the real timeline

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  • Tragic MC. The author is trying too hard to make the MC a tragic one to the point that it feels that it's forced.
    Spoiler

    Lots of events will happen that will point out that the MC will die (highly doubt it though). The heroines are either stuck in a limbo of love/hate relationship with MC or they have circumstances preventing them to be with him. Later on, MC will create his own magical space. Under Lia's POV, it will be said that an elixir that can heal Julie can be easily procured there. It doesn't make sense that the MC who's also a dev of the game isn't aware of the elixir. This renders the whole ordeal with Julie senseless. That's why I said it's some BS forced by the author to stir up drama

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I have mixed feelings with this novel. I feel like it has so much potential but the author is heading down the same path he did with his previous novel, The Novel's Extra and its tr*sh ending. The semblance in characters is uncanny
Spoiler

Julie is getting the Chae Nayun treatment while Sophiene is getting the Boss treatment

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. The novel's frustrating to read at times but I'll see it through the end. <<less
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_Doomsday_
_Doomsday_ rated it
January 5, 2022
Status: c167
I'm just sad. I loved the beginning of this novel and would have rated it 5 stars easily. But, of course, the author had to ruin it. I hated how the story would just switch to some unrelated conversation/moment out of nowhere and say "Meanwhile... ", pretty annoying. Additionally, when the author tried to make some super forced, tragic MC, I wanted to just stop reading this tragedy of a novel. Also - ... more>>
Spoiler

Lia, the ex-girlfriend, was just unnecessary and I would be less hard on the novel if the author never added her in. Also, how did the MC not kill Carlos immediately when he saw him when he knew that they would instantly try to escape like last time? I just find Lia annoying. Like, how are you going to start a relationship with someone when you still have feelings for another dude, seriously?

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I'm going to keep reading since I still enjoy some of it but man, what a let down.

Edit: Overall a 2.5/5, just disappointed and lost. <<less
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Seventhx
Seventhx rated it
December 17, 2021
Status: c179
I... will take a break from this novel. I really tried to ignored the relateness I can found from the other reviews that are saying the story are crumbling and all but I guess it unavoidable.

Its a great story even from the start. Im not one to touch romance genre, heck even bait an eye but this one is excused. You can read this and judge it yourself. Good luck.
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Meihua
Meihua rated it
December 9, 2021
Status: c169
Alright, I’m seeing a lot of scathing reviews for this novel, but I feel that it doesn’t deserve to be so harshly criticized. (Despite me saying that, I do love this novel so I’m a bit biased). Most of the time, these reviewers were expecting one thing and got disappointed when the novel did not match up with their ideal story perfectly. One of the lower rated reviews mentioned a whole lot of discontent the poster had towards the heroine/heroines, but the romance is not exactly the driving force of... more>> the story, in my opinion. In fact, the main character often does not think about romance outside of the forced
Spoiler

character settings. Most of the so-called romance seems to stem more from the feelings of heroines, or misunderstanding the MC’s pity.

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It was never a huge problem for me as I was reading, and I feel like the main character’s development and will to live in this new world is the main plot that should be worth criticizing or looking into.

Additionally, the translation by Active Translations is excellent quality and very fast. I can’t speak for some of the earlier translations by other groups, however, and if they were doing MTL I’m not sure how to say this.. what were you expecting? There are always limits to MTL (someone asked why
Spoiler

the emperor got named ‘Jim’ in MTL... bro the emperor was not named Jim! Jim is the phonetic pronunciation for a Korean noun that emperor’s referred to themselves by. Lol...

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This is why MTL cannot always be trusted to be accurate.

Putting aside any wonky MTLs, I think this novel is one with a lot of potential, with a beautifully detailed world building, consistent settings, and interesting plot points and development for the main character. Definitely lacking some development for the secondary and supporting characters, but considering the quality of the story, I would say it’s excusable.

TROPES TO TAKE NOTE OF!!

  • misunderstandings about the main character (thankfully not as frustrating/painful as NTR or dramatic love issues imo... or at least the drama is done better than some others I’ve read)
  • Main character does have a bad rep.
    Spoiler

    No sugarcoating, he was a plain s*umbag before the MC uhh possessed? Transmigrated? Into the body..

