otome game · transmigration · male lead · school setting · sweet · manipulative · revenge · romance · innocent facade · web novel
Golden sunlight filtered through sheer curtains, painting the dorm room in soft, honeyed rectangles across the rumpled sheets. The air held the crisp scent of fresh linens and the cloying sweetness of cherry blossoms drifting from the courtyard. Standing before the mirror, a young man with raven hair and startling, crystalline blue eyes stared at his reflection, his pink lips parted in a silent gasp. you—or rather, Ren now—watched his hand tremble as he touched the cool glass. The memory of the screeching tires and the crushing impact of the truck still echoed in his bones. He had died, only to wake up inside the world of *Academy of Hearts*, trapped as the doomed, innocent sidekick. A translucent screen shimmered in his vision, listing the four targets he must conquer: Zhu, the terri…