What is the correlation between being reincarnated as a supporting character destined to die and becoming a serial kidnapper of handsome men?
To explain this, it’s necessary to understand the main story of the original work, “Flower Stained with Blood”.
The ill-fated prince, Callys, is kidnapped by the empress immediately after birth and grows up abused underground.
One day, he manages to escape from the underground prison and emerges outside.
However, just as he succeeds in escaping, he is kidnapped again.
By whom? By me.
How could Callys, who had been imprisoned underground, possibly escape on his own?
In fact, he was able to escape because another faction had plotted it.
They wanted to have Callys as a chess piece in their hands.
And the person who personally delivered the male lead to them was the kidnapper, Vivian Schmidt.
A bold crime she would never have committed otherwise.
Vivian, who was on the brink of starvation due to lack of money, is deceived by the promise of a large sum and takes on the mission.
Unaware that she would soon be discarded like a useless tail.
However, the situation begins to take a strange turn. Because Vivian fails her mission.
Upon belatedly learning of Callys’ past, she decides not to hand him over.
Instead, she chooses to imprison Callys in a safe place.
Although it was imprisonment for protection, Callys himself was unaware of this fact.
To be fair, it was understandable. Vivian, who had no money, kept him nearly starved.
In the end, after a month of confinement, Callys kills Vivian and escapes.
And on the day his resentment towards the world reaches its peak, he encounters Ludovica, his destined one.
‘In other words, I’m just a one-time character for the protagonists’ fateful meeting.’
If I don’t act according to the original work, their first encounter won’t happen. The story will go off track.
‘It would be nice if I could not care whether the original work fails or not…’
But that was absolutely impossible.
In Part 2 of “Flower Stained with Blood”, the two protagonists fight against demons that appear in the human world.
A trial that ordinary humans could never overcome.
Callys and Ludovica, true to their roles as protagonists, somehow find a way to save the world.
They cross mountains and seas in search of the legendary dragon, and eventually find the holy sword to defeat the demons.
If it weren’t for those two, humanity would have met its end at the hands of demons.
Recalling all this in an instant, I despaired.
If I follow the original work, I’ll be killed by Callys; if I don’t, I’m destined to die by a demon beam.
In this dilemma, there was only one decision I could make.
‘Kidnap Callys but treat him kindly to avoid death.’
That was the best course of action I could think of.
[This is the timeline separator]One and a half years ago.
After falling spectacularly from the carriage and fainting on the spot, I finally opened my eyes after a whole week.
The doctor advised me to stay hospitalized longer, but there was no time for that.
‘To think this is inside a novel…!’
I wanted to be alone to sort out my thoughts, suddenly confused by the dream of my past life.
‘First, let’s hurry home. Then I can think slowly.’
Fortunately, the house I had contracted before leaving the family wasn’t far from the hospital.
In my haste, I intended to run there with my head bowed low.
But then.
Whoosh.
Huh?
It should have taken at least 20 minutes to walk, but somehow I arrived in the blink of an eye.
‘Was I always this good at running…?’
As I was tilting my head in confusion, I caught my reflection in the glass window of the store next to my house.
My slightly wavy, light purple bob hair fluttered in the gentle breeze.
And beneath the short bangs, round and gentle eyes stood out, with pupils sparkling golden…
Wait, golden?
Startled, I dropped the luggage in my hand and moved closer to the window.
‘What’s this? What’s going on? Why did they suddenly turn gold?’
From the moment I was born, my irises were brown. That unremarkable, common brown.
But no matter how I looked, my eyes were strangely sparkling golden.
The vivid dream of my past life, the dramatically improved physical abilities, and now suspiciously glittering eyes.
Did I undergo some kind of human experimentation at the hospital instead of treatment?
I realized something was not right with this overlapping coincidence.
Fortunately, the golden-tinted eyes returned to their original color after a few minutes, and after experimenting later, I discovered that I could change my eye color at will.
When the color changed, my physical abilities grew dramatically, giving me the strength of a strongman and increasing my speed.
I moved so fast that no one could recognize me when I ran.
However, using this suspicious ability consumed too much energy, limiting me to only 5 minutes a day.
After roughly figuring out the ability, I decided to investigate the sudden cause of its appearance.
But no matter how many books I searched, I couldn’t find any cases of changing eye color, let alone abilities.
Eventually, my interest in the ability quickly faded. Because a bigger problem was waiting.
It was the fact that I was a character who briefly appeared in the introduction of “Flower Stained with Blood” and then died.
Fortunately, after much deliberation, I found a solution.
‘Just kidnap Callys but treat him kindly to avoid death.’
But since the actual implementation method wasn’t very clear, I pondered all night long.
‘Should I keep him in a luxurious room? Use the highest quality bed mattress and blankets… What else should I do? Ah, let’s just match it to a top-class hotel room condition.’
But thinking about it, even in the most luxurious hotel, it would be boring to be confined for a month with nothing to do.
‘Should I prepare some good books? Callys will probably like exercise too. I’ll need exercise equipment.’
Soaking in hot water is also perfect for passing time.
I added a huge bathtub to the list of things to prepare. I didn’t forget to write down various aromatics as well.
As I kept adding this and that, the list grew to several pages.
‘This is bad. I’ll need quite a lot of money, won’t I?’
However, I didn’t have much money left. So I quickly devised a plan to raise funds.
I immediately started various businesses based on information from the original work and memories from my past life. While hiding my identity, of course.
Afterwards, I worked hard to create a place to confine Callys with the money I had earned with difficulty.
For me, who had become wealthy, all sorts of illegal and expedient methods were too easy.
Even more so with the information from the original work.
I was able to complete all preparations without being discovered by anyone.
All that remained was to wait for a suspicious person to appear and kidnap Callys…
‘Why isn’t anyone approaching?’
Unlike in the original work, I knew there was a possibility that the dark forces wouldn’t approach if I showed that I had money.
After all, they were the ones who approached using money as bait. They might look for someone else struggling financially instead.
That’s why I even created a fake identity to do business!
But no matter how long I waited, no one approached.
‘Something is going wrong.’
What could be the problem? I had no idea, but it seemed the dark forces had found another suitable candidate besides me.
‘If that candidate just hands Callys over to those guys, the original work will be ruined.’
It would be great if they followed the same route as Vivian in the original work, but I couldn’t rely on such uncertainty.
If no one was going to instigate me, I might as well kidnap Callys myself.
But there was a serious problem.
‘I don’t know what Callys looks like!’
To catch him, I should at least know his appearance, but I had no information. Except that he was an extremely handsome man.
To make matters worse, I couldn’t even guess what clothes he was wearing or when he was kidnapped. The only thing I knew was that he would be kidnapped on Hildes Street.
So I made a decision.
‘I’ll kidnap and confine all handsome men passing through Hildes Street.’
In the original work, Callys managed to escape on his own after a month of confinement.
So I decided to bring handsome men in, confine them for a while, and release them if they didn’t escape after 30 days.
I would have to hide my identity carefully, as it would be troublesome if the confined handsome men tried to kill me.
‘They might not escape because they’re enjoying the confinement…’
It doesn’t matter.
As long as I was certain that the kidnapped handsome man was Callys, I could solve any problem.
‘I just need to make him meet Ludovica, the female lead, fatefully.’
The important thing was to somehow find Callys, change only the part where I die, and then properly create the flow of the original work.
To be honest, until then, I thought handsome men were very rare, so I believed I could easily accomplish my mission by kidnapping a few.
But life is always unpredictable, isn’t it?
Now, a year and a half later, I had become a serial kidnapper of handsome men, making headlines in the media day after day.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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