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  • Author emphasizes the character’s original traits very often (could be considered annoying, but it’s consistent and doesn’t feel jarring or out of place when it is mentioned)
  • pretty OP protagonist (it’s a growth thing though, he’s not OP from the start)
  • hidden past (gets revealed piece by piece)
  • somewhat slow progression, but it’s done well.
All things considered, I love the story a lot. One of my favorite novels on this site right now, and one of the only ones I check for updates every day. <<less
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Haienggg_cci
Haienggg_cci rated it
November 24, 2021
Status: c124
I don't want to say much but I just know that I freaking hate Julie. She's too s*upid and credulous. She believe eveyrhing without a second thought. She literally does not know anything about the MC, how much he try to cure her, how has he agonized over it. 😤 AH! I forgot but I hate Sylvia too. I don't know why but she just seems to be a c*cky b!tch

There're many good points in this novels. I love the MC, . He's freaking cool! He has his dark side... more>> (which is Deculen's original personality) making him so dark and bright at the same time. There're common cliches too, like misunderstandings and so on. I actually don't like harem, but well... The MC just couldn't care less about them so his cheecky ignorance and arrogant demeanor overshadow those things.

Overall the story is A-MA-ZING!!! <<less
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SerinaPark
SerinaPark rated it
October 27, 2021
Status: c64
It's 3.5 stars from me. This story is a type that slowly gets messy the more you read. It started fun and great, I was enjoying it so much until I realized it's getting old fast. There's one thing that I just couldn't stand:

Spoiler

When the MC wasn't the regressor. It's okay as long as the other character that has this power still trying their best to live and have a purpose, but the empress just... you know.

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Anyway, it's fun when it's lasted!
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Ixcez
Ixcez rated it
October 26, 2021
Status: c220
Well since all the reviews seems to be super spoiler heavy I'll just follow the trend I guess :D

To start of I personally find that the story is well written and overall is cohesive though it does jump around a bit. The world building is also nice though there are some stuff that really makes it a bit weird to be honest. Overall the story is about an "average" person (at least in his own mind) who get's transported into the video game he's developing on and becomes the evil... more>> villain who's one of the mid lvl bosses and is also based on his appearance. Even though in the whole story so far the MC is only loyal and loving towards a single heroine there is the whole harem vibe and it focuses quite a bit around the different heroines that are in the story. A large part of the plot is also the fact that even when the MC finds out that he's actually not at fault for something or there are a lot more to the story the MC will always keep it hidden and instead bring all the blame unto himself. While the rest of the heroines at one or more points hates the MC and are then forced to find out the backstory on their own or someone will tell them which makes them like/love the MC again.

Epherene is the first introduced and her basic info is that the MC stole her fathers research and her father therefore blames the MC for being the reason why he commited su*cide which leads to why Epherene want's to take revenge on the MC. However she is unsure on how to do this and the MC turns out to be completely different compared to what her father had told her (since the MC took over before they met). Even though she's supossedly a super genius with one of the greatest talents when it comes to magic outside of that she's pretty much shown as the big b**bs no brain character who's more interested in food then anything else (even though there isn't much focus on her b**bs and it just get's mentioned some times that their big).

Further info that is heavily spoilerish on Epherene.

Spoiler

Eventually we find out that Epherene father is one of two ppl responsible for killing the MC's fiancée before the story started which was the main reason why he was kicked out. There is also the fact that he hated Epherene because his wife / her mother died while giving birth to her and the fact that she along with Sylvia have the highest possible magic talent. While he had next to no talent so he hated and envied her, there has also been hints that he was working with the MC's father to have his own daughter eventually killed and then be possesed by the MC's father. All of this made him abandon her shortly after she was born to her grandparents who raised her while he only visited once in a while. Because of her young age when all of this happened she only has happy memories with her father which are all pretty much just her imagination of a happy childhood and a loving father.

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Sylvia is the second introduced character and she together with Epherene were born with the highest magic talents and both of them have the potential to become one of the next archmages. An archmage being a mage who has reached the peak and has thereafter become immortal, though they can still be killed, they just never die of age or natural causes. She quickly falls in love with the MC because of his knowledge, handsomeness (yes the MC is pretty much the most handsome person in the world) and magical skills. She is the tsundere of the story and is also quite the stalker of the MC which ends up with her knowing the most about the MC since she is almost always watching or listening in on him.

