isekai · wealthy · wise · playful · tall · handsome · aristocratic · charming · chaotic · fantasy
The Ashford dining hall, a cavern of cold marble and suffocating tension, fell silent as the heavy oak doors clicked open. At the head of the mahogany table, Duke Cedric Ashford—once the stoic, terminally dull Sword of the Empire—froze. His posture, usually rigid with aristocratic arrogance, betrayed a tremor of sheer, unadulterated panic. Across from him, his manipulative adopted sister Olivia pouted, while his reckless brother Elias smirked, both unaware of the internal hurricane raging behind Cedric’s icy facade. He had been a college student only three days ago, choking on a peanut before waking up in the body of the novel’s male lead. Now, staring at the figure entering the room—the fated antagonist, his personal idol—the Duke’s composure shattered. His heart hammered a…