Further info that is heavily spoilerish on Sylvia.

Spoiler

Sylvia is part of a family that has for a long time been at odds with the MC's family with them killing each other quite often. In this case the MC was responsible for killing Sylvia's mother, the reason he did this was because he believed that her father was the one behind killing his fiancée, but it was as previously mentioned Epherene's father and the MC's own father who killed her. However there is also more to this story in that Sylvia's mother actually asked the MC to kill her. The reason why she asked him to kill her has not been completely revealed yet but it was mentioned that the mother was actually already dying because of a sickness or something and wanted to prevent Sylvia from slowly watching her die.

There is also hints at that the mother was either turning into a demon/devil or was somehow involved with the cursed letter that killed the MC's fiancée and hundreds of other people. A reason being why she wanted the MC to kill her was that his family is of a long line of demon/devil killers and they therefore hold special powers when it comes to killing demons/devils. But again this is still not resolved and all that has been revealed so far is that the MC killed her mother but that her mother had asked him to kill her.

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Julie is the main love interest so far and the only one the MC has said that he loves. The problem however is that Julie at least at first hates the MC, this is because he acts as a villain while she is someone who goes justice this justice that and is frankly a goody two-shoes. She also hates him for breaking a promise or more of a demand she made towards him right before the MC got transported into the world. Can't go to much into her without it turning into spoiler territory.

Further info that is heavily spoilerish on Julie.

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Julie is slowly dying because of a curse that hit her while she was protecting the MC back when he was going through a trial related to his family's lineage. The curse is slowly killing her and when the story starts she has barely a year or so left to live. However in this time the MC has started to make her love him and also started to fall for her but he is unable to find a way to save her. She was in the game created to hate the MC and the more she hates the MC the stronger she will become and eventually she will even be able to overcome the curse. So to save her the MC decides to push her into hating him.

To do this he changes the story of how her yandere knight tried to kill the MC into the MC killing the yandere knight cause he was jealous of him being to close to her. He get's her knight order closed for corruption and also kills her number 2 just because, though in truth the number 2 was corrupted. He even finds out that the reason why she is cursed and slowly dying is because of her father who used her to try and mu*der the MC during his trial by gifting her a bracelet (or something) that had tracking magic on it and more stuff. But because he needs her to hate him and he knows that her knowing any of this would only make her sad or downspirited which could lead to her death, he twists the truth in everything that has happened into it being his fault so that she can hate him more until she can either overcome the curse or he can find a cure.

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Those are pretty much the main three but outside of those there is also (more spoilers so)

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the Empress who slowly falls in love with the MC, the sister who is later revealed to not be blood related to him in anyway, the secretary who turns out to be an assassin who's never felt emotions before and who holds powers that would allow her to wipe pretty much the whole world. His ex-girlfriend from his old world that also got transported into the game, I do have to mention that their reason for breaking up is just weird since it's explained that she never stopped loving the MC and wanted to be with him but somehow decided to leave him and be with another man cause she wanted him to grow up??? There is also a special agent that seems to have started to harbour feelings for the MC and another teacher who at first hated him. So all in all the harem seems fairly large in this one.

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Lastly a large focus or at least what we the readers are made to believe is a large focus is the death flags and how one of the MC's character settings is that he holds the fate of a villain which is that he will eventually die but each time he overcomes a death flag he will be rewarded. In this case he is rewarded by gaining store currency which allows a player to buy upgrades to their characters pretty much. Then throughout the story each time he manages to some how deflect certain death, potential death or future death threat he is rewarded. How this is handled is by mostly him just changing the mind of ppl and then he just get's + store currency.

This however becomes less of a focus as the story goes on and most focus instead moves around how smart the MC is and his relationships with the other heroines. There is also a bunch of end of the world quests that happens as the story moves on since apparently the game world is just set up to be destroyed one way or another.

All in all while the story in itself isn't anything special I found myself liking the MC (though the author seems to just throw tragedy at the guy whenever possible and the ending of the story doesn't seem to be happy) and compared to many other stories on here it is well written. Therefore I'll give it about a 4.5/5. <<less
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Zakorak
Zakorak rated it
October 4, 2021
Status: c360
Enjoyable novel especially first third. After a certain point, the novel moves away from it's original concept about Deculien getting killed to a regular Isekai. Author forgets a lot of major plot pieces and breeze past forgotten ideas. So, expect lots of plot holes.

There's reused concepts and characters archtypes from Novels Extra. But that doesn't take away from it's enjoyability. Not really a harem, romance is ok.

Garbage ending, rest was enjoyable, not to be taken seriously. Skip the epilogue.
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Bachingchung
Bachingchung rated it
September 30, 2021
Status: c98
The author fails to provide neccessary details for the readers to understand this novel.

1. What kind of game is this? RPG, Dating Sim?

2. How huge is the setting? The MC is everywhere.

... more>> 3. Who was supposed to be the main protagonist and antagonist of the game? The author is so repetitive that the professor is just a mid level boss. So who's the main boss and NPC?

I could list some more but they might spoil others. I don't really see any gaming element on this novel, the translators are also mediocre at best, they ruin every chapter by begging for donations. I mean I get it, but c'mon! At least be more subtle about it, it's like someone's about to take my lunch money every chapter. <<less
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koshwin
koshwin rated it
September 16, 2021
Status: c85
Right now I've rated this 5 stars. But I'm pretty sure it would drop down one star as the romance progresses, can't help think the Romance would be a downhill wreck KEKW.

Have really high expectations for this Novel, It's really well written so far.

The good points:

... more>> > The interactions between characters and the world building is really well done.

> MC is not another Teenager or an Adult acting like a Teenager *phew*

> MC actually exhibiting personality traits and constraints and not just bypassing them

> MC is not all kind and dandy

> MC is not totally emotionless as well

> MC knows his limits and is not some dumb guy who would chase after the enemies when he knows he can't do sh*t about it *clap**clap*

> Other characters are not one dimensional

> Death flags or so to say the feelings of ill will towards MC doesn't magically stop with one incident

> Characters have well defined personality

> The sister feels like a Tsundere but honestly she's just an emotional train wreck, she can't understand sudden good will falling on her when she was treated like sh*t from the beginning

The bad points:

> The Romance (which has not bloomed its colors fully but its a Harem so ya know how thats gonna end lol)

Spoiler

> Sister being not related by blood trope (pls don't go where I think it would go)

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> Some misunderstandings feel a bit over the top but not that bad

> The Sister accepting changes in MC without questioning much (not saying she doesn't at all but she's a family member she should be the one who should be trying to figure out why he changed, is he even really the guy she knew or did something happened to him> which was all taken by another female)

Conclusion: Worth a Read, It's well written though I would never give most of the Novels my thumbs up for the Romance, but yeah I hope the Author learned from his past Novels and earn my one star reserved for Romance as well when its completed.

<<Will Edit this after it catches upto the raw or is translated completely, but so far its addicting>> <<less
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moneng85
moneng85 rated it
August 25, 2021
Status: c219
Ain't bad, got the flavour of 'The Novel's Extra" and intriguing intertwining relationships and what not.

Its just that the MC needs to carry the sins of the character he is possessing and doesn't really solve all of them

I have the link to this novel's MTL website, look at my profile for the link or DM me

Edit: Bad in theory great in excecution, 4 star
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SmexyAsian
SmexyAsian rated it
August 19, 2021
Status: c43
i have to say that this is a hidden gem. It was just translated less than 3 weeks ago and I only came to know about it now, which I regret because it was a bit too early. I wish I couldve gone with my day without discovering this novel until there was atleast 100 chapters translated because once I picked this up, it was hard to not crave for more.

overall a 9.9/10 so far. The author is also the same author who wrote "The Novel's Extra", which was also... more>> a really solid novel
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(atleast for the first half)

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So lets hope this novel doesn't end up with the same fate as his previous work. <<less
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hanamiko
September 30, 2023
Status: c360
It's well ritten. I don't get the comments saying "uwah there's no happy end" like yeah. This is a tragic novel, not a power trip.

The MC is suffering from character immersion syndrome. I forgot that he was transmigrated by around chapter 100. Nonetheless, he is driven, well motivated and multifaceted, mostly due to the immersion and combining personality traits of the two.

Romance is sweet but sad due to how nothing gets resolved in the end.

World building is good, you feel the surroundings, and characters are actually people, not just cardboard... more>> plot drivers.

Overall, it's good, but the ending felt abrupt and anti-climactic.
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Daniel_Francolin
Daniel_Francolin
July 29, 2023
Status: Completed
10/10 Definitely would recommend!

Please do not listen to the low ratings that other people have written.

The plot of the novel was so well written that everything in it is actually connected even if you think it’s messy that’s because this novel plays a lot with time and distortion. You would not even think that something that happened in the early chapters are actually connected to the ending of the novel.

Every character is solid and significant. I actually never found anything in the novel that makes me dissatisfied. Please note that... more>> if you are confused with the way the MC is acting that’s because of the fusion between 2 souls which manifests both their characteristics.

If I’m dissatisfied of anything, it would be that sometimes the translation of this novel is quite chaotic but you’ll manage. And it would be even more perfect if they actually kiss but they only hugged. Well, one of them managed to land a kiss.

If you are looking to read this novel for the harem, let me tell you what you’ll expect. This is not a harem novel where MC has polygamy. No. This is a novel where it revolves around the MC and the female characters on it. If this wasn’t so well written I would definitely be dissatisfied by how there’s not much more intimate happenings. But the author presented this novel in a way that makes the MC and female character’s feelings to each other very clearly and makes it really okay to end in that matter.

There’s a lot of sacrificing in this novel but it will make you think that such sacrifice is worth it.

Definitely one of the best if not THE BEST novel that I have read so far.

Note: If you are mid-way reading the novel and you are wandering why are things happening in this way, just keep reading. By the end of the novel that things you are confused with will all be cleared up because the author’s use of time here was really very good. <<less
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Arde645
Arde645 rated it
May 27, 2023
Status: Completed
An excellent story detailing the new life of a game-dev turned villainous nobleman, whose awful personality merges with the MC's own after a freak isekai accident. Follow him on his journey of suppressing death flags to the best of his abilities while trying to make sure the end-game plays out as it should.

If you like excellently structured battles and SoL scenes that can near seamlessly transition to drama and tension then this is the story for you.

Unfortunately, these points only mostly apply for the first 2/3rds of the story. Honestly... more>> speaking, I think the author blew their load too early as the actual end of the story is narratively un-compelling and the sacrifices needed to reach it infinitely less meaningful and impactful than those that occured before the final few arcs. See spoiler for more details, do not read the spoiler unless you want serious spoilers.

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In my personal opinion, the story peaked during Sophien's Demon Mirror arc and should've ended shortly after the Ephrene Regression arc. The Demon Mirror arc till the Ephrene Regression arc had excellent tension and character development throughout for most of the important characters. Almost everything after that point can basically be summed up as "Timey-wimey-wibbly-wobbly; God loves you and Deculein has (insert name here) 's admiration".

Deculein past the Ephrene Regression arc is too strong and capable, and everyone else gets nerfed in some capacity to facilitate Quay's "Enlightenment" and Deculein's "Zero Requiem" endings. This is not helped by the fact that battles are now skimmed over at best in the narration, outright skipped at worst. I'm not going to be going over Quay's "Enlightenment", but I will lightly go over Deculein's "Zero Requiem", or at least the broad strokes.

*ahem*, if you've watched Code Geass R2, just sub Lelouch for Deculein and mix Nunnally/Suzaku for Sophien. That's it. Seriously.

Or if you want something slightly wordier, Deculein joins the Final Boss Faction to get most of the baddies in one spot before helping kick-start the destruction of the world to instigate Sophien into gathering what is basically a hero squad to counter-attack and wipe most of them out. He then ultimately gets her to stab him in the heart, with his sacrifice helping to fuel a world-saving spell while he goes into the annals of history as a monstrous villain. Both of them are aware of this plan, and Deculein ultimately survives his sacrifice and enjoys a short, peaceful post-game life through time shenanigans.

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If you want an honest suggestion, you can stop reading at or just past c228. You'll leave with a better impression of the story than if you had finished it. <<less